A letter to My Younger Self: On Fashion and Confidence
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Welcome back to The Confidence Edit. We want to pause and reflect.
If you could go back ten or twenty years and speak to your younger self standing in a changing room, feeling tears prick her eyes because the jeans didn't fit... what would you say?
Here is the letter I would write to her.
Dear Younger Me,
First, I want you to take a deep breath. Stop pulling at your t-shirt. Stop checking your reflection to see if you look "small enough."
I am writing to tell you to stop waiting.
You are spending so much precious energy waiting for your "real life" to begin. You think that when you reach a certain dress size, then you will wear the bright colours. Then you will go to the beach party. Then you will be worthy of being seen.
I need you to know: You are worthy right now.
Your body is not a problem to be solved. It is not a project to be finished. It is the vessel that carries you through every laugh, every hug, and every dream. It deserves to be decorated, not hidden.
Buy the dress. Yes, the bright emerald green one you keep staring at. Don't worry about whether it is "slimming." Worry about whether it makes you feel like you. Wear the sleeveless top; the sun feels just as good on your arms as it does on anyone else's.
People aren't looking at you to judge your size. They are looking at your light. When you hide, you dim that light. But when you dress with joy, when you walk into a room like you belong there, you give other women permission to do the same.
Be kind to yourself. You are beautiful, and you have so much style waiting to be unleashed.
With love,
The Future You.
To our Bella community: It is never too late to be the woman your younger self needed. Fashion is Confidence. Wear It Daily.
