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With fashion week 2018 coming to New York in a month there are so many things to expect. Fashion trends from classic and clean lines to frump chic will make their mark on the run way. Fashion designers being innovative in every possible way can also be expected. Another thing that can be expected to walk the catwalk this year; models who look exactly the same.

There has been this standard in fashion show during fashion week that the models are tall, super skinny, and, of course, white. This bothers me to no end. Fashion designers know that there are more body types out there than this right?

All across the globe fashion week 2017 is known as the year that broke the records. Why? It was the first year a black male walked the runways of Seoul fashion week. It was also the year we saw fashions designers work with plus size models only. It is also the year we finally saw models with albinism, transgender models, and fashion lines catering to Muslim women.

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 12: A model walks the runway at the Anniesa Hasibuan during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at The Dock, Skylight at Moynihan Station on September 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for New York Fashion Week: The Shows)

One of the main ideas of fashion is to celebrate uniqueness and differences yet this is the first year we’re actually seeing “actual” people walk the runways of fashion week? The world doesn’t consist of just the super tall and super thin. The average pant size of women in America is a size 16, not the sample sizes 2 or 4. There really isn’t status quo for what is “normal” anymore and the fashion industry has yet to catch up.

It’s a little strange when you think about it. The fashion industry is suppose to be top of the line when it comes to innovation and uniqueness. Every year you can expect something different during fashion week in major cities across the globe but there are still somethings that are keeping the fashion industry a couple steps behind.

The industry, especially high end fashion brands, need to work on being more inclusive. Models who are different when compared to the fashion standards should not be put on the back burner. There are people who looks at these events, billboards, and fashion magazines who don’t fit the fashion industry standards by any means. These fashion shows need to reflect that.

I know it’s hopeless to wish for such a swift change in the fashion industry with New York fashion week coming so close but 2019 is far away. We still have a long way to go until next year with so many barriers to break. For now, let’s see what happens during New York Fashion week 2018.

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17 Things I learned in 2017

It is okay to not be okay. What you call strength turns into stubbornness, pride and a whole lot of pain when you don’t recognize that you are not okay and that you need help. Recognition is key in 2018.

Take a break. It doesn’t matter if it’s a long or a short break. Sometimes your brain needs a mental retreat to get things back in order. Let yourself rest.

If it’s not for you don’t force that door open. If you keep slamming your foot in a door that’s trying to close you’re gonna end up hurting yourself. Let that door close; physically and metaphorically.

Do things that make you happy. In the end no one else can make you truly happy but yourself. Screw what anyone else says or wants. They can suggest, but nothing they say really holds any power unless you give it power.

Stop sugar coating. While this holds true for other people telling you lies this holds even more truth for yourself. We believe the lies we tell ourselves the most. Stop it. Recognize truth when truth is presented.

Stop living a double life. Whether you have an online presence or not, stop making people believe you’re one thing when you’re the other. Stay true to the person you are around your friends and family. Stay true to you.

Learn to trust yourself and open up to new experiences, even if you have to do it alone. Life has no reset button and that’s scary but here’s the good thing: you will always have an experience to learn from. Open up to those experiences.

Set goals. No matter how big or how small set your goals. Organize your life. Plan. Go and achieve your goals.

Being your best self doesn’t mean putting down others. It’s cool you’re focusing on yourself  and achieving what you set out to do but don’t belittle those that aren’t on your level. Remember, you’re an amateur to someone else out there in the world. #behumble.

You can plan for days but until you act on those plans then your plans will be nothing but plans. Even if you’re scared act on them, you’ll never know what will come out of it if you don’t act.

It’s okay to have a really good cry. Sometimes you have to let your emotions out. Let. Them. Out.

Don’t let other people force their goals on you. If you feel like a “friend” is pushing something on you and you’re not feelin’ it, that’s a“friend” being too scared to act out their plans themselves. They’ll try to push their dreams on you. Don’t fall for it.

If you are going to drop someone, drop them completely. Don’t sit there and think on it and let them weasel their way back into your life with their negativity. Drop their number, drop them as a friend on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and in real life. DROP THEM. Got no time for that mess.

Stop trying to take everyone with you one your journey. Your journey is not made for everybody. They were your friend for five years? So what! If they want to leave let them leave.

Stop telling everybody in on what you’re doing and how you’re going to do it. Quit that braggin’. Not everybody has your best interest at heart. People will find a way to sabotage your happiness if you give them a way in.

Friends come second, you come first. The funny thing about loyalty is, you can give it out to everybody you call a friend but the moment you need someone loyal in your life nobody seems to know who you are. You can give everybody every second of your time to your friends but when you ask for a minute of their time they’re suddenly busy. None of that in 2018. Focus on you.

LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE. Find ways to smile. Make memories you’ll look back on next year and laugh about. Go outside. See what the world has to offer.

As we head into 2018 with arms swingin’, I hope you can take some of what I learned with you in the new year. Happy new year ya’ll! Focused Genesis is new and improved! I hope you’re ready!

What lessons did you learn in 2017?

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