This year has been an eventful one to say the least, personally and globally. I blogged, worked my 9-5, traveled, went through a breakup, fell in love, walked in my first fashion show, was heartbroken by politics, celebrated the birth of my nephew, was in a magazine and embraced the love of some amazing friends. As I sat here and read all my friends 2016 recaps, I started to evaluate my last 365 days and decided, for the first time, to hop on this bandwagon. Because sometimes you have to look back and appreciate all the goodness that has come to you. In 2017, if shit hits the fan, I’ll look back at this and remember, that despite it all, life is good and I have much to be grateful for. Since my blog is something I cherish dearly, I want to take a moment to appreciate a few special blog moments from 2016 that were made possible in large by you guys! Here goes:
Adventures with Catherines
This past year, I was so fortunate to go on two adventures with Catherines. First up was Jamaica, and OMG was it the trip of a lifetime. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to vacation this way again, from our private house/mansion, to yoga and massages to a trip to a waterfall, this was a dream come true.
Best part?! THE PEOPLE! I’m so so so thankful for the people I’ve gotten to know and love from blogging. When I took off for Montego Bay with Maddy from Plus Model Magazine, Chante of Everything Curvy and Chic, Ro from Beauti Curve, Kellie from And I Get Dressed, Kate from the Catherines’ team and Lydia and Christina, our INCREDIBLE photographers, I knew I liked these people but I didn’t know how much I LOVED them. Forever grateful for these experiences.
The next adventure I joined Catherines for was right here in NYC. And yet again, they made my dreams come true. They gathered up some of my closest friends, Meg from Little Lime Dress, Kelly from Kelly Augustine and Ty from Gorgeous In Grey and fulfilled a lifelong desire of mine to ride in a helicopter - uhhhh so awesome!
Christian Siriano for Lane Bryant
THIS, thissss, this was a huge milestone for me in life. Little girl daydreams becoming real life. Growing up, I always dreamed of being a model and this year, I got to walk in the Christian Siriano X Lane Bryant fashion show at the UN building. The setting was amazing and the company was incredible.
If you’re like me, you cruised through college and into the “real world” (as they call it) reading Buzzfeed articles for fun and eventually even getting your news from the millennial website mecca. So when I got the email that they wanted me to participate in an upcoming feature, I was stoked. What I loved even more was the post topic, 1 dress styled multiple ways. Here’s how I sported my LBD:
When Glamour launch it’s special edition issue, Chic At Any Size, I was ecstatic to be included. From reading the magazine myself, to being on the pages, my mom and I couldn’t have been more pumped. Haha!
To top it all off Glamour and Lane Bryant hosted a dinner to celebrate and created custom art pieces as our place settings. All the touches we so sweetly thought out as some of my favorite blogger babes, Glamour staff and Lane Bryant execs gathered together to celebrate.
Gwynnie Bee Collaborations
Lastly, but not least by any means, this year I partnered with Gwynnie Bee as their November Influencer as well as walked in their collaboration runway show with Rachel Antonoff.
My second fashion show, was no less special from the first. The whimsical and fun theme had our spirits high, as the all-blogger cast trotted down the runway. The show was during CurvyCon so all of our blogger pals from far and near were there, making it even more special!
After such an amazing experience with the GB team, when the opportunity rolled around to collaborate again, as the November Influencer, I jumped at the opportunity! I’ve been wanting to do more video, so I was overjoyed to work with the team to create a video on how to style one piece three different ways. Check it out at: http://bit.ly/2iAiAOk
Well, that’s a wrap. Let’s see what 2017 has to bring!
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