3 Reasons Why I Became A Designer

If you are anything like me: living a boring routine, losing your spark, daydreaming the life you want… we have something in common! I became a fashion designer to end the mundaneness. I believe fashion will encourage our unique style and spark the life back into us!

Jennifer Riccardi, Fashion Designer

1. My Office Job Was Not Enough

Being a fashion designer was my original career path ever since I was in grade school. When it was time to dedicate to a career choice I chickened out and fell into an office job and a college degree in that field soon followed.

I fell in love with the office position, it made me feel grown up and I embraced dressing the part. I lived for the "office-boss lady" wardrobe with the ambition to climb the ladder in the field. I had a new dream: Queen of the Office Software, the Great Lady of file organization, and House of document preparation...you get the point.

Eventually the honeymoon phase, being “Queen of the Office” wore off. I had gotten to a point where I was no longer enticed. I was not learning something new every day, my ambition depleted, even worse my wardrobe seemed to lack style. This lead to a boring daily routine.

The boredom welcomed me to daydream about being a designer. I then remembered my original life plan, designing. I could not stop thinking about fashion and did something about it – Woven Fox was then created.

"Eventually the honeymoon phase, being “Queen of the Office” wore off..."

2. Daydreaming Is My Kryptonite

We can agree that boredom is agony. I beat boredom with daydreaming to the point that it feels like an addiction. My personal daydreams consist of a fantasy wardrobe. When I snap back to reality, I get this mini depression. I like to call this a daydream hangover, have you experienced this?

Daydream hangover: Where one is in a state of bliss immersed in the mind's illusion; once one realizes the actual reality, sadness occurs.

I vowed to myself to beat the daydream hangover. Fashion and style feed my daydream kryptonite. I was suppressing my fun side I use to have and gained a boring daily routine. I cannot be alone, there are others in this world that feel the same way.

I want to be a fashion designer that breaks the kryptonite to inspire anyone to live a reality dream world.

"I vowed to myself to beat the daydream hangover"

3. A Fashion Designer Can Create A Dream World

Wouldn’t it be nice to live a life that you are excited about, anticipating what you will be doing next? Instead of waiting for your next event that is months away. Can everyday create an excitement as if you received a holiday bonus?

Fashion can make that happen by changing your state of mind. Yeah, you may be in a cubical with fluorescent lighting, however you can create a stylish story with your attire. How you put yourself together before work will remind you how important you are.

Strut out your home to your car, open the door to your office with confidence, sit at your desk and work it like you are the office’s Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City, Wendy Rhoades, from Billions, even … (insert your name here) from (insert the company you work for here) and work-it! You are the main character in your life!

I want to be a designer to provide a reality dream world for anybody who wants it!