Author: Narcissa Balenciaga

What's the most important thing someone can wear? Their smile, my mother ingrained this lesson into me as she forced me to brush my teeth until my gums bled. She would regale me with a story she had learned from her mother. Once

If there's one thing people know about me, it's my life's mantra. There is beauty in everything. Not many people know exactly where it started. You see, I had some learning disabilities growing up mostly when it came to reading. I have dyslexia so

I remember the first time I saw one of my mother's ads. It was near one of Arcadia's higher learning institutions. The very first thing you noticed was her perfectly manufactured image. The curves that every man wanted without the fat. Fiery eyes that

Do you know how to tell the difference between gold and fool's gold? I learned the hard way. When I was designing for Zeus's court, I wanted to create outfits that showed the importance of those in power. I wanted to show the

When your house is a den of darkness and people only show up to get what they want, you tend to ignore everyone who comes close to you. The people who actually care about you are the rare bright spot in

While a wolf has countless positive traits devoted to it, there is one that is universally shared. It's not the physical traits that the world sees. No, the universal truth of a wolf is the excruciating hunger they continually experience. Due to this,

When you have something of value, there will always be someone trying to leech off it. When I first started out in fashion, I was desperate for any sort of approval. Any modicum of validation that I was worth something, that all

Do you know the saying I know it like the palm of my hand? Yeah, I can't relate. Every morning, my hands sport a new detail. Where the calluses end, the broken skin begins. Too many pricks of a needle to count riddle

"Say Cheese!" The photographer says with a smile as fake as the one you're about to make. You say the words, the light flashes, and your false happiness is immortalized. Framed within the glass structure, the ideal version of you that everyone brags

So many people have asked me what got me into fashion design but no one asks the real question, what made me stick with it? Her name was Carlene, a model who was as new to her industry as I was