um HELLO
Three weeks ago: I hopped off the plane at JFK, with a dream and my cardigan. Welcome to the land of fame excess- whoa, am I gonna fit in? Jumped in the Lyft, here I am for the first time. Look to my right and I see the Empire State lights. This is all so crazy, everybody seems so famous. My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick- too much pressure and I'm nervous. That's when the Lyft man turned on the radio and the Jay-Z song was on…
And the Jay-Z song was on…
And THE JAY-Z SONG WAS ON
TURN IT ON [press THIS if you’re on your phone]
Okay now that the vibes have been ~set~, HI!
Welcome, I’m so insanely happy to have you here! That intro did a pretty good job, but I’ll give you a rundown from the very beginning.
Let’s roll back to January 1st, 2020. My family rang in the New Year in Dubai, and it was the most wholesome and fun thing ever. On the evening of the 1st, a friend of mine was also in Dubai, so I joined him and his friends for dinner. Post-dinner, we headed out to the most wild club ever. We got belligerently drunk, danced till we couldn’t anymore, and then drank some more. At one point, I remember stopping and telling myself: “I can already tell that this year is going to be the greatest year of my life.” And just like that, I really jinxed it, huh?
Around May, I decided that Ms. Rona had already caused enough destruction in 2020 and I sure as hell wasn’t going to let her ruin the rest of it. I dipped the fuck out of school (momentarily), and started applying for internships left, right & center. Around the end of July I got an email that I had gotten 1 out of the 400 internships I applied for. That’s when shit got real. I found an apartment, booked my $25 plane ticket, packed my entire life into a single suitcase and moved to New York. Since then, I feel like I’ve been floating through a dream. These past three weeks have been the most insane, exhilarating, and out of this world experience of my entire life. And now I get to share it with you.
I’ll still have my fun little IG and tiktok, but here is where I’ll get into all the stuff I can’t fit in 60 seconds! I’ll explain how I got into fashion, my wild dates, what its like to live in New York at 20 & literally everything in between.
I’m so happy you’re here.
