Hello there.

Ever since I can remember, I can only think of wanting to do one thing with my life. Fashion. I had no specific career in mind, I just knew that I wanted to be around people who were interested in beauty, the beauty of what you can make into clothing, jewelry, accessories, shoes, art, packaging, architecture, even furniture. I wanted to learn how to manipulate hair, makeup, and clothing to become a working, living, breathing work of art. I want to surround myself with all things extravagant and gorgeous. I've fought with myself a lot. "Is this really what you want to do, Laurel? Dive headfirst into a $900 billion industry that survives on the unhealthy body mass index of models, pin pricked finger tips, quad shot lattes, and all around snootiness?" The answer is simple. Of course. What else am I going to do? I can't imagine doing anything else. When you find something you love, you want to hold onto it forever. That's how I feel about fashion. Although, I still am very young. There are other things I would love to get to experience.

Over the past couple of years, and especially in high school, I've realized that I am very much a visual learner. I learn better by seeing something done, rather than reading instructions in a book or being droned at for 80 minutes. I am a very visual person. I like everything to be perfect, in school, in life, in outfits, everything. Maybe that's just my OCD coming through (love you Mom!), but I've developed a very strict sense of style. I know whether or not I like something within seconds of seeing it. Whether it be a collection of clothing, a hairstyle, a way of doing eye makeup, the way a room was designed to line up, etc. I wouldn't say that I have a photographic memory, but I've been asked a lot if I do, up to the point of testing myself for it. I don't. I just have a very keen sense of what makes sense and looks good to me. I plan on using that sense to my advantage. 

When I was 9 years old, my parents got divorced. I'll spare you the gory details. My mom ended up moving about a half mile away from my dad's house so that I could keep the same friends, go to the same school, and even ride the same school bus. Now, if you know one thing about me it's that my mom and I have a very close relationship. Much more than my dad, I still love him, and will forever, but I put my foot down when I was 16 and moved out of his house and started living with my mom full time. My parents had very different parenting styles, and not even parenting styles, just different opinions about everything in general. So, from the time I was 10 years old, up until I was the tender age of 16, I lived out of a backpack. Trudging all my stuff back and forth from my mom's to my dad's house. My mother, for lack of a better word, was very relaxed in raising me. I was allowed to do things other kids weren't allowed to do. Go to shows downtown. Hang out with people older than me. Dye my hair crazy colors. Pierce my own ears. Listen to music with the parental advisory sticker on it. I won't get into the bad stuff that I did, and the amount of trouble I would've been in if I had been caught. My parents split up the week, I would spend half the week at my dad's house, the other half at my mom's house, all depending on when my mom had to work and couldn't be home to "supervise" me, not that she didn't really care what I did. My dad was a different story. No cell phone. No using the house phone to call people. No having friends over. No going over to friends. No cable television. "You do what you want at your mothers." So here I am, a teenager, going back and forth between absolute freedom and complete lock down. I think that years and years of this, really impacted the way I look at things. Most people have one view of things, their own. They can really get down on a beautiful Carolina Herrera gown. But show them a leather Alexander Wang bra or a Mulberry fur coat. Nope. That's ugly. There are two sides to every story. My goal is to be as open as possible. Embrace everything, give everything and everyone a chance. Find the beauty in something that someone might not be able to. Butterflies can't see their wings, they can't see how beautiful they are. 

This blog is a dedication to all things I find beautiful. Everything that I love. Everything that I'm interested in. This blog will be a combination of fashion, beauty, culture, art, design, music, whatever the fuck I feel like. I make lists, I'm constantly writing things down as they come to mind. One day you might see a beautiful Balmain collection, another day a make your own cosmetics tutorial. A lot of this will be trends that I love, current and past collections, Polyvores made by yours truly, OOTD's, etc. Please feel free to message me with anything you'd like to know more about, I will gladly write up a little report on beauty products, restaurants, anything you'd like within reason. I'll try and keep everyone updated with the latest news in fashion, which is to say if anyone retires/drops dead, you'll hear it here first. Some weeks I work 6 days, other weeks 3 days. I got lucky this week, and I don't have to go back to work until Wednesday so I have a little bit of time to work on this. I hope that you all enjoy this. I will try and make it as quality as possible. Thank you so much.

The writer of this blog is named Laurel Titus, a born and raised Washingtonian, born November 16th, 1993. I'm 5'11'', have blonde hair and big ocean blue eyes. I graduated from Ferndale High School in June of 2012. My current plan is to go to Whatcom Community College for a year or two, take core classes and study art. I plan on attending the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, California and get my AA in Visual Communications and my BA in Business. From then on, who knows? It's going to be an adventure. 

Favorite Brands: Acne, Adidas, Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, American Apparel, Anna Sui,  Asos, Balenciaga, Balmain, Benefit, Betsey Johnson, BDG, Bliss, Blumarine, The Body Shop, Boscia, Brandy Melville, Burberry Prorsum, butter LONDON, Cacharel, Calvin Klein, Céline, Chanel, Cheap Monday, Chloé, Christian Dior, Clarins, Clinique, COACH, Comme des Garçons, Coco de Couer, Cooperative, Deena & Ozzy, Derek Lam, Deux Lux, Dimepiece Designs, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries Van Noten, DuWop,  Ecote, Elizabeth & James, Evian, First Aid Beauty, GAP, Givenchy, Gucci, Hallelu, H&M, Helmut Lang, House of Harlow, Isabel Marant, Jack Wills, Jil Sander, Josie Maran, Karen Walker, Kate Somerville, Kate Spade, Kimichi Blue, Lanvin, L'Occitane, Louis Vuitton, lululemon, LUSH, Maison Martin Margiela, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs, Marchesa, Marni, Mary Katrantzou,  Maya Brenner, Michael Kors, MINKPINK, Missoni, Miu Miu, Monserat de Lucca, Obey, OPI, Origins, Oscar de la Renta, Paul & Joe, People's Revolution, Perricone MD, Philosophy, PINK by Victoria's Secret, Prabal Gurung, Prada, Preen, Proenza Schouler, Pucci, Rag & Bone, Ralph Lauren, Ray Ban, Rodarte, Sam Edelman, Silence & Noise, Sonia Kashuk, Sparkle & Fade, Stampd, Staring at Stars, Stella McCartney, Supreme, Thakoon, Theyskens' Theory, Tiffany & Co., Truly Madly Deeply, Tweezerman, Urban Renewal, Valentino, Versace, Victoria's Secret, Wildfox Couture, Zac Posen, Zimmermann .