Category: Blogging

2021 Recap: And the Award Goes To…

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Happy New Year’s Eve! I’ve tried writing this post’s intro over and over again, and I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s really no way to start an end-of-year blog post without using at least one cliché phrase (such as “I can’t believe the year is already over!” or “What a year it’s been!”). No matter how many times I think these phrases, I will try to keep them to a minimum today… Anyway, I always love sharing these yearly recap posts to reflect on everything I accomplished in the last 12 months (and everything I did not, to learn what I could do differently next year). So without further ado, here are some milestones I reached this year, a few reflections, and most importantly, the award-style blog post that has become a New Year’s Eve tradition here at Graceful Rags. Peace out, 2021! Continue reading “2021 Recap: And the Award Goes To…”

Why I Will Never Want a Career in Fashion

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One of the most-asked questions I receive from family members and strangers is if I would ever want to pursue something fashion-related as my full-time job. In fact, when I was a senior in high school, people would often ask me, or even assume, that I would want to study fashion in college. Obviously, I took a very different route by studying criminology and geography. I started college wide-eyed and undeclared, but I always knew fashion was on the list of things I did not want to study. When people asked me again during my Graceful Rags tabling event last week whether or not I wanted a career in fashion (or if I would ever blog full-time, if the opportunity presented itself), I was not surprised to find that my answer was still a quick and unequivocal “no”. Continue reading “Why I Will Never Want a Career in Fashion”

My Best and Worst Outfits Over the Years

Five years ago today, I hit publish on my first blog post ever… Crazy how time flies, right? It’s hard to believe what a big part of my life fashion blogging has become ever since I decided to start Graceful Rags in the summer after my sophomore year of high school. From thousands of photos, to 597 blog posts, to lots and lots of tears, it’s been a time and a half—that’s for sure. One of my favorite fashion bloggers Lee from LegalLee Blonde published a post a few months back where she shared her favorite and least favorite outfits from every year of blogging, and I thought that would be the perfect thing to post on my five year ‘blogiversary’. I’m really putting myself out there today because some of these outfits are cringey as heck—I hope you at least get some entertainment off my embarrassment. So without further ado, here are my best and worst outfits since 2016! Continue reading “My Best and Worst Outfits Over the Years”