The Age of Innocence

  

  

“In character, in manner, in style, in all the things, the supreme excellence is simplicity” 

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For many weeks I have thought of ways to express my upmost adoration for soft, Edwardian-like couture. Here, I begin my first post of the new year speaking of something that is close to my heart, but also a modernity that implies beautiful aesthetics and an essence of splendour. 
The modern woman wears whatever she pleases; it is a liberation that has been conquered with blood and sweat throughout the centuries. The modern woman is not considered a machine for offspring production; she is not an object of slavery, she is independent and fierce. All that I say are beautiful realities, however, with such freedom we often get lost and become prisoners to other kinds of expectations and ideals. 
  
  

The truth is, the modern woman is very often insecure of herself, she compares herself to other women and fights to be socially accepted, yet these fights are not usually fought in the best ways. Our fight has been primarily for the equality of sexes, and we are succeeding as the years pass. Sadly, we have been so focused on conceptual wars and our daily lives that we have slowly began to lose parts of our identity: our grace and femininity. Such traditions and rituals are being left in history, and we emerge to a world where nothing is fixed; there are no right or wrongs, no absolute truths and no meaning at all. We became blind and forgetful of what it truly means to be a woman. . . To breathe elegance and gracefulness, and to remain gentle yet fearless in a world full of doubts and futility.