THE NEW NORMAL
So here we are. 2021. Living the post-pandemic life with new vaccines, new attitudes, a new appreciation of life. Is that true for you also? Do you appreciate the fact that you were given a second chance to do things that you weren’t able to do before or maybe do things differently? It’s hard to say “Let’s get back to normal” after knowing more than ½ a million people in the US have died and over 3 million worldwide have lost their lives from Covid. Do we really want to get back to normal or do we want to have the freedom to do things as we were before, but differently? I believe the latter of that statement is what we are striving for. I’ll get back to this shortly.
We lost two legends in the fashion world. Rocky Gathercole came from nothing and made a name for himself as the celebrities go do designer. If you needed a standout piece, Rocky was the designer of choice. His garments graced the pages of so many magazines including i-Fashion and his shows covered internationally and were talked about for weeks.
The loss of “Happy Couture” hit close to home. We became acquainted right before her passing, but she made such an impact on us, it was like we knew her for years. “Strong” is an understatement for what this woman was. Battling cancer, she took it head-on and literally designed ’till the very end. Our photographer, Karl M. Lee, was granted prime access to her studio and became close friends. The loss was hard. Like losing family… The family who had so much more to share and wished we kept in contact more.
So, as I was saying before…What do we want NORMAL to be? We have been forced to move into spaces where we must learn to do things differently. We have learned to communicate with each other in ways that were not common and have made it the norm. We have seen that not conducting the “normal” structure of socializing and shaking hands or hugging a loved one can now be a good thing. We have also learned that we have been given a new form or “NORMAL” whether we like it or not. It’s just a matter of asking… Are we going to adjust or look to continue with ways that may or may not really have been working for us?
As always, please stay safe and do your part to live the new “NORMAL”.
