Vivie

On the 3rd month anniversary of my beloved grandmother, Vivie’s death, I chose to remix one of her dresses and wear it myself to celebrate a good friend’s birthday. While we were going through her things I knew that I wanted to keep almost all of her clothing because looking superb was very important to her and I wanted to continue her legacy in that way. Although her dresses are about 2 sizes too big for me, I could not fathom physically altering them to fit me. Instead I just got crafty with a belt and some folding over.

It is still surreal to me that Vivie has passed and as 5 months of her being physically gone and her birthday approach, I know that I will have to continue to be strong as she would want. To honor that upcoming day, I may style one of her pastel dresses or I just may not leave my house and cry all day. That is the one thing with grieving- you just never ever know where your emotions will take you on normal days and symbolic days.

My picture quality is not the absolute best but I truly wanted to get these images out in honor of my Vivie. I know that she is looking down on me with her radiant smile and just chuckling to herself that I’m rocking one of her custom dresses!

I try to put posts up here and there about Vivie because it is my way of coping. I still cry about 2-3 times a week from missing her and to be honest, I am weeping as I type this up. But I truly am trying to LIVE and not let this pull me down a black hole. It is not what she would want for me and I must respect that. But like I wrote in my GRIEF post, just have to deal with it in your own way and never let anyone dictate what is “appropriate”.

Leather Leggings: ASOS | Shoes: ShoeDazzle | Dress: Made in Haiti | Clutch: Vintage Gucci (similar) | Lipstick: TOO Faced