Ilyssa Lichtenstein

I grew up with the mindset that there is function and there is fashion. Meaning there are things that help make the world work and there are things that make the world beautiful. And of course there should be a balance of the two. Yes, everything around us needs to be functional, but at what point do we need to stop and smell the flowers? Or better yet, what if we were that flower? It can be difficult in today's world to feel beautiful with so many unrealistic standards. But sometimes the smallest things can help, like hearing a compliment on your outfit that you finally had the courage to wear or putting on a little makeup for the first time in a while and feeling pretty, even if it's just for a small second. In our fast paced world that we have created, people deserve to feel pretty when they are working their 9 to 5 jobs, when they’re fighting for their client in court, or even running their business that was started from nothing. I want to be the person that makes someone feel beautiful in their everyday life so that way, they don’t necessarily have to stop and smell the flowers, because I got to help make them feel like a flower both inside and out.