The world is a strange place with strange people and
strange ideas. The people here always keeps on running after new trends with
every passing minute and it has become the need of everyone to look updated and
upgraded like machines are. It is not only about the people who set trends for
people to follow but now it has become about the followers who demands for
trends to be set so that they can follow them. Confusing can be one synonym for
human mind. Not only for the mind but the thoughts in it are the ones which create
the confusion.
To satisfy their lust for something different in
every field of fashion, people want more fashion designers to make things more
complicated for them. I am one of those most wanted people in the fashion world
right now; an upcoming fashion designer; the future of the fashion industry. I am
not trying to boost of myself but this is the reality.
The fashion school in which I studied had the policy
of recruiting their best students to the most popular fashion companies after
completing the final project. This policy was for the bright students of my
school and I was one of them.
I wanted to be the part of the best and for that I
needed to succeed in everything my school had to offer. I had a sharp mind and
everyone in my school knew that I will be doing something great in the future.
With my unique and subtle thinking methods, I had won over my classmates and
teachers.
I was always confident about my ground-breaking
thoughts and presentation skills. I always came up with new creative ideas
which left my professors and classmates stunned. I did not understand when did
my confidence become my over confidence and I became careless of what is
expected from me.
I knew I had it in me to produce something different
easily but I forgot that things never get done on their own. You have to work
hard to achieve your goals. I forgot about the hare and the tortoise and
started to waste my time in useless stuff.
The finals were just around the corner and because I
was one of the top students I had plans made and done for my exams. I was fully
prepared to score an A+ in every subject. On the second Monday of May it was
announced that exams will be started from the next week.
Many were stressed and some were making plans of how
to do group studies and make the school library their new home and I was only
thinking about my revision as I was prepared for the big day.
The day came and our examinations were on the go.
All my papers went well and I was sure to secure an excellent grade. On the
last day of exams our principal came to our class and reminded us of the
submission of our annual fashion project which was decided to be showcased in
the form of a fashion show.
He told us that the grand fashion companies will be
a part of this show and will choose their new interns according to the
brilliance of our project. I could not believe my ears when he said in his
sturdy but humble voice “So, my dear students, the fashion show of your project
showcasing is due after one week of your examinations”.
I felt like the floor has slipped through my feet. I
couldn’t write a word after hearing his words. All the faces of my classmates
were satisfied and pleased except for me. Everyone has had their projects ready
when I was enjoying my swelling pride sizzling with the heat of arrogance.
I was cursing myself for my stupidity. My hands
started to tremble and my forehead started to sweat in the air conditioned
class room. I couldn’t escape myself from the fear of rejection after coming
this far as a brilliant student. Nothing can break a person except for his
false pride which can through you from the heights of success to the dungeon of
darkness.
Now I was feeling numb, unable to think, unable to
move. Only when the invigilating professor announced that half an hour is left
to finish our answers I came back to my senses and finished my paper.
I was a totally different person on the way back to
my home from school. I was more silent, more lost and sadder. A deception was
broken. I was disillusioned as I stood before the reality that I haven’t done
anything for my dreams except for thinking about them. I had means, I had time,
and I had people telling me to think about my project.
But I was too lost in the charms of my God given
intelligence not taking into account that this was not my achievement to have a
fast mind. The right use of my intelligence had to be the opportunity to my
success which I had lost now.
I was so disappointed. I just reached home and
locked myself up in my room without eating anything. After some time my mother
came in to my room. She knew something was wrong. Of course she did; these
mothers have skilled intuitions and superpowers to know about their children’s
problems.
So there she was sitting beside me moving her
fingers in my hair she looked at me and said “it is never too late to undone
what is being done”. At first it was a little hard for my young mind to digest
such a heavy philosophical thought but then I realized that she was right. I
had to do something before it is too late. I still had one week with me.
Then TJX Helped me Out
I put all my stuff out on my bed to have a look at
all the possible means I had and to know what more I need. I had some beautiful feathers, some beads and
different colored clothes but I was still not sure what can I do with these
things. So I decided to visit my Tjx credit card site to look at the latest
options available there in order to grab some innovative ideas.
I opened https://tjmaxxcreditcardr.com
and scrolled about the new arrivals at the store. It really helped me in making
up my mind to think fashionable. I decided to buy some stuff online and play
around with them to create something remarkable and worth to be displayed on
the ramp.
Because it was summer festive season so I planned to
make a summer themed project with a fusion of all the summer colors with funky
jewelry and party hats. I had beads to make jewelry and some clothes as well
but I needed more.
I didn’t know how to order online but I learned it
from the website. I was no doubt a quick learner. I added some hats and printed
summer unstitched clothes to the cart and waited for them to arrive.
The next day all my stuff was in my hands and I was
finally in my confident aura once again. I raised the curtains of sadness which
overcame me with a new light of high spirits and hard working approach.
All thanks to my mom I was now able to think in my
field. Never had I worked so hard for anything in my life as I did for this
project to save my reputation and my future.
I worked in the back garage of our house in the
sweltering summer noon and the dry nights for a whole week. I made diverse
color fused jumpsuits with neck scarf and some skirts with beaded belts.
I settled all the dresses with different groovy party
hats and accessories. A tear of joy dropped somewhere deep in the heart when I
saw my project completed with such finesse that I could also witness how hard I
had worked for this.
The day arrived and the show begins in which the
students of our fashion school were going to present their projects as
collections on the ramp. I was as nervous as everyone because all the students
had done an amazing job for their projects.
One after another, students showed their fashion
collection and it was now my turn. My heart beat started to run as if in an
Olympic race and then suddenly it left a beat when I was about to start. I
presented my fashion project with the help of some models who wore my
collection and then I described my idea behind this project.
Everyone was so impressed by my thoughtfulness and
guess what when the results showed up, I was among the top 5 students who were
selected for the internship program of one of the largest fashion company.
After some days passed, our exam results were also
out and as I said I prepared for an A+, so I scored the same and joined the
fashion company right after it. Now I am a successful fashion designer setting
trends for the people who follow them with great pleasure. I know I got
distracted for quite sometimes, but he who stumbles and falls not, mends his
pace.
