From a very young age I've always liked things that are different.

Not that I wanted to stand out from the rest. I just liked what I called back then creating The Me . I later learned what I was doing was fashion designing. I would take two shirts and design them together. I mixed and match colors that no one in their right mind would sport. I guess the stranger it looked the more I loved it.

In high shcool I took a sewing class and that was all she wrote. I was designing my butt off. I never had to worry that someone else would come down the hall with my outfit on.

I'm not saying every thing I wore I designed. I loved to shop off the rack then and now.

I will never forget the day I was watching Young and the Restless. (I was in high school everyone watched the soaps back then) :) One of the actresses was wearing a pants suit I had in my closet. I couldn't believe it. For me this was a plus and a minus. It was flattering that I had the same outfit but it did also mean I had to do some serious The Me designing. LOL