Something I Cannot Live Without

A Conversation Piece is best defined as something that is so unique in quality that it cannot help but to incite dialogue. My love and connection to fashion has always been about eye catching pieces that evoke and stir up emotion within me. Fashion, for me, is not about a look. It is about a feeling. I chose to name my blog, The Conversation Piece, because I wanted to be able to connect with men and women all over the world to discuss life and fashion and the way in which it impacts me...and all of us. I think that we have to begin to consider fashion as a psychological construct and not just as layers of fabric to serve as a barrier between our bodies and earth’s elements.

For me, The Conversation Piece is about existing within a fashionable world. It is the way that I feel about myself and my own personal evolution. It is the way that I see others. And...it is the pieces that I choose to represent who I am at whatever stage in the world on whatever platform that I permeate.

Accessories have always been my go-to conversation pieces. Right now, it is a jade frog pendant on a 14k gold chain and a gold nugget ring that I have had for 25 years (I wear it on my pinky). When I was a kid, my grandmother gave me a jade nugget pendant. She told me that it was good luck, so I wore it everyday. In my mind, it made me run faster, swim longer, and feel stronger. I ended up losing it at the bottom of the pool at the YMCA in Richmond and I am still devastated about it.

I bought this new pendant at the beginning of the year and I almost never take it off. You will also almost never see me without my Apple Watch. What is the fashion item that you cannot live without?

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