The Posh Mess

In February 2022, I was going through a challenging time in my life and needed a creative outlet to help me redirect my energy. I decided to dip my toe in the water of style blogging and tried to think of a name that represented my point of view about style and fashion based on what I really am — and “The Posh Mess” was born. 

I’ve always been mesmerized by fashion, and all the pretty and sometimes gritty things that are associated with it. Great style has the ability to set a tone, lift your spirits, and shape peoples’ perceptions about you— and I understood that at an early age. I dreamed of growing up and wearing all the fancy clothes I could get my hands on, and bring all the passion I felt about fashion into my world.

So much comes into play when you think about the clothing we wear. Our clothes can have social and political messages attached to them — and regardless of whether you’re “into” fashion or not, your clothes are telling a story. We want to express ourselves, be who we are, and at times, the world is looking at us with a very critical eye. We are being judged, categorized, and evaluated based on how we show up in the world.

Sometimes it takes courage to wear the things that make us feel alive. Even if it doesn’t make sense to anyone else. So that’s why I chose the name The Posh Mess. To me, been posh doesn’t mean that we are snob, it means that we literally “fear less.” To express and be who we are.  Every time we do something that takes us out of our comfort zone it can help us fear less the next time — because we find that on the other side of fear is a sense of accomplishment, which ultimately builds our confidence.

The Posh Mess is the name of my brand and it has grown to include personal styling, the publishing of my first website and public speaking – and my goal is to empower and inspire people using their style.