Little Alexx Blog

This past week I was honored to walk in multiple shows for the Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week spring show. My experience was wonderful, exhausting, confidence building, exciting, and overall made my heart happy. As the amazing Kathleen Gonzalez wrote in her email thanking her models, it was like a big family reunion. A huge thank you thank you thank you to all the designers, makeup artists, hair stylists, photographers, sponsors, venue, staff, my wonderful parents for coming all the way to Bentonville, Arkansas to see me, and my fellow models. I really and truly enjoyed being with all of you. Fashion week is by far one of my favorite weeks of the year and I am very excited for the fall show. Thank you again. Here are some of the photos from this past week…

So, this is something that I have been wanting to discuss for a while now, yet I couldn’t find the words for it. Somehow, in the past few months, I feel grown into my skin. I feel like a woman. This is hard to explain because honestly, I don’t know what the hell is going on. I feel like a woman, (cue Shania Twain, Man! I Feel Like a Woman, bah bah bah bah bahhh, Let’s go girls.) I am in touch with myself and my body, it’s needs and desires.

After being with beautiful men and women all week, you’d think that a 5’4 curly headed girl would feel slightly intimidated. Honestly, I felt really good about myself. A younger me would burn with envy because of our obvious differences but the Alexandra you know now, understands that while I don’t look a certain way, I have so much to offer. I understand that. It’s… refreshing, not being jealous. In this season of my life, I am fully dedicating myself to loving me. This is my body, my face, my hair, my life. I am more than okay with it. I am a disaster, but a beautiful one.

 *A note about naked bodies* Because we are in close quarters backstage to quickly change into different clothes multiple times, you see a lot of them… but guess what? It’s just a body. We all have them, obviously, in different colors, shapes and sizes. They are beautiful, not even in a “dirty”  way.  We are living art. There is a reason why the ancient Greeks were so obsessed with the human body and why their statues and pieces of art were all portrayed nude. They are still projected as lovely, sexual, appealing to the eye, and relatable. What is so wrong with nudity? When was the last time you actually looked at your body? I’m talking strip down and check yourself out in the mirror? I don’t think people are comfortable doing that even if they are alone. Why? It’s yours. If you know me at all, I say burn the damn bra and maybe all the rest of your clothes and live your life. Embrace your skin.

 

Now, of course, I have my days, for sure. Hello random break out on my face or my eyes don’t want to work and I have to wear my glasses for a week. However, I have grown out of my ‘I don’t feel comfortable in my skin’ moments. You know the kind of feeling I am talking about.  This didn’t come naturally though. I’m still in transformation of officially not giving a care in the world about small issues. As some of you know, I wear colored contacts. I have naturally dark brown eyes but have found that I really love grey eyes on me. This doesn’t mean I hate my natural eye color, as many assume.

I am obsessed with my hair. When I was younger, it was the number one thing I would change about myself. I was also very ignorant to how to take care of it. Now, I don’t feel like myself without my mane of curls surrounding me.

Makeup, clothes, jewelry, ect; are not evils. I believe they are able to enhance our already natural beauty. The evil is when we think we cannot feel like ourselves without these items. I have been there. I would straighten my hair almost every single day in high school, burning the hell out of it. I wouldn’t feel put together without having silky straight locks that perfectly framed my face. I don’t feel that way anymore. I think that my wild hair is sexy. It’s unique. It’s comfortable.

I love to people watch. I am currently writing this out in my little notebook of ideas at a coffee shop watching men and women sip their coffee, type on the computer, and try to inconspicuously dance to the music from their headphones, while others uncomfortably look around like they wish someone would save them from the horrors that await them in their calculus textbook. It is amazing telling the difference between those who aren’t comfortable in their body, those who are, and ones who are past the point of caring. If I could make it as authentic as possible, I would sit with each of them and tell them something I really admire about them.

My challenge to you: What do you love about yourself? What are somethings you struggle with?  Send me a message and tell me your thoughts. You can message me on Instagram, (@alexandratsahiridis) or email (alexandratsahiridis@gmail.com) or comment below. I love receiving your messages. 

Have a wonderful week, stay warm, drink water, eat veggies, be nice to your body, and give someone love who needs it.

Today’s Mantra: 

“My body is always sending messages that guide me to my highest health & well-being. I AM listening to the wisdom of my body.”

love your body and be gentle with your soul.

blessings, A