Will Write For Fashion

I'm starting this blog as a result of a fight, well, disagreement with my husband, Phillip.

After 11 years as a newspaper reporter, I got bored and left my job in December with a year's salary and benefits. The goal in leaving was to find out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, or at least the next 10-15 years until I got bored again. Well, it's September 1 and I still don't know what I want to do next.

I thought it was event planning, but I took a five-week course at my local community college and realized that it wasn't event planning. I still love planning events - the details, planning the menu, finding the perfect wording for the invitation and the anticipation of the guests arriving - but discovered I only want to do this for myself, not brides or other people who would hire me.

Next, I took a calligraphy class. I thought I could have a calligraphy business. I struggled through the class - I blame my left handedness - and haven't picked up my quill and ink since the last class.

Then, I dabbled in public relations, which I'm still doing. I started Hayslett Media Consulting in February and have four clients. I write press releases and pitch stories for them. It's the next logical thing for an out-of-work journalist to do.

What I am passionate about is fashion. I love haute couture designers, fashion magazines, fashion reality shows, clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry, fashion week and movies where the fashion is more of a star than the actual stars, i.e. "Sex and the City" and "The Devil Wears Prada." And I love to shop!

So, in one of the many nauseating discussions with Phillip about my job situation, he suggested that I blog about fashion. He even went as far to suggest that I go into NYC a couple times a week to shop, so I would have items to blog about. Now, the later suggestion is completely out of character for Phillip, who normally complains when I shop.

The fashion blog suggestion was good - I'll give him that - but since I don't have a regular 9-5 right now, I decided to start blogging about what's in my closet. And "Will Write For Fashion" was born.