When I was a child I would watch in admiration everyday as my Father headed off to run his boutique. There was an austere there, an appeal. I would spend Saturday's with him and his day was never really planned, unless he knew of clients that were coming in for personal styling ahead of time. The day was his, his day was not predetermined by strict confines. That level of ambiguity intrigued me. Granted, I loved to play with the supplies my Mother would bring home from her position as an Executive at the Insurance firms that employed her, but I never had the quench to say, that is what I want to do. Clock-in, clock-out, and just be a warm soul in a soulless building for the rest of my life. Being a business owner, especially a business owner with a creative business, takes stamina, confidence, and a wing and a prayer. Those of us that do make the leap feel that there is something greater to gain for our own professional development versus being a cog in the machine. I recently was chatting with Pam Scrima, the boutique owner of,
Parkerhawn Vintage and she shared her "moment" of when she decided to leave corporate America and do her own thing. She was an Analyst for the retailer, New York and Co., and during a meeting with other company executives, there was some serious quarreling amongst the staff over as she states, "a shade of green", for the color story for the next season. She thought, life is too short to be all in a "tizzy" over a shade of green. So, the said to herself that day, I am taking my love affair with vintage and marrying it with my business background. Five years later, Parkerhawn Vintage, is a force in the industry and go to source for stylists and lovers of vintage. I totally understand where Pam is coming from, life is short. Do what you love and make a living!
When I was a child I would watch in admiration everyday as my Father headed off to run his boutique. There was an austere there, an appeal. I would spend Saturday's with him and his day was never really planned, unless he knew of clients that were coming in for personal styling ahead of time. The day was his, his day was not predetermined by strict confines. That level of ambiguity intrigued me. Granted, I loved to play with the supplies my Mother would bring home from her position as an Executive at the Insurance firms that employed her, but I never had the quench to say, that is what I want to do. Clock-in, clock-out, and just be a warm soul in a soulless building for the rest of my life. Being a business owner, especially a business owner with a creative business, takes stamina, confidence, and a wing and a prayer. Those of us that do make the leap feel that there is something greater to gain for our own professional development versus being a cog in the machine. I recently was chatting with Pam Scrima, the boutique owner of, Parkerhawn Vintage and she shared her "moment" of when she decided to leave corporate America and do her own thing. She was an Analyst for the retailer, New York and Co., and during a meeting with other company executives, there was some serious quarreling amongst the staff over as she states, "a shade of green", for the color story for the next season. She thought, life is too short to be all in a "tizzy" over a shade of green. So, the said to herself that day, I am taking my love affair with vintage and marrying it with my business background. Five years later, Parkerhawn Vintage, is a force in the industry and go to source for stylists and lovers of vintage. I totally understand where Pam is coming from, life is short. Do what you love and make a living!
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