CLAIRE
THREE WEEKS LATER
The time passed faster than I expected, I spent the first week obsessing over every detail of the photoshoot, making lists and plans and then remaking them when I changed my mind. Julian finally took my notebook away one evening and told me I was overthinking it.
"The photos will be good because the clothes are good," he said firmly. "Stop trying to control every single element."
He was right, so I forced myself to focus on other things. I worked on the website with the designer Julian had connected me with, choosing fonts and layouts and writing the copy for my brand story.
It took me days to get the words right, to explain what the clothes meant without making it sound like a therapy session. Finally, I settled on something simple:
CLAIRE is for women who a
