My World

Most girls dream about one day going to Paris France, from the first movie they watch such as Funny Face, Moulin Rouge, Amelie, The Dreamers and many more; it captures them. Though they’ve never been, though they’ve never touched or seen it up close, Paris seduced them and made them fall in love. Fall in love with the idea of beauty, love, art, romance, flings, fashion, cigarettes, heels, red lipstick and the life of a parisian woman. All they wish for is to experience something more, to feel something greater then ever before.

I, Erlinda Goldie 24 year old young lady got to experience the life of a parisian and the dreams of  most young girls out there.

As you land at the airport you don’t feel as though it is real. You start to realize that you are in France when strangers around you are speaking a language that you don’t seem to comprehend. Then it hits you wow I’m in France , I am where every girl has dreamt of going since they feel in love with it’s beautiful city, Paris.

I lived in Paris for a year and even thought I didn’t experiences all the amazing things Paris had to offer I have to say Paris seduced me in a level I never thought possible. Paris doesn’t seduce women with fake promises, false hopes and money. It seduces us by simply being it’s beautiful old self. By letting us bring out a part of ourself that we knew we had but didn’t quite know how to let out. It’s not our wild side nor our romantic side it’s a side that makes us feel a little braver then normal, more adventures then ever before, and a style of gracefulness and class comes over us. It’s no longer about how we’ve viewed ourself back home but how we wish to view ourself in this beautiful city called Paris.

As you walk through the streets of Paris you will see how Paris is oozing with art and culture. You’ll hear music in the streets, lovers walking hand in hand with smiles on their faces, bakeries smelling of freshly baked goodies and cafe’s filled with people looking out onto the streets, people watching while drinking their coffee and conversing with friends/loved once and/or co-works. As you start to look at people all around you, you begin to notice their style. No matter if they are a rocker, goth, fashionista or just an average plain Jane, there is away they combine everything together to make it look timeless and sheeck. No mater what, they have a sense of style and they know what works for them.

When you go shopping you stop looking at clothes that you were comfortable wearing back home but start looking at clothes that not only make you feel new but make you feel like you have arrived at a point in your life that change is no longer hard to do but easy to achieve. It makes you want to explore your body and dress it up to show off your curves with elegance and posh. You want to look the best you can for pretty much everything you are doing, even if it’s your grocery shopping or doing laundry.

I don’t know what it is about Paris but it really puts you in a trance whether you wish for it or not. It’s surreal how much you change. I like to think I’ve changed for the better and have grown as a lady and became more of a women. Paris has been a good thing that I experienced in my life and I hope other women out there really enjoy it as much as I did. Put that nice black dress on, heels and red lipstick and have a blast in a city that will make love to you like you’ve always fantasized.

Here are some self-portraits of myself while in Paris. Enjoy xox