I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work!
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work!
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSJust embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSIn some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSMy mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWhen you feel happy, you look beautiful.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI was spoiled when I worked in the magazine world. Fashion closets are heaven and I seem to model my organization after a fashion closet.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWe all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSThis woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if we weren’t exploring life through her eyes, when we did see her it was clear that she had a full life.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWhen I’m not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it’s time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite “milkmaid” braid.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWhy am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn’t? These are questions that I’ve been pondering my whole life.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSSometimes I feel like art is supposed to mirror life, but strangely it’s as if art is trying to catch up to life, to a certain extent?
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWisdom means to choose now what will make sense later.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSMy generation is one of the first generations of “choiceful” women – women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives – and I don’t think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI sometimes think to myself, you’re not going to meet a new friend of any kind at home in front of the TV with your DVR. As much as it’s great, and there are so many good shows on TV, and I have great books that I’m reading, get out and interact with people.
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