Day 365 – The Mind Project
The end is near and the last dress of the year has been worn, removed and is lying screwed up at the end of my bed. It is a black dress from Dorothy Perkins, a little low but not too short and on loan from my sister’s friend.
The aim of the project was to wear a different dress a day but there have been some days where this was not possible due to shortages of donations and the days on which I was too depressed to get dressed.
There have been highlights of the year and the project, in particular I loved the festival dresses and the ball gowns in the snow of Chamonix back in the beginning.
One day perhaps I will regret being so open about the highs and lows of bipolar, perhaps I will have cause for wishing I could scrub away the tales of suicide, sections and scraps, but at the moment this is not the case.
What I was aiming to do with this blog, other than raise money through the sale of the dresses, was to raise awareness of mental health issues and the fact that you shouldn’t feel ashamed if you have one.
Throughout the whole project I have received incredible support with keeping the blog going from friends and family. In particular I would like to thank my mother and the boy who were willing photographers; the fairy, Sarah Hibbert, HP, Helen Perthen, the Polish Princess, the boy’s mum, Danielle Star, Monica Kenny and Hannah Cantrell for generous dress donations and all of my friends and family and work colleagues for being so supportive during the dark days.
The dresses are now on sale and can be bought by contacting me and telling me which dress you’d like. Alternatively if you can wait a month I am hoping to get the dresses on ebay season by season but first I’m going to pour myself into a nice pair of Calvin Klein jeans.
Sarah said,
January 3, 2011 at 1:04 am
Congratulations Ellie!! This has been a huge project and you have done a brilliant job! You should be really proud of yourself for completing it. Whatever way you want to sell the dresses I’m sure there are lots of people willing to help-count me in anyway! Enjoy being back at work and I know that you will find those words flying off the computer once again!! I am sure I am not the only one who has enjoyed reading your blog,(acerbic commentsand all!!) looking at the fashions ( you managed to look good in all of the dresses, even the not so good ones! ) and learning more about the trials and tribulations of living with your illness. Well done, you!
matt said,
February 2, 2011 at 1:56 pm
fantastic achievement. beautiful women in beautiful dresses bestow happiness on the world.