Jan 26
20150
commentsBy Deena Ebbert
In Inspiration, Inspire is a Verb
TagsApril Rose LaFave Autumn Jones fashion Fashion Meets Poetry Jessica Imse Keri Ann Scheibel KOKOON Lisa Harris Phil Nwafor photography poetry Reena Vokoun Robyn Krenke Unveiled Beauty Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Inspire is a Verb – Fashion Meets Poetry with Lisa Harris
My first meeting with Lisa Harris was less of a formal introduction and more of a collision, our opening salvo a mutual how-do-you-do a duet of “You look fantastic!”
We were backstage, behind a screen in a makeshift dressing room, in the midst of the Spring Fever frenzy that accompanies the KOKOON season launch. We spotted each other wearing the same hotly sought dress.
In a similar situation, a lot of women would get uppity about another gal zeroing in on her prized “back off its mine” find. Lisa saw it as an opportunity celebrate our multifarious differences, how we could each be beautifully unique, and we decided we should both rock the frock. Lisa looks at life that way. She’s genuine, and genuinely excited to see women clothed in their individual light. She’s a poet with a purpose.
A year later we reunited over decadent with-everything mochas and I interviewed her about her upcoming book where fashion meets poetry, Unveiled Beauty.