<p></p><p></p><p>Life /Being a Fashion Designer</p><p>My name is chibuike Joshua generally accepted to be called salvation. I am a fashion designer with pride 😀 </p><p>Let's dive into my topic today 😉 </p><p></p><p> The Blank Fabric / Your Birth:</p><p></p><p>Everyone starts with the same raw material which is your time, your body, and even your mind. </p><p></p><p>What you do with it is what makes the difference. Some people get silk, some get cotton. But a good designer can make Ankara look like couture.</p><p></p><p> Taking Measurements /Self-awareness:</p><p></p><p>Before you cut anything, you measure. </p><p>In life that is knowing What are </p><p>mystrengths?</p><p>My flaws? </p><p>My size? </p><p>My season?</p><p></p><p>If you design a life that doesn’t fit you, it’ll be uncomfortable no matter how fine it looks.</p><p></p><p> The Sketch / Vision or Dreams:</p><p>Every dress starts as an idea on paper first. </p><p>You won’t become what you can’t first imagine. </p><p>But a sketch alone won’t dress anyone. You have to move to fabric.</p><p></p><p> Cutting and Sewing / Work and Discipline:</p><p></p><p>This is where most people quit. </p><p>Cutting is painful. You’re removing excess. Sewing is repetitive:</p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://1.School" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1.School </a></p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://2.skill" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2.skill </a> building 🏢 </p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://3.healing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">3.healing </a></p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://4.saving" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">4.saving </a> money 💰 </p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://5.saying" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5.saying </a> no 🙂↔️ </p><p>That is the sewing machine. </p><p>No shortcuts, Bad stitches will show later.</p><p></p><p> Fittings is what we see as Feedback and Failure;</p><p>You wear the half-made dress and it’s too tight, too loose, crooked. </p><p>That’s criticism, rejection, failure. </p><p>A good designer doesn’t throw the whole dress away. They adjust, pin, and sew again. </p><p>Life will need alterations. A lot.</p><p></p><p> The Thread/ Values:</p><p></p><p>You can have the best fabric, but if the thread is weak, the dress will tear. </p><p>Your thread is your integrity, your faith, your discipline, and your love.</p><p>"Hidden" but it holds everything together.</p><p></p><p> Accessories are those small small Things that makes your outfit look so beautiful 😍:</p><p></p><p>The dress is your career, but the jewelry, shoes, bag represent :</p><p></p><p>your health </p><p></p><p>your relationships</p><p></p><p>your joy</p><p></p><p>and your rest. </p><p></p><p>You can have a fine dress and still look incomplete without accessories. </p><p>Don’t forget to accessorize your life.</p><p></p><p> The Runway/ Purpose:</p><p></p><p>You don’t design to keep the dress in the wardrobe. </p><p>You design</p><p> To wear it</p><p> To impact</p><p>To be seen. </p><p>Your life is meant to be worn by the world. Someone needs your design.</p><p></p><p>Trends vs Timeless is equal to Authenticity</p><p></p><p>Trends come and go. If you only chase what’s trending, you will be outdated next season. </p><p>But timeless pieces? </p><p>Classic cut</p><p>good tailoring </p><p>they never go out of style. </p><p>Be a classic, not just a trend.</p><p></p><p>The biggest designer lesson</p><p></p><p> A designer doesn’t blame the fabric</p><p></p><p>If it tears, you patch it</p><p>If it short, you add flair</p><p>If the color fades, you dye it</p><p></p><p>Life will give you rough fabric sometimes. Your job is to design something beautiful from it anyway.</p><p></p><p>To this : </p><p>Measure yourself well</p><p>Sketch boldly sew consistently</p><p>A don’t be afraid of fittings.</p><p></p><p>Which part of your life design are you working on right now? </p><p></p><p>Is it the sketching</p><p> The cutting</p><p>The final runway walk? </p><p>Please consider to engage 🙏 </p><p></p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.