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Meet the Owner |
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Born on February 2nd, 1974 in Curacao, 5 months after I was born I moved to the wonderful island of Aruba where I was raised and currently reside. I completed my schools and continued my studies to become a secretary. Becoming a secretary is not what I really wanted to do. I was 13 years old when I started to create my own clothes and style. Tried to sew a few things by hand and drawing a few things as well. I so wanted to be a designer but hated math and science all I wanted to do was design my own clothes and open my own clothing store and not go through the basics. So I dropped those curriculums not knowing that it will be a great mistake for my designing dreams. Patience was one of my hang-ups and I must admit, it still is at time. Time was drawing near where I had to choose my future and was indecisive as to what I wanted to do. There were so many doubts in my ability, I just had to study something and time was of the essence so I just took the easy route and decided upon secretarial school. The desire to design and have my own clothing store never left, still regret not pursuing my dreams or not having faith to give it a 100% try.
I got my degree and work for years as a secretary. But that something was always missing. Here am I now with my beautiful baby girl (Cy-Anne). I so want her to have a better life, she is one of my motivations I use to inspire me to do something about our future. Not wanting to work for others but for myself, I need to succeed for us. This is what I always say “It is better to try and fail, than fail to try.” No, what ifs or looking back at what could have been. My goal is to prove to myself that I can do this and whatever I put my mind to do.
My gift is that I have an eye for style. I know how to balance the proportions of my body, play up my assets and hide or disguise the problems. Being a full figured woman myself I must say that self love is very important it is the essential part of self esteem. And I know I can instill this into other full figured woman.
I tend to get positive compliment from strangers not only by the way I dress but by the way I carry myself. I have a high self esteem. I am not ashamed of the way I look or my build. I am not into hiding my body beneath a super oversized T-shirt and baggy jeans. I must admit its not easy being different and wanting to stand out from the rest. It’s a challenge for me. Shopping was a heartbreaking event for me. Not being able to get pants to fit or to find a different type of sexy blouse to fit my body. Even getting shoes was an issue for me. Well of course shoes because you wouldn’t expect a heavy woman with a size 6 for a shoe size huh?
What I would end up doing is be creative and use skirts as a blouse, find at least one black pants that fit perfect [a process which is annoying and draining because there was practically no big size stores here in those days, just for the petite one], but when I get hold of that one pants I treasure it and move on from there. I embellish myself with accessories (thank God there is no special size for accessories ha) and I maintain my hair and nails up to date and of course always smile. I am very conscious about myself which is why I so want to dedicate my focus on plus size [thick] women; give help to those who are insecure and help them build back that stolen part they let society take away from them. My way to do this is to follow my dreams and make it real and start my clothing store. Heavilicious will be based on letting go of the words I cannot wear that. And dare you to try. Trust me let me guide you wear what fits your body type. My goal is for after the first fitting for the entire process to get you enthusiastic, a total therapeutic process. My satisfaction will be seeing that sense of pride and motivation reappears so you can face the world, bring back life to the inner you.
Accepting yourself and loving yourself is both Heavilicious and Solaica. Fill that missing part by just adding something to that empty space. Support and motivation is a very important factor in one’s life and that was lacking in mine. Along this path I have learned some very powerful lessons. First there is no major mistake in your life that cannot be fixed or at least dealt with. These situations and decisions made are there to shape you. There is always a second chance. God has a special path for your life, it’s there you just need to be mature enough to know when you can hold it and form it. You are never too old to learn anything or achieve your dreams. Secondly have a mentor in your life. They can help shape your life by providing guidance and encouragement. |
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Founder/CEO |
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E-mail: solaica@heavilicious.com |
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Solaica L. Clarinda |
