觀雨400字作文
MRS. OBAMA: Well, hello everyone. How are you doing?
AUDIENCE: Great.
MRS. OBAMA: Okay. All right, we’re just going to break this up one moment and just say, isthis not cool? (Laughter.) I mean, come on. You’re in the White House. There are some of themost impressive people in fashion here to teach you all, and to reach out and to mentor you.And there’s food. (Laughter.) What more could you ask for.
Well, welcome to the White House. And let me start by thanking Anna for that very kindintroduction and for her tremendous passion and leadership in making this day a reality. Westarted cooking this up a little while ago, and it’s just been a thrill to be able to bring this visionto reality. So, Anna, thank you so much.
I also want to thank everyone from the -- Parsons The New School for Design for helping ustoday, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Pratt Institute of Technology, along with all ofthe incredible designers and entrepreneurs, the fashion journalists who have taken time out oftheir very busy days to be here with all of you. Let’s give them all a round of applause. (Applause.)
And there are two groups that I want to give special recognition to. First, all of the studentsand faculty from Parsons who created the incredible décor that you see here on the tables inthe East Room. Well done. (Applause.) Thank you, guys. Thank you so much.
And second, I want to recognize the two winners of our design competition for this event.The dress that I am wearing today and the dress that you see here were designed by twostudents who are with us today. Chelsea Chen -- Chelsea, stand up, please. Chelsea designedthis dress. (Applause.) Great job! (Laughter.) And Natalya Koval, please stand up. Natalyadesigned this dress. (Applause.) Well done. Oh, did it switch around? Natalya designed thisdress, Chelsea designed that dress. Well done! (Laughter.) Good job! They’re both students atFIT. And Natalya and Chelsea, thank you. Thank you for your creativity, thank you for yourpassion. We’re very proud of you. I hope you had fun doing this. And I want to thank thedesigner mentors who helped them bring their ideas to life -- Phillip Lim and Lela Rose. Phillipand Lela, thank you both for working with Natalya and Chelsea today.
In these dresses that you see and this room, we see the incredible promise that lies within ournext generation. And that’s really what today is all about -– it’s about all of you young peoplewho are here in this room with us, and all the young people who couldn’t be in this room, andyour dreams. We really do focus on how you’re going to get where you’re going to go. Andthat’s what this is all about.
I know that many of you are hoping to one day pursue a career in fashion, and that’s why weinvited you here today -- because we want you to really understand what it’s going to take tobe successful. And we want you to see firsthand that a solid education and the willingness towork hard is really at the core of what it’s going to take to achieve your goals: education andhard work. It’s that simple.
Today’s workshop is one in a series of events that we have done over the past six years foryoung people across the country. We have been doing this since the day we entered the WhiteHouse for young people. We want them to be in this house and experience the things thatthey’re passionate about. And this workshop is one of many -- whether it’s music or dance orpoetry, our mission is always the same: to inspire you guys to dream bigger, to reach higher,and then, most importantly, to pull somebody else up with you along the way.
Because your sitting in these seats makes you really special, but it doesn’t make you unique.Because you know for every kid that is sitting in this chair, you know probably 10 others whocould be sitting in this chair. So that’s where the giveback comes in, because you’ve got to bethinking, “I was lucky and blessed to be here, so what am I going to do to share these gifts withsomebody else?”
Now, when it comes to the fashion industry, so often people think it’s all about catwalks and redcarpets and “who wore it best,” and whether some famous person wore the right belt with theright shoes –- like I’d know what that’s like. (Laughter.) But the truth is that the clothes yousee in the magazine covers are really just the finished product in what is a very long verycomplicated and very difficult process, as I’ve come to learn working with many designers.
What most people don’t realize is that there are so many different aspects to this industry.Whether it’s business marketing or technology and manufacturing, even agriculture thatproduces the wool and the cotton that ultimately becomes our clothes, it’s a big,complicated industry. The industry is also a huge contributor to this economy. Last year alone,Americans spent more than $350 billion on clothing and footwear, and about 1.4 millionAmerican workers are employed annually by retailers and others in the fashion industry -- so alot of jobs, a lot of income that is generated by many of the people who are sitting in this room.
But for so many of you –- whether you’re already in the industry or aspiring to be there someday -– I know that in the end, fashion is really about passion and creativity. Just like music ordance or poetry, it’s what drives you. It’s what gets you out of bed each morning. It’s what youwrite about in essays in school and what you read about in the news. It occupies every ounce ofyour daily lives. I know this because with creative people, that’s what their passion does -- itmakes everything else worthwhile.
Fashion is about so much more than just a pretty pair of pumps or the perfect hemline. For somany people across the country, it is a calling, it is a career, and it’s a way they feed theirfamilies. So that’s why we thought it was important to bring the industry to the White House,and to share it with all of you who are coming up in the next generation.
Today, in your breakout sessions, you all have had a chance to see all the different aspects ofthe industry -- and there are many, many more aspects, we just didn’t have the time. But youlearned the business sense that you need to strike out on your own. There’s a veryentrepreneurial aspect to this industry. You learned the writing and verbal skills that youneed to communicate your inspiration with others -- because the bottom line is that if youcan’t share your thoughts and ideas, no one will hear them. There’s no mindreading in fashiondesign; you have to be able to articulate what you want. So you have to be a reader, a writer,a thinker, a communicator.
You learned the highly specialized construction skills that you all can only learn throughhours and years of education and practice and technical training. This doesn’t just come out ofjust talent, sheer creativity. You have to practice it. You have to learn it. You have to study it.And those are the kind of concrete skills that you all will need to succeed. And it’s importantfor you all to know that there’s a concreteness to this work. And it’s easy to lose sight of that,because it’s easy for us to look at the accomplished people in this room and think, well, itmust have been easy being Jason Wu -- Jason’s like, not so much -- (laughter) -- that the styleand the creativity have just flowed from these people since the day they were born.
It’s easy to think that it’s easy. But these folks will tell you that that’s never really the case.What they have learned over the course of their illustrious careers is that the path to success israrely ever easy or obvious. Instead, they know that in order to exceed, they know that youhave to be prepared, that you’ve got to hone your skills in college or design school. You’ve gotto be willing to take some risks, and you also have to be prepared to fail -- a lot.
All of these things are essential for the journey. And that’s true for fashion, but it’s true foreverything else. Risks, failure, is a part of being great. So embrace that, don’t fear it. And themost important thing you’ve got to do is work and work and work and work and work and work.That’s it. It’s hard work -- sorry -- (laughter) -- years and even decades before you can achieveyour goals.
Just take Sara Blakely, for example. After she graduated from college, Sara worked at DisneyWorld, buckling in people into their seats for the rides -- dag, Sara. (Laughter.) Sara did thatfor a while, and then she went on to sell fax machines for an office supply company. And thenshe got this idea, and she took a risk -- she devoted her entire savings, $5,000, to start herown company.
She spent two years planning and researching her new business ideas in the nights while shewas still selling fax machines. She pitched her idea to factories and mills, asking them to helpher make the product a reality, and of course, she was turned down again and again and again.But finally, a manager at a factory liked her idea, and today, 14 years later, Sara’s idea, Spanx,is a multibillion-dollar company with products selling in more than 50 countries. (Applause.)And we all wear them with pride. (Laughter.)
And then there’s my friend Maria Cornejo, who grew up in Chile knitting and sewing clothes forher dolls. When she was 11, her family fled to England as political refugees. And Maria didn’tspeak a word of English, and she says she always felt like an outsider. But then she realized thatshe could make a career out of fashion.
So she went to design school, and she studied fashion and textiles, and she started her ownbusiness. And today, Maria’s got a company based in New York. She won a National DesignAward for fashion. She is one of my favorite designers. She’s earned fans all around the world.And she is probably one of the sweetest, most gracious people that I’ve met over the course ofthese years.
So to all of you guys in this room, I want those stories -- the stories of Sara and Maria, and I’msure there are many, many others as you talk to people at your tables -- I want those stories toshow you that there’s no magic to being successful in fashion or in anything else. What isrequired is a willingness to work long nights, to suffer through rejection and failure, to riseabove all of that -- all the doubts and the fears and the anxieties -– whether you come from thecity, the suburbs, no matter who you are, where you come from, all those feelings are natural.It’s a natural part of life.
Maybe you do feel like an outsider. Maybe you’ve been told that your ideas aren’t any good. Ormaybe your family doesn’t have much money. Maybe you’re the first one in your family to go tocollege, and you’re wondering whether you’re even going to make it. Whoever you are, whereveryou come from, I want you -- again, know that those worries and doubts are natural. It’s okay.Every single person in this room -- including me -- everyone who has been successful atanything has doubted themselves, and has had someone else doubt them.
But what successful people don’t do is let their doubts and fears shut them down. That’s whatyou cannot do. They brush off the doubters, they brush off the haters. They reach out for help,which is key. They use those emotions to inspire them to work even harder to create their ownfutures.
So today, I want you all of you to know that you belong here. You belong right here in theWhite House -- yes, yes. (Laughter.) So, look, you belong right here next to Jason Wu and AnnaWintour and Narciso -- and I could go on. You belong here. This is your home, so own it, okay?Because if you can sit at these tables and spend this day here and meet with all these greatpeople, then you can do anything -- but you have to know that, and you have to tell yourselvesthat every single day. Remember this moment, and remember that the First Lady of the UnitedStates told you that you can do anything you want to.
And we’re counting on you. We are proud of you. Your President is proud of you. He knows thisis going on, he’s just a little busy. (Laughter.) So I want you to take advantage of this day. Iwant you to network with each other. I want you to continue working hard, and know thatfailure is a part of the growth that you will need to be great.
So we are so pleased to have you here. And if you feel like this day was special, it’s because wethink you all are special, and you all are worthy of the efforts that we’ve put in to making thisday special for you. So thank you, guys. Thank you so much. (Applause.)
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