Tide Voyage

When I walk into a room wearing a well-fitted suit, something shifts. My shoulders sit back a little further. My voice finds its natural pitch. It is not magic, it is the quiet confidence that comes from knowing my clothes were made for me, not for a mannequin in a factory. Over the years I have worn off-the-rack blazers that pulled across the back and trousers that bagged at the knee. Each time I told myself it was fine. But it was not fine. It was a compromise I did not ne