So What's All This Funk About?

Wear What The FUNK You Want  It's Finally Here: The Hub You Didn't Know You Needed. 

I’m Tangie Bell 53 years old, wife of 22+ years, mama of five daughters (four grown and one teenager still keeping me on my toes), and the creator behind Wear What The FUNK You Want and Funky Grunge Boutique Online Storefront.

I didn’t start Wear What The Funk You Want  because I had it all figured out. I started this because I didn’t.

After years behind the chair as a hairstylist, raising a house full of girls, and living life for everyone else, I found myself staring in the mirror at 50-something wondering… “Where did I go?” In regards to fixing myself up and keeping my style going after years of help other women feel and look good.

I noticed my body changed ,my energy shifted. The things I used to love didn’t fit the same physically or emotionally. 
 

But the one thing that never left me was the urge to create.

So, I picked up my some old thrifted denim, sat for a while on some  ideas, and started handmaking jean bags, reworking clothes, and finding freedom in the mess of it all. Not to chase trends  but to feel something again through my own art.

This space is where I show up for me, and share it with the internet. And, I am offering no apologies for showing up for myself. 

This space is  where I get honest about ageless  style, wearing what the funk you want ,personal identity and what it means to still want more in this season of life and style. It’s not polished. It’s not curated. It’s me inviting you in on something unique and different.

Wear What The FUNK You Want is more than a slogan. It’s a movement a bully-free style zone for women (especially Black women) who don’t dress up to be accepted, but rather to feel good in their own skin and self style evolving. 

It’s about having fun and possibly understanding another woman from another time. (hence me)

I don’t believe in age limits, “dressing your age,” or following rules made for someone else’s life.

This isn’t about being “put together.”
It’s about being put back together in style that actually looks like you.

Whether you’re here for the chats, the style inspo, other surprises that are coming,  or just because you needed a reminder that you’re still allowed to take up space...

Welcome in. You belong here.

Let’s keep making life and style FUN again.

Come for the vibes. Stay for the FUNK.
Tangie