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Hello and welcome to my version of I’m 22 And This Is Deep. Jokes aside, this video means a lot to me so I hope you enjoy :3 I catch you up on what I’ve been up to this summer, how I've been feeling, and how living in NYC has been through quarantine and in this weird post-quarantine, pre-vaccine limbo.
✰ what i’m wearing ✰
corduroy overalls: & other stories (similar: bit.ly/3iJ81GE, bit.ly/32C5ysa)
floral dress: cleobella (bit.ly/33xwMPn)
new balance sneakers (amzn.to/3iAIGyJ)
white socks (amzn.to/32EuOOo)
pink face mask (amzn.to/2H0CMJd)
black converse (bit.ly/2RBeyr3)
✰ for my fellow film nerds ✰
this video was shot on super 8 film
film stock ➭ kodak 200T and 50D
camera ➭ canon 514XL
developed at ➭ negativeland in bushwick
♫ MUSIC ♫
love & war in your 20's by jordy searcy - instrumental
musicbed ID: MB01IT0DIZHFAHZ
"can we still fall in love this summer?" artwork is by 7 souls deep (instagram.com/7soulsdeep)
✰ FAQ ✰
what’s your name? ashley
what’s your instagram? @best.dressed
how old are you? 22 (born in 1998)
how tall are you? 5'5"
what’s your ethnicity? half british and half burmese
what equipment do you use to film?
➭ main camera: panasonic lumix gh5s (amzn.to/2Nb0W1z)
➭ 8-18 mm lens (amzn.to/3bmVoxd)
➭ 12-35mm lens (amzn.to/2JiSrz7)
➭ on camera mic: rode videomic pro+ (amzn.to/2QHfZBU)
➭ voiceover mic: blue yeti usb mic (go.magik.ly/ml/yshp/)
➭ vlog camera: canon g7x mark ii (amzn.to/2DfL4cZ)
➭ canon m50 (amzn.to/2Dp1bnk)
➭ editing: final cut pro
FTC: Not sponsored. Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I earn a small percentage (1-3%) of sales made via those links, but it doesn’t cost you anything extra!
miss you, hope you are doing well in 2021 :)
I love you so much
Ashley you're so damn good.
Honestly, this is how I feel about the pandemic haha
I miss you ashley!!😔
I loved this so much, you’re amazing at what you do and you’re a beautiful person inside and out, from what you show here but you care and you try, I guess that’s all we can ever do.
genuinely crying thank you for making this
If there's one thing this woman can do, it's tell a story
please come back!!! i really need your videos 🥺💕love u ! hope u ok 🙃
Hey Ashley, i wanted to tel you that i love your videos and love how open you are. Ireallymdon't get the hate you get i really love you stay strong
I came to watch this again because I miss her
me checking in on this video to make such no-one is being mean to Ashley 😌😌😌
Whenever I lose faith in the future and start to think that I'll never get out of this small town, whenever I lose hope and feel like I'm never going to go anywhere and that I'll always be alone and miserable and wounded, I watch this video. I don't know why but it really helps. It helps to think that even when things don't go as we planned, we will always find little moments of happiness in little things. So, thank you. ❤️❤️❤️
this is a masterpiece! half a year later and i´m still coming back
This video is 🔥. Reminds me of the wonder years show.
You stopped posting and I started watching. I am nowhere near interested in fashion but I like you, Ashley. Most probably this message will be lost amid 15k comments, but I cannot give up the hope that you might see it and realize only for a moment how your insecurities and emotions reduce our ‘modern loneliness’. And yet you stopped. Whatever you do, don’t forget to fucking grow! We cannot make everyone happy, right? We earn some, we lose some.
It’s refreshing hearing someone be as insecure as I am. I too am 22 and feel like I should probably be an adult by now but don’t really feel like one...
still bawling over the beauty of this
This was just WOW if this is how talented film majors are.... I'm gonna date one
i keep coming back to this video for no reason
Hi Ashley, I just wanted to say that when this video first came out, I had read all of the comments that were essentially comparing your struggles during this pandemic to people physically suffering from the virus. While I never personally left a harsh comment nor thought that you were romanticizing anything, I feel as though I should’ve challenged those critiques just a bit and advocated for us as your audience to be a little more empathetic (or maybe express concerns in a more gentle way??). It didn’t occur to me that your internal issues are just as valid and real as any other person’s pain, and I can only imagine it must be overwhelming to see some of these comments. You’re just a human being (a good one too) and I hope you’re alright. Personally, my mental health has suffered tremendously throughout this past year, and I wish I had understood that you were trying to share your similar struggles through this video (and I want to be careful not to use armchair psychiatry, like one mental health professional pointed out in the comments). I guess what I’m trying to say is I love you and your videos so very much, and I want you to know that you are not alone in navigating this very scary and painful situation. ❤️
I doubt you'll see this, but I think the reason I can relate so much to you is that you talk so openly about things that others are afraid to say online, it's refreshing to talk about how emotions (good or bad) are normal and not a taboo thing to feel. Have you looked into inattentive ADHD? I am not diagnosing you as I obviously do not know you, but a lot of the behaviors you show correlate with ADHD. I only am mentioning it as when I was diagnosed it helped me understand myself so much better and also helped me from being so hard on myself about things I cannot control. Anyway, I know it's been a sec since you've posted. I hope you're alright and taking care of yourself!
I LOVE THIS
i love it. i am 6 months late to this beautiful piece
This is so fcking beautiful! WOW
Video that you make like this actually remind me of Anthony Bourdain's. I hope you continue to create beautiful pieces of work like this.
Thank you, this was beautiful.
Thank you for this video - it fully made me cry. You're such a good person and i really hope that you know how much joy you give other people. Not cuz of the way you edit or whatever, just simply because you have this aura that just makes people feel comfortable and good. Thank you for making this world a bit better.
If you ever write a book, I'll read it
Beautiful, as always
This shit hit me in the feels
Bruh why you make me cry now
i come back to this video everytime im sad about the pandemic and it always makes me feel better and like im not so alone :)
i loved this content, a work of art
6.4K dislikes? Why? I super love this video
The piece where you talked about how you socialize with people you care about in your head and take months to text back really stuck out to me- I related to this whole video a lot.
not me crying to this at 2 a.m
This was beautiful. your a creative film maker and I love watching your videos. I know you get a lot of hate for no reason and it doesn’t make sense. You deserve better and I can’t wait for your next vid.
You made me feel things...i cried...Thank you! You're amazing
I absolutely love this! I only wish I'd found your videos sooner. Maybe I'd have felt a little more at peace with how everything was last year. I know it's not quite over just yet, but I wonder how different it would have been back then. I also am very goal or future oriented, so it was really tough not feeling like I had much to look forward to. I've since made some better choices and decisions and I'm using last year (whatever that whole mess was?) to propel myself forward and be the best version of myself that I can be. Maybe that's just the outcome of basically a year in quarantine, but I'm hoping it takes me to better places either way. I hope this year has been kind to you as well, Ashley. I've definitely been binging your videos recently as I job search and look towards newer and better things :)
Cute & heart felt 🥰 thank you for this
I miss you Ashley
This video is so lovely
If I could like it twice I would.
I love you ❤
This was just beautiful. She likes film making and it was really amazing. I do not see why people are giving her hate.
Just rewatched this video and I’m a crying, sobbing mess. First of all, this video is a piece of art. It’s so well made, so artsy and aesthetic, so meaningful, I fucking love it. Secondly, it’s so obvious that she’s laid out all her vulnerabilities and has shared them with us in hopes of finding some companionship in the loneliness that our brains create. We’re all fucked up in our ways but it’s times like these and moments like these and videos like this one that bring us all together. I hate the fact that some petty, hurtful assholes have such negative things to say to a genuinely good person who’s just trying to make art and share it with people who want to and know how to appreciate art. Ashley literally just wants to articulate how the pandemic treated her and she’s done an immaculate job. This isn’t romanticism. This is “I graduated from an expensive film school and I’m going to put my skills to use”. It’s as simple as that. I hope Ashley comes back to IRworld soon. I miss her and videos.
I so love this comment. ❤️
This was absolutely stunning. I'm so glad I watched this.
come back to youtube bestie
damn, some people really enjoy being angry for no reason. in no way, shape, or form was this romanticizing the coronavirus pandemic. if you think so, you sorely need to read a dictionary and stop dogging people for no reason. like Ashley’s lovely content or not, idc, but you can’t claim baseless shit like that bc you like to be angry. 😋 let people live!
Please take careee
Beautiful
Love this Video so much! I come back to this ohne from time to time bc its so raw and lovely ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This video made me feel so comforted when I was going through a really rough patch with my mental health. I had suicidal thoughts often and felt so alone. This video helped me so much. Please know that so many people love this video. I hope you're doing well Ashley.
we’re gonna be in this video in 5-10 years and be reminiscing the good ol corona days “remember the time we had a pandemic in 2020, woah crazy” 💀💀
This. This was the video that made me subscribe.
Beautiful and raw, thank you for sharing
This is art! I so appreciate your candidness, the care you put into your content, and the beautiful film techniques you employ that really set you apart from the average IRworldr. Despite its initial reception, this is personally one of my favorite videos you’ve ever shared with us.
You know your late when there are no more toxic comments
Ummm genuine question... what's wrong about romanticizing the pandemic????? Just cuz we're in chaos are we not allowed to try see or create beauty in our world???????????????
I guess you're right. It's a way to cope.
Thanks for making this, it’s beautiful and relatable. Thanks for making me feel normal (“I hope you only threw up a little bit” 😹)💗💗 ps: I’m sorry you probably won’t see this cause of the fuckers who comment shit
A beautiful short film!! You are such a creative and inspiring creator. Wish you only the best in 2021
lemme pay you money for this video bc this hit me way too hard
This is art. This is AMAZING!
IRworld misses you :)
this was beautiful
whenever i hear this song, it just makes me smile because it reminds me of your video
What is the song?
Gosh. That was so moving. Thank you for this.
this is so beautiful
This is home
This video is a masterpiece
You're wasting your talents designing clothing. You are definitely a writer. Maybe not a screenwriter but some kind of writer. Novels, memoirs, Sex in the City 2. Paper column if papers weren't going under. Anyway. Keep writing. By your 30's it'll be interesting.
I keep coming back
Was going through my subs. Only saving the best ones,this was 1 of them that I kept subbed to!
I love you bro
Second time watching this, love it.
Hang in there, Things do get better.
Whatever🙄..I love her ,haters gonna hate😏.
people really have a problem with everything, she is a film student, this is a short film, this is her talking about how 2020 has her feeling. how is she romanticising the pandemic, i don't see why everyone is attacking her
I just want to give her a hug
Great video
You could be more polite
"Now we still hate each other but we are fucking" Mood
Although it is not 2020 anymore I keep coming back to this video because I can not help but feel like I am wrapped in a blanket of warmth when I watch it.
This was beautiful. I cried.
Everyone is talking about how asteticly peasing her life is but underneith its so different. She isn't perfect, nobody is! I never knew that she feels like how most people do, expessially me, im only 13 but I get what this all means, Mental health is affecting us and its not fun. Its like your life is being taken away from you, and your friends and family. It's not nice to feel this way. Some people get depressed because they arnt socialising, because the miss their family. We all need to take a day or two to just make a day about us, pamper yourself, give yourself a treat, something that will make you forget about all the lonelyness that is trying to cut deep inside our head. Think about it, all those time's we spent admiring other people's "perfect" live's when we can be taking care of ourself and admiring ourself.
This was one of the most beautiful things I've watched in a while and Ashley seems such a kind and beautiful person. I feel like if I've known her irl we would have been great friends 💕
i love your vids!!!
I love you so much! ❤️
“Without a single living creature” Also Ashley: *literally has an entire garden’s worth of plants in her apartment*
Love the footage of Charm City!
Its ridiculous how many times I have watched this video and cried my heart out . I read some where that We cling to music ,to poems, to quotes, to writing ,to art because we desperately do not want to be alone, we want to know we aren't going crazy and someone else out there knows exactly how you're feeling. We want someone to explain the thing we can't. I cling to this video. Thanks for creating something so meaningful.
The ending was honestly very satisfying because I didn’t feel alone in not having a perfect ending... thanks
You're so cool
You know...i hope you know that you're not the only one who feels like this (even before the pandemic) and it's really okay to accept it. I just admire how you can put it into actual words. Most of us can't 😐 💜
What a film masterpiece ! Better than a some Hollywood movie. Hope you are safe and will find peace in new apartment
did enyone else cry?
this was the best thing i've ever watched in so long
this was meant to be revisited months later (:
New follower here, But this video and person gave me life. Its nice knowing I wasn't the only one alone in a NYC apartment for 7 months. But nothing like over coming some depression to remind you're capable of anything. If you can survive in NYC you can survive anywhere, If you survived in NYC during the pandemic you can live on Mars.