All of my formative years were spent trying to prove I wasn't a princess/barbie kind of girl, I was a tomboy and proud of it.  Wearing navy blue, dark green or burgundy knickerbockers at every chance; when my mother finally managed to throw a 'girlie' dress on me, she would find me running around with the boys, ribbons and all sorts flapping behind me in the wind, much to her disdain!

There were just two of us, my little brother (by 3 years) and I, my mother is often heard sighing 'She cheated me out of having a girl'!
To be fair, A tomboy begets a tomboy, as stories are told, my mother was up in the coconut trees with her brother in the beautiful island of Barbados where she was born.

I managed to maintain my Tomboyism throughout my teenage years and strongly believe it is the reason the powers that be gave me 4 boys.  I can rough and tumble with the best of them and have, over the years, gotten in touch with my barbie side!  You can imagine my mothers surprise when I bought myself, at the ripe age of 35, a frilly pink dress!! (Pink was in season)

I want my boys to know that any-one regardless of gender can do and be anything.  

Whenever I say I have 4 boys, people often look at me with surprise and then pity. "how do you cope?"  Is a question I am asked often.  The truth is I don't have to 'cope'.  We 'live', just like everyone else.  The boys all have very different characters and we generally just have fun, nothing, other than life is too precious and can be replaced.

Only Boys and Tomboys started with a few clothing items, an iPhone and my muse Alexander and began with a simple photoshoot in my local area, it has now grown into an award nominated, well respected brand that has catapulted us into T.V, radio, film, advertising, London Fashion Week and much more...

Follow my exploits, fashion, shopping, feelings and every day life at the house of 6 boys and 1 Tomboy...

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Anita aka Tomboy -x-