What inspires us can say a lot about who we are. For writer, creator, and model Isabella Carr, inspiration comes through storytelling, books, emotions, and the simple act of paying attention.
Through her writing, she explores longing, solitude, fantasy, and the stories we tell ourselves. Naturally, we wanted to know what inspires the girl behind the words. We sat down with Isabella to talk about writing, reading, New York, confidence, and why storytelling still matters in a world that never stops scrolling.
Isabella is wearing our Heart Breaker Underwire Bra, Heart Breaker G-String Thong & Heart Breaker Sheer Short in Black.
On Writing: When Creativity Becomes a Voice
For Isabella, writing has always been a way of making sense of the world around her. It started early, long before she ever imagined anyone else would read her words.
When did writing become more than a hobby?
“From the moment I knew how to formulate thought, I loved to write. It was a way for me to understand what was in my head, which I often found very confusing and overwhelming.”
Throughout her childhood and adolescence, Isabella used writing as an outlet for her inner world. At the time, she wasn't writing for an audience.
“It wasn’t until I was in my early twenties that I felt the desire to share what I had been creating with others.”
Today, Isabella writes about diverse subjects and books through her Substack, creating the kind of intimate writing that feels like a conversation.
Why We Still Need Stories in the Age of Endless Scrolling
There is no shortage of content competing for our attention. But Isabella believes our desire for stories goes deeper than simply wanting something to watch or read.
Why do you think we're all still searching for stories in an age of endless scrolling?
“Storytelling feeds an innate human desire for fantasy; however, it is unique in that you are not just ingesting the fantasy but actively participating in its construction.”
For Isabella, that participation is what makes storytelling so powerful. Rather than simply consuming an image or idea, a story asks us to imagine it ourselves. She believes that constant consumption and most present media can make it harder to build those worlds of our own.
“In this, we start to lose our uniquely human ability to build worlds, to be the authors and architects of our dreams. I think we are all searching for a dream.”
And perhaps that's why stories continue to matter.
At Skarlett Blue, we believe self-expression works in much the same way. What we choose to wear underneath can be part of the story we create for ourselves, whether it's something no one else sees or the foundation of an entire look.
Inspiration Is Everywhere, If You're Paying Attention
Skarlett Blue celebrates women who create. Do you write every day, or do you wait for inspiration?
“I think to live is to be inspired.”
For Isabella, inspiration isn't something that arrives neatly scheduled between coffee and emails. It's an ever-present feeling, an “endless tapping” that asks to be addressed.
That idea of paying attention feels especially fitting for a woman whose work revolves around emotion and observation. Inspiration can be a sentence overheard on the street, a feeling that won't leave, a book you can't stop thinking about, or one of those strangely perfect New York afternoons.
A New Yorker's Favorite Books, Characters, and Bookstore
If you're looking for your next read, Isabella has a few serious contenders.
What book do you wish you could read again for the very first time?
“Perhaps, The Brothers Karamazov or Anna Karenina. I felt a fundamental shift in myself after finishing both.”
And because no literary conversation is complete without asking about fictional women, we had to know who Isabella would invite to dinner. She said she'd choose Nastasya Filippovna from The Idiot or Emma Bovary from Madame Bovary.
Skarlett Blue was founded in NYC, and every New Yorker we know seems to have "their" library or bookstore. Which feels like home to you?
“I love Codex. It’s the one that surprises me the most, and it is relatively affordable for Manhattan!”
There is something very New York about having a place that feels like yours. The bookstore you disappear into for an hour. The coffee shop where you write. The street you take even when it's technically not the fastest route.
Confidence Takes Practice
Writing and modeling may seem like very different creative practices, but for Isabella, they share something important: vulnerability.
Writing asks for vulnerability in one way. Modeling in Skarlett Blue lingerie asks for it in another. What have those experiences taught you about confidence?
“For myself, confidence is not something that I innately had. For some it is. However, for most, including myself, it takes practice in vulnerability. The more you show up and are willing to feel shame, embarrassment, insecurity, fear, the less of an impact those sensations have on you. Then you wake up one day, and you realize they no longer appear where they used too, and I suppose that is confidence? The confidence to share your innermost thoughts or the confidence to pose in your underwear, both come from the same source.”
Isabella in our Captivate Full Coverage T-Shirt Bra and Minx Lace Trim Thong in Black.
Our Final Thoughts
Isabella's approach to creativity reminds us that self-expression doesn't have to look one particular way.
Maybe it's writing a page in your notebook before bed. Maybe it's disappearing into a novel on the subway. Maybe it's wearing lingerie that makes you feel like the most interesting version of yourself, even if nobody else knows it's there.
However you choose to express yourself, make it yours. Stay curious, stay inspired, and don't be afraid to be seen.