Personal fashion and musings
I know it's not summer yet - let alone midsummer - but this night did feel like it could be summer. I've got it on my brain after the hot spell and I can't seem to shake it. It's within our reach, and soon the Federica dress will be my go-to for those humid evenings. [...]
Next week - on the 29th November to be exact - this humble little blog turns three years old. I can vividly remember writing my first ever post treating any potential readers (that's you, Mum) to a tour of my eclectically decorated room in university halls. Looking back now I feel so much nostalgia for that [...]
Until I started applying for jobs after finishing university I have never in my life had an excuse to own a suit. I have always loved the effortless professionalism of the matching combo, and admired from afar the power a suit has in carrying both a timeless fashion statement and a statement of power, which [...]
I can't express enough how much I love this time of year. I've probably said it a million times but crisp, cold, sunny autumn days are second to none - there's no smugger feeling than being wrapped up in a turtleneck and boots to go swanning around in the falling ochre leaves under a clear [...]
The worst part about the life chapter that is university coming to a close? Leaving all those amazing friends to pursue your path, while watching them go out and do the same somewhere completely different. The best? Having good friends in cities / places all across the UK that you can visit (and potentially the [...]
Anyone else feeling like we've skipped autumn altogether and jumped straight to winter? It's bloody freezing! I thought I was prepared for the introduction of layers and darker evenings and looking ahead to Christmas, but after this past week of gloominess I've decided I'd be more than happy for summer to continue. Forever. But alas, [...]
It's been almost a month since I turned twenty one, and this is the only year I have genuinely felt older. A combination of things are making me feel that way, and in contrast to most years I woke up and felt like I actually had aged a year overnight. The step up from twenty was something [...]
Post Bestival Festival Blues are really real (and that's an actual song by Beans on Toast who we saw and who was amazing!!). Bestival is the land of dreams and by far my favourite festival yet - I know I say that every time I go to a new festival, but this time is different. [...]
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