Urgh... I'm so embarrassed. My last post I vow to post more frequently and then low and behold, here's another blogging hiatus. The time just races by so quickly - and I blame jet lag. The days melt into one another, I feel like as I get older and older it's harder to adjust each time. I have a few techniques - but the best one to use, if you can access it, it to surround yourself with interesting company to keep you awake. I've had a few opportunities to post but each time I've been tired as hell - and I'm such a terrible writer when I'm tired. Too often I'm guilty of racing to arrange posts in the wee hours of morning - to the detriment of real connection in my prose. It's 10am here in stockholm and I've been awake now 4 hour hours, alive and kicking. I could rant for hours! Many people ask me the secrets to being a successful blogger and as far as I've learnt - its all about being informed, true to yourself and making a connection with your readers. That's what makes a content on a blogger's site so unique from a magazine or news site - that personal approach - where you feel you're part of a conversation and a personal story. There are many blogs I follow, not because of their unique style or photography - rather because when you tune in, its more like spending time with a friend. It's easy to understand why, in the modern world where real personal connections are drowned out by digital chatter, a real story can resound just a little bit further.
So Stockholm! I'm camping here a couple weeks before embarking on my European fashion week quests, still hanging around waiting to confirm a few things but excited to get among the mix. Pretty stressed about what I'm going to wear though, still rolling with one suitcase - every piece of clothing I currently have with me has already been shared on my blog or social media. I actually have had the same story for every fashion week I've attended, somehow I've just managed to make do each time. I usually don't plan my outfits because in spontaneity you tend to take more risks (and make more mistakes) and its so much more fun. The trouble with the season happening in the colder months is the coats... you need a few of them to work in a bunch of different looks and I certainly can't afford to bring along a second suitcase each time to fit them all in (nor can I afford to buy so many of them!). Having too much luggage really weighs you down anyway... so maybe don't expect much more than a good mix and match session from me this time... and on that point - REPRESENT! We should all be re-wearing pieces regularly, setting a good example. I only wish I have the chance to fish my red Acne coat out of storage....
Loving getting some pictures in the snow! Though it presents an unusual challenge, with the light source coming from the ground and the sky... I think too much snow makes the image look a bit flat. More practise needed...
shearling coat, Kaliver
beanie, I Love Mr Mittens
mittens, Yvonne Kone
sweater, H&M
jeans, Cheap Monday
booties, Beau Coops