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The Dark Side of the Sun: Black in Summer vol 4
I have already written about my view that in the Northern-European climate, an extensive summer wardrobe tends to be unnecessary. Spending lots of money on things that can only be worn for approximately two weeks every year just isn’t the best use of resourc..
Workwear Wednesday: All the Animal Print in the World
I generally try not to do two consecutive posts on the same theme (say beauty or books), but my blogging schedule has been disrupted by 1) work and 2) weather that is so unseasonally warm that writing about anything autumnal seems entirely wrong. As a result..
How To Dress Like A Seventies Spy
This is not the how-to you’ve been waiting for? That’s too bad, as it’s the only wisdom I feel capable of imparting at the moment. I am endlessly fascinated by spies and dream about becoming one pretty much on a weekly basis. Unfortunately, I’m exceptionally..
Spring Updates
It feels a bit strange writing this, as I’m not entirely sure spring has properly arrived in Brussels and Tallinn, while in Senegal – where I am now – things are obviously way past what I’d usually call spring. Still, the blog is a monster that needs to be f..
A Modern Swimsuit
I’m sure you know that Nora Ephron quote: “Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off until you’re thirty-four,” she says in I..
Mimosa Time
There is (or should be) a specific sub-category of First World Problems, called Bloggers’ Problems. I, for example, spent hours yesterday trying to locate some mimosa branches that I could photograph for my long-planned mimosa post. I did not succeed, but at..
Long Leather Gloves
Every autumn, I buy a pair of elbow-length leather gloves. I’ve been doing this for something like 15 years and it still seems like an exceedingly good idea. I mostly need to keep buying new pairs because I keep losing the old ones, but occasionally, I encou..
Figs from Greece
It’s in fact too early to talk about figs – it’ll still take a bit of time before they are abundantly available on Brussels markets. But as Greece has been on my mind lately (because of work), I wanted to write something Greek-related that was positive and n..
The Sane Side of the Seventies
Many people have specific historic periods they gravitate towards in terms of style. In my case, people tend to assume that it’s the sixties (not that I have TOO many conversations like that, but there have been some), mostly I guess because my only remarkab..