Remember the travelling good life dress by Nadinoo? It’s been busy adventuring… 1 & 7. A QUIET STYLE 2 & 3. HUMPHREY & GRACE 4. LITTLE GREEN SHED 5. LOBSTER AND SWAN 6. THIS LITTLE CORNER The above women are not only excellent dress-snappers, but some of my very favourite people on the internet, so do click over for a look if
Living
stuff that works: hair
My name is Sara and I am a hair idiot. When they were handing out the ability to do nice things with your hair, I was presumably in the queue for daytime napping, or biscotti-baking (vote for me, btw!) . I just have absolutely no hair ability. This means I never ever look fancy. My
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Living
Most worn: Spring/Summer 2015
Simplifying my wardrobe still remains the biggest battle in my attempts to live more ‘minimally’. I make a lot of mistakes; that is, I buy things thinking they’ll work then find that they don’t, or I buy things without even thinking at all. I feel like blogs can be an exacerbating factor in this, too
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Photography
Ivana Helsinki & the moomins
My friend Helen showed my this video for the Moomin dresses by Finnish brand Ivana Helsinki on a cold Spring day in her home studio. We watched it three times on repeat, sighing over the dresses and the styling and the mood. If you’ve ever read Tove Jansson‘s The Summer Book, perhaps you’ll feel
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Living
stuff that works: beauty
Beauty blogger I am not, but in my small-ish rant about the ‘natural beauty’ myth, I promised to share the handful of products I do use and enjoy. On the whole, I find the effectiveness standard of most mainstream beauty products depressingly low – a fact supported by the cosmetic companies resorting to photoshop in
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Living
Giveaway: Object Style
Femininity & minimalism. Why does it feel so refreshing to hear those two words together? Perhaps because as women, we’re so often encouraged to be frivolous consumers – shopping for fun, buying fast fashion, the latest shampoo or lipstick, always required to stay pretty & neat. In fact somehow, the more feminine you aspire to
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Personal
show & tell, & a photo print giveaway
1/ This week I had a little bit of rare time to myself! I spent it drinking coffee in my favourite afternoon light. 2/ I’m going to try selling some prints of my photographs on etsy, and I need your help deciding what to offer. I’d love you to a look through my instagram feed