'Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc (Françoise Poncelle, 1788–1839)', Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres French (1823)- - It's September. I believe the prevailing feeling this year is that summer has been passive aggressively nudged into this month which usually heralds my most favourite season: autumn. In theory, I'm...

'Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786-1868)', Marie Denise Villers (1801) - - And that's really okay. I do not need to be her, or her, no matter how good she looks. I am me. Trying to be another would simply be a great disservice to...

'Crouching Nude in Shoes and Black Stockings, Back View', Egon Schiele (1912) - - spring of my eternal weakness, light at the depths of my wardrobe, pin in my unthrown grenade of bombastic style. O how I love thee, good pair of shoes. this...

'Lions in a Mountainous Landscape', Théodore Gericault (ca. 1818-20) - - im returning to the roots of this blog and attempting to cast into oblivion all the things my fingers have been itching to hit ‘pay with klarna’ on lately… we’ll start with those outlandish-for-me...

 I'm actually a little more than just adrift in this period of intense change & longing. i'm sans anchor in a f*cking whirlpool. my solution of trying to buy my way back to some sense of self during times like this is hit...

'Repose', John White Alexander (1895)-- whimsical & soft pyjamas sturdy, weather-appropriate shoes & outerwear simple, beautiful jewellery clean and healthy hair, skin & nails comfort & warmth the ability to take your time self-assuredness humility matching delicates well-fitting clothes & shoes something between slim & loose high-quality fabrics a well-worn & well cared-for wardrobe an honestly designed &...

for this year, I'd quite like to be me. no fads, trends, aspirational and unattainable daydreaming. just me as I am each day. ...

'The Repast of the Lion', Henri Rousseau (ca. 1907)   -- "OH IT'S VINTAGE CHANEL," she shouts into you completely innocently, trying to overrule the heady bass of the club with her voice. so she saw you sizing up those infamous double Cs then. you...

'The Musicians', Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (1597)   -- why i've been craving it  i have a vast collection of shirts and even a couple of white ones i'll admit, but not one that quite gives me the volume and shape i've been wanting to wear...

'The Dream of the Shepherd' ('Der Traum des Hirten'), Ferdinand Hodler (1896)   -- I'm back. No, not with a vengance but with a bashful "uh, hi" - uttered in the kind of way your wayward older brother would upon returning home from an...