A & the (Technicolour) Dreamcoat

During this time of year, a coat becomes like second skin.

It is now the armour for the deep chill that greets the day and the night with a swift, calculated, hello. It's the first thing that everyone notices. No longer can the summer dress hop and skip and breeze its flimsy song.

I purchased this coat while having brunch in Greenpoint on my last trip to New York. While I had enough items to fill my suitcase, I couldn't pass it up. The structured pattern, the rich, dark colours and the asymmetrical back was just what I needed for the mood of a season that darkens and sheds and gets ready for the bright white.

Stef and I did this shoot a few weeks back and I really trusted her creative spirit by letting her take full control. (Hence the kind of creepy, Vanilla Sky venetian mask she made me put on). While I initially and obviously protested, I realized that a mask conceals yet shows strong details before anyone can see what's underneath. It is just like a coat in that way.

And who am I to get in the way of more coverage?

Photos credit: Stefania Sgambelluri 

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coat: BB Dakota, hat: Uniqlo, bag: my Dad's old luggage 

The (almost) end of summer

The end of summer signifies a new start.

Every year around this time we experience the same feeling. It's the way the morning air is crisp instead of sticky, and the scent is reminiscent of lining up at a yellow bus stop with a new backpack. Some people are going back to class, others are coming home from vacation, but while we ease out of the sunshine and into the slumber, there are choices to be made. A new season always signifies something different and I relish in the forced self-reflection.

The change says, "There is no better time to try something new."

While fall hasn't officially made its arrival, I'm going to bask in what's left of those lazy summer rays.
 
Cheers to the last long weekend of summer! xx