While I’m a stripes girl through and through, when I look in my wardrobe I realised that I’ve got a bit of a secret love for polka dots. Those spots have snuck in to my life – on my makeup bag, on my onesie, and on my clothes, and I have to say that I’m a fan! It started out with small spots, but now I’m going for big, bold contrasting spots. View Post
My favourite place to be is always near the ocean. Whether I’m at home in Auckland, in my hometown of Gisborne, or travelling about something always brings me back to water. It’s really no surprise that my favourite places in Auckland happen to be near the water. I took advantage of a spot of sunshine in what was a very cold windy weekend to head down and look at my city from across the harbour – and of course I had to go for a bit of a nautical theme with my outfit. View Post
Black is one of the most common colours to crop up in my wardrobe, yet I realised recently that I hardly ever wear head to toe black anymore. It used to be an everyday thing, but I think I stopped rocking it all the time because of my Fat Girls Shouldn’t Wear Stripes project. That kind of left me feeling like I was somehow obliged to wear a lot of colour, in an attempt to “disprove” all of the things that people say about what fat women should or should not wear. Now I feel like I’ve lost my fashion voice a little. View Post
Poverty Bay as seen from Kaiti Beach
This week I have spent some time reflecting on the things that I’m grateful for. The beautiful country I live in. A job that allows me to travel and work from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Being my own boss and setting my own hours so that I can spend time with my family. For the support of so many wonderful people and businesses that allow me to do what I do – blog about style and self love to empower women. Women like you. Women like me.
This is my home. The place I come to rest and recharge, to shake off the cobwebs, to centre myself. It is a place where I am under no pressure, I don’t have expectations to live up to other than contributing to my whanau and the daily business of our home. View Post