Windbreak

A cloudless day in Cornwall last week - rewarded after my first solo drive down to the South West. I like the idea of being an intrepid road tripper... 

Seaside Shoot

Shooting on the Sussex coast last weekend didn't feel like work at all - can't wait to see the final pictures

 Charleston girl Kalli wearing a beautiful Molly Goddard taffeta dress, behind the scenes

Frozen Sea

Freezing cold Helsinki behind left behind for a few hours last week as we made the journey across the Baltic to sea to Estonia... as one does.

Frosty bow of ferry

Dream Frill

I love this editorial from Vogue Turkey, shot at Dreamland in Margate

 

Bit different to when I went recently

 Potatoes in the chip shop and 90s wedding dress nightmares in the charity shop

Storm out at Sea

Fuerteventura

Last week Tessa and I went on our first ever all inclusive package holiday. There was lots of sunshine, swimming and German Nudists, much to our delight. It also offered the great opportunity of digging out my summer wardrobe and smugly putting it on before everyone else back home had donned theirs.... 

 

Winter Essentials

Last weekend I hopped on a train with Tessa and spent a couple of days on the Isle of Wight. It was very wintery weather and the coastline looked dramatic as we watched the rain blow in.

Of course Tessa and I debated high brow topics all weekend, but in between and especially on the platform at Southampton station we discussed what items we most need (want) in our wardrobes this winter. This discussion was prompted by my favourite jeans which basically fell apart as I was wearing them over the weekend, and are now sadly too embarrassing to wear due to a rather large rip in an unfortunate place.

Jeans shopping is never fun in my book, and now sadly I am forced to seek some out. R.I.P £12 Primark jeans I have worn for 3 years.
 We agreed on the notion that jeans were an essential winter purchase. We also discussed boots, trainers, coats...
We decided this was not an essential:

 But for me, these definitely are and have been for many years running now:

Another great winter comfort is my massive fleece lined parka that I got a couple of years ago in Manchester. It really means business.

I tend to think the things to spend money on over the winter months are on pieces that you wear on the outside, i.e shoes, boots, coats etc... Everything else seems to be covered up the rest of the time. There's a lot of talk about knitwear at the moment. I've been a jumper lover for years and years. You can read my knitwear musings here, here and as well as an attempt to save a beloved knit here.

The Photographers' Gallery

All this hot weather has obviously got me thinking about water, as there seemed to be a theme running through my postcard selection from a trip to the recently refurbished Photographers' Gallery last week