Posts tagged “thoughts”

Participating in the greatest show on earth they call ‘Life’.

Posted on April 15, 2013

Grateful for every second I am given to participate in the greatest show on earth they call ‘Life’.

Yesterday I turned 26, and despite a few initial and primarily superficial reservations about getting older, I know that every year teaches me something valuable; and whether and how I learn those lessons is up to me. Every year brings me closer to expressing my whole and authentic self and there isn’t a better feeling than knowing you’re closer to being who and what you were chosen to be.

We live in a society that idolises the triviality of youth, and subsequently reviles at the honour of ageing and the insight, vibrancy and self-confidence that comes with it. It’s vital to not let a system, culture and a distorted view of reality devalue getting older. It’s a pleasure, and as Oprah once said: To deny your age is to deny your life!

“People get all screwed up and afraid of aging when, in fact, every year should be a celebration. You should be celebrating every year that you are given. I don’t understand women lying about their age and everybody dreading getting older. It means you’re still here! To deny your age is to deny your life. I stand here 59 years old and so happy to claim every single part of the journey of those 59 years.” Oprah Winfrey

Thank you to everyone for your kind messages and well wishes. I’m feeling so blessed and highly favoured ;-)

Food, Film and Cross-Culturalism @Diesel_UK @GhanaKitchen @Restless_City

Posted on March 20, 2013

My most recent trip to Uganda earlier this year left me feeling somewhat perplexed, on the lead up I confidently and loudly proclaimed my excitement about going ‘home’, you know, back to the motherland…going back to my roots so to speak. Yet, despite having the time of my life, I often found myself feeling unfamiliar and displaced in my so-called ‘home’. Towards the end of my stay, despite feeling ravenous to reacquaint myself with British culture, I wasn’t so confidently nor openly proclaiming my excitement to go back to my ‘other home’, England, more specifically, London.

There was a point where I sat down, aware of my thoughts and made an attempt to articulate this feeling of displacement. Why did I feel so excited (and even at times self-righteous) about going back Africa? And HOW could I feel even more excited (and at times embarrassed) to return to a place which isn’t intrinsically my home, but in more ways than one is my ‘home’.

If wherever I lay my hat is your home, then I should say for the record that I have a wide collection of hats in my West London flat and none in the Western region of Uganda where I was born lol.

invite chop bar 18th march gq (Medium) (2)

My first attempt to write about my personal experiences as an Afropean, or better known as a ‘third culture kid’ was unstructured and frankly read like a bit of a ramble. But having attended The Chop Bar on Monday night, and the screening of Restless City; it gave me the opportunity to discuss in an open and organic way across a range of cultures my thoughts about culture and cross culturalism. As a result my thoughts are more organised to frame this blog post, which I have been wanting to write for the last couple of months now.

The Chop Bar was part of a series of events being held by Diesel UK to celebrate and promote talent coming out of Africa through their creation of Studio Africa. The evening comprised of a pop up Ghanaian Restaurant, ran by the lovely and super talented Zoe, owner of Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen (and who really knows how to throw it down in the kitchen); followed by a private screening of Restless City, starring Sy Alassane, one of the nine faces of the Studio Africa campaign.

Restless City

Directed by Andrew Dosunmu, Restless City vividly captures the pulsating dynamic of New York City’s pan-African community, it was a beautifully cinematic glimpse into a culture and community that is only superficially seen by indifferent New Yorkers. The film marked the third feature from African-American Film Festival Movement, activating quality black independent films with simultaneous theatrical engagements in select cities.

The films cinematography and high quality was without a doubt visually emotive, and although fundamentally a love story, I travelled into one of the afro sub-cultures of New York; ranging from the underground afro club scene, afro hair salons and boutiques, from the perspective of African born gangsters, prostitutes, musicians several many others. Feelings I associated with the movie include that of love, loss, geographical exploration, cultural displacement in addition to the emotions associated with clustered and closed communities.

Talking Afropeans and TCK (Third Culture Kids)

Following on from the film screening we had an opportunity to meet and talk to Sy Alasanne, Senegalese model and actor who played the protagonist in the movie and who plans to be a catalyst in the development of pan-African film movement. Having deliberated over the future for pan-African stories, we discussed the positive and negative aspects that the power of the Western film industry can have on developing but yet again diluting African’s stories through film. From that our dialogues ventured into a topic referred to as ‘third culture’. Third culture (also known as Third Culture Kids or Trans-cultural Kids), is a term first coined in the early 1950s by American sociologist and anthropologist Ruth Hill Useem to refer to the children/people who have spent a significant part of his/her developmental years outside their parent’s culture (such as me, and many of you).

The evening was an opportunity for us to discuss our cross-cultural encounters, and more importantly how Afropeans (in addition to the jambalaya of third culture communities) can create a platform in order to be seen and heard as an influential sub-culture among western culture.

(Me and Sy Alasanne)

(Q&A Session with Sy Alasanne)

(Me eating talking cross culturalism with DieselUK twitter winners about their experiences as Chinese and Canadians living in the UK)

On a personal level,

it’s not hard for me to build relationships with both sides of my cultures, and almost like that of a chameleon, elements of both cultures can be assimilated to an extent, but there is still a loss by not having any full ownership with any. It’s even more disheartening that the colourful symphony of that dialogue and experiences lived by myself and others hasn’t fully been explored enough through cinema, television or literature (with the exception of Pigeon English- amazing book. Read it!). In regards, to what I will be doing about this, I am developing a few ideas which are tucked neatly up my sleeve for now, but when they come into maturation I will certainly be letting you all know.

As stated my blog title, these are just my musings as an Afropean, and whether a third culture kid or not, I would be interested in hearing more of yours, so feel free to comment or drop me an email (Afroblush@gmail.com)

Enjoy the pictures from The Chop Bar!

(Me and Zoe from Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen- Food was AMAZE!)

Musings of an Afropean…Whilst I’ve been away…

Posted on February 6, 2013

I am finally back from my East African adventure, and with so much to talk about it will take a couple of days to organise my photos and thoughts from my time spent in Uganda.

I often talk a lot about the concept of ‘Afropeanism’, a term a used to describe myself as it refers to the trans-cultural influences of members of the black diaspora living in Europe. Having been born in Uganda, and brought up in the UK, in my mind I’m an African living in Britain; yet it’s only when I go to Africa do I feel like an British person in Africa. However, despite often feeling inconclusive about my cultural identity, I also feel fortunate that I can be open to understanding and engaging in the cultural symphony of these two places.

I couldn’t possibly contain all the activities that I have been up to into a single blog post, so I will be segmenting my stories into a range of posts over the next few weeks, I hope you enjoy!

Whilst I’ve been away…

Firstly I would like to apologise to all those who have had trouble accessing my blog over the last couple of weeks. I have resolved the technical issue, however, whilst mountain trekking up country in the village of Mbarara, resetting my domain DNS seemed to be the least of my worries! Everything is now back in working order!

A big thank you to Sophie from Cosmopolitan Magazine for sending me a copy of this month’s issue a long with some awesome beauty treats. It made coming back to work feel all the more worthwhile!

Congratulations to the winners for the Comfort & Samuel competition, I will be announcing the names on Twitter tomorrow. A massive thanks to everyone who took part, and Comfort & Samuel for sponsoring the giveaway.

Glad so many of you enjoyed Barbie’s Nigerian wedding images from Nigerian photographer Obi, I knew you would love them as much as I did.

…and of course, last but far from least. The biggest thanks to everyone who was responsible for my nomination for Women4Africa’s upcoming award ‘Blogger of the Year’. The award ceremony is in May and I’m chuffed to be in the lineup!

Congratulations to @afroblush Louisa K on making the final selections of #Women4Arica2013 See full list here women4africa.com/final-nominees/

— Women4Africa (@Women4Africa) February 4, 2013

2013 looks like it’s going to be incredible. Cheers for all your ‘welcome home’ tweets, it feels great to be back!

“where is the background noise? – My countryside walk

Posted on June 12, 2012

I swear to God, if you saw me when I am by myself in the woods, I’m a lunatic. I sing, I dance.
Chris Evans (Comedian)

Growing up I often got a lot of stick for living out in ‘the sticks’, away from most friends, the city’s bars, restaurants and general hubub, but having been raised in a countryside village for almost all my life, I always had an appreciation for the suburban silence. It’s powerful peacefulness which I suppose could be described as silently noisy.

“where is the background noise? …The cars, people, buses, cats, trains, sirens, loitering youth?”

In January, I moved into a new place which edges slightly more closer to the city, but despite being closer to the metropolis which I spend most of my time in or commuting to and/or from, I mourn my mother’s home in the countryside, and so decided on Saturday to take a 5 mile walk from my flat to hers along the country lanes.

I documented my journey using a Nikon D80 SLR with a wide angel lens. The journey was both calm yet exciting. It was relaxing to take in the surroundings, breath in the fresh air and pass the horses and cows on my journey, however, it was quite exhilarating (borderline scary), to be the only person in sight within a 3 mile radius, walk along a, windy, narrow pavement-less road trying to not get run over by cars travelling it over 50mph.

The most exhilarating feeling came from singing Jessie J whole album at the top of my lungs knowing that there is completely no-one around to hear me, besides the cows in the fields, whose milk likely turned sour as a result of my singing…sorry cows!

I found a few random items on my journey, a ladies hand bag, a discarded 80′s pop CD and a white slipper. In the city of London, litter and rubbish is rife and often goes unnoticed, however, in such a deserted and sparsely littered place, I couldn’t help think about the stories regarding how those items came to be there. Especially the handbag.

Matthieu Ricard- Habits of Happiness

Posted on December 7, 2011

Natural hair growth: keeping the end goal in mind

Posted on October 30, 2011

“If i could get over that HUMP (mmmmm)then maybe i will feel better,

maybe I won’t FALL,

if I could get over that HUMP (mmmmmmm)

then maybe I will”

Erykah Badu – The Hump

I am going through the second stage of my natural hair growth journey, and since I have been keeping it short, general maintenance and management has been nothing short of easy. However, that time has come when it must grow, leaving me in with a 70’s, Jackson 5 look. This weekend I was very close to buying some weave (hand over face) but with some encouraging words from my boyfriend I decided against my trip. I am 24 and this had been my third ‘big chop’ experience, but it’s my first to wear it out all natur-elle, and although I am loving it; occasionally I do miss swinging some hair around… But I know what relaxer does to my hair, and because of that I MUST keep the end in mind.

So since I know I have quite a few readers going through the natural hair journey for all sorts of reasons, I just wanted to post a word of encouragement to keep the end in mind, and just get over that hump.

This is my most recent hair inspiration

Christ Couture: #IsThisLife?

Posted on October 3, 2011

I read blog post this last Monday, written my one of my most fabulous friends and aspiring Mo|Jo’s (Models/Journalist). Since it’s Monday themed post I saved it in my draft to publish it today (a Monday), and hope it sheds light onto your day, like it did mine.

Monday mornings are the bane of my life.

Tired from a busy weekend where, despite my best efforts, there wasn’t quite enough time to tidy the flat or say hello to my husband. Stressed about the commute ahead – will there be delays again on the Metropolitan line? Will I have to hold my breath for the entire (standing) journey in a cattle-packed carriage on the Jubilee line as I squash in with the commuters who haven’t showered since the Friday before? Did I forget to do something at work? Am I going to have to deal with moody colleagues whose personal lives make them a nightmare in the office? Am I going to be shouted at by a client because of someone else’s mistake? Like I said, bane of my life. And it’s the same for everyone right? At least that’s what the media would have us believe.

Read the full article: Christ Couture: #IsThisLife

Good friends make the wine taste richer.

Posted on August 21, 2011

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there. Judith Viorst

This weekend, I was invited to accompany a close friend to a wedding reception at London zoo.

U ask: A wedding at London Zoo?…U joking? (cockney accent)

I kid you not! Admittedly I did think a wedding at a zoo was quite interesting… (the kind of interesting that requires your left eye brow to rise.) However, and contrary to popular belief, the wedding was absolutely beautiful, extremely well executed, classy and intimate. Although the music was not to my taste, I had a ball dancing to it, plus everyone was warm and welcoming, and I always find that it’s amazing how good company can make the worst of ballads sound great, a standard wine taste posh nosh and a 20 minute walk to regents park station feel like only a couple of minutes.

Cheers to good company and funky wedding locations. (congrats Naomi & Ben)

Tree braiding: If you didn’t know, now you know!

Posted on August 2, 2011

Over the weekend, my friend messaged me saying her sister got tree braids. I was like Tree who? She replied saying she couldn’t possibly know how to explain it but its extremely popular this season and I should get to know! Having read about it, watched the YouTube videos and talked to a couple of professional hair experts. I am certain that when I grow out this Tiny Weeny Afro, I so look forward to getting my hair tree braided!

So…what are tree braids?

Tree braids aka Interlock aka Lacing is a safe and protective hair style for both relaxed and natural hair. There are two different types of tree braids: Cornrow Tree Braids & Individual Tree Braids. Both techniques give your hair full protection and style to your own hair without damage.

This braided style puts your hair in simple cornrows going straight back, then uses extensions that are left out to be free flowing and beautiful. The end result is a style that gives you and your hair a much needed “break”, plus all the styling options you’d have with your own hair.

Here are some helpful facts about this braiding technique.

The braids last 2-3 months with the right care and maintenance.

They take less time to put in than regular box braids and definitely less time than micros (average 4-6 hours).

They give a free flowing natural look that’s impossible to get with regular braids.

The braiding technique used for tree braids is more secure than adding weave tracks that can loosen and (God forbid) fall out.

This style let’s you completely hide your hair away to give it a break from chemicals, heat styling, combing and brushing.

The style can be done on natural and relaxed hair.

Hair care tips for this Style

Never use human hair shorter than 18 inches for the best finished look.

Be prepared to use 2-3 packs of hair to complete your braids.

The hair used should be “loose” and not on track or weft (like weave hair).

Care for your braids by lightly oiling your scalp between the parts 2-3 times a week and spraying the length of your hair with oil sheen daily.

Use a braid spray or liquid leave in conditioner on the cornrowed base of your braids twice a week to keep your hair moisturized.

Wash your tree braids with diluted shampoo once a week and follow the careinstructions for the hair based on the type you use (curly, straight, etc).

Tie a silk or satin scarf over your hair at night before you sleep to keep your extension hair from drying out and looking matted.

Charity shop chic #1

Posted on July 31, 2011

Charity shops are often popular with people who are frugal, says Wikipedia! But what does Wikipedia know?

I am not always particuarly sparing, prudent or economical in the use of consumable resources such as food, time or money. I wish I was though, I would be a lot richer than I am lol. But despite not being frugal, I do love a good charity shop.

Charity shops (known as thrift stores in the U.S) are often given a bad name, a place that the poverty stricken go to buy clothes and second hand household items. Well boo hoo those who still think like that! Charity shops are a great place to buy new and second hand items, many of which have never been used and all of which are all washed and ironed before they are sold. Furthermore, I think charity shops are a great place to find quirky, unusual and out of fashion items which, with good eye for fashion can be used to add a lot character to everyday garments, whilst being kind on the pockets.

I mean, where else are going to find an 80′s Chanel jacket (in good condition), a Millii Vanilli CD and some Urban Nude platforms IN YOUR SIZE, all for £20? (in British cockney accent) “IT’S A BARGGAIN MATE”

In fact, many vintage stores buy their items from charity shops, add a couple of zero’s on the price tag and call it ‘vintage’, so if you are prepared to spend a bit of time to hunt around. It’s worth being one step ahead a lot of these ‘vintage’ shops, which are not vintage at all, but just charity shops with fancy wallpaper.

Moving on… just as I know that the best H&M’s are in Westfield, Stratford and Uxbridge. I know charity shops are best for certain styles depending on location. My three favourite charity shops are:

1) Oxfam DIY (Camden) as seen below…

2) Cancer Research (Angel high street)

3) Barnardos (Northwood, West London)

Why charity shop chic?

Well from now on I will be uploading some of my best buys from charity shops across London and will be matching them with some designer and high street items I already have. I have even modeled a few, but not too many as I am not quite comfortable with the whole posing ‘look at me’ thing lol.

Let me know if you know any other great C-shops and I can add them to my list and check them to!

Blue 90′s Jacket (very Janet Jackson I think). From Unit 7 Collection and bought at OXFAM DIY (Camden) £5

I loved the military type detail on the sides…

*NEW* Black platforms from Barratts Shoes. Bought from Barnardos in Northwood. £8

This is how I wore darling bargains last weekend with a tribal strapless top from New Look, black leggings from H&M and blue glass earrings from Covent Garden

Floral dress from Debenhams, bought at SCOPE in West Ruislip for £6

*NEW* Suzie Smith designer handbag, bought from Barnados in Northwood for £13.99

I haven’t worn this outfit out yet, but I certainly plan to, the dress is a great length and very good fit. It’s my boyfriends favourite dress :-)

A quickie in Covent Garden

Posted on July 30, 2011

By 11.30am on Tuesday, I realised that it is going to be one of those days! How had I consumed two cups of coffee and managed to nibble on half of the bagel that I had packed for lunch? I wasn’t even hungry but I had paperwork on my left and some excel spreadsheets to complete on my right…so the bagel seemed like the most preferable thing to get through.

I am sure you have been in a situation where you have something that needs doing, and suddenly you have the urge to clean the house, re-paint the walls or cook a roast dinner for 25, anything except do what you need to do at that time!

Anyways, because of this, by 1:00pm, I had finished my other half of bagel and therefore I had a lunch-less lunchtime, so I decided took a stroll down to Covent Garden, which is only a five minute walk from my Holborn office. It was a sun-filled afternoon in London, so the gold painted statues making funny faces at me and the SALE sign on the Kurt Geiger shop was enough for me to feel warm and excited.

So after carefully hobbled over the cobbled streets (its terrible when your heels get stuck in the gaps!) I noticed the buzz coming from the evidently busy Covent Garden market, and it looked like just my type of market that day, full of 70′s-90′s vintage brick-a-brack, and friendly market stall owners always ready to tell you their life story whether your going to buy anything or not!

The first stall I stopped at belonged to a lady selling a colourful collection of ethnic looking earings which she claimed to have collected travelling across the north Africa; the first pair that caught my eye were the orange pair with metallic swirl at the end (below). However, I still needed persuading as I was still contemplating going back for some cat eye sunglasses from a stall I briefly passed earlier. This was until I saw a deep ocean glass blue pair of earrings (below). Earrings that were whispering back at me in a husky seductive voice “Louissssssa! I have been waiting for you!”.

Before I knew it, I had bagged both pairs of earrings, and remembered that I am not off work for the afternoon! Quickly looking at the time, it was 1:50pm-ish. Perfect, just enough time to get back to the office. Success on my mini-market exploration.

Covent Garden has always been a fun and funky place to eat and shop around…if you do want to eat in Covent Garden, I recommend Wahaca, a Mexican mix between Chilango and Wagamamas

Tip on it

Posted on July 27, 2011

“I feel like I have a responsibility to my community and other young girls to help redefine what it looks like to be a woman. I don’t believe in men’s wear or women’s wear, I just like what I like. And I think we should just be respected for being an individual…. I’ve been in Vogue, now, and different publications, which is cool, because I think that it just shows a different perspective of how women can dress.”

Janelle Monáe talks about her image and artistic freedom

Tell me… does this ever happen to you?

Posted on July 19, 2011

Please let me know if this ever happens to you?

You happen to come across a fashion publication or possibly go into a clothing retailer, your flicking through the pages or walking through the different divisions within the shop and you think

‘wow, these trends are just not me’…

At times I feel it’s like walking onto a London underground platform and seeing that your train is fully packed but the doors have not yet closed. You know that you could possibly squeeze (and I mean SQUEEZE) onto the train, but you run the risk of a very uncomfortable journey, so you just stand back and wait for the next train…hoping it will be more accommodating.

The beginning of a fashion seasons can be a lot like that. New trends come and you may want to like the new styles and textures, but you may also feel your better off just waiting for the next trend.

What do you do?

Do you try to accommodate the trend(s), knowing that they could potentially be, well, uncomfortable. Or do you sit that fashion season out…saying no to the skinny jeans, maxi dresses and rounded sunglasses and wait, hoping something better will be in next season? (comment box below).

Reason I ask is because I was reading my usual weekly dose of Stylist Magazine, where it showcased A/W 11 trends, consisting of tunics, shirt dresses and floats. As I flicked through each trend I was like ‘umm nope, umm nope, umm nope..oh, is that it?

Just out of personal preference and awareness of my body shape, tunics, shirts and especially floats are avoided where possible. However, in saying that I make it a point to enjoy my body as well fashion and not to take either of them too seriously.

Is my attitude ruling me out of possible fashion opportunities or am I being more clever than I think?

(all these QUESTIONS!)

On my travels I often see people wearing things that are clearly unflattering just because they are apparently in fashion…which begs the question. Does what’s in fashion act as a get out of jail free card for those lacking fashion sense?

Personally, I don’t think so, but then again I think you should wear whatever makes you feel good.

You can see my dilemma.

If I were to pick from ‘The Tunic’ I would chose the bottom left by Balenciaga at Matches for £315, in red.

From the Shirt Dresses, I would chose the denim shirt dress by Hobbs. £89, also voted the ‘ultimate weekend shirt dress’

Pictures courtesy of Stylist Magazine. Issue 87, 20th of July 2011.

Italian on a rainy weekend

Posted on July 18, 2011

I am sitting comfortably on my desk this Monday afternoon sipping on some earl grey and sifting through this work. Despite being subject to torrential showers this weekend (all part and parcel of the Great British summer), I had a very pleasant weekend, and I hope you did to!

My initial plan for Saturday was to find a jazzy dance/electro place for Saturday night for me and the girls to throw some shapes; however, due to the weather and our apparent appetite we decided to go for an Italian at Vapiano’s in Great Portland Street (just off Oxford Circus). It was my first time at Vapiano’s and I loved it.

Vapiano’s was a hybrid of Wahaca in Convent Garden and the IKEA restaurant. On entry we were given a card with a spending limit of £50, and after selecting what to eat, we made our way to the kitchen counter where our meals were made in front of us. I liked being able to tell the Chef to hold out on the salt and be more generous with the chilli. The food was fresh & flavoursome. We went on to order desert, cocktails, coffees and teas (a thirsty bunch we were), and somehow the bill remained below £30, so I was very impressed and would definitely revisit and recommend Vapiano’s.

Next on my food hit list…Chilango’s in Convent Garden

“We think in generalities, but we live in detail”

Posted on June 14, 2011

Despite my inability to thoroughly spell check my own blog posts (I’m getting better!), I believe there is a lot to be gained in life by paying more attention to detail, and I further believe that in doing so it thus enables us to fully appreciate and take notice of the subtle beauties in and around us.

The Office Chic post (below) is more than just pictures of people that I think dress well, it’s about the subtle and stylish qualities I’ve noticed amongst my fellow colleagues which in the 9-5 circus of life, often and easily go unnoticed.

London has managed to breed a work culture that emphasises the need to shout in order to be heard, often leading the loud and loathsome to champion themselves to the top and often perceived best positions. Well, on the contrary, my mother always used to ask “is it not the empty cans that make the most noise?”

So with that in mind I dedicated this post to everyone that carries themselves with elegance, style and grace, inside and out. Your beauty doesn’t go unnoticed.

“We think in generalities, but we live in detail” Alfred North Whitebread.

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Posts tagged “thoughts”

Posted on April 15, 2013

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Posted on March 20, 2013

Restless City

Talking Afropeans and TCK (Third Culture Kids)

(Me and Sy Alasanne)

(Q&A Session with Sy Alasanne)

(Me eating talking cross culturalism with DieselUK twitter winners about their experiences as Chinese and Canadians living in the UK)

On a personal level,

Enjoy the pictures from The Chop Bar!

(Me and Zoe from Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen- Food was AMAZE!)

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Posted on February 6, 2013

Whilst I’ve been away…

2013 looks like it’s going to be incredible. Cheers for all your ‘welcome home’ tweets, it feels great to be back!

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Posted on July 31, 2011

Charity shops are often popular with people who are frugal, says Wikipedia! But what does Wikipedia know?

Why charity shop chic?

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Posted on July 19, 2011

Please let me know if this ever happens to you?

‘wow, these trends are just not me’…

What do you do?

Is my attitude ruling me out of possible fashion opportunities or am I being more clever than I think?

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Posted on July 18, 2011

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Posted on June 14, 2011

The Office Chic post (below) is more than just pictures of people that I think dress well, it’s about the subtle and stylish qualities I’ve noticed amongst my fellow colleagues which in the 9-5 circus of life, often and easily go unnoticed.

So with that in mind I dedicated this post to everyone that carries themselves with elegance, style and grace, inside and out. Your beauty doesn’t go unnoticed.

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