'beautiful words in English':
- assemblage - a gathering
- dalliance - a brief love affair
- demure - shy, reserved
- eloquence - beauty & persuasion in speech
- ephemeral - short-lived
- epiphany - a sudden revelation
- erstwhile - at one time, for a time
- ethereal - gaseous, invisible but detectable
- evocative - suggestive
- gossamer - the finest piece of thread, a spider's silk
- nemesis - an unconquerable archenemy
- onomatopoeia - a word that sounds like its meaning
- opulent - lush, luxuriant
- panacea - a solution for al problems
- pastiche - an artwork combining materials from various sources
- plethora - a large quantity
- quintessential - most essential
- serendipity - finding something nice while looking for something else
- talisman - a good luck charm
xx x x x xx
'over the course of the last year, i've been whittling down my everyday rotation to fewer clothing items that i really, really like. put glamourously, one might call me a uniform dresser, like Grace Coddington. once could also refer to it as 'literally wearing the same shirt every day'. there are a few reasons for this.
1. i am a writer and live in New York, ergo most of my salary goes toward rent. better to stock your wardrobe with very similar items and let your co-workers figure out for themselves how large your closet really is.
2. i am a creature of habit.
3. once you graduate from college, you cannot slouch around in leggings and a tank top on a weekday because you are too hungover to function. if you are suffering the 7 a.m. mind-fry of last night's cheap white wine, it helps to have a limited (read: no-brainer, because actually where has your brain gone) supply of clothing on hand. preferably one sensible enough to delude people into thinking you are a real life adult.
4. i have, at least for the time being, figured out what works on my body and what i like.
if i'm going to have a limited wardrobe and grow deeply attached to every single thing in it, i need to clean up my act & learn how to take care of my stuff. i'm years away from flossing on a daily basis or actually buying more soap when the bottle gets low rather than just adding some water to it, but by god, i will grow the hell up for the sake of my prized retirement home slippers.
let's be clear: mastering wardrobe maintenance is an ongoing process, because as it turns out, it's kind of a lot of work. i have started taking my shoes to the shoe repair when they get gnarly in an effort to slow their eventual deterioration. i brought a skirt to the tailor to get an undone hem fixed. i even internalised my roommate's advice about separating clothing by colour before washing it and honouring each individual item's tag instructions, which is huge because i hate admitting she's right.
via'
'i've always thought of the t-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet' - Giorgio Armani
- assemblage - a gathering
- dalliance - a brief love affair
- demure - shy, reserved
- eloquence - beauty & persuasion in speech
- ephemeral - short-lived
- epiphany - a sudden revelation
- erstwhile - at one time, for a time
- ethereal - gaseous, invisible but detectable
- evocative - suggestive
- gossamer - the finest piece of thread, a spider's silk
- nemesis - an unconquerable archenemy
- onomatopoeia - a word that sounds like its meaning
- opulent - lush, luxuriant
- panacea - a solution for al problems
- pastiche - an artwork combining materials from various sources
- plethora - a large quantity
- quintessential - most essential
- serendipity - finding something nice while looking for something else
- talisman - a good luck charm
xx x x x xx
'over the course of the last year, i've been whittling down my everyday rotation to fewer clothing items that i really, really like. put glamourously, one might call me a uniform dresser, like Grace Coddington. once could also refer to it as 'literally wearing the same shirt every day'. there are a few reasons for this.
1. i am a writer and live in New York, ergo most of my salary goes toward rent. better to stock your wardrobe with very similar items and let your co-workers figure out for themselves how large your closet really is.
2. i am a creature of habit.
3. once you graduate from college, you cannot slouch around in leggings and a tank top on a weekday because you are too hungover to function. if you are suffering the 7 a.m. mind-fry of last night's cheap white wine, it helps to have a limited (read: no-brainer, because actually where has your brain gone) supply of clothing on hand. preferably one sensible enough to delude people into thinking you are a real life adult.
4. i have, at least for the time being, figured out what works on my body and what i like.
if i'm going to have a limited wardrobe and grow deeply attached to every single thing in it, i need to clean up my act & learn how to take care of my stuff. i'm years away from flossing on a daily basis or actually buying more soap when the bottle gets low rather than just adding some water to it, but by god, i will grow the hell up for the sake of my prized retirement home slippers.
let's be clear: mastering wardrobe maintenance is an ongoing process, because as it turns out, it's kind of a lot of work. i have started taking my shoes to the shoe repair when they get gnarly in an effort to slow their eventual deterioration. i brought a skirt to the tailor to get an undone hem fixed. i even internalised my roommate's advice about separating clothing by colour before washing it and honouring each individual item's tag instructions, which is huge because i hate admitting she's right.
via'
'i've always thought of the t-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet' - Giorgio Armani
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