I've been in a deep, lush haze.
All summer, I've felt these dreamy vibes. My mind has been tinged with pastel pink and lavender hues.
My birthday was last week, June 2nd. It was the best birthday I've had since I can remember. Heather, my long-lost sister surprised me last Friday by showing up to a bar I was hanging out at with my friends for my birthday. My boyfriend, Adam, bought her tickets from DC to Tampa just to surprise me! It was wonderful, I couldn't believe it. Adam, Heather, my friend, Kayla, and I road tripped to St. Augustine, which is on the other coast of Florida. I was so supreme. I fell in love with the waves. The roar. The salt. Things seemed different on the other coast. As a human, I felt freer, more in tune with the earth. Those waves, man. Those waaaaveesss. Beautiful. Every time I saw the sea, I ran into her. My knees were up to my ears as I ran and tumbled into her tumultuous waves. It was magic. I love the sea and I've come to the conclusion that I need her. Once I (finally) graduate college, I'm going after her. From coast to coast on a big road trip until I settle my new life out west.
I kind of just get into this dream state during the summers where my mind is constantly up in the clouds. I've been really inspired by the ocean. The rolling sea, prickly sand, the salty sweet air, small pastel cottages seen from a distance... Mmmm. Although there is none of that here in the Tampa Bay area.
I wish I lived on the other side of Florida with an actual ocean and not the Gulf of Mexico. It is seriously quite dismal and depressing. I hate the nothingness it seems the Gulf has. There are no waves and the water is always this upsetting murky, brown color. Not to mention the myriad of stingrays you come across from simply walking into shallow waters. I feel as if I am inspired by everything that is not where I live. There is nothing too glorious about this side of the water.
(Left to right: reactivating, internetwhore, katieeleanor, darkmoontarot, jack colleran, unknown, haru805, unknown.)
To go along with my dreamy summer daze, my style has been inspired by a lot of early-mid nineties florals, pinks, yellows, and purples. Fashion dreams:
(Left to right: Instagram photo of myself, New Order album, Christian Lacroix haute couture s/s 1994, Vogue Italia 2012, '90s Cindy Crawford,
Dries Van Noten Menswear s/s 1993, Vivienne Westwood s/s 1994, Cindy Crawford and Eva Evangelista in '90s Versace, Dior haute couture autumn/winter 2007-2008, Kate Moss, Kacper Kasprzyk for V Magazine, Costume National spring 2012 , shoes unknown, and mid-nineties Alicia Silverstone.)
Here is a mix I made about my love affair with the sea.
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