Age…22

Home­town… I don’t have one! I made my first move when I was 6 months old and I’ve been mov­ing every few years since then, there isn’t even a place I have lived the longest! Right now, I’m in Wash­ing­ton State.

Occu­pa­tion…Stu­dent. I grad­u­ated from col­lege in May and I’m apply­ing to law schools now, in the year between I have been free­lance writ­ing online and pub­lish­ing my blog.

How did you get into blog­ging?
I don’t know what the first blog I read was, but I sud­denly dis­cov­ered street fash­ion blogs like Hel-looks, The Sar­to­ri­al­ist, and Face­hunter. From there, I found per­sonal fash­ion blogs, which I became really inspired by. Here were real peo­ple pub­lish­ing snip­pets from their life and they were so elo­quent with words and images.

Then, one sum­mer when I returned from a semes­ter in Japan to col­lege in rural Penn­syl­va­nia it wasn’t enough to admire blog­gers from a dis­tance, I wanted to con­nect with them. I needed an out­let and a form of escapism from my less-than-thrilling sur­round­ings and my blog became that.

Why do you think blog­ging is so pop­u­lar?
It’s a very con­ve­nient medium to fol­low: I turn on my com­puter and browse dozens of beau­ti­ful sites for free. Also, the peo­ple writ­ing them are what oth­ers tune in for. Cre­ative spir­its who pre­vi­ously would have only been known in their small com­mu­ni­ties can now reach a larger com­mu­nity online and shy, recluses have found a safe out­let online. People’s lives are inter­est­ing and every­one has a unique per­spec­tive; they make blogs really personable.

Favourite blogs/websites?
Caliv­in­tage, Chic­topia, The Cherry Blos­som Girl, nearly any web­site listed on my blog can be counted as a “favorite.” I admire a lot of blogs and for a lot of dif­fer­ent reasons.

What do you like most about fash­ion?
I like to think in terms of style, it’s less lim­it­ing than the term ‘fash­ion.’ But ulti­mately, I love the self-expression. Isn’t that so much of what art is: show­ing oth­ers how you see the world? Fash­ion or style is the same, it’s the way you see the world and maybe a lit­tle of how you would like the world to see you.

Favourite places to visit in the world?
Osaka Japan is an epic city. I also had an amaz­ing time in Budapest, Hun­gary. Oh! And I love Hawaii, but I’ve found I like places the best that I visit with peo­ple who make an impact on me and make every expe­ri­ence better.

How would you describe your style?
I have a hard time describ­ing my style, because I’m not entirely inten­tional about it, you know? When forced I think most of my looks are “quirky lady­like.” There’s a sense of pulled-togetherness in them (that I do not feel as if I pos­sess in real life), but a lot of per­sonal, whim­si­cal touches like tiaras, feather fas­ci­na­tors, etc.

Favourite design­ers…
Chris­t­ian Lacroix, Rodarte, and lately Proenza Schouler.

Favourite mod­els…
I really, really like Gemma Ward, but now she has retired. Devon Aoki and Sasha Pivo­vara are other favorites; I love that Sasha pro­duc­ing these gor­geous paint­ing and Devon is such a unique face that has really made it in the industry.

How do you stay fit and healthy?
Oh dear, I’m not too good at either of those. My fam­ily is extremely healthy and they are begin­ning to rub off on me! I like to snack on fruit rather than sweets or chips, and I’m begin­ning to go to the gym a few days a week. Mostly I think just have a bal­anced diet and walk­ing a lot will do won­ders for your health.

What are some of your favourite things?
My mother’s dog Gus. Mar­tin Eden by Jack Lon­don. Seashells. White chocolate.

What are you inspired by?
Every­thing; occa­sion­ally it is an edi­to­r­ial or a run­way col­lec­tion, but more often it’s just a mood or some obscure ref­er­ence to an artist or piece of art. Many days it’s hard to even pin­point inspi­ra­tion to one clear, defined source; there’s just a sense of what you want to do/wear/see that day and you don’t know why.

What are you lis­ten­ing to at the moment?
Home by Edward Sharpe and the Mag­netic Zeros

When are you hap­pi­est?
When I fall asleep quickly at night remem­ber­ing all the events of the day and my limbs feel­ing heavy and weary…