What is it about sweaters?

Out of everything I feel while flipping through the pages of a fashion magazine, or while noticing fashionable people in the streets, that feeling of coziness upon seeing a sweater is the most perennial. It doesn't matter if it's worn by a female model, a male model, or even lying on a studio floor; it almost always makes me feel good.

So what is it about sweaters that stands out to me? Is it the nostalgic image of my mother knitting non-stop, her needles clicking rhythmically as she worked? Or is it the jingle of the iconic Monte Carlo TV commercials from back in the day? Or is it simply the touch of wool against my skin? I'm not entirely sure, but there's something about sweaters that gives me this warm and fuzzy feeling.

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Dressing up for winter

During winter, it's easy for my mind to wander off to the grey landscapes of old novels set in Russia or England. It's easier to lie for hours under the quilt, reading, listening to old songs, while taking breaks, only to ponder the shapeshifting nature of life. 

What is not easy for me is to dress up, layer after layer, working with all the thrifted winter pieces in the closet. So, I have found a few ways to make dressing up for winter less painful. And here is the first one - I take a long coat and pair it with a summer scarf! I then find a pair of pants that are some shade of the coat colour itself. If I am wearing a grey dress, I can throw on a coat of some other shade of grey. In this blog post, it's mostly browns. And I think it works.   

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Postcards From Winter

I am back after the break. Had written a few posts earlier this year. Will upload every Friday from now on...well almost :)

January 1 2014

As I wake up to a new year, barely a few weeks old, numb with cold and despair, I see a lot in the rear view. A lot that was happy and a lot that was fuzzy and gray. I see friends I lost and acquaintances I made, how I have not been fearing anymore calling a spade a spade.

Blogwise, I found out how I wished to dress up. I know that sounds naive and late at the same time, but trust me that was a Eureka moment indeed. I now know exactly what to buy, and  here I am going overboard...haha.

Last year, I read more and I wrote more and I plan to keep it that way. Love the smell of books, besides the other beautiful things they do to us. I had more coffee than usual; no I was never a tea or coffee person, but the office coffee got me kind of addicted.

Posting a few pictures from last month. Hope you are all doing great. .

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