If you follow me in instagram, the fact that I started wearing clothing other than tailoring - a little corset there, a miniskirt here - must not have passed unnoticed. How did I get from sharp suits to skirts in such a rapid succession? How am I reconciling this dichotomy? I've alway professed there is… Continue reading Reject femininity, embrace…something else?
Category: Thoughts
Food for Thought III: Cultural Imperialism and majority privilege
"People stare""Back in my country I can wear strappy dresses""Masks are a muzzle. In my country we don't wear them any more""I feel constricted in Japan because *insert reason why Japan is not another country*".I come across comments such as these with some regularity on Instagram, and 90% of the time from white people, mostly… Continue reading Food for Thought III: Cultural Imperialism and majority privilege
Food for Thought II: my Design Process
I recently got this question from a Patron: I'd love to know about your process when planning projects and making design decisions within a gender expansive lens. So many resources are created within the binary, so how do you navigate the process of creating garments that feel affirming to you? And what approaches do you… Continue reading Food for Thought II: my Design Process
Food for Thought I: Introversion and the Value of Silence.
Last weekend I went out with some colleagues - which honestly should have already been a red flag, but I digress . I generally shy away from such events, but it was my chance to meet a person I was eager to get to know (we had a blast) so I obliged.In conversation, it came… Continue reading Food for Thought I: Introversion and the Value of Silence.
My skincare routine
A few months ago - when the realization I had just turned 30 sank in - I asked my Instagram followers for recommendations on skincare and boy did they deliver. This was kind of hilarious as my mother is a dermatologist who has tried to get me to at least put some moisturizer on for… Continue reading My skincare routine
Zadie Jumpsuits, tattoos, and armpit hair
With summer coming, or rather, with summer here, I’ve been thinking more and more about my armpits. Yes, you read that right. One of the first things I tried to fully embrace over the years is that I am inevitably very hairy. Besides the curls (which apparently also constituted a subject prone to bullying), the… Continue reading Zadie Jumpsuits, tattoos, and armpit hair
Me Made May 2021 | Week 2
Week 2 is here and with it many suits, many suits...or rather, the same two suits and a spezzato, but several different ties! On Monday I decided to try not wearing a suit and instead opted to wear my favorite RTW blazer (a YSL find from my local second hand shop) and the Viki Sews… Continue reading Me Made May 2021 | Week 2
Me Made May 2021 | Week 1
It’s May again , and in the sewing sphere this means one thing: me made May! I started following this tradition a couple of years ago, and met many new people this way. This year, however, I decided to forgo daily posting in favor of weekly roundups mostly because the never ending list of suits… Continue reading Me Made May 2021 | Week 1
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