Happy New Week! Isn't it frightening how fast summer is going, it feels as though I've blinked and we're mid July... What the heck. And whilst this summer has already been one of the best yet with more still to come, I'm already sad that it's almost over, oh summer, can't you stay forever!
I'm in a really bloody good place right now, I'm feeling so super happy, content and settled in most parts of my life. I recently shared a "Whats inspiring my style right now" video where I explained how since turning 27 and even on the lead up up to that day, I felt a sort of shift in my mental space. A good shift might I add, a shift thats made me reflect on pretty much everything and a shift thats come along with a feeling of knowing myself, what I like, what I want and how I'm going to get it and a feeling of being completely care free. It's a really glorious thing when you feel like you've finally found yourself and actually like the person you are. A feeling of not giving a crap about the opinion of others any more and just being myself through and through. I'm feeling super inspired, motivated and happy and it's honestly a breath of fresh air.
There are a few things that are helping me along this journey of self appreciation and happiness that I though would be nice to talk about today. They aren't particularly groundbreaking, but they're small things that have made a huge difference to the way I see the world and the way in which I present and think about myself.
First up let's start with styling, of course. I'm championing the sixties and seventies a hell of a lot lately... Again. It's an era that I feel totally inspired by and totally comfortable and myself when rocking. I'm looking to the past more than ever with the likes of Freddie Mercury and the whole Queen clan inspiring me on the daily through both their style choices and of course their music. I've just finished the book "Mercury and Me" written by Freddie's lover Jim Hutton and I can't tell you what joy it brought me. It's an incredible book, one of my favourites ever and one I urge you all to read if you're a Freddie fan like me. I'll talk more about that in my next book club blog post but what I'm getting at here is that the book inspired me through both my sartorial and personal choices. Freddie was such a good, generous and fun guy.
Reading in general is bringing me great satisfaction and inspiration and I've already read 8 books this year which is totally incredible for me. The book "Daisy Jones & The Six" really worked to bring my love of the seventies to the forefront again and I'm loving injecting a touch of seventies magic into almost all my looks.
Along with the seventies bringing no end of inspiration I'm also really enjoying experimenting with things that in the past I'd regarded as "not me". The main thing being longer hem lines that you can see I'm rocking with this look here. And whilst this particular outfit connotes all the nineties feels, it's the longer length hemline of the Ghost dress that I've strategically styled as a skirt with my vintage Queen tee that's inspiring my style. Whether it's my ever faithful Rixo dresses of slip dresses and skirts such as this it's really nice to have found another look that feels so totally me. This very look has been on rotation a hell of a lot lately with just a switch up of shoe or T-Shirt and accessories. It's perfect for nailing those summer in the city vibes and for making me feel great even when summer styling hasn't always come so naturally to me.
Accessories such as the beaded choker, transparent Nunoo bag and chunky Proenza Schouler trainers are working to make a look that I thought "soooo wasn't me" to be oh so very me and I'm feeling it.
I'm also finding such personal joy through having weekends filled with plans. Plans that involve my favourite humans and some of my favourite places both near and far. Take our weekend in St Ives for example (a blog post will be coming up very soon) we headed on a short 45minute plane journey to Cornwall and had the most incredible time. It was crazy to think we were in the UK as we were so damn lucky with the weather that weekend. Weekend's spent completely relaxed, away from work with great pals, great weather, fabulous music, a cheeky Aperol Spritz or two and a good book is what I'm living for right now and it's brining me all the joy. This weekend was spent in London at British Summer Time Festival with my family watching Neil Young and Bob Dylan and it was such a lovely way to spend a sunny Friday and Saturday in July. It's summer memories like this that i'll look back on and treasure forever.
That and of course all the birthday celebrations that have been taking place this month. George and I are exactly 2 years and 1 week apart in age and I just love having our birthdays so close together as it means two full weeks of celebrations with those we love.
SUNGLASSES- c/o QUAY, BEADED NECKLACE- GLAMOROUS, GOLD NECKLACE- c/o SEZANE, TSHIRT- COW VINTAGE, DRESS- c/o GHOST, BAG- c/o NUNOO, SHOES - PROENZA SCHOULER
And whilst I'm feeling completely happy with where I'm at and excited for the future it's not without it's challenges. Saturday By Megan Ellaby, my clothing line, something I've dreamt of having all my life and completely and utterly ADORE doing has proven one of the most difficult things I've ever done. Having tackled each and every part of my business single handedly for 6 years it's so tricky to give a piece of the pie over to somebody else. Once I've sketched my designs, approved samples and created my marketing plan it's over to a whole other team to bring the dream to life.
And that dream is taking much longer than I anticipated and we've hit a few bumps in the road this time around which are unfortunately out of my control and for that I'm SO sorry that the collection of T-Shirt's have taken so long to get to you all. I feel so guilty and a little embarrassed about the whole thing but it's just one of those things, it's life and these things are sent to try us. They will be coming very, very, very soon and I hope you love them as much as I do and that it has been worth the wait. But despite these frustrations and these challenges I'm trying to stay positive and to remember that "Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy"
So with that I bid thee farewell, I hope you enjoyed this post and hearing a little more about whats making me so happy right now. I'm so thrilled with how everything is currently and the direction in which it's heading. I still have my days of stressing out and feeling a little low, but I'm getting over it much quicker and now know the means in which to cheer myself up which is really rather lovely.
I hope you're all doing really well and I'll be back really soon with some exciting news and hopefully a new T-Shirt collection...
x M
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