At One with Nature

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>> What's a fashion blogger to do when confronted by SEA, SAND, GRASS, lots of GREEN GRASS, DAISIES, weeds masquerading as LOVELY BLOOMS?  She is of course bound to her duty to swish about in a vintage kimono and a sheer skirt, snapping away, totally unaware of the OAPS that are milling about Westgate on Sea walking their dogs and cries of "Chinky-Winky!" from local yobbish youfs (no exaggeration there – but outside the M25 in areas where the chances of spotting a Chinese person walking about is one in a million, it's understandable you get misguided chirpings from kids…).  Granted, the kimono and the sheer skirt are grounded somewhat by another Uniqlo polo shirt, the only piece in this Uniqlooks contribution that is acceptable Thanet attire – again, no exaggeration – or so says my other half Steve, who is a Thanet native, which is why I spent the weekend milling about in the sunshine of Westgate-on-Sea, being knocked out by the strong saline air, taking afternoon naps and generally enjoying a respite from London pace and wifi.  

It's therefore that time again, when you'll get needless streams of photos where dawdling fashion blogger gets to grips with the natural elements and the environment suffers at the hand of amateur DSLR photography.  Expect more of the same in about a month's time, when we hit another coastal area of Thanet, bewilder another set of local peeps and we spend more time looking for photo-appropriate locations than actually taking in the prettiness of the locale.  Tsk… the youth of today, eh? 

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I'm at ONE with nature… !  Though I hope I don't drop my Karen Walker sunnies down the cliff… says the grubby London materialist…

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Looking down and pondering why the sky is so blue…

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… and why Pierre Hardy's latest design for Gap is so deceptively simple yet refreshingly elegant for me.  Who the bleeding hell cares about the green green grass of the abundance of daisies when there's nude patent and grosgrain ribbon to coo over? 

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Sheer skirt + sprinkling of flowers in background = Photo Composition GENIUS… (err.. or not… sarcasm can be hard to convey on the internet…)

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On a less sarky note, along with repeat patterns of Kentish photo-taking, another prospect of summer, brings another kimono into my wardrobe.  This time, it's courtesy of an impulse buy in Reykjavik's vintage haunt Nostalgia and I'm just discovering some other ways of tying it around the waist or wearing as a cape to lessen the 'costume' effect of the garment…

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(Uniqlo polo shirt, vintage kimono, vintage flocked velvet sheer skirt, Pierre Hardy for Gap shoes – for Uniqlooks)

29 comments

  6. I how you feel about being the only Chinese in the county/village, you feel like a tourist attraction and a target by childish, ignorant kidults like I had experience in Eastbourne and in north Wales not long ago.
    P.s I absolutely adore your kimono outfit.

  8. All I can think of is that lady on the Real world saying that a person is called “Asian” while thing are called “Oriental”. Bo did I learn form her!

  9. Gorgeous skirt, it has such a pretty colour. Did you know that you are in this month’s Australian Vouge? Just a photo in one of their collages. 🙂

  11. Love that kimono thing! <3 I like that combination...it sounds weird to put kimono and skirt together, but this is awesome. 🙂

  14. Ahahahhhhhhhh this is my favorite outfit ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least as far as my memory goes back…….

  17. What is this?!? …the most racist easter weekend ever?! My friend Elaine got called “chow mein” yesterday…hope it didn’t affect your blissful time by the sea…

  19. fabulous color combination, very pale and pastel colors but i love it with your skin tone and dark hair. very tricky colors. i am in love with the most precious skirt i have ever seen. the details are not only magnificent, but the color combination of the skirt is divine. I know it is all about spring and spring settings but i must say that i love the color of the sea and the sky in combination with your outfit, just look at the background!! it is breathtaking.

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  26. Hi susie!! This is driving me mad!!
    Firstly your shoot is lovelier than words.. secondly, i’m madly in love with those shoes and have been trying to buy them online but – 1. I can’t fill the boxes with my shipping/billing details and 2. Apparently the cost of shipping them to Sydney is more than the cost of the shoes themselves!! How did you get your hands on them? Are they in stores yet?
    x
    P.S Sydney weather is rather drab and rainy atm – I’ll cross my fingers for you but an umbrella is probably a good idea

  27. That skirt is a beauty! I have a 1940s kimono with pretty extravagent princess sleeves that I have never worn outside of the house. This has inspired me to do something about it.

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