Hello there

So you have found your way to my little blog. Hi. My aim for this blog, for now at least, is to fill my abundance of post-grad free time write about the thing that really interests me, mainly the relationship between clothes and personality. Quite a wide topic, you may be thinking, but that's just it. I am fickle with my interests, so it may change sooner or later.

There's probably a few things you should know about me first, and a few other things that I'm going to tell you anyway. 

My name is Emily, I'd quite like to be known as Millie, and I'd really like to be called Lorelei. 

I have just graduated from the Arts University College at Bournemouth with a degree in Costume with Performance Design. 

My dissertation title was What role does clothing play in defining youth identity and what are the effects of the post-subcultural movement? Gives you an idea of my interests.

Ideally I'd like to be a stylist in every sense of the word. Photography, music videos, theatre, film, adverts, personal styling, commercial, avant garde. You name it, I'd quite like to have a go at styling it.

I have a shopping problem. I love the fact there's a career out there that fulfils the needs of people like me.

I'm fickle with my own style. You name a youth style and I probably tried it. I am now in a phase combining some sort of inauthentic 50's with high street casual and anything else that takes my fancy. I don't do well with style confinement. Last year I was a bohemian princess. A few years ago I fancied myself as a bit of a scene kid. And of course, emo did once happen. It was inevitable really.

So. Who knows what this blog may provide. Hopefully it will be vaguely interesting. We'll have to wait and see.

Finally, here's a picture of me frolicking on a bed. You lucky things. This outfit pretty much sums me up right now. My state of mind. Effort in some places, but practicality and ease win out in the end. I'll never be completely polished. And I like that. Make it perfect, then mess it up a bit.