Travel Wardrobe

Auckland-based designer Anne Wilson of Annex at the Design Foundry creates dresses that appeal to multiple sensibilities.

There's the wanderlust factor of the vintage maps,

and, well, who doesn't love a good frock, paper or otherwise?

They have me wanting to pack my bags. How about you?

Heat Wave

Last week, we got walloped with a heatwave. It was awful. About all I could manage to do was lay on the floor, arms and legs as far from my body as I could muster the energy to move them. Every now and then, I would drag myself into the kitchen and chug water straight from the pitcher in the refrigerator. I was unprepared for this heatwave, and I had to do something horrible- I had to put on shorts. My legs were not made for shorts- all skinny and big-kneed and pale. They are much more suited to sundresses. Light, airy, flowy sundresses. I have these, packed away in abundance in the attic, which is like an oven on the best of days. No way was I going up there.

But today, as we bid adieu once again to seasonable temperatures and head unwillingly back into the uppermost nineties (noooooo!!!!), I will be digging those sundresses out. And perhaps hunting for a few more. Like these:

All dresses from Anthropologie

Now. If only I could find a place like this to hide away from the heat, I'd be all set:

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Stay cool, Dear Readers.

xo