FEVER TO THE FORM

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SOCIAL ALLURE

After one too many coffees, I'm ready to share. With social media trying to persuade that our waists should be smaller, our lips bigger and we should still be careless enough to go through 5 pizzas #newyearoldme - past its obvious initial allure, is anyone else exhausted right now? I feel like there's a general wave going through social media right now, with our personas having been so carefully curated for years, and for so long has had us double-taking ourselves and the value of our work IRL, now there seems to be an air of 'so be it'. Frankly, it's the most refreshing thing that's happened to this medium in my opinion.

Blogging and social media originally started out with an act of simply sharing, and everyone who was attracted to what you personally shared, could join and follow. Duh, Sarah.. Well, here's how it's changed: now, we've been around for long enough to know what gets likes. It's not just an act of sharing a personal preference anymore, it's a carefully curated act that aims to cater to the audience and not the idea itself. Whilst there is nothing wrong with either, the personal creativity and input of new ideas does however struggle with the second, and an algorithm may just have given it another punch. It's not a black and white subject (nothing artistic ever is), and we should be free to do exactly what we want there, be it led by a personal passion, a commercial collaboration or something that attracts attention purely for the sake of it - but let's remember to tap into where our authentic value is. The quality of the idea and not least the quality of individual expression.

Ilove a good rant about social media and blogging, and my whole point with this is only that social media is social media. Again Sarah, duh! But a like comes down to a double tap on a phone width image, undoubtedly the most sported thumb move of our century, and can per definition not define your creative and certainly not your personal worth. I made a decision a couple of years ago, and I've never strayed away from it: I base my opinion solely on myself and only the people I respect and value, who I trust have my best interest at heart, will I take critique from. It's truly liberating and not least a kung-fu kick to self-worth problems.

WALLIS COAT / GESTUZ JUMPER / GIGI NEW YORK BAG

ON THAT NOTE, KA-POW AND KA-CIAO LATER!
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SARAH MIKAELA

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Thanks to superstar Nandita Khosla for helping catch these shots!