SITTING ON A DOCK BY THE BAY...

This is just a quick hello from Sweden...

This past week I've been hanging out on a boat and swimming in a lake. I feel pretty un-fashion and I love it. I'm currently glued to this vintage Laura Ashley dress that I stole from my mom. It originally reached down to my ankles - I had a big chunk of fabric cut off to make it a bit more wearable. I also finally found two new swimsuits. Both are strapless, one is from Seafolly and is black and the other is cream with gold hardware and from Varley. I'd been looking for simple swimsuits for aaages and I'm so glad I finally found two to add to my collection.

Wearing Laura Ashley dress and Emm Kuo clutch.

In honor of England

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England let us down in the World Cup (and so did America). But, in honor of Canada Day I thought it only seemed right to bring a flag sailing with us today. We didn't have a moose one so we settled for the Union Jack. Can you tell it was a little bit windy?

Wearing: Urban Outfitters burn out tee, Levis 501 d.i.y. shorts, Rainbow flip flops, F21 turban, Monki sunglasses. Flag: gifted from my dear friend Emma at Jigsaw's head office.

nautical themed miami vice...

Spent the whole day sailing and thinking that I was channeling a bit of a Miami Vice vibe. When asked if I had ever actually watched the show I had to sheepishly respond 'No' and then be told that in no way was I rocking a Miami Vice inspired look. Oh well, to me these glasses have an eighties West Palm Beach sort of feeling... even though I have no idea what was going on in West Palm Beach in the eighties. Slightly problematic. Anyway, to avoid turning this into a philosophical 'if a tree falls in the forrest and no one hears it' sort of musing lets move on. The photographer and scientist, otherwise known as Mr Crusader, picked out these glasses at Monki for himself yesterday but kindly let me wear them. I'm seriously impressed with them because the lenses are so clear and really protect your eyes from the sun unlike most High Street sunglasses that run about 15 quid (ehemm... Topshop & Urban Outfitters). Plus, they even have a cheeky little message hiding inside...

Wearing: Monki striped t-shirt dress, Rainbow flipflops, Monki sunglasses, Barry M mint green nail varnish.

a swedish montage...

While everyone else seems to be tweeting about their near run-ins with Alexa at Glastonbury I've been living the simple life in Sweden. I struggled to fall asleep last night as relentless singing kept going on in my head. It was midsummer and the neighbors were loudly singing drinking songs until the wee hours of the morning... a tradition I definitely will be bringing back to the UK. We hit up a traditional pole raising event where everyone wore floral dresses, flowers in their hair, and danced around a massive cross - all the while singing songs jovially about frogs with no tails?! Slightly bizarre but entirely enchanting. Anyway, in all honesty my high-fashion run ins have been slightly curtailed as I haven't had much contact with the outside world these past few days... so instead I'm just bringing a little montage of the last few days which have been spent sailing, playing scrabble (where I felt pretty impressed with coming up with the world 'trilby' - I'm rubbish at words games), lying in the sun, eating copious amounts of cake, reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and wandering around deserted towns where every shop is closed thanks to midsummer festivities (Monki will have to wait until tomorrow)...

Wearing: Mouille swimsuit won in a giveaway from Miggy - which, by the way, I totally love and would highly recommend. It feels totally lush and is lovely to wear.

p.s. I'm currently contemplating a blog re-jig... so watch this space.

'everybody look at me 'cause i'm sailing on a boat...'

Spent the whole day sailing yesterday. It was pretty much perfection. Sweden is unbelievably beautiful, so quiet and peaceful. The perfect place for me to tuck into Grazia and a massive bag of sweets. But, this scenario of spending all day lounging in swimwear begs a question... how do we feel about posting photos in bikinis? I'm not a swimsuit model (duh) and I probably haven't ever felt 100% at ease having my photo taken while wearing a tw0-piece... but I'm not entirely averse to the idea. I gave it a shot yesterday... some came out alright but then I started wondering how I feel about posting photos of it. It reminded me of a conversation I had with another blogger who said, 'the less you wear the more traffic you get.' Obviously not in the context of, 'hey, let's strip down and boost our numbers' but rather that it wasn't really the sort of thing we were in to doing. So anyway, I know the clear answer is probably, 'Listen Jen, if you feel comfortable doing it and you want to then do, if not then don't.' It's simple right? But basically I'm not too sure at this moment... and I'm curious about what you guys think about this. So tell me, what are your thoughts on blog posts featuring swimwear?

p.s. if you follow me on twitter you may have heard that I was very excited this morning about going to Monki... sadly, it's bloody mid-Summer's eve so literally every shop is closed. Bummer... Monki will have to wait for another day.