This is it, folks–it’s time for farewell.

Back when I wrote that post for you in January to update you all on my winter silence, I knew this would likely be my last year blogging, and 2024’s spring/summer likely my last season. But after 10 years, I really wanted to be certain it definitely felt like time to let go before I made it official. I had some collaborations lined up for spring that I was excited to share with you, and with the hopes of improving weather there was always a chance that my motivation to keep blogging would rally alongside the freshness, the gentle warmth of a blossoming spring.

Unfortunately, as summer arrived and then flew by, a couple of those expected collabs never materialised, and I kept pushing back this announcement in case those products finally dropped, because I had made a commitment. Four months after I expected to share those last reviews with you but with no signs of that now being likely, I can only apologise that my last season blogging has very much been like going out with a whimper, not a bang.

Because of that quietness, I’m sure this comes as no surprise to any of you whom are still here reading, but the reality is that a single post takes hours to complete from start to finish and I work full time, and have other interests as well that fight for my free time. I always achieve more by getting my productive tasks done early in the day before my energy wanes in the afternoons, so for 10 years I woke up early most Saturdays (or Sundays when rain made that necessary,) did my full hair and makeup, and wandered out into the countryside alone to take photos in pretty dresses. For a very, very long time that felt creative and fun and fulfilling, but I’ll admit the last couple of years the frosty winter mornings felt progressively colder, and the increasingly hotter summer mornings felt too clammy upon my forehead, my back, my pinkening cheeks, because goddamnit, my body does not regulate temperature well in heat anyway, let alone when having to shoot a sleeved winter dress in the full blast of August, even at 9am. I was running dry on enthusiasm, and every step in the process–the hair and makeup, the shooting, the picture editing, the writing–felt like it was taking more and more out of me as time drew on. But it hasn’t been a usual few years, has it? Many of us have felt out of place, or fresh out of motivation, or just running out of time for things that do not adequately make passionate use of said time.

So we–I, am here. Ready to say goodbye to the process of keeping up a blog, because while it was always a hobby that I wanted to keep only as a hobby, never hoping to make it a job, it was still a hobby that came with obligations and expectations, and took up a great deal of time that I would simply like to use elsewhere, now. I want you to know I am deeply grateful for the past 10 years I have spent here in my little corner of the internet with you all–because of this blog, I’ve made friends, and travelled, and pranced about outside of my comfort zone in a myriad of ways, and felt heard, which is no small thing.

I still love vintage style, and I’ll still be over on Instagram if any of you want to keep up with me there. This site will stay up, just in case there is anything within the archives that may be helpful for anyone in any small way in the future, and because I’ve never been a journal-keeping kind of person, but hey, this almost counts, and what a fun way to be able to look back through snapshots of my last 10 years!

Thank you to all of you reading this, especially as I know some of you will have been with me in this vintage journey right from the beginning. Being a part of this community has been one of the great joys of my life, being able to interact with so many empowered, kind, joyful, and don’t you know it, just damn right gorgeous people, all over the world. You’re a stylish, beautiful lot, and I hope we’ll cross paths on social media still over time.

For now, I say again, thank you, thank you. I hope you wake up every morning knowing you are lovely and unique and loved. The world is more than a bit scary out there, so be safe and careful and kind as you move through it, as best you can.

All my love,
Amy