My dear careless readers, how are we doing today? I write to you after a long ride in the city and boy oh boy it feels good to be back on my jogging pants in the sweet home heat! It’s been a while since we’ve been in contact, so I just wanted to catch up with you on some recent life realisations.

Have you ever thought about color therapy?

This is something that crossed my mind recently. For those who know me, this may come as no surprise. I love color. I live through it. Which is why it is interesting that it had never ocurred to me that something so simple as colour could affect your mood so dramatically.

How many times do you feel like pulling an “all black everything” outfit in the middle of the winter cold vs. a hot sunny summer day? Every little detail in your daily wear, from the nail colour you use to the coat you take for a walk, signals your mood state. It is as if we subconsciously wanted to show the world how we were feeling that day.

Color can affect your mood and the mood of others, which is why I have started pulling off even more crazy outfits lately. I like to feel good and I want others to feel good! Colours make me smile and I want those around me to smile with me too.

Chromotherapy, or color therapy, is an alternative science that uses color and light to treat physical or mental health such us as anxiety and stress. Now I am not telling you that this will work for you or whether you need to believe in it, but certainly something to take into account as it has definitely helped me just by turning up wearing a funky outfit on a gray-ish day. What have you got to loose?

spice up your life (as a good spice girl fan would say) and bring all the colours from your wardrobe together!

My latest adventure with colour, one that was unexpected and decided upon the last hours of me heading home for the Christmas holidays is the one you see here today. One that I love, and that I will repeat again and again and again whenever I feel good or whenever I feel moody, outdoors and indoors.

Psst - Also, that GORGEOUS skirt you see on screen is vintage! Can you believe?.Found in a little stall by Hackney Central and made of silk fabric. I could not be happier. Let’s be conscious for the planet whilst loving fashion.

Til next time careless readers,

TCB xx