Wanderer

"Not all who wander are lost".

 

Hi everyone, Happy Friday! I'm so excited about today's blog post, for many reasons. First of all I got together with my dear and talented friend Ricardo who shot this post, and I can not stress enough how much I love working with him, second I really liked the end result, as the mise en scene of my last post was so earthy and with warm Autumn colours with a country side feeling, I wanted to do something different this week, I wanted a more urban vibe, a city post.

As we wandered around town looking for a location to shoot I spotted the W Hotel, (a boutique hotel in Leicester Square) with its iconic W sign, which has funky lighting that changes colour. W hotel has a service policy entitled Whatever/Whenever, which means whatever you want, whenever you want it, as long as it's not illegal, immoral or just plain wrong. So, taking into account W's philosophy of "whatever/whenever", my philosophy for W would translate into W for women, W for warrior, W for wonderful, W for wicked, W for wow, but more importantly, W for wanderer.

Wanderer: to move about without a definite destination or purpose. You see, I've been a wanderer for the majority of my life, only really settling down for the last six years. I was born in Angola, passed through South Africa, raised in Portugal, lived for a while in Germany and I am currently living in London. I moved houses, in a total of 23 times thus far, wow! And it has been wonderful, I've learned so much, moving houses is quite stressful but also exciting it always feels like a new beginning.

So here we go, another bit of me that I'm sharing with you.

 

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be  king.

 

J. R. R. Tolkien

 

Outfit: dress & fuzzy coat, H&M; boots, rings, necklace & tights, Primark.

 

Photos: Ricardo Noel Frutuoso.

 

Thank you for reading.

 

Virginia XOXO