An effort to look effortless.

Black layered halterneck dress with transparent details, Johanna Vikman. Black long blazer, Monki. Brown leather satchel, Vero Moda. Cheetah print tights, H&M. Black army boots, Vagabond. Lipstick, "Lady Red" by L'Oréal.

This is the outfit I wore yesterday when I went into Stockholm to hang out with friends and have dinner (and then a couple of drinks). It's almost funny - I dress like this basically every time I go into what used to be my home town for twenty years. Black, black, black. I guess I don't want to be the girl who stands out, more like someone who doesn't care too much about what she's wearing, but who looks good anyway. Or something like that. So... yeah. I'm trying to make an effort to look effortless. Hmm.

I just don't feel very comfortable in that city, probably because I keep running into people I haven't seen for ages - and I haven't seen them for ages for a reason. And if I'm going to have people judging me, I don't want to give them too much to work with. All black is sort of hard to judge.

Black or not, I really loved the outfit, this dress is such a dream! And you know me, now I want to go on and on, telling you stories about how I got it or how it made me feel, possibly even translate a column about it (haha!). But... I can't. The Swedish holiday Midsummer is approaching fast and me and Ronnie have so, so, so, so, so, so, so much to do before friends and family arrive tomorrow. I will do my best to keep you posted - literally - but at least now you know why if my posts are a bit late and not as numerous as usual these next four days.

Talk to you soon, guys!