Hi all!

I'm Eva, I'm 29 and live in Sussex, UK with my beautiful wife Becca.

I just found this wonderful place this morning while looking for stylistic inspiration and fell in love straight away. So many lovely people with so much great advice and insight! After a couple hours of obsessively searching through archives I signed up, and here I am!

A bit about me:

My style history is pretty mish-mash, lots of jeans and t-shirts to get me by from day to day and plenty of buying things I hope will fit me, but often in conflicting styles.

My wife has impeccable taste and always manages to look effortlessly styled, no matter how casual the outfit. This has begun rubbing off on me and I've found myself wishing to be a lot more intentional in my appearance.

In February I cleared out bags and bags of clothes I was no longer sure of and I am now beginning again, this time trying to find out what is truly "me".

Last week I took the plunge and cut my below shoulder length curly hair to something a little longer than a pixie, removing all the red of the henna I've used since I was a teenager. My cut still needs a little tweaking (possibly slightly shorter to tidy it up), but now that I'm over the initial shock I can't imagine it any other way and am really loving suddenly being able to see my face and neck.

My current challenge (and what brought me here) is balancing my newly short hair with a clothing style that is equally me. Recently I have been increasingly comfortable in loose, understated outfits (my family keep calling it my Scandinavian style) with lots of lovely linens and drapey fabrics. No "girly" frills, ruffles, pink etc. I'm trying to keep the feminine edge that my long hair added to these outfits without adding fussiness to my clothing - although I have a feeling this will be less of a concern as I get more used to my hair and realise it wasn't just long hair that gave me my femininity.

But that's enough about me.

Looking forward to being a member of this site and getting to know you all!