A Love Letter: to femininity, florals, and springtime
To The Girlhood and Florals You’re Meant to Be Living With
for the soft-hearted, home-loving romantics who know that femininity is not a phase, it’s a forever mood.
Let’s talk about florals. Not the quiet, shrinking ones. I mean the loud, proud, petal-packed prints that feel like a love letter to every version of yourself who ever spun around in a full skirt or covered her walls in daisy stickers — or wanted to but opted out. Spring is here, and she’s not being shy.
This isn’t about dainty flowers behaving themselves. No ma’am. This is about blooming boldly and unapologetically—even a little weirdly. The kind of florals that make your space giggle and your outfit wink. Perhaps this is a nod to my late grandmother who was never without a tabletop centerpiece because it’s Wednesday or floral in her wardrobe, but this is as much about buying the damn flowers as it is about subjectively rooting in what it means to thrive.
This open letter is as much about buying yourself flowers at the grocery store as it is about reimagining what a well-arranged day feels like. It’s about pulling on the wide-leg floral pants and hanging the quirky artwork front and center. It’s about welcoming spring not just with a fresh bouquet, but with a fresh version of you.
Image Credit: Ashley Bannister
Image Credit: Annie Spratt
This season’s florals are like if your great-aunt’s china cabinet took a trip to Paris and came back with curtain bangs. It’s all about tapping into that softer-than-soft, wonderfully extra version of femininity—the kind that wears perfume to bed and irons her napkins for no one but herself.
So here’s your permission slip. Go full flower. Mix a prim floral with a cheeky stripe. Let your bedding clash with your curtains. Tie a silk scarf around your head and call it a day. This spring, we’re blooming loud, living lovely, and decorating like we’re the heroine in a romantic comedy directed by Wes Anderson.
You in?
xx,
H
by Hope Johnson | inspired by nostalgia and comfort
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