Sofia Style: Mystical Mountain Simplicity

photo credit: E. Grigorieva

This is the soft summertime look that I am going for today. After visiting Gela, the reputed birthplace of Orpheus in the Rhodope Mountains yesterday, mystical charm and nature-inspired simplicity is in the air. Perhaps I will return to Gela next weekend for the bagpipes festival and to see if I might catch a glimpse of the shades of Orpheus.

top image via The Shiny Squirrel; wildflowers photo by Abigail Doan;

and Gela with mist photo via Hotel Villa Gella / Natalie Tkachuk

Goodnight Sofia, Good Morning New York

Beautiful silver leaf/foil haute couture wedding dress as the finale for the Jeny Style (Evgenia Jivkova's opening night show) at Sofia Fashion Week this evening

I will be traveling from Sofia to Paris to New York over the next day and night. I am sad to leave Sofia behind, but happy to see friends and family soon in New York. Thank you, Bulgaria, for teaching me so much this summer about eco textiles, the seamless integration of nature, and the beauty of tradition. You gave me a magical send off this evening at the first night of Sofia Fashion Week. See you when the crystalline snowflakes begin to cloak Mount Vitosha.