EOS AURA DIARY

Open Door overlooking the Aegean Sea
April on the Aegean Looks Good on Everyone
August gets all the attention but April is the secret. The islands in April are still yours. The beaches haven't been claimed yet, the good tables at the good tavernas... Read more...
A Glossary of Words we Dress for
I've always been suspicious of people who think fashion is shallow. Clothes are just frozen feeling. Every morning you choose what emotion to walk around in all day — you're just rarely honest enough with yourself to admit it. Here are the words I dress for. None of them exist in English, which tells you something about English. Meraki (Greek, μεράκι) To do something with your whole soul in it. To pour yourself into what you make — cooking, arranging flowers, getting dressed — until the thing you've made carries... Read more...
Why I Don't Believe in Vacation Clothes
There's a bag in the back of most people's wardrobes. You know the one. The flimsy printed things, the foam sandals, the cover-up that only comes out in July and smells faintly of last summer's sunscreen. The vacation clothes. I've never had that bag. Growing up in Greece, I noticed early that the women in my family never changed how they dressed when the season changed. My grandmother didn't have a "beach version" of herself. She wore linen because she liked linen. She moved slowly because she believed in moving... Read more...