Renaissance Era
I love this trend or notion of era’s existing within our own lives, our communities, society at large etc. The slut era, the untouchable era, all of these ways to track where we are, what we need, how we are interacting with one another and the world around us. I love this because its part pattern, part aesthetic, part joke, part support. It gives us something to rub up against for reference, it gives us a sense of community and belonging in the world around us at large and it also is a way to track time outside of linear time which I personally love.
Lately the Renaissance Era has been my contemplation, especially as the last weekend in Montreal was particularly glorious for weather and friendship/connection. For a while I was in my slut era - about reclaiming my pleasures and what they were and how I built a relationship with them. Then my untouchable era, where I took everything I learned and allowed myself to be untouched by the perceptions, opinions and notions of others around me when it came to me, my life, what I loved. A sort of “rising above” vibe.
So now, as summer approaches I’ve been thinking about how once again there is transformation around me. Once again there is a new era emerging, a new archetype of the self. I recently rewatched Marie Antoinette directed by Sophia Coppola and I was like yes…. this is it. This is the vibe for the summer in so many ways that I’m already seeing unfold. I have also been playing around with the 90’s teen and dad archetypes for this summer but that’s more of a “choose your player” conversation.
I’m not going to get super technical here like I can do sometimes, this is list format what is the renaissance era and how can one play in it. This is just a silly list, it needs not be taken too seriously but I found it fun to think about the archetypes and the little nuances of them and how they would come forward in a more modern/approachable way. This is my still growing, non-exhaustive list of the…
Renaissance Era Vibes
Marie Antoinette w/ Kirsten Dunst
Fancy cups for everything
Picnics in the park
Themes for everything
Opulence
Crafting together - friendship bracelets
Baking era - cakes, tarts, pavlova,
Fresh flowers - for many things like flower crowns and manicures and cookies and salads
Long baths - with bubbles and salts, maybe more flowers here too! With fruits and layers of opulence ✨ grapes, pavlova, cakes, tea, sparkling water
Herbs - in food, in flowers, in the gardens
Candle lit everything all the time
Luxuriating
Send things to the dungeon/jail/put them under investigation
Frills and florals
Prioritizing the colour palate
Orange wine
Lake swims
Painting
Sangria - I know this is not historically accurate but it absolutely fits in
Sleeping in
Wild, passionate sex
Country house vibes
Poetry
Lemonade!!!!
arm links over holding hands
Film camera
Natural curls / pin curls / blow outs
Ribbons
Pearls
Pink summer/cream/ruffle/fringe/lacey layers
Going on flower heists (aka when you wake up very early or stay up very late and steal a flower from each garden/place)
Maximize pleasure
Prurient
Gardens - botanical, outside, wherever just lots of gardens
Horseback riding
loves a breeze
in a serious relationship OR uses bumble as a dating app
pedicure energy
spf girlie
golden hour horny
fucking in a sundress
curated playlist for the season
la croix / carbonated water with fruit
kissing passionately in public places, particularly under trees or on bridges
card games
picnic basket energy
writing long letters about nothing (I sort of did that here, and I also find it so hard to mail a letter so I love the idea of writing a letter to someone I see in person and just having a thread of letters handed on to pals I see)
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