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| Photo Credit: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott |
16.4.14
Inspiring Women: Frida Giannini
7.4.14
The Embodiment of Cool
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| Sabo Skirt Shades of pink and violet dance together in a fit of pure beauty. |
My favorite place to "window shop" just happens to be on the complete other side of the world. Once upon a time, a friend posted a really really pretty dress on facebook and I had to find out where she got it from. Although it took her about two weeks to get it and shipping & handling fees were a bitch, this dress, was more than worth it. Ever since I found out that the dress had come from Australian online retailer Sabo Skirt, I have been obsessed! Sometimes, I spend hours upon hours scrolling through each one of their categories, just drooling over each piece. Unfortunately, I have yet to make a purchase, not because I haven't wanted to but because as a full time college student sometimes paying for clothes to ship from across the world is harder than buying locally.* But the clothes are so cool and fresh so I want to share it with all of you!
6.4.14
Whirlwind of Changes, A Letter to My Readers
Dear Readers,
I named this blog The Glamorous Equestrian because that's how I like to think of myself. I call myself the glamorous equestrian because that's what I aspire to be. Many horse people often say "I don't care how I look, but my horse looks nicer than me" but that's not true for me. Even at the barn, I still try to dress to impress (unless it's the middle of winter and I look like a marshmallow...). So as a collection of all my musings and inspirations, this blog will also include equestrian style and inspiration. Because being a real equestrian isn't about getting on your horse once a week and being a Sunday rider, it's a complete lifestyle. And I think I kind of lost focus of that. As an English major and a fiction writer, we are taught that although our content should be relatable to everyone, it should still have a focus and a purpose. Therefore, through this blog I want show that just because we have horses and most of the time are covered in horse hair and slobber, we clean up nicely as well...
I have had a whirlwind of changes in my life. The past couple years have been filled with anxiety, reject, new changes, and finally acceptance that change doesn't always mean a bad thing. I found myself at a new university, and although I was utterly heartbroken to leave my last school, it has been one of the most amazing changes I have made. I also have had to go through some self exploration, and while I have not found myself nearly at the end of that road, and I still have many many years of growing up to do, I still have, for now at least, learned some things about myself. I almost forgot some of the more important lessons in life about being a strong, independent woman.
It all started with our new horses, when we rescued the first out of the three. He was about 15 when on a sort of motherly intuition I convinced my mother that we couldn't chance it that he wouldn't be gone the next day. So we bought him. Then and there before anyone else got the chance to snatch him up and that's how my hope and passion for life was reignited. He was 15 last year when we rescued him and I honestly think he has done more for us than us for him. He has taught me so much about never giving up, second chances, and it never being too late for a happy ending. Who knows his life before he came to us, who knows how the people before us treated him, but despite all the things that went wrong in his life for him to end up at that rescue lot, he is still one of the best horses out there. I trust that horse with my life more than I have ever trusted a horse. Although half the time he acts like the biggest goofball in the world, I know when it comes down to it, he would do anything for me and I for him, and it started when I convinced my mother. We could have ended up with the worst case scenario of what happens with rescue horses, but instead we have been bountifully blessed. Each day with him he surprises us with how awesome he is. Through this horse, my faith in life has been restored. He has shown me such kindness and love and tolerance and it has reinspired me to live my life the same. If he can finally have his happy ending at 15, then it's not too late for me or anyone else to start living the life they want. And that's what this blog will be, my culmination and building blocks to living the life I want as the glamorous equestrian, and I want to share it all with you! So, I'm inviting you to come on this journey with me.
Check out the other two from our pack:
I think now is the perfect time for me to start writing here again and to refocus my aspirations for the blog, as Spring is finally here which means time for re-awakening!
carrots & peppermints,
rebekka hov.
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I named this blog The Glamorous Equestrian because that's how I like to think of myself. I call myself the glamorous equestrian because that's what I aspire to be. Many horse people often say "I don't care how I look, but my horse looks nicer than me" but that's not true for me. Even at the barn, I still try to dress to impress (unless it's the middle of winter and I look like a marshmallow...). So as a collection of all my musings and inspirations, this blog will also include equestrian style and inspiration. Because being a real equestrian isn't about getting on your horse once a week and being a Sunday rider, it's a complete lifestyle. And I think I kind of lost focus of that. As an English major and a fiction writer, we are taught that although our content should be relatable to everyone, it should still have a focus and a purpose. Therefore, through this blog I want show that just because we have horses and most of the time are covered in horse hair and slobber, we clean up nicely as well...
I have had a whirlwind of changes in my life. The past couple years have been filled with anxiety, reject, new changes, and finally acceptance that change doesn't always mean a bad thing. I found myself at a new university, and although I was utterly heartbroken to leave my last school, it has been one of the most amazing changes I have made. I also have had to go through some self exploration, and while I have not found myself nearly at the end of that road, and I still have many many years of growing up to do, I still have, for now at least, learned some things about myself. I almost forgot some of the more important lessons in life about being a strong, independent woman.
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| Zeus, 16 yr old Morgan |
It all started with our new horses, when we rescued the first out of the three. He was about 15 when on a sort of motherly intuition I convinced my mother that we couldn't chance it that he wouldn't be gone the next day. So we bought him. Then and there before anyone else got the chance to snatch him up and that's how my hope and passion for life was reignited. He was 15 last year when we rescued him and I honestly think he has done more for us than us for him. He has taught me so much about never giving up, second chances, and it never being too late for a happy ending. Who knows his life before he came to us, who knows how the people before us treated him, but despite all the things that went wrong in his life for him to end up at that rescue lot, he is still one of the best horses out there. I trust that horse with my life more than I have ever trusted a horse. Although half the time he acts like the biggest goofball in the world, I know when it comes down to it, he would do anything for me and I for him, and it started when I convinced my mother. We could have ended up with the worst case scenario of what happens with rescue horses, but instead we have been bountifully blessed. Each day with him he surprises us with how awesome he is. Through this horse, my faith in life has been restored. He has shown me such kindness and love and tolerance and it has reinspired me to live my life the same. If he can finally have his happy ending at 15, then it's not too late for me or anyone else to start living the life they want. And that's what this blog will be, my culmination and building blocks to living the life I want as the glamorous equestrian, and I want to share it all with you! So, I'm inviting you to come on this journey with me.
Check out the other two from our pack:
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| Baloume Z, 11 yr old Zangersheide |
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| Unlimited Power aka Hermes, 5 yr old OTTB |
I think now is the perfect time for me to start writing here again and to refocus my aspirations for the blog, as Spring is finally here which means time for re-awakening!
carrots & peppermints,
rebekka hov.
tumblr|instragram|pinterest
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