Back to school.

 

Ruby 

Autumn Semester at university has only just begun, and with the onset of class, the stress of late night papers and early morning lectures (generally whilst nursing a bad hangover) has also begun.

"The feeling of innocence, play, magic, and love." is how New Zealand label Ruby is described on its website. With its soft, childlike aesthetic, Ruby's collection of delicate tunics, rough-and-tumble rompers and tomboy schoolgirl attire, is one that would be just as appropriate in the schoolyard as on the streets. I intend to take a step back into my schoolgirl past, to the days of learning times tables by wrote and playing kiss-and-catch in the playground, wearing denim overalls and knee-highs to my classes- injecting a bit of schoolday playfulness into a much too grown-up university life.

 

 Some ideas to make the return to uni that little bit less serious? This pencil pendant from Whistles is a sweet, wearable reminder of your academic pursuits (or lack thereof). Rhodia notebooks are a stylish way to jot down notes and doodle unflattering caricatures of your professors during lectures. A good, sturdy satchel from the Cambridge Satchel Company in a fire-engine red to make lugging around a tonne of books all day that little bit more cheery. Some super practical shoes by Topshop for traipsing around campus from dawn to dusk.

And, of course, an appropriately dreamy song in your ears to make education that bit more romantic.