Iris Ocean Writing

We build ourselves gilded cages made of shiny baubles and possessions, which substitute a warm touch. The love we wish to receive from others can be directly measured in shopping sprees and grand declarations of self love. And yet as much as we try to adorn ourselves in pretty dresses and fine jewels it is only a mark of the emptiness inside. Every penny spent shows the number of hugs and smiles we wished we got from the people we care about, sprinkled with misdirected promises of the life we wish we lived, but can only see in movies and read in books, whose characters stand for the idealised standards real humans will never measure up to. The romantics among us will spend lifetimes trying to become those dramatic heroes, who show up with flowers and boomboxes under someone's window, only to discover someone else inside that room with the object of our affection, treating them worse than we ever would. They will proceed to spend countless hours asking the bottoms of a series of cra...

Nostalgia has become very popular in recent years and that is a strange statement in itself to start with. I was always led to believe that nostalgia leaned towards the negative side of the emotional scope, however popular culture trends have proven me wrong. As it turns out, nostalgia is not only a desirable feeling but also a marketable product, which in the right hands can turn great profits. In terms of product sales, lead retailer Urban Outfitters have proven the model by bringing back  Polaroid cameras ,  type writers  and  record players , thus turning vinyl sales from a niche market for serious collectors to a revitalised industry that attracts teenagers and millennials in general. While the general public initially viewed this as things to sell to hipsters to make them feel special, it seems that these items from the past are here to stay, and the  recent fashion trends  are also confirming that a return to the late half of the past century is defi...

Be Who You Wanna Be, Be Who You are! One of Bon Jovi’s lesser known songs,  Welcome To Wherever You Are , is probably one of their most inspirational ones. With all the pressure in our everyday lives to be better, stronger and more successful than everyone else, it’s easy to feel inadequate, depressed and simply just not good enough. We need this song to remind us that everybody’s different but they are all a miracle in their own way. In different points in my life when I've doubted myself I considered what I had achieved and the lyrics of this song came to my mind: this is your life, you made it this far. For everyone who feels down, trust me and Bon Jovi when we say that right here, right now, you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be! I Just Wanna Live While I’m Alive! In other words, #yolo baby! Millennials, let’s get real for a moment. Drake came out with The Motto in 2011. Talk about being late to the party! It was Bon Jovi who said ‘it’s now or never’ back in 2000 and told ...

It’s hard being a girl! You can’t even have a simple night out without needing a special dictionary to explain what things really mean! Bartender:  The person whom you will tell all your secrets to after getting drunk and appointing him as your personal psychologist for the night. Bathroom:  The place you go with your friends to gossip about your other friends who are still on the dance floor. Other uses of that place include makeup fixing and multiple selfie taking. Bra:  The place you store your phone, money and miscellaneous valuables. Bus:  The place you sleep in on your way home. Sometimes this can be replaced by a taxi, but usually you will have no money for one, because you spent it all on drinks. Cloakroom:  The only reason you haven’t lost your coat yet and will not freeze to death on your way home. Club:  A place with sticky floors and too many people, where you go to have fun. Clutch:  A miniature version of a bag that fits almost nothing an...

  1. When putting together an outfit you start from the shoes! Your thought process goes like this: ‘these shoes are perfect for tonight, now what clothes would go with them?’. You even do that when you are in a clothes shop. 2. You have at least one pair you bought just to look at! I know you think that some day you will wear them, but we both know you won’t. You will also not wear that pair you are refusing to throw away. You know exactly which one I’m talking about! 3. You have stopped people in the street to ask where their shoes are from! They probably thought you were weird but hey, you liked their shoes so that’s a compliment, right? 4. You repeatedly post or mention shoe quotes! Some of them include: ‘Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world’ and ‘Cinderella is proof that a pair of shoes can change your life’. Stop it! Now! 5. You have more shoes than anyone you know! And you want even more! You know you can only wear one pair at a time, right? 6. One of yo...

  ‘What’s your Zodiac sign?’ Don’t answer. That is not the point. The point is that you all know the answer. You may not believe in astrology or care to read what the future is going to bring every week in the magazine but still you know your sign. Why? Because there was some point in your life that you were made to understand that this is something you should know, one of those questions you will be asked throughout your life, so you might as well know the answer. I remember back at school when every girl would have a notebook with questions that we would exchange with each other and you had to answer all sorts of personal stuff with a pseudonym that you had to reveal at the last page anyway. Of course we all knew most of the answers already, but I think the point was to see how many BFFS, cute stickers and song lyrics we would have at the end of it all. Note to self: check what happened to those notebooks. Anyway, what I am trying to say is that the zodiac sign question was alway...