Yuzzo coat, H&M top, Zara pants, and Nike sneakers.
Little me who knows nothing about skate culture and who tried skateboarding at 12 in hopes of becoming more like Avril and who failed drastically, will now talk about skate culture. From an outsider’s POV, the skate world is like a more outdoorsy and t-shirt wearing yoga retreat. It’s rhythmic, beautiful and seamless to look at, and has such a warm community feel.

I headed to Saughton skate park last weekend with Lucy, and was so warmed by all the types of people there: older, younger, girls and boys. Just t-shirts and tricks and movement and hanging out. In those moments, I wish I could skate. I wish I could be a part of a world where it’s ok if you don’t want to work for Goldman Sachs or some consultancy agency. It’s the cool club without the attitude or the judgment, and I’m happy to just be the onlooker for now.

Who knows, maybe I’ll veer off from The Plan and become a pro skater by this time next year. I’m wearing a coat by a Chinese designer, Yu Zhou aka YUZZO (funny since I’m guessing this is how a lot of non-Chinese speakers would pronounce her name), which warmed me up all over and reminded me that a t-shirt is never enough in Edinburgh. Those winds. Biggest bitches in town.

Photographed by Lucy Henshall and edited by Victoria Jin.