I’m so happy you could make it.

*enthusiastically swings door open, ushers you in, and thrusts a beverage in your hand*

Welcome to des lettres, a comfortable online get-together where we celebrate what I like to call,

Enjoying nice things while being human


nice • things

/ nahys things / noun // fashion, style, beauty, books, film, art, shopping, bingeable series, strong coffee, playlists, etc


being • human

/ bee-ing hyoo-muhn / verb // paying attention to what really matters, staying true to our values, healing traumas, breaking cycles, skipping the small talk, not fitting into boxes, showing up imperfectly, letting go of our inner people-pleasers, embracing our villain eras, revelling in the full range of joy/despair/euphoria/outrage/inspiration that this *gestures vaguely around* involves, standing up for what we believe in, and musing on all of the above



In other words, if you:

Love style and feel a little (a lot?) uncomfortable with the havoc our fast-fashion habits are wreaking on the planet…

Shed an actual tear when you missed out on Eras Tour tickets and read and feel deeply about societal injustice and current events…

Want to explore the idea of shopping secondhand and love scrolling the highlights of NYFW and the Academy Awards…

Feel nostalgic for decorating your high school agenda with cutouts from YM and Seventeen magazines while watching Buffy and 90210 and passionately support your favourite body positive fashion creators on social media…

Are both completely and not at all sure of who you are and what you want, would love to feel stylish in your clothing but secretly didn’t see anything wrong with skinny jeans, long to express your own personal style (whatever that means), or if sometimes all you want is to simply escape into a collection of dreamy images and words from another person who just gets this weird and wonderful life…

You’re in the right place.

Make yourself comfortable and stay a while, and you’ll receive articles about fashion, clothing, beauty, and style; shop updates and collections; roundups, mood boards, the occasional playlist; as well as longer personal essays about how we can do our best in the world… while also feeling our best.

Oh, and by the way, hi! I’m Sarah.

aka Sarah Renée, aka Ms. Fraser (from 9-3 at least when I’m wrangling teenagers as a teacher in a high school alternate program). I’m based just outside Vancouver, Canada, where I love working, living, thrifting, exploring our corner of the Pacific Northwest with my husband and getting cozy at home with my sweet tabby cat, Mary.

I show up and talk to you here from one everyday human to another about the big and small things that make up this weird and wonderful life.

Some days that means fashion, beauty, or a playlist I love; others it means deeper musings and reflections on a sometimes heavy career and world.

The short version of my story is that I’m a fashion curator/clothing reseller, teacher, aesthete, elder Millennial, style-obsessed human who loves to write, read, and share the things I’m excited about while fully acknowledging that sometimes shit is hard. 

The longer versions can be read here or here.

Now with all that out of the way, let’s be friends.

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Thanks for being here.

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Dispatches from one everyday human to another about the nice things we love: (mostly thrifted) fashion, personal style, beauty, art, design, interiors, + musings on the important stuff, too.

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(she/her) clothing curator + reseller, teacher, thrifter, PNW dweller, elder millennial, mood board maker 〰 just enjoying nice things while being human, usually with a coffee (or a g&t) in hand