Lately I’ve just felt immeasurably grateful.
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For the people becoming healthier beside me.
For conversations with depth.
For creativity returning.
For discipline.
For softness.
For movement.
For perspective.
For the strange beauty of evolving while still remaining yourself.
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There are seasons where life feels heavy and disconnected. And then there are seasons where something quietly clicks back into place inside of you.
This feels like that. I think alignment feels less like constant happiness and more like finally feeling present inside your own life. Like your mind, body, work, relationships, and spirit are no longer pulling in opposite directions. That feeling is deeply humbling when you’re looking around and realizing the life that once only existed in your imagination is now happening around you in small ordinary moments.
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What if the most beautiful parts of your life were never the things you achieved… but the person you became while living them?
For this concept I wanted to explore the tension between elevated alpine energy and a shot like a forgotten film still. A vintage monochromatic red moment cutting through alpine whites balanced with creamy neutrals, tactile layers and a sculptural ice bar serving snow cones. Every detail was intentional from the fur textured table with reflective surfaces, to the way light hits snow like a natural diffuser. A story you can almost touch.
I’ve never seen styling as something separate from the environment, it’s the same language just expressed through different forms. Fabric, light, texture, structure they all speak to each other.
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This is where I find the most meaning in my work in dissolving the line between fashion styling and creative set design until they’re no longer disciplines, but a single, cohesive expression. Nothing is simply placed. Everything is composed.
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Grateful to create alongside a team that brings vision to life so seamlessly. @socality x @canoncanada
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Location @grousemountain
Set design & fashion styling @ash_nstyling
Talent @aliciamaclaren@maddy.jjayne@shazmin@_di.__di.__
Ice bar @icedecorinc
Decor rentals @bespokedecor
Event @socality@canoncanada
#creativedirector #styling #vancouver #apresski
If someone asked me the definition of a father I wouldn’t send them to a dictionary. I would simply say “you should have met my dad.”
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My dad was the kind of man who carried life’s heavy things both in heart and physically, so the people he loved didn’t have to. The kind of man who moved through life with integrity and honour, steady in his character and generous in his presence. He was the one who made sure I got home safe. The one who believed in me long before the rest of the world did. The one who taught me without ever needing to say it that integrity, kindness, and hard work matter.
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Growing up he made me feel safe in a way that only a great father can. My dad had a heart of gold and a spirit that made people feel welcome, valued, and cared for. He built a life filled with friendships, laughter, business, adventure, and community. And through it all he always made sure I knew I was deeply loved. And I know this with all my heart the best parts of who I am were shaped by him. If that’s the definition of a father, then my dad wasn’t just a father. He was the gold standard. And I will spend the rest of my life grateful that I was his daughter. Jack Peters 🕊️✨#restinpeace
So much of my world is public. But this grief is deeply personal. I share this because he deserves to be known as honourable, funny, strong, a gentleman and a deeply devoted father and husband. I am who I am because of him. And I will carry his love and his lessons into everything I build from here.
Forever your Asha Baby, Dad 🤍