With Memorial Day weekend around the corner, summer suddenly feels within reach. Tomorrow, we’re photographing the new summer collection, and I can’t wait to share it with you all in just a few short weeks!
Lately, I’ve been shifting with the seasons.
I’ve written about leaning into ease—a lighter, more expansive chapter—and that theme has only deepened. I’ve been letting myself enjoy slower mornings. Late sunsets. Romance. Flowers on the kitchen counter, just because. Hosting. Shorter work days. Eating out more than usual.
It’s been joyful—and also a little uncomfortable.
After years of building Mixed from the ground up—learning how to be a designer, founder, leader—I’ve gotten used to living in a state of hypervigilance. For so long, survival mode felt like the only mode. And even now, with the business on steadier ground, that muscle memory is hard to unlearn. There’s still a part of me that braces for things to fall apart. That worries if I loosen my grip, everything might unravel. That if I stay in this lighter season too long, I’ll lose momentum. Or my team’s respect. Or my own.
But growth isn’t linear—it’s cyclical and layered. One thing I love about designing seasonal collections is that they mark time in such a tangible way. Each one feels like a new chapter, a new lesson, a new lens. And just like not every collection is my strongest, not every season of life is my most productive—but each one still has something to offer.
This season, I’m reminding myself that stability isn’t complacency. That rest is generative. And that joy doesn’t need justification.
Living in seasons means trusting that different rhythms serve different purposes. The season of heads-down hustle taught me how to build. This one is teaching me how to enjoy. How to be present to the life I once only dreamed of.
Happy Sunday,
Nasrin
