Some journeys carry us across continents. Others carry us across time.
When I designed The Aviatrix t shirt, it was just a nod to the courageous, ground-breaking, adventurous women of the early 20th century, who blazed some of the trails we now take for granted. The women who risked their reputations, propriety, social acceptance and marriageability to follow their dreams and do what ladies just didn’t do. Like flying airplanes, exploring ancient ruins, taking off on steamships for exotic, far away lands, becoming astronomers and scientists, etc.
And - beckoned by the horizon - traveling the world on their own.
In doing a bit of reading on early 20th century female pilots - I discovered that Black women also have a significant role in aviation history - with equally compelling stories of their achievement and what it cost them.
The Adventure Woman Black Aviatrix Shirt is designed in their honor.
These women - and their era - fascinate me. They were brave enough not only to take to the skies or venture out into the world alone - but to do it knowing that they were turning their backs on the social benefits and expectations of the time - and the safety of compliance and conforming.
This is the world of Agatha Christie's elegant mysteries...the glittering soirées and restless dreams of The Great Gatsby...the sweeping landscapes and quiet courage of Out of Africa - and the fashions and customs of that era are classic, romantic - and timeless.
It occurred to me that others find themselves getting lost in novels and movies about this period as I do - in the imagery of polished brass in a grand hotel, the whistle of a vintage train, the worn leather of a well-traveled suitcase, and the scent of lavender drifting through a Provençal village. In handwritten journals, forgotten railway stations, well-used weathered maps, and tiny cafés with fresh linen and china cups.
Not because we wish to live in another century, but because these things have stories and they remind us that beauty, curiosity, and adventure don’t just belong to a long lost era.
We can embrace and enjoy them, too.
That’s the spirit behind the Women Who Follow Horizons on Pinterest - a new, curated collection of timeless journeys—places where history still whispers, where travel is measured in stories rather than miles, and where every destination invites us to slow down, look closer, and wonder. A celebration of those grand old hotels and hidden villages. Of ocean liners and railway journeys. Of vintage gardens in bloom, old libraries, historic cafés, literary escapes, vintage maps, handwritten letters, and destinations that seem untouched by time.
You'll also find the Adventure Woman collections from August Moon Emporium, created for women who believe the journey begins long before the suitcase is packed.
Whether your next adventure takes you to Scotland, Venice, the Nile, the Canadian Rockies, or simply into the pages of a beloved novel, I hope you'll find inspiration here.
Because for some of us, every keepsake has a story...and every story becomes a keepsake.
