There has been a lot of media coverage for the Lindex/Missoni collection. Like many other bloggers, I was curious as the collection was released, but realised that most of it was gone before I had even had a time to take a look at it. A friend of mine managed to get hold of a dress and I did indeed buy a pink bracelet to support cancer research myself (50% of the sales price) but on the whole it has been rather difficult to get hold of the more desirable item, such as the dresses and the skirts.

Italian Missoni was founded in the 1950s by Rosita and Ottavio Missoni and is today run by their daughters, Angela and Margherita. Missoni has been famous for the colourful zig-zag-patterned knits.

Noticing some fluctuations in the availability of certain items in the collection as I browsed the Lindex website, I realised that there might be a possibility still to buy a dress I had set my eyes on and one day it was indeed available. Click. Let's just hope it fits me.

This morning was beautiful and it's still pretty warm where we live. Many of the trees and the fields are still green, but there are hints of red, orange, and yellow as well. This year, the autumn has been far nicer than summer was and I love the clear — although not yet so crisp — air.

And here it is: my own doctor's ring. Traditionally a doctor's ring is usually in red gold, but lately it has become more common to offer them in white gold as well. Unfortunately, there was no choice at the university where I received my degree, so I decided to have my own ring made of silver and white gold, and, as you might have noticed, it has now been engraved as well.

By successfully defending a PhD thesis a new "doctor" is born, but the formal act of conferring a doctor's degree takes place at the annual academic ceremony and this is what happened for me yesterday. There were eight of us this year, from a wide range of disciplines, who stood there in our green formal gowns, with our hats on and with the diplomas and the doctor's rings in our hands. This year the number of people attending the ceremony was slightly smaller than it usually is, but I think it was really nice to have the possibility to talk to almost everyone for once.

After the ceremony, I was one of the panel members, together with two computer science professors and one professor of architecture, attempting to discuss the links between art and science and we meandered between topics such as creativity, inspiration, aha moments, talent, craftmanship, and teaching. It was very interesting to hear their ideas on the topic and see where the discussion took us all. Most of us had at least some experience with art and we are, of course, members of academia, but to find the bridges between science and art and to agree on its definitions was slightly challenging. In any case, it opened up for further discussions and we had an enjoyable time mingling at dinner afterwards.

My black dress, similar to the one above, was made by me, and I bought the shoes a few years ago. The hat and the ring above were borrowed (although I have a doctor's ring of my own, which I will blog about soon), but the diploma is now my own. With this I wore my Torun Bülow-Hübe collier and quartz pendant and earrings.