A-Line Magazine: The Arrival

What you’re holding in your hands is the product of more than half a year’s worth of blood, sweat and multiple bottles of wine (there really haven’t been too many tears). And although I don’t know what giving birth feels like, this process took about as long, from conception to delivery, and was also painful, time-consuming and, ultimately, quite magical.

The end result is our courier-fonted love letter to print, to positive energy, to the clicking sound of typewriters, to inherited Hermès scarves, to old books, to handed-down recipes, to taking time, to making time, to dreaming, to doing and to all the winding, tensile strings—regardless of age or background—that connect us to each other as women; the classic and the quirky that motivate us to seek, to create, to learn and, most of all, to be ourselves.

This is our “Arrival” issue, and every inch of this magazine is designed with you in mind—from the portable size and perfect-bound spine to the colorful fashion and nourishing DIY projects. We want you to take time to enjoy reading, to create community with us online and through our events and to learn how to make something you never knew how to make before—whether it’s food, craft…or cocktail.

Let’s grow things. Grow ourselves. Live slower. Live better. And create beauty in our everyday lives—even if that only means putting on a pair of bright pink shoes on a rainy Sunday.

— Maija Zummo, Editor in Chief