Sorry for the lack of posts, I have an icky cold and have been devoting myself to sleeping and taking vitamins rather than fashion. I can however give you a mental picture: I am currently wearing a woolly cardigan, one of my boyfriend's t'shirts, and leggings *hangs head in shame*. I hasten to assure you that I would not leave the house in this outfit, it was just the closest thing to pyjamas!
Jacket Topshop, T'shirt Realitee at Topshop, jeans New Look, shoes F&F at Tesco.
I've been tagged by Annah of Fashion, art and mess to do that 7 songs you're into thingy. This is going to make everyone think that I am a) old and b) weird but here goes:
"That's not my name" The Ting Tings
Great song that oddly sounds better coming out of a radio or the lousy speakers in my car than it does on the fancy amp and speakers in the livingroom.
"Let me think about it" Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
I don't generally do dance-type music but I do play it when I'm exercising or attempting to psyche myself into doing housework. This one is guarranteed to make me bounce around.
"Pour some sugar on me" Def Leppard
Probably my all time favourite song. I've been a fan since the 80's. I love rock music, but only if I can still hear the words and they don't have up-their-own-bottoms 5 minute guitar solos (yes Van Halen, I am looking at you!).
"Mistress Mabel" The Fratellis
New song from the Fratellis that is being played a lot on the radio. I like their music because it is upbeat and retro sounding.
"Time Warp" Rocky Horror Show cast
Love this film. Go watch it! Then find a singalong/stage show and go in costume!
"Psychosis safari" Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster
I don't even know how to describe this one. High intensity rock maybe? Anyway, mad band with strange songs.
"The Carny" Nick Cave
Another weird one. This is a very creepy atmospheric song. I wouldn't say I liked it as such but it is oddly very compelling.
I tag:
A cat of impossible colour &
Cheapskate chic because everyone else I would have picked has already been tagged.
And this is why I need to sell things on ebay!
That tiny 6 inch wide section on the left is for my other half's clothes. Poor boy :-)
I have a few ebay auctions running, including:
I believe Agathe of Style Bytes included the same net skirt in some of her outfits but obviously I can't check :-(
Also some really random things that we do not need hanging round the house any more. Check here if you're interested.
I look unnaturally angelic in today's picture!
Jeans New Look, top H&M, shrug thingy Bay Trading, sandals and pendant Topshop.
Ooh, something good I noticed the other day that I thought I'd share; many of the bangles in H&M's Divided jewellery range come in two sizes. I am very happy about this as I have silly little hands and wrists and so solid bangles tend to fall off when I wear them.
Today I gave up battling the wind and went back to the conservatory:
Top H&M, vest Topshop, skirt some market stall in Harlow about 10 years ago, boots New Look.
If you look really closely, you can see the 'real leather' tag on one of the boots! I mention this only because it links to a post on Painfully Hip where Amber expressed her dislike of Wardrobe Remix pictures where the remixer is not wearing shoes. I suggested that if your outfit is only intended to be worn around your house, you might not include shoes in the ensemble and that doesn't mean it's not a valid, fully thought-out outfit. So the question is, should you add shoes, bags, jackets etc. to an outfit that you're not going out in, just for the pictures?
I add shoes if I'm taking the photos outside, for obvious reasons, but I also do it for indoor pictures if I think the outfit is improved by them. I don't add a bag if I'm not actually going to carry one, or a jacket/coat, unless I'm taking outdoor pictures and it's cold. Conversely, if I've put on extra, less than stunning, clothes for warmth, I take them off for the photo. So my outfits are the actual ones I wear, but the best possible version, rather than the absolute truth. And one day I might actually make my mind up about those boots and take the tags off!
...go out in public like this?
Skirt H&M, jacket and vest Tesco (oh dear), boots New Look, flower Topshop.
Edit: Hee hee, I did it! I went to the post office and the supermarket. People stared. But tough, I am fabulous...well a little bit maybe?
When I got up this morning it was warm and summery. But now it has returned to the usual cool, breezy, and showery, boo :-( The whole stereotype of English people talking about the weather all the time is so true! But in our defense, we do have a LOT of weather, often all in the same day.
Anyway, here is my outfit as I originally intended and how it ended up being when I had to go out:
Top Miss Selfridge, jeans and black shoes New Look, jacket TKMaxx, sandals Pierre Hardy for Gap. The pattern is apparently a fig.
ION, my first in-real-life friend has been told about this blog and so is about to find out how deeply shallow I really am :-) Hi Katy!
This week's style inspiration is Alexa Chung. Many of my choices are people who's look I admire, but don't necessarily aspire to, or that I have no hope of looking like in a million years! Alexa however is a true inspiration who gives me ideas for new things I want and new ways to wear things I already have.
And today's outfit, which unsurprisingly has turned out rather Alexa-ish:
Dress H&M, bag Primark, Shoes New Look, pendant Topshop.
The boyfriend is away so the compulsive shopper will play :-) Plus he owes me a present and shopping with other people's money is always fun! My haul was the usual selection of things I'm not sure about and thinking of returning. I'm sure it would be easier if I had someone to go shopping with, I might be able to make decisions before bringing things home if I had another opinion. Excuse the dark pictures, I didn't want to run up and downstairs for every outfit change so had to take pictures upstairs where the light is not so good.
First of all is a pair of shoes I am definitely keeping. I've wanted a light-coloured pair of cute shoes since I saw a girl wearing cream shoes with black tights. I already have these in tan, and then found this beige/cream pair in the New Look sale for £10, result!
Next are a couple of belts from Primark. The first is black and quite easy to wear as it is only a little wider than a regular waist belt:
The second is brown and very wide. I'm not sure if it works on me, but it cost £3 so isn't worth returning even if I never wear it (the second picture is my Sienna Miller impression!):
Now we get to the tricky stuff. This little skirt is very cute, but...I already have it in a different floral print, I will only wear it with tights (issues with the way my upper legs look sans tights), and I'm concerned by the time tights time comes back again in Autumn, it will be totally out of style:
And finally, another bandwagon I have leapt upon. This is the H&M kids skirt that about 8 million other bloggers have. Again it is fun, but will I wear it? It's quite short, and again tights are required (though that bothers me less as I think it will work ok in Autumn), and ultimately, am I too old to get away with it?
So, any views?
Well we had 3 days of summer, but now we're back to winter again. Today's outfit picture was taken in a brief gap between rain showers. You do however get to see a different bit of my garden though, thanks to the tripod I got for my birthday.
Dress Primark via Ebay, jumper and shoes H&M.
Is it me, or does my head look a bit big in that picture? I hope it's just the angle I had the camera at and I do not in fact have an enormous head and have never previously noticed!
I got the Pierre Hardy for Gap 3 strap sandals :-) It would seem they have not been as popular as anticipated since they are now on sale for £35 (£20 off!!!). They are surprisingly easy to walk in given how high they are, I guess because the platform is really deep so your foot is only at the angle it would be with a 2-2.5 inch heel. I love how blocky and weird they look!
Dress very old Richards, shortened by me, cardigan and tights Dorothy Perkins, bag M&S, sandals Gap.
All week I have been running around doing fun things like cleaning and gardening, which do not lend themselves to sartorial elegance. Then I spent the weekend in a field wearing wellies and with a hairstyle created by dust, grass, and the effects of standing behind 20 hovercraft (do not even ask), of which I will not allow there to be any photographic evidence. Thus the total lack of posts. But soon, there will be outfits, yay! In the meantime, here are my fabulous sandals:
These are £15 from Topshop. They also come in tan (which I may get as well just because they will go with everything), shiny red, fushia pink, silver, and bronze, but I liked green best. I wanted galdiator type sandals because many bloggers have been looking fabulous in them lately, but didn't want to look exactly like every sheep on the street, thus the choice of green, which judging by the number left in the shop, have not been universally admired! So either I have fabulous taste, unappreciated by the masses, or yet again I am the weirdo!
I was very excited to discover that Fashion Robot is back! She now posts on Chictopia as thefashbot. I have missed her random poses :-)
It was my birthday on Saturday. So obviously I went shopping :-) Having done the favourite catwalk look challenge, I found I was thinking about Autumn looks, and we haven't even had summer yet! Anyway, this is what I got:
Navy blouse from Topshop, with old jeans from New Look and shoes from Debenhams.
Dress from Miss Selfridge, £20 in the sale, yay!
