Start Of Something

Dilemma! Crisis! Aaaargh! Help! and such, I'm in a sticky pickle as to the keeping or not keeping of these Topshop green sequin shorts, which I love devotedly, but am not sure if they really work with my *cough* ample leg "muscle":




I can maybe get away with it in black tights, but alas, sitting down is an uncomfortable and unflattering movement...

But I love them!
*sigh*

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I Got You Babe

So I just got into University. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

But anyway, as a celebration, I wanted to share the wonder of Mark Fast with you, enjoy!







Things I love about this collection:
1. Is it menswear? Is it womenswear? Who knows...
2. It's so cagey and it reminds me of armour and rock-climbing equipment.
3. The fur and feathers look more warrior than debutante
4. All the blue!
5. And of course the shiny ripped-ness of it all.

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The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Pah! After Topshop TRICKED me into buying some stuff I didn't really want (bought it to go with the green sequin shorts, which were then sold out, but did they tell me that when I paid for them? Ooohhhhh no!) (Can you tell i'm a bit irate?) Well, anyway, after that, I decided to cheer myself up with some random clothes fun, in particular trying to figure out my confusing D.I.P dress...


(This is what it looks like after i'd removed the top I was wearing over it)
Static-tastic hmmm?


Combined with:
Fringe Top - Topshop
Sparkly Cardi - Thrifted
Skirt - Thrifted

And then I had fun with my latest vintage purchase!

Skirt - H&M
Vintage Top - Ebay

ALSO! I baptised (not literally) my inspiration book! It's very small and impractical, and consists of those (See post below) pics from Vogue UK Jan and some stuff from Pop and i-D...
Maybe i'll show it to you sometime?

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Where Is The Love?

These pictures inspired me like nothing else.
Tomorrow:
Buying a black sequin blazer I saw on Friday
Buying Vogue January (Source of these photos)
Deciding whether I can afford the following Topshop goodies:





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Hallelujah

Ah Ebay, today I got whipped up in a bidding frenzy and ended up paying about double the price I considered paying for these Topshop shoesies:


(Still like a tenner cheaper than the original price though...)

But then only paid out a few squid for this fabby sparkly sweater type thing!



Ooooh packages!

Dog Days Are Over

Everything I buy at the moment seems to be either covered in sequins or full of holes, so following in this trend, I purchased the ladder vest from Topshop, I haven't had a chance to experiment with it properly yet, but it seems promising:

Gold Tank - Thrifted
Ladder Vest - Topshop
Pouffy skirt - H&M
Black Tux Jacket - Topshop


I feel like i've been distancing myself from the blogging community recently, what with my sporadic posting and lack of inspiration... but I'm trying to pick it up a bit, fingers crossed!
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Mr. Understanding

Hey therre, long time no see! I know you missed me ;) just finished the final Pop. *sniff* but I consoled myself with some random outfit shots:


Jacket - Topshop
Shirt - H&M
Skirt - Thrifted
Just wore this about town last time I went in (purchased a magnificent thrifted black faux fur coat)


My new D.I.P for topshop dress! 100% Silk = Static-tastic!

Stripe Blazer - Vintage

Ladder Dress - Topshop

Silver Dress - D.I.P for Topshop

This was really fun, I thrifted  a long, fully lined lace dress, cut out the lining (very badly) and chopped off the bottom, and voila! What a way to pass a cold winter evening...

And another thing, Christmas! Just how cool.

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All Winter Long

Ahh Topshop, sometimes I think that if every other shop in the WORLD closed, I would still be ok so long as I had Topshop... except for the obvious lack of individuality that would cause... anyway, I've been viewing the Christmas lookbook, and picked out a few (for some reason I actually almost wrote "fiew") of my favourite looks, which I will be trying to recreate somehow :)


I love the white boots and all the SEQUINS!


I have red shoes, but I want THOSE ones!
I have a sequin dress, but I want THAT one!
I have lace leggings, but I want THESE ones!
Now that's marketing. And I love her hair. And make-up. And this whole picture.


I just really want a red dress, and this is perfect, in my eyes.


The EFFING boots! (Does anyone know if they're actually going to be selling these???)
And I've never seen gold and pink look so good together.

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(Photo Credit - Topshop.com)

Down At The 303

SNOW!
And my new jumper:

Jumper - Topshop
Tank - H&M
Skirt - Thrifted (H&M)

And again, SNOW! It's so purty...

(Very quick, small, pathetic post, I know)

Underground

DAS POP!!!! The most superfantastic Belgian pop band since... Tintin? But anyway, they ruuuuule...
And, today I went arootling in the "Last Chance To Buy" Section of Topshop (which I find tends to have stuff which you've never seen in the shop before) and found THIS:

There are black studs as well, which didn't show up in the photo, but anyway, it's going to be perfect for the work CHRISTMAS party which is looming on the festive horizon... HUZZAH for Christmas!

Oooh! And I ordered this jazzy jumper from the website, HUZZAH for Topshop fests!


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Forgive Me

Ode to spending the last of my wages in the Topshop sale:

...
(If I was poetically inclined I would write something moving and inspiring here)

But i'm not so instead i'll just flash these pictures of my new tops! If I seem over-excited it's because I haven't bought a new top in aaaages, and they used to be the only thing i'd buy, to be paired with blue jeans and trainers on a daily basis...


(Wearing to see The Feeling on Thursday!)

Top - Topshop!
Belt - DP
Skirt - New Look
Btw, someone was wondering if New Look exists in America, and i'm prreeeetty sure it doesn't but I think it's kind of like our equivalent of F21, though it has a shoe section which is amazing purely because it's just SO large, and has the occasional pair of nice hoes as well. (I accidentally typed hoes instead of shoes, but i'm just gonna leave it)


(Wearing to see Cage The Elephant on Friday!)

Sequin sheer top - Topshop!
Zipper top/dress underneath - DP
Lace leggings - Topshop

Yaaaay!
And don't you just love it when you find a new blog and you read alll the posts? That happened to me just now with That's Just My Vibe, and my long-lost inspiration has returned!

And I really want some silver shoes, but not the pretty pretty strappy kind...

The hardcore Topshop kind! :D

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Your Visits Are Getting Shorter

These picatoors are a wee bit old, due to my computer failing at life, or rather BT internet failing at life... (Shoots evils at BT) but anyhoo, I spent last weekend frittering the hours away trying on all of my new knitwear, two pieces in particular, of cosy black warmth, hooray!


Knitted Zip Jumper/Dress Thing - H&M
Lace Leggings - Topshop
Gold vest top/dress - Thrifted
Ladder dress - Topshop
Blue Velvety Jacket - Warehouse

Isn't it funny how as soon as you run out of money you suddenly see a million things you want to buy? I personally seem to be attracted to anything tacky plastic or sparkly atm, for example:

See what I mean?
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Pretend That You're Alone

Today I had a random day off work so i was going to spend my hard-earned wages, in the following outift:

BUT I was struck down by random can't-be-botheredness which is very worrying, you know there's something wrong when you cant' be bothered shopping...

Spotty sheer blouse - Thrifted (Miso)
White/grey tee - H&M
Grey shorts - Topshop
Tights - John Lewis (XD)
Necklace - homemade concoction of a vintage pendant, orange streamer and manky old chain...

Oh, and I want these:

Just for fun :)

Merry Almost Christmas!
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(I'm still working on outfits with the lego shoes...)

(Photo courtesy of Shuhstore.co.uk)

Perfect Symmetry

Um, well, yeah, but, actually, I got the exact same ones as the Steve Madden pair for £30 from New Look.
:):):)
It was only on googling the Balenciaga Lego Shoe today that I discovered the huge hate-base for them, but I LOVE these shoes, they're so robotic and crazy... and impossible to wear... they seriously don't go with anything, but I can always use them as slippers? So anyway, I decided to show my support by dedicating my blog header to them,
Nicolas Ghesquiere, I got yo back.

And the outfit of today:

The jacket's navy velvet, which you can't see, and I wore black leather shoooooobies, to go get strawberry & cream crepes :)



Blue Liberty Print Corset - Toshop
Grey Skirt - Thrifted
White/grey tee - H&M
Rib Tights - Topshop
Jacket - Warehouse

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I bought some lace leggings the other day... looking forward to experimenting with those! You'll see the results soonish.

Genius

A FEATHER mini skirt. Come on, just, I mean, seriously... just give it to me.
(Also available in wine red or pink)

TOPSHOP I <3 YOU!

Saltwater

SoRrY for the lack of posting, huge huge massive fan base of mine (I know you're out there...), I've been feeling despondent and uncreative, but tonight I had a dress-up session (sesh?) with My New Skirt. In three words: Browny/Nude, Pouffy, Faaaaaairy! I'm not 100% yet, but it was a "let's pretend I have the confidence to step out of my comfort zone" buy, since they had it in black too, which I had to seriously restrain myself from buying, and am considering going back for, so... yeah...


^ That's the vintage dress I got off Ebay, pinned up into a top, with:
The Skirt I'm Not Sure About - H&M
"Silver" Tights -Topshop


A bit of a safer outfit here
Blue Velvety Jacket - Warehouse
Lace Top - Thrifted


And the same again without the jacket (ooooh the innovation!)


And the "night oot" version which i'm contemplating for Wednesday night, but considering i'm going for a "don't stand out, look generic, get in to clubs" thang, the black version might be better...
Blue Silky Top - Topshop

On other things...I have a yearning for a fur jacket (fake of course), but i'm shrinking away from the ostentatious brown/beige ones on the high street, thinking black might be a bit more subtle? Hrrrrmmm... anyhoo, toodles and tatty bye!
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Kiss With A Fist

Aaaah! Finallly my computer works huzzah hooray yippee etc. I've had some exciting clothing developments over the last few days, including a mass online spending spree! Got the little grey skirt i've been looking for for aaaaages, plus a shedload (minor exaggeration) of lovely Topshop goodies :):):) But to start with the outfit I wore to a movie night/party a few days ago...



I bought the black version of my H&M grey bodycon high-waisted skirt purely to wear under it, oooh the decadence!

Sheer black/navy floral shirt (worn as dress) - Thrifted
Belt - DP

And as for the Topshop loveliness... tbh i'm kind of high on outfit ideas right now, so i'll just show you piccies when I wear the things, otherwise i'd fill a whole page with potential outfit pics! Oh, happy times...
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[BLANK PAGE]

Sigh sigh, boring boring I know, seen it allll before, but just felt a need to catch up with blogging, and this is the only outfit (which isn't work or school uniform) i've worn in the last week! I get paid tomorrow and then I can go on a major spree and create loads of jazzy new outfits, but until then:



Floral jacket - H&M
Dress - H&M
Grey Vest - H&M

My jewllery was the most exciting thing about today:


Earrings - H&M
Blue glass choker - vintage
Heart necklace - Lady Luck Rules OK (Customised with nail polish)
Woman's Own cookery medal customised with Primark hair clip :)

Although I did recently purchase a lovely blue/white vintage dress from Ebay, which I will show once it arrives *excitement excitement*

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