Tuesday 31 January 2012

Another Whistles sale dress...





Dress - Whistles 
Tights - Marks & Spencer 
Boots - H by Hudson 
Spike bracelets - ASOS & H&M 
Cluster bracelet & Ring - Whistles 
Mask ring - ASOS

Monday 30 January 2012

MY WHOLE WARDROBE IS WHISTLES

Prepare for an onslaught of Whistles dresses. I swooped in at the last minute for the final reductions and picked up some real bargains. Two short but sweet numbers (this is one of them), a 70s number for £50 that was £175 and a party dress that is so impractical but so fabulous that the utter impracticality was blocked out because it was trimmed with feathers.   






Cardigan - Vintage Dior from thrift store in NY 
Dress - Whistles 
Tights - M&S
Clutch - Zara
Shoes - Robert Clergerie

Sunday 29 January 2012

GIRL HAIR

As my hair has grown longer I have made friends with my GHDs in a big way. There is so much hair it really needs taming. 

I've never been one for really long hair, I was a massive tom boy as a child and my teens and twenties were spent cutting it super short and then growing it out to chin length, before cutting it super short once again. After years of never really understanding how people grew their hair so long my hairdresser gave me some advice...stop cutting it! Sounds so simple but I needed to hear it from a professional. Even she admitted that her hair never gets as long as she wants it if she cuts it as more always comes off that you're anticipating. It's been 9 months now, so I figure get to a year and then I'll go for a trim. 








Jumper - River Island 
Trousers - J Brand 
Trainers - Aldo 
Boots - Galleries Lafayette 

Saturday 28 January 2012

WINTER FLORALS

Excuse the glow. I'd been to see my personal trainer before work and boy did she punish me. Still, after Christmas and the New Year I need a bit of cold hard punishment to make up for all of the red meat, cheese and chocolate. 







Dress - Topshop 
Thermal long sleeved top - Uniqlo 
Tights - M&S
Shoes - Alexander Wang
Bracelets - ASOS & H&M

Thursday 26 January 2012

IN PRAISE OF INSTAGRAM

Seriously, if you have an iPhone and aren't totally addicted to Instagram, what are you doing?

Clearly this blog slightly gives away my predilection to sharing mind-numblingly boring insights and photos of myself but Instagram takes it to a whole new level. You like sneakers? Not a problem. Interiors? Hairstyles? Nice graded landscape shots? Puppies? It's all there ready and waiting for you to search. 

For me Instagram is my visual diary, a way for me to record what I'm doing for my own sanity and pleasure, and in return the happy bit is that I also get to share in other people's lives. I really enjoy finding out about...Mums in the West Country, tattooed Disney nerds in Southern California, a ballet dancer who lives with her Corsican boyfriend in some unnamed European city, hot moustachioed guys in Vancouver...the more you give the more you get. It's my current social networking community of choice. 



Tuesday 24 January 2012

NOT CORPORATE

I haven't worn trousers to work in over two weeks. I think every now and then the flip switches in my head and I go from being a jeans girl to a dress girl. 

This jumper dress is perfect for winter and fun enough to make me not feel corporate. Having shiny shoes helps too. I'm so glad I don't have to wear proper office wear to work, I actually don't think I could cope. I'd become like the schoolgirl I once was wearing a band t shirt under the school issue white shirt just so everyone could see what music I was into. 



Dress - Markus Lupfer
Tights - M&S
Shoes - Zara

Wednesday 18 January 2012

SEQUIN DRESS

This Zara dress is almost perfect - the shape is great for wearing everyday, the print is striking and the sequins aren't too shiny, so you don't look like a human disco ball or a lone wolf from a hen night. There's only downside...I seem to be allergic to it. Yes, really. I come out in a rash all over my arms every time I wear it, yet I still do.  






Dress - Zara
Tights - M&S
Shoes - Alexander Wang 

Tuesday 17 January 2012

J Brand Stretch Leather Skinny Pants...

...are the holy grail of leather trousers. I have never tried a pair of leather trousers on that fit so perfectly and were so comfortable. It had to be done, bank balance be damned. 







Jumper - Whistles 
T shirt - Topshop
Trousers - J Brand 
Shoes - Chanel 
Bracelets - ASOS & Forever 21

Monday 16 January 2012

COLD WEATHER DRESSING

The weather has finally started to feel like winter here in London and that calls for tactical layering. 

It's something I suck at because, being bigger on top than on the bottom, layering (especially with bulky wool) makes me look mahoosive. I envy women like Susie from Style Bubble because she can layer until the cows come home and still look vaguely normal. I would look like a bag lady shielding myself from an Alaskan storm if I attempted her looks and I am totally jealous of her freedom when it comes to fashion because of it. 

I am currently trying to layer with thin knits and thicker cardies but I'm basically crossing my fingers and wishing it was summer. I am NOT a winter dresser.  





Jumper - Whistles 
Cardigan - Marc by Marc Jacobs
Belt - Charity shop 
Jeans - J Brand 
Boots - Carvela 

Sunday 15 January 2012

THE NEVER-ENDING WOE OF TOO MANY SHOES

Last year passed by so quickly that I have been somewhat taken unawares by the start of 2012. I haven't had time to make any resolutions or plan out any major events in the upcoming months but some organisation needs to happen soon otherwise my life will descend into chaos. 

A case in point is these shoes. I wore this outfit before Christmas and these shoes became my new 'favourite'. Then, over the last two weeks I FORGOT I OWNED THEM. Really. I went into Topshop on Saturday and thought "Wow, those shoes look great..." before remembering I had a pair. And why can't I remember I have them? A) I have too many and B) I can't SEE them because they are all in boxes. So enough is enough. A wardrobe thinning is inevitable in the next couple of weeks as is a reworking of my present shoe storage system (of lack of it). 

Oh, and this necklace? It was new on that day and I decapitated it within hours. I am the jewellery killer. 






Top - APC 
Necklace - H&M
Trousers - J Brand 
Socks - Tabio 
Shoes - Topshop

Saturday 14 January 2012

LA DAYS


LA for a week. The perfect lonesome vacation. I really like going on holiday by myself, where I can do exactly what I want and get lost in my own thoughts and routines. 

1.
 Packing - it was 80 degrees, which meant some serious digging through my wardrobe.
2.
The Hollywood sign from the verandah at Target (guilty)
3. 
CALIFORNNNNNYAAAAA
4. 
I fulfilled a lifelong dream to stay at the Chateau Marmont and will probably be paying for that hotel bill for a lifetime too. 
5. 
Summer feet in winter. My favourite sandals - a simple See by Chloe pair. 
6. 
Chateau martini 
7.
  ...and hotel slippers
8. 
On my wombles I found the Jim Henson company headquarters with Kermit there welcoming you.
9 & 10. 
Thrift store purchases - a dress suit and Thierry Mugler vintage heels
11. 
Sign on a lamppost 
12. 
The world's biggest pancakes. They were the size of LPs. I was stumped. 
13 & 14 
Also finally got to try In N Out burger. Verdict: burger great, fries horrible. 
15. 
Judy Garland's eyes, as photographed and distorted by Weegee a celebrity photographer of the 1950s. They had an exhibition of his work at MOCA in downtown LA. 
16 & 17 
Laker's game. Great fun. 
18. 
And Jack Nicholson was there, that's him, honest. 
19. 
Random C in a tree. 
20. 
Final hotel breakfast. Sob.
21. 
Trying out my duty free purchase
22. 
A quote fit for a holiday in LA
23. 
I came with one bag ( the top one) and left with two. So it was a shopping success. I always travel with a packable roll bag. 
24. 
Parting shot of the Chateau Marmont.




All photos taken with Instagram 
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