NEW YORK BUYS

First off I must tell you the momentous news... I DID NOT GO TO BARNEY'S. Really. I didn't. In fact for me I didn't shop that much, despite still returning home with two full bags. One bag was actually full of M&Ms, nuts, goji berries, cereal bars and agave nectar so that doesn't count, right? Not all the thrift stores on the Upper East Side were open but enough for me to get a couple of goodies that I was chuffed to bits with. I also went to J Crew for the first time (woah, overpriced much?) and had a quick whizz mostly around the accessories of H&M and F21 which we of course have in England but always seems to stock stuff that sells out in seconds back home. Clearly we have different tastes across the pond. It's a win win shopping situation for me. 

1. 

Alexander McQueen x Puma trainers from thrift store

2. 

Spinning egg thing

3. 

Stackable initial rings from Urban Outfitters 

4. 

Hunger Games magazine - sooooo excited for this 

5. 

F21 neon bracelets

6. 

L.L. Bean duck boots from a thrift store

7. 

F21 ring 

8. 

Another view of my new Alexander McQueen trainers which went straight on for the flight home

FLATFORM SHOES

These shoes are my new charity shop purchase. They help explain why I still put the time and effort into trawling the rails of just about every charity shop I pass. 

For £6 I have acquired a shoe / trainer hybrid so wrong they're right. I hate to use the word, but this season the 'flatform' is everywhere, from Prada brothel creeper brogues to Chanel's oriental tie sandal, and these feel like a modern space age take on the trend. I also perversely love that (like all the current 'flatforms', they remind me of the Spice Girls era with Buffalo Boots aplenty, which I am sure is probably when these babies originated. The mid 90's shoe is slowly on the way back. I can feel it in my bones. 

Top - Madewell 

Trousers - J Brand 

Shoes - Puma from charity shop