SPOTS, STRIPES, SQUIGGLES & SKULLS

Jacket - ASOS

Top - American Apparel 

Necklace - Pamela Love 

Chunky ring - YSL 

Bangles - Topshop & Kenneth Jay Lane

Jeans - Topshop 

Boots - Vivienne Westwood

MY FAVOURITE DRESS (THIS WEEK)

This post was a blogger crash casualty. It was meant to go up yesterday. I seem to have all sorts of double posts and weird labelling going on. Oh well. 

I love this dress and I how I feel when I wear it. It's a super simple cut in many ways, and clearly designed by a woman who knows how some dresses feel great on for the first 4 hours, but shitty after you've had lunch and go back to sitting at your desk. This you can wear all day without it creasing too much, it crucially doesn't cling to your stomach and is still fitted enough around the bust and upper torso to not totally swamp you. 

But...the best thing about the design is the fabric. Delicious draping volumes of the stuff that swish as you move. I could not ask for more. Apart from it to also come in black, navy, red and grey. 

Muscly calf shot due to the irresistible urge to play with all that material. 

Chain necklace - Vintage Dior from eBay 

Skull necklace - Pamela Love 

Dress - Cos 

Bracelet - Vintage Dior from eBay 

Watch - Chanel 

Boots - Vivienne Westwood

Bag - Moschino 

Nail polish - Bloom in Daisy from Superdrug 

MAY 2011 WISH LIST

Clockwise from top right: Moon Ring - Pamela Love - Net a Porter, Coral Inspired Necklace - Kenneth Jay Lane - Net a Porter, Snake Cuff - Maria Francesca Pepe - ASOS, Serendipity dress - Mary Katrantzou - Net a Porter, Pandora Clutch - Charlotte Olympia - Charlotte Olympia, Triangle ring - Pamela Love - Net a Porter.

Unhappy Outfits

I'm not mad keen on this outfit or these pictures...but I'm posting them anyway. 


I don't think this outfit works, and I didn't feel comfortable in it. For a start, whilst I love this jacket the rounded cut of the shoulders does nothing for me - my Mum often nicks this jacket, I think next time she does I'll let her keep it. I'm also not great with earrings. Studs I can do, hoops like this, not so much. I felt like I wasn't me. If I cut of the metal bit that goes through the ear I'll be left with two claw rings instead (I've tried, they fit well and look great like that), so I think they'll get butchered this weekend. 


The only thing I was truly happy with were my nails, but just my left hand (I couldn't get my left hand steady enough to do my right, oh to be ambidextrous). 

T shirt - Christopher Kane 

Trousers - Zara

Jacket - Jil Sander 

Earrings - Pamela Love 

Socks - Paul Smith 

Shoes - Zara

Celine Envelope Bag

I fell in love with this bag the moment I saw it. The perfect envelope like proportions, the colour, the chain that can be worn long or short. After I bought it I saw a picture by Tommy Ton and suddenly became paralysed with fear...this bag was too chic and I could never pull it off. It has sat unused in my bedroom since early November, but yesterday I decided that enough was enough, I was going to find a way to incorporate into my life. It works. For a start it limits the amount of crap I can carry around with me. I am now restricted to essentials - phone, wallet, book and inhaler. I've never been one for minimalism, so it's quite difficult, but I think it might save me any future back problems. 

Tommy Ton for Style.com 

Hoodie - River Island 

Shirt - H&M

Necklace - Pamela Love 

Bag - Celine 

Jeans - Topshop 

Boots - Surface to Air