WHO WORE WHAT WHEN

I did a bad.

Last week, I was out with my mate, Heather, for her birthday. We ended up in a male friend's house drinking wine, listening to crap r n'b and watching Bid Up TV. In the corner of the room hung a tshirt. The t shirt belonged to his wee brother who is apparently obsessed with dragons, lord of the rings and other sci-fi nonsense. I don't know if it was the booze, but I wanted this t shirt. I found myself staring at it, mentally forming numerous outfit combos, and events to which this tee would be suited. I asked him where his brother got the shirt, and scanned it for recognizable labels. The fabric looked and felt like an old, loved band tshirt does.

Skip to the end... Heather stole it for me and I wore it when I got home.

Obviously when sobriety kicked in, I was mortified, hence why it is being returned!

 

Want it!

It's quite fashionable to have your bones protruding from your body without so much as an ounce of fat covering them. Since that is never gonna happen for me, these Skeletal pieces from Wildfox will have to do...

Vintage birds

This is my favourite vintage dress at the moment. The fact that I don't fit into it too well is neither here nor there. The vibrancy of the purple poly fabric along with the lurid pink birds of paradise might be a bit acidic for some, but just looking at this dress never fails to lift my spirits. Vintage perfection. A Leslie Fay original, and a bit of a bargain at £5 on eBay. After my stint at Weight Watchers (AKA Fat Club/Fat Chub/Fat Blub) along with some mates from work, I will be wearing this with my Topshop heeled biker boots, vintage Mink coat and McQueen diamond clutch.

 

 

 

Mod Shoes

My ongoing shoe fetish led me to these beauties from Mod Cloth:

If the last pair had a thicker or a block wedge heel, they would have been so much hotter!

I love Shoe.

My new shoe obsession comes courtesy of Jeffrey Campbell.

I will own these. I WILL!

photos: Shopnastygal.com

The Spring/Summer 10 look book is fab, choc full of dirty, grungey images of JC Girls wearing chunky wedges, biker boots and unfortunately some rip off YSL Cage boots, which almost seem a bit passe now. Overall his designs are amazing.

More social networking...

I got an email alerting me to aMuseBook and all the reasons why it is better than Model Mayhem. One of the best features is the unlimited amount of image uploads which is something that has always annoyed me about the latter site. But it begs the question, do I really need another social networking profile? Probably not. Between facebook, twitter and both my blogs, I don't think I have the time. Already my myspace, iqons and bebo are on the verge of being deleted.

Lady Luck Rules OK

I was reading the Lady Luck Rules OK blog yesterday and was amazed to read their stories regarding their artwork being ripped off by larger retailers such as ASOS and Primark. Links in their blog post sent me to other jewellery sites such as Made by White who experienced a similar issue with Topshop's Freedom jewellery range.

I was really shocked. It just goes to show where the true innovation and originality lies, which is why I always try and buy from indie designers and less from the high street.

Some of my faves from LLROK:

 

 

Vivetta S/S 2010

I first saw Vivetta pieces for sale in online boutique Fifi Wilson and was struck at how dam cute the clothes were. My favourites from their A/W 09 collection are the following:

 

 

As the pieces are still available from the vivetta online store, I still might yet make a purchase as the prices are actually very reasonable.

The S/S 2010 collection will be available soon and I can't wait to get my mits on any of these:

 

Not a cat in sight...well apart from this one...

I am still alive!!!

Can't believe it has been so long since I last blogged on here! I have been so busy over at The Coveted Mag, I forgot all about this blog!

Anyway, I have a new favourite online shop!

A Wear is a cheap and cheerful store placed somehwhere between BooHoo and ModCloth in terms of price and quality. Considering the store has been around in various forms since the 70s, I am surprised that up until now, I had not heard of it. The website is easy to navigate, if a little clunky at times, and boasts an excellent blog updated regularly. No footwear yet, but hopefully in the future there will be!

Here are some of the things in my basket:

£25

£16

£30

 

£25
 

£8
 

£35

£25

Fashion Salvation

I was styling a shoot today for The Salvation Army that will appear in the press this week. Here are my own images from the day. Antonia who was today's photographer took some amazing images in some fabby sets that she created using different bits and bobs from the shop, and the student models looked fantastic and were very professional despite never having done anything like this before. I don't tend to blog and each and every shoot that I do, because after a while I think it would get a bit dull, for both me and anyone who reads this, but this shoot reminded me that to make a great outfit, you don't need a wardrobe full of designer labels costing the earth. Each of these runway inspired outfits cost less than £20 and all the money made goes to a worthwhile cause.

Vintage Valentino Blazer (only £5.99!!!!!!) So Balmain A/W 09!


These acid wash tapered leg, high-waisted jeans are only 99p! The 50s are still proving to be very popular and Kaeleigh, the hair stylist did an amazing job on the hair.




The middle girl's 'Sherlock Holmes' style tweed cape looked great, but when it came to posing for photos, I think she found it rather restrictive. I loved her animal print top, and I believe that she purchased this skirt straight after the shoot!