Pour myself a cup of ambition

I have not posted in a week. Which is bold. Sorry. But we’re fine, ok? Let’s just move on.

I love this dress. I bought it last year in New York, and at the time it wasn’t in style at all but it was so beautiful I had to have it. I am very happy that the whole ’70′s thing has kicked in, because this summer it’s going to be a really lovely thing to throw on with a nice pair of sandals or something. And the colour! Nom NOm Nom. In other news as of yesterday I am 60% finished my degree. So there will be celebrations tonight, because we were all to delerious, sleep deprived and just plain dead to do anything yesterday. Woop. Oh, and I got an email from American Apparel to tell me that one of the outfits I shared with you guys was featured on their best of seen and submitted. Which is better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper. Ha!

So I’m back to the velvet underground

Stevie Nicks. I love her. She seems like a total nutjob, but that makes her even better?? I mention this (again, I’ve already paid homage to her on this blog) because I recently saw this skirt in Oxfam. And it’s nuts. But I had to have it. It’s actually properly revolting, in a victorian governess kind of way. But it’s VELVET. And it has FRINGING. And it’s a really nice blue. Velvet. With Fringing. Mine.

So, I now own probably the ugliest skirt in the world. I’ve no idea when it was made, the tag is really old looking, and it’s really good quality, so I’m guessing it’s been around for a while. Seriously though, why did I buy a skirt that positively roars “SCARY SPINSTER LADY” to the outside world? To me, it’s all Fleetwood Mac and gypsy chic, but really, it’s a crazy lady skirt. Fuck it tho, it’s unreal.

So what did we learn today? Team ugly skirts with slightly slutty tops, and stick a scarf in your hair to turn Victorian Governess into Gypsy Chic. ish. Ha! 

You’re a Sham

I have been doing a bunch of research for college projects at the moment, which basically gives me free reign to trawl the internet to find interesting designers. Such as Leila Shams. I would describe her Spring Summer collection as tribal disco, with plenty of skin prints, feathers, floaty shapes and, eh, crocodiles. While I am not a big fan of her AW10 collection, I think she has summer just right.

Tribal disco? Yea, I know. But seriously, that’s the closest accurate description I could think of. I have a feeling that this stuff would go down very well at festivals too. Is it too early to start thinking about festivals?

There’s a change coming…

I’ve been sorting out some research for one of my college assignments and it occurred to me that this is the kind of humour I’m in. It’s unusual, because normally I’m in a rock-n-roll edgy Balmain/Givenchy/Balenciaga humour. But I am really liking the following aesthetic.

Heroin aside, Jimi Hendrix was a fierce ridey man. And he had some serious threads. And Yoko, well I know she was a bit controversial at the time, but she also had some pretty cool duds. And Annie Hall/Diane Keaton has been done to death, but what with the 70′s revival we’re seeing at the moment, it couldn’t be more appropriate. I only recently saw the film, morto for me.

I don’t know how long I’m going to last before I start pining for some gold studs or a bit of black leather, but I’m gonna make the most of it! x

Hair Envy #1

So I’ve been going back through the Spring Summer 2011 shows (because I’m a loser and that’s why I do instead of watching tv…seriously, such a loser!). I checked out Badgley Mischka’s show (how many superfluous letters are in that name, by the way…..) and while I wouldn’t be raving about the clothes, I got a SERIOUS case of hair envy!

Badgley Mischka Spring Summer 2011

(actually, I really like that dress….with a shirt over and a pair of boots….or maybe dip dye the skirt to make it less weddingy….so into it though)

Badgley Mischka Spring Summer 2011

Badgley Mischka Spring Summer 2011

The whole hair & make up reminded me loads of like 20′s & 30′s styles. Even the models had those cherub-y looks about them. With a dash of 70′s thrown into the mix. See what I mean?

I am so so so jealous. I want hair like that, now!

i’v got’s no(w) style

I genuinely thought Karl Lagerfeld was taking the mickey when I saw these last february….

 

It has now been snowing for so long that I am beginning to think the man may have had a point…I suppose I feel like I should do a post and properly address the snow thing. Maybe if we acknowledge it, it will leave….As much as possible I’ve been hiding inside with the heating up as high as it will go (I think I’m part lizard, my blood freezes when I get cold and I can’t move). Otherwise, I found an awesome sheepskin coat that was my nanasin a wardrobe in my house  (actually this is a lie, I’ve know about it all the time, I was just looking for an excuse to wear it) that I have been using since the snow started. It’s ENORMOUS! Both in length, because it’s a coat, not a jacket, or a long jacket or a short coat. It’s a motherfucking coat. It’s also huge, which is weird coz my nana wasn’t fat…maybe she was pimping the oversize look way back when. It’s also about three inches thick of sturrrdy suede and tight shearling lining. Haha, I got roped into the shearling trend after all. Stupid snow making a fashion victim out of me! Ha. Actually I think the coat is from the ’70′s (or at least it looks it, perhaps late ’60′s), so I’m ticking all kinds of fashion boxes. Which is really funny because it is covering a world of sartorial sins – layers & layers of warmest clothes (shape, colour, who cares!). Also, this weather has got me wearing my old horse riding boots. They are Aigle, and they are sturdy as anything, and just as good as wellies, but they are not wellies, which i like enormously. I have been sort of wanting a pair of leather riding-style boots to wear in real life, maybe I should have been careful what I wished for…AAAnnnnyyway. It’s snowing. And that sucks. But I’m warm. And I still don’t like those Chanel Yeti suits. I don’t care how toasty they look or how hot the models are. It’s just wrong. Soz Karl, you know you’re my fav. But seriously like. xx

This is me, after shoveling snow off & out of the way of my mum’s car for an hour this morning in my snow uniform!