Vintage beige Phase 8 tunic, self customised Zara jeans, Topshop bustier bra top, mixed jewellery, Marc by Marc Jacobs bag and Carvela shoes.

Sunday 2nd May 2010.

The more holes the better
I have been living in this vintage knit holey top. It is great over with everything. The other day I wore it over a nude dress, heeled boots and a trunk full of arm-wear. On Sunday I threw it on with the above pair of these self customised Zara jeans (I am a self confessed denim ripper!) and the Topshop bra-let. I like that sequin bra and jewellery add a bit of delicate femininity meets 90’s Courtney Love to the mix.

Bus stop adventures
I took the above shots while waiting for a bus to no where in particular. Sometimes its fun just to catch a bus till it’s last stop and make one’s way back home. I have found the most random thrift shops, obscure but wonderful restaurants and other hidden treasures this way. On the same day as these images I came across the weirdest charity thrift shop with the most amazing vintage sterling silver ring.

Destination unknown
For me it’s not about the final destination but the sights, the journey and experiences along the way.

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Gifted Genevieve Jones ‘Four Corner’ necklace, Reiss men’s shirt, random body, vintage Marks & Spencer trousers, Dorothy Perkins heels and assorted jewellery.

Saturday 1st May 2010.

Alfresco fun and Luella Monsters
These images were taken as I got ready to leave for an alfresco dinner at a girlfriend’s. Flickering tealights, coconut concoctions, making over my mini laptop with Luella monster stickers is always a great start to a night.

I am constantly perusing in the menswear sections of stores to the confusion of sale assistants. It was the colour that attracted me to the shirt.

Easy does it
As I got dressed for the dinner, my outfit was inspired by my ‘lazy bed lounge unrushed’ mood.

Sometimes all a girl craves is a great shirt, slacks and a handful of jewellery.

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Vintage jumpsuit, gifted Clothing at Tesco’s Florence & Fred Couture micro sequin jacket,Gucci belt, Primark shoes and gifted Genevieve Jones necklace.

Thursday 29th April 2010.

No Fuss
I was in the mood for an effortless one piece when I got dressed on Thursday. It was a day of work appointments ( press day previews, styling appointments etc) and two social events in the evening. So I wore the Clothing at Tesco’s Florence & Fred couture jacket (pictured in image of me standing next to a robot friend at UNIQLO press day) to make the day’s sedate jumpsuit dressy enough for the evening’s engagements too.

I talked about the Clothing at Tesco’s Florence & Fred collection and launch in detail here.

Magpies are drawn to shine
At the launch each guest was told they could pick a complimentary piece from the collection. I picked the crop sequin jacket in image above.

The collection was not to personal taste but I remember thinking that the jacket looked like a versatile piece.

I was attracted to it’s shine; due to an all over tiny sequin exterior. I also liked it’s cut and the volume in it’s sleeves.

It arrived by post a little while ago and Thursday was the first time I wore it.

The majority gets the vote
I always think the majority reaction to a piece gets the vote. The jacket totally gets my vote because nearly everyone I spoke to yesterday asked what brand my jacket was. A client at an afternoon styling appointment asked to try it on. Two perfect strangers came up to me on London’s busy Oxford street to ask what designer it was and so on and so forth.

At the Grace Jones by Chris Levine exhibition opening, three women came over to me to coo over it and a fourth shyly asked to try said jacket on.

Nearly everyone was shocked when I revealed it was the new couture line of a supermarket clothing range for £90.

I think it did a good job of keeping me smart enough for my day appointments but glam enough for the evening.

Here is to experimenting tons more with it.

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Vintage dress, faux leather jacket, Michel Klein for La Redoute shoes and pink ankle socks.

Thursday 22nd April.

Girls just wanna have fun
A contact had an 80’s themed do last week. These were taken before I left home. This vintage 80’s yellow dress is such a great mood lift.

Pair that with neon bright pink pop socks and fun times are guaranteed.

H&M old menswear pants rolled up, white tank top, Topshop grey vest, white crochet dress, ecru Topshop shoes and customised necklace.

Sunday 18th April.

Sleep is overrated
Sleep and I have major issues, we are anything but bedfellows. I am forever up at unchic hours doing the most crazy mix of things; from fashion writing, diy’s, customising to tweeting etc. One such night (or is that morning?) at 2am in Marian’s Insomia adventures, chapter 4 billion , I put two broken Urban Outfitters necklaces together (ie the grey piece and green fringed piece). I and then twisted and knotted in the neon cords in an attempt to create a messy random finish.

Twisted cord
The necklace in addition to the beautiful weather on Sunday inspired the neutral garment palette in the photos above. I thought it would be great to off set the mad mash of necklaces and cord creation against the simplicity of white. I wore the outfit to a visit to a beautiful Countryside park with picturesque lakes. I will try to post some images of the park soon.

I finally went to bed at 4am this morning, what was I doing? Well when I could not sleep I ended up writing two articles and some styling research. I also customised another poor pair of jeans. The jeans I was wearing in my recent Bleak style diary post was another insomnia adventure.

I seem to come up with random but interesting diy/customised creations whenever I cannot sleep.

Maybe sleep and I not talking is not such a bad thing after all…

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Vintage Istante by Versace pants, Topshop tank top, vintage Edina Ronay silk blazer, vintage mac coat, Diesel hat and Kurt Geiger Wedges.

Today.

Up for air
The second half of my week has been filled with endless naps, re-runs on TV, gallons of fruit juice and a stack of magazines. I have bed bound a tad unwell and the afore mentioned has been my surival kit.

After being stuck in bed for two days, I just have to pop out today. I love my 90’s TV shows, but if I see another repeat episode I’ll scream.

So just before posting this, I got ready to run some light errands. I threw on my cobalt blue vintage Istante by Versace pants. The colour of the bold as brass pants always cheers me, however rough I’m feeling.

Ugly Fugly powers combined
Everything else just gravitated around the pants in a weird 70’s colour palette sort of way. I have an affinity for weird ugly colours thrown together. Kind of like the hunter green hat paired with the murky brown blazer and the blue pants. They’d never make prom queen or king individually, but together I think they mutate into a ‘don’t mess with me’ force.

Together they are Superhero.

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