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All that glitters

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Vintage Versus by Versace pants, Topshop sequin bra top, vintage lurex jacket.

Monday 30th August, 2010.

Magpies adore shine
I love bank holidays and spent the day lazing about in a maxi gown. The significant other and I were invited to a barbeque and for it I threw on the Versus by Versace vintage pants, sequin top and lurex jacket.

It was only after I got dressed, that I realised that everything I was wearing (including my leopard print heels with mirrored platform) had some form of reflective shine.

Burgers and sequins go hand in hand
The fashion powers that be, must have sent out an unconscious sequin dress code as every girl in attendance at the barbeque turned up wearing a sequin piece. Maybe barbeques go hand in hand with shine?

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Black Is Black

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Vintage satin skirt, black long sleeve jersey top, faux leather jacket, Kurt Geiger boots, stacked rings, ear cuffs, multiple bangles and cuffs.

Sunday 29th August, 2010.

Enveloped in dark
I have had this vintage satin fishtail skirt for as long as I can remember. There is a quality about it that never grows old. Last winter I practically lived in it.

Power in numbers
Today brought intense cravings of lashings of black. With the skirt I wore the shaggy hook knit vest worn over the faux leather jacket and a long sleeve jersey t-shirt. The jersey piece cost close to nothing but I love how it has thumb slits. There is an infinite comfort in wearing head to toe black in a mix of textures.

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dark bride

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Vintage top, vintage skirt, faux leather pants, Michel Klein for La Redoute shoes, ear cuff and assorted jewellery.

Monday 23rd August,2010.

Goth Romance
In this white skirt paired with the fake leather pants and the velvet top, I felt like a Gothic bride.
The skirt reminds me of the skirt of some antique bridal gown. I must be attracted to weird things as it was an Ebay buy that had attracted no other bids.

The more textures, the merrier…
I like how the lace ruffles rustled against my faux leather clad legs. It is also fun layering on textures. Velvet,faux leather and lace go hand in hand. The big child in me likes to think that they would get lonely otherwise.

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Ear Cuff
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Self customised vintage Wim Hemmink couture dress, gifted Clothing at Tesco jacket, faux leather pants, Michel Klein for La Redoute shoes, ear cuffs, Gucci belt and assorted jewellery.

Thursday 19th August,2010.

Soft and hard
When the weather gets moody, my faux leather pants get pulled on. I like the hardness that they give this otherwise elegant Wim Hemmink dress. The fabric of the dress is incredibly beautiful.

80’s by Sleeve
This sequin Clothing at Tesco jacket (part of the Florence & Fred Couture collection) should really scare me away as it has the most voluminous 80’s like sleeves. Rather it is the sleeves that attracts me to it. I like that it lends the jacket a bit of individuality.

A love affair continued
Over last week I rediscovered by obsession with ear cuffs. Cleaning out my closet, I stumbled on these cuffs which I originally picked up at a thrift store. My ears are non pierced but there is something about the non permanency of ear cuffs that appeal to me. There was a time that I lived in them. This week I continued that love affair.

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Sheer pants
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Vintage sheer pants, Zara print dress, Urban Outfitters vest, Zara belt and Carvela heels.

Tuesday 17th August,2010.

Can’t let go
This outfit totally depicts my state my mind with regards to the weather. The Sun has gone into hiding but I am struggling to say goodbye. The light print silk dress and sheer pants were my unconscious quest to hold on to the last remnants of the English summer. The sheer pants were discovered in a thrift shop for £4. They work in a variety of guises.

When in doubt, go fuzzy
I threw the vest on for some texture and it proved to be a godsend when the weather dipped low. I am slowly transitioning into my autumn closet with fuzzy wool and shearling vests. It should be interesting to see how long I can keep wear my sheers and weightless pieces.

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midi skirt
Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Vintage skirt, Topshop top, Michel Klein for La Redoute heels and Zara belt.

Sunday 15th August,2010.

Lolita meets Nun
Sometimes it is fun pairing the bordering on trashy with the prim and the proper. There is enough fabric in the folds of this vintage skirt to sew another garment. I like the bronze brown colour.

Midi do it better
In the skirt section of my closet is a section dedicated to midi length skirts. I veer towards them on days when I crave some comfort.
Last winter I lived in them with layers of knits, leather and faux fur.

Journey to chandelier-land
Sundays are for comfort dressing, lazy brunches, mindless furniture and interior window shopping. This circle midi skirt and crop topshop t-shirt fit the comfort bill perfectly.

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mismatched prints
Friday, August 6th, 2010

Vintage print shirt, Kurt Geiger cork heels, thrifted bespoke harem pants, multiple stack rings and Genevieve Jones necklace.

Thursday 5th August, 2010.

Out of the closet
My style is one part 70’s boho luxe, one part masculine tailoring, a pinch of rock and roll topped off with extra dollop of mood driven personality.

Thursday saw my inner 70’s boho luxe child creep out of the closet in clashing prints and cork heels.

Capsize
There something mildly comforting about throwing prints together and forcing them to become room mates. They either sink or drown.

The fashion heart wants what it wants
I think an outfit should not be over analyzed, you know what I mean? If it works in my mind, it works. If I’m mentally in the mood for something style wise, it’s this voice I have to obey or I’m haunted all day. All the fashion rules(like not mixing and matching prints) and else then become like white noise to me.

Sometimes style just has to be inherent and irrespective of boundaries or rules.

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underwear as outerwear lingerie as outerwear lingerie trend underwear as outerwear …
Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Vintage bustier, crushed silk harem pants, Topshop vest, multiple stack rings, mix of cuffs, Genevieve Jones necklace and Zara open toe wedge boots.

Thursday 29th July 2010.

I love you, I hate you, I love you…
I have a love hate relationship with certain garments in my wardrobe. Take this floaty maxi cotton jacket for instance, which was a piece I found in a thrift shop. It was on a rail hanging with it’s grey identical twin as seen here. I bought the both of them for £15 each. They are not vintage but had their tags cut out so I have no idea who made them. The bespoke pieces get a lot of love when I wear them. I adore their volume and length but abhor that I get people trying to buy them off my very back.

On Thursday as I walked passed Oxford Circus tube station, a woman stopped me and after finding out where I bought them, offered me £300 for the jacket. I politely declined. It must have been the zillionth time I’d been stopped in reference to the garment that day. A few lovely people asked at the Fashion Business Meeting which I covered here.

Spotlight on underwear.
I threw the jacket over a vest which I’d worn under the vintage bra bustier. I liked the nude colour tones of the underwear piece with the Topshop vest. The significant other, (poor guy!) was slightly perturbed by the lingerie trend. He did not quite get the lingerie as outerwear to say the the least. He quite rightly thought I’d gotten the order of the vest and corset the wrong way round and asked “Marian, should your bra not be under the top? Baby you have worn it the wrong way round…”

I can fly
I was in garment heaven on Thursday in these oyster crushed silk harem pants. They are another bespoke thrift find. They are wonderfully soft and light. They feel like you are wearing a pair of silk pajama pants. In them paired with the floaty jacket, I felt like I wafting about like a gust of wind.

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All in proportion
Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Topshop crop top, DIY jersey maxi dress, vintage belt, multiple stack rings, mix of cuffs, vintage necklace and Frye boots.

Sunday 25th July 2010.

Head over t-shirt
It was love at first rib knit when I first spotted this top. Author, blogger and Fashion Journalist Kristin Knox of The Clothes Whisperer had one on during my recent interview with her.

I am weird with t-shirts, particular long sleeve ones. They need to tick my long checklist of requirements.They have to be long enough in the sleeve, the fabric has to be sheer to a degree, the texture and cut has to oh just right. Oh and this is just the start of that list.

I loved that this crop t-shirt did all that, so I had to ask who it was by. It was a pleasant surprise that it was Topshop and only £10. So last week I popped into Topshop to buy one.

Insomnia and DIY go hand in hand
Today I paired it’s simplicity over this grey jersey maxi dress I whipped up one night when sleep lost my address. If you have been following my Style Diary, you may have noticed that DIY adventures at horrendous hours is my form of sleep therapy.

Proportion play
I’ve been wearing crop tops layered over other tops and garments before the fashion powers that be, deemed crop tops ok again. I like that their shrunken proportions make for interesting layering options.

Horror central
The skinny belt was discovered a bit of a creepy neglected charity shop years ago. There was something about the shop that made your body hair stand on end for some reason. It felt like the love child of Nightmare On Elm Street and American Psycho hung in the air. Despite that, my eyes zoomed in on this tan belt and a ridiculously epic studded cuff.

I liked the skinny belt against the maxi dress and crop tee. I’m personal shopping, personal styling and socialising today so this look should take me through the day.

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weightless
Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Vintage crinkle sheer shirt, h&m dress worn as skirt, sheer leggings, boob tube, Frye boots, Topshop necklace.

Sunday 18th July 2010.

My clothes work over time for the closet space they take up. Re-purposing is the name of the game and I explore as many ways to wear each item.

This skirt started life as a dress in H&M. I scored it for £5 many sale moons ago. I have always preferred it worn as a skirt. I affectionately call it my skirt dress. Today I woke up in the mood for something lightweight. So I pinned to the side to enable it’s individual floaty layers to show. It has an interesting manner about it. When I’m wearing it, it feels so light that I feel nude.

Birds of a feather…
I thought I’d push it’s seemingly weightless mood further by pairing it with the sheer crinkled vintage shirt and a pair or white sheer tights that I chopped into cropped leggings.

Constant contradictions
Weirdly I could not bare the thought of a girly,fragile heel with this look. Maybe it is due to my unconscious constant hankering for contradictions. Or perhaps it is due to the fact that I have never been an all out girly girl style wise, which my choice of hair cut no doubt testifies to. I just like something a tad uncouth, rough and aggressive with all the delicate softness of the garments. Alice the Frye boots came to the rescue, giving the outfit that bit of grit. Topped off with coral lipstick and my multiple stacked rings and cuffs, I was good to go.

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Tags: coral lipstick, multiple stacked rings, sheer leggings
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