Wednesday 12 December 2012

I'm blue.

Tonight was such a lovely evening, so Dan and I walked to the old World War 2 bunker near my house to take some photos at dusk. I can't even describe in words how eerie it was to be there while the sun was setting. This spot is actually quite hard to find because it's surrounded by huge trees, and hidden up a hill. It also has amazing views of the city, and on a clear day you can see quite far. We only discovered this because we were Geocaching (don't know what that is? GOOGLE IT NOW). I often forget how history rich the UK is. I am originally from Australia, so anything older than 100 years is, well, the unknown. It's not until you go oversea's to other countries, and see ruins from the 1800's. Shit cray.

In this post, I am wearing a vintage blue wrap dress that I purchased from a vintage store at the Brixton Village. I almost cried when I found it, because it's such an incredible blue. AND it was in the sale rack. Snapped that up, I did. 

Shoes are thrifted, necklace and ring are from Sportsgirl, and (once again), my socks are from Primark. There is something about blue and red together that makes me happy.









Monday 19 November 2012

Yeah, I love this park.

I adore this dress. I have had it for almost four years now (to be honest, I haven't a clue how I even scored it). I remember it being really long, so I took it up above the knee and here it is today. I have re-worked it so many times with crazy chains, shirts underneath, huge jackets over it, flats, heels, boots. It literally is flawless. 










Friday 9 November 2012

Last night my boyfriend (Dan) and I went back to the Soccer field again while the sun was setting and did another outfit post. I really love this Soccer (or football?) field, it's so quiet despite being off a main road. I love the little gems you find just by walking around the London suburbs. The other day we found an old run down nuclear bomb site/bunker thing that was used in World War 2. True story.

In this outfit post, I am wearing a thrifted tie up shirt from Brighton, high waisted skirt from Sportsgirl, red Primark socks (they come in a 4 pack, bargain!), and TopShop sandal heals. 










Sunday 16 September 2012

Last night my boyfriend and I went to Hampstead (north London) to go see To Rome With Love at Everyman Cinema. I had never actually been to Hampstead before (despite it being quite close to where I live), but my God, it is insane. It's basically where all of the celebs and people who have too much money go to live and aim to be seen walking down High Street decked out head to toe in Louis Vuitton. I had prepared myself for what I'd do if I saw Ricky Gervais who is often spotted walking around Hampstead (ridiculously huge fan - probably would've lost my shit), but alas, no sighting. Sad days.

If you haven't already been, Everyman Cinemas are amazing. They are in quite a few locations around London (for more information, go to their website; www.everymancinema.com). They mainly show independent films, but the selling point is that there is a bar at the back of the cinema! So while you are watching the film, you can order tapas, pizza's and a bottle of wine. Bullshit good. And you get to sit on sofa's! What more could you want? To Rome With Love (latest Woody Allen film) was incredible. Please go see it!


We quickly did a sneaky outfit shoot before the movies in a random road off High Street. Enjoy!

Wearing; H&M mint coloured dress, thrifted chain necklace, Ralph Lauren tortoise shell frames, and thrifted black patent shoes.









Tuesday 11 September 2012

Another day, another bright outfit.

Okay, so I am starting to notice a trend with my outfits. I think I really like bright colours. In fact, all of my most recent purchases of late have been bright blue's, yellows and red's. *Makes mental note to wear black from now on*.

This dress was a Brighton purchase in a cute little thrift store on the main street while we were en route to the beach. I love random finds like this when you aren't necessarily looking for anything (it's usually  when I find the best stuff). I never really thought I could ever pull off red, so I made a bit of a mission a few months ago to find the perfect red vintage dress. I adore this one, however I am not convinced it is the dress, so the search still continues :(

Wearing: ASOS sunglasses, vintage red dress, Sportsgirl necklace and thrifted pastel pink sandals.









I know that this is a pretty big call for a Tuesday evening, but this is my most favourite dress in the whole entire universe. I found it in the most random thrift store in Adelaide (Australia), while I was running very late for my University class back in 2008. I think I purchased it for about $4, and it's quite possibly the best four bucks I have ever spent. I came to the conclusion that it could be from Japan because the label looks like it's written in Japanese writing (yes, call me Sherlock Holmes).

Whenever I wear it, I feel like a doll, as well as the dress making me feel like I am 5 years old again. Love. 









A little ray of sunshine.

I dread those days. You know the ones when you casually check your hotmail (people still use hotmail, right?), and there is an email from ASOS saying "70% off sale". Yeah, them. 'The ASOS addiction', my boyfriend calls it (I wonder if there is an ASOS anonymous? I would seriously consider going). When I still lived in Australia, there was the horrible anticipation of having to wait up to 2 weeks for my purchases to get delivered. However now that I live in the UK, they basically turn up at my door step 48 hours later, which makes it all that more tempting (it kills me and my poor bank account). The other day at work, on completely separate occasions throughout the day, three ASOS packages turned up for me. HaTeRz GoNnA HaTe. ASOS for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yep.

I bought this bright yellow dress off ASOS in one of their many ridiculously cheap sales about two months ago with quite a bit of hesitation. I actually thought to myself, "you will never wear it", but I had previously made a promise to myself to try and wear colours that I usually wouldn't. Y'know, push the boundaries. Well, that I did. I usually wear this dress with a cute pair of boots or, even black sandals. To be fair, it has been a bit of a bitch trying to match any kind of accessory with it, but I then reached a conclusion that this dress is a statement of it's own and needs minimal additions to complement it.

Wearing: black ribbon (I think I drunkenly stole it off a Christmas present one year and thought to myself "I could do something with this" - I certainly did), yellow ASOS dress, TopShop pastel Green nail polish, and Wittner black canyon leather boots (www.wittner.com.au).


Not sure what I am doing here, probably some kind of rendition of Single Ladies.