Today's blog is a tribute to The Breakfast Club, alright Sporto? I love the movie and am not ashamed to say (well... maybe a bit) that some of the fashion choices in that film have inspired some of my own... yes I own a varsity jacket and a checked shirt or two, but hey, the film is legendary.
The Breakfast Club jumper - Men's section in Primark, picked it up last year sometime. They've always got some obscure printed jummies in there, I usually buy them oversized so they're long in the body. It's been styled up with the stunning JuliaHeartsU (www.juliaheartsu.com) spiked collar to give a cleaner and sharper edge to the round necked jumper.
Floral skater skirt
JW leggings
Sorel Tivoli plaid short snowboots - Al bought me these last year for Snowbombing in Austria, they're waterproof and fleece lined, and super cute! I don't think the exact colour is still available but you can get a very similar kind from www.sorelfootwear.co.uk
Red sparkle nail polish from Rimmel
Brrrr. The snow may be on it's way out but the cold is here to stay. Frozen noses and plumed breaths mean everyone is out in ski-wear force, even me. So instead I bring you playtime in the garden so I can show off some special pieces. I guess this is sort of Punk meets Victoriana?
The beautiful burgundy cape is from - www.obsidiangothic.co.uk but I picked it up at Whitby Goth Weekend where they have a trade stall. It has a high clasped collar and lace edging. It won't be winning any warmth awards but it is just adorable!
White pintuck shirt with black tie collar - Primark
Chandelier baroque print jeans - Next (zoom in for detail, they're so pretty)
White leather boots - Dr. Martens. They've been very slightly customised with white flower beads on the laces and silver stud spikes in the top two eyelets. I love these but they're a little small and so hard to wear in, they rip my feet up, need a stretching trick!
Burgundy socks with lace edge - Primark
Knit beanie - Animal
Ahhhh it's here at last! SNOW! My favourite weather type, everything (even our city street, my dirty car, the disused factory by us...) looks beautiful. The snow does one other thing to the world that is just absolutely sublime when you live in a city... quiet. Less cars, less people, more peace. I've spent most of today popping in and out of the house to marvel at this January Winterland, and when the soft powdery snow falls it's like a million tiny kisses, I love it. I feel a bit like Madeline in this outfit, I think it's the dress...
Blue overlay dress - ASOS
Nordic knit long blue cardigan - http://myworld.ebay.com/parker-road-trading-company/ It's from this amazing company that operates in the UK but
gets hold of loads of Korean fashion items. You've got to go a bit risk
with the sizing but I love the stuff they sell.
Skinny nude belt with flower buckle - maybe Next?
Long grey socks - ASOS
Grey snood - can't remember it's so old! Maybe American Apparel
Grey knit beanie hat - Ebay (HK, some random shop about £3!)
Shoes - Wooden wedge, peep toe mary janes with blue leather: Topshop
December's Buckcherry gig at the HMV Institute Birmingham - it was a bloody freezing night, but deadly hot in the crowded room. Had a pit pass for photos too, and totally wrecked my new leggings sitting on the back of the barriers, booooo :( It was a great night, the band were amazing and I was close enough to lick the sweat off Josh Todd (I didn't though...) ha!
Anyway,
Proper fan-girl style, it's a Buckcherry tshirt! Mens size with the arms rolled up a little, comfy to move around in.
Dark denim knicker shorts - ASOS
White stud belt - Lowlife
Black leggings - JW
Trainers - Converse high-tops
Accessories - Burgundy bandana, studded and leather bracelets, spike ring, small diana camera necklace
This beautiful collar deserves a post all by itself. It was sent to me by the lovely and very talented Julia of www.juliaheartsu.com who makes a huge range of stunning pieces. I loved ALL of them, but this is just the absolute cream of the crop as far as I'm concerned. Tough biker chic - black leather lined with stiff felt to keep a nice straight shape around your neck, pop fastening beads and a peppering of FIERCE spiked silver studs. Doesn't it just make you want to go to a festival RIGHT NOW?! I can't wait to show this stunner off with everything from chiffon to band tshirts, I'll be saucing up pretty floral dresses, tartan (think Sex Pistols) and even the last of the winter knits, be prepared to see this a lot! I think i'll be popping a cameo type brooch in the middle, it just seems so right for a Harley Davidson meets Baroque mashup, maybe a flocked jumper underneath... Completely inspired! Check back to see what I come up with...
Mad love to Julia for such an amazing collar, go visit her site and snap one up for yourself:
www.juliaheartsu.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/JuliaHeartsU/514239435255004?fref=ts
or @Juliahearts_u on twitter!
Happy New Year! Well, the festive season is over and we're thrust headlong into the inevitable January blues. It's cold and wet, but not snowy... everyone is flat broke until next payday and we're being bombarded with fitness/weight loss related advertising. Sigh. So, reflectively I've decided to post up some pre-Christmas outfits instead, from a time when the glitz, glamour and pure unadulterated excitement over the coming holiday reigned.
The OH's Birthday in December, the Outlaws decided to take him/us all out to Bodega in Birmingham (www.bodegabirmingham.co.uk) for delicious South American fayre. The German Christmas markets were on too so it was a busy mishmash of people in the city centre - lots of swankily dressed Christmas party groups, the nordic-knit set swigging Glühwein and the Saturday night club types, all thrown together.
The outfit is very, Wednesday Adams meets Psy (of Gangnam Style fame). Kept my hair slicked away into a side parting with a neat bun at the back, to create a boyish look from the front.
Blue blazer - Primark (an absolute bargain might I add, it goes with everything, hence the Androgenius quip)
Black thin knit dress with crochet collar - H&M
Stripe boxy bag - Topshop
Leggings - JW
Boots - Carvela
Accessories - Silver Spoon necklace, super silver glitter nails (zoom in to see) from Collection 2000
I'd have liked a couple of teal/blue accessories, a necklace or bracelet maybe, or some cute matching courts. I can always keep looking though ;)
