Travels and Treasures

Jewellery. Accessories. Bags. All of these things mean treasure to me. I think it's my Nanna's fault, she always had tins full of glistening cocktail jewellery for us to rummage through when we went to visit. From South Shields, she's a proper magpie - coming back from jumble sales with the wacky, weird but truly magical. Guess I've inherited the hoarding habit...

Decided to do a quick staging of some jewellery, since so much of what I have is exciting and odd. I won't name everything, just pick out a few bits, but please open the photos in a new tab so you can zoom in for more detail! This collection is, Phileas Fogg... steampunk... railways and halcyon days. Tough brown leather and a lust for adventure.

Bags:
Miniature suitcase - Topshop
Stripe hard case - Topshop
Small satchel - Vintage ebay
Tall satchel (on the bottom) - Vintage ebay

 

Floral heart - Primark

Silver pocket watch - ASOS

Umbrella with cloud and lightning - ASOS

Taxi - Accessorize

'a' watch - ASOS

Bronze pocket watch - Picked up from a stall at Whitby Goth Weekend

Hot air balloon  - Present from my Nephew

Green ink pen - ASOS

Rocking horse - Present from a friend

Books owl - Present from my Sister (www.ellymental.co.uk)

Pearl with bow and embellishments - Present from Al's Sister, Accessorize

Bugle and flag - ASOS

Soldiers brooch - Cath Kidston

Guitar case, Bear and Diving Helmet - ASOS

Pipe - Anna Lou of London (www.annalouoflondon.com)

Bow Wow Wow

BOWS! It's hard not to coo over bows, even as a non girly-girl there's something precious about them and I freakin' love them. So when I received this pink-tissue wrapped package of delights from the postman I did a shameful teenage squeal...

Kiss Like Daisy make (amongst other things) hair bows that make you look like you've walked right out of a Japanese cartoon, or are BFF's with Minnie Mouse. This gigantic black leather fascinating fascinator sits atop a flat headband, guaranteed to wow. The shape is Disney style perfection and it stays that way - funnily enough, leather is a pretty perfect material for cute bows, despite it's saucy rep!

Bow: Kiss Like Daisy

Studded Collar: JuliaHeartsU (www.juliaheartsu.com)

Shirt with collar tie: Primark

Black skinny jeans: George at ASDA

Black leather biker boots: I think these were MIA from John Lewis a long time ago...

The giant leather bow wasn't the only delicious thing in that parcel, these beauts are going to be rocking my bonce over festival season too...

1. Black Leather - Style Icon: Betty Boop
2. Pink Courderoy - puffed out with stuffing so it doesn't go flat to your head. Style icon: Hello Kitty
3. Red Tartan backed with leather - Style Icon: Anime Schoolgirls a la Studio Ghibli, Tenchi Muyo and Battle Royale

Kiss Like Daisy's amazing products can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/KissLikeDaisy?filter=3

and on Twitter @kisslikedaisy too, with the new website launching soon! Keep a look out for these beautiful bows gracing my noggin in posts to come... 

(open photos in new tab to get a bow-closeup, a bows-up... ha...)

Maiden Voyage

My precioussss...

Thank you Schuh, for not only finally stocking these in Womens sizes, but also for massively reducing them in the sale. I get it, there's not many chicks out there who want a pair of devil emblazoned Iron Maiden sneakers but that's A-OK by me if I can snag them for twenty five quid. 

The sizing translates a little weird with this particular pair of Vans sk8-hi tops, so I ended up with a half size too big, but it doesn't really make much of a difference if you wear them loose like I do anyway. Worn with denim turn-ups and some lace topped pop-socks, it's my homage to both school and rock... school of rock, if you like. The socks were from ebay, and the trainers from Schuh as I said. Wanted about half the shoes that went into sale so be careful if you're a shoemania type like me, and decide to take a look.

The world of Band-meets-shoe collaborations has really expanded in the last few years, Vans working with The Prodigy and Metallica, Converse with The Who and Gorillaz... I like it, it's a decent way of getting your hands on some longer-lasting merch than the generally crap quality overpriced tour shirts, or bank-balance-busting jackets they push (seriously, who spends £80 on a zip hoody at a festival??). I'd like a few more bands in the mix though, classic stuff - I would totally buy some Aerosmith sneaks...