It has landed.

In all it's fluoro flowery glory, the elusive flowery prom dress has landed the Topshop website. Ironically enough... two months ago I would have run over to Topshop at midnight, forced the doors open with my T-square, raided their storage, left £100 quid and run away with the dress. Today... I just sit here in front of my laptop, look at the decent £50 tag, think "feh... can't be bovvered...." and scratch my belly.

the wardrobe bitch-slap.

Spring cleaning is always there to remind me that no, I do NOT need any more clothes.
First, there's plastic drawers jam-packed with daily tops. Then the two plastic boxes, one for daily dresses and skirts, the other for bags (the bottom suitcase is filled with books...). The actual wardrobe bursting with shoes and outerwear. A roxy suitcase and the metallic suitcase filled with clothes that don't fit me anymore cause I've gained a considerable ammount of weight. The black suitcase on the bottom which is half-filled with DIY ideas and the turquoise suitcase with some vintage clothing (the suitcase on top of the turquoise one is empty). There's also a box full of shoes that I couldn't be bothered to dig out since it's underneath my bed behind some very delicate models. And let's not get started on my book situation...

I feel bitch-slapped and I do deserve it! Only today I was browsing through a charity shop thinking how much I needed a raincoat when you can see in my wardrobe a perfectly fine blue one...

Time to put a lid on the moneys.

Dress-shopping for the food-obsessed.

All the dresses below are from Topshop, can you guess which one is from the Kate Moss collection?


Yep, the overpriced one.
I got the polka dot one... and what did I do with the extra £15 you ask? Eat half a chicken from Nando's with peri peri chips and coleslaw... and a massive popcorn sundae from Friday's. The best of it all?? The empire line shape of the polka dot dress will hide all the weight gained from such a scrumptious meal. I love it when things come together as nicely as this.

mister twenty-eight.

This past Wednesday, I did some day-tripping to London. Of course, the main purpose was researching at the amazing RIBA library but I couldn't stop taking a peek at Topshop on my way there.
After much wandering, I stumbled upon the VV Rouleaux stall. All those feathers, birds, flowers and colours lured me in. I hovered round and round the stall not deciding how to approach so much colour. Eventually I made my way to one of the lovely girls attending the stall and she helped me make a little headpiece. The colour scheme I meant to keep to was blue... but like a kid in a candyshop fills his bag with loads of mismatching candy, so did I fill my headpiece with as much colour as I could. The result was the following:

The best thing of this whole deal? It was free! I couldn't believe my ears since most of the headpieces on sale where above the £30 tag. I attached the comb to my hair, a big smile to my face and skipped my way to the RIBA.
Once I got there, it was fun to see the guard's shocked face to see this massive feather/flower ornament on my head.
I was quite sad that once I got back to Topshop to buy one of the headpieces for sale, my card couldn't be used and the ATM wasn't working and the VV Rouleaux girls where leaving and I had to go back home. So I had to leave the most precious bird headdress... well, the guy at the cashier disagreed since he actually stared at the headpiece I was going to buy and exclaimed "£39!!!!!!!! ... damn, I could make this myself!"

Anyway, ebay has a lot of millinery materials for me to browse and make my own headpieces. If not, Etsy has some precious ready-mae headpieces as well.
To start, this Marie Antoinette one which I would definitely wear, even if it was meant for a doll. Then, one for our inner mermaid. And even though it was not meant as a headdress; my favourite is Pinky Finch.

I definitely recommend getting down to Topshop Oxford Circus today since it's the last day the VV Rouleaux stand will be there. I would if I didn't live in the Midlands... and didn't have a project hand-in, magazine design and birthday planning to do today.

Ugh.

mister twenty-three, it's the elusive dress, the pretty shoes and the eye candy

I went on a little day trip to darling lovely London today, mainly to see this little exhibition at the National Theatre and to do some library researching. Of course, once the geekiness was over it was off to the shops! First I headed to Topshop, to hunt for this dress which I want to wear on my birthday:

I had already looked for it in my local Topshop, but they knew nothing about it so I figured my woes would be solutioned by the Oxford Circus one but alas, they don't stock it yet... and don't know when. So I guess I shall just stalk the online shop and click like a mad woman when it does pop up, hopefully before the end of next week! Saw the Christopher Kane collection, but didn't really like the pieces that much... which avoided frustration since by the time I got there my size had run out. I did however, get a top and a bracelet thing.

Anyway, the day was still young and I went to get the other thing I wanted from London... my birthday present!
I know, nothing edgy... just plain classic Chanel flats. I've already got a pair of expensive extravagant shoes and never really get to wear them because well, they are just tooooo beautiful. These on the other hand are asking for some heavy wearing! In fact, they are asking to come along with my bike on the little day trip we plan on taking tomorrow. Of course, they are talking utter nonsense since there will be a lot of mud and grass!
After that, I was obviously skint and it was back to the lovely south bank, for a little stroll before heading off to St. Pancras. Oh the good times London gives.

mister twenty-one, i. am. not. burlesque.

I wonder if this is the solution to my feather skirt obsession ... I'm not loving the feathers since ideally I wanted maribou feathers, as seen in the below pic by The Sartorialist.

Also, it says that there's only feathers in the back.... so might end up with that memorable skirt worn by Carrie Bradshaw... hmmm.... Well, I've got 2 days for thinking and even though all signs point to "NO!", desperation might get the best of me.

mister twenty, you must be my lucky star.

Since lectures finished early today, me and my beloved bike went out on a date to a lovely town 3 miles from where I live. We are just beginning to know each other so we are taking things slowly. I left him well locked up so he could rest and decided to have a walk around to see what the town had to offer. After much pondering about I came across the high street and the oh so glorious ammount of charity shops to be explored/ravaged!! And boy did the ravaging lead to good finds! I haven't had such a good thrifting day in aaaages.

First there was Mind (for better mental health) and it was overflowing with designer things.

1) Red vintage Versace coat. 2) Vintage Escada blouse. 3) Aquascutum coat.

I left quite a share of designer items behind since I felt evil by getting all the goods. Then I found a sari which I intend to wear in two different ways.


First will be the skirt part, which is INCREDIBLY long and considering I'm only 5 feet tall then yep, I think it can be used as a long flowy dress resembling the one in Lanvin.

Then for the actual body part, I'm chopping the puffy sleeves off and using it as a sort of overcoat to lift up simple outfits. But before I do all this, I shall dress up in the whole sari and surprise my indian flatmate when she comes back from wherever she went to.

Of course, there were many other finds. But I think I've been selfish enough by giving a long narration of my shopping day.

mister eight, I blame it all on the milkshake!!!

It all started with an innocent trip to eat ice-cream in Harrods with my friend... then we decided to have a browse/peek... and we all know how that ends... I found myself in the Hermes section looking at one scarf. The tag said £192... I'm behind on my rent but the colors blind my judgement... I ask to just have a look at it...

Now, I have never touched a Hermes scarf before and the experience absolutely ravaged my sense of economy... the weight of it, the way it slips through your fingers and the puffiness of the edges. Before I had time to hear my judgement screeching for help or catch my friend's glare of "are you MAD?", there was an orange bag in my hands... oh. boy.

Anyway, fastforwarding to this moment ... Im actually not regretting this purchase of mine... I've been spending the last hour or so playing around with how to wear it... kinda reminds me of when I got my first pair of heels and would wear them eeeeeeeeeeverywhere.

And oh well, if I get kicked out of my uni halls for being behind on my rent... I might just find a way to magically fold this scarf into a tent, which truth be told would be much prettier than my current room.

mister five, you are oh so very cheap.

sooo. a hobby of mine is to go on a constant basis to charity shops around my area :) i like to dig and hunt, i find it more entertaining than shopping high street (dont get me wrong... i love my high-street sales).
yesterday and today have yielded nice finds! First off, the dress on the right. Lovely Jean Baron vintage dress. It is looong and has a nice drapey back, kind of cape-ish... (please understand english is not my first language). I fell in love!

Next was a light-peach polyester shirt. It is semi-transparent and veeery light. I normally dont buy Made in China things from charity shops... but the color and texture and everything about this shirt made me buy it. blame it! (uuuuh, also have a look at the neck!!)... i might have problems with taking the old lady factor a few levels down.

Then there is a shop that has a reject corner of 3 for £1 clothes. Great for modifying apparel and sometimes you find the odd good item (once I got a nice pair of red jeans). I found that gold-ish dress and gray pencil skirt and thought "hmmm... chloe dress!" hahaha, might turn out good, might be horrible. who knows! but for that price....

Then there is my little darling! I love the necklace to the right. The cage props open and closes! <3 !
Other finds included a jane shilton white bag with loooooads of compartments inside, a black leather box bag, and other stuff that I will not bore you with.