I've been spending my days this week split between frustrating physics revision, trawling the internet for stupidly specific vintage clothing & hatching over ambitious holiday plans with various people. As a sort of symptom, if you will, of this ground hog day feeling I ventured out in a slip. There were other layers but it comes down to being out of touch with reality, luckily I was driving, unluckily it was to meet Eve & go charity shop digging where it rained but I did find a skirt which I'm going to create a sort of inverse of the marc jacobs dress (look below) out of.

Oh well, it's almost the end of the week, so I'll stick my tongue out to it & take some badly tipped images. I should explain, a friend gave me my tripod which proceeded to break, scattering very key screws onto my bedroom floor which my cat then played with into obscurity before I could fix it all back properly. So I have to perch my camera on top of it at a very scewy angle. My photography teacher would not be proud... Ah well,

Happy Friday!

Brooke Candy
"That's like what I look for in anything that I like, anything I'm interested in has to be humorous, it has to be funny" //link//




Elfee Duquette
"In Seattle there was the grunge scene...and so me coming out, I'd always wear dresses everything, and these jewels, and everyone's like 'Why are you dressing up?' But I'm like, I don't feel like I'm dressing up, I just wanna feel pretty" //link//




Natalie Toren
"Nobody's gonna come up to you and say, 'I love those black pants, those are the most perfect black pants you've ever had,' buy you know, you know every time you walk" //link//




Magda Berliner
"I used to hit every flea market in every country I was ever in. And I've forged some really great relationships over the years and you know it comes back to being with people and I think it's those relationships that make a difference" //link//




Hannah Marshall
"I was always very aware I guess, from quite a young age, of the power of clothes to kind of be able to transform yourself" //link//

Did I mention I'm obsessed with stylelikeu?

Woke up this morning in the wrong place, too late to get to English & seeing that the night before me & Jesus, after painting his wall had proceeded to write things we wanted & the price of them all over it. Not the best of starts to the first Wednesday of the year, but hey. I did take a picture but it's so shaky it would give the internet a headache. Let's just say there was a lot of "flights to New York" & "renting a shop on Park Street for a month" etc. etc.

And so to my cluttered brain which keeps shutting down & spending too much time on stylelikeu & not enough time doing serious work. Things I can't stop thinking about:

Fearne cottons long, buttoned dress from last summer (above)
Why did I ever decide to do physics A2?
Leighton Meester in Marc Jacobs (above)
What on earth am I going to do in September, with no dreams or direction?
How do I manage to spend so much money on so little
How there is no way I am going to remember what I need too for my English exam
Or be able to get through either of my exams well
I need to be more positive

What are your obsessions?

The first thing of the new year I have my beady eyes out for, is a pair of wide leg trousers. Until now trousers in general have been somewhat of a stumbling block for me, I have one pair of *trousers* which I spent over a year looking for in the perfect shape. Then last week I bought my disco pants, which are basically like the tights I spend my life wearing, but there's been a niggling want for trousers in my life for a while now. But I have peg leg, I have skinny so the logical step is wide leg...

& from a week in Cornwall with my sisters celebrity magazines, I saw the pictures of Blake Lively (see here) in some pink palazzo pants, the seeds were sewn. So now, in light of my new years resolution I will trawl through charity shops & online for the perfect pair of vintage/2nd hand wide leg trousers that aren't too 70s & aren't flared jeans.

Thoughts?

Happy New Year!
Thank you for all the lovely comments on my New Year's resolution, 3rd day in & I'm already struggling. To nicer things though, Christmas presents! My sister got me a voucher for Urban Outfitters & so as my last day in Bristol before I headed up to Cornwall with the fam, I headed into town on Boxing Day. I know. Mental. But I am taking my resolution seriously! And so I finally allowed myself to buy 2 things I've been mulling over for a considerable time.

The first courtesy of the UO sale, is this BOY London jumper which I've been admiring from afar due to my mixed feelings over UO doing a BOY London range & also charges £30+ for it. I once came into ownership of a classic vintage BOY t-shirt due to a fleeting relationship, but unfortunately remembered to leave it at his house whilst forgetting to return his phone calls... In some ways though this is better, because it was technically free & much warmer!

The 2nd is the final act of consumer rebellion when I succumbed to that niggling feeling at the back of my head & actually purchased a pair of AA Disco Pants. Mainly because I had 15% off online, but I had to try them on first, so I strode into AA (the quietest place in town because they don't do sales) with the aim of trying on a S M and L and deciding which was best, then going home & using my money off. But I was stopped in my forward planning tracks when I discovered that on Boxing Day only, in the UK only, AA had 20% off EVERYTHING. How's that for fate? And I hate to tell you, if like me you've admired them for a while, but all the rumors are true...they're simply perfect.



Back to presents from other people. The glitter skull is what I had left over after giving the other three to various friends. I also found out that my mum possibly reads Style Bubble as she got me Fashionary which was featured there, it's a sketch book with model outlines & a killer fashion directory at the front. Very awesome. And has killed 2 birds with 1 stone by making me draw & think about making clothes again. My sister got me the biography of Isabella Blow, which I didn't actually want but was really good. It's written by her husband & although he's not the most eloquent of writers & there was a little too much history for me, she was an incredible woman & it was sadly beautiful. The kind of thing I would definitely say buy if you see 2nd hand somewhere. My mum also got me the Bill Baily DVD and the font sourcebook which again has a great directory in it. My font obsession may be getting a little out of hand... And those AMAZING mirror antlers in the 1st photo, now I just need a deer skull like the one I gave Jay for Xmas, hmm. My brother got me a booklet of illustrated football chants and Boutique, which ironically ends with a photo of BOY London.

Full circle. How's that for a comprehensive post? And now a little present for you my wonderful readers. This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. It's so beautiful that it's been on my iPod on repeat for a week or so now, in fact it's the only song I've listened to this year.

Lua - Bright Eyes




2011 LOVE

This is my mum (& me in the 1st picture) because today she's 60. She is for sure the most amazing person I know. To begin to list the ways would be foolish but you'll have to take my word for it. From helping me, my brother & sister through shit times, to making me laugh uncontrollably to admitting when someone says horrible things about her children how she just wants to hit them. I love that she gets excited about all the weird art shit I do & she supports the fact that I have absolutely no idea what to do when I finish college. She knits me amazing holey dresses & goes on the protests I can't, but ends up buying socks for girls with cold feet, whilst shouting at police men. She's taught me about politics & feminism & books & music. & if I can do something that makes her proud, at the end of the day, I think I'll be alright.

Here's the first line of our favorite song...

Happy Birthday Mum