Brown phase take two. So I've never bought anything from Ted Baker before, in fact my perceptions of it were such that I'd never really thought of it as somewhere I'd actually find anything. Although I do have a soft spot for those bright patent bags with the bows because this awesome girl I used to know had one. Anyway. Me and my mum made the trip out to John Lewis, mainly to look in the wool sale and pick up a gift I'd reserved online, when I saw this amazing swan printed dress. After getting confused over the number sizing I went for the biggest one so it's easy to wear as a shift & I can wear it longer (age wise) or with a belt. I'm always a sucker for a good print. Plus it's 100% silk & has all these cute things all over the label, about Ted thinking I look "Fabulous"

I wasn't sure whether to post about this but it's just still so funny that I figured I'd share. I have a black eye. I'm not being abused, but the absurdity of how it happened either makes you think I am being & it's a really bad story, or it's so crazy it must be true (it is). Basically I kicked myself in the face with a fake leg. (I just laughed again) I use a synthetic leg to put the hearts on the tights I sell and I was balancing it thigh down between my own legs to put the tight over the toe. I turned to pick up the tights and it fell right into my face. It's weighted at the toe so it stands up & it hit right on my bone so it came up in like a huge bump. But we were laughing so hard for like 10 minutes that I didn't notice how much it actually hurt. So yes. Now it's all yellow & stuff. My bf said I look like a gansters moll. So helpful!

Whoa the image quality of the Givenchy is atrocious, apologies. I'll update with some better one's when I find them. But in a frantic burst of "Holy wow, look at that" before I try to get some sleep; here's some amazement. I love couture. It's like beauty x art x fashion all squared with like crack or something. I was initially disappointed with lacklustre Dior but Chanel more than made up for it. & Ricardo Tisci has broken out of his white & feather phase with like chains & shit. In a basketball court gym thing. What? Need more photos. Now please. All from Style.com.

These photos caught my eye from things going into H&M over the next couple of months. I saw some of the stuff the other day & it was all kind of horrible feeling, with the Acne style jumper a little shiny for my taste. But that motorcycle feel raincoat is INSANE. I will be checking into town over the next month looking out for this beauty. I'm sure it will feel disgusting too, but then I guess it's sort of supposed too. & I can then say officially that I have a developing see-thru raincoat collection along with my Berlin muji find. 

There was also a couple of good men's shirts here & here, that I wish I still had a preppy male friend to convince into. Or a bf that wore colours other than black. Plus quite a lot of suit jackets with matching colour shorts/trousers. This blue blazer & matching wide legs are pretty lovely. Unfortunately though I find wide legs are usually too short for me. So I end up with the kind of weird cropped ones ASOS seem obsessed with at the moment. I'm not really into that. But I find it weird because anyone can hem up a pair of trousers that are too long, or wear heels, but you can't produce fabric out of no where. Does anyone else have this problem? Oh well, I think I'd rather have my gangly legs than some wide leg trousers.

What do you have your eye on?

This seemed appropriate for a Sunday post. I know, most of you will have already heard of Donna Wilson, or seen her lovely stuff at John Lewis & suchlike. Coming across lots of her work at the Soma gallery a week or so reminded me that I'd saved these catalogue images a while back. They're so damn cute! Almost cute enough to make me want to spend almos £40 on a hot water bottle cover... & I don't even like hot water bottles. I am more than a little tempted by the peanut teddy though, Valentines is coming up & the bf has just got a peanut tattoo in honour of my nickname for him. I know I told him, "Tattoos last longer than relationships." his reply, "Rad tattoos look awesome forever".

Sunday love.

Posting before work? Now that's dedication. Especially when I've barely slept. Anyway, I've been going through a bit of a brown phase at the moment. I don't know where it came from but this dress is the third brown thing I've bought this month. Weird. Before that I only had one brown dress, that I barely wore. Maybe it's something about the weather. But anyway. Now I'm allowed to shop again when we were in Bath the other day (looking for some vintage jewellery) I popped into Urban Outfitters. I found this dress in the sale. It has like adjustable bra sleeves so you can make it extra low & wear it over t-shirts so it's work appropriate & very 90s. I was also thinking unbuttoned a little over a longline bra top would look good. For now though I'll twirl around like a 5 year old & admire to flared out skirt. Yay!

Trust it to be the one week when fashion people might be looking at my blog to be the week I post a frustrated eBay rant & then take off to Glasgow so I can't post anything else. Oh well, I guess if they can't appreciate the fact that blogging is about every aspect of someone's personality then that's not my problem. & you guys. Jeez you guys. Your comments were so lovely. & I know I shouldn't have got so worked up about it. It's just. You know. I want human kind to be nice & I don't like to be proved wrong on that. Repeatedly. Plus it just put the icing on an already bad mood I was in so...yeah... But it's all good now!

Obviously Sarah Burton's 2011 has to give way to Stella McCartney's 2012, but damn, she pulled it out the bag for the McQueen Pre-Fall. I mean can you just imagine the life you could lead in these clothes? That velvet slash neck catsuit is just...well, insane. & puts fuel on the slow burning desire I've had for a full blown all-in-one for a while. I might just have to put aside my claustrophobia fears & embrace the turtle neck. Especially now it's getting cold. It all seems to have fallen perfectly into place. My other highlights recently from Pre-Fall have been this look at Dior. & the whole collection actually. I was surprised to have my attention taken. Plus Givenchy, obvs. Riccardo Tisci is God.

What are your highlights? Need to check out the menswear...