Lingerie

Vintage negligee, cardigan and shoes. Dyrberg Kern heart locket

When I was younger, I always used to peruse the intimates section of op-shops. I really liked the idea of wearing negligees as outwear, I mean often these pieces are so pretty, why leave them for the bedroom?Somewhere along the way, I stopped doing it, but when I saw Louis Vuitton's fall/winter 2013 runway, with its hotel hallway, sexy slips and sequinned trenches, I wanted to do my own interpretation of it. 

Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2013

It doesn't happen often, but yesterday when I went op-shopping I found exactly what I was looking for, a red negligee with a lace lined split and a slouchy cardigan to match. I've styled it here like the runway, but for daily wear, I'd probably throw on some jeans.  

Tapestry

I have this thing for looking like a couch. In fact, I have a couch with this kind of fabric so I guess I am channelling that. I also like to own the same kind of patten or fabric in multiple garments to the point where I could almost wear it head to toe. I refrained in this photo, but I do have a tapestry jacket, shorts and boots as well as this dress. I need to go to rehab. 

Dries Van Noten

Stop right there fashion world. No need to make any more clothes. I'm satisfied with Dries Spring 2013. I don't need anything else, ever again.

It somehow combines absolutely everything I love to wear- plaid, metallics, metallic plaid, vintagy looking florals with plaids, sheer fabric, sheer fabric layered over other fabric, sheer plaid layered over florals, grandpa jerseys, androgynous shirts/pants, frilly tops (I could go on and on)- while still being cohesive.

I'm dead serious, I could quite happily live in these clothes forever and ever and ever.

And you cannot see it in these photos, but many of the backs of the clothes are completely different. In the words of Rachel Zoe, 'I die'.

The only way this could be improved? Doc Martens.

Beautiful

I feel like the Doc Martens are really getting the hang of prints now. I'm find it harder every year to say no. I think four pairs is enough.

Overalls

Workshop Denim Overalls. Number One Shoe Warehouse Tap Shoes, Glassons Bag

Second hand dungarees , Boots from Jeans West, Supre Tshirt

I'm really digging overalls at the moment. Give you that really easy, throw together,. but kinda cool option in your wardrobe. Plus they remind me of being five years old, which is sort of enjoyable. 

Paper Doll

I've had my eye on this necklace for a while. Me and my mum found it at this little boutique down high street but I couldn't afford it at the time and she bought it. It has two pieces, the women wearing her under garments and the dress that hangs over the top, just like a Victorian paper doll. I managed recently to convince my mum to swap it for another necklace of mine she's had her eye on. So happy! I love it.

Ethereal

Got some new boots today. Really like them. They've got that beigey tone that I can't help but keep buying in shoes, and the stretchy sides make them really comfy. Plus a really wide heel so they are really easy to walk in.

This jacket is another of the things that I am selling. It was one of the first pieces of clothing I ever sewed myself. I wanted a brocade jacket forever, especially in this minty green colour. I made it with a whole bunch of other clothes as a sort of collection. They were all very ethereal. It's really well made with stretchy jersey edges, sort of a bomber jacket, Letterman's style. I think I always sort of wanted it to be more like a denim jacket though, and the fabric is so soft and loose, it doesn't actually sit that well. Don't tell anybody on my auction though :p.

Also, sorry about the drab background and surly face. There was so much glare that I could barely open my eyes. I need to buy a new tripod or find a better place to take photos. At the moment, I am just propping my camera up against the window sill which isn't that effective.

Compartmentalise

I like to compartmentalise my life, organise the files on my computer into a long path of twists and turns, return my eftpos card into the same slot in my wallet over and over again. Looking at my room, or the amount of times I have lost my keys and cellphone, you wouldn't think I was an organised person, and I'm not. I'm more just neurotically logically. Be that as it may, I have started to write a lot more lately and I wanted a place to put it all down. Since this blog is devoted to my obsession with fashion, I thought I would start a new one, devoted to my narcissistic wishes to be a writer.

So if you love reading as much as you like clothes, please knock three times

And give me feedback!

Old clothes, old skins

I feel bad that this blog has taken such a long hiatus, but I needed a new camera and was scott broke for an entire year. Being a student can be fun in a lot of ways but it does mean having very little money. In some ways, I almost enjoy that though, I get such a thrill out of bargain hunting.

I have grown a bit over the years of blogging, and I decided it was time to get rid of some old clothes that I either do not fit, or do not wear, and make some money in the process.

Unfortunately, some of things that I am getting rid of I actually really love still, but the great thing about having a fashion blog is it's like an archive. I never really feel like I get rid of anything because I can just look through my old blog posts and see myself wearing them again (even better because I can see myself wearing them when I still fit them haha).

So I thought I would do a bit of an homage post to one of my favourite wardrobe items, my world skirt, as I cannot fit it anymore, and am sending it off to a better home.

2012:

2008:

Seems quite funny that I go from heels to boots to slippers in these photos.

09.06.11

Finally found my camera. Not sure where it went. The last time I remember using it was in my room and then I couldn't find it for two weeks, and then it appeared today in my room? I'm so confused. I think maybe it fell somewhere strange and the cleaner found it. Whatever, I have my camera back, I'm happy.

I took some terrible outfit photos today, but oh well, here they are for you all the same. And a rather nice picture of Oxford.

During the day:

Wearing: Chucks, Warehouse Jeans, Dorothy Perkins checked blouse

At night:

Wearing: Second hand heels, River Island dress

I went to a formal hall at Jesus tonight, which basically means you get really dressed up and then they serve you four courses and lots of wine. It's really lovely and it's usually pretty cheap, though this one was quite expensive. I had a really good time.

Opps almost forgot the picture of Oxford. This is Broad Street. One of the main streets in the centre of Oxford.

There's some great pubs on Broad Street. Just to the right there is a pub called "The White Horse". I'm pretty sure it's a chain but it's exactly what you dream of when you think of an English pub. Pokey, warmly lit on the inside, with really, really close ceilings. I had the best meal I've had so far there, Scottish mussels in heaps on garlic butter and garlic bread. But when I went back the other day, they didn't have any left. It was one of the most disappointing meals of my life. I could taste mussels instead the whole time.

11.05.11

Had the most amazing time in London yesterday. People have just been opening their arms to us over here and we have been able to go to the most amazing events night after night. Yesterday we were invited to the New Zealand House in London for a Canterbury Alumni event. They gave us free drinks, food and the most amazing view over London I will probably ever see (we were in the pent house). They also gave us free University of Canterbury pins which is an added bonus.

The view was amazing. Felt like I was being swept off the roof. We weren't allowed to bring glasses out there, it was that high. If we dropped them, it wouldn't bode well on the people below. I wore a dress I bought from River Island two weeks ago and vintage gold shoes.

Earlier on in the day, I toured around London. It was so much fun, such a great city. Here I am pictured with my never fail acid wash shorts and the Queen Elizabeth gate. It is so beautiful.

3.05.11

Went for a walk around the Magdalen College grounds yesterday. They were so beautiful in the spring, I took heaps and heaps of photos, though they don't really do it justice, and they are a little boring without people in them. I managed to take some photos of myself by propping my camera up on fences and bridges, but not all that many came out.

I got my first assignment today, "Why is the Wind in the Willows a children's book?". I'm not sure if it is. I better get out the Wind in the Willows. Luckily I have read it before, otherwise it might have been a more desperate scramble. I'm actually really looking forward to getting my teeth into some work, though everyone else will hate me for saying it. I was getting a bit bored and lonely as everyone else has heaps to do. It's also really exciting to have a library again and not just any library at that. I have 4 million books to choose from!!! 40 libraries and the Bodleian library (the oldest library in the english speaking world). They have the rights to ask for a copy of any book published in the UK. It's a reference library, so you're not allowed to get anything out. They do that to make sure everything is available to people at all times.

I am wearing: Dress: homemade, Tights: mum bought for me, Jacket: Jeans West, Bag: another gift from my mum.

29.04.10

Gosh it's been so long since I have written on this blog that I have been up to Wellington again and now I am in England! I won a scholarship because of the earthquake which has ruined my city and made studying at my university almost impossible (we have not had a library since September and most people are studying in the carparks in tents). I have been accepted into Oxford University for 2 months where I will be studying at Magdalen College. It is unreal.

Oxford is absolutely amazingly beautiful. There are amazing buildings everywhere you turn, to the point where you just stop and gape every now and then. I visited Christ Church yesterday which's Cathedral apparently has the first ever spire in England (or Europem, I can't remember). C S Lewis and Oscar Wilde stayed and studied at my college and I have to say, I can see much of Lewis's inspiration here. There are beautiful lamp posts all through the city which look just like the one he described in his book.

There are 40 libraries here for me to choose from, which makes me so happy I want to dance.

Wellington

Spent the last few days in Wellington with my lovely mum and aunties. The weather has been pretty disappointing but omg I have done so much shopping and found some really cool thing. Shopping in Wellington is so different from Christchurch and given more time I think I could find a whole new wardrobe here (not that I need one). One shop on Cuba street coughed up about 5 amazing dresses for me to try on in 10 minutes of searching but they all ended up being the wrong size or the wrong price. But I think if I went their regularly I'd be a very happy chicken. People just aren't as stylish in Christchurch (sorry Cantabrians). I've noticed a massive difference in male style especially. Guys here actually give a f&%#.

I found some great fabric too which I am going to rip off Kate Sylvester with. I'd buy your clothes Kate but they are just too expensive for me. I'll make up for it one day. There was this great fabric place where everything was really cheap, then they'd tally it all up at the tills and divide the total by half. Can't argue with that kind of bargain.

Wearing: Homemade dress, Farmers smoke tights, Red Patent Sandals from store I can't remember, Beige Dotti Socks, Prada bag and BodyShop Lipstick

So Wellington= more choice, but I think it's easy to say that when you have lived in Christchurch for so many years and pretty much exhausted its second hand opportunities. I suppose I would catch up on Wellington eventually anyway.

Wearing: Homemade dress, Black Lipstick from Value Store, Black Chucks, Smoke Tights from Farmers, Secondhand Jersey, Prada Bag

11.01.11

I feel like this post should be way more exciting since I've left it for so long, but realistically, what is the point of a blog about style if you don't post your everyday outfits? So this is what I literally threw on to go see Narnia with my mum (massive disappointment). I've been enjoying wearing fairly boring, plain jumpers at the moment. I just bought this black one and I wear my comfy beige one constantly of course.

It's fun to be able to swish my ponytail backwards and forwards. I sometimes wack my boyfriend in the face by accident.

Wearing: Savemart dress (pleating self alteration), Savemart black Jersey, Cuff from Lovisa, Dotti socks and Red Velvet Doc Martens.

Long Hair

My hair is finally long and I love it. Can't get enough of the feeling of it on my back.

Posing in front of my toilet!!! Probably not the most stylish place to take a picture

Blatant self promotion

I'm selling some clothes on trademe, to try and clear out my closet. Some tops, and skirts and some really great beaded cardigans. If anybody's interested, check out my trademe listings: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=2239656

29.11.10

Hang out with my friend Simon today. It's so sunny now and lovely, I'm really enjoying wearing barely there clothes and of course my Doc Martens. Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been working at the Warehouse Stationery for the past 2 weeks and consequently not wearing anything particularly interesting.

We just walked around town and got icies in the park and ate noodles. We saw Jack Johnson! Well we think it was him because he is in Christchurch at the moment for a concert and it looked like him and he had an American accent and wanted to go look at a music store. So we stalked him for a bit (it was very good stalking we were actually walking infront of him for a good deal of it) and then eventually lost him and gave up. It's not like I'm even a fan, but Christchurch doesn't get many celebrities haha.

Above is the picture of my new necklace from Starfish. I don't go in that store very often but when I saw it in the window I fell in love and just had to have it. Luckily it was my birthday recently and I was given some money :D. I also got a beautiful Karen Walker ring from my Auntie which I will put a photo up of soon.

I am wearing: red velvet Doc Martens, a Glassons dress and necklace from Starfish.