set sail

I have a few styles that I absolutely love. Tartan is, of course, first and foremost, but my love of nautical items comes a close second. It's one of those styles that's just fun.

Feeling Bubbly Dress, ModCloth

BB Dakota Fonda Striped Pea Coat, Nasty Gal

Platform sandals, Stella McCartney (via Net-a-Porter)

Slouch v-neck vintage cardigan, Vantage Point Vintage

Just My Stripe cardigan, ModCloth

via Mr Newton

Ship Shape vintage dress, Nasty Gal

the facts were these ...

As soon as I saw this editorial for June's Numéro Tokyo, I thought of the show Pushing Daises. Bright colours, lots of patterns, vintage-esque clothing.

If you haven't seen the show I would heartily recommend it. Without getting too much into the story (childhood sweethearts, a pie-maker who can bring the dead back to life, a sarcastic detective, a waitress with a bad case of unrequited love, Ned being the world's most adorable man*), I can say that it's defiantly worth watching, and it always makes me smile.








*and making an all-black wardrobe look non-gothic!

happy anniversary comics

For DC 75th anniversary, the fashion world gave them a present. Oh, fashion and comics might not always get along, and they both have some pretty hardcore friends who probably wouldn't get along too well, but this year they decided to get them something special. Colette got a group of designers together to create a line based on some of the more notable characters.

Batdog tee

The Flash ballerina flats

Wonder Woman headband

Green Lantern gloves

Wonder Woman silk dress

Joker bow-tie

Catwoman boots

Even though it would be a little silly, I kind of wish they'd done a big lot of capes (or Wonder Woman's shoes).

addiction is a terrible thing

Recently, I seem to have developed an addiction to black ankle boots. It's all Jeffrey Campbell's fault really. I saw this shoes on Nasty Gal, and ever since then I have a terrible, terrible need to buy the world's supply of black ankle boots.

Jeffrey Campbell Xanadu wedge boots (or any Jeffrey Campbell boot ever, really), from Nasty Gal

pretty much any shoe from Raphael Young's Fall 2010 collection

Black and Pink Wedge Boot, from Finsk

Also, apparently Danielle Steele owns 6000 pairs of Louboutin shoes. So by comparison, I barely have any shoes at all.

the upside of wearing glasses

Due to my incredibly terrible eyesight, I have to wear glasses all the time. I've worn them for so long I don't even really notice I'm wearing them any more, but they never really bothered me. In fact, the only time I wish that I didn't have to wear glasses is when I see a truly awesome pair of sunglasses*.

Space Woman Shades in Gold, from Nasty Gal

I want these so very badly. I'm considering getting them and then asking the optometrist to change to lenses.



*and when I go swimming. Although that's really more of a safety thing, since I everybody turns into blurs, and it's hard to tell if that blur is someone you know or if it's just some random person/something being blown in the breeze.

oh, 80s

Guys, I have a confession to make: I love 80's jumpers. And not the oh-that's-king-of-middling-okay, I mean the really-terrible-omg-my-eyes-are-burning, the-colours-why-are-there-so-many-colours type of 80s jumper.

At first, I would just pick them up to look at them because, let's face, those colours are pretty eye-catching. And I would smile and think "oh 1980s people, did you think we were going to run out of colours or something, so you had better use them all on this one jumper?".

But then, one day, I saw someone wearing one as a dress one day. And I saw someone else wearing one of those half-adorable, half-hilarious Christmas sweaters, and I thought "I could do that. I could make that work". And now I'm one of them. At least I'll be warm this winter.

Work those sequins girl (Chictopia)

Hand-Knit bear jumper (via FashionIndie)

Pop-Art Sweater (Vintage Trends)

And I have saved the best for last:

HAND-MADE ARCADE GAME SWEATERS. I think I might need to get better at knitting like, right now, because these are amazing. Also from the same site, a Super Mario sweater vest (the pattern can be found HERE).

current obsession: playsuits

About six months ago, I was browsing eBay* and I came across this playsuit. Of course, I'd heard of playsuits (also called rompers/onesies/jumpsuits) before, but I'd always thought of them as those babies wear/1970's disco jumpsuits. I think I fell in love with this one because it didn't look like the bottom half had awful-butt-enlargening-shorts. It looked liked a dress (except with the added bonus of not flashing people accidentally). I was in love.

Sadly, I didn't win it**, but I did get something from that eBay item: the beginning of an love for playsuits. I won two more (which are both nautical-y, another obsession of mine), and bought another at the Sass and Bide sample sale (which I cannot find a picture for anywhere, but trust me, it's amaaaazing).

Blue Criss-Cross Playsuit (Pixie Market)

Hawaiian Print Ruffle Playsuit (Topshop)

Vintage Black Playsuit (Oh Dear Vintage)

*and by "browsing" I do of course mean "searching with complete single-minded obsession that would would put Monk to shame".
**I'm still so mad about that. I got totally sniped at the last second.

shoes glorious shoes

Sorry for the lack of posting as of late. I've recently moved, and I am also sadly without a proper camera (I've borrow my parents but apparently normal batteries aren't good enough for it to actually turn on).

HOWEVER I have still been endlessly browsing blogs*, where I came across these absolutely lovely shoes on The Clothes Horse:


They are so, so lovely. They remind me of summer and picnics.

I've been towering over my domain in some similar shoes today. I bought them on eBay, mainly because I loved the thought of owning wooden shoes.


They are made of (solid) wood and amazingness. Plus, they are actually quite comfortable to wear. And they make me a good inch or two taller, which is awesome.


*yes, it is time for me to be doing assignments again.

things I love: tartan

Everyone has their clothing 'thing' that they love. You know what I'm talking about - that clothing type that, when you wear it, it makes you happy. I have a couple of things like that (statement tights, nautical-themed clothing), but my main one for the last five or so years (and wow is that a long time) has been tartan.

I have tartan shoes, pants, dresses, ties, hats, tights, underwear, coats, and many, many tartan skirts. There's just something about tartan (especially red tartan, although I do have multi-coloured tartan skirts) that just draws me to it. I'm on the look out for some tartan boots/vest/shirt, and of course I can never resist a tartan skirt (which my bulging wardrobe can attest to).

Picnic Set (Etsy)

'Prairie meets Woodstock' shirt (Friends of Courture)

'Don't Be Jealous' skirt (Etsy)

Prep School Earings (Shana Logic)

1970's Oscar de la Renta skirt (Etsy)

Rocket Dog Memories Shoes (dELiAs)

Pink and Brown Bow Set (Etsy)