make it happen.

hiiiii, i'm utterly dreadful at remembering that i have several different sites and so, i often have long, unexplained periods of absence. sorry. anyway, i think i want to start using this blogspot as a place to talk a lot more about fashion related things because none of my friends really care about fashion at all and so, i don't have anyone here to really talk to about it. i have to say i'm rather petrified at how 'bright' everything seems to have become recently - i'm allergic to bright colours. i'm actually allergic to colour full stop - i bought a pair of camel coloured jeans from topshop the other day and that for me is adventurous. i think colour looks amazing on other people but not on me really...never mind, i'll happily stick with navy, navy's been a faithful friend all these years: ever since my primary school jumper and woolly tights and then my woolen secondary blazer and now my topshop sailor coat. i can't really wear navy in august though but, luckily, i'm also partial to white so it should all be fine. however, as a nod to the new season and to jil sander in particular, i've painted my nails in 'funtime fuscia' - to say i felt slightly faint when they were first done is an understatement..

uber.

maddy, india, lily, me. they're my best friends like ever - look how utterly gorgeous they are...jealous, me?? probably best you don't look at my face..thank god 'tent light' is reasonably flattering. oh, if you click it it goes massive. fabulous.

"she wasn't bitter. she was sad, though. but it was a hopeful kind of sad. the kind of sad that just takes time."

apologies.

sorry i've been M.I.A and haven't been on here for ages again - i'm terrible at blogspot, aren't i? well, i was ill and in bed for a few days so i couldn't do more outfit posts and then i've been working and attending compulsory inductions and things. but i'm here now. aha. i've recently ordered quite a few things online so when they all arrive i'll probably do a 'haul' of everything all at once. a couple of the things are from the kate moss collection which, as usual, was incredibly pretty etc etc but ridiculously overpriced - i mean, £75 for topshop jeans?? it's not far off insanity really. (as linda said - to purchase something "i didn't realise i'd have to take out a mortgage..". that's not exactly what she said, but you get the picture..) i'm rather annoyed i didn't manage to get the velvet shorts though but AC for madewell features rather a few pairs so i'll hopefully be able to get some from there - and also when would i wear velvet shorts, really?? exactly. another thing that everyone's been talking/blogging about is the topshop make-up collection..i bought a blush in 'flush' and it's really rather nice actually. it's a sort of 'cream-to-powder' formulation which means it doesn't 'sit' on the skin as other creams can tend to. i got quite a few compliments when wearing it with the general consensus feeling that it looks quite 'natural' which i like seeing as i don't exactly want it to look like i'm wearing lots of blusher...something i ordered today is a tea dress from pearl lowe's peacocks collection. i'm a bit slow off the mark really and didn't realise it has been launched yet (the same reason why i missed the KM velvet shorts...i'm bitter, yes. ha) anyway, i saw on charley's blog that it had been and went to check it out. i ordered this tea dress:

which i thought might be rather nice with ribbed ankle socks and brogues :) anyway, sorry for this terribly rambly post. much love x

today,

(black opaques: m&s schoolwear circa 2002 probably, skirt that practically everybody has: american apparel, striped top: h&m, cardigan: pringle menswear, assorted necklaces: assorted sources, velvet bow: courtesy of mawi..)

sorry, that it's slightly dull, sorry that my legs are about 15cm long, sorry that i have to stand on my bed to be able to take a photo - clearly, the future annie leibovitz i am not x

THEFT.

yes, i stole a 'pimm's stirer' from the pub, i'm just that classy..

"shopping cures depression"

this is going to be a 'what i bought today post' so, bear with me, there's rather a bit of random stuff. but firstly, the bikini i ordered from ASOS came yesterday:

(bikini: £38. but don't tell my mother - she thinks i got it in the sale. ahem)

it's by APC madras and it's navy and cream cotton, which makes it nicer than the lycra-y ones. alexa chung has the green version, i do believe. anyway, today i purchased: some navy heart shorts that were in the topshop sale, they were still £20 though which i thought was ratherr a lot but i really love them, they're not the kind of thing i'd normally go for really - but they're lovely.

(shorts: £20 reduced from £35)

i also bought some grey ribbed socks from topshop, to wear with my wilry platforms obviously, and a lipbalm from the new make-up collection. the sheffield topshop is reallyyy tiny so they didn't have everything which was annoying - i really want to try a blusher as i've heard really good things about them and maybe the felt tip eyeliner but they didn't have them so i just got a rose balm. it's nice. not as good as carmex but then nothing really is..

(socks: £3, lipbalm: £4)

then i went to TKMAXX which i actually hate, mainly because of the crazed atmosphere - remeniscent of a jumble sale really...but i saw a few nice things. i bought a couple of pilgrim bracelets which were hugely reduced to be presents :) they're nice. thenn i saw some pearls which i know might not be mega 'cool' or whatever butttt i like them - classic and classy aha. then i saw a little tube of 'elizabeth arden 8 hour cream' which i've been wanting to try for a while because it's apparantly 'amazing', but, we'll see :)

(8 hour cream: £8 reduced from £18, white freshwater pearl necklace: £6 down from £22, peach freshwater pearls: £12 don't from £27)

then a random buy was a copper bracelet which i bought because it looks a bit like rose gold which i'm currently obsessed with but is just horrifically expensive..you can also see my lulu guinness cocktail ring better in this photo lol

(copper bracelet: £3, cocktail ring (which looks ridiculously huge haha), £40)

finally, i went into h&m and bought a sun dress that i actually saw last year and was going to buy but they didn't have my size and, apparantly, they've re-made it this year, so yay! plus, it was pretty cheap really and then i also bought some fuschia flower clips, which were just a really random buy :)

(dress: £10, clips: £2)

well, that's it - thank god, right :) x