Feeling Blue

 

Turkish tile design

Istanbul Harem wall

Stella McCartney S/S 2012

Florence Welch

My new summery outfit is based on my trip to Istanbul in Turkey last summer.  The denim top is from Topshop, the trousers are from a Turkish market and the shoes are a Liberty/Nike collaboration that I got from eBay. I love paisley in blue (it looks disgusting in brown/orange colours) and the geometric designs that are so popular in old Turkish design inspired me, as well as the Stella McCartney collection from last Spring/Summer.

british weather and preparation for summer

My new thing to do when I'm bored is just make up outfits I'm going to wear in summer, so  here's one of them, with me looking deathly pale as usual *sigh*:

Clothes: t shirt from Latitude festival 2012, skirt is Rachel Riley vintage, shoes are white canvas converse.

Over in England, if you don't live here, you won't know that we have all become grey and ill from lack of sunlight, and recently we have finally actually got some sun, so everyone is madly celebrating and going outside in shorts when its only about 12 degrees. Therefore I made a playlist to celebrate the occasion, because we're very serious about weather here in Britain.

So a thing you may have learned about me by now, is that I spend WAYY to much time on the computer. Im serious guys I literally never leave my room, and whenever I look away from my computer I get seriously dizzy and little stars pop up in front of my eyes. Okay maybe it's not that serious, but to sever the close relationship I have with my computer, I decided to do more drawing/writing on paper.. 

I drew this, based on the anonymous poem 'Tea for Two' because I think it pretty much sums up Britain, what with the tea, and the rain *sigh*.

outfit post: english seaside

I'm excited for summer, so my outfit today was inspired by the English seaside, like Brighton pier and Eastbourne and Hastings, and the rock shops and fairgrounds there. Like those postcards of the sea and red and white stripy deck chairs that say 'Wish you were Here'.. Basically that whole vibe. 

Clothes: jacket is vintage, shirt from ebay, skirt from topshop, shoes from converse.
My inspiration came from these photos:

 my friend and I at the seaside

I made a seaside playlist too:

life's a beach

Let's Go Surfing - The Drums
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
The Sea - Swim Deep
Lovesick - Peace
Life's A Beach - Django Django
Lust For Life - Girls
Beach Slalom - Bos Angeles

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first post and minimalistic fashion

First Blog Post is exciting, hello everyone..
Outfit of the Day: Black and White
I am in love with the 'minimalistic all-in-black or white or both' look, (without it looking really boring) at the moment. I'm mainly talking about the beautiful outfits on fashion designer's catwalks like the ones for Valentino S/S12, but today I tried to mimic it using the humble clothes from my not-so-lovely wardrobe, seeing as I'm not incredibly rich and can't buy clothes because I'm broke *sighh*. So here goes:

What I'm Wearing: silver stud ear rings, gold chain from a car boot sale, vintage black bomber jacket, original BOY London vest, Topshop Leigh black jeans, black H&M platform gym shoes.

If I was Daphne Groeneveld some other effortlessly stylish, sophisticated person I'd bleach my hair white and hopefully replicate the feeling of these photos I found on tumblr *i wish*:

Sorry to everyone, I can't credit these photos because none of them had sources..

But it's basically the pale, minimalistic, modern look that I love at the moment..This is beginning to sound pretentious. Oh god.

Also, I feel this whole look goes well with the new Crystal Castles Album: (III) which is perfect, and although Alice Glass might be a lot more grungey and mad compared to this composed look, she is one of the loves of my life and this new album is perfect, so here it is:

Crystal Castles – (III)

Anyway I'll post again soon- I hope there's actually someone listening and I'm not just talking to myself.. Here's my tumblr which I post on daily.

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