July 2008
4 posts
Playing Dress-up
I was invited to a 21st Birthday a few months ago and was under the impression that it was next Saturday night…until it dawned on me yesterday that I had approximately an hour and a half to cobble together a fancy dress outfit.
I contemplated hippie since I knew I could do that quickly with many items I already had but I settled on a nautical sailor theme and was torn between two...
Apologies!
Life has kept me busy these last few weeks, I have decorated the living room, worked a lot, and got a new job! (Yes, I got the Benefit cosmetics job!)
I went to meet the manager for my store approval this morning and when I got home it was miserable, cold and pouring down with rain. I really wanted to feel warm and cosy so I settled for a grey knitted dress that worn alone is pretty body-con...
Shopping Hell
My lack of posts this week can be attributed to me hunting high and low for the perfect black outfit to wear to my forthcoming interview with Benefit. I never wear all black, and so the black pieces I do wear are all varying shades of black and can’t be worn together. I never wear trousers either, which makes this almost impossible. I only wear trousers when forced to, since they really...
Dear Fashion Gods
Please let me find £60 down the side of the sofa?
Don’t worry, I totes have some spare change for the P&P
Thanks!
June 2008
19 posts
Hurrah!
I am a Benefit JUNKIE! I have been seriously addicted to their products forever, and recently I decided to take the next step and apply for a job with them, since everytime I go to one of their counters the staff seem to really enjoy themselves.
I sent my resume to them, not knowing if there were any positions available but I just had a telephone interview with them and was successful. I have...
Cath Kidston
I headed down to my local Tesco last week to purchase the copious amounts of ice cream for my Gossip Girl marathon and Becki and I were pleased to see the Cath Kidston designed bags were in store!
The bags are meant to be re-useable grocery bags but I think they would be cute and practical for hauling all those books...
So sad.
Rushlana Korshunova died after falling from her 9th floor apartment in Manhattans financial district yesterday in an apparent suicide. So so sad. She was only twenty.
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.
Today I cleaned by trusty sewing machine in preparation for the intense Summer I intend to put it through. My ‘brother’ who is older than me but fabulous and functioning was kindly donated to me by my Great Aunt (a sewing WHIZZ)
Here’s to a fun Summer!
I decided to distract myself from the pouring rain (it should be summer now!) and I had a Gossip Girl marathon with my friend Becki served with copious amounts of Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream. If it isn’t sunny outside, I will try to inject some sunshine into my outfit!
Wearing this skirt just makes me want to twirl!
I finally tidied my room and had a big spring...
I must apologise for being a bad blogger this week. I haven’t had that much to do and yet somehow my days seem really full with hardly any room for fun at all. No real outfit posts to show you since whenever I leave the house I am in my work uniform and look like this.
This past weekend Alex and I went meandering around Manchester for the day and we ended up in the Matthew...
My experience with the Helmut Newton photo...
Today I went into the city centre with two uni friends, Hayley and Liz. Liz lives about 6 hours away so I won’t be seeing her until late September. Before she travels home tomorrow we all wanted a day out and we decided to go for a little look around the shops and some lunch.
As I was heading into the city I realised that the Helmut Newton machine was in town already! I was planning on...
My new favourite top
The weather is killing me right now! When I wake up its cloudy and miserable so I pick out an outfit, head out the door and the sun comes out and makes me look ridiculous! Today I had wanted to wear a super simple outfit and I put the tights on because it was windy.
The sun has just come out so I am going to have to change because I am boiling!
I picked up the skirt at work for £1! It was...
Not long now till the Helmut Newton Photo Machine will be in Manchester! I am definitely going to drag the boyfriend down to Topshop to try this out!
The machine will be in London until June 15th, and will then be recreated in both Manchester ( June 17th-22nd) and Dublin (17th-22nd)
Click here to watch a Times Online video about...
Style Inspiration - Alexa Chung
Whenever I see a picture of Alexa Chung I am always jealous of her laid back but put together style. The model turned tv presenter has made her way onto numerous best dressed lists and bagged an Arctic Monkey so she must be doing something right. Here are some of my favourite Alexa looks…
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I got this skirt a few weeks ago from work and haven’t worn it yet, but after I saw Ida in her fabulous belted skirt I felt I should dig it out. I’m still looking for the perfect tshirt that looks just right with it.
Take to the streets
I have wanted to start a street style blog for a long long time, and now with the whole summer ahead of me I am really itching to do one. I know the internet is saturated with them but I like the idea of going out and interacting with people. That sentence makes it sound like I never leave the house haha.
Anyway, if you are a UK blogger in the North of England and fancy a foray into street...
Knockoff Dior Extreme gladiators.
I’m not sure about the mock reptile, but I’m desperate for a good knockoff of the Dior shoes. I’ve seen a really good pair somewhere in a magazine but I can’t for the life of me remember where.
Chaussures
I’ve been on some kind of black shoe kick recently, and here are two of my recent purchases, both from Primark, since my budget is not permitting anything else right now..
I really like these, just to have as a basic black shoe that will go with anything. They had an off-white pair that could have looked a little Chloe but I was worried that without the height and gold detail on the...
What I wore today - Sex and the City part deux
I wore this to go see Sex and the City for the second time, I had 5 minutes to get changed after work!
Tunic top - £1!!! George at Asda
Leggings £6 Topshop
Boots - £120 Topshop Shoes
Jacket - £8 Primark
Scarf - £4.99 H&M Sale Bin
The great debate
Okay, so I want to talk about the high street, particularly cheap, mass produced stores like Primark. Today I was taking to a friend about shopping and she was saying that she wishes she could shop in Primark but finds it hard because she doesn’t want to end up wearing something that a million other people will have on.
For me, its the complete opposite. I love seeing how different people...
What I wore today - a pretty lazy Sunday
Sweater - £9.99 H&M Tshirt (worn underneath) - £don’t remember! Topshop Skirt - £12 George Boots - £49.99 Office Ignore my odd pose and background, the lighting is better in my parents room.
Housekeeping
Today I was supposed to head down to the sample sale held by MFN, but something shocking happened that stopped me from going - I had a sensible thought and made an even more sensible decision! The horror! Here’s the thing, I have 2 wardrobes that are groaning under the sheer weight of all the clothes I pile in, a cupboard stuffed full of folded stuff like jeans and shirts, and 2 sets of 3...
May 2008
10 posts
Style Bytes: Where is Agathe?
There seems to be a huge debate going on within the fashion blogging community as to where the heck beloved daily blogger Agathe (who runs Style Bytes) has gone.
Fashion Hayley hits home and High Fashion Girl have both posted about it, and just reading the comments on this post illustrates how many people are missing her absence. I for one, can’t wait until she returns,...
Loot!
I went shopping today, inadvertently. I say this because I accompanied my Mum and Nana to Liverpool to exchange some Chanel sunglasses and I fully intended not to buy anything other than shampoo from Lush. I drove there and back and my Mum (understanding my current financial situation) decided to give me some money since she knows I love spending it. For the £40 I had, I could either have got one...
What I wore today for a quick shopping trip.
Dress - £8 George Leggings - £5 H&M Boots (sorry you can’t see them!) - £120 Topshop shoes Jacket - £8 Primark Scarf - £4.99 H&M sale bin Knockoff Stam bag - £15 St Johns Liverpool The weather has taken a turn for the worst here so I wanted to be warm and comfortable, sorry the lighting isn’t great but I was in a hurry, I hope to do more of these WIWTD posts during my Summer...
Top banana?
I have a love/hate relationship with Topshop. There was a time when I knew that walking into the store I would see a million things I liked and immediately want, but then I started working at the London flagship store, and everything kind of lost its sparkle. I left one day (the only job I just never went back to) and around that time I became irritated with the prices and the quality of the...
From Paris with love
This weekend I went to Portobello Market where I stumbled across Junk Jewels. They make pretty much any charm you want into a necklace or bracelet in about 5 minutes and the prices are reasonable. I got a bracelet (because I have so many necklaces and hardly ever wear bracelets so I thought this ought to change) with the Eiffel Tower on and a cute little gold postcard. You cant really see it here,...
Nautical but nice
Its my birthday on Saturday, and I have a dance event in the daytime, but in the evening I will be having a nice little meal with my family and Alex to celebrate (and then maybe cocktails?) I was fully intending to get a new dress until I checked my bank account and decided that wasn’t such a good idea. I have a ridiculous amount of clothes and one rummage into my wardrobe returned a dress...
Distance makes the heart grow fonder?
Yesterday I was reading LC’s blog about the 90’s themed party she went to, and after I got over feeling horribly old (not long ago the 90s seemed too close to completely separate it in style but now its been enough time for a parody) something occurred to me: Was the 90’s a terrible bad style decade or is it just its proximity to us that makes us feel that...
Inspiration xoxo
I have been utterly devoted to (or completely obsessed by) Gossip Girl ever since i saw the first ads on Perez Hilton. I waited in the hopes that I might get to see it and finally earlier this year Blair and co made their way over the pond and ITV2 started to screen it. After one episode I was hooked and simultaneously outraged that we were so behind in the UK. I searched...
Getting to know you..
I have been reading other peoples fantastic style blogs for some time now, and every once in a while I get the crazy notion that maybe I should have a stab at it too. My name is Gemma, I live in England and I study French and Spanish. I like pandas, penguins, Michael Cera, the Olsen twins and salacious celebrity gossip. I have a thing for black comedies and terrible reality tv and I spend my time...
Blogroll
I recommend checking out the following websites;
Fops and Dandies
Fashion Toast
The Cherry Blossom Girl
Style Bytes (unfortunately Agathe seems to have taken her blog down, but I will leave this here in case it reappears)
Dance with me forever
Fashion Hayley Hits Home
Cinnamon, Coffee, and Laughs
Ooh shiny
High Fashion Girl
She’s Dressing Up
Mademoiselle Bariolée
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