Off to the Serpentine

These pictures are just before we went to the Serpentine gallery to see Jeff Koon's Popeye series, which was amazing. I don't know how to feel about Jeff Koons himself since he apparently believes he somehow owns the rights to the stuff he appropriates for his art, but I do love his work!

I'm wearing:

Flamingo Cardigan: Topshop 

Necklace: Cicely Margo (check her out, she's amazing!)

Dress: Home Made

Tights: H&M

Shoes: Office

Poodle Tote Bag: Cram Cream

And here is a final picture of Lillian werkin' those blue lips:

French Fancy

Haha, here are our cheesy French stereotype outfits to go to Pinkles in Brighton! We spent the whole day with people thinking we were on some weird two-person hen do. Whatever, I like this type of look! A stripy jumper and beret combo will always get a thumbs up from me.

Mini Beret: Home made (Lillian is wearing one too) 

Jumper: Primark

Petticoat: A shop in Camden.

Tights: Anywhere

Shoes: Topshop

Brown Checks

Here's a little OOTD from two years ago. I remember being so proud of this dress, but now I can't see why! To see what I mean, the pattern I used is this Simplicity vintage re-issue. I thought it would make me look like Peggy Olson. Hmm. Maybe it's because I've learned a lot more about fitting and getting the right sizing in general when making clothes, but I didn't make a test garment with this one and it came out huge, so I had to take it in nearly everywhere, and it turns out that isn't a great idea when you've made it in a loud check! I swear the skirt was of sleeping bag proportions instead of the slinky pencil skirt depicted on the envelope.

Anyway, enough of my bitterness! It's a dress, and I could wear it- and goodness knows a lot of the stuff I start doesn't make it that far!

Dress: Home made

Shirt: H&M

Tights: Dunnes

Shoes: Topshop 

Tie you can't see: Thrifted

Check out lovely Pippa the Collie in the back there!

You can see the fabric better here. I love it, I wish I had more.

 Digby looking thrilled to receive a cuddle.

Also, a big hello to my new followers! I followed the blogs I could find back, you guys are a really interesting bunch! I have a day off tomorrow so I'm going to get read up. <3

Silver Brocade

Here's a quick post about a dress I made and wore only once. I only wore it once because after this it got far too hot, and then I sort of forgot about it. It's made from silver fleur de lys brocade, the sort they make men's wedding waistcoats from. The pattern is 60s- I shortened it a lot and shaped the skirt out though, as the skirt was kind of sack-like before. 

 Dress: Home made

Ruffle Shirt: Hawes & Curtis

Tights: H&M

Boots: Vivienne Westwood for Melissa

I still can't decide if I like it or if it's one of my white elephant sewing projects better forgotten...

Trip to a Castle

If you're wondering why we look totally different here from the last couple of posts, it's because this is from 2009. The continuity in this blog is terrible, and won't get any better, but that's so I can get caught up and start posting stuff from this year!

Jumper: Upper 5th

Tulle Skirt: Home made (I made tons of tutus like this in lots of different colours)

Tights; Just plain ol' fishnets

Headscarf: Scrap of leftover tulle

Glitter Shoes: Primark

Lipstick: MAC Morange

 This is one of my favourite photos ever. Look at me and Perry having a laugh!

Tweedy

This was us off to see David Devant and his Spirit Wife at the 100 Club! They don't gig very often, so it's always a huge deal for me to get to go and see them.

This is me at the height of my tweed-mania, where I wanted to look like a posh equestrian patrician type. I think I was aiming to look a bit like 30's Marlene Dietrich. I fell very wide of the mark. 

Hacking Jacket: Vintage Harris Tweed

Shirt: Hawes & Curtis

Scarf: NOT Hermes- Tie Rack :P

Skirt: Home made

Tights: H&M

Boots: Real riding boots from eBay

Trashy pink outfit

Looking back on these old pictures, two things strike me: One, wow, we are obsessed with Marine Ices. Two, it makes me want to dig out stuff I haven't worn for ages to wear them again- I love that pink heart pointelle jumper so much. (You can see the hearts if you look closely.)

I like this outfit, it's Barbieish and tacky. I don't really wear this type of thing anymore, but that sort of makes me sad. I need more trashy clothes!

Jumper: Upper 5th

Skirt: Home made (I used to live in that skirt)

Tights: H&M

Shoes: New Look

Necklace: Knock-off Vivienne Westwood from eBay :P

A Marine Ices treat

Still in August, this is from when we decided to treat ourselves to a trip to our favourite restaurant, Marine Ices. (There will be lots more trips from this particular place I have to show- it's just that good!) We went to see a re-screening of Jurassic Park before this, so looking at these pics always remind me of dinosaurs.

T Shirt: The Disney Store
Skirt: Home-made
Tights: H&M
Shoes: Office