ice.

not ice as in the bane of my life; that prevented me from cycling for so long, and which was finally gone until it did a little snow today; no no; but ice as in ice blue...

blue dress off of placement//shirt stolen off of housemate (he's not getting it back, it's too warm and cosy)//primark tights//h! by henry holland shorts//peacocks boots

h&m bodycon dress//asos boots

two days, two outfits, one dress.

a dress that's been hanging in my wardrobe for almost 2 years and which i've worn approx once in all that time - always a contender for the ebay pile, every time i have a clear out, but always managing to worm it's way back in. i blame the wonderful colour and the quality for this (100% silk panel. believe.)... the elasticated panels at the waist pull weirdly if you just tie the belt at the back, see, but the past two days i tied it at the front. crossover details > weird pulling, of course.

so now, regular rotation.

apologies, by the way, for the stream of outfit posts. i have little else to write about and little time to write about it anyway - first half of my collection work is due on monday (4 toiles, 10 samples, 12 illustrated looks plus technical drawings for each garment, sketchbook, fabric book, muse board+story, philosophy, brief) and dissertation is due tuesday (done. 80 words over the word count. suck it, bitches.), so, yeah. and though i meant to post collection updates on my tumblr, that has also...not...happened...

hohum.

goodbye 2010.

...goodbye witchyfallvibes. (because january means it's spring soon, obviously)

it was only fitting that my nye outfit was as such:

river island lace body//topshop crop top//vintage belt//2nd hand skirt//priceless boots//ebay+H&M rings

the only thing i hate about house parties is that i always go to the trouble of making a playlist (or at least picking one out...) and then an hour later someone's drunk and wants to listen to a certain song NOW, so they mess up the shuffle and i have to go back and fix it. dammit. why do people not understand my playlist nazi tendencies?

also, parasols are gonna be huge in '11; i can feel it. this picture accurately sums up these two points.

green.

i know, a post, le shock

vintage dress+fur collar//2nd hand boots+coat//zara jumper//matalan belt//handknit scarf

sos and that, busy with uni/christmas. but for holiday-based trips out for food and stuff, vaguely festive outfits are a must. so, green maxi dress with sparkly top half which you can just see peeking out of the jumper fits the bill, yes? despite the fact it needs an iron desperately. all my maxis have creases near the bottom where i fold them up on themselves in my wardrobe....oh well.

blur.

as in these photos are blurry

not as in the britpop band

k?

last couple of weeks of term; busybusy. not my main excuse for not blogging though (computer problems and having nothing of note to post, since you're asking. never fear, i have a new hard drive and everything is back as it should be, and i am definitely still wearing clothes so both are covered.)

here is an outfit.

ebayed bowler hat+jacket//zara jumper//primark belt//trousers off of placement//army+navy store shoes

plus gloves, plus scarf, minus bike. stupid ice and snow; i've had it out about 3 times in as many weeks; my calves are no longer CALVESOFSTEEEEEEL. boohissboo.

i shall now catch up on a few days of unread posts on my feedreader, while sipping Baileys hot chocolate. tomorrow is fake christmas, and also musicals day, so more of the same, yes?

let it snow.

as it has been for the past week or so. the snow keeps falling off our roof so we have to pretty much climb over a wall of snow to get from our front door to the path... sigh.

i started out wearing lots of layers with my fur coat and being far too hot (i know, wtf), and gradually wore less and less layers underneath it until I was literally only wearing a dress and the coat (and tights and 3 pairs of socks and wellies, but still).

still too hot.

so today, my next thickest winter coat, plus scarf, plus earmuffs (my ears get significantly colder than any part of me by A LONG WAY.), then lots of layers again.

STILL. TOO. HOT.

at least, on the way to uni and during the day; layers much appreciated walking home at 7pm...

coat + wellies from ebay//charity shop shirt//zara jumper//vintage shorts//

ear muffs were either a present from my friend or i borrowed them from her in college and never gave them back. let's call them stolen?//

h&m mittens//asos hand...thing

oh yeah, the hand thing...

literally the first time i've ever seen something on a blog (the blog in question would be 5 inch & up) and exclaimed out loud to no one in particular "WHERE CAN I GET THAT?!? I MUST HAVE IT NOW! IT'S ONLY 12 QUID! I DON'T THINK I CAN AFFORD THAT BUT I DON'T CARE"

thank you ASOS - the S/M appears to be sold out, but note the gaps in the middle/index finger bands; i had to make them myself. all three rings are the same size... i ask you, who the hell has the same size index, middle and ring fingers? the M/L would've been far too big for my ring finger, but the S/M was too small for the other two. not to be beaten, i brought out the scissors (yes, really) and sorted that bad boy out.

thought the slits might get on my nerves by the end of the day, but this slightly less cumbersome than my other (vintage, silver) hand thing and now i have hand things in two colours, so i may be encumbered by hand adornments on pretty much any occasion.

score.