style resolutions III - not everything is black & white

That, dear readers, is a big pile of colour.

A big resolution to myself is to buy less black and grey next year. I have plenty.

Although I totally need to replace my BELOVED grey uniqlo cardi, which I might have accidentally dyed purple by washing it with a bright pink skirt.

Sigh.

If eBay throws up nothing I will literally be dyeing it back to grey.

Anyways, a recent charity shop jaunt added to the pile of colours; and in the spirit of procrastinating from doing uni work, I had a right old go at putting some "colour only" outfits together.

This is harder than it looks.

Unless you don't mind looking like a box of crayons.

Also, I had grey tights on and couldn't be bothered to take 'em off.

Also, I'm still allowed nudes cos I say so.

vintage skirt & lace onesie; thrifted/DIYed gold vest; legwarmers

Legwarmers?!?! Ana left me them. I've never been down with legwarmers. But I quite enjoy these. I also kinda enjoy the vests fraying hem.

asos stripe top; thrifted silk vest & wrap skirt; vintage shoes

orange and pink shoulnd't work, but it totally does. right? RIGHT?!

thrifted blouse&scarf; vintage lace onesie; topshop skirt; peacocks boots

coat&scarf - christmas presents!; thrifted dress and VersaceJeans skirt; ebayed Lagerfeld loafers

It amuses me that the skirt is the same colour as my hair.

Topshop/christmas present cardi type deely; gold crop vest; blue skirt DIYed from a dress; Pierre Cardin shoes

I am alllll about this cardi/jacket effort right now.

Let's take a closer look at that last one, cos I tied/folded/weaved that scarf into a turban type deely that I will likely never be able to recreate; but that I thought was totally hot for about 5 minutes.

This all came about cos we went ice skating earlier in the day and I donned this.

thrifted henley; vintage skirt&belt&lace onesie; asos boots; primark legwarmers&tights; DIYed scarf; ebayed coat; various jewellery

Hmm, outfit heavy post.

K, I've got stuff to be doing.

Like NYE tomorrow; still dunno what to wear, but it's likely that TS jacket/cardi/thing will make an appearance cos I LOVE IT right now.

style resolutions II - not actually to do with style....

Rather, to do with blogging and writing and working in general.

Must post; must keep on writing, unlike I did a little in the summer.

Must not be so lazy.

Must do something productive every day, whether it's uni work, blogging (setting up scheduled posts if I have a lot to blog about!) or working on "other projects"

Must undertake "other projects"...

...other projects being DIY projects; making stuff to sell on etsy, and the newest venture, the zine.

Yeah, so, having a whole bunch of writer/photographer/media/fashion-y type friends is a fat lot of good if you're not going to utilise them, says I. As such, we're looking at putting together a zine of some sort. No ideas yet, of course - we'll look at names, themes, articles etc in the new year, I think, and I'll put up a pdf link on the blog and probably send it about to a few people/bloggers if they're interested whenever it's ready.

Might even have a launch party.

And by launch party, I clearly mean we'll all go to theCut/Jukebox/Stonelove and get drunk.

I will, of course, keep you lot updated on what's occurring with it, but expect something a bit mismatched and random. A bit like this blog, then, non?

style resolutions I - hair

It's the last week of the decade.

In case you hadn't heard.

That, of course, also makes it the last week of the year.

Now, 2009 was pretty effing amazing.

I mean, I literally had the year of my life. It can only be downhill from here, can't it?

I assume the next, oh, at least 18 months will be. Stress, stress, stress at uni, I assume. I do hope I can continue to keep up with the ol' blogging.

London, travelling, socialising, meeting the people I met, having the nights I had, starting to blog and as such becoming part of such a welcoming community? Allllll amazing things.

So, what for 2010?

I don't know what the next year, or indeed, any of the future holds in terms of, well, anything, but what I can predict, or make a resolution about at least, is the evolution of jenn.

Not that I'm gonna start talking in the 3rd person; I'm not that pretentious.

If you've been reading for a while you might note that I'm a bit sick of having such short hair. Turns out I have a whole hair plan for the next i-don't-know-how-long, but I think this is achieveable within a year, non?

Hairspiration numero uno:

Some 60s model lady, found on...I don't remember where. It's nearly at this stage already, I think.

Hairspiration numero due:

Taylor Tomasi, senior market editor for Teen Vogue (both pics from Jak&Jil).

All I need is the length! Then a bit of thinning out and a nice straighten. Just not too straight. Never a fan of this.

Hairspiration numero tre:

Daphné Burki (from Garance Doré's blog.)

Back to natural colour, tips dipped in honey blonde, a bit tousled. This time next year, friends and readers, this time next year. I think hers is a honey blonde that's growing out, but I'm not doing that, aww hell no.