Don't bank on it

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Well, I am just so dumb it's unbelievable. How many times in the past few days have I heard people say "Well, it's a bank holiday". Bank holiday, as in a holiday for banks, and yet today I still get dressed and merrily skip (ok, slowly walk, there was no skipping) into town thinking "Ahh! I shall take money out of my other bank account in order to purchase things from shops". Um, no, the banks are closed, remember? Like they are on a Sunday (yesterday) when I did the exact same thing. Half way to the bank then realise it'll be shut. Still I found some nice things in H&M and put them on hold for tomorrow, should make dressing for work a little bit more interesting I hope!

Today I wore:

Silver flats - Topshop (about...a million years ago), tights - Primark, skirt - Primark, top - Topshop, cardigan - H&M, cuff - ebay. Ridiculous pose - model's own. Please excuse the childish paint job on the face but I was looking disturbingly vacant. It reminds me of a time when this girl we didn't like at school showed me this picture on her computer (why I was near the computer of a girl I didn't like remains a mystery) she had added, with the help of paint, devil horns, bogies, crowns etc to everyone in our school photo. This was high school by the way. Very "witty".

Ah well, my purchases await behind the till at H&M. I have also noticed the arrival of about a million tourists in good old Edinburgh, they were queuing (ie standing in my way with giant backpacks) for those crazy tourbuses. They actually reduce the amount of style in the city, I swear. Why is it that in your home town you'd never dain to wear a "fanny pack" a giant rucksack on your front (like some sort of ridiculous marsupial) or orthopeadic sandals, with socks? Yet when on holiday these things are uniform, why not just wear normal clothes?!

Feel free to ignore my ramblings...

Char x x x

Konichiwa kitty!

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I've finally managed to find some of the Hello Kitty in Dior from June's Vogue Nippon, despite the fact that there are no Vogue Nippons to be found in Edinburgh (believe me, I've looked...). So here is Kitty-chan in every outfit of the collection. More pictures can be found here.

I got the image from Fashion Week Daily, so thanks for that!

I've long been a fan of Japanese street fashion and the other day I found an awesome site, Japanesestreets, where you can view street fashion from Tokyo by area, or I could yesterday and now I can't work the website out...

Char x x x

The lightning round

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Today's outfit, partly inspired by Sea's previous post on amazing sock/tights combos from Vogue Italia.

T-shirt - H&M, skirt - boohoo, black tights - who knows? knee-highs - vintage Pretty Polly via ebay, flats - Dorothy Perkins. Would've been better with grey tights but alas they are all in the wash!
Close up of the lightning-bolt awesomeness
Hair clips - H&M
Ring - etsy

Char x x x

Wedding

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Sea and I attended the wedding of our manager last night. She looked amazing (of course!) but here's what I wore:

Dress - Topshop Tall, Tights - tightsplease, satin shoes - Roland Cartier at House of Fraser. These shoes were actually my prom shoes, like three years ago, but they are pretty much the most expensive shoes I own so I should wear them more than twice!

I wore this hairband too, it was a gift from my workmates when I left. The bracelet matches!

Char x x x

Weekend!

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It feels like ages since I've been able to dress how I like, although I don't object to the dress code at work it doesn't really leave room for much creativity...it also feels like forever since I had a decent outfit to post!

Skirt - Primark, shirt - asos, vest - Topshop, tights - Pamela Mann at tightsplease, shoes - Debenhams, bangles - ebay. I really need to find these tights in a size that isn't "one-size" because they are waaaay too short!

Close up view of laceness...

I went out for drinks last night with some school friends I haven't seen for a while. I basically wore the outfit I'm wearing in the header, repetition!

Dress - Primark, cuffs - etsy, cardigan - H&M
These are probably the fiercest heels I own. i know they're not even that high but for some reason they're still really uncomfortable! They were from asos like a million years ago when it was still an uber cheap website unknown to the masses. The tights are Primark, of course!

This skirt came this morning from boohoo (I know I should've sworn never to buy anything from there again after fag-gate, but they gave me 10% off and I wanted this skirt so much!) I also got a boring white shirt for work, sigh.

Char x x x

Getting down to business

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I mentioned before my new job and the strict dress code there and after reading on the clothes horse I was comforted to know that I'm not the only one who struggles with dressing appropriatly for work. The rules are much more explicit for us than the often-used, loose term "business casual". Basically at all times I must wear a suit jacket, which has to be a "muted" colour like black or grey, skirts are allowed but no short trousers. Shoes are black or muted too. How to wear tailoring without being really dull and how to do it on a budget? There are cheaper suits available but it's tough for me, being tall, as they don't tend to fit well. There is nothing worse than an ill-fitting suit. I actually have been meaning to take pictures of my pathetic attempts at work wear thus far but I always seem to be rushing out the door!

Looking at pretty pictures on style.com made me think that, perhaps, with enough imagination suits don't have to be boring.

Gucci, Phi, Nina Ricci

If I'm not too tired after work tomorrow I'll take a trip to H&M, where I've found the best selection of suits/work wear on the high street so far. I am so looking forward to a day off to dress how I please!

Char x x x

knee high.

Going through some recent threads at http://www.adorevintage.com/ forums, I came across a fantastic photo shoot. It was by Emma Summerton from Vogue Italia. The user 'pimmyheart' posted the pictures at adorevintage.com forum, but it came originally from The Fashion Spot by TFS member 'Faith Akiyama'.

Here are just a few from the shoot;

What I loved about this shoot (apart from the gorgeous Lily Donaldson!) was the use of tights & knee high socks and various other hoisery. Both Char and myself are big fans of buying tights, cute socks etc!

This shoot inspired me to have a little go at combining different socks/tights together. I loved it! Only a couple will be posted as (just my luck) a bunch of my tights and socks are in the washing! *booooo*

Not many, sorry!
Sea x.x.