Hell for leather

Dress - Topshop// Jacket - Topshop// Satchel - ASOS// Necklace - Primark// Boots - ASOS

Snapped a very quick OOTD before throwing the PJs on and catching up with Glee this evening... apologies for the rather ridiculous boob flare - I did not realise until it was far too late that the bra was quite so shiny... oh well!

This is my leather jacket from a Topshop sale about four years ago - the zip's broken, so it doesn't fasten, leaving my pretty chilly past October, but I love it because it will forever be my 'Ashley Olsen circa 2006'  biker.

Pic courtesy of Olsens Anonymous.

Humpday Hello!

This week’s muchos respect goes out to the beautiful and thrifty Pretty Much Penniless.

Every time I read this blog I'm jealous of her amazing jumbling skills, everything she owns and her sense of personal style - she always look pretty, fresh and vintage-inspired. Keep it up lady! She also does a lovely mix of outfit posts, beauty reviews and lovely objects she's collected, parties she's attended. Simply put it's a lovely blog.

So, a few more reasons I love it... (just in case I didn't sound enough like a stalker freak!)

 She's such a pretty lady! Check out the print of that dress, and that lippy - perfect look Mrs!

She owns a phone shaped like a piano - that she found for a pound.

These amazing thrifted maxis...

Keep up the good work! x

Cringe

Agh... here goes, my first outfit post. It's scary putting yourself out there on the internets, especially after roping in my poor mate to take a million pics before I realised I wasn't going to like any of them, whatever she did.

So, the run down, top to bottom: Necklace - old ASOS; dress - River Island (It's not actually as wide as it -- or I -- look in th picture, the 'Tyra booty tooch' I was attempting distorted the whole darn thang!); jacket - vintage Earl jeans; cuff - h and m; bracelet - gift; ring - random jewellry shop in Greece; sandals - Topshop.

Phew, I will now crawl into a cave and be embarrassed about uploading pictures of myself onto the internet... oh, and apologies for the return of the shiny head and general dog's dinnerness of this whole thing... I'd just got back from Oxford Street, and it was 10pm.

To the maxi

My mission for the next two weeks is to secure myself a couple of blinding jersey maxi dresses for summer.

I sadly overlooked the holy grail – a charcoal grey and peachy pink tie-die number from River Island that sold out in my size before I decided to ignore my curves and embrace the trend… I now have to watch a friend wear it – perfectly accessorised with a baby bump – throughout the summer, as I bagged her the last size 12. I know, so selfless!
So there are a couple on my radar, including the puppies above and below, all from ASOS…

The first two are in my price bracket, but I fear the somewhat empire line of the bust will not look great on your truly... but that Seneca Rising tie die beauty below is a financial long shot (getit?!) at more than £100.
Going to order the thriftier versions and will let you know how they work out, in what I’m calling ‘Project Bumskimmer’.