Style Steal - Stevie Nicks

There's something about Autumn that makes me want to start dressing like Stevie Nicks circa 1976. Queen of the batwing sleeve and cape backed dress, I don't know if it's because her style is so witchy and I just want to dress for Halloween through October but every year I find myself questioning why I have chosen to work in a job where it's not acceptable to swan around wearing a big cape back dress, lifting my arms up to show off the cape in a dramatic witchy fashion at any given opportunity (because trust me, in the same way that if you wear a big full swishy skirt you feel the need to spin until you're dizzy, wearing a capey dress means you impulsively lift out your arms without even thinking...)

The good thing is that every time Autumn rolls around fashion designers seem to also have the same notion, and provide witchy clothes for us all to buy and release our inner Stevie. With the comeback of the Kimono, things just got a whole lot better for those of us that way inclined. 

Here are a few gems I've spotted so far in my quest to dress like a full time witch/Stevie Nicks hybrid...

                 Religion, Miss Selfridge, Tosphop, Missguided, Topshop, Topshop, River Island, Topshop, River Island, River Island, River Island, Missguided 

xox

Glory Days

Today I made a wee jokey video about my old school photos, which you can watch here. It's a weird feeling looking at old school photos. I don't recognize myself in them at all, and I don't know whether that's down to age, hair dye, the full face of make up my insecurities sway me into applying everyday, or something under the surface, the life experiences I've had since that time irrevocably changing me.

 Whilst some people proclaim their school days to be the best of their life, to me that concept is so alien and bizarre that I can't even begin to comprehend how anyone could actually enjoy school. School for me, consists of a treasure trove of memories, none of them particularly good. I feel like to use the word bullying would be putting too fine a point on it, but I was definitely one of the strange kids that the popular kids took the piss out of or shouted abuse at on occasion. If you did enjoy school then I am insanely jealous of you for making it out alive, cos most of us didn't.

 On the plus side, hey at least these photos show I'm a slow ager and maybes when I'm 60 I'll have the face of a 30 year old. Here's hoping.

Happy Monday.

xox

The Beach Boys

A cloudy sky + A windy beach + Two crazy dogs = My idea of perfection.

xox

COATS COATS COATS

SO carrying on from the final point of my intro post, I would like to tell you about my life ambition. My life ambition is to have an entire room filled with coats (I jest, of course that's not my only life ambition. I also have the goals of growing my hair out mermaid style, having 10 dogs and winning the lottery. Hopes and dreams people, hopes and dreams). I LOVE COATS. We're just getting into Autumn, and every year at this time, I feel an incessant need to tell anyone who'll listen exactly how much I love Autumn, and exactly how much I love coats. I think one of the main reasons I love Autumn is because I love coats. Do you know how hard it is having an epic coat collection, and having to wistfully stare at your beautiful coats all confined to a wardrobe cos it's too hot to wear them? Not fun. So anyways, if I'm going to realise my dream of having enough coats to fill a room, I need to bulk up my collection a wee bit. Here are the coats I've been eyeing up so far since all the shops finally started to showcase their A/W collections (we're not even out of September yet, it's possible I have a coat related OCD problem...)


ASOS - £80 This is pretty high up on my need list right now. I've wanted a red coat for ages, despite the fact that I'm only 5 foot and it may make me look like the crazed tiny killer lady from the film Don't Look Now. But red coat, black fur collar, biker style, BE STILL MY BEATING HEART.

Miss Selfridge £79 I might have bought this today. Maybe. Needless to say attempts to save money are proving pretty futile. But I'm sorry, there was a leopard print trench coat shaped hole in my life. And with an all black outfit I will be happy as larry and money can't buy happiness (but maybe coats can) so fuck saving.

Miss Selfridge £89 I might have nearly bought this today. But finding the restraint that failed me with the leopard trench I decided not to (I actually decided to buy it next month, but c'mon same difference). I have a coat similar to this but it's black fur instead on the collar, and I wore it to death last year, so naturally I need to buy it a blonde haired sister.  This one when I get my filthy mitts on it will make me feel like some kinda Russian Princess 1950's Glamourpuss Hybrid. And that's clearly how every girl wants to feel.





River Island £90 This coat broke my heart a wee bit. I saw it online. I loved it, I resolved I needed it noooow and trotted off to River Island to buy it. I tried it on, and looked in the mirror to see that I actually looked like I was either in fancy dress as something from the Matrix, or else going for the uber long leather coated Goth look. It's a beautiful coat, just not so good for the short people. If you're a tall lady though it would be ace (and I'll try not to give you death stares as you pass me in the street as I dream of what could have been if I had an extra few inches). The idea of a leather trench coat does still appeal to me though so hopefully one day soon me and my stupid tiny bones will find one which has been made with the more petite ladies in mind.

       H&M - £34.99 H&M are always a great go to for beautiful coats at         low prices. This is the type of coat that's light weight enough to wear         on the days where the weathers still slightly warm, and then layer up         underneath as we get into colder weather. I'm a massive fan of basic         cuts and shapes (mainly cos I'm lazy and it makes getting dressed a           lot easier) and this is a fab wee basic wool jacket. Plus I bloody love           grey coats.

So that's all the coats that have so far been added to my 'to buy' list. And that's only covering the actual coat side of things, it's probably best if we avoid talking about my biker jacket obsession cos that one really doesn't need to be encouraged anymore. No doubt as we get further into colder weather the shops will release even more coats and I will cry at the fact that there is too much choice/that I don't have an endless supply of money/be so overwhelmed that I will have a meltdown in the outerwear section of any given shop. But rest safe in the knowledge that one day soon my friends, my coat room will be a reality*.

If you see any more good coats please send them my way. You can just never have enough.

*Please feel free to disregard the fact that I don't even have a spare room to make into my coat room. Technicalities don't make no difference to coat based dreams.

xox

Hello Dolly(s)!

So I'm going to assume that most of you have clicked through for a nosy from that small corner of the internet world known as Youtube. HI GUYS. I love Youtube, I really do. But do ya know what, I've been feeling a wee bit lately that vlogging and making videos is bloody time consuming that it's really hard to be consistent with it. I'm far too laid back (read complacent) with these things as it is, I think of videos I would love to make but the sheer amount of effort it takes to film, edit and upload a video and fitting that in around a full time job and being able to film in a house that other people who don't know I do Youtube live in, means they often fall to the wayside until I have the time, leaving sometimes weeks between uploads. So I decided that maybe I would like a blog to run along side youtube, because A) it means I can make silly posts on silly things that I would feel silly dedicating an entire video to, B) Taking photos of things is much quicker than filming things which hopefully means more posts C) I got a fancy new laptop which I actually want to use for stuff other than googling cute puppy photos and D) (and this may be the most relevant point) I can blog in pyjamas and unbrushed hair and no make up and NOBODY WILL KNOW. I mean technically I could also film like that but I'd rather not scare the world with my general crazy scarecrow look that I tend to style around the house on lazy days. 

If you haven't come from Youtube (then please go check it out) then HI FOR THE FIRST TIME. Nice to meet you. Please feel free to stick around and read my ramblings on life, lipstick and my need to have a whole entire room filled with coats.

Xox.