Weather to Fly

^Elbow











More photos of K being my ever-willing model in the shirt outfit I made a couple of projects back. These are my favourite photos from my first term of art school. :)

Lady Vengeance

Some people might say I've been semi stalking Arabelle Sicardi. They might also say I've developed a recent interest in (feminist) makeup. They would be right. I can't find the exact post now, but Arabelle wrote about wearing red eyeshadow inspired by the film Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (which I have not seen but promptly googled). Then several days later, I find I can't get the idea of red eyeshadow out of my head. Since I own barely any eyeshadow, I went for face paint and I think it looks just as cool. I don't know why I've never seen anyone or even thought about wearing red eyeshadow. In hindsight, it seems such an obvious colour choice as it's (vaguely) skin toned…. :)

Walk

Asos jumper

old Topshop jeans ripped by me

gloves from Primark

Doc Martens

Being traditionally English and going for a family walk on Boxing Day wearing…. llamas? Yep, my "Christmas" jumper this year has llamas on it because who doesn't love llamas?! :)

Rockin' around

gifted sweater

American Apparel disco pants

old top

necklace from Spain

Just chillin' under the tree, wearing the most Christmassy outfit I own. Hope everyone is happy this holiday (even if you don't celebrate Christmas). :)

Winter princess

fake fur hat from Snow + Rock

coat made by me out of fabric from India

bag from India

Urban Outfitters purple cardigan

Topshop leather gloves

Asos belt

mother's scarf

Asos jeans

Office boots

My friend K commented that a girl we often see around "always walks like she's starring in her own movie". I always imagine my life is a movie and from that moment, I decided I would start acting like it. So far, this has meant dressing like a princess. :)

Alpine

velvet dress from Thunder Egg

gifted Christmas cardigan

Zara boots and hat

old velvet scrunchie 

Winter comfort dressing at its finest. I actually wore my fur coat over this and I was, dare I say it, almost too snuggly. :)

White light

H&M shirt

Topshop skirt

Office boots

self-made body chain

mother's necklace

ring from Affleck's

old velvet scrunchie

Quick outfit photos in the makeshift studio set-up the other day. Man, as soon as I'm rich, I'm going to buy a set of proper lights. After a wide-angle lens, numerous filters and an underwater case, that is. :)

Inspiration: Cold calls

images from Natalie Off Duty, Tumblr, Fashinpirate,

Maison Martin Margiela, Stockholm Street Style and unknown

Currently inspired by black boots, flashes of bare skin in the winter cold, piles of luxurious fabrics, and pretty much everything Arabelle does. :)

Winter wonderland

H&M coat

Asos jeans

Office boots

father's tshirt

Topshop belt

Miss Selfridge gold ring

silver ring from Afflecks

bag from Sydney made in Columbia

old velvet headband and scrunchie

My friends are coming home from uni one by one so I'm currently a Lady Who Lunches (a lot). I love this coat but, being white and fluffy, it's quite difficult to style, so I went super simple with a plain tshirt and jeans so I could snuggle up in its fluffiness. :)

After the fun

River Island fur coat

velvet dress from Thunder Egg

gifted sparkly tights

Topshop over-the-knee socks

Office boots

pocket watch from Christmas markets (on a random chain)

earrings made by me out of a necklace from the V&A museum

I would be very happy to wear nothing but velvet, fur and sparkles until the end of winter because this A-line navy velvet dress is what dreams are made of. A-line skirts are the way forward, people. Also, these tights are actually black with glittery pink thread but for some reason they were almost impossible to photograph from an angle where they look pink… :)

November in the North pt. 2

cape of strips of paper made by me

band tshirt worn inside out

jeans from India (ripped by me)

River Island shoes

Just makin' an' photographin' a cape you made out of strips and bits of your latest textiles project… as you do. This temporary cape was surprisingly swishy and fun to walk in. I need more capes in my life. :)

Victim of mass production

^The Cribs

jeans from India

American Apparel top

Miss Selfridge fake leather jacket

vintage plaid shirt

Office cut-out boots

I used to only wear these jeans in the house, because they're stretchy and soft and don't make the backs of your knees sore after you've sat cross-legged for a while, but also because I went through a phase of thinking they weren't "flattering". But the whole idea of "flattering" clothes is just a socially-acceptable way of body-shaming. Something is truly flattering if it makes the person wearing it look and feel fab, and that could be any style of clothing, depending on their taste and mood. I don't want people to tell me that these shape jeans don't "flatter" my "body shape" or whatever. The only reason I shouldn't wear these jeans is if I alone decide that I do not want to. I admit, straight-cut jeans are not something I wear often, but after a hankering for a pair of clean-cut, yet soft and graceful jeans, I ripped open the knees of these and haven't looked back since. Basically, this was all just a really long way of saying, "hey I ripped the knees of some jeans and now I love them". :)