Jumper time...

Sorry all- this is an old post that somehow never got posted!!! So excuse the jumper trending- although, the weather in the UK going the way it is, it looks like I'm not going to be packing up my jumper anytime soon!!!

I have been into knitting for quite a while now, and after getting a few free lessons in knitting with colour and the fair-isle technique (thanks John Lewis!) I made this for the bf last year:

There are a few similar jumpers out there...

Jonathan Saunders

Topshop

Lazy Oaf

This year, I decided to be selfish and knit myself a jumper... seeing as there are a lot of animal jumpers out there this year, I decided to knit an animal, but couldn't find a pattern for a jumper I wanted, so I took a pattern for a regular jumper and found an image online that I wanted on the jumper and created my own, using this very cool free site http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/ to create a PDF file. Here is my finished jumper:

Here are some other animal jumpers around:

Joseph Tiger jumper

ASOS Cat jumper

Haute Hippie Horse Jumper

Also, just saw that Topshop have launched this jumper... how freakily close to mine is it?

I wonder what next year's jumper trend will bring?

Winter 2010

Sorry not been blogging as often as before- it's been over a year now, but thought that I'd best carry on with the blog.

These are some items I'm craving for the Winter!

dbags/Exclusive-Peter-Pilotto-medium-across-body-bag_143-87082918-METIUS

http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/uk/en/zara-sales/11024/111013/FLAT%2BSOLE%2BMUSKETEER%2BBOOT

http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/97310

Ride 'em cowboy!

My cow gal outfit!!! Wore this to go out around town the other day...

Jacket: Vintage French Connection (was my mum's)
Shirt: Miss Real
Leggings: Tabio
Socks: Christmas present from a friend
Boots: Hugo Boss (with the tassles!!) Thought I'd show you a close up- as it's my fashion love of the moment!

New Year's Resolutions....

I suppose it has to be done... New Year's resolutions...

This year I want to

• Learn something new and actually use it!
• Start saving up money seriously
• Get my driving license
• Visit at least one new country in the world
• Stop wasting my weekends and plan to do different activities
• Finally, last but not least- blog regularly!

I'm on track with the first, having already booked my place on the LCF course.

With the second- I've actually been very good with spending- not even set one foot in the sales this year! I have had a peek at the online sales and I was very very tempted to buy something that I've been coveting for a while now:

The 'Annie' bag from Mulberry:
Reduced from £595 to £298!

Along with other things I've had my eye on:

Patrizia Pepe One Shoulder Dress

Was £115.00, now £79.99

See By Chloe Jaquard Shift Dress

Was £178.00, now £79.99

Bottega Veneta plaited leather clutch

WAS £1,195.00, now £836.50

Cooler than the red dress...

Loads of images in this post... fashionable red eye candy!!!
As far back as the Middle Ages red signified power and prestige. For autumn/winter 2007/08 it featured as the statement colour of choice for perfect party pieces. Linked with fire as a natural element and blood as a life force, red forms a primordial triad with white of light and black of darkness....

It was seen all over the catwalks for the coming season from the Valentino 45th Anniversary event...


To Menswear (Burberry)

I love the colour red. It screams 'look at me' no wonder there are so many songs written about red dresses... never mind the LBD, to me a simple red dress says sexy, sophisticated, confident!
The red dress through history....






























The red dress on the catwalk

































































































The Red Dress on the high street/ online:

Clothes Lovies

Lets go back to my lovies!!! I have put up my accessories, shoes and bags lovies but here are the pieces of clothing that I absolutely LOVE!!


My vintage 80s coat/dress which my cousin made when she was studying fashion in Paris in the late 80s/ early 90s and she said I could have! She studied at Esmod, which is one of the top international fashion schools in Paris.















My Cotton Yukata which I bought from Japan. Even though I don't get to wear this as often as I would have liked, I love it! It came in this package with the obi and the bow as in the picture but also with a pair of plain black geta shoes.

Next, I would like to own a proper kimono... pure silk with a gorgeous oriental print.













My sheer Mango lace shirt which is slightly longer than the average shirt and has frills down the front and around the cuffs. So girly and yet also, so Victorianesque!










This again was donated to me by a cousin. This time another cousin who also studied pattern making at Esmod. Its a vintage crochet Kookai dress which is just so now!

















This doesn't photograph very well but they are just great- it's a micro shrug type thing in denim, which I got from a designer sample sale another of my cousin's took me to while she was studying in Paris (she studied fashion lingerie and is currently working for posh lingerie company 'Huit'






My Future Classics dress is just adorable. Its a simple cut in a kind of a forties style. But it has all this intricate embroidery and handiwork which really endears me to this dress.















This is what the dress looks like on one of their models as seen on the site!




















This top will sit well with my dress above! I got it for £5 from a stall in Spitalfields Market. The brooch is an old Accessorize one that I bought for my mum ages ago!










My bargain Alexander McQueen jacket bought from the sample sale a few weeks ago. I haven't worn it yet as I'm waiting for a special occasion...










This top is so bright and funky, which is why I love it. I bought it in a boutique when I was living in Lille, France. I like the spottiness and the bright yellow lace trim!












I bought this for possibly less than£1 in Vietnam when I went with my friend. Its a Grecian style top and I love the print and the colours!
















Hehe... I had to fuse my love of anime/ manga with fashion and this Bershka top crosses it perfectly! Its backless and fits very snugly which makes it so cute!