Shoes - Either Primark or something like that I can't remember
(might sell these let me know if any other size 3 gals are interested)
Hat - Stall in Hvar
Lipstick - Russian Red, Mac
I know it's not summer anymore *cries* but I actually shot this 'ootd to ootn' about a month ago...........so it still counts, Leotards are basically the most useful (most distressing thing to wear when desperate for the toilet) item of clothing, they can be dressed up/down and they can be worn alone! Although I don't recommend you start prancing around wherever you live in just a swimsuit in the middle of August, its not cute.
Anyway, I saw this when shopping in Berlin and I thought it was kinda cool and for a mere 3 euros, I thought why not, annoyingly as it isn't a "thong" style you tend to get a VPL in anything worn which becomes a bit of an issue but it looks fab from the front so maybe I just will always face people when wearing it.
I've never actually 'ootd-ootn' before, but it seems like a great idea. No wait I'm lying I did! The day I went to the Bloggers Love Fashion week Event (blog post HERE for that badboy) I actually had worn that H&m cropped jumper and Reeboks over ripped jeans for the notorious Nottinghill Carnival earlier that day, very rainy affair.
Ta as always for reading
Look out for A/W 14 (see what I did there) posts to come!!
And I didnt get the other girls, but if anyone knows them then let me know please!
What I wore -
Cropped Jumper - H&m
Slit Maxi Skirt - Boohoo
Trainers - Reebok Classics in green suede
Fedora - H&m
Leather Rucksack - Radley
So this was my first ever 'blog' event, and it was a biggun!! Very exciting, huge thank you to Bloggers Love for inviting me to their Fashion Week Pre-Party, there were loads of cute bits and I met some lovely bloggers. I did drag my friend Karmi with me, but she wouldn't let me put in any pictures of her so you may only feast your eyes on yours truly.
You'll have to excuse my 'grundgy' make up, after spending a full day at Notting Hill Carnival my face and hair were a little worse for wear due to our fantastic English "summer."
The clothes they were exhibited will be shown at their shows next week so I could only take a few snaps of them on the rail, but the nail bar and marshmallow (who knew you spelt it like that?!) cocktails were awesome. As some of you may know I start at Ravensbourne University tomorrow but hopefully if I am not too busy with uni stuff this next week I shall be able to attend the actual shows, and you know what that means......... It means that I will be back for more blogging!!!
*cheers come from the crowds*
Anyway.
Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me so far
Necklace - 18th bday pres, will find out and get back to you
Clutch - Fiorelli
Hair Donut - Primark
Seeing as all of my outfits are daytime and casual, I thought I would spice it up a bit and do an evening look. No not quite black tie, but I can't say that's a look many people ever need to wear. So this beauty only £5.95 from Chinese eBay including postage?!?!?! is so so comfy, possibly greatest buy ever?
The best part about buying random stuff from Chinese eBay is that even if it looks awful, at the end of the day it probably only cost £5 and you can sell it on Depop for £20... Not that I do that.
Boohoo have the most brilliant collection of heels for very reasonable prices, these despite being 6.5 inches are extremely comfortable, not that I can walk in them but whatever. They look good.
This necklace is the sweetest thing, my mum's best friend got it for me for my 18th last September and it is just beautiful. Do you remember when we were little and we all bought those quartz stones - like this
Well the necklace is simply one of those spray painted gold on a long chain, and it is soooo pretty. I know you aren't meant to mix silver and gold jewellery, but my gold version of the earrings I am wearing have lost 1 earring, so alas.. stuck with silver.
Safe my lovelies
xo
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Tie-Dye T - DIY Cropped (you can tell) but used to be GAP (cool)
Shorts - Champion Tennis Shorts... Mens
Bodychain - eBay
Sunglasses - Primark
Necklace - Israel
I've been noticing a lot of 'androgynous' outfits recently and I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and post about one of my own. Androgynous, literally meaning a male with female characteristics and vice versa, has always been present on the catwalk, but is recently becoming part of high street fashion. The Style goes both ways, with Burberry recently flaunting the more chiseledmasculine look of Nina Porter on the runway whilst using the extremely feminine Rosie Huntington-Whitely in their beauty campaigns.
Even Vivienne Westwood played with the idea, by putting red lipstick on all her male models at Milan Fashion week. H&M too, decided to launch a unisex 'Fashion Against AIDS' campaign, showing how the disease affects both sexes. Other brands include Wild Fang, one of the 'Top 10 Androgynous Clothing Lines' and Boohoo who made a video to promote theirs:
Anyway, this post was actually inspired by a Blogger called Mika Francis, who posted on a similar topic. (click on her name to see her post) and my friend Ruby, and her blog 'Rubyccino'
But aside from the feminism inspo, feminism, cross dressing and unisex styling is something designers and high street makes have always taken interest in. And now me.
I wouldn't say I am especially interested in Politics as a whole, but after reading so much about women's politics and rights around the time of the local elections I have become much more involved. In particular, the issue of/surrounding feminism. One article I read that was on a group of 16-18 girls really shocked me, it is quite disgusting that in the 21st Century people still don't think its acceptable for women to voice their opinions on matters such as rights and sexuality, worth a read- (feminism). The twitter trending hashtag #yesallwomen opened my eyes to very mundane things women worldwide do that belittles themselves and women around them to satisfy peers and male attention. Like covering up to avoid wold whistles, or telling someone that you have a boyfriend, because everyone knows a man will respect another male's "possesion" more than they respect the woman's disinterest in them.
So anyway, as I casually chilled in this the other day. I thought to myself; this outfit is so 'summer androgynous' and I think it's almost acceptable to wear out, although maybe more beachwear than dining. I know the shorts aren't unisex, they are just men's, but they are so comfy and the perfect balance of boys for girls. This body-chain will be my muse for the summer, it is so tacky n I love it, eBay sell them from china for like £1, you can actually make them yourself, but when they're that cheap it seems pointless to waste time trying to DIY it.
Although I am all for 'dressing for yourself', when wearing something baggy and 'androgynous' I think it will always work best with something dainty and cute, like this crop. I know the sewing looks messy but it actually isn't, I hemmed it and everything. You know when you wear something and it stretches and then looks 'off' well that's what happened, but after wearing this outfit all day I didn't it was worth washing purely for the post, soz.
ANYWAY
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Lipstick - Mac 'Russian Red' in matte, I think its number 73
Coat - Vintage, was Dads years ago but I found it and told him I'm keeping it
Primark is seriously good right now! Minus they're overly tacky neon clothing and leather copies, but shoes wise and skirts / matching sets are pretty cool. worth having a look. Feel like I'm always apologising on this, but sorry for the boobage, bra's ain't ma thing.
So this is another outfit selection, it's definitely smart enough for dinner and with the right make up and hair actually done, possibly party. Seeing as I have an 18th tonight, I shall style it up and repost the results. The cut on this skort is much more suited to someone with (short and stubby) legs like mine as opposed to the geometric shaped one which suits long (lucky) legged girls, I think (hope) its flattering, and I love the pattern and colour, makes a change from wearing black bottoms. Also gives me an excuse to whip out the St. Moriz and look especially bronzed. I'm feeling these shorts could also be easily made casual with a long shirt or a baggy crop top and trainers, versatile, lovely.
I may start wearing these shoes all the time.. that's how much I love them, so expect many more blog posts including these, even if the post isn't relevant.
Never know how to end blog posts, I think I need a signature thing?
............................................... Ellie over and out
The tutorial shows you how to make rips into jeans, and I also added in my own homemade ripped jeans at the end, as a sort of 'response thing' to her blog.. there is no stealing here, simply reblogging.
blogga 2 blogga love only.
Anyway, this is her tutorial
AND IT HAS PICTURES, so even less work for me.
DIY | Ripped Distressed Jeans
1) Use a light coloured pencil/tailor's chalk to mark out the lines you'll cut for your rips. Make the lines about 1-1.5cm apart.
2) Using your fabric scissors cut horizontally across the lines you made. You can make the lines different lengths to make the distress-ness more interesting and stuff.
3) Ok so now is the tricky bit, start pulling at the fabric. You need to go to one side of the cut and start pulling out the vertical threads, as shown in the picture. Removing these threads will leave you with just the horizontal threads! Make sure you go along the whole strip, removing all the vertical threads. Trust me, it gets easier as you go along.
5) The more you do it, the more it should look like this. See how the vertical threads have been removed? Beauts.
6) Continue to cut in different places where you want your distress-ness to be. If you have any straight cut edges, make sure you fray them to make them look even more distressed! Get a pair of small scissors (found these tiny ones in a sewing kit). Open them up and start rubbing the blade up and down along the straight-cut edge. Do this until you develop the fray you want.
- If you want the distress-ness and fraying to be enhanced even more, throw the finished jeans into the wash with one old trainer. The trainer will bash against the jeans in the washer, making the denim softer, adding to the frays as well!
AND THIS IS MY RESPONSE................................................................
I know this wasnt a real blog post because I stole someone else's, but all I actually wanted to do was show the jeans I did myself
Here is my final product:
I'm pretty happy.. it was actually relatively easy, so everyone go ruin your perfectly good clothes!
