No place like home

I seem to have a fetish for blue, sparkly shoes lately, I have, after all, bought 2 pairs in less than a month. These particular ones cost me $2.50 in a sample sale at work and are AWESOME, just quietly. Teamed with sheer stockings in an attempt to glamify another shirt dress, this time a black and white striped number with a black skirt. I'm dying to get a sparkly black beret to wear with this dress, however in this case the shoes had to do. Over the top a trusty black cardi I found on the floor of a club, and diamante earrings with the bird necklace I got from the Santa Parade markets.

Haven't taken any photos this week, partly due to featuring pieces I've already worn or not noteworthy, and partly because I forgot today until I got changed. Yesterday I felt a little Michael Jackson, in the white "maternity" top again, black cardi, black work pants, and lil white canvas shoes. All I needed was the rhinestone-studded white glove and some stripes down the sides of my pants.

Today was pretty awesome because it was raining so I had an excuse to wear my acid green and white Nike Air Force Ones. I don't really feel like they went with my outfit but they don't honestly go with much. I had on a pretty nondescript outfit of grey bootleg jeans, black (navy?) and white striped Tommy Hilfiger 3/4-sleeved top with silver and gold thread running through, and a black cardi over top.

I have a date tomorrow night though, so I have to think of something smashing to wear! ^_^ x

Don't go to Spain & go into the mountains & expect to see much rain

Before I get started, I have to rave about these amazing boots. I wore them because it was wet, and they are so painful after a day (or evening) of wear. However, they are gorgeous black leather with gold toe-tips and were my mum's when she was about my age. They cost her between $200-$300 back then in Spain, and are a perfect fit. I'm so lucky to have these! They are pretty much the highlight of any outfit, so I just wore blue distressed denim skinny jeans, the lovely navy top with awesome flower-detailed fabric, and black blazer. The necklace is really cool, I got it from some markets they had after the Birhenhead Santa Parade, and it has a kind of reverse image of a bird on the other side with more flower detail. Teamed this with my favourite glam diamante earrings I got from some jewellery closing down sale and are unfortunately down a few of the original stones. Still get compliments on them though! x

So Coco

In this outfit I got told I looked Coco Chanel and Jackie (Jacqui?) O. I think it was a bit more risque than these analogies imply. That is, this dress is quite short, even if it has long sleeves and cute oversized buttons, and the tights I was wearing were more sheer than I had initially thought. The pearls (necklace, bracelet and earrings) added a touch of class to counter this. And the Victorian-style boots are just an awesome favourite of mine this winter :)

Prior to this day I had been feeling run down so was just wearing comfy old favourites not worth mentioning. In fact I was in my pyjamas for most of Wednesday :( Bounced right back though! And still haven't learned to take care of myself.. x

Peter Pan called..

No photos from yesterday sorry, pretty much wore a collboration of the week's outfits/intended outfits to go bowling. Was a baby pink singlet with the pink batwing crop top over the black pleated mini skirt I wanted to wear to work on Friday and lil white canvas shoes. Then to dinner later I added black leggings because it's really getting cooold! A girl at dinner though awesomely had a lemon yellow top on and the same colour iPhone cover - I loved the co-ordination!

That reminds me, speaking of other people's clothes, and what the kids are wearing these days (not that we were).. On the way to Dan's to watch DVDs on Sat night I drove through Highbury to see 2 high school age girls, one of whom was wearing a grey oversized sweatshirt and black tracksuit pants. More to the point, the tracksuit pants were tucked into her Chuck Taylors. These weren't high-top Chuck Taylors though.. they were low tops. SO WEIRD. Although yesterday when I went shopping I saw stirrup pants and I was SO TEMPTED to get some. I may yet do so, but they're rarely long enough for my lanky legs!

Today I returned to the favourable flamingo top over baby pink singlet, teamed with black leggings - I really need to get some more of those. Because it was raining I wore my grey slouch ankle boots, which means my former boss usually tells me that Peter Pan called and he wants his boots back! To keep warm I wore my longline grey cardigan with my even longer line black woolen cardigan - makes me feel like I'm in my dressing gown all day ^_^ I put these with my zebra print resin chunky bangle and similarly detailed dangly metal circle earrings.

Trying to plan my outfits for the rest of the week now based on what I'm doing after work, it's a busy one so trying not to get any sicker than I feel now :< Can't seem to shake it since Fri. Wish me well! x

Shake your tailfeather

Every weekend I ahve good intentions of going out - but it doesn't always pan out. This weekend was one of those. I have been pretty much shattered all week and on Friday I awoke feeling like I was coming down with something. I still feel that way but it doesn't seem to have developed into anything *fingers crossed* More to the point, my plan last night was to go to my friend's and watch 80s movies on DVD, but I still dressed for going out - just in case. I have kind of a thing for lingerie, and being that I have just bought new stuff, I had to wear it - that would be the maroon strap. I also felt that my summer singlets didn't see enough light of day, so to speak, so I wanted to wear one of them. I'm quite fond of the flamingo top, partly because it pretends to be a dress, so I can be a nopants. I really don't like pants that much it seems. So I wore that with a baby pink singlet underneath, teamed with the grey footless tights. The plot thickens though. I was going to DVDs so wanted to be comfy, but if I went out I wanted to look good (didn't end up going out btw). So I wore my tan fleece slipper boots (not Uggs)and what I call my Grimace hoodie. I call it that because it's made of deep purple coral fleece, which means it looks like someone skinned Grimace (from McDonald's) and made a hoodie from his skin. It's super warm and comfy and cozy ^_^ I also took with me my double-breasted 6-button grey blazer and lil white canvas shoes as back up. Kept my bling in my ears from the day, and went with the always classic cleavage accessory :P I can't help it with that awesome bra! It's the Perfects Brazilian line, they have some amazing undies - 6 different kinds in each colour! I only have 3 kinds in 3 colours though, but I digress. x

Fame!

My work tries to be fun and cool by having a theme of dress every friday - this friday was no different. The theme of the day was "Crazy Shoe Friday" and I was going to wear my Baby Phat pink, white and gold sneakers with the top half of the outfit I ended up wearing. However, when I awoke it was pouring with rain outside, and I am very precious about my sneakers! I opted instead for the white leather lace up knee-high Converse boots. These usually draw comment, and on this particular day I had everything from superhero (Kick Ass)/The Bride from Kill Bill, to wrestler/boxer, to marching boots. I don't mind though, they are waterproof as anything and I hadn't worn them since Sarah's glam-rock themed leaving party nearly a year ago. I was going to wear black leggings and a black miniskirt but this didn't seem right without the sneakers, so I opted for the blue skinny jeans with studded black leather Calvin Klein belt again. On top, as mentioned, was the planned white singlet and pink batwing crop jersey - which my former boss fondly refers to as my "Fame" top, because it looks like I should be in the movie of the same name. So, generally, every time I see him in the corridor and work I do a fake run-jump off the wall and yell "Fame!" We crazy. I teamed these with silver hoop earrings and 2x oversized plastic bangles, which I have an unnatural penchant for.. Anyways, time to go ten pin bowling, yah!! x

Blanc de blanc

No story behind today's outfit really, was just going through my basket of clothes to wear some of the things I've worn once but aren't dirty yet. Picked out the white "maternity" top as I call it, which I need to wear a white tank underneath or else it's see-through. Black work pants and lil white canvas shoes because I didn't feel like wearing heels. As much as I always buy shoes and have millions, I think I have a shortage of comfy and practical heels for work. Wore the woolen Carhartt cream hoodie again because this weather is really taking a dive in the temperature department :( Topped it off with a white fabric flower headband on black elastic to make things slightly less professional and more feminine! I'm clinging to the thought that the shortest day is a month away so then we're on our way to summer again, yay!!! x

I said brr, it's cold in here!

The mornings are getting a bit nippy, although the weather still hasn't cooled down enough for people to buy winter clothing and heating from us. Shop at The Warehouse dammit! One of my fave winter outfits is my grey woolen babydoll dress with flower decals. I always have to wear a black tee under it so I don't have to wash it so often - wanting to keep it in a size that fits me for as long as poss. Teamed with black leggings again and calf-height low-heel slouch boots, with a longline grey cardi over top. I bought some really cute earrings from Whitianga that have bird and flower silhouettes on them that go perfectly with the dress so they were the finishing touch. Very wintery outfit but totally fits the weather :) x

My boot scootin' baby

Today ended up being a wild Western affair unintentionally. We were going bowling after work tonight and I was feeling particularly tired which always means I want to retreat into my comfy clothes despite being at work. Jeans are the tried and true favourite so opted for the grey bootcuts. On top is a dark grey checked shirt with silver thread over a white singlet. Because I'm trying not to dress down so much I opted for last Thursday's boots, partly for Lisa's benefit so I could include a photo ;) Yay, dance class time! x

They see me rollin'

What better day than a Monday to rock some gangster steez?! Well, not really. But today I was maybe maybe not going out after work then Aikido, so I had to dress for the occasion in the morning. Going for the oversized ELECTRIC BLUE (in Ryan's honour) tee with silver sparkles and white feather design. Of course has to be teamed with black leggings (nopants!) with silver ankle zips, and lil' white canvas lace up shoes. I always put this combo with my black batwing-ish Rocawear zip through jumper with the fabulous glitter feather design across the shoulders. The zip is super fab because it goes up a-symmetrically and is pretty bling in and of itself. But despite this I had to team it with the 2-finger LOVE ring again <3 I also have some leaf earrings that fade from blue to teal which matches the feathers on my jumper purrfectly. This outfit is a tried and true one, in fact people think I'm slightly neurotic because everything matches up so well. I don't even like fashion, honest! Better see if this date is still on. x

Carry On, Nurse

Tonight, after 9 hours at work and a 21st last night, I have 3 birthday parties to go to. The first of which is a generic, good old-fashioned costume party. Now, I have little imagination and am terribly disorganised when it comes to these sorts of things. Fortunately, I took the liberty of buying an old nurses uniform from an op-shop over new year! This, plus a sea-captain's hat are about the 2 costume items in my possession.. Perhaps some pirate memorabilia also. So I've settled for the (for want of a better description and to quote Barney Stinson again) "slutty nurse" look. This basically involves the dress plus white heels plus some black eye make up. Simple, yet hopefully effective! I will proceed to wear this to 2 other parties, one of which is for a Trance DJ so hopefully I can make the most of some black lights at the same time! Wish me luck. x

I put on my shoes & I'm ready for the weekend

So my friend always joked about putting things into his fashion blog. It wasn't really that funny because I suspected that deep down he wasn't really joking about having one. Liam - this blog is dedicated to you. I personally had no interest in fashion my entire life. I think it came from being not that well off and having to make do with what I had - and having to choose from sale items that no one else wanted for good reason. My flatmate used to date my best friend. He spent so much money on cars, she spent hers on clothes. He used to hassle her for it and she'd say, "Well, you know how you never finish a car you're working on? My wardrobe is like that - a work in progress, always under construction." I thought it was a nice analogy, because I've always hated the idea of "fashion" due to it's cyclical and capitalistic nature. It's only created to make people feel like they need to spend money constantly. However, through working with "girly" girls and having to be very aware of seasonal trends and new product launches with the role of PR in my work, I have discovered the joys one can have with this medium. I think it's also through a development of self-confidence that has led to increased freedom of expression through clothing. Not just clothing though, I have a shoe collection to rival the average woman's. I should really do something about that...

Anyway, I'm about to go out on the town so I thought I'd start this and update on my wardrobe.

Last night I was pretty pleased with my ensemble, only to discover that I had to disrobe into my work uniform as I missed the engagement I was attending. Luckily I had someone to impress later that night, when I donned my grey Loaded babydoll dress with domes and cream lace, Victorian-style mid-calf low-heel boots, and cream hooded woolen Carhartt zip-through cardigan. Accessories were a multi-strand pearl bracelet with cream ribbon bow, and large pearl stud earrings and a half-pony look devised from bobby-pins. I wore charcoal footless opaque tights earlier but discovered the May evening was unseasonally warm so decided to lose them. Hood-up I felt like I should be in an Autumn shoot in some kind of woodland setting. I was pleased. I actually ended up at a local electronic sampler gig at the hip indie club in town - so was glad I didn't look like the other minions rocking the same threads I was wearing when in Primary School. What is up with the kids these days?? I don't get it.

Tonight it's a 21st a a drum n bass bar (yes I see the irony in the juxtaposition) so that usually means something a little more ghetto-fab. It's skinny stonewashed blue jeans with black fabric strappy heels with gold chain design and complete with ankle ties in bows. Belt is my studded Calvin Klein black leather number. On top is an oversized, off the shoulder Zoo York lilac tee that I'm please to share is entitled "Catzilla", as it depicts a cat sitting in the middle of a cityscape, breathing pink flames all over the buildings. Necklace is a long silver ball-chain with a peace dove with stitched embroidery-thread wings, ring is a gold 2-finger job that spells LOVE - except the O is a heart. Nice touch. Had to go with hair up in a high-pony and the Jenny-from-the-block large hoop earrings. Purple MAC eyeshadow to go with the tee OF COURSE. To complete the theme I'm taking my embellished silver Rocawear single-strap banana-handbag, which is completely impractical but I love it so.

Oops, there goes my phone - my skilled friend managed to actually catch a bus. I'm out! x