Today (work):

Striped tee, passed on by a friend
Belt, Dorothy Perkins, £7
Skirt, Dorothy Perkins, £15
Sandals, Dorothy Perkins, £7
Jacket, ASOS, £32
Necklace, Tatty Devine, birthday present
Bag, car boot, £3

Re-emerging from the end of my postgrad course, hurray! I've been thinking lots about what this blog is, what I want it to be and how I want to be present in the fatshion community for the future. Here's an outfit for now though...

Dress: handmade
Scarf: 50p, car boot
Belt, passed on by a friend
Sandals, Dorothy Perkins, £7

xx

I spent the last weekend doing fun things, including going to the Alternative Press Fair on Saturday. Seeing as I never make it out to North West London, I took the chance to hit some charity shops while I was there and found this Beth Ditto for Evans dress in one! I've been stalking these on eBay for YEARS, but they always go for lots and my budget is pretty non-existent, so I was pretty excited to find it for £8.99. Hurray thrifting!

On a side note, I'm wearing this today and I'm always amazed at how bold the Beth Ditto for Evans stuff was - it's all pretty unapologetic and I always feel extra visible when I wear one of the pieces I bought from it. I don't really feel like any collaboration has come close since, especially in terms of also being good quality and well tailored. Sigh.

Dress, Beth Ditto for Evans via charity shop, £8.99

Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, £7

Scarf, vintage, £1

The folks at Yours Clothing got in contact with me recently to offer me the chance to review some pieces from their new collection. After having a nosey on their website, I came across these red chinos which looked garish and wonderful to me. 

I decided to test drive them at work today. I went for the size 24, but whilst the waist fits just perfectly, the hips and legs are a bit baggy on me. I seem to be awkwardly between a 22 and 24 at the minute in trousers, which means things do fit me a bit oddly. These seem well made and worth the price, but I'm a little disappointed that the legs aren't as slim fitting on me as they are on the product page. The ankle length is cute though. I'm tempted to tailor them a bit myself as the material is lovely, breathable and I do like the colour a lot. 

Top, Dorothy Perkins

Trousers, courtesy of Yours (buy them here)

Shoes, Dorothy Perkins (still available (just!) here)

p.s. giveaway winners, I'll be contacting you shortly!!

My latest DIY project was this cute denim skater/mini circle skirt. I've been after one for a while and it occurred to me that I could probably knock one up for much less than a shop bought one. I started it a few weeks back, then my sewing machine decided to completely give up the ghost, jam when I so much look at it, and ended up in for a good old service. It came back last week, and I rejoiced at it being easy to use once more (seriously, I thought I'd lost the ability to work one for a while!). 

Anyway, so this was my first project with pockets, and hey, look, they're even feature pockets! They're pretty massive:

I'd like to be able to add a version of this skirt to my etsy soon (when it's back up), because seriously, it's the most comfortable thing ever. It has an elasticated waist, and the stretch denim has enough weight to hold the skirt down without any Marilyn moments. 

Today was one of those days where I feel like dressing a bit fancy for no reason, probably much to my colleagues' amusement! My hair was looking super fluffy, so I quiffed it and shoved it up with grips this morning, then added my old faithful feather clip: 

Also, these are my new sandals, bought from Dorothy Perkins in their sale for all of £6. Seriously, they are the most comfortable things ever - I've never found sandals that feel comfortable, they always poke and jab in horrible places. These get bonus points for having a tiny heel and also being easy to cycle in. Hurrah! 

 

 Blouse, ASOS curve, £9

Skirt, DIY

Belt, Dorothy Perkins, £5

Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, £6

Hello all! This weekend I made a rather bold decision to go a bit nuts with my hair colour. After a not particularly successful bleach I bought some pink dye and lo and behold, I'm even more obnoxious than normally! I'm not sure what pink means for my many red things, perhaps a larger interest in colour clashing?!

Dressed in some of my favourite things today, the first dress I ever made, cambridge satchel and some rather nifty flatforms I picked up in the Dorothy Perkins sale for about £6!

Dress, handmade
Cambridge Satchel, gifted
Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, £6

P.s. Don't forget to get your entries in for the fantastic Elomi giveaway!