Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Graduand


[Leather Skirt: Balmain, Pocket Tang: A. Wang, Boots: A. Wang, Bear Necklace: Comme Des Garcons]

I graduate tomorrow! Very, very nervous for the whole walking-on-stage-and-having-name-called-out-whilst-wearing-hat-and-gown thing. Arrrgghhh. But my parents have booked a table at a lovely restaurant for afterwards, and food makes most things better..!

Also, a guy at work saw me without my hat on today (I work in a bakery so wear a hideous mesh trilby) and was like "why did you cut your hair off??", basically insinuating that it looked awful and short hair on a woman could do nothing but make them look ugly!

It is such a ridiculous point of view, but it makes me wonder if other men/women might think I look unfeminine when they see I have short hair?
Hmmm. I personally love having short hair, and love seeing other young women with great short haircuts, but sometimes in certain nightclubs, for example, where many woman are wearing long hair extensions and have glamourous long, curly hair etc I do feel slightly self concious that there aren't any other short haired girls around me. =/

However, this co-worker in question also bragged about his use of sunbeds and moisturiser and appears to think of himself as a"lady's man" (haaa), so his opinion on my haircut does not particularly matter, haha!

P.S Comments tomorrow promise promise promise. I feel bad doing a post when I've not returned comments yet!

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Sucessful


I'm back home after a stressful few days moving out of my student house in Manchester (and helping the boyo to move out of his veryyy dirty flat) and am back at work at my "holiday" job, whilst I try to decide as fast as possible what I want to "be when I grow up", so I can start applying for jobs/ courses. Arggghh, too hard!

Had a last night out in Manchester last week, which was fun. My friends all wore floral themed outfits (though not purposely matched!) but I decided to wear one of my favourite dresses, this two or three year old yellow tunic with patchwork detail around the neck. I LOVE yellow. I may have to do a yellow celebration post soon, it's such a cheerful colour.
You can't see them too well in my photo but my multi-strap shoes are from Peacocks and were very surprisingly comfortable! You know the night has gone well when you're able to walk all the way home without removing your shoes... haha. =]

(Edit: Started to return comments tonight as Ive not had time to look at any of your blogs for days and days and I'm just so shattered I'm going to have to go to sleep ready for my 7am start at work =[. I promise to get back on track soon when I find time for myself to have a big internet session!!)

Friday, 26 June 2009

Lazy Afternoons


An afternoon of tasty lunches and cold cider beside the canal made yesterday rather pleasant... Although I did manage to get myself slightly sunburnt, naughty me.

I get my degree result today; TERRIFIED!

Edit: I got a 2:1 (Upper 2nd class), which is what I was hoping for, yay =]
I hope everyone else getting degree/ exam results does well!

Monday, 22 June 2009

(And We Had) Fun Fun Fun

This Vlada Roslyakova editorial from Numero Tokyo's July issue is so fun and kind of reminds me of how one is able to wear whatever they want as a child and completely get away with it. Arm warmers, creepers and sequined bag? OK then! Buttoned visor and winged sneakers? Sure!...
It almost makes me want to throw everything in my wardrobe onto the floor and make crazy combinations out of it all. That or buy a brightly coloured heart-shaped pants & jacket combo... Hmm!

I love the Jeremy Scott rose printed cut-off leggings in the first image, everything about the third image (who can resist those Balmain jeans, seriously?!) and the sword-shaped single earring in the last two. Oh and the gorgeous purple colour of the creepers in the 1st and last images!

[Images from http://www.fashionising.com]

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Pieces.


[Jeans - Topshop, Sandals - one of Primark's rare shoe gems (but they did dye my feet black), oversized mens tee - no idea, Swallow necklace - a gift]

I got my "every two and a half months or so" haircut this week and now it is extra short on the right hand side. I love having short hair, especially the fact that once its washed and dried all it needs is a little styling clay and no more fuss. I'm always terrified I've left straighteners on and the house will burn down so not having hair long enough to really need them is always a bonus!
It feels really strange seeing old posts on here when I had longer hair, I feel like I look really young in them!

Any True Blood fans out there? I just watched the 1st episode of season 2 and am rather excited for the rest of it! More Eric please!
=]

Monday, 15 June 2009

Statement Butterflies.


Went out for the obligatory Friday night dance with Louisa this weekend. I wore this neck piece for the first time (another item I seem to have horded for about 6 months without ever wearing) and I'm glad I popped its leaving-the-house cherry!

It is by far the biggest necklace I own and is certainly one of the most "statement" pieces of jewelery in my collection. Despite its size, and possibly because of the butterflies adorning it, I felt like it added a very feminine touch to my simple outfit (I wore skinny satin-look pants with the tank), which I wasn't expecting from such a hefty piece! I'm very glad I finally got round to wearing it!
Hope everyone had a lovely weekend! =]