I spotted this amazing image on Tumblr a few days ago and then this afternoon I realised I've been following this lovely lady for a while on Blogger. It's Sohui from Filth In The Beauty and I want that hat! It's custom made from The Velvet Village, but I can't get any of the links to work. Perhaps it's time to ask Urska from Miss Hats to make one for me? Urska has kindly donated a delightful wee fascinator to my 100 followers giveaway. Add yourself to Google Friend Connect on the right and when we reach 100 I'll have a whole heap of goodies to giveaway! Spread the word xx
Last night Mr G kindly offered to re-jig the Baroque Boudoir design - yay! I can now post lots of nice BIG images. I'll start today with some shots from my favourite designer, Ziad Ghanem.
I stayed up past my bedtime last night to watch Channel 4's new 4 part drama 'This Is England 1986' based on Shane Meadows film about a 13 year old loner being welcomed into a gang of skinheads. I loved the film and last night's first installment was a jolly good start - especially the costumes! My favourite by far was Lol's sister (?) in her trashy wedding dress and boots combo, closely followed by the goth chick who likes to tease wee Shaun.
Can you guess which one's may favourite outfit??
I was only a young 'un in 1986, so it was mostly shell suits and tucker boots for me. However, I owned my very first gold lame rara skirt for my 8th birthday just 2 years later. I can remember clearly buying it from Clockhouse, C&A on Argyle Street. I teamed this with black and gold glitter tights, bat wing top and a mass of long blond crimped hair in a side ponytail. This was to be my first ever disco as well. I was super excited and desperate to hear all my fave choons including Transvision Vamp, Bros and ... Glenn Medeiros (come on - I was 8!!)
Halfway through the disco the DJ stopped everything so we could play party games - PARTY GAMES??!! It was a disco - for dancing! Needless to say, I threw a true disco diva style strop and faked a headache to get out of it!
I'm not sure my style (or taste in music for that matter) has ever really evolved beyond the mid-80s. I'm just glad that it's finally 'came back around again'. Bought my annual set of legwarmers in H&M the other day too ;)
I'll leave you with my first ever Pop Idol and style icon, Wendy James.
I was getting carried away here. Mr G was snapping away with his new digital SLR which gives a satisfying click with each photo so I was pulling all manner of ridiculous shapes. Worse than my gawky expression is my strange brown nose and patchy cheeks. Lost my Mac Studio Fix a few weeks ago and had to 'improvise' for a while - not good. Sorted now - thankfully.
Top from Mango // Primark skirt with braces // Kill Doll shiny ankle boots // leopard print hair bows from H&M // leopard print cardi stolen from a friend // set of 6 rings from H&M for £1.99! // Topshop nail varnish in Gone Fishing - chipped // fantastic new lightning bolt necklace from Osiris on Queen Street ;)
It appears I've been following Bitching and Junkfood's blog for some time now, but some how managed to miss their spectacular range of 'stuff to buy'... How did this happen?? Maybe I looked through it when I was skint and my brain put a stop to it? I've no idea, but here is my wishlist for A/W:
Look how divinely soft and snuggly this oversized cardi is
Chubby Knee Syndrome solved! These are gonna be spectacular - or most likely on me, hideous :(
A bear cub hat. Absolutely perfect for the gale force winds on the west coast of Scotland.
Sign up for the Bitching and Junkfood Newsletter to receive a 15% discount on your first order. Get in there! But if I see any blog posts featuring fellow bloggers in that (my!) bear cub hat before I get my grubby mits on it I'll hunt you down like Pooh after honey!
