Sunglasses - ASOS
Blouse - American Apparel
Skirt - Primark
Tights - ASOS
Shoes - Clarks
Bag - American Apparel
What I wore yesterday, when it was too cold for bare legs but sunny enough to try out my new cats eye shades.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Inbetween Days
What I wore yesterday, when it was too cold for bare legs but sunny enough to try out my new cats eye shades.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Marni at H&M - what I got
Shopping for limited-edition H&M designer collaborations is less a fun and relaxing day out, more a military operation. Even more so when the designer in question is Marni, and the collection is the perfect combination of aspirational chic and wearable everyday pieces.
I arrived at the Regent Street branch of H&M at around 6.30pm on the day of the launch - late by any fashionista's standards. Needless to say, most of the best pieces had already been snapped up. As soon as I entered, my heartbeat accelerated and, like most of the shoppers around me, I started looking around frantically for the pieces I'd been lusting over since the collaboration was first unveiled.
There began a strange ritual whereby people (myself included) lingered by near-empty rails for minutes at a time, in the hope that a shop assistant might come back with an armful of dresses or tops from the changing room. People wandered the store with a look of desperation, seeking out abandoned items in the non-Marni sections. Eyeing each other's shopping, they waited for someone to lose interest or be discouraged by the queue for the changing room or till.
After about an hour, I had managed to grab two skirts in my size - one a spotty pencil skirt, one a 50s style circle skirt with a tribal print. I admitted defeat and took my items to the till. No jewellery or shoes were about to appear any time soon.
I emerged from the store happy, proudly brandishing my Marni for H&M carrier bag - the trophy of a successful shopper.
I arrived at the Regent Street branch of H&M at around 6.30pm on the day of the launch - late by any fashionista's standards. Needless to say, most of the best pieces had already been snapped up. As soon as I entered, my heartbeat accelerated and, like most of the shoppers around me, I started looking around frantically for the pieces I'd been lusting over since the collaboration was first unveiled.
There began a strange ritual whereby people (myself included) lingered by near-empty rails for minutes at a time, in the hope that a shop assistant might come back with an armful of dresses or tops from the changing room. People wandered the store with a look of desperation, seeking out abandoned items in the non-Marni sections. Eyeing each other's shopping, they waited for someone to lose interest or be discouraged by the queue for the changing room or till.
After about an hour, I had managed to grab two skirts in my size - one a spotty pencil skirt, one a 50s style circle skirt with a tribal print. I admitted defeat and took my items to the till. No jewellery or shoes were about to appear any time soon.
I emerged from the store happy, proudly brandishing my Marni for H&M carrier bag - the trophy of a successful shopper.
All items from Marni at H&M
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Primark car print blouse
This week, I finally got my hands on Primark's car-print blouse, "inspired by"* Prada's spring-summer 2012 collection.
I rushed down to Marble Arch on Tuesday night, expecting huge queues outside and crowds of marauding fashionistas inside, fighting over the last size 10. Instead I found several racks full of the blouse, largely ignored by the hordes of Primark bargain-hunters.
In my state of frenzied excitement, I grabbed the top in both pale blue and lemon and headed to the till.
I can confirm that the blouse, with its 50s Americana print, is nearly identical to the real thing. What it lacks in quality, it makes up for in its sheer bargainousness (is that a word?).
*shamelessy ripped-off from
Blouse - Primark
Cardigan - Primark
Skirt - ASOS
Belt - ASOS
Necklace - Monki
Shoes - ASOS
Leather pouch - American Apparel
Nail polish - Barry M "Peach Melba"
Lipstick - Topshop "Confession"
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