Vintage Vampire

Happy Halloween my northern hemisphere friends! We really don't do Halloween here, although there were some Halloween parties going on this weekend.  Oktoberfest is something that is just as big as Halloween here, and the two always tend to clash. It's pretty funny though - you end up with a lot of zombies drinking steins in lederhosen. As for myself, I went to a warm, sunny, daytime summer festival instead of a halloween party. There were a lot of zombies though, boogie-ing along to oom-pah bands. Oh, Australia. You beautiful, multicultural place. So for this look, I put black lipstick and a black dress on intending to be all monochrome and gothy for a Halloween look. But, being me, I had to add some (a teeny, tiny, infintesimely small amount of) colour to my outfit, and that came in the form of these floral tights and vintage blazer. So I ended up being a kind of weird amalgmation of a vintage vampire. I think it ended up working well though. It probably makes more sense than lederhosen zombies. wearing dress - c/o Romwe tights - c/o Romwe necklace - c/o Oasap blazer - Vintage belt - Vintage hat - Rubi Shoes One more thing - my Glamorous giveaway ends in about 1 and half days. Go ahead and enter here (if you want to)! Much love and Happy Halloween!

Flashback

If you happened to follow my blog a year ago (unlikely that's any of you reading this, I think about 10 people did at that point, haha), then you might recognise this dress. It was one of my very first DIY's - from the time before I got my sewing machine! I remember doing it, it took me about 5 years of planning and then another 6 years to complete (exaggeration. But it took several hours) which is kind of ridiculous-seeming now. You have to start somewhere I guess! wearing dress - Vintage + DIY necklace - c/o OASAP bag - Vintage shoes - Vintage You can also see the really bad DIY instructions I wrote for it here (gee I'm good at selling myself). Love,

Thunderbolts & Lightning, very very frightening (me)!

I should win some kind of award for my awesome blog post titles. They just get cooler and cooler. Today's is brought to you by Queen. But anyway these tights - oh these tights. They're so preetty. I could have probably easily DIY'd some myself like this, although coloured paint never seems to work as well. Plus, painting tights takes forever, as anyone who ever tried my DIY painted tights tutorials would know. And I'm lazy/crazy busy with uni right now. So pretty tights with all the work already done is just fine by me. wearing dress - Chicabooti hat - c/o Oasap tights - c/o Oasap shoes - Rubi Shoes belt - vintage Oh hey, I have a new hat on ;) unfortunately, my boyfriend promptly decided that he really liked this hat (and it did look really good on him, so...) so I have had to relinquish my new hat already. Not sure if I'll ever get it back to take pictures with! If he ever lets me put a photo of him on my blog, I'll have to try and snap a photo of him wearing it! Also, I'm really sorry if you've been trying to enter my Glamorous giveaway in the past day or so and it hasn't been working. I've asked rafflecopter what's up with it and hopefully they'll get back to me sometime today! Thank you for everyone who has entered so far though! I'll let you know as soon as it's  up and running again. *It's working again (as far as I can tell) so if you want to enter, enter here! I've also extended it for a day so extra time to enter!* I love you guys :)

This is no Modern Romance

So, if you've got a keen eye/follow my blog obsessively, you may notice that I have adopted a slightly different background for my last few posts! Exciting, right??? (No, not really at all.) I love a number of things about this outfit. The first thing is the ridiculously cool fabric that this dress (courtesy of Mod Dolly) is made out of. A nod to pastels in amongst a spectacular pattern. I definitely approve. (The dress is on sale if you want to get yourself one!) The second is these amazing tights. Pretty sure patterned tights don't get any better than this. And the third - my amazing new boots. Guess how long I've wanted bright pink docs?  About 3 years. And finally, they are mine! (They're not real docs unfortunately. But they will do.) wearing dress - c/o Mod Dolly boots - Raben Footwear tights - c/o OASAP socks - c/o Sock Dreams bag - c/o Wholesale Necklace - c/o OASAP Much love! p.s. Modern Romance - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Crouching tiger, hidden lion

This is quite easily the lamest blog post title ever. I named it so because I'm wearing a lion print but he's hidden under my sweater... haha. Hidden lion... Whatever. It's cool, I'm cool, get over it, okay. So, I have yet another animal-printed body-con dress from Romwe to show you! This one has a big wise-looking lion on the front of it! I love these dresses so much. They are really seriously great for summer, they're so light but fun to wear. But then, you can also pair them with a cropped sweater, a blouse and some tights, kind of like I have above, to turn it into a pretty autumn outfit. wearing dress - c/o Romwe collar clips - Ebay blouse - Vintage sweater - Vintage shoes - Vintage bag - Vintage p.s. if you didn't see the Glamorous giveaway posted here earlier today, go and check it out!

A Glamorous Giveaway (CLOSED)

Happy Monday everyone! I haven't had a giveaway here in such a long time. (I am a bad blogger). So today, Glamorous UK are going to give away an item of clothing to one of my blog readers! The winner will be sent a list of clothing from Glamorous to choose from, like this paisley sweater, this tribal print dress or these leather pants, and will be able to redeem the prize in their size. This giveaway is open internationally and you have 1 week (the 29th of October) to enter! Enter below: a Rafflecopter giveaway Hope you're all having a beautiful day!