January 2011
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black/white
SO today i (completely unintentionally) dressed thematically to go and see the Gabriel Orozco retrospec at Tate Modern. All of the publicity/programmes etc have had this piece as the focal point:
‘Black Kites’, Gabriel Orozco, 1997, graphite on human skull.
and this is what i wore:
oops! haha. all of the guide books were black and white too, and it wasn’t until i got...
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Sundays
Today i did nothing except pack to go home tomorrow and eat nutella sandwiches, but i was sort of desperate to not wear jeans for once after a whole week of painting and generally doing messy things which required wearing old clothes.
I bought this dress yesterday from Primark, which has recently started doing size 20s in their dresses, making me a very happy grrl! Plus, it was only £11 :).
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Rope
Today was/is my last day at home, i’m back at uni tomorrow (boo, real life!!).
I wore this out shopping today, i was feeling kind of hopeful about spring so i cracked out the nautical vibe.
Skirt - Zara. This is the only thing i own from Zara. Now, i never ever go in Zara if i’m shopping by myself, but my sisters and my mum all like it so i occassionally have to brave the...
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casual twist
Personally, i find that dressing ‘stylishly’ casual as a fat grrl is pretty difficult. Casual clothes in a lot of plus shops/lines are usually baggy, boring or just ugly (i’m looking at you, Evans! not everything needs a bloody hanky-hem!!), and then the alternatives are silky, embellished evening tops which aren’t really everyday-clothes.
Whatever i wear, the fact...
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on colour
Hello all, happy 2011!
I’m not usually one for new years resolutions because a) i can never stick to them, and b) most resolutions have something to do with obsessive self-improvement and setting ridiculous perimiters on your own happiness, e.g, “(I am going to lose 30lbs in 2011 and then i shall be happy! I am going to run a marathon in 2011 and then i shall be happy! I am going...