Archive for the ‘what I wore today’ Category

Tuesday, 2 September 2008

What not to wear – help me to decide

Last weekend I was trying out outfits for the upcoming wedding. I had to dismiss the skirt options because a) I’m going to be taking pictures and need to be able to crouch and what not, and b) because they all looked ridiculous on me. So I’ve definitely decided on these black wide-legged trousers. Now I’ll just need to decide what to wear on top. And because of various reasons it looks like I won’t have time to go shopping for anything new, I think the decision will have to come down to one of these four options.

What do you think? Are any of them any good?

Friday, 15 August 2008

Wardrobe Diary

15 August 08

I wore a dress (newsflash!) in the hopes that it would distract from the dirty hair… I’ve had this dress for about two or three years and it’s never felt ‘right’. This morning I had a huge ‘why is everything in my wardrobe too colourful and flowery’-crisis and my eyes were drawn to the calming greyness of the dress….

Dress: eBay
Cardi: New Look
Leggings: No clue… maybe M&S;
Shoes: Evans
Bag: H&M;
Scarf: Lindex
Bangles: H&M; / Torrid
Necklace: Thomas Sabo

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Wardrobe Diary

12 August 08

Some mornings you just end up throwing on the most insane combinations of clothes…

Scarf: M&S;
Long sleeved tee: Fashion World
Top: Torrid
Jeans: Evans
Shoes: Gola via eBay

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

29 July 08

Top, jeans and shoes: Evans
Necklace and bangle: Topshop
Bag: Accessorize

Friday, 25 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

25 July 08 - B-day edition

It’s way too hot for jeans but am flying in a couple of hours and I always get freezing cold on the plane. Also have a big scarf in my hand luggage for the plane!

Necklace: Sarah’s Sky
Top: Union Blues
Jeans: Evans via Marjut in the form of birthday present vouchers!
Shoes: Evans
Bangles: Torrid / Evans

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

22 July 08

Had a lot fancier (and nicer looking!) top on, but a button dropped off it in the morning, so had to grab something else quickly!)

Top & leggings: Lindex
Skirt & shoes: Evans
Bangles: Torrid
Necklace: Can’t remember…

Monday, 21 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

21 July 08

Top: Simply Be (has a nice cut-out design at back, but alas, no picture of that.)
Jeans: eBay
Shoes: Birkies
Belt: Dorothy Perkins
Necklace: Sarah’s Sky
Bangle: Torrid, I think

Friday, 18 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

18 July 08

In my tired state I sort of thought I looked like a regular person in the morning. Evidence would show that wasn’t the case… And to add insult to injury, yesterday I DID have genuinely nice clothes on, but I was so tired when I got home that I took them off before I remembered to take a picture. Damnit…

Top… thing… what the hell is it even: Uniqlo
Cardi: Monsoon via eBay
Jeans: Union Blues
Shoes & bangles: Evans
Bag: H&M;
Necklace: Accessorize
Ring: Topshop

Monday, 14 July 2008

Sleepless nights and colour-coded wardrobes

For some reason I couldn’t get to sleep last night. I spent the whole night tossing and turning and getting up every hour to go observe the progress on the huge (human-size, seriously!) web, which a monster spider was working on outside our kitchen door (fixing of which, by the way, has finally been finished – I think). It was sort of fascinating and repulsive at the same time. Anyways, feel kind of out of it today. Not so much sleepy, but that sort of tired hysteria just bubbling under.

The weekend itself was rather nice. On Saturday I didn’t do anything, as planned. Which was lovely, and very much needed. Sunday was spent cleaning since I realised this was pretty much the last weekend we’d get a change to clean before going on holiday Friday next week (which, by the way, is my birthday :P), as next weekend we’ll be in Saffron Walden.

Organising my wardrobe

As a part of Sunday’s cleaning operation I attempted to organise my wardrobe by colour. It didn’t really work that well since everything I own seems to be muti-coloured, and -patterned. Umm. What it does show quite clearly is that I don’t own that many pink clothes! And almost none white. Ever since I had to downgrade from my old walk-in-wardrobe to one rail and chest of drawers, I have been forced to do some heavy
editing. So, even if my wardrobe is a lot smaller these days, and a cacophony of patterns, it’s somehow more functional than before (which doesn’t mean I wouldn’t miss my old walk-in-wardrobe dearly).

It’s lovely and sunny today. So sunny in fact that I was lured into walking to work from Waterloo. A sunny walk sure beats the tube, even if it takes a bit longer. Here’s hoping the sun will stay with us and make this week a more positive one than the last.

Wardrobe Diary

14 July 08

Top: Union Blues
Cami: H&M;
Jeans: eBay
Shoes: Birkenstock
Flower: Accessorize
Bangles: Evans

Friday, 11 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

11 July 08

Top: Torrid
Cami: M&S;
Jeans: dp
Shoes: Wrangler
Bag: Accessorize
Bangle: H&M;
Necklace: Sainsbury’s (I’m quite liking it, go figure!)

Thursday, 10 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

10 July 08

Dress: Caryn Flanklin
Jeans: Union Blues
Shoes & bangled: Evans
Cardi: New Look
Ring: Topshop
Necklace: Sainsburys!

Monday, 7 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

07 July 08

Got absolutely soaked on the way home. Now of course it’s bright sunshine!

Blue smock top: eBay
Pink cami: H&M;
Jeans & earrings: dp
Cardi: New Look
Scarf: Topshop
Bangles: H&M; / Torrid
Soaking wet shoes: Gola via eBay (the cutest trainers ever!)

Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Wardrobe Diary

02 July 08

Headband: dp
Cardi: New Look
Dress: Simply Be
Leggins: eBay
Shoes: Evans
Bangle: Torrid

Two miracles at once! I took a WR picture, and am posting it, before work + I’m wearing a dress! :D It’s Antonia’s leaving do after work so I thought I’d make a bit of an effort…

Thursday, 26 June 2008

Wardrobe Diary

26 June 08

Top & shoes: Evans
Jeans: Union Blues
Necklace: Monsoon

This top so requires long hair. Grow already damnit.

Weird, that smiley posey business. Certainly didn’t, and don’t, feel this jolly at all today, hence the comfy potato sack of a top.

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Wardrobe Diary

24 June 08

Erm, just to clarify, I do actually own (and wear) clothes that aren’t pink… Maybe the pinkness just makes me more likely to take a pic for WR??

Top: Fashion World
Jeans: eBay
Shoes: Wrangler
Beads: H&M;
Bangles: Torrid
Horrible hair: courtesy of train commute

Thursday, 19 June 2008

Wardrobe Diary

19 June 08

Jacket thingy: Dorothy Perkins sale
Top, jeans and shoes: Evans
Earrings and mixtape necklace: Punky Pins
Bag& bangles: H&M;

Off to see Alanis…

Monday, 16 June 2008

Diva’s ahoy!

Well, health wise the weekend was a total washout. I really should stop having these colds, it’s such a waste of time. Although having said that, I did manage to get quite a lot done. After a fever-based epiphany on Friday I certainly made the most of being stuck inside all weekend and sitting by the computer with woolly socks on and hot lemon at hand. On the train home from work on Friday I had this idea and a flash of inspiration, and by the same evening I had a domain and hosting sorted. During Saturday and Sunday I pretty much built the site up from scratch, with technical help from Paul and handwriting help from Sooz (thanks guys!). And despite there being a few little kinks to straighten out, it’s now live.

So what is it, you may ask. Well, as some of you may have gathered I quite like clothes, and playing dress-up in general. I’m always on the lookout for inspiration and tips from magazines and online resources and I follow a lot of style and fashion blogs. What I’ve struggled to find though, are any style blogs that would cater for us curvier girls as well. And on Friday something just snapped and I decided that if it isn’t out there, I will have to put it out there. Thus came the idea for the DIVA Look Book. I’m stupidly excited about it, which is kind of weird as on Thursday the whole concept had never even crossed my mind! I have no idea where I’ll find the time for it (seeing as I have another idea, which has been brewing for much longer, in the works as well), but I will try my darnest to keep updating it on regular basis. And hopefully it will eventually work as a source of inspiration for a lot of girls out there, what ever size they may be. So go ahead and have a snoop around. There’s obviously not much content up yet, but I’ll try to keep posting regular features on almost daily basis. Do share any ideas you might have as well, that would be much appreciated! Actually, I was thinking about putting up a little goodie bag contest on Friday in order to get wishes and suggestions from potential readers, so you might want to keep an eye out for that.

Friday, 6 June 2008

Wardrobe Diary

06 June 08

Not sure what’s happening with the strange pose… :D

Scarf: Lindex
Top: Agenda
Jeans: Tripp (new pair though! :P)
Flip flops: Very very old Evans
Bangles: Yes the same ones again… Torrid / Evans

Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Wardrobe Diary

03 June 08

Webcam seems to over-expose everything these days…

The weather was depressingly grey and rainy today so wanted to cheer myself up with some colour.

Earrings: H&M; (large orange hoops, can’t really see them…)
T-shirt: Linea
Rollerblade necklace: Torrid
Hoodie: Evans
Jeans: eBay
Watch: Regal
Ring: present
Shoes: Skechers retro