Charity Find: Carpet Cardigan

Sorry for not keeping up with posts this week, I've been home, visiting the fam, celebrating my sister's birthday (baked my famous chocolate cake. success!), seeing friends and getting a good dose of Bournemouth charity shopping (always more successful than london charity shopping, funnily enough), and today I ended up doing a pretty impressive cardigan haul.

Check out Carpet Cardigan! Now I know he's not to everybody's tastes, but those people can bugger off because I think he's beautiful. And only £4.99! I also bought two other plainer cardigans for £3.99 each, and that Primark sailor cardigan everybody owns...

Yeah, I think I'm sorted on the cardigan front!

Whistles SS11

Yes, we all know Whistles does some lovely (and pricey) stuff, but oh man, this season's stuff is most certainly up my street. I love the 60s, and all this emits a wonderful 60s retro vibe; from the garments (the colours, the patterns, those high-waisted trousers, the a-line skirt) to the shoot itself (these photographs look like they could have been taken an age ago, and doesn't the location remind you of one of those cool, 1960s penthouses?) - the whole thing is just so right.

We've not had much through in delivery yet, apart from these teasing look books, but I am very excited for when these beauties start trickling through. I'm planning my uniform already.

Charity Find: Leopard Print Jumper

So I've been on the hunt (hunt. leopard. har har!) for a nice leopard print jumper for absolutely yonks now, but I've never managed to find one quite right.

I didn't think so, but I'm apparently very particular about what I want in my jumper.

it's got to have a round-neck it can't be too pale it can't be too bright the spots have to look a certain way it has to be soft it can't be too thin it can't be so thick it makes me look bulky it can't be too short it must have long arms it must be slightly oversized...

I remember seeing Kate and Alexa sporting Chloe Sevingy's lovely one (almost perfect, but a bit too short) and being spurned on in my quest even more. However, despite trailing round shop after shop (vintage, charity, highstreet), I still never found anything.

I'd pretty much given up hope of finding this crazy dream jumper but then, on Monday, whilst idly browsing my local Oxfam, I came across this...

It's only taken me a few years, people, but I've finally found one (patience is a virtue, good things come to those who wait, yar yar yar) and it's pretty much exactly what I wanted, and a snip at just £4.99!

Now... Leopard Alexa to go with it, anyone?

Labour of Love...

Look - two posts in one week! I am on FIRE, haha.

Today I thought I'd share with you one of my favourite boutiques in London; designer Francesca Forcolini's Labour of Love in Islington, London - a little shop full of gorgeous garments, shoes, trinkets and treasures.

Luckily for me (or unluckily, if you're looking at it from my bank accounts perspective...), the place is only five minutes away from work, so I'm forever finding myself popping in for a look.

I know, I know, photo heavy, but I couldn't help it - literally everything in the store is lovely! You can really tell every single item has been selected with the utmost thought and care (they don't call it labour of love for nothin', ya know ;))

Aside from stocking the stores own beautiful Labour of Love line, Francesca has also made room for lots of other fancy labels too (TBA, Gemma Lister, Eley Kishimoto, Manoush... the list goes on), so it's pretty certain you're going to fall in love with something if you risk stepping inside.

If you can't, then click here for their online shop. It's almost as good.

193 Upper Street
Islington
London 
N1 1RQ
  

"In 2011, I'm going to blog more..."

I'm rubbish, ten days in and it seems I'm already I'm breaking that New Years resolution! Sorry, I know I could have easily posted a few photographs and wittered on about something vaguely fashion related, but I really hate posting just for the sake of it. I hope you're all still with me...

I thought I'd do a little bit of an outfit post today, a "little bit" because the photograph only shows a little bit of the outfit (though, to be fair, it is the best bit!)

Shirt: H&M (£5 in the sale!)
Skirt: Whistles
Necklace: Topshop

My new leather skirt!

It's Whistles, and I've wanted one forever, so when the "Alexis" dropped by in delivery, I fell in love and quickly bought it as a piece of uniform. It's pretty pricey even with my discount, but let's just call it an investment piece; I'll be wearing it a lot.

Also, I got snapped and interviewed by Selfridge's Style a while back, which just got put up on the website. Whistles printed it in the weekly news letter and everything.

Oh, fame... Click here if you're at all interested in seeing my mention, and the awful picture that goes with it!

Now, off to to see The King's Speech (gotta love the firth)! Have a lovely evening.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, all! Hope everyone had a good night. How are we all feeling today? Bit delicate?

Yeah, me too.

I spent my New Years here in London with a few friends; originally planned to stay at ours, but ended up at a house party down the road before long! Ended the night (or morning, depending on how you look at it) in Finsbury Park at 6am with a greasy kebab. CLASS. Had work later too, which was a right hoot.

Anyway, I just want to say thank you to all who have followed me and my blog throughout 2010. I really am surprised at how far things have come along and how much my life has changed; it's been an absolutely amazing year and I've really loved having you lot along for the ride.

Wishing you all a wonderful 2011! x