ain't no college grad kids

last week topshop hosted an event called "wish you were at topshop" which, as it coincided with the end of my exams (no longer can anyone tell me to "down it fresherrrrr"- hooray!) i headed down to liverpool one to see what was happening. one of the girls persuaded me to actually get involved, so i put on the blazer and got my photo taken (since when did ipads have cameras?), bought myself a ring and a cream tea from patisserie valerie as a treat for surviving year one, then returned to topshop for the dazed digital talk, which was stupidly interesting. (then i bought a bottle of rosé and discovered there's a lambanana in heebie jeebie's, but that's another story entirely).

hopefully as i'm back home for summer i'll be able to post more regularly, thank you so much to all my followers, and those who comment (arghhh, stop being so gushy, rebecca). are any of you going to the midlands meet-up in birmingham? i'm thinking of popping along!

xxx

breton stripe t-shirt; £10; raiders vintage. leather belt; 20p; st michael's via charity shop. blue skirt; £30; american apparel. leather tooled bag; £3; vintage. skull bracelet; £11; alexa chung for made via ebay. necklaces; gifts, topshop, accessorize... the blazer is from topshop, but they gave it to me to wear for the photo, i don't actually own it...

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she breaks just like a little girl

i know it was nearly a month ago, but i've only just got my photos from the weekend of the royal wedding developed. we went to charles' house, drank champagne, made daisy chains and raced on his family's mobility scooter. (i lost.)

i'm wearing a miss selfridge dress (£8, via charity shop), russell and bromley heels (£11, via ebay), carven cardigan (£63, via sample sale) and primark tights (£2... full price. wow)

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cagey tigers

'70s denim shorts, urban outfitters, £40. joanna louca drawstring pom pom pouch, via urban outfitters, £470. floral mary-jane flats, office, £18. barbour liberty rose print utility shirt, via asos, £89.95.

natural denim circle skirt, american apparel, £36. antalya shirt, all saints, £120. black patent loafers, russell and bromley, £135. brown flower satchel, miss selfridge, £35. pamela love crow skull necklace, via net-a-porter, £480.

swirled mesh and linen dress, carven via net-a-porter, £510. facet beads on suede bracelet, topshop, £14. pleat corner clutch, asos, £20. the beatle boot, anello and davide.

this summer is a time for music festivals, gigs, and the theatre (les miserables!!), and in the meantime i need stuff to distract me from reading shakespeare and james joyce - and this is where my enviable photoshop skills come in.

i'd really like to point out the boots in the last collage. they're made by a company called anello and davide who are based in kensington, london. they hand make all their shoes for each individual customer, and the ones i've pictured are an adaptation of the classic chelsea boot which became popular in the sixties due to the beatles (and many other bands of the time) naming them their footwear of choice. my mum told me she saved all her wages for a pair of her own (mid-calf and silver) but has no idea what happened to them, something i can't quite forgive her for.

for the past few years i've been dreaming of having my own pair custom made - but which colour and material would i choose?!

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