A while ago I asked Paul if he would make a video for my blog, and so this idea was born. The concept came rather organically from the music we chose and this is the result of going out in the middle of the night one night and experimenting with Paul’s new camera light. It was a rather novel and interesting experience, being on video while freezing to death without tights or a coat in the middle of the night. I think the music ties together the theme very well. Like the name suggests, it’s a short film about night and the moon. I hope you like! 

For best viewing, fullscreen before watching. 

Last of the outfit posts we did at Canterbury! We shot this on the last day I was there, before I flew to India. I had completely forgotten about this cape entirely through accident. I left it at my ex’s place before I flew to India the time before this and then we broke up, so when he returned it, I just shoved it at the back of my closet and forgot all about it. I am glad I found it though! It’s the perfect trench cape, complete with hood (although I haven’t put it up for these photos) and in a gorgeous tan. I quite felt like a 40s spy when I wore this. 

Puplet!

Top - ASOS

Cape -ASOS

Skirt -ASOS

Tights - Tabio

Collar -From another coat

Hat -Vintage

Loafers -Vintage

Gloves -Accessorize

yet another outfit that we shot while i was at canterbury. like with this outfit, i felt like a university student in the 40s with this one too! the dress is one of my greatest vintage finds in recent times. it is actually from the 40s and is in my size which is a bit of a miracle. i paired it with my favourite new cardigan and unwittingly dressed in the colours of the american flag. still, i don’t think it looks tacky when offset with my yellow satchel. also, glasses! my eyes are so bad these days that i cannot see a foot beyond my own nose without the help of glasses. these are my constant companion now, except you never see them because i don’t think i look very good in them! i always wanted big geeky frames but now that i have them, i think they overwhelm my face a bit. which is surprising since i have a pretty large face! anyway, i thought that the frames went well with this outfit so here you have me - specky as they come! 

the print is one of my favourite things about this dress. isn’t it lovely? 

because i miss him <3

dress -vintage, 40s

cardigan - asos

satchel -asos

tights -asos

hat - vintage

shoes -vintage

glasses -london retro hoxton

This was actually shot a week or so ago when I was still in Canterbury. I really didn’t have much to all day while I was there so I lay in bed and read and raided the fridge and pretended to be mousie while Paul worked in the other room. Being mousie was my chief activity of the day. I don’t think I have been as happy as I was there in a very long time. And now I have all these photos to remind me of the two weeks I spent with him. This outfit is something simple which I just threw on without thinking too much. I wore this to go for drinkies with Paul’s friends. 

Top -Topshop

Dress -New Look

Tights -Tabio (very old and ratty)

Hat -John Lewis

Brogues -ASOS

For today’s shoot we went to the rose gardens in Canterbury. It’s a lovely place, right next to the river (canal?) and I daresay it is lovelier in the summer. I tweeted about this dress a while ago. It’s a vintage number from the 80s which I scored for £5 at the vintage sale at the University’s Winter Fair. It’s hard to find vintage clothing in my size so when I do get my hands on something, it is an occasion of great joy. I still can’t get enough of horse prints, so I paired it with this jumper I got from ASOS earlier in the summer. A dress and a jumper, paired with a collar is my to-go outfit for this season. I think it lends itself to a rather 40’s-ish look. What do you think? 

After we were done with the shoot, we went to Cafe Rouge for a lovely meal!

Dress - Vintage

Jumper - ASOS

Collar - from a coat

Tights - ASOS

Brogues -ASOS

Hat - Vintage

1. i wandered lonely as a cloud

hello gentle reader! seeing the ‘best of’ posts everywhere, i thought i might do one as well! these are the five outfits (and one more) which i most loved on me this year. it’s funny to look at the photos from earlier in the year and see how much my body and face have changed. i sometimes can’t recognize myself in the thinner me earlier in the year. i know i don’t talk about it much on this blog but the principles of fat acceptance have been one of the cornerstones of my life since 2007. so while a part of me still wishes for that thinner version of me, i know by now that that is a dangerous wish. however, unlike before, it does  not send me spiralling down into a pit of despair, because while i think i look very different, i don’t think it is necessarily better. it’s just…different. more than my body. its my face that i see the changes in. my double chin is more prominent and my cheeks have filled out. but i don’t think i look bad because of it. just different. years ago, all my new year resolutions used to begin with the mandatory fat girl resolution - to lose weight. and although i have gained two dress sizes in this year, partly through being on birth control and partly through eating normally again after an unintentional diet, that will not be one of my resolutions. instead i will resolve to work through my mental health issues and finish my MA in a way i can be proud of and be a better daughter, dog mother, friend and girlfriend, not to mention a better blogger! i think those are resolutions worth trying to keep. so thank you everyone, for all your support, and i hope you have a lovely 2012.

ps - click on each individual photo to go to the post! 

2. brighton rock

3. midsummer common

4. the time traveller’s orphan lovechild

5. working girl

bonus! fall colours

aaand the ducks are back! i am at macclesfield now and we were lucky enough to have a canal right next to the house and since i miss my watery locations, we decided to take some photos there. i have mentioned this coat on twitter before. it’s from topshop and was bought in a fit of madness. being aware that topshop goes only upto a 16 i haven’t passed its portals much since gaining a size, but a couple of weeks ago i found myself getting off the bus from uni right in front of the store and walking in. i saw this coat and instantly fell in love although even as i took it to the changing rooms i had no delusions that it would fit. but as i slid my arms in, i instantly felt doomed since they slid right in! and then a madness came upon me and minutes later i was at the counter forking over £98 to the girl there and no idea why i was doing so. still, i don’t regret it because it’s worth the price. it’s 100% wool for one and the cut is exquisite. it’s a bit tight around my body but that is to be expected. as long as i don’t have too many layers underneath it, it fits fine.

yay ducks on the blog again!

coat -topshop

hat -asos

tights -asos

loafers -bass

gloves -accessorize

it’s christmas! it’s really sad that this year i am spending christmas alone, but i was lucky enough to be with my boyfriend for part of christmas eve. on a sidenote if you are spending christmas alone as well, check out the #xmasathome hashtag on twitter. to get into the festive mood i decided to dress in the colours of the season! red, green and gold. so here’s wishing you all a very merry christmas/giftmas/hanukkah/holiday in general. i hope you get to spend it with friends and family and people dear to you. 

this cardigan from asos is one of the prettiest things i own. the sewed on pearls, the fur collar and the deep rich red combine to create utter loveliness. 

there were puplets!

cardigan -asos 

coat - new look

skirt -asos

tights -asos

hat -asos

wellies -town and country via amazon. 

a sidenote about the wellies - if you are looking for sturdy, durable wellies look for these ones! i got them last year and i haven’t regretted it for a moment. these are a beautiful red and made of the thickest rubber and feel a lot better than the hunter ones. (needless to say, no one is paying me for saying this.)  

Considering my old wardrobe is mostly obsolete after going from a size 16 to a 18, I am now busy building it up again, bit by bit, and that too on a student budget. I had my eye on this dress for almost half a year but I never knew that it actually came in any size larger than a 14. I remember seeing it at Modcloth after one of my readers alerted me about its existence but thanks to Modcloth only stocking tiny tiny sizes I had no idea that this actually went upto a 18 until I saw it on sale at ASOS a while ago. I have been told that I look like a bumblebee in this dress and I think I agree. Somehow it has a very Japanese EGL vibe to it too, especially around the bib in the front and the sleeves. It evokes memories of being a child when I yearned to wear pretty dresses like this but had no way to. I am glad I came around to that in the end though! 

These are my new Bass loafers scored on ebay for $8! 

It was a beautiful Winter day, crisp and clear with sunshine and blue skies, so I took a few photos of the leaves! 

Dress -Tofu via ASOS

Hat - John Lewis

Tights - Tabio

Loafers - Bass

Gloves - Accessorize



Oh look! A new post! Needless to say I am back in the UK again and have no shortage of locations and so blogging is interesting again. One of the things I am on the search for this winter are coats in bright jewel colours. Being a newly acquired size 18, this is most difficult to find. It seems that it has been decreed that fatties above a certain size must only wear black and nothing else. ASOS, New Look and River island are my new sources of salvation, now that my old wardrobe is obsolete. I was thus overjoyed when I saw this cape at ASOS. It seemed perfect for me. This outfit is based on something I saw on someone while working at the library last week. I love the 40s feel and the combination of textures like wool, fur, leather and velvet. What do you think?

My new photographer! <3

Dress - Tofu, 18 via ASOS

Cape - ASOS, 16

Tights - Tabio, L

Beret - Vintage via Fabgabs on Etsy

Gloves - Accessorize

Shoes - Vintage, thrifted