Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Blood Sanguine

Occasionally you meet people who lovingly name their clothes and develop a pseudo-human relationship with them. "Oh, Susannah, she's amazing. She's been with me for years!"
Other people can tell you a blow-by-blow account about certain items in their wardrobe. I happen to fall into the latter category. 

To me, you know there's something really special about certain items in your floordrobe when they come with a complete story behind their acquisition. It's even better if they've made the transition from floordrobe to permanent hanging space in a real wardrobe. Now we're really getting serious! 

My Bec & Bridge Blood Sanguine dress have a long, long history! I first tried this dress on when it came out in 2009. At the time, I umm'd and ahh'd about its practicality and cost-per-wear. So after annoying the sales assistant for at least 45 minutes, I turned my back on it. 
Fast forward two weeks, and I knew I HAD to have the dress. Spending the next two years looking for it everywhere online, in every boutique imaginable and on eBay, I finally found it on eBay! 
In fact, I was so desperate to have it that I'd asked Jay to bid on it at the same time, in case Vodafail let me down I somehow missed it. Not knowing his eBay username, I frantically outbid him (and effectively, myself) by another $15. In hindsight, it was all worth it, so I could play tourist and prance around the Japanese Gardens over the weekend! 

Bec & Bridge Blood Sanguine dress | Topshop boots | A Skulk of Foxes horse necklace | Cheap Monday Foretell ring | Signet ring | Bluejuice belt | Karl shoulder bag

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Monday, 25 March 2013

Confidential

In a world full of an increasing number of trends, sometimes it's nice to take inspiration from the simple things. Alex Franco and Rosie Tapner pull this off tremendously well for me in Russh's latest shoot, Confidential, wearing pieces form Topshop to Christopher Kane to Chanel. 

Since seeing this, I've been trying to get my hands on a pair of those shoes but can't seem to find them anywhere! Does anyone know where to buy them?

Photography: Alex Franco
Fashion: Gillian Wilkins
Art Director: Michael Donkin
Model: Rosie Tapner

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