What I Wore Black-Out 2010 Day 4-5: Please don't kill me!

Day 4:

Skirt, thrifted; shirt, Seduction; shoes, Birkis; bracelets, various gifts and handmade.

This entire outfit felt like a really super good idea in the morning. After an hour spent outside playing soccer in the blinding sun (in gym clothes of course), the skirt was my new best friend and the shirt was starting to seem like a frenemy. 

Day 4.5:

Dress, Gina Tricot; Black and white bracelets, Claires; hair bow, Claires; shoes, Birkis, but I only wore them to and from.

I know, I know: I cheated. Please don't kill me! I don't have a really good excuse, just that there was a black and white themed dance, I own no white clothing suitable for dancing and I REALLY love dances and themes.

Day 5:

Shirt, Smart Set; skirt, thrifted; bandana, thrifted; Sunglasses, Joe Fresh; shoes, Birkis.

The skirt (which is actually a skort, shhh!) is a pretty bright blue, but the intense sunlight that day made everything sort of blown out. Having worn it for a day, I have now decided that I need to recreate it in every colour of the rainbow, and several that aren't in the rainbow. Cuteness of a miniskirt with the wearing ease of shorts, Rosie likey!

Day 5.5:

Dress, Eclipse; belt, Cake; bandana, thrifted; shoes, Birkis removed the minute I walked through the door. 

I wore this outfit to a cast party for a production I'm in right now, and I could not have been happier with my choice. I was overdressed, since everyone else was wearing shorts and t-shirts (except my best friend Nat who was wearing an outfit that sort of matched mine); but that was just fine.

Love,

Rosie

What I Wore Black-Out 2010 Day 3: Full of Bobby Pins

Skirt, thrifted; shirt, Seduction; sandals, birkis; hat, handmade by my mummy; bracelets various gifts and handmade.

I'm on the fence about this skirt. It's a light weight corduroy, and awkwardly stiff. And the waist band, which fits perfectly, refuses to stay in one place. Still, it's a nice olivey green, and looks divine with hot pink, and I bet lots of other colours.

I've never posted an outfit featuring this hat before, but I've worn it like three times over the past week. I just shove all my hair into it, stick it full of bobby pins and I'm set for the day. It's so much more glamourous than a athletic headband, adds a pop of colour, and matches my purse/camera bag, so expect to see it a lot more in the coming days and weeks.

Do you have a go to accessory?


Love,
Rosie

What I Wore Black-Out 2010 Day 2: New and Old

Dress, Joe Fresh; sandals, Birkis; headband, Claires (several years ago); necklace, a gift from a friend; bracelets, various gifts and handmade

Yeah, I wear these sandals a LOT. The thing is: they are super comfortable no matter what I'm doing, they are easy to take off (and put back on)*, they are neutral enough to match pretty much everything I own, they require pretty much no upkeep, and when my friends are like "Hey Rosie, don't you think it would be awesome to walk across town to get some ice cream?", I can say "Totally 100% awesome!" not "I'd love to, but my shoes won't allow it.".

I have an extreme love for this dress. I've only worn it a couple of times, but every time I do, I'm like: "Damn I love this dress, even if it's trying to force me to show everyone my bra." It's not that often you find a dress that makes you look drop dead gorgeous while feeling like pyjamas.

This necklace arrived in the mail yesterday, and I had to wear it. The large stone is jade, and it has inspired a whole realm of new outfits.

I never would have thought to wear jade/mint green with red on my own, but since the necklace put them together I decided to go with it.

That led to me wearing this headband, which has been laying unloved in my bedroom for YEARS, since I never know what to wear it with. I have some ideas as to what to wear it with though, so it may become a more regular participant in my outfits.

Love,

Rosie

* I like my shoes to be easy on and easy off because I have a somewhat (ok, extremely) annoying habit of taking my shoes off. Honestly, I get to a rehearsal or a class or a random place, and I take my shoes off.

What I Wore Black-Out 2010 Day 1: Crop top and florals

Skirt, thrifted; shirt, gift from a friend, years ago; tank top, Seduction; shoes, Birkis; belt, Cake; bracelets, various gifts and handmade.

It was the first day of the black-out today, and I will admit that I had a bit of trouble with this outfit. I wanted to wear the shirt, and normally I would have thrown on a black belt, black tank and black skirt for effortless chic, but I think this was way more fun.

I love this skirt so much, I can't believe I've barely worn it! I think my main problem was not know what to wear it with, but I've got all sorts of ideas now that I know just how amazing it is. You can sort of see it in the photos, but it's practically alive, the way it moves and flows.

I had some fun with photo editing after I took this photo, but these are the true colours of the shirt. I was helping my sister sort through some old clothing I had put aside for her, found this and reclaimed it. As you can see in the first two pictures, it's really short, and pretty loose, but I think it will look neat with high waisted jeans or a skirt, and the need for a tank top makes the outfit way more interesting.

Love,

Rosie

Summer Black-Out 2010 and other Announcements

Am I a bad person or what? In my second to last post, I told you all that my camera was broken, and that posting would pretty much stop until I got it fixed. Well, my camera isn't fixed yet, but if you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that yesterday I bought a Canon Rebel XS. May may have been in all time low when it came to posting, but I think June will be a bit better. I am in the middle of exam revision right now, but I'm really excited about my new camera, so expect more outfit posts.

For today though, I just wanted to share with you something pretty cool I'm going to be doing for a week starting tomorrow.

It starts tomorrow, June 7th, and runs until June 14th. Please please please head on over to Already Pretty to check out the guide lines and to get more info.

Love,
Rosie