Camden Town

During my recent stay in London, my boyfriend kept nagging me to go to Camden Town. You're thinking "nag"?...why would he have to nag you to go to this amazingly unique shopping destination...Right? Right! Well, you see in my ignorance I was under the impression that Camden Town was only for metal heads seeking heavy metal t-shirts and the like- I don’t wear t-shirts! Yes, they do have this sort of thing too, but unbeknown to me they also have the most amazing selection of vintage clothing. Eventually my boyfriend got his way and we went to Camden Town, but unfortunately we only got around to it the morning of our departure back to South Africa and so we only had two hours to browse this massive market place. Needless to say I ran around like a headless chicken trying to see and buy as much as I could in two hours. Next time I go to London I will give Camden Town the attention it deserves.

 

{Dress and Shoes-Camden Town; Cardi-Woolworths, Handbag-Fossil, Stockings- Ballet Barre}

My favourite Camden purchase is without a doubt the Boots. They are a mission to lace up...oddly i find this quite therapeutic...I'm strange like that. And again we have the flesh coloured fishnets!

{Thats my doggie Milo, he wanted to be in the picture too!}

Brogue Agent

{Brogues, Mr. Price}

I must admit, when the whole brogue trend hit I was not completely convinced that this one was for me. That was until I spotted these gorgeous ones at Mr. Price! Their floral print makes them so girly and I just feel totally vintage chic in them. I wore them on Saturday to the mall and got stopped by a bunch of people demanding to know where I got them from.

I am also loving my flesh coloured fishnets lately, I’m wearing them with everything! I even wear them with jeans, and then roll up the hem so that it shows at the ankles. I first got a pair of flesh coloured fishnets when I was in High School and my Gran (believe it or not!) brought me a pair from Portugal. Nowadays I get them from the Ballet Barre (a local ballet clothing stockist). It’s the only place I seem to find them.

{Headband- Sassa Diva; Poloneck-Woolworths; Skirt-Legit- Stockings-Ballet Barre; Knee length stockings- Aldo; Brogues-Mr Price; Ring-Sass Diva; Necklace-Woolworths }

Chignon à la français

Paris! I love Paris! This city truly dazzled the socks off me when I was there last month. There is an air of fabulousness all around that you just can't help getting sucked in by it all. The glowing lights! The buzzing Brasseries! Not to mention all the Madams walking around, groomed to perfection with their chignon’s sitting prettily on their perfectly groomed heads. This city oozes glitz, glamour and elegance. I couldn’t resist donning my own interpretation of the chignon while I was in Paris.

Sunglasses-Fendi; Earrings-Accesorize; Peach Top-Edgars

{Thats the Louvre behind me}

Headband-Zara; Sunglasses-Fendi; Earrings-Sass Diva; Off Shoulder top-YDE

{I picked up these gorgeous Fendi sunnies in Venice! They are so unique that I'm going to dedicate a post solely to them, so stay tuned.}

As you have already seen here that I am obsessed with headbands lately; well this is where the obsession began. I bought this cutesy green feathered headband from Zara in Florence.   

Dreaming of summer days

It is officially the middle of Winter in South Africa! I.am.NOT.a.fan! In cold weather like this I always wish that i could magically transform into a bear and hibernate the whole winter away. But until i have figured out how to make this possible, I'll just have to dream the rest of the winter away with thoughts of the summer sky, lazy picnics and the golden beach sand…ahhhh…

Images 1 and 3, Apartment 34; Image 2, Sterling Style

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Go with the flow

I just recently had a month long holiday in Europe and noticed all these girls wearing flowy, t-shirty type tops with asymmetrical hems. At first I was a bit apprehensive to try it myself; I thought it might make me look a bit chunky, so I didn’t buy any in Europe. Then I saw this darling one at a little boutique in Pretoria and decided to give it a try. I think the trick to avoid the chunk is to keep it skinny on the bottom. I teamed it with a head band, which I am loving as of late.

Grey sweater- Woolworths; Blue flowy top-Nikhon; Jeggings-Woolworths; Booties-Aldo; Handbag- Packwells; Necklace-Sass Diva; Headband-Woolworths

 

Perhaps the blue nail polish is slight overkill on an already very blue outfit, especially since i am not at all one for matchy matchy. The truth is that i already had that nail polish on before deciding on the outfit and was just too lazy to change it.

Hooray for my first outfit post!

Devilishly Dark

My favourite accessory is without a doubt nail polish. I have been completely obsessed with  this divinely colourful, nail coating liquid we call nail polish  ever since primary school when my mom would only allow me to paint my nails during the school holidays.

Now that I am all grown up I am still hopelessly besotted with the stuff. Since it is winter in South Africa my latest nail polish love affair is with all things devilishly dark.

 

{I am in LOVE with these colours from OPI, this one is Suzi skis in the Pyrenees, i love the name too}




{This Beauty is called Russian Navy and makes me want to say "Da" "da" "da" "da" !}

MWAH! HAPPY WEEKEND

To bang or not to bang

For as long as I can remember I have always had an obsessive love/hate relationship with bangs (or a fringe as we call it in South Africa.) I love the look, but hate the fact that it needs to be styled from scratch every morning. I am so not a morning person and much prefer having a few more minutes lay in time than washing and drying my fringe each morning. Having said that, I am still considering punishing myself and cutting some bangs. I have collected some fabulous celebrity bang styles for inspiration.

{My favourite has always been a heavy bang a la Nicole Ritchie, as luck would have it its also the trickiest to style}

{ Super sexy side swept bang, so glamorous and easier to style}

{oh dear! another heavy bang, guess i know which one i'm picking!}