WEDNESDAY

(Little Plastic Horses, Tobacco and Leather, weheartit)

SLUMP

Weirdly enough, considering fashion week's just happened, I am feeling shockingly uninspired. I don't really know what's wrong with me, but I know I don't like it. A large part of it I think is down to location, like when I'm in London/Paris/NYC, I nearly always put in more of an effort. Unfortunately for moi, fashion-speaking anyway, I am in Bristol, which I personally do not find the most fashionably inspirational place in the world. This is largely because I would say 75% of all Bristol students would just love to be alternative, but this desire to be alternative has resulted in them all being alternative in the same way. Kind of defeats the point non? Not that I don't love the look of high tops, weird vintage jumpers, skinny jeans, barbours and weird cloths tied into people's hair......ok I actually hate it, so sue me. The monotony of seeing all these people who a few years ago were dressed in ra-ra skirts, Ralph Lauren polo shirts and pashminas, is making me fashionably-depressed. So here are some fashion-spirit lifters. I feel sooo much better now.

PS. Obviously I don't mean all Bristol students, so no offence...

(Little Plastic Horse, weheartit, Fashion Squad, The Sartorialist, zimbio.com, Knight Cat, Olsens Anonymous)

TWO OF A KIND

(Olsens Anonymous, Olsens Obsessive, Alice in Wardrobe Wonderland, Olsens Twins News)

FIREWORKS

I hope everyone had a FABULOUS new year's eve and has a wonderful 2011. Mwah.

(French Frosting, Vogue Italia, brettratner.com, Nina Vintage, trendland.net, Stardust and Sequins, imdb.com)

THE WOES OF WINTER.

Right now, where I am in Bristol, it is freeeeeezing cold. Literally. It even snowed a pathetic few inches the other day. Now, as beautiful as it is when the first snowflakes begin to fall, I find it gets old after, hm, about a day. I made the mistake of wearing French Soles to venture across the icy downs that I need to walk across to get to my lectures. Not fun. After 10 minutes I truly believed I had frost bite, which, thankfully, I didn't. Dressing for the weather, for me anyway, is a nightmare. Yes, layering is cool in theory, but when you go inside and have to strip off about 6 items of clothing in order not to melt from the blasting radiators, layering stops being cool, and starts being extremely irritating. I also find that when I try and mimic the Mary-Kate Olsen layered look, (circa 2007, obviously), I end up looking as though I got dressed under my duvet with my pink silk eye mask still covering my peepers. As one friend so kindly put it, 'Bag-Lady chic'. Anyway, enough ranting. Here's some of my inspiration for the winter months:

Ok, so I know the last one is a little dubious, but she pulls it off. Even with three scarves...

(The Sartorialist, Olsens Anonymous, Olsens Obsessive, Who What Wear, Daily Mail, Sienna-Miller.net, Popsugar, Vogue Russia)