Category archives: fashion

 

 

What I wore: Descendents Smart

Back in September I wrote a blog post about outfit posts and about how I pick what I wear depending on how I feel and now on where I’m going/what I’m doing. As I’ve mentioned a few times, my Christmas spirit was low this year, which means that instead of rocking golden glittery tights (my Christmas tights) and dresses with bows I wore my everyday clothes, holes and dirty shoes included. But the other day I had a little Christmas dinner with my friends and I hadn’t seen them for a couple of weeks, so I decided to make a bit of an effort and wear a festive skirt with a bow on it and throw in a bit of colour coordination. I’m basically the nicest person around. Not being cheerful enough to dress up entirely, I dressed it down with a band tee. I call this Descendents smart. I expect fashion magazines to steal this term from me any time soon.

Cardigan & tights: H&M
T-shirt: Wasted Rita
Skirt: Pull & Bear
Shoes: ??
Totoro pin: Handmade

 

Things (I would like) to wear this season

One of the best things of the internet is being able to go window shopping without leaving the house. And with Christmas round the corner, I think now’s the right time to share some of the nice clothes I’ve been spying this season.

 

I’ve had my eye on this Bimba & Lola coat. If only I could afford it!

Miss Patina :: Dear Creatures

 I actually have this topshop vest in black and I want it in every colour. Very badly. The Monki top satisfies my granny-like collars need, and Dear Creatures just make the nicest things.

 

 

I’m not much of a girly bag person, but I have a thing for tote bags. I’m always looking for new ones to replace the ones I destroy, and these ones are the ones I’d like to get right now. They’re from Jolly Good Fellow, Bright Beige and Bon Matin.

 

 Can you see a colour trend going on here? I can. Toast :: Urban Outfitters :: WantedShoes :: Zalando

 I love a good collar. As much as I love it, I’m not sure I could pull off this leopard print one from Modcloth, but the sailor one from Wayward Daughter is something I would wear with all my band t-shirts to pretend I’m smart when I’m actually dressed like a teenage boy. And I just can’t resist a bit of Cath Kidston.

I love everything about these art nouveau-inspired hankies. And I love wearing stuff on my head. It’s a win win situation. They are only sold at the Victoria & Albert Museum shop.

Have you had your eye on anything lately? What’s your favourite trend this season?

 

 

Look, a "serious" outfit post

I have to admit that I am not the greatest fan of fashion blogs. I follow a selected few run by people who have a unique style and mix fashion with other aspects of their life, rather than focus on designers, new collections and fashion weeks. That shit’s not for me.

If I am good at something that is spending a lot of time on the internet and wasting my energy thinking about useless things. During one of these deep research sessions I realised that, as amazing as these bloggers are, they dress according to what they’re doing and not how they’re feeling. Or at least that’s what they say.

Maybe it’s because I am the sort of person who will go to work in a band tee and ripped jeans and then go to a show wearing a dress,

but I definitely don’t dress according to the occasion* but to my feelings on that certain day. One day I might feel like a massive bag of potatoes and try to emulate that feeling by hiding myself behind my clothes as much as I can, and the next day I might be having a good day put on lipstick to do something mundane like going to university (yes, lipstick is for special occasions).

So it is this theory of mine that made me decide to – gasp – do some outfit posts. You might remember my previous two three outfit posts, especially the one titled “the reason why I don’t do outfit posts” and wonder what the hell I am doing. Well, this is not going to be the average “I’m going on a frozen yogurt date dressed like I came out of a 1950s fashion magazine, so here I am casually posing in a forest” post, but a more realistic take on the whole issue.

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what i wore when PMSing

I am inaugurating this feature with what is in my opinion the hardest thing in the world besides mastering the German language; looking nice trying to look nice when you’re premenstrual. I wore this to go out for lunch with my friends, but that is not the point. The point is that I was feeling bloated and huge, my breasts were swollen, I couldn’t stop sweating like a pig, my legs weren’t shaven and it was about 35ºC degrees outside.

Skirts were absolutely out of the question, so I settled for these black trousers merely because they’re more comfortable than jeans. The next step was to find a top that wouldn’t show any sweat patches and was big enough for me to hide under it. This one from Topshop was the best option I could think of, it’s cool and the scalloped edges are cute and make it more interesting than your average black top. Plus wearing all black is supposed to make you look slim, right?

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But now I faced another problem. I couldn’t leave the house wearing all black and looking like an emo kid lost in the mall. This outfit needed some colour. I had recently purchased an extremely girly pair of shoes, and that colour is my favourite these days. Easy. Plus, I remembered I had a handkerchief in a roughly similar colour and that it was big enough to tie around my head. Sorted.

And this is how I dress when my hormones go crazy

* exceptions are weddings, job interviews, funerals, beach days, boring jobs and sometimes visiting my grandma.

 

Beverly Hills 90210: Season 3

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I have to start this post by saying that I am hugely disappointed that the crew graduates in season 3. 3 out of 10! Seriously, what’s up with that? What the hell are the other seasons about? I guess watching an episode a week when you’re 9 years old and time seems to pass really slowly isn’t quite the same as frantically watching as many episodes as you can in a day when you’re a 20-something, time flies, your 30s are looming and you’re attempting to recapture your childhood while chuckling at the stupid 90s fashions and thinking “wait, they sell that at H&M” and “there is NO WAY Luke Perry is a teenager”.

welcome home brenda and donna

Now that my concerns about the future of this series are out of the way, let me tell you: SEASON 3 is GOOD. It begins with a lot of drama over Mr. Walsh’ disapproval of Brenda’s relationship with Dylan. He offers her a credit card to make her happy and eventually sends her to Paris with Donna, where they eat brains, visit museums and Donna becomes a model while Brenda hilariously pretends to be French. Meanwhile, in Beverly Hills, Kelly Taylor A.K.A. the worst best friend, is seducing Dylan-I-Have-No-Morals-McKaye.

Kelly Taylor and Dylan McKaye

 

A lot of the series revolves around this. Brenda meets guy. Dylan and Kelly confess their love. Dylan and Kelly kiss. David sees them. David Sees Kelly naked. Kelly becomes a total bitch when Brenda comes back because she is oh-so-in-love with Dylan and she gets to depressed that she paints her room black. Brandon has his doubts about seeing somebody who is a year younger than him. Andrea fights hard to get to Yale. Everybody thinks Dylan has cheated in his exams because rebels are clearly not intelligent…And then Brenda and Kelly make Dylan choose between one of the two, showing that they’re both equally stupid and giving him a cookie with their initials drawn in icing. Because at this point it is already clear that Brenda is a total bitch IRL and will eventually leave the show, Dylan picks Kelly.

Kelly Taylor paints her room black

Brenda Walsh

 

Students who nearly fail to graduate:

  • Steve because he gets caught breaking into the school with his “computer maniac” friend to change his grades.
  • Donna because she gets hilariously drunk at the prom, leaving David Silver a virgin for yet another season.
  • Dylan because everybody thinks he cheated and he is such a rebel that he doesn’t want to retake his exams.

Everybody ends up going to the same university except for Brenda, who goes back home in what blatantly seems a strategy to avoid seeing Dylan’s tongue deep down Kelly’s throat every 5 minutes. Even Andrea says no to her snobbish Yale dreams and stays in California, obviously so she can finally have sex with Brandon, which she suggests at the prom.

andrea zuckerman

 

The character of Andrea is interesting. This season sees all kinds of unfair stuff happening to her. She is run over by a car, her new literature teacher doesn’t want her to direct the school paper, Brandon says no to her sexual advances, she is the boring one who doesn’t want to go on a rollercoaster, nobody notices her change of hair colour and she keeps on having nightmares where she is humiliated by her teacher. Sure, bad things happen to every character in the show, but why is the clever, unattractive, jewish one constantly shown in situations where she is so vulnerable? Does Aaron Spelling hate Jews? Does Aaron Spelling hate nerds? Does Aaron Spelling hate the name Andrea? I previously wrote about how sorry I felt as a kid that my name was shared by the ugly one from 90210, but I have to admit I am growing to like her despite how annoying she is. I know Aaron Spelling wants me to hate her because she is clever and in charge of her sexuality. Seriously, I find Andrea sexually powerful. For her sex seems to be more of a natural thing, free from all the stupid teenage anxiety and parental pressure. She is not scared of sex like Donna, she doesn’t give in to pressure like Brenda and she is not traumatised by it like Kelly. Out of all the female characters, she seems to be the one with the most normal sexuality.

DOES AARON SPELLING HATE SEX?

Speaking of sex. I have something to say to Donna Martin.

 

Dear Donna Martin,

it is hilarious that your priest catches you in the porn section of the video store, that you dream about your first communion and your mother makes you wear a cross on the night you want David Silver to deflower you. But you know what? It’s just sex. Do it if you want it, don’t do it if you don’t. Stop talking about it already! I know you’re a teenager and the loss of virginity is a much talked about topic, but your show is set before the release of American Pie and way after the teen sex comedies, so you should probably be worrying about AIDS and not about what your your adulterous mother or your (probably pedophile) priest think.
Love,
Andrea

 

And now I present you my fashion favourites of this season: Donna Martin and Steve Sanders.

Steve Sanders' shirts

Steve Sanders' sports clothes

Donna Martin's clothes

Donna Martin CD jacket

 

A special mention goes out to the high-waisted jeans that I fear might be making a comeback soon. Here is proof that this is not an attractive look.

 

Brenda Walsh high-waisted shorts

 

90210 episode directed by jason priestley

In this season Jason Priestley AKA Brandon Walsh directs an episode. Watching it leaves no doubt as why he hasn’t developed a successful career as a director.

90210 class of 93Nice Parka, Steve.

 

Look, it's another post about hating fashion.

I’m a girl. I like dresses and buying lipstick, being strangely colour-coordinated and retail therapy. Despite all this, I have found it nearly impossible to find anything I liked in shops this season. I don’t want to wear stupidly bright colours or look like I came straight from 90210 (the original series, none of this modern nonsense). So after some unfruitful shopping trips I went online to browse more clothing sites only to find that fashion this season does indeed suck big time. One more reason to dress in band tees and shorts all summer. And you know what? I’m okay with that.

Here are the few things I actually liked.
I actually own two of these items. Guess which ones?

 

Wasted Rita is my Heroine

 

Birthday Wishlist

 

 

Marilyn Monroe's Niagara dress

Every time I watch a film I capture screen shots constantly, and as superficial as it sounds, a lot of the time those screen captures are of clothes or settings. I have decided to put these to good use by sharing them on the blog and finding where to buy similar items.

Ever since I can remember I’ve been fascinated by the pink dress Marilyn Monroe wears in Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953). Its colour appealed to 10-year-old me and its shape appeals to slightly older me. I still think that Marilyn has never looked better than in this film.
And those with the figure to pull it off with be delighted to know that Dixifried Clothing make an almost identical replica of it that looks just as amazing as the original.

Amazing, right? You can buy it on pinupgirlclothing.com for $96 dollars. Plus sizes are also available, which I think is amazing in such a figure-hugging cut.

Would you dare to wear this dress? I totally would if it had a circle skirt instead of a pencil one. I love the little bow on the top and the slightly off-shoulder sleeves, but I don’t think I’m ready to show my hips like that, especially not in fuchsia!

 

>Sailor inspiration

 

People I like: Kim Ripley

 

My cousin's wedding: What I wore

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Dress by Tara Starlet from Dollydagger
Petticoat from Dollydagger
Shoes from Mango
Birdcage veil from Oysho
Pearls from my grandma
Welcome to my first (and probably last) outfit post. I really enjoy reading fashion blogs, but only ones where I can find unique items. This is probably why I’ve never even considered a “what I wore today” post. Nobody likes to see one where 100% of the clothes are from high street shops.
Anyway, I’m basically sharing this outfit because I can’t recommend Dollydagger enough. The customer service was outstanding, everything was delivered very quickly (even when I had the petticoat sent to Spain) and they helped me with all the problems I had, to the point that I was able to exchange my dress weeks after the purchase, which I thought was extremely nice of them. 100% recommended. One tip, though. Tara Starlet dresses are quite small, it’s better to go one size up.

Here are some other shots from the wedding:

With the boy
With the mother
 Compulsory drunk shot