Is it rude to wear an outfit this cute at a memorial?

I love Sex and the City as much as the next normal female human (yup, don't love it = not normal.) and I LOVE the clothes. Friggin' love them. And SJP rarely puts a fashion foot wrong (yes I loved the green 'bird on head' construction at the SATC2 premier. I still haven't forgiven them for that film though.) in real life either. And this outfit, worn at the late, great Alexander McQueen's memorial, is no exception. Look at those vertiginous heels, the black nipped coat and gorgeously full cream skirt. Accessorised with a quirky clutch, long white gloves and a flower in the hair, this is my kind of pulled together. Love it.

KILLER heels!

Happy Monday people. I was flicking through my Elle (September issue - I'm forever about one issue behind on my magazines) at the weekend and stumbled across this picture of Karen Elson. I think she's a flame haired beauty anyway (gosh, don't I just sound like a cliche?) and I love the fact that, on her account Jack White wrote a song called Icky Thump (though I always thought it was 'Eee, ecky thump', rather than icky but that's by the by) and doesn't she look all smouldery on the stairs. However, it's not her I'm interested in right now - will you look at those shoes? Jeepers!


They're Louboutin and, if I recall correctly, I think they're maybe ones they did for Rodarte a few seasons back. However, I did NOT see them in gold glitter at the time. And old season or not, these babies are truly fierce. Literally. I'd be scared to have them and not wear them for fear that someone would pick them up and stab me! Plus, to have a shoe like this and not wear it? Well, that'd just be rude, wouldn't it. And I am a firm advocate of good manners. They cost nothing after all. And that's probably more than can be said for the shoes.

Floral arrangement

Shoes # 18 are from schuh and by Irregular Choice. I LOVE these shoes. Let's have a look, shall we?


So what's so excellent about them? From my perspective, they are clashing awesomeness - the two different ditsy florals, combined with turquoise leather and blue and white stripes. I also love the huge big floppy bow ties (which match the heels!) and the gorgeous brogue detailing. Plus they're heels and they're cute.


So what should one wear with such a glorious shoe? Well, if you're me, MORE ditsy florals, in the form of my recently purchased (and recently seen on here) Trollied Dolly dress. Man, I am so loving that dress. It has the perfect combo of looking cute, fitting well and being easy just to fling on when you have no time or feel like you can't be bothered. Finish off the look with a grey cardi and leggings and let all those pretty florals work their magical banter.

I'm off to warm up my hands and nose which froze over while I was writing. Has anyone else noticed the nip of winter creeping in? Owee!

Must Drew look that good?!

Avid followers of my blog (love you Sally!) may recall that I have a bit of a lady crush on Drew Barrymore. So imagine my mixed feeling of adoration and out and out jealousy when I saw this. I was all flushed cheeks with green tinted edges (and not just cos I had one wine too many on a school night - for shame).

I mean - it's ridiculous - does a dress really need to have so much cut out of it? Well, if your waist is the size of a fresh new kitten's and your abs are like a washboard, then, it seems, yes! And while the dress is kinda fugly, Drew looks out and out stunning (and I usually hate that word - it's SO over used on Twitter!) and a wee bit ethereal. Lady crush, I salute you.

Final thought: I went to see the new Drew film, something about the Distance (I forget the name). It was surprisingly funny and I'd like to share a favourite moment, if I may. So, Drew's a waitress in San Fran and her dude lives in NYC. He rocks up at the restaurant to surprise her and, thinking it's a new customer right at the end of her shift, she stomps over. When she sees him she's all excited and he says 'I don't want to order anything I've just got a tip for you' (cos she's a waitress, like - it's FUNNY) and she says, 'it better be the tip of your dick', Ah chortle! Who doesn't enjoy a bit of knob chat ;-)

Behind enemy lines

Aha! You got me - I'm wearing Office shoes. You may or may not know, I work for another purveyor of shoes which, technically, makes Office an enemy. Grr! Who am I trying to kid - I'm a total shoe slut. I like it, I can afford it, I don't give a shit where it came from! And these cuties were only £15 in the sale so, really, I sorta robbed 'em.

So it's pair #17 in the big shoe wearing challenge. Making good headway. Here's what's good about these shoes:

Peep toe
Pink Metallic trim
Ginormous pink plastic heart
Star print

A-MA-ZING! I bought the other colourway first (for my wedding! You'll see them soon enough) then, bazing, £15 for these.

They're worn with:

Urban Outfitter's dress
Forever 21 tee
Star print Uniqlo leggings
Accessorize rainbow belt
And shit hair - yeah it looked wack that day.

Peep-a-licious!

That's all...

I'm trollied, dolly

Nah, I'm not really. I want to say I can't work a camera when I'm trollied but I have photos to prove that ain't really the case. No, actually, I'm wearing a beautiful floral dress from Trollied Dolly and some Irregular Choice lovelies from schuh.


So, let's start with the shoes. It seems only appropriate for a shoes challenge. You may be getting, by now, that I quite like Irregular Choice. And this pair are no exception. They're dogtooth but, instead of the trad black/white combo, IC have gone for white/grey/pink. Love it. They're a lowish heel (though sometimes they bust right on your balls as you walk. Tee, hee!) with a pink heel tip - I'm a sucker for detail. They have a cute black bow at the heel (details, details!) and, weirdly, orange velvet lining. Now I must tell you: I am not a fan of the velvet lining. It, frankly, encourages foot sweat and I just imagine it all building and festering...what do you mean you came to read about shoes not hear about foot sweat? Oh, sorry. Ah, here's a close up:


You like? I know I sure like my new Trollied Dolly dress. You can read all sorts of shizz about how they came to be here. But, in a nutshell, two sisters grabbed their balls, quit their jobs and decided to make the world better shod. Good plan. My dress is a pretty little white and pink floral, fitted waist number. So far, so cute. The thing that really grabbed me though was the ginormous bow across the chest - cute-a-licious! Ta-da!

Yes that's my neck. No, there's no Adam's apple. I'm a chick! BTW, if you're interested, it's an H&M belt, a Toppers or Primarni cardi and Uniqlo leggings. I am really rather rating Uniqlo's customer service right now. And their patterned leggings!

Oh Little Scribbler weez all zeez posts you are truly spoiling uz!

Uh-huh you better believe it. 4 posts in one day! The thing is, I was in Alton Towers at the end of last week and, frankly, when you're on the world's first vertical drop roller coaster, the last thing on your mind is blogging. So I have a build up of pictures of shoe wearage waiting to go up here. Ladies and gentlemen, here is pair # 14 from schuh. Oh, oh yes, and # 15 too, Havaianas, also from schuh. Two pairs in one day people. I'm a shoe slut!


The first shoes are this pretty leopard print pair. They're mid height (soooo a/w '10) with a delicious almond shaped toe. They're satiny (but not in a cheap way) leopard print, trimmed with burgundy grosgrain edging and bow. Adorable. The heel is slightly conical and is burgundy patent. S'cuse the heel scrapage - Edinburgh pavements and cobbles are a bitch.

And she wore 'em with...a Primark wrap around dress I've had for ages. I love this dress - it makes me think of old school cleaning ladies who wore kinda turban things. Maybe I'll rock it with a headscarf next time. Does anyone else feel as though, if they suddenly try to work a headscarf, having never worn one before, they'll look like a twat? Yes, no? Just me? Anyway, I added a leopard print Warehouse cardigan for the match/clash factor and a black vest/leggings for decency's sake. People just don't give enough credence to decency these days...The combo is topped off with a bejewelled Topshop snake necklace.

Ssss!

And finally - with the gold Havaianas. I wear these all the flipping time and never picture them. I just forget! Anyway, my leg was doing something weird and I needed to go out so the heels were ditched and the flip flops taken up! Good times. Flip flop and you don't stop. And I should stop. Stop.