Loose Leathers...

It's a long time since I took a 'selfie' for ELS...

Leather Trousers - Vintage, Cotton Jumper - Gap, Sandals - Prada

Valentino...

 

...say no more.

A current obsession...

 

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Spring...

 

...scarf...

 

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Bone-tired...

 

...wearing my bones literally! Exhausted!

 

Arran Jumper - Vintage, Leather & Neoprene Jacket, Pants - Zoe Karssen

 

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Doubling Up...

 

... Ok so I love shoes, and bags, and... Stuff - fashion stuff but I don't need stuff - let's be honest who does...

 

So I love an excuse, who doesn't. I love the fact that the little ones ipad case doubles up as a clutch and my mini ipad case, a mini clutch!

 

Jacket - ASOS, Net Skirt - RSPCA Charity Shop,

Clutch - Marc by Marc Jacobs, Boots - Maison Martin Margiela

 

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In the details...

 

... Take flight - trainers can be washed.

 

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Dungarees & Spots...

 

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3 Times Tartan...

 

... Nothing brightens up my day than shoes and red - red shoes being the ultimate in 'pick me up' clothing. Literally elevating the mood and body!

 

Shoes - Lucy Choi London, Jeans - Wolf & Gypsy Vintage (Brighton and via Instagram!), Shirt - Mind Charity Shop, Jacket - April, May (Paris)

 

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A Hop, Skip & a Jump...

 

 

 

...a new year always excites me - new beginnings! So to start this year a-fresh I decided not to drink last night (I now, go ahead have a wee yawn - I would!) but when I woke this morning with a clear head (2 schnauzers that need a good walk and a 3 year old full of beans!) I felt pretty good.

 

Believe me I missed the old Kari - faltering home at 6am on The Walk of Shame but the thing I've realised is that I may not be able to do 'that' sort of thing at the moment but my life is not over - in fact it's just beginning...

 

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House of Hackney x ASOS x Tartan

 

It's chilly beans outside and nothing's more guaranteed to cheer me up than a dash of red lipstick and a touch of tartan... Which is my I'm so grateful for the launch of House of Hackney x ASOS.

 

1. Tartan

2. Collaboration at a tad more than normal affordable prices...

3. Velvet

4. I live in Hackney...

 

Over sized Tartan Dress (so comfy! Sort pj comfort!) - ASOS

House of Hackney x ASOS

 

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Paris, Christmas...

 

Having a child has changed me in many ways... 95% of the time I'm much more selfless, 5% I'm actually way more selfish - like in a way where I scream (internally) 'I am a person!' (Ok sometimes it's 10% of the time...)

 

Obviously you educate / show / inform children too which means by default you get to do 'stuff' as well... Like carousel rides and trips to Paris at Christmas... It's for the kids (honest...)

 

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Approaching 40...

 

At the start of the year - I thought this is the year I'll be 40 and it didn't bother me, or so I thought...

Intinally I thought big party - yay!! But then I started to to think, I started to take stock of where I was (metaphorically) and actually I wasn't as happy I thought and...in different ways than I'd ever have expected.

There fore in the last month I have topped up my Botox, filled in the (smokers - that's the actual known name whether you smoked or not - dad!) lines and in 2 days time I get my hair highlighted and in 4 days get new (actually some) boobs. So for someone who thought they were pretty much ok with their lot when I sat and took the time to think - actaully I wasn't quite so.

I have also had another tattoo (and planning a new one to be unveiled in the summer), thought about my 'professional' future, made new friends, startd to draw again but mostly and rather selfishly I've done stuff for myself (which isn't a bad thing, it's not really selfish and sometimes it's just what we need to do).

 

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Cheating the Boyfriend...

 

 

I love the idea of 'boy friend' clothing so much I've started to cheat...

As I browse the menswear rails I think to myself 'would he like this?' But in reality I don't know why I bother as I'm actually shopping for myself...

Jeans - Pepe Boyfriend Style, Shirt - Lee Menswear (Hub Church St)

 

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The Alter Ego...

 

Insomnia - my enemy.

It's night, I wake, I think about sleeping but the voice starts - I try and ignore it, I give in. I start to think...

By this point, having got up, written lists, bought stuff online that's bugging me, thought about all the stuff / people / worries / insecurities in my life, I then start to online shop / dream / pop stuff in the basket...

But the amusing thing is that's like an alter ego shopping. The reality is I'm a jeans / tshirts / sneakers person (I want to say girl but hitting 40 seems to make me feel awkward about doing so...). The alter ago in me likes to think differently and might I add rather impacticly for my life...

Bottega Veneta - Matches Fashion

 

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I Never Wanted One Before But...

... I think I do.

I would like (I have a child and must 'mind' my manners...) a varsity jacket... a vintage one, slightly over sized, mens, warm, not shiny but also not wool and itchy. Mmmmm time to start looking...

Comfort...

... Clothing.

Sometimes when your just soooooo tired theres only certain things you can wear regardless of whats in 'fashion'. For me its 80 day Levis - as named as they are washed / stretched / near on destroyed for 80 days for that 'worn' look (slightly galling as they probably match my own 'worn' look...).
And a brushed cotton shirt - the one that feels like a p.j top...

Jeans - Levis, Vintage Tartan Shirt - Camden Passage (Friday Market), Bag - Lancel

London Fashion Week "14...

#LFW PPQ S/S14

#LFW Jean-Pierre Braganza S/S14

#LFW House of Holland S/S14

A mid week touch of Colour...

... thanks to the awesome Zandra Rhodes 2012.

Runway - Oscar De La Renta...

... if anythings going to inspire me to smarten up - then here it is.

Runway - Zac Posen 2014...

...the stuff dreams are made of - frills, spills and everything and anything a modern Princess could and would need.