It is made of black silk with pink anchor material, with blue and white stripey innards.

Here is what I wore today (for some reason I can’t put a thumbnail of this pic up. Hence the linkage. It’s a pic from my boyfs phone so I think it’s masssiiivvee. You’ve been warned):

Today’s outfit

Stripey tee – Topshop
Cardigan – Matalan
Shorts – New Look
Tights (feet chopped off) – H&M
Shoes – Converse
Scarf – From some Paris gift shop

Alex came home today. We went to a BBQ at my mum’s house. I’ve had a good 24 hours, food-wise!

We are now watching some movie called Cabin fever on channel 4 which is a bit of a gore fest. Yuck.

Alex wants to have a bit of input so here he is.

“If I have one piece of fashion advise, it would be ; Stay away from winkle pickers. They look as stupid as you think they should.”

Haha. Thanks, poppet. Here he is, by the way:

He plays in a band called The Riverclub (www.myspace.com/theriverclub).

That is all.

Au revoir xxxxxx

Red T-shirt dress with navy blue bits – Charity shop
Leggings*- Next

Here is outfit in action:

Blue heels – New Look (Cringe! I live in a town where the ONLY clothes store is New Look. Or Charity Shops of course. Plenty of those)

Here is the little brooch I’m wearing in closer detail:

Diamante Elephant Brooch – Hand-me-down from the mother. She used to live next door to this gay guy in the 80′s that made junk jewellery & he used to give her loads of bits and bobs. It blings more in real life!

Beauty Recommendation

Benefit Benetint

My darling boyf bought me this for my birthday. It is a lip and cheek tint. It is not cheap (£22.50) but it is good. You pop it on like nail varnish for the cheeks. I find Benefit’s packaging and advertising of their products really make you feel like you NEED to own them. God. I really am a marketer’s wet dream! It’s pathetic!

I took a before and after pic but the difference is not v obvious due to crappy phone cam. See for yourselves:

At death’s door:

Naturally rosy and full of life! And £22.50 out of pocket! Well, Alex is!

Off to bed now. going to a car boot sale tomorrow morning! I wonder if i’ll find any treasures…

Bonsoir xxx

* – Leggings. I have very mixed feelings about them. They really do have to be ankle length (preferably a bit lower than ankle) or they’re just ghastly. Those knee length jobbies?! If I wanted to make my legs look 1 foot shorter I’d just use a hacksaw. It’d probably be easier to wear the leggings, actually but whatever. The long & short of it (excuse the pun! ho ho ho) is that knee length leggings are offensive to my eyes.

xxxxxxx

Here is my freaky looking eye with just a bog standard 2 coats of mascara (yes I am aware that my eyebrows need taming):

Here is my eye with a couple of repetitions of the talc thing. I did it in quite a hurry but with a little effort, and maybe some eyelash curlers, I think it could look very good.

A lot thicker and longer I am sure you will concur!

I’m going to bed now. xxx

As the post implies, I worked at the video shop today. For those that haven’t read my previous post, my pics are naff quality and some need rotating. I am aware of this, and will amend my ways in the extremely near future! So here is what I wore:

‘Brand New’ Band Tee – Ebay
Brown & White stripey dress – H&M
Boxing boots – Nike

Here’s a closer pic. Crank your head to the left……….. Now:

Turquoise Pendant – Charity Shop

I am now at home chilling out. Eating apple crumble and watching the friday night project. Je suis wearing:

Charcoal sweater – H&M
Dress – As above

My feet are chilling out too. I adore these slippers! I wish they had proper soles so I can wear them out. Here they are:

Slip on mary-jane slippers – Primark

I have work at the video shop tomorrow day. Boooo. Grueling. On a brighter note, I’m going out for Chinese with the fam tomorrow night. Minus my emoth (emo/goth) 13 year old sister (FYI, the term emoth was coined – or at least brought to my attention – by my very hip mother!) who is staying at a pal’s house. More on her in future posts, I’m sure!! I’d like to add, It’s not just a chinese restaurant… it’s an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet restaurant! I am going to try to smuggle a tupperware box in to steal some morsels for later consumption. I like to live thriftily!
Also, the boyf will be back from his adventures (he’s been in canterbury seeing family and homies & in london seeing Glassjaw). The flat is a lonely place without him. Apart from my gorgeous cat Roxy. Here she is, enjoying her brand new scratch post:

So, Chinese and Boyfriend. A couple of things to look forward to. and a couple of things to post pics of! I’m loving this blog malarkey. Very theraputic. It’s good that I am gaining something seeing as there is probably nobody reading it!

That’ll do for this eve.

Lovvvve xxx Gem xxx

So after many years of deliberation, I have finally decided to start a blog. I guess it’ll be mostly an account of my views and pics of my outfits for your perusal. I may occasionally throw in beauty tips along the way, should I find out anything worth contributing to the blog (more on this later!).

Now I will tell you some bits about me and my style. Here is me, excuse the sidewaysness (all is revealed further down the page):

My taste varies widely. Some days I like to wear 50′s tea dresses and heels, and other days I wear jeans, a band tee and sneakers. I think thats the Gemini in me. I have kinda have a split personality. I like to wear mis-matched clothing, I think clashing is good. I love platforms (even though I’m 5’8. I just like to tower over people. Maybe there’s some psychology in there somewhere). I love to DIY (but hardly ever have the time these days). My specialities are t-shirt surgeries, and general garment reconstruction, but have been known to make purses and knickers. I love layering clothes. I think Nautical is cute as can be. I have a slight underwear obsession, which has been curbed of late due to EXTREME lack of money (as opposed to the usual ‘pretty dire lack of money’).

I could go on, but what are words when I could be posting pictures! I shall crack on with that in a minute.

I should add that the above examples of my style/taste are not necessarily ‘style/taste’ per se. It depends on the person and about the clothes reflecting individual personality. Being oneself. It’s such a cringe worthy cliche but I find it amazing how one garment can look chic or shit depending on the person wearing it.

I can’t believe I have put you through this tirade. I will try to be more brief in the future. Onto the pictures!
I can’t rotate couple of these pics. On my bf’s Mac and have barely a clue how to operate it!! Also the Digital Cam is missing in action so bare with these vomit inducingly bad quality pics.

Tee – Nike
Belt – Strap of a bag from Primark
Shorts – New Look
Socks – Primark
Wedges – Topshop

Pic of the wedges

Tee – House of Holland
Tights – H&M
Heels – Some cheap as chips shoe shop in town

Heels in better detail:

Tea Dress

Tea Dress – Secondhand. Cost me 50p! It can barely contain my breasts, but for 50p I can’t complain.

Side view

Shirt – Charity Shop
Shorts – New Look
Tights – Fancy Dress shop (I scoured London and Brighton for white tights and where did i find them? the little fancy dress shop in my town.
T-Bar Heels – Primark. £6! A snip, I’m sure you’ll agree!

Well, that’ll do for tonight. I must sleep.

Goodnight, if anyone’s out there!

- Gem xx