FCK.

*Updated photos* 

coat - FCUK, shirt - Sophie's (second hand/vintage shop), skirt - Wolford, shoes - L.K. Bennett , bag - L.K. Bennett

 Woah, so I haven't blogged in forever now. But I am back from my long break, well for now. It's been deadline after deadline after deadline for me but now it's my half term and so I will try to blog about a few outfits in between the stacks of work I have been set to do. Today, I went for Sunday lunch at Trio, my local restaurant in Headingley with all of my family. Just went for the standard monochrome outfit but jazzed it up a little with this gorgeous rusted orange coat that I got for my birthday from my lovely friends. I realise that the coat looks no where near rusted orange in this post but if you follow me on twitter (@grace_mellor4) or instagram (@gracemellor) then you will have seen it more clearly. By the time I got home it was pitch black outside and the lighting in the house was not going to play nicely with my new camera (that I got for my birthday - WOOOP. It's waterproof & shatterproof so basically graceproof) and so we took a few snaps on my mums phone instead. *These updated photos are taken on my new camera* 

I've just realised how long it has been since I last blogged, I haven't shown you guys any of my christmas or birthday presents! Well, they should be coming in the next few days in the form of outfit of the day posts! 

I picked up this shirt at a second hand shop yesterday and I have fallen in love. It's a size 4 and she said that so many people had wanted it but couldn't fit into it so KERCHIIING. It's mine now muaha. It's so beautifully made and after lusting for the perfect white shirt for so long, it is much better than any white shirt that I have seen on the high street so I was absolutely thrilled. For all you people who think they're too cool for charity shops or second hand shops... shame on you! You're missing out. 

Hope to be writing for you all soon, apologies if I can't... I have a genuine excuse - work.

G xxx

'I saw Regina George in army pants and flip flops, so I bought army pants and flip flops'

shirt - charity shop, chocker - Topshop, shorts - Topshop, shoes - gift

Kind of a play up day, this is what I wore to a party but I've changed it up a little bit... 

I think everyone must have seen the one and only Mean Girls, arguementally one of the most quotable movies ever. For any of you losers that might not have seen it, all the girls want to be Regina George and there's a quote which goes as follows: 'I saw Regina George in army pants and flip flops, so I bought army pants and flip flops'... which kind of reminded me about the way in which I ended up with these fantastic 'stripper' boots as my mum calls them. This may not be to everyone's satisfaction but I like Miley Cyrus, I think she's cool and when she's not over the top, her style is great too! Ok, I wouldn't go out on a casual outing to town in what she wore to the iHeartRadio concert but you get my drift... and once this little episode of hers finishes, I guess her style will be as cool, if not cooler than it was before! She seems like she's come out of shell, and I like it. ANYWAY (sorry about the rambling...), on the Jimmy Kimmel show she wore a pair of really expensive (unfortunately) suede, thigh high boots and I really wanted them so I told my mum and she bought them for me as a present. She regretted it when they were finally delivered and she saw them but up until then she was ok with it. I love them haha, but now she calls them 'stripper boots'. The end. 

G xxx

Holiday Outfit #6

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top - Topshop, trousers - Sue Ryder, sandals - unknown, hat - H&M

If you read my blog you'll have seen these trousers before but worn in the cold climate of England and I'm so happy that I've been able to style them differently to be worn in the warmth too. The quite vibrant colours and pattern means it's easiest to team with plain tops like this white crop top from Topshop, especially to draw attention to the trousers - which would be the focus of my outfit. But if you like the print clashing trend, you could pair the trousers with a printed top! 

I also absolutely love the pleats at the front of the trousers! It's the little details that do it for me...

If you follow my instagram (@gracemellor) you will see that I've had a sudden craze of hats (I never take off my fedora) so when I saw this hat in H&M it was an instant buy! I think everyone should have one of these classic timeless hats in their wardrobe for their summer holidays!!

Anyone else having a hat craze at the moment?

G xxx

The classic shirt

Jeans - Topshop, belt - Sue Ryder, shirt - Zara, rings - Pandora/Topshop, sunglasses - Primark, shoes - Kurt Geiger

This shirt was actually my mums and it has been in a large bag to sell FOREVER! When we actually went through it to make sure we were certain we wanted to sell it all, I found lots of things that my mum had recently put in there that I had never seen before including this shirt! The shirt is such a nice, good quality material and I really love the feel and it of it so it would have been such a waste to sell it and for me to buy one similar later! I've been dying for a nice stripy shirt for a while now! They look smart and you can wear them just as a safe outfit while popping to the shops with jeans! 

Ideally, in the future, when I have time I will make these jeans look a bit more roughed up ripping them at the knees and adding a few more tears here and there! Then they'll look a little bit better!

I have no idea what to wear tomorrow to the Pretty Little Thing event, which I can't wait for by the way!!

G xxx

The 'Red Swirling Trouser' tale

 

Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived in a village near a forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl wore red trousers, so everybody in the village called her 'Red Swirling Trousers' ...

You get my point. I've had these trousers for quite a while now, and they featured in a post a while back of a haul but I had never actually worn them. I bought them in awe of weworewhat.com and never had the confidence to wear them, but today I did! And I'm so happy I did. I got a few compliments on them, so I was very happy and when one girl asked me where they were from I proudly said 'from a charity shop' and she was so shocked!! I've made it my mission to compliment at least one stranger every time I leave the house from now on! It's such a pick me up and I think it would make me feel a lot more positive. Good karma come and get me! I do love the colour of these trousers, they are a little bit darker in person that in the pictures but non the less, they are bright and a reasonably statement piece so I paired them up with my H&M black turtle neck, my black belt from Sue Ryder and my Office shoes! 'All black everything' (except the trousers). The other reason I really love these trousers are they are a bit of an illusion. Even I forgot they were trousers until I started moving! They look very skirt-like when sitting or standing still but when they brush in the wind, the trouser form really comes out and it's quite refreshing! 

I also wore my Kookai leather jacket to keep me warm in this chilly weather (even though Leeds is warming up!)

My hair is always skew-whiff and floaty and I honestly couldn't be bothered with it but I thought, a bad hair day would honestly ruin this lovely outfit so I put it in a low, messy bun inspired by the following:

 image:http://fashionista.com/2010/10/trendspotting-messy-buns-or-stick-straight/

image: google images

I absolutely love these messy buns and I think it's a very refreshing change from the usual sleek hair. Although it's very classic and 'done'. The messy bun gives a chance for us girls with unruly hair to have the catwalk hair we've always dreamed of! 

G xxx

ps. 2 sleeps away from #northmeetup - excited!

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