Butterfly

(I was pretending to be a vampire... ok) 

top - Armani Exchange, jeans - Topshop, shoes - Topshop, kimono - eBay

I look so ridiculous in these photos, mainly because I couldn't pull a straight face. My brother, who I force to be my photographer against his will, is hilarious and so I can never stop laughing while he's taking my photos. The only thing I have to say about this kimono is... I feel like a butterfly. A pretty colourful butterfly! The pattern is so gorgeous, I hardly ever wear this many colours but I couldn't help but fall in love when I saw it on Lulu Trixabelle, one of my favourite bloggers and decided that it would be a nice addition to my currently almost all black wardrobe, since it will jazz up any plain black outfit. I wore this when the seasons were transforming from Summer to Autumn so it was still kind of sunny (GOD I wish my posts were in order of when I actually wore them. That'll be my mission from now on), so I decided to wear the outfit with all white instead.

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G xxx

Vampire kisses

dress - H&M, shoes - Topshop

Looking back now, I probably should have worn a slip under this dress. I guarantee that I'll wear one next time, since I've just bought one especially for it. I didn't realise how see through it was until I made the pictures extra large WOW you really can see all the flaws can't you. But people still wear crochet right??

I'll be channelling Wednesday Addams tomorrow night... fun! 

G xxx

Country Bumpkin

shirt - Zara, vest - New Look, skirt - H&M, shoes - Topshop

When I came downstairs this morning, my dad said I looked like a 'country bumpkin', and it reminded me of Miley Cyrus - you know, before the crazy lady was witnessed. I like the way that the leather contrasts with the 'country bumpkin' kind of look and makes a whole new look. 

The sun makes evil shadows on my face and blinds me... so I look moody haha! 

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G xxx

The Origami Skirt

When I first saw this skort on the Zara website, I fell in love. However,when I tried it on even the extra small was too big because I wanted the skort to be high waisted so I decided against the purchase. It wouldn't leave my mind though. After seeing this skort on multiple equally skinny bloggers sitting on their hips I gave in and bought the skirt. I hadn't seen anything else like it except from when I was researching into origami from my previous textiles exam, but now, after seeing the popularity of them so many skirts/skorts are about which are similar and a lot cheaper! You can pick them up on eBay for as low as £3.98! So have a look!

I've literally not had this skirt off since I bought it, just after my exams finished and instead of doing lots of separate posts with each outfit including the skort. I thought I'd include some of the different way's I've worn it!

Here I've gone for the laid back look and just paired it with a plain t-shirt and a chunky necklace.

(excuse the messy room! If you follow my instagram (gracemellor) you'll have already seen this outfit!)

shoes - Topshop via Next2nowt.com, skort - Zara, t-shirt - GAP, necklace - Mum's

I kind of dressed up a little bit more on this one, I was going out with a friend. This is still casual but a little bit more formal that just a big baggy t-shirt...

shoes - Topshop via Next2nowt.com, skort - Zara, blouse - Primark, blazer - market

I went full athletic style with this last one, ages ago I bought this vest from a vintage shop in Leeds for a fancy dress party but I love it so paired it with my new skort.

shoes - primark, skort - Zara, vest - Blue Rinse

I also love my two new pairs of shoes (well not so new anymore..) which feature in this post. I had never bought anything off next2nowt.com but had seen other thrifty bloggers use it so I thought "why not? I may as well give it a shot" and so bought these beautiful originally Topshop cut out boots which I lusted over in the store. The post and package was cheap and the shoes looked brand new even though I had saved about £30! They came quickly and I honestly can't fault next2nowt.com ! I thought I'd give you guys a heads up to check them out because they have a huge selection of clothes and accessories and what's the point in spending extra money when there's no need?

And the pair of red heels are so Zara-esque but only cost me £12!! I just missed out on the black pair too! Apparently they had sold their last size 5 about 10 minutes before I came searching! Oh well...

Comment if you have outfits with this skort, I'd love to see how other's style it!!

G xxx