Ancient Summer

Summers over, so here's a quick flashback to a couple of outfits I never got round to posting- both with an Ancient Greek tinge and a rust/black/white colour palette. including literally the only t-shirt I own 😏 First up is my unashamedly over-worn pleated skirt, which I like to pair with monochromatic elements. The t-shirt is Fausto Puglisi who is a rather flashy designer not immediately identifiable as someone I would typically be drawn to, but I love the t-shirts clash of antiquity and neoclassicism, transposing a photo-realist depiction of the ancient Greek statue of Discobolus upon modern iterations of the Greek key and other border ornaments. Secondly, is the most amazing shirt by Vivetta, which I treated myself to whilst studying last year. I was actually writing an essay on Fortuny at the time, and reading the autobiography of Isadora Duncan who famously dressed in free-flowing Grecian clothing, so I felt utterly drawn to the neoclassical theme of the shirts embroidery.    

ASOS Skirt, Fausto Puglisi, Vivienne Westwood bag, SixtySeven shoes.  

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ASOS skirt and shoes, Vivetta shirt, vintage bag.

Layered Lace

Pulled this lace blouse/waistcoat from the depths of my drawers as it layers so well over many things, not least my completely-overworn blush turtleneck (last outfit with this for now, promise). The oranges and reds nicely reflect the colours in my earrings which I have been haphazardly making recently; just simple tasselled designs, but its fun to custom make colour-palettes with my own wardrobe in mind. Shiny shoes demand a shiny bag, so I went for the smallest one I own. Still getting through a backlog of 'wintery' outfits from earlier in the year, hence the turtleneck in June; trying to keep on top of it, but at this rate you'll be seeing summer looks in the autumn 😣.

Topshop lace blouse and boots, H&M turtleneck and trousers, Vivienne Westwood bag, vintage opera coat and scarf of dubious origin (below).

Midi-Mosaic

I'd been eyeing up this skirt for quite a while, unsure about the midi-length and wearing a striking print on my pear-shaped figure... but then it went on sale and I decided to get over the restraints I impose upon myself. I love the ancient mosaic print and envisage wearing it in the summer with strappy gladiator flats and a black crop-top. 

As we're still waiting for the sun come to out, I paired it with a roll-neck and leather jacket, on a rather windy day. I guess this print is 'inspired' by Dolce and Gabbana's SS14 collection which featured Sicilian coins heavily, however ASOS tend to do a much better job of being subtle in their catwalk rip-offs than other high-street retailers *coughZara*.  

Vintage jacket, ASOS skirt, Marks & Spencer shoes, Vivienne Westwood bag, vintage jewellery

(excuse the cat fluff, it covers all my things now)

Turning Blue

Way back in August of last year, I talked about my love of mixing peachy tones with green. Well scrap that, I have a new favourite; peach and royal blue. Blue isn't a colour I like to wear, I just find it so middle of the road, so uninteresting... that is until I spotted this gorgeous sparkly velvet devore shrug, in deep blue. My mum had the perfect scarf to complement this outfit of blue and peach, plus I had the rare opportunity to wear some of my blue pieces of jewellery (I don't have much in the way of blue clothing, but strangely enough I do have quite a thing for blue enamel work, resulting in a collection of blue jewellery I hardly ever wear, despite really liking them).

Shoes (asos.com), bag (Vivienne Westwood), trench (Zara), trousers (H&M), shrug (Topshop), vest (H&M), scarf (borrowed from my mum)

Rose carved beaded necklace, vintage Florenza necklace, and below a brooch my boyfriend bought me, also carved to depict roses. At the bottom is a watch which belonged to my granny- I just love the way the moon and stars come out at night. The blue sky on the watch is much more vivid than the photo suggests, more like the blue in the necklace above.

Skeleton Key

I used to wear this blouse at uni a lot, but haven't worn it for a while. In fact, I have 4 or 5 short-puff-sleeved blouses like this that I've not been wearing much. I wonder why this aversion has developed. Anyway, I still love the print, which is why I bought the blouse in the first place, so maybe I should put more effort into wearing it! The antique key brooch I got a couple of weeks ago, and I just love it. The detail on it is amazing, with a rather impressive depiction of the Sacré-Cœur basillica, and what looks like a mans/gargoyles head. Now I have one pretty key, I want about 10 more so I can wear them all at once on my lapel and look like a crazy key lady. Unfortunately, my plan is stalled by the fact that I can't find many keys quite as lovely/stylised as this one.

Shoes (Dune), bag (Vivienne Westwood), cardigan (Tophop), skirt (Topshop), shirt (Topshop), scarf (Accessorize)