Mr Newton

I just thought I'd share one of my favourite street style blogs with you, Mr Newton. I love street photography and follow a few different blogs, but some such as The Sartorialist just seem a bit too formal and 'high end', if you see what I mean. But this blog is so much more casual, the captions with the photos (as well as the photos themselves) are really lovely. Below are some of my favourite outfits, but there are so many more beautiful images on his blog. Check it out!

Razor Sharp

Today was the last day of school before the Easter holiday's so we finished at 12:30, so I thought I'd show you this shirt which I bought yesterday. I had seen it before when I was looking for a white shirt but I shunned it because of the shoulders- as you can see in the pictures below they are very pointy! However Topshop have a sale on right now and it was reduced to £3, and as I seem to really like white things right now I just couldn't leave it. It is a size 12 so it's a bit big, but I discovered today that if you undo a few buttons and tie it up at the front it looks a bit less baggy. I'm still not sure that I'd actually wear it out, not like this anyway because I don't have the confident for tiny shorts plus belly showing! But i'm sure I can find a way to wear it that doesn't involve so much skin and still looks nice. Maybe even just putting a jacket on to hide the huge shoulders?

shirt- Topshop, shorts- vintage, shoes- New Look, necklace- Accessorize

Inspiration

I saw quite a few little boxes with individual butterflies in at an antiques fair a couple of weeks ago. I think they are really pretty, though it does seem cruel.I cannot stop thinking about hair right now! I have to get mine cut because I have awful split ends, but I hope it will grow quicker afterwards. I really want to dye my hair too, it's always just been natural which I used to like but I think it's getting darker and duller.Knitted swimsuits- not practical, but very pretty!These are the most perfect shoes I have ever seen. It looks like they were painted by hand (from the pots in the background)- I'm thinking summer project?!I really want a nice big watch, I haven't had one for years! These two are beautiful and not too expensive, but I'm not sure if I should wait until my birthday to get one. I don't want an 18th party, so maybe a bigger present........haha! I'm sorry but I don't know where these photos are from, I've just collected them. If you see a photo which is yours leave me a message and I'll give credit! The watches are from John Lewis.

That Mysterious Material

This is the outfit which I wore yesterday before the school ball. I bought the shorts on thursday after much debating in my head about whether to or not- they were £15 which I think is a good price and I adore the shape. The fabric feels like a cross between suede and silk (I know, that sounds very weird), so they are really light and comfy too. This girl in the hairdressers actually said to me that she loved them and asked where I got them- they must be good! I've owned the shirt for about two years but have never worn it because it just didn't seem right, but I think that the colours work well together. I don't know if you can tell from the photos but the shirt is navy blue with small lilac polka dots. Normally I would wear a plain long sleeved top or body suit with anything high waisted, but I took these photos just before I left to get my hair done for the ball so I needed to wear something which didn't go over my head!

shorts- H&M, shirt- Tesco, shoes- Topshop, bag- Grandma's, necklace- Accessorize, tights- White Stuff

P.s. I love how my hair looks here, the naturally blonde highlights stand out so nicely. I'm still considering dip dyeing my hair a sort of blonde/ombre colour.

Black Swan

Just a little post to show you some photos I took a while back for my art project, based on the concept of Black Swan. One the most fun photoshoots I've ever done as my best friends came along to help me with carrying things etc, and we were on the stage in the school hall so it was quite cool!

This isn't one of the photos I used in the end because it didn't fit in with the concept so well, but it's crazy how strong ballet dancers are! Here the model wasn't holding onto anything at all, just using her own strength to hold herself up- amazing.

I have my school ball this saturday and then a friend's party the following day, so I'll be sure to take some photos of my outfits to show you. My ball dress is vintage 80's, I love it!

A Vintage Shirt And A Handmade Cape

Today was actually rather busy for a change, starting at 9:00am when I had an appointment with the hairdresser for a trial run of my hair-do for the school ball in a few weeks. It took quite a long time because my hair is so thick and he had to curl it all first! Straight after that I went to Cambridge with mum (hair still all fancy!) because we'd seen there was a vintage fair being held there. It was really busy and kind of hectic but things were quite reasonably priced and I found a beautiful white shirt and various earrings (below). There were individual earrings for 50p and none had backs but seeing as I had spares at home anyway I got a couple; I especially love the green one in the photo below. The shirt has pleats down the front and is slightly sheer, but the best part is the embroidery around the collar and cuffs! I honestly could not believe my luck, I've been searching on the high street for quite a while now for a nice white shirt but none of them have been good enough. And this beauty only cost me £8!

When I got home I went out for a while to take photos of my finished textiles project, for which I made a cape. The deadline is on friday so i'm glad to have completed the actual garment but I still have lots of coursework to do- it's going to be a bit hit and miss as to whether anyone in my class gets it done by then to be honest! We have already had an extension on the deadline once so it shouldn't be too bad. I had to take these photos for my evaluation and was actually surprised at just how warm and comfy my cape is! Sorry that there are lots of similar photos but I will cut them down more later. The cape is made from tweed with laser etched leather pockets, a suede collar and fur trim around the hood- the lining is silk which I hand painted myself. You can also see my new bag which I bought in Cambridge! It's lovely and big, and the best one I've seen other than the Mulberry ones. Thankfully this one was much cheaper so mum said I may as well have that for a year or so and then when I know what i'm doing in terms of university etc. I can always think about upgrading.

cape- made by me, bag- Mischa Barton, shorts- vintage, shirt- vintage, tights- GAP

Animalism

Last night I had to go to school to watch a production of 'Animal Farm' because my friend was acting in it (she was the goat if you were wondering!). I can't say I really enjoyed it much because I was very tired and it's not exactly a joyful play, but I did like having an excuse to wear something more interesting than school uniform! I usually work on thursdays and fridays but I took the week off for this, which was quite nice though seems a bit of a waste of my holiday.

top and shirt- H&M, cardigan- charity shop, jeans- mini Boden, bag- vintage, headband- Zara, shoes- New Look, socks- H&M

I only bought these heels yesterday after school, because I had no lessons in the afternoon so went to town for a bit. I very rarely go into New Look but I had a voucher to spend from Christmas so I thought I may as well, and I fell in love with these shoes! As I think I've mentioned before I never really wear heels because I don't have an occasion to, and these ones are actually quite high, but they are almost a wedge so not too hard to walk in. I also bought another Chanel lipstick the other day because I wanted a more obvious 'going out' one. Lucky for me John Lewis were doing a price match so it was 10% off on top of my discount! Apologies for my rather patchy skin but I haven't been wearing makeup much this week, and even here i'm only wearing the lipstick and a tiny bit of face powder.

necklace from a vintage store in Norfolk