man-pants

My current favourite no-effort, super comfy (second and third helpings at dinner) outfit: Brown tweed pants from Leopold's and navy secretary-style blouse. The pants are actually man-pants that I bought because they were gorgeously slouchy and better than other pants cut for girls... I am also tempted to buy the same pants a size smaller, which fits me perfectly.

You can't see this, but I was wearing bright red lipstick, and taken off my gladiator heels (alcohol makes my feet swell :P)

two new/old pieces

I popped my yellow cherry this weekend, and bought my first yellow item ever... and it wasn't even shoes! I have this rule, NO YELLOW! because it hates my skintone, and I looked very ill in yellow. But not this sweet buttercup vision!

A lovely vintage pale yellow dress. V-neck, vaguely frilly, diaphanous, with a sweet silhouette. the boy approved and I wore it out tonight on our movie date (Tropic Thunder... I love Robert Downey... He plays an aussie playing a black actor... and completely takes the mickey out of Russell Crowe... I love Ben stiller films, and I cringed at Tom Cruise for all the right reasons this time... awesome fun).

Also nabbed an adorable navy houndstooth vintage coat on ebay. It's on its way to me now. I realise its the wrong weather for me to be coat-buying, but it was a bargain.

Pictures to follow... when i take pictures of shoes I am going to put onto the ebay merry-go-round...

Eleanor is a shoe addict

Ah, what the hell. While I'm at it I'd might as well put up the second shoe post:

Internet

With the current economic climate (and alas, the state of my bank account), fashion is said to be entering into an age of austerity. I suspect that economics aside, this has more to do with savvy marketing than maintaining healthy bank balances but those form the musings for another post. 

Anyhoo, I have encountered yet again the evils of online browsing: 

1) Basic tees

2) Delicate tanks

 

3) Covetable jackets

(oh how this makes me want to don a top hat and tumble down a rabbit hole)

4) Tongue in cheek tops

(All garments from Topshop). 

Eleanor put your boots on

In keeping with the inordinate number of shoe posts on our humble blog...

PS - I love being on holiday. 

Noir

The idea of an lbd may seem a little tired but I think they are good closet staples nonetheless...and have unwittingly 

accumulated quite a few! (Click on the photo for more detail). 

(left - lace with satin frill hem and netted neckline, middle - the origami-like details made this love at first sight, right - Tsumori Chisato jersey dress with scalloped hem)

Spoils III

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6) a white netted vintage hat which fits my head surprisingly well

7) black ruched satin opera length gloves

8) a grey jersey skirt with folds down the front and back creating the illusion of pockets (it's super comfortable and reminds me of a pair of sweat pants that someone has butchered and breathed new life into)

I also got a black Tsumori Chisato jersey dress with a scalloped hem, charcoal grey tee with leg of mutton sleeves and a cheesy pink plastic umbrella but haven't gotten round to photographing them just yet. All thrifted from Kyoto and Tokyo except for the stuff from Gap and the Warhol bag.   

Spoils II

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4) some breezy basics from Gap (lilac and chalky grey striped tee, white shirt and oatmeal colored knit with little upturned

 sleeves which you can't see in the picture)

5) a lavender Andy Warhol canvas tote (because I really really wanted something in that color on that day!)

Spoils I

So. I  have gotten off my lazy arse and present you with pics of my acquisitions from Japan. I can't load all the pics into one post so I have to set them out in installments.  I bought:

1) a Chanel bag

2) nylon Prada sling bag

3) a chocolate brown YSL sweater - it has little shoulder pads which give my shoulders extra definition without bringing back the horror of the 80s...

Franz Ferdinand

I know it's a little late to jump on the band wagon (pun unintentionally intended) but I've been rather obsessed with these boys...their third album debuts next year. I say, bring it on! 

Japan

Hey girls, I too have dropped some serious moolah because I went to Japan! KJ and I started off in Hiroshima, then on to Kyoto (which, for the record, is lovely) and finally Tokyo (nothing short of amazing).  It's impossible to explore Tokyo without being inspired. Anyway, Kyoto and Tokyo are filled with heaps of great vintage and thrift stores which I plundered with zeal. Photos of my spoils to follow but they include the perfect-netted-vintage hat, Chanel and a fabulous YSL jumper with shoulder pads.