Fashion goes Minnie

Giles Deacon and Tatty Devine take on Minnie Mouse at London Fashion Week exhibition at Somerset House. That necklace is kind of disturbing and awesome all at once.

Skulls and Roses

My latest plaster skull with fresh roses. I need to start making more of these again. If you fancy one for your own abode hit me up!

Paisley PJs

I'm not normally a trend-sheep, but one current fad I'm definitely into is wearing PJs as normal clothes. Spending my days in my slob-wear is fine by me. I came across a great pair of red paisley pyjamas in River Island and decided to do a little bit of DIY on them. The shirt remained untouched as it was pretty much my ideal shirt to start with (my love for shirts and blouses is getting a little out of hand, I had a count recently and I think my collection is now up to around 40. I'm sure that must be bad...), and I took my scissors to the trousers to turn them into a pair of shorts - just snip the legs off, double turn up the ends and hem!

Et voila. I made two outfits using the PJs this weekend. I'm not one to waste a great fabric so I kept the legs of the trousers and made them into an Ascot scarf, I've been after one for a while so it was ideal. Hooray for PJllamas!

(terrible photo but you get the jist)

You can buy them here and here

Hidden Delights

As the weather was so beautiful today I took myself off on my own for a long walk to clear my head and explore my (not so new) town as I still don't know my way around that well. I came across some absolute treats, right on my doorstep. 

Good old loafers

Never underestimate good old Marks and Sparks. I was treated to these patent beauties yesterday and I absolutely love them. Perfect for adding a touch of androgyny and an absolute must for any capsule wardrobe. They also come in tan and grey/black and , as with most M&S shoes, they have 'Footglove' soles. Their Footglove shoes really are the comfiest, particularly for people with battered soles like me.

Patent loafers, £39.50 Marks and Spencers

Expressing my love for The Black Keys

Unfortunately I didn't make it to the Reading Festival this year - unfortunately so as I live a hop and a skip away from the festival site but it was still fun to watch on TV (while you can hear it all outside!). I was disappointed to miss the Foo Fighters (like most people!) but I was also really keen to see The Black Keys. So the disappointment was lessened when they announced a UK tour yesterday morning - December 12th at the o2 I'mma comin'!

I don't usually catch on to many new bands to be honest, you find that most just come and go with the trends, but you get the occasional gem which usually tend to be bands that have been slogging it out for years relatively unknown until they hit the well deserved big time. The Black Keys is one of those bands. I think I like them so much because they have their own distinct sound but are also reminiscent of old school classic sounding rock, particularly love their use of organs and their dirty riffs. I am familiar with and prefer a lot of their newer stuff, like 'Brothers' and  'El Camino' (I like to stress release by dancing around to Gold on the Ceiling like a loony) but I'm working my way through their back catalogue.

Hurry up December 12th! In the meantime, enjoy these (and do dance around like a loony to GOTC, trust me, you'll feel loads better for it :p).

Louise Gray for Topshop

Louise Gray for Topshop has now arrived, it's a really fun collection full of sequins, colour and glitter. I worked on socks off on this launch, do go and check it out and try out the make up. You'll have loads of fun with it!