Do wet want some new challenges in August?
How about wearing one non-black neutral per week (whatever is a neutral for you)
How about wearing one non-black neutral per week (whatever is a neutral for you)
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I have also counted the number of pieces of RTW I’ve bought this year(after counting last December and reaching 3 figures).
I didn’t get off to a good start by buying 20 pairs of Skins leggings (although they were 90% off and too good to miss), and have been shopping more than usual with my boyfriend, and more mid range than high end designer(so far this year), but I think I’ll buy less clothing than last year.
Next year I’ll start again and try not to buy multiples which skew my statistics, although the overall spend is lower than last year so far..
Love this challenge thank you . I do it every day lol 😂
Navy, ebene, gold/tan/chestnut , forest green, olive, khaki, etoupe, beige, charcoal gray, white, off white, all good
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Thank you so much!❤️-considering the year my Mum has had, it really was a miracle.
I love your necklace watch. My mother wore one like it in the late 60s/early 70s. I had forgotten all about them. Is yours an heirloom or a vintage find?
Love this challenge thank you . I do it every day lol 😂
Navy, ebene, gold/tan/chestnut , forest green, olive, khaki, etoupe, beige, charcoal gray, white, off white, all good
Well done and I know you must of looked fabulous in all
I'm doing pretty well too if we may discount my H Evie for work (which is always a second bag) and my black Liberty laptop case that I have to take in at least once a week. I've worn this since I wrote the post.
My non-black neutrals for this Summer are mostly vintage:
Mini brown Loewe camera bag
Med olive nubuck Burberry camera bag
Small navy Emmy flap bag
Large Navy BV Roma
Small Navy BV Roma
Gold PdP Bolide 35
Off-white ostrich Gianni Barbato
Maxi Etain-side-out H DS
That's almost my entire SS25 rotation save 2 red Guccis
I am sitting on my hands trying very hard not to buy a JW Anderson leather jacket in the sale. I think it would just become another leather jacket quite quickly became I am already a leather queen, but it's very cute.
That's a very good question!!!!! I asked myself the same
I was clearing up, going through stuff. I found it in a jewellery draw and was happy to see it was still working. My mother would have had something like that too for sure, and very generous to me, but also, the area I did my postgrad studies was in the old watchmakers quarter on London. Sometimes the few existing watch repairers/sellers had new-found stock or bought interesting pieces to resell. So it could have been either, sadly, I just don't remember. I usually have a story behind everything I bought or was given to me, my mind has drawn blank.
I never wear wristwatches with bangles (I was wearing 3 bangles together yesterday) and I also hate things on both wrists, so it was useful having a necklace watch. I wore the silk scarf in my hair yesterday and felt like my whole look had an everyday 70s vibe, so the watch went perfectly - kept perfect time. I will be wearing it a lot more in the future.
@papertiger , @cecchetti , I’m about to take a flight, but DH found an Financial Times article on the top four London tailors for women. Banshee of London (with its doc marten and moto jacket look is “our style” and is going on my list 😂. I figure if we are going to shop our closets for the rest of the year, perhaps one or two pieces can be squeezed lol
www.bansheeofsavilerow.com
and is going on my list 😂. I figure if we are going to shop our closets for the rest of the year, perhaps one or two pieces can be squeezed lol
Banshee Of Savile Row Bespoke Tailoring For Women
BESPOKE TAILORING FOR WOMEN. Located at 13 Savile Row, Banshee of Savile Row create bespoke Savile Row women's tailoring. Crafting jackets, trousers, waistcoats, shirts and overcoats. Get in touch to book your appointment.
www.bansheeofsavilerow.com
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Yes, I have spoken to them before, about bespoke overcoats.@papertiger , @cecchetti , I’m about to take a flight, but DH found an Financial Times article on the top four London tailors for women. Banshee of London (with its doc marten and moto jacket look is “our style”
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Banshee Of Savile Row Bespoke Tailoring For Women
BESPOKE TAILORING FOR WOMEN. Located at 13 Savile Row, Banshee of Savile Row create bespoke Savile Row women's tailoring. Crafting jackets, trousers, waistcoats, shirts and overcoats. Get in touch to book your appointment.
I received quotes for MTM and fully bespoke but haven’t gone ahead yet.
I’ve kept the emails but haven’t decided between Banshee, or Dege and Skinner, who made me a suit several decades ago, or Maurice Sedwell who made me a shirt at a similar time.
Please let me know how you get on❤️-they are very friendly and communicative!
Please let us know whether you bought the leather jacket.
Just another leather jacket.... it happened to me a few weeks ago. I was feeling low and needed retail therapy. What I brought home was a fairly random and fairly tight black leather jacket. Just a fashion thing, fairly decent leather and quality, but far from an actual heavy biker jacket, not vintage either. Trying it on at home I felt so guilty about the purchase.
The charity shop has a no returns policy. I happened to be stuck with it.
Meanwhile I'm happy I got this blank canvas.
Don't we all need a new beginnings jacket?
Speaking of boots: relatively unwearable, but iconic. Seeing them on my shelf makes me happy.
Photo dump, sorry!
These are some of the projects I did while I was awol.
African dress I bought when I had just come back here. It had a strange shape: xs in the top part, XL around the behind. I altered, but made it uncomfortably tight, even back then. Now I did the unevitable, admitting I have a back, a ribcage and shoulders and finally made it fit comfortably. ( So happy I didn't throw away the tiny scraps of leftover fabric after the first alteration.)
It fits! 70ies sundress I picked up at the charity shop without even looking twice. My fingertips told me: that's yours! It had been made smaller by a former owner. I only had to remove some tucks and darn the damage, because somebody obviously used the wrong machine needle. To cover the mending I mimicked the design with some little thread scribbling.
80 ies fast fashion sundress. It had pockets! This dress is a prime example that fast fashion has always existed. The fabric is a cotton blend. It does not seem to have any straight grain, though or was cut totally disregarding any so the fabric started warping in itself after laundry. I seem to be the first person to ever have washed it. The result is far from perfect, but all I could do. Wearing it is pure nostalgia. I clearly remember buying something similiar at the cheapest department store in town in my teens.
Something from a totally different league but at the same price point. And an example how seemingly random purchases click together. The shoes are the perfect fit for the dress.
Leonard Paris dress from the rag stall at the fleamarket. Spotted it from the corner of my eye, didn' t think twice and bought it in a 3 pieces for 5€ deal. The other two were a Hugo Boss white men's formal shirt - the type with the double cuffs - and some random t- shirt dress that makes a great nighty.)
At home it turned out to actually be my size. It only need laundry ( of course I disregarded the dry clean only) and some darning.
Yes, it now is visibly darned in places around the neckline, but who cares?
These are some of the projects I did while I was awol.
African dress I bought when I had just come back here. It had a strange shape: xs in the top part, XL around the behind. I altered, but made it uncomfortably tight, even back then. Now I did the unevitable, admitting I have a back, a ribcage and shoulders and finally made it fit comfortably. ( So happy I didn't throw away the tiny scraps of leftover fabric after the first alteration.)
It fits! 70ies sundress I picked up at the charity shop without even looking twice. My fingertips told me: that's yours! It had been made smaller by a former owner. I only had to remove some tucks and darn the damage, because somebody obviously used the wrong machine needle. To cover the mending I mimicked the design with some little thread scribbling.
80 ies fast fashion sundress. It had pockets! This dress is a prime example that fast fashion has always existed. The fabric is a cotton blend. It does not seem to have any straight grain, though or was cut totally disregarding any so the fabric started warping in itself after laundry. I seem to be the first person to ever have washed it. The result is far from perfect, but all I could do. Wearing it is pure nostalgia. I clearly remember buying something similiar at the cheapest department store in town in my teens.
Something from a totally different league but at the same price point. And an example how seemingly random purchases click together. The shoes are the perfect fit for the dress.
Leonard Paris dress from the rag stall at the fleamarket. Spotted it from the corner of my eye, didn' t think twice and bought it in a 3 pieces for 5€ deal. The other two were a Hugo Boss white men's formal shirt - the type with the double cuffs - and some random t- shirt dress that makes a great nighty.)
At home it turned out to actually be my size. It only need laundry ( of course I disregarded the dry clean only) and some darning.
Yes, it now is visibly darned in places around the neckline, but who cares?
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Thank you! There are some more hidden behind the first row and some scattered all over the place. They are all in wearable condition and in my size. I haven't bought any for a while. None turn up for sale. The window in time to collect them seems to have closed.
unpacking my moving boxes...
@papertiger , @cecchetti , I’m about to take a flight, but DH found an Financial Times article on the top four London tailors for women. Banshee of London (with its doc marten and moto jacket look is “our style”
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Banshee Of Savile Row Bespoke Tailoring For Women
BESPOKE TAILORING FOR WOMEN. Located at 13 Savile Row, Banshee of Savile Row create bespoke Savile Row women's tailoring. Crafting jackets, trousers, waistcoats, shirts and overcoats. Get in touch to book your appointment.
You (and I) are too naughty!
I will happily look through these. Bon Voyage!