Hello 2013

Happy New Year! Some people play down the importance of the new year saying that it is just a continuation from December 31st but I am so excited for all the events and possibilities that will happen this year. I will be turning 21, graduating from university and as part of my New Year's Resolution (the first time I've actually taken this seriously) I want to travel somewhere that I have never been before. As I have hit over 100 posts on this blog it is a strange feeling to look back on my previous posts and think about what I was doing at the time, how I felt and when I had acquired those pieces. My relationship with fashion has always been somewhat of a collector's interest and the threads of almost every piece weave together memories, hopes and expectations of the times when I wore them.


I wore this vintage dress on New Year's Eve and customized it by altering the hem. It was the hippie- like, delicately scalloped sleeves that persuaded me that this was not a simple over- sized sparkly dress but something you would either love or hate. It stirred my imagination and I knew that I would have something to say about it. Maybe when I return to my staple candy- coloured Oxford shirts and gold buttoned blazers I may look back and question the purchase but that's the fun with a dress like that- it dares you to style differently, it challenges your complacency. But most importantly it makes you feel something.





DRESS-VINTAGE (URBAN OUTFITTERS)
SHOES-COLIN STUART