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What I Wore This Week: 3/2/2008

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I have decided to start sharing the highlights of my outfits each week on the blog. Unfortunately, I only decided to do this on Thursday. Sunday is official designated “Ugly Day”, the day when I wear my glasses (I got them back when I was in school, and they never suited me) and have two-day-dirty hair.

So I only have the three outfits from Thursday until yesterday and I am going to share them all!

1. Thursday

Apologies for bathroom mirror smudginess. Studies show that I am terrible at self-timer, and the fact that I have to reset it to self-timer every single time I take a photo annoys me no end. This is not a thrilling outfit really. I wanted to wear blue to match my nail varnish, and I only had to go out for three-four hours that day, so I wasn’t too fussed. Thought I could do better the next day…

Skirt from H&M
Jumper also from H&M (I used to be a H&M fiend)
The shirt I’m wearing under the jumper is also from H&M but you can’t see it
Tights are navy blue school tights I’ve had since I was 13 or 14
Watch is a gift, I’ve had it about twelve years – every other I’ve had has fallen off my wrist or been uncomfortable
Assorted bracelets all from Dorothy Perkins (never buying any more jewellery from there, it may be cheap but it falls apart very quickly)
Hair from my head and Reincarnate shampoo from Lush. My hair is wavy because I had it piled up in a bun thing overnight.

 

2. Friday
In this photo I am looking anxiously after my gorm, which has left my expression and wandered off to start a new life. Same skirt as yesterday, and I decided to see if I could rock purple and that shade of blue. I wish you could see my eye makeup, all myclose-up photos came out blurred. Blue on the outer half diagonally, and purple on the inner half. I hope that makes some sense…

Skirt and shirt from H&M (same as yesterday)
Jumper from Dorothy Perkins (actually, what I said about jewellery is rubbish, as I have actually sworn never to buy anything from Dorothy Perkins again – I did this last year after this jumper started to bobble ridiculously.)
Violently purple tights from M&S (they’re really bright, the lighting was terrible. M&S have some fantastic tights in at the moment. So comfortable and such great colours)
Necklace from ‘My Little Jewelry Shop’
Badges by MyMy and uni open day
Hair as before

3. Saturday

Okay, this is just jeans, top and tiara, but what I really want you to notice is my hair.

I did yesterday’s bun thing whilst my hair was wet, then slept on it, and got this fabulous mess which started the day Helena Bonham Carter but was more Russell Brand by the end…I liked it. Of course, I couldn’t have gone out the house like that without risking stares from everywhere. Maybe if I lived in New Cross still it would have been alright, but I don’t think the dully suburban peoples of Bromley are really prepared for such wild hair. They’d probably just think I was a tramp. A purple tramp. Hmm, that’s quite inspirational, maybe I’ll try to create a purple tramp outfit for next week…
Jeans from Dorothy Perkins (don’t fit very well…why in my teens did I get so much crap from that shop?)
Top from H&M via charity shop
Tiara from charity shop
Necklace (barely visible) Edinburgh Winter Market 2005
Hair from awesome

To the right you can see my wonderful blue stripy socks and my Eeyore slippers. Thought I’d show you them in case you were in any doubt as to how goth I really am. The Disney store is actually the only shop that sells slippers I can fit!

2008 Fashion Blogger Awards….x2

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Edit: I spoke too soon. Clearly I am FAR behind on everything because there is actually another set of awards. I have to admit I’m not keeping up on my blogroll at the moment due to university work – I have massive backlogs for every blog that posts more than twice a week! So, take two!

I am in two minds about the idea of fashion blogger awards.

Mind One: Although I am usually skeptical about any kind of awards, there are so many great blogs out there and I think it’s a great idea to share the love, especially when the mainstream press spend so much energy trying to put blogs down.

Mind Two: I can see the awards making bloggers more competitive, which could erode the great sense of community I think is there at the moment. I can also see several bloggers trying to set up their own awards and the whole thing becoming very confusing and pointless in the future.

I can only conclude that no one knows how awards will go in the future, whether they’ll grow, flop, or get exploited (who knows, maybe the next years’ will be sponsored by H&M as an apology!), and so it’s a bit early to decide now. There are two sets of awards already, so I can see my confusion and pointlessness point coming true though, sad to say.

  • Jen at Mahalo Fashion is hosting the 2008 Fashion Blogger (F. A. B.) Awards. The project seems friendly and based around growing the community, and they’re accepting nominations from anyone. Voting begins on the 1st of February, so go nominate!
  • The second set of awards, which I only just remembered although I’m sure I’ve seen them being mentioned before, are the 2008 Fabbies Fashion Blog Awards, which aim to encompass the whole of the “Lifestyle Blogosphere”. I seem to have missed the nomination process, but voting is going on now. You have to register, but it only involves clicking a few buttons.

I have to say I’m not a great fan of the names for the awards. Maybe the cheesiness is because there are no dead fashion bloggers to be namesakes, and perhaps in a hundred years time (if blogs still exist) people will be celebrating the Bubbles or the Galas. Har har.