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Woodland velvet








Kimono - Zara
Leather panel leggings - Calzedonia 
Boots - Thrifted
Shirt - not sure
Rings - H&M

I have returned from Sweden! This outfit doesn't have a lot of colour but I love the different textures. I picked up these leather panel leggings from a shop called Calzedonia a few weeks ago and I love them so much. As you may or may not no, I'm not a big jeans fan, so these are a really cool alternative. I paired them with this stunning velvet kimono that my mum actually found in Zara. It's so intricate and the detail is beautiful. I especially love the way all the colours in the kimono match the trees in these pictures! I'm currently obsessed with Twin Peaks and the landscape in Sweden was scarily similar, so it was basically like I was living in it, which was amazing.


I'm really excited for the next ten days or so because I'm going to be posting almost every other day leading up to Christmas! 

-Lexi xo
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Chuck skirt and tartan tights






Hey! I have an outfit post for you today from my trip to Sweden a little while ago. I bought this amazing skirt when I was there after watching some episodes of Pushing Daisies and feeling very inspired by the character Chuck. She always wears fab poofy '50s skirts. The show was on TV a while ago but I was recommended it by a friend recently and now I'm hooked. It follows the path of a man, Ned, who can bring people back to life if he touches them. If he touches them again they go back to being dead and he can't revive them. But after touching them once, if they are alive for more than a minute someone in close proximity has to die in their place. It's a little confusing but the first episode explains it well. Chuck is Ned's childhood sweetheart who he brings back to life. However it's almost painful to watch as they are so in love but they can't touch. The two and a private investigator solve crimes together by reviving murder victims and asking them who killed them, then collect they reward. The best part of the show is by far Chuck's wardrobe choices, and the fact that Ned owns the coolest pie shop ever but that's a separate matter.

Hat - Sweden
Jumper - Topshop
Skirt - Sweden
Tartan tights - Clazedonia 
Boots - Clarks
Leather cuff - Pure london goodie bag




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It was an amazing coincidence that on the same day of watching the show and buying the skirt my grandma made pie for pudding without me even mentioning it to her. It was all very aesthetically pleasing and the pie was every bit as good as it looks.


I'd really like to do a full lookbook inspired by Chuck so let me know in a comment if you would be interested!

-Lexi xo
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Queen of the purple lines








Hey! I'm back in London and I have an outfit post for you! Sweden was good, man those people know design. Seriously even their airports were cool. These photos were taken in the old town with my new Emma Warren Purple lines clutch. I exchanged some emails with Emma about her printed clutches because I thought they were so original and she kindly answered my questions. She takes her clutch print photos on a Diana lomography camera from Urban Outfitters and they are all photos from her travels. In her email she said: 'Lomography brings something different to photography and makes for quite interesting prints for fashion as they are quite often not perfect images! With blurs and double exposure but I think this is what makes them so eye catching and beautiful'. I think that sums it up pretty well! I am so pleased with mine and the quality is great. It comes in the post nicely wrapped with a hand written note which makes it so much more personal. See Emma's Asos Marketplace shop HERE.

As for the rest of my outfit, I picked up this amazing high-low black dress for £3 at the Clothes show live. I kind of feel like a super hero when I wear this, with the solid tights and the crown emblem. I am undecided on my ideal super power though. I draped my brothers old leather jacket over my shoulders which I wear pretty much every day now. 

Dress - clothes show live
Tights - Forever 21
Jacket - Brother's
Clutch - Emma warren
Boots - Clarks


Thank you Emma for answering my questions!

See this post on the teen vogue fashion click.

-Lexi xo

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Denim dilemma - Outfit





Leather midi skirt - Vintage
Stripey top - old so not sure
Denim Jacket - brother's old (originally gap)
Sheer tights - M&S
Boots - thrifted

This is my outfit in full that I wore last Sunday to the Scoop London fashion trade show. I love the leather skirt, it's such a cool statement piece. It can be quite dramatic but easily dressed down with an old denim jacket. I haven't worn a denim jacket in YEARS so I felt a little weird. I added super sheer tights and a stripey tee to add some contrast to the leather and then my new thrifted boots. It was very fun and if you haven't seen my post about the show and my day, read HERE. 

-Lexi xo

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Can you bear it?





Do you see what I did there with the title (bear tights 'bear it'? No? ok never mind ^_^). These photos were taken a week or so ago when Pascale and I went to the Club to Catwalk exhibition at the V&A, tried to go to the cinema twice but failed, and ended up very sarcastically going on what is most likely the world's smallest ice rink. It was also not real ice and probably what you would find in my kitchen, but with a bit of water on it. It was still so much fun, and we could not stop laughing as we attempted to skate whilst drinking hot chocolate. The exhibition was really cool, but I wasn't allowed to take pictures (I took some sneaky ones shhh but I won't post them in case a museum person stumbles across my blog). I really like these photos because they have a sort of blue/purple haze to them which is really pretty.

I wore my new AMAZING bear tights which I love dearly. My jacket was actually my brothers when he was younger but I have inherited it and I have been wearing it so much lately. It's nicely oversized and it's brown leather material with a cosy lining. The cardigan underneath was simply to keep me warm (because now that Christmas is over I keep forgetting that it's still winter). I opted for a pink gingham button up shirt with a black skirt to really go with the kawaii/anime character/kaichou wa maid-sama theme. 

I've been listening to HAIM's days are gone album lately and I LOVE it! The wonderful Mattie introduced me to them and I now have the biggest girl crushes. Some of my favourite songs from the album include 'The wire', 'Don't save me' and 'Go slow'.
much love
-Lexi xo

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Trying new things 28.09.13





Saturday was the day of trying something new and for this I wanted to wear my backless leotard and my new tartan skirt. A while ago I was in search for the perfect leotard and couldn't find any ones which I liked. In the end I actually gave up and went to a dance website instead. This was a very good thing to do because who would make a leotard better than a dance store? I really recommend doing this if you want one. Lots of people don't understand the point of leotards but they are perfect for tucking into skirts or shorts because you don't have to worry about your top un-tucking or messing up. I didn't actually wear my Buffalo Exchange hat out, but I was loving the kind of saucy school girl vibe and wanted to show you it. 

Hat - Buffalo Exchange
Leotard - Dance website
Skirt - Urban Outfitters
Boots - Gap
Belt - Vintage
Cardigan - Brandy Melville


Much love 

-Lexi xo

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Summer skirts in autumn 21.09.13






Hello all! Lately I have been living in my leather jacket and my chelsea boots. They add the perfect finish to any autumn outfit. I also found a way to wear some of my summer skirts in the winter by adding thick tights like these cable knit ones and adding an underskirt to keep me extra warm. In an old post of mine (this one to be precise) I talked about these chiffon skirt dupes for the american apparel ones from Missguided. Since that post I have grown majorly and now the skirts are so short. I can no longer wear them on their own, but they make the perfect underskirts.

Jacket - Dorothy Perkins
Velvet crop top - Brandy Melville
Yellow skirt - American Apparel
Underskirt - Missguided
Tights - not sure
Boots - Gap

-Lexi xo

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Leather panel leggings 17.09.13




I went out on a rainy day in these super cool leather panel leggings which I just L O V E and it definitely felt like autumn had started. They are lovely and high waisted and I paired them with my new monochrome bandanna from Rokit (a vintage store in covent garden) and my beloved Chelsea boots. 

Bandanna - Rokit
Top - Next
Leggings - Topshop
Cardigan - Brandy Melville
Boots - Gap
Necklace - Thrifted


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