Cheeky ASOS

These look familiar...

[ASOS sunglasses]

Tin foil tips would complete the look - a bit of customising, and bob's your uncle. A little project for anyone wanting Wang/Farrow on the cheap?

Treats

[ASOS Fox ring, Nicola Roberts for Jelly Pong Pong eyeshadow, Urban Outfitters nail varnish]

The Asos fox ring and Dainty Doll eyeshadow were things I added to my ASOS basket to get it up to £20 when I bought the Illamasqua Obey lipstick. That I am supposed to have reviewed by now. Oops, bad blogging. I got the fox ring because I'm from Leicester and so I love foxes, obvs. I got the eyeshadow because it was reduced, and also because as a pale person I have been wanting to try a range for us pale-o's for a while. It's actually really great, you get a nice creamy gold toned primer to put underneath the apricot eyeshadow, which makes the shadow stay put all day. The colour is super - I think there are two others, check them out here at ASOS.

Nail varnish in Taupe and Matte Grey from Urban Outfitters. The packaging sold these to me, and I have wanted to try a matte nail varnish ever since WAH nails did a matte black/shiny black leopard print on their blog. The muted colours are waayyy more sophisticated than I am. I can't find my nail varnish remover at the moment so I have 9 lilac nails (chewed, badly painted) and 1 matte grey nail (couldn't wait to try the colour so painted over the lilac). Need to become more grown up and take proper care of my nails like a true lady, and do the posh nail varnish justice.

"What I'm Gonna Be Wearin, Baby"

Due to the rubbish weather, and the thought of going shopping anywhere in London on a bank holiday weekend, I have purchased a lot of things from ebay. Hopefully, Royal Mail allowing, I will soon be wearing:

[Topshop White Pippa Jeans - buy it now for a tenner]

 [The Gap dress Alexa Chung wore a zillion seasons ago. For the bargain price of £7.25. Yay for ebay!]

 [Vintage camel coat - £20]

What I'm Wearing

Rainy London has tried its best to ruin all my summer outfit plans. I don't know about you, but once it starts to rain I just add opaque tights to whatever I was going to wear anyway. It's the only practical option as there is nothing worse than traipsing round in sodden jeans that suction onto your thighs, or having dubious wet patches on a grey marl maxi skirt, or trackie bottoms so heavy with water they start to fall down.

Anyway, for this rather miserable bank holiday weekend I have mostly been wearing...

...this H&M T-shirt dress. It was a total bargain at £12, and I have worn it every week in the couple of months since I bought it. Apologies for the terrible photography, it means you can't see the nice detail on the sleeves, which are quite fitted and nicely cuffed. 

These are my two latest purchases that I just can't reconcile with opaque tights and massive dirty puddles, respectively. The Topshop pleat shorts are what I like to call my 'archaeologist' shorts. I'm thinking about getting some tortoiseshell flip up sunglasses like these to go with them. I bought the Office jelly shoes about a month ago while I was waiting around in Covent Garden, a bit of an impulse purchase, and I have only got to wear them once. They were pretty comfy and left the most amazing patterns on my feet once I took them off! Absolutely perfect for my upcoming holiday - now I can paddle in the sea with shoes on, neatly negating the worry of stepping on a jellyfish or sea urchin while also looking super-stylin.

dead holdall

My trusty Primark holdall has finally given up the ghost; overworked like a pack horse its handle snapped off a couple of days ago, leaving me with no other option than to use an extremely annoying mini-wheelie-crappy suitcase to get my stuff down to London for the week.

My old bag was nothing special, I didn't even like it very much when I first bought it. It was one of those fabric tartan pattern slouchy bags from Primark. However, I grew to love its little quirks, such as a tear in the lining which swallowed all my money, and an outside pocket with no zipper, and the inevitable huge tears in the fabric after some lonnnng years of being chucked onto coaches and trains and kicked around the tube. 

This means I have to find a new bag, but it's so hard to find one that would match most outfits and be of the optimum week's worth of clothes and make up size.

A few possibilities:

[American Apparel Nylon Gym Bag]

[Head St Moritz Lavender]

[Head 1989 @ ASOS]

[Head 1989 Monte Carlo @ ASOS]

The Head bags are calling out to me, especially the peach option. Although that might look faintly ridiculous come winter. And I am thinking of winter, even though summer has only just started, because winter is going to be ACE if all the new collections seeping through on blogs are to be believed. So maybe it will have to be the American Apparel practical option. But would nylon rip easily? And the peach bag is called the Monte Carlo, which conjures up images of a tanned young lady playing tennis before crossing the hotel lobby as Brett and Danny arrive to check in. I also used to have a white version of this bag for when I went ice skating. Yes, I did reach Grade 10, and I have the sew on badges to prove it.

I hate having to make decisions on items I actually need, it adds a horrible element of pressure to shopping.

jewels wishlist

Wishing away Monday...

Triskaidekaphobia tooth cuff

Burberry Prorsum

Iwona Ludyga

YSL

Falconiere Epaulettes

Ongwat

A Persuaders Summer

Dreamy stuff all inspired by the colour palette of The Persuaders. Not just of the clothes, but of the backgrounds, sets, and scenery. This means a lot of coral, sunny yellow, duck egg and azure blue, deep tans (Danny and Brett's), gold, peach and crisp white.

[Lord Brett Sinclair goes casual - note the daring black/peach contrast and bare chest with medallion]

[House of Harlow 1960 medallion and See by Chloe platforms]

[More coral - a zingy hue against Brett's medallion man tan]

[Kenneth Jay Lane amethyst ring]

[Seneca Rising dress at Asos]

['Darling, I just wish Danny wouldn't wear such obnoxious, shiny clothes.'

'Whadd'ya on about Brett, ahh shucks don't listen to him baby etc.'

A winning look of peach dress against mint green and royal blue backdrop. I too wish Danny would refrain from wearing shiny leather.]

[Reiss Skirt and TBA tier dress]

[Asos Tulip sunglasses]

[Nice white shirt and peachy lips]

[TBA shirt dress at Urban Outfitters. Absolute perfection]

Jennie Linden as Shelley Masterson in an episode called 'To the Death, Baby', which is a pretty standard title. I think in that episode she was conning Brett and Danny, but they didn't really mind as she was so sassy.

I like her make up and hair and I remember her as one of the few actresses on the show who actually had a range of emotions. Women on that series lost friends and family to improbable murder-to-take-control-of-oil-business plots yet could barely muster more than a lacklustre pout before continuing to giggle at Danny's fiendish ribbing of Brett. So yay for Jennie Linden.

[Oliver Peoples Resort flip sunglasses - Riley]

[That is one hell of a bikini, nice blue and white stripe theme]

[Peter Jensen Stripe dress at Urban Outfitters and Vivienne Westwood for Melissa heels]

[See by Chloe shirt, now on sale at Urban Outfitters]