OOTD: Bricks

Yes, my garden is a mess. Problem? Take it up with my dad and his arm length list of unfinished DIY projects!
Despite the fact i had to pose with building materials i couldn't resist the amazing natural light we had outside, it is a bona fide be-a-utiful day...
...and i decided to wear black and grey.

 

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So i feel like i've lost all my fashion mojo at the moment. I guess i used it all up on that double stripes hit from a couple weeks back (which has been reblogged on tumblr 87 times, go me!! :D)

I'm living in easy, comfy and fairly boring outfits which i know means terrible viewing/reading for you guys so i'm sorry and hopefully i can get back into the swing of things asap. Think i just need a good shop, or that's the excuse i'll use anyways.

I'd like to think that my slick of pink lipstick made this outfit a bit more summery than it otherwise would have been. And for those who might want to know it's a Barry M lippy which i think is called Punk Pink, maybe.

Or maybe i just lade that up, who knows!!

OOTD: Featured

So i was asked to send in pictures to Plus Model Magazine for their blog feature Fashion Fridays, you can see this weeks including me HERE.
This is the outfit i sent in:

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This is a variation of the outfit i have been living in of late. Considering it cost £15 in the Topshop sale and in technically about 3 or 4 sizes too small this skirt is doing a seriously good job : )

I actually wore this on Wednesday to see The Hangover Part II which was hilarious and amazing, although there are rumours of number 3 already and whilst i do love the wolf pack three films based solely upon drunken mistakes might be pushing it a bit!

I'm off for the weekend to reenact and be awesome so no posts i'm afraid. Straight back at it on Monday though i promise!

Thanks to Natale Monet from Plus Model Magazine for asking me to be involved in the feature, such a huge honour and i'm eternally grateful.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

b is for bracelets

BRACELET - £16.50 - EVANS

BRACELET - £12.50 - EVANS

Just two of a selection of bracelets/cuffs I've seen recently that really appeal to me. I'm loving a lot of High Street jewellery at the moment but my judgement always stops me from buying much that is priced above £5. I just don't think it's worth it when half the stuff breaks or turns you green. It's hard to resist though, when they make it so pretty!

OOTD: Clashing Prints

DRESS AND CARDIGAN:VINTAGE EVANS SCARF:H&M

Okay, so, most subtle example ever of clashing prints but still; I'm wearing two different patterns people, huge steps have been made!
Not entirely sure what i'm doing in the top picture, probably trying to look all nonchalant despite the fact that inside my head all i'm thinking is 10 second self timer is too fast, must buy remote, must buy remote.
I only put a nice outfit on today because i went to town to pick up my new bike (£200 gone because when i bought my original one i was too stupid to know that I'd need more than 6 gears) I honestly haven't left the house much recently apart from work (sad, i have no friends) so there have been no missed OOTD opportunities.
I've posted on this dress before here, in case you want some back story! The scarf is lovely, someone waiting in the loooooong line to pay had just left it on a rack and i stumbled across it and gave it a home. The colours in it inspired my little thumb nail flower:

Quick thing to mention: hit up the ASOS Curve sale ladies because it is amazing. Just bought a new coat and top. You can actually see a bit of the coat hanging up behind me in the top two pictures. But seriously, i paid less than £50 for the two, and the prices have since gone down again (GRRRR) so yeah, crack out the plastic!


Hope everyone has a great weekend. I've got cycling, tidying and film watching planned, wild; i know!

xx

V.S.

Everything featured is from Evans.

Not to put a downer on the post but i do wish that coat was made of wool. Then it would be as close to pefect as i'll ever get.

Morgaine.xx

BETH DITTO. BETH, EFFING, DITTO!

Here is a list of what i want. I'm not gonna lie, the likely hood of me purchasing much more than the leggings is slim.
I love this collection, but there is a difference between loving something as a work of art and as a great point in fashion history and loving something as a piece you wear and fit into you're wardrobe.
Although her clothes may not have a place on my rail, Beth Ditto will always have a place in my heart!

Evans Facebook...

...just linked to the Evans Blog post on Crystal Renn being in a Chanel ad. I read the post and the comments on it. It ticked me right off.
Annoyed at the constant raging debates that grip every post this group makes i posted a comment. I guess i was sick to death of all the Evans bashing going on on the frigging Evans Group. Women are posting how they want to wake up tomorrow in a plus sized utopia and see size 30 women modeling for Evans. And how Crystal Renn (big love to her) is not plus sized but just another girl "airbrushed to the point of anorexia" and how Evans don't make nice clothes, or how Evans are too expensive.
I want to see girls in a size 32 modelling in major campaigns, but i know it ain't gonna happen overnight (if it ever happens), i want more companies to make better clothes in bigger sizes, i want huge women to be adored in the same way thin ones are but god damn it I'm not going to bust my butt complaining about how I WANT IT NOW AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET AND IT IS YOUR FAULT! I'm gonna be happy with my self and my style and my life and rejoice at the little victories while letting the world catch up to my ideal at it's own pace (well, i might try and give it a nudge once in a while) rather than be aggressive and ungrateful.

Here is the comment i posted:
"as great as it is to see you ladies getting passionate, why does every post put out by evans always become some massive political debate?
can't we all for one second just appreciate the fact that:
karl lagerfeld choosing crystal renn is a big step in the right direction to getting plus sizes noticed?
that crystal renn, regardless of who considers her plus sized, is an amazing ambassador for real beauty and body acceptance?
that companies are driven by capitalist and consumer culture and have a need to please share holders and make profits and so won't make changes (like using real women, or size 26 models) overnight?

I'm massive in the eyes of the fashion industry, positively whale sized, but i make it work and wear clothes and outfits i want to and that, not to toot my own horn, are fashionable and suit me.
Evans is doing a really good job of modernising it's lines, pushing positive images of women and spreading news about plus size fashion but everyone is so quick to complain and dismiss the positive things they do.

I get that it's hard to see a size 14 girl on posters when you're a size 24, i understand that it's hurtful when famous people poke fun of fat people like everyone overweight is the same but does no one think it would just be nice to spread a little love, instead of hate.

Plus sizes may have a way to go before we're properly represented in the media but i think it's time we step back and appreciate the victories we have had and thank the people who need thanking."

Topshop

I have a love hate relationship with this shop.

First up, the obvious thing i guess, is that they make stunning clothes but not in my size.
It doesn't stop me going in, for example I'm probably purchasing this top

because it's "oversized" so therefore the M/L will fit me.

The other issue i have with Topshop is the general attitude of the staff.
The eyes that look at me when i walk in alone, the "nothing will fit you" eyes.
I swear i get them in every Topshop. And I've been in a few.
Obviously there are members of staff who are helpful and friendly and i don't know how much of this is my paranoid nature but even friends i speak to say they feel a stuck up atmosphere in Topshop.

Anyone had an experience in there? Or maybe you feel the same way? Or maybe you think I'm being a fool, and that there's nothing wrong with Topshop Morgaine you're totally making it up!?!

Now, switching subjects a little, i just read on Let Me Eat Cookies that Evans is launching a website directed at plus size teens.  Maybe this website will solve my Topshop woes by basically selling the same clothes in my size?!? YES PLEASE!
That would end so much heartache.

Peace.
Morgaine.xx

OOTD: Stripes from Yesterday

I meant to post this last night but lost track of time drawing up the tattoo i went and booked today : D

I had a reading for a pantomime with my theatre company ELTC. I haven't seen ELTC people for a month so it was lovely.
Anyways, a reading mostly consists of sitting and, yeah you guessed it, reading for two hours. So i dressed with this in mind and this outfit was a winner.

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Another all evans OOTD, and i bet the next one will be all ASOS Curve, man i need some new shops.
Any reccomendations ladies?
Or like me, do you stick to a few choice favourites.


Peace & Love.
Morgaine.xxx

V.S.

Both from Evans both £35 both amazing!

I will be buying the second pair, this week because they're perfect for a costume I'm putting together.

The top pair are the boots I've been looking for for a while but i want them in black so I'm holding out to see if they do a black version!

I'll hate Evans for weeks at a time for not having the shoes i want, and then i hate them even more for bringing out all the shoes i want at once!

Peace Out.

Morgaine.xxx

Evans A//W

Dear Fashion Goddess,
I know you exist and I know you will send me a sign (in the form of CASH or CHEQUE) that I need these items:

OOTD: Floral Dress and Bowling Shoes

Today i went bowling avec mon papa and i threw this little outfit together...

DRESS//TOP:EVANS JEGGGINGS:EVANS BELT:17TH CENTURY REENACTMENT TRADER

I bought the dress//top in the Evans sale a month or two ago. I wasn't sure about it because i don't normally do much in the way of pattern and if i do do pattern it tends to be black based but i really like the skater dress cut so went crazy and got it.
I loved this outfit today, it was boiling hot and so humid so this neatly covered all my "ugghh areas" with one layer and the turned up jeggings looked lovely with my bowling shoes!


Dad won bowling wise, winning 2 out of the 3 games. But i totally won style wise : )

Peace.xx