Beachy Head

Dress: Vintage

Cardigan: H&M

Necklace: Etsy

Boots: UO

Bag: Vintage

This must be a bit of a welcome break from what has become my standard photo background, aka the street outside our house. We ventured over to Otley yesterday to scour the charity shops and managed to get quite the haul. I'm sure everything will be shared on here soon enough. 

I have been thinking a lot about primary colours and how good they look together so I brought that into this outfit. I would have loved to have worn blue tights to complete the look but once winter comes, it's hard to drag me out of my super cosy tights. 

I hate it to say it because it is only mid way through November but I've really started to feel Christmassy what with all the decorations in the shops and talking about potential presents. I'm hoping to get a record player as my vinyl collection is now getting a bit silly for someone who has no way of playing them! What's on your christmas wish list?

Young Shields

Dress: Dorothy Perkins

Top: New Look

Shoes: Primark

Hat: Charity Shop (Mel's)

This outfit got two reactions from everyone I saw. One was that I looked slightly Amish, hence the posing with the hat that I didn't actually wear out. The other was that I was dressed like a toddler. I kind of love the toddler idea because I do still dress like a child sometimes. I never really like myself or my clothes too seriously. Life's too short!

Does anyone else love the satisfying clunk you get when walking in heels? It makes me feel so much more put together. These brogues only have a low stacked heel but they still have that wonderful sound when I walk. I had to storm up to university as I was running late and the noise made the rush a little more bearable. 

It dawned on me the other day that there's only four weeks left of this semester. How insane is that?! Where is all the time going?! Before you know it I'll be graduating and entering the real world. Extremely scary prospect!

Songs About Your Girlfriend

Body: ASOS

Cardigan: Peacocks

Skirt: Swap with Jasmine

Boots: Urban Outfitters

Necklace: Etsy

I've held a package of Jasmine's clothing hostage since the beginning of summer. I admit it, I'm a clothing swap hog! I wore this skirt back when we first did the swap and I like how it lends itself to so many different colour combinations. I might even try and squeeze in one last outfit with it before I have to send it back along with the other stuff we swapped. 

I wore this outfit for a hectic Monday where I had a million and one things to do including a meeting at uni, a few hours in the library reading up on philosophy, a casting and a visit to the local history library to look for some photos. I like how busy I've been lately but it does tend to catch up eventually and tonight is the night. I feel completely drained and like I just need to have an early night with no reading, no stress and no film screenings. I've been catching a screening most days for the film festival so tonight I decided to stay home and recuperate.

What do you do when you're feeling run down?

Mountain Water

Shirt: New Look

Skirt: Urban Outfitters

Tights: ASOS

Boots: Urban Outfitters

Bag: Vintage

Truth be told, I felt a little like an autumn leaf in this outfit. I'm always conscious of having only one colour other than black in an outfit which explains my love for coloured tights, an easy injection of colour.  This mustard yellow blouse wasn't an obvious fit with any of my tights but I actually grew quite fond of this combination. I'm gradually combatting my addiction to patterns and wearing more block colours recently. 

The skirt was a sale bargain and since I am strong believer that you can never have too many black skirts (I currently have 4) it works perfectly with my wardrobe. I foresee this boots being worn to death this season, just like my last ankle boots from UO which now sit sad and holey in the corner of my room. 

I saw Melancholia last night and it was stunning. The camerawork made me feel nauseous, which I assume was the point, but despite that it was a really good film. The Leeds Film Festival starts tomorrow and I'm so excited for nearly three solid weeks of watching films. A film I worked on is even in the festival! 

Magic Hours

Body: ASOS

Skirt: New Look

Cardigan: H&M

Belt: ASOS

Boots: Urban Outfitters

One of the downsides of online shopping is the problem that arises when something doesn't fit. That was the case with this skirt which I ordered a size up to be safe when my normal size would have been just fine. I meant to take it in store to swap but time got away from me and so now I'm stuck with this slightly too big skirt. I still love the colour and the shape though so I belted it up and put together this slightly 60's vibe outfit.

I wore it yesterday for a trip into town. I didn't really do anything to celebrate Halloween this year, normally I really enjoy dressing up but it kind of snuck up on me and I was drowned in 'fascinating' philosophy reading instead. I wanted to dress up as Annie Hall and I got to live vicariously through some of my favourite bloggers who did just that.

Must Be Seeing Starlight

Dress: F21

Cardigan: Charity shop

Boots: Urban Outfitters

Isn't this outfit just everything autumn should be about? Cosy knitwear, coloured tights and boots. The floral is something I'm happy to wear all year round. There's been some really beautiful autumn days recently, not too cold but enough to wear a bobble hat. This is why the transitional seasons are so much better than anything else!

This past weekend I headed home to London for a few nights. I was there to see Bon Iver, which was the most stunning night of music of my life, but I spent some time with an actor friend who is getting involved with my film too. I'm currently in the casting stage of pre-production and I'm pretty sure I would love to work in casting after graduation. It's such a rush when you find the perfect person, which I think I finally did for our female lead. I'm nearing a concrete final draft for the script and it's all so overwhelmingly exciting. If any of you fancy reading the script and giving me some constructive criticism, I'm trying to get as many peoples opinions as possible.

Ordinary Man With Ordinary Desire

Top: ASOS

Skirt: Urban Outfitters

Cardigan: H&M

Shoes: Topshop

I don't know what's wrong with my sleeping pattern recently but ever since I've gotten poorly, I've been sleeping a ridiculous amount of hours. I overslept the morning of these photos when I had two important meetings at university. I managed to reschedule one and get ready in half an hour (including a shower!) for the second meeting. That's a personal best.

Luckily, I had picked this outfit out the night before. It ticks the box of one of my main two styles, school girl or granny. This one is clearly more school uniform-esque. 

I don't know if I've written about it before but I've managed to get struck down with a horrid flu-type thing where my sinuses feel like they're about to fall out of my face amongst other such pleasant things. I'm slightly on the mend now, after infecting everyone around me and I couldn't be feeling in a better mood for the next few days.

What are your weekend plans?

Everyone Says I Love You

Dress: Vintage

Jumper: H&M

Boots: Urban Outfitters

Necklace: Urban Outfitters

Ring: Vintage

My favourite styling in colder weather is grabbing a printed dress, throwing a jumper on over the top and slipping on some boots. There's something so cosy about the simplest of outfits when it gets to this time of year. I wore this outfit for my weekly volunteering shift at my local independent cinema. It's an old building so it can get pretty chilly inside. 

I've had a lot of stress this week with various film projects I'm working on and I'm really looking forward to a calm weekend with lots of films and reading some books about feminism. It's an area I've really got interested in lately so if you have any recommendations for things to read, do share! I'm also heading home on Sunday to London to be in the city for the Bon Iver gig. I'm seeing him there and then a few weeks later up here in Leeds. Can you tell I'm a little bit in love with Justin Vernon? 

I'm looking forward to being back in the city and getting a solid day of doing all my favourite things that I miss while I'm here.

Every Kingdom

Dress: H&M

Shirt: Vintage

Boots: ASOS

Bag: Vintage

Necklace: Gift

Have you ever just felt the need for a change? An act of carthasis to set yourself back on the path towards being positive. Well, for me, it was my hair. I've been feeling a bit ambivalent towards being back in Leeds after having such an intense and fulfilling summer so I decided to make a change. And off went the hair.

I wore this outfit to a meal at Wagamama with my housemate followed by a night at the pub and a late night screening of Taxi Driver. It was a grey and rainy day but wagamama can make any situation seem a little brighter. I'm loving that it's boots weather now. I really like stomping around in my chunky boots through puddles and crunchy leaves. Autumn really is the best season!

Cherish with Fondness

Shirt: Charity shop

Cardigan: H&M

Skirt: H&M

Shoes: Miss Selfridges

To explain my absence from the blog world, I had a bit of a laptop meltdown. Quite literally. The fan in my laptop broke which could lead to the insides melting but when I took it in to be fixed, they found out it was a hard drive issue rather than the fan itself. The perils of being a mac user come when they break because macbook repairs aren't cheap AT ALL! 

However, since it was over three years old it seemed uneconomical to spend a huge chunk of money getting it fixed so I decided to invest in a brand new Macbook Pro, which I am now writing this post on. He is called Ernest after the beautiful Ernest Greene of Washed Out fame and I'm a big fan of his chrome-y ways already.

Anyway, this is the last outfit post before I unveil my new haircut. Drumroll please!

Supernothing

Dress: Vintage

Jacket: H&M

Belt: ASOS

Shoes: Topshop

Bag: Vintage

The best thing about living in Yorkshire is the proximity to such beautiful countryside. In what I hope might become a tradition, this past weekend we drove out to some of this wonderful countryside and stopped off for some photographs on the way. Our friend was with us and at first he was completely confused as to why Mel was taking my photographs in the middle of nowhere. Once he understood he loved getting involved and even helped me climb into the cornfield for some classic shots amongst the corn.

Driving around with some of my favourite music playing and scenery like this rushing past the window, I really can't think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

This vintage dress was a purchase way back last christmas and although it's always been too big for me I like to dig it out now and again because I'm a sucker for red. I took advantage of the mild weather to wear just a denim jacket and I'm glad I did because now we're back into the full swing of winter coat weather. 

In other news, I had a haircut yesterday but it might be next week until I debut it here on the blog. I'm still in the hating it zone at the moment but once I'm used to the change I'm sure I'll love it. Strangely enough, its a similar style to what I had when I first started blogging all that time ago!

Ketchup and Mustard

Top: H&M

Skirt: Swap with Jasmine

Boots: Vintage

Necklace: Etsy

I'm going to put together a post with my Berlin photographs but I have so much to share from that city that I want to wait til I have real time to dedicate to it. All you need to know for now is, I am love with Berlin. 

I moved back to Leeds on Saturday and it's good to be back. I'm sharing my house with two of my best friends including my wonderful photographer, Mel, and Laura, who is soon starting her own blog. I'm still in the process of unpacking my room and it kind of looks like a bomb hit it at the moment. Luckily I have more storage space this year but I still own far too many clothes. 

I got this skirt from the swap I did with Jasmine. Mustard is one of my favourite colours at the moment and is perfect for autumn. It felt good to be wearing boots again, it means autumn is really here. Shame it brings coat weather with it too.

Caramel Apple

Top: H&M

Shorts: Vintage

Cardigan: Topshop

Shoes: Miss Selfridges

Necklace: Stolen Thunder (prize)

Only one more day until I leave for Berlin! I should have some guest posts up while I'm gone to keep the old blog alive and when I'm back I'll, of course, be sharing everything about my trip.

This outfit is something I wore to an afternoon in Brick Lane perusing the shops with Molly. I'm channelling the autumn vibe in the colours of my outfit because I just can't wait for some autumn dressing. I'm definitely a transitional seasons girl, spring and autumn are my favourite seasons. Layering up and getting cosy in knitwear but without having the snow of winter means autumn is perfect for me. I've already made a few purchases for the colder months but I'm still on the hunt for the perfect coat and some new boots. 

The stolen thunder 'i heart tea' necklace I'm wearing is a prize I won a while back in Cait's competition and I have to say a massive thank you to her and to stolen thunder because it's such a cute necklace and gets endless comments. I wore it to my last day of work (where I often get hassled to make tea) and everyone found it was the perfect excuse to ask for a drink!