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!

Inspiration For The Week

This week was mainly dominated by the demise of my laptop which lead to two trips to Sheffield but I also managed to squeeze in a night out, watching Drive and a new documentary called 'Just Do It' at the cinema, reading some heavy philosophy in the form of Heidegger for university and also working hard on the redraft of my screenplay. It's been a bit of a busy one which has resulted in me being awfully poorly this weekend. My sinuses are throbbing with pain right now and I've self-prescribed bed rest so hopefully I can get back to being productive tomorrow.

My favourites of the week.

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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!

Inspiration For The Week

This week has been one of ups and downs. There's been a lot of drama which is never a good thing but I think it's finally settled down now. In more positive news, a screenplay I have written is being made into a short film for my final year project! Instead of a traditional dissertation, I get to work on a film project and my group decided to make my idea. Perks of being a film student, eh?

I've decided to bring back my film recommendation feature to celebrate this so prepare for more rambles about amazing films in the coming week. I'm also getting back into the swing of outfit photos so I should start posting more regularly. New term rut has finally ended.

My favourites from this week (and the past few weeks)

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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!

Draw Your Swords

Dress: Vintage

Belt: ASOS

Sandals: Charity shop

Socks: Primark

Sunglasses: market in Toulouse.

When England gives you a second chance at summer with a mini heat-wave, it's only polite to embrace the sunshine, throw on a sundress and head down to the river to soak up some Vitamin D. We found this wonderful little retreat while driving to a nearby village and we couldn't resist stopping to sit by the water for a while. If we'd come more prepared, we may have even been tempted into a little paddle. 

This heat has honestly thrown me through a loop though. I was not expecting to have to get my legs out in October and after finally embracing layers, jumpers and boots, it was strange to get back to summer dressing. It was nice while it lasted but luckily, autumn is back in full swing now.

I'm definitely a transitional season kind of person so prepare for a happy Chloe.