Showing posts with label outfit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outfit. Show all posts

the distant echo of faraway voices boarding faraway trains

Friday, 12 July 2013

 
 
Last weekend I went away on a girls weekend to Brighton to celebrate my auntie's birthday, which resulted (as usual) in a trawl through the north laines and all the beautiful vintage and antique stores. I found this shirt and skirt on a £5 rail, and just had to have them both because as you may or may not know I am obsessed with the colour red at the moment. I felt like I should have been wearing them with rollerskates and serving huge milkshakes in an american diner.
 
 
 
What must my neighbours think; they look out of their window only to see a girl spinning around on the spot taking pictures of herself with a tripod. Totally normal.
 
 
 
Petra Collins' Schools Out photo diary for Rookie is just so perfect. I wish we had such a fun last day at my school (also I want a seniors shirt even though I'm not a senior)
 
 
 
 
Another photograph from Rookie. I love the illustrations, and the girl's dress reminded me a little of my shirt.
 
 
This post ended up a lot shorter than I intended, but I'm sure I'll be back with my disposable film from Brighton after the weekend. Also my head should be sorted out by then and I might be able to think straight, instead of fumbling around like a dazed and confused child like I have been the past week. I blame stress and lack of sleep, haha.
Hope you're having a good summer!
 
ellie xo
 


dress my friends up just for show, see them as they really are

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

(outfit from a few weeks ago..background collage clockwise from top right: images from Hollie's blog, Flower's blog, Petra Collins, tumblr and Hollie)
 
It's summer! My exams are over! School is nearly over! And I have a tonne of things to post on this here blog that I haven't had time to post in the last few weeks!
Anyway, I guess I better start with another apology for not posting...exams are stressful but hopefully all the summer blogging I have planned will make up for my recent break. I'm sure lots of you had exams too and so understand my pain. I've got loads of things to fill you all in on, for example a few weekends ago I was (finally) lucky enough to see the David Bowie Is exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum. As a Bowie fan I was completely overwhelmed by all the memorabilia they had on show, while as an art/design student I was fascinated by everything from the layout of the displays to the presentation of his costumes. It wasn't just a tribute to him, but more of an in-depth look into the life of an artist, something worth seeing whether you like his work or not.
 
(background collage clockwise from top right: tumblr, Flower's blog, Tessa's blog, tumblr, my photography and tumblr.)
 
(background collage from top right: Sinead's Journal, tumblr)
 
We had an evening slot and so only got a very short time in the shop before it closed, resulting in me going on a very supermarket sweep-like escapade, trying to get as much merchandise as possible.
My top is from the V&A, my shirt & skirt are from a charity shop, and my jacket is from Beyond Retro.
 
(background image from tumblr)
 
(http://teeveedinner.tumblr.com/ forever one of my no1 style icons)
 
 (sinead's journal is just so so so pretty gah)
 
I'm sorry for the short post, but I have a few more planned for this week, as I've got a bunch of film developed & loads of outfits photographed...and I'm going to the ponds with the girls tomorrow which might result in some summery pictures.
 
ellie xo
 
 


Television dreams of tomorrow

Sunday, 2 June 2013


Hello again. I have had literally the craziest week, and am finally sitting in front of my laptop and able to show you what I've been up to. This week has been half term, and so I've been off from school (yay). I spent the first few days in my pyjamas, desperately trying to finish some long overdue artwork and various other schoolwork I have been meaning to do for about three years. On wednesday I met up with my school friends and went to Camden, where we took a few pictures and I did a little shopping (mainly american sweets from cyber candy...come on, where else can you get strawberry freddo frogs?!) Then on thursday, I met up with the amazingly dressed and super cool Sinead of Peppermint Whiskers. We looked pretty rad in our flower crowns, and as you can imagine attracted a few slightly confused looks from the less interestingly dressed people of Brick Lane.
 

 
Sinead is really awesome and so lovely, and as you can tell from these pictures her fashion sense is A*. If you aren't following her blog you are seriously missing out.
 
 
 
We thought we'd broken the rough trade photobooth because our picture wouldn't print, but it turned out it was just stuck on the way down. Also notice how I hadn't read the instructions and so was reading them in the first photo. oops.
 

 
Beyond Retro photobooth...hell yeah http://beyondretro.com/en/photobooth_cheshire
 
 
Picking out next seasons trends. Don't lie, you want that shirt.
 
 
I seem to have a problem with smiling and so end up grimacing in 99% of photos. The sofa is super cute though. (this & above photo taken by Sinead)
 
 
 
Presents from Sinead...we did a little in-person gift swap, and I got the cutest handmade collar, earrings and hairclips (will be in my next outfit post) a little heart cushion, CD & handwritten lyrics and a gorgeous illustration to name but a few of the lovely things she got me. It felt like christmas!
 
 
I ordered two little pins from the Etsy shop hoodratroughdiamond, and they came really quick and in the cutest envelope. I suggest you check the shop out!
 
 
 
Arrived home last night to a lovely letter from my new penpal Maija of The Sequined World. She is so lovely and wrote me the sweetest letter, and sent me a cute little hairclip and some bindis, both of which I am in love with and I'm sure will be seen lots in future posts.
second photo featuring lyrics by Sinead, pink bow and bindis from Maija, Green Day tickets, red clip, hair bow, cushion, card, feather, candles and balloon from Sinead.
 
 
 
 
Maija also sent me a Zine that bloggers from Galway publish every few months. It is so awesome and like a little magazine full of amazing fashion and photos...I absolutely love it, so much inspiration!
 


On Friday I went to my cousin's wedding, which was such a lovely day and went so well. The bride looked absolutely stunning in a 50s-ish white dress with a red netting underskirt, and they even had a pork pie wedding cake (pictured above). I also love the second picture of me and my cousin's girlfriend Dru, who is awesome and looked like a prom queen.
 
 
 
 
They had a little photobooth in the corner of the venue of the wedding reception, and so I ended up with these pictures which I love. I had an awesome evening, the highlight being dancing to Modern Love with the best man, fondly nicknamed auntie Jamie.
On saturday I saw Green Day at the Emirates Stadium...they were absolutely incredible, and let's just say I danced way too much and definitely should have gone to bed earlier, as today I woke up at half past two in the afternoon. So worth it for such a crazy week.
Remember to check out Sinead's blog >here< and Maija's blog >here<, and please remember to follow me on bloglovin by clicking the link in my sidebar. Thanks!
 
ellie xo
 
(p.s....200 followers! I can't believe it. Thankyou so much to each and every one of you, it really means so much to me.)

Embedded spies brainwashing our children to be mean

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

 
 
Hi guys. Just got a quick post today, as I'm supposed to be revising for my maths exam/finishing my art coursework/doing other things in general. And I'm meeting up with some very awesome humans on thursday and so will completely photo spam you all after that.
If you follow my twitter (http://twitter.com/elliecp) or have added me on facebook or the like, you'll probably be aware that I went to see Muse on Sunday evening, which was INCREDIBLE. Like seriously. They played such an amazing set and I went slightly mental and completely broke my vocal chords screaming along to Plug in Baby and the like.
 
 
 
My Nan used to knit basically all of my clothes, and my mum has kept a tonne of her creations in a box under her bed because we can't bear to throw them out. I found this red jumper in there whilst trying to find some pastel-ish pieces for my art project, and I've decided that I can still pull it off (even though it doesn't go past my elbows and ends above my belly button.) The donkey pin is a present from my mum, from Hirst Antiques on Portobello Road.
 

 
I DO NOT CARE IF EVERYONE HAS CREEPERS NOW I STILL ADORE MINE
 
(Clockwise from top left: Bowie as halloween jack, tumblr. Meadham Kirchhoff, Spring 2013 RTW, style.com. Betsey Johnson, Spring 2013 RTW, style.com. Bowie as halloween jack, tumblr.)
 
(clockwise from top left: Twiggy, tumblr. Bowie, tumblr. Top from http://instagram.com/#thevintagewardrobe. Photo from tumblr)
 
So yes, sorry for the short kind of odd post, will be back with something a little more exciting within the week hopefully ^_^
 
Don't forget to follow my bloglovin by clicking >here<, and my (new) instagram by clicking >here<, thankyou!
 
ellie xo

Unleashing scent of wild Jasmine

Saturday, 25 May 2013

 

Hi guys. For some reason it feels like I haven't posted in forever...which is sort of true, as instead of blog I've had to spend this week panic-revising for end of year tests and exams that I had long purposely forgotten about. Anyway, I'm back now (and on half term break eep!) and so after a nice morning taking photographs for my current art project and eating bread rolls with peanut butter, I decided to show you guys some of the things I've been up to.
 
 
 
 
 
 
I'm doing some work on portraits for art, and decided to try and take some Petra Collins-esque photos to work from, and while trying to get some outfits together I found this gorgeous dress in my dressing up box from when I was little. It was my mum's bridesmaid dress from the 70s, and it is absolutely amazing and frilly and pink and just completely perfect. It does have a little stain on the front though, which will explain why I'm holding flowers/an Agatha Christie novel in most pictures.
 
 
 
 
I felt so floaty and very virgin-suicides-like...despite the length and the hot pink colour, the feel of it made me think of Cecilia in her old wedding dress.
 
(This Rookie shoot was my no1 inspiration)
 
(vintage prom dress from Etsy, found through tumblr)
 
(The dress reminded me of this photo so much)
 
 
 
 
 
(This book & movie really fitted the vibes I'm feeling at the moment)
 
(vintage prom dresses are just amazing)
 
I took a whole bunch of photos this morning, so I'll be able to show them to you guys over the following week, along with some awesome pictures I intend to take over the half term (I'm meeting up with a couple of gorgeous blogging guurls, so expect some picture spamming).
 
Don't forget to follow my bloglovin HERE, thanks!
 
ellie xo