Bank holiday...

Playsuit: Pop Boutique
Dress: Cow Vintage

Had a brill bank holiday, went out 3 nights on a row! First time I've done that in ages, think I'm getting a bit too old for it as I feel soooo tired today. Here's a couple of the outfits I wore over the weekend. In love with this dress, another cow vintage buy...it's a bit too big around the collar so had to improvise with a brooch to keep the shoulders in place. It's so 80's though I love it! Power Shoulders! Playsuit is really cute too, can't really tell from the picture but it has a gorgeous white lace collar. Wore it with my trilby as I felt a bit Hamptons-esque without it! 

Highlights of the weekend was seeing Jensen Button race around Manchester city centre in a F1 car, the sound was sooo loud, really impressive. Other highlights include seeing The Inbetweeners movie finally, having the most amazing American pancakes at the Sugar Junction for breakfast on Monday and dancing the night away on Saturday at my friend's DJ night. Good times all round :)

Soph xx

Tuxedo Chic

 

Loving the androgynous tuxedo style seen on a lot of the runways for AW/11. It's such a smart, sophisticated look yet still really sexy and powerful. Definitely going to try this out for an alternative night out look. Wear with heels and bags of attitude.

Chorlton Jaunt

Blouse: Cow Vintage
Skirt: Retro Rehab
Brogues: Primark

    

As part of the #ILoveMCR campaign currently running in Manchester as a reaction to the riots, the Metrolink was free to use on Sunday to encourage people to come into the city centre. As I already live in the centre, I thought I'd take the opportunity to try out the new line to Chorlton and visit the suburbs for the day. We visited a gorgeous little cafe come record shop come book stop called 'On The Corner' and had a milkshake then had a great Sunday roast at The Parlour on Beech Road. This place is renown for it's roasts and it didn't disappoint. 

I'm wearing a gorgeous turquoise silk shirt from Cow Vintage that I picked up in their sale for just £3! Skirt is from one of my favourite vintage shops on Oldham St in Manchester's Northern Quarter called Retro Rehab. They have some absolutely amazing stuff. 

Hope the picture of the roast doesn't make you all too hungry!!

Soph xx

                                                                                                     

And So It Begins...

Shirt: Cow Vintage
Skirt: Cow Vintage
Sandals: New Look
Necklace: Primark (old)
Nails: Barry M in Berry I/C

My first proper outfit post! A long time coming...apologies in advance for the dodgy photos and hair, I think I underestimated how hard it is to actually take decent pictures of yourself! I will, I hope, get better as the weeks go along! Went to Birmingham this weekend to see my best friend from University and paid a visit to Cow Vintage there. Won't go into detail about it in this post as going to do another one dedicated purely to that but just wanted to show a couple of the things I got put together for my first outfit :) Loving pastels at the minute, actually had to wear an under skirt with this skirt as it's quite see through, that combined with the colours made me feel uncharacteristically elegant and ladylike! Anyway, hope you like...here's to many more outfits to come :)

Soph xx

Advanced Style Video

Video of some of the ladies from the Advanced Stlye blog I posted about last week. Truly inspirational x

Blue Velvet...

Look at my new boots! Just look at them. I think I'm in love. Picture really doesn't do them justice either. Topshop have some amazing ankle boots in at the minute...these ones come in red and green too. Is it bad that I keep stroking them...?