Her name was Lola

 

 

jacket: Oasis / top: Wallis / jeans: Next / heels: Asos / jewellery: Accessorize and Warehouse / bag: Cambridge Satchel Company

For some reason when I woke up this morning I decided to dress as if I was heading to Copacabana beach and not to Asda. I'd like to say I lingered by the pineapples and coconuts for longer than necessary to compensate but I got distracted by chocolate fingers being on offer (£1!). I'll try better next time I promise.

P.S. You can send feedback on the photos to my mum who decide that 'wonky' was artistic... David Bailey is so last year darling!

P.P.S. 10 points if you spot the photo that isn't co-operating with my organisation. I'll start a league table if this becomes a frequent event.

I don't believe it!

Top: Next, jeans: Marks and Spencer, necklace: Accessorize

I don't mean to boast, but when I'm not dressing like a french stereotype I have exceedingly good shopping fortune. Take these jeans for instance, guess how much- go on, I dare you... 

Whatever your guess  I bet on my newly acquired Ted Baker clutch bag that  £3.99 was not your answer (had I not been the one to purchase said jeans it certainly wouldn't have been my guess). Therefore this post goes out to M&S for not only supplying me with Percy Pigs but also offering ridiculously good sale discounts. Did I mention they were £3.99? Bananas. 

Trend 101: Tartan

I really wanted to share with you the amazing retro Marks and Spencer television advert that I've just seen whilst catching up on  'Robert Peston Goes Shopping' but, alas, I am unable to unearth the spectacle on Youtube. In short it contained a lot of dancing and tartans (obviously this only skims the surface of its genius). To make up for the distinctly lacking video I thought I'd share my favourite tartan pieces currently on the great British High Street. Be warned though, this post will undoubtedly make you spend money...

1. This delightful dress comes courtesy of  Marks and Spencers- the source of my current tartan infatuation. Its nice to see tartan used in a way that isn't cliche to its punk heritage. The beady-eyed among you will hopefully have noticed that a lot of the pieces I have chosen fall into this category. I think that the key thing to remember with tartan this season is that its less about punk and more about wearability. If people look at you and think you're missing a mohawk then you're doing it wrong.

2. This bag from Topshop is in the same tartan as a pair of trousers I own. I'm not sure where I stand on tartan on tartan. Is it like double denim where only the brave (and supermodels) can escape unscathed? I fear tartan on tartan may sadly be questionable. A cute satchel nonetheless.

3. Not sure whether you want to commit to tartan? Look no further than Warehouse and their faded tartan shirt. Its a tartan shirt without the whole 'ooo look at me, I'm wearing a tartan shirt' debacle. If like me you spend your life avoiding making decisions then this is the shirt for you (winks at camera). Plus it has really cool zips on it. 

 4. Tartan = punk = Dr Martens. Enough said really.

5. An easy way to buy into any pattern related trend is the humble scarf. I think that scarves are particularly useful (aside from neck warmth) if you have a job where a uniform or a more conservative look is required. Just think, whilst commuting to work in your scrubs you can still show the world that you know what's happenin' in the world of fashion- jealous Mr. Bus Driver? Oh yeah, it's from  Accessorize.

6. If there's one shop thats going to come up trumps season after season it's Zara. This coat is surely evidence enough of that. It just looks so cosy! Paired with some brogues and some artfully tousled hair, it'll be hard not to mistake you for the heroine of a romantic comedy. Think Rachel McAdams in About Time (highly recommended film) or Anne Hathaway in One Day (highly unrecommended film). 

7. Next up (see what I did there?) is this lovely sheer tartan shirt in pastel colours. This shirt has my Nanna's seal of approval. If that doesn't sell it to you then quite frankly I'm not sure what will.

8. I love my tartan trousers from Oasis that I found in the sale for a bargain of £15, however as is du jour with sale things they are no longer available. Instead, I have found these virtually identical ones from River Island just incase the mood to dress the same as me ever carries you... Halloween outfit maybe?

Split roast

Top: Wallis, Skirt: Warehouse, Necklace: Accessorize

I think that this outfit could go one of two ways really:

1) Add a pair of oversized sunglasses and voilà I transform in to your generic Hollywood starlet circa the boho years minus the eating disorder.

2) Pass me a tambourine and the resemblance to Esmeralda is uncanny. (Photoshop me in front of the Notre Dame and it's even better)

Despite rhythm being a foreign concept to me I think I know which look I'd prefer. Now where did I put my tambourine..?

Hogging 9 till 5

purple necklace: Accessorize,turquoise necklace: Warehouse, the rest:Oasis 

I wouldn't want you to think that I just swan around all day and have my clothes handed to me in a golden trough as that's in no way what I do and, more than likely, no way what you do. In order to fund my ever expanding wardrobe I have a job as a sales assistant at Oasis. As part of the job I have to wear Oasis clothing which means that I'm always getting gorgeous pieces to add to my wardrobe- a definite perk (or should that be pork..?) to the job! Take this tropical print jacket- it was love at first sight! The only problem is that when i'm meant to be working I cant help but imagine myself on a beach in Hawaii sipping cocktails in the sun!I'm such a daydreamer!

Hogging

necklace: Accessorize, top: Warehouse, jeans: Marks & Spencer's Limited Collection, boots: Zara

Hi, I'm Hogfreckles- just your average freckly pig with a major fetish for fashion. Seriously, why pigs would rather cover themselves in mud than fabric is beyond me! Mud wraps being the exception naturally. 

Anyhow, I thought it was about time that I start documenting my sartorial escapades in a more fitting format (my farm fashion shows just never seemed to take off for some reason...), namely blogging. I suppose you could call me a Hogger. Oink!