1 Dress 2 Looks.

The first of many i hope!

I got this dress around new years in a charity shop in london and i didn't really like it at first because i wasnt too sure how versatile the print would be. I' a huge fan of loud garish prints but it's always too hard to find accessories that don't clash, so my idea was to keep it simple classic and fresh.

My trusty denim jacket my mum gave me from the 90's. That's real vintage for you! I'm thinking of acid washing it but i'm too much of a sentimental old fart to touch it. 

Those black leather calf  boots are probable the best thing i've ever brought from primark, They've lasted me longer than probably everything else i've brought there and longevity and quality materials are not something high up on my list of expectations for the place.

I thought i'd welcome my new cashmere coat into the family in style, i swear you could through this thing on over a potatoe sack and you'd look like Carine De Roitfeld. The tan leather clutch used to be some sort of laptop case but i felt it really deserve more of a life than that, i bought it at a car boot sale and haggled my little arse off and manged to take it home for pennies.

 

Floral turtle neck body con midi dress - Second hand shop £8

Tan leather clutch - Car boot sale 50p

Faded denim jacket - Mothers hand me downs (BEST STORE IN THE WHOLE WORLD!)

Black Court shoes - New Look Sale £10

Black buckled boots - Primark £15

70’s surrealism dinner party hosted by Marie-Hélène de Rothschild.

I found this post on the Miista site while drooling over the new season lookbook. At first glance, the pictures almost looked like oil paintings produced by an artist who was clearly on some hallucinogenic or other but it turns out this is just how rich people liked to party back in the day! The hostess - a wealthy french heiress - was apparently known for throwing top secret and ultra exclusive shin-digs for the upper echelon of paris, but this is one of the only events where a guest was permitted to take photos.

“Marie-Hélène de Rothschild of the high society, ultra-wealthy Parisian banking family, took it upon herself to throw a dinner party unlike any other. The dress code? “Black tie, long dresses & Surrealists heads.” And the invitation? Well that was printed up backwards — forcing invitees to hold it up to a mirror in order to read. The momentous event was held in the iconic Château which Rothschild outfitted with amber spotlights that swept along the building, creating the illusion of a roaring fire. Upon entering guests were immediately confronted with a staircase lined with servants dressed as kitty cats. MeOW!”