LONDON

OUTFIT ONE
Topshop Jumpsuit
Topshop Shoes
Cow Denim Jacket
Vintage Bag

OUTFIT TWO
Cow Vintage Dress
Topshop T-Shirt Underneath
eBay Shoes
Camden Market Sunglasses

These pictures are a bit all over the place, but as you can probably tell, I went to London this weekend. On the first day there I went to Camden Market and had lunch and purchased some stuff for myself and my friends birthday. It was horrendously busy, and full of tourists and obey hats, but I really enjoyed my time there. Me and my mom had lunch by the water and a funny chinese man gave us some free chips. Camden is a great place to photograph because of the vibrancy and colour, loads of signage, typography and little trinkets. But its also awkward as most stall holders don't want you taking pictures of their stuff, and I shouted at a few times.  

Day 2 consisted of Spitalfields Market. In my opinion, there were better stalls and things to buy here, but I preferred the atmosphere of Camden. I discovered this shop that was similar to Cow Vintage, called Rokit, and I got a green Killers t-shirt for £3 which I was pretty happy with. I also bought some knitted badges of a stall in the market that I'm going to decorate my school bag with. 

Overall, I really liked London. I also went to Oxford Street for the first time and it was amazing and we went on the Emirates Skyline thingy too. All the people/waiters in restaurants/shop assistants that I spoke to were really really friendly and nice, compared to people I encounter in Birmingham where I live. I thought it was really interesting seeing all the different nationalities and fashions and people all together, and when some men were playing guitar and violin on the tube it was just cool.

90'S FILMS

THE CRAFT (1996)

This is definitely my favourite 90's film ever, I can watch it over and over and over again and it won't loose its spark. The Craft is about four teenage girls, Nancy, Sarah, Bonnie and Rochelle, who each represent the elements of water, earth, air and fire. They form a coven to worship 'Manon' and/or make some freaky stuff happen with their minds. They became prettier, caused the downfall of mean girls, made boys fall in love with them, you know, the usual witch stuff. However, The Craft is classified as a horror, and as the film progresses you see a hunger for more power form in Nancy's mind in particular, as she abuses what she has got and uses it wickedly against everyone else. I love this film a lot and to be honest my description doesn't do it justice. It has just the right amount of spell casting, dark&witty sarcasm and horror to make it great. Aside from the story line and the characters, I think the costume design is absolutely amazing and has such a strong mixture of rebellious high school girl, witchy, 90's styles.

GHOST WORLD (2001) - (I WILL FOREVER THINK OF THIS AS A 90's FILM)
Ghost World follows cynic and artist, Enid, who has just graduated from high school and is drifting through the phase between school and adulthood. It's funny and sarcastic and intelligent and I like it a lot. Enid's personality is really relatable and engaging, and in a way matches her clothing, which consists mainly of doc martens, occasional green hair and an 'original 1977 punk rock' looks (so she says).

WHIP IT (2009)

Whip It isn't even a 90's movie but it's one of my favourites and reminds me of that time period anyway. In Bodeen, Texas, and indie-rock loving misfit, Bliss Cavender, finds a way of escaping her small town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin (thanks imdb). This made me want to go and buy some roller-skates and join the Hurl Scouts. Bliss' outfits are really grungey, or bought from a thrift shop throughout the film. Go and watch it. 

FAKE TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO

EBAY TSHIRT
GRANDMA'S WARDROBE/JAEGER SKIRT
COW VINTAGE JACKET
EBAY SHOES
H&M HAT
PRIMARK SUNGLASSES

Hi, today I went to see the highly anticipated 22 Jump Street, I've been waiting agesss for it to come out in the cinema. It was absolutely hilarious, probably better than the first film and despite his age I still want to marry Channing Tatum. I went with Shan, and to be honest we both felt slightly overdressed to go and sit in a dark room and watch the film, but nevertheless I like my outfit today. 

My t-shirt is from eBay and is sporting my favourite band, Arctic Monkeys. My shoes are also from ebay and are inspired by my 'Shoe Crush: Truckers' post. For ages I've wanted an American Apparel Tennis Skirt, but they're a bit out of my price range at the moment, so when my Grandma found this in her wardrobe and gave it to me, I could not believe my eyeballs. I think it looks exactly the same and I got it for £0 so I'm very happy.

LIFE UPDATES

Since my camera is broke and the weather is awful I cant really stand in my garden and take pictures for outfit posts (although I do have a lot of new stuff that I want to upload). I kind of want to convert my blog into a mixture of outfit posts and writings on whatever I'm thinking about, so kind of following suit of Rookie but obviously in my own style etc. 

Anyway, this post is just a quick one on general things happening in my life at the moment.

Two weeks ago I went on holiday to the South of France and it was really fun and warm but I'm not very tanned unfortunately. We have a lot of friends there and it's kind of like a second home because we've being going since I was 4, and a kind of 'summer community' has developed over time and I enjoy their company very much. I got to use my new Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 quite a bit whilst there too, and finally wear all my new summer clothes/shoes purchases as well.

For my friend Shan's birthday (peculiarthoughtss.blogspot.co.uk) next month, we're going to Harry Potter Warner Brothers Studio Tour in London and I can't waittttt. I'm a massive fan of all the films and the books I've read so far (I'm only on Goblet of Fire so I can't call myself a true die hard fan until I've finished them all lols). I need to save my money because theres so many things I want to buy there (i.e wands, butterbeer, chocolate frogs, robes, scarfs etc). Has anyone been to Harry Potter World before? Was it good??

Also, I've booked Jake Bugg tickets and I am beyond excited because he's so good and I've never seen him live before and we're standing and it'll be crazyyyy. It's in October so we'll have to wait a bit though and the tickets were £27 and I can not wait. I'm going with my best friend Shan who I have previously mentioned, her brother and his friend. 

Some pictures from my holiday: