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La Ville Inconnue
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A whirlwhind tour through the vintage world of Carys Whitehouse and Amelia Horgan
#10092 in All , #1717 in General Fashion

Pinafore

Ive been very busy this week with work experience, so I took the time to catch up with Eileen, the lovely Blog Dog (not forgetting Eva, the other blog dog, of course!)As you can see, shes got wwwaaay...

21 mar 12

Much Love Monday: Long Hair

Oh, I have missed doing Much Love Monday posts!I am currently trying to grow out my hair for the summer, but I keep seeing girls with adorable pixie cuts, and getting the urge to cut all my hair off ...

12 mar 12 1 person likes this

Braided

Look, I dyed my hair! As much as I loved the blonde, I decided that it would be much easier to maintain at uni next year (I just got a place studying Fashion Design starting in October this year!) if...

10 mar 12

A Vicarious Outfit Post

I am outfit posting vicariously through my sister today-this is another set of pictures I included in my portfolio to show some alterations I did myself. I havent worn my brothel creepers in aaaaages...

07 mar 12

Beach

This is a photoshoot Im using in my portfolio-since its one of the reasons Ive been rather absent, I thought Id show you some of my work. This is my beautiful sister modelling some clothes which were...

04 mar 12

Pinstripes

So, I finally finished preparing all my portfolio/application to uni! I now just have some interviews to go to, but for the first time in aaaaaggeessss I am free to do my blog! I bought these trouser...

02 mar 12

A multitude of bows

Actually, I dont think two bows count as a multitude, but I like the sentence anyway.Sorry about squinting so much in these pictures, it was really bright...Im not sure how I managed to get my hair t...

11 feb 12

Brothel Creepers

I have barely left the house since I received a design project on the 26th of January, so please forgive the lateness of this post. This is my best teddy girl outfit, complete with brothel creepers a...

02 feb 12

Another Christmas pinafore

So for Christmas I received two pinafore dresses. One from my mum and one from my dad. This one is from Miss Patina, a new favourite brand of mine. I find it to be a little too expensive to buy from ...

25 jan 12

Portobello

These are from a trip to Portobello road market with my friend Ellen. I took this on my fujifilm instax, which takes the most adorable mini-polaroid photos. A couple of these were taken on my disposa...

19 jan 12

Carys Whitehouse is Americas Next Top Model (sort of)

So over the past few days Henri and I have got a teensy bit too into Americas Next Top Model. We tried to do runway walks and I hurt my knee so badly that Ive spent two days limping as a result. So w...

16 jan 12

Pinafore Skirt

I finally had the chance to show you guys my Christmas present: a pinafore from Vivien of Holloway! Ive been spending the past few days dealing with the stress of getting my uni application sent off,...

14 jan 12

Goodbye London, Goodbye Summer

I took these pictures shortly before I went to Paris (and shortly before my film camera packed up) near the end of summer. Picadilly Circus has always been one of my favourite places, so Amelia and I...

09 jan 12

Seaside

This was perhaps not the best disposable camera in the world, but I really like how some of these came out. But they are quite relentlessly dark and grainy, so there are some digital photographs in h...

07 jan 12

Max C

Despite his busy schedule as the royal familys personal photographer, Henri was more than happy to help me out today, and also happened to be sporting a marvellous new hat. We left it a bit late to t...

04 jan 12

2012

Happy New Year, dear readers!! I actually managed to achieve all my 2011 New Years Resolutions, so wish me luck this year! They include: 1. Getting back into blogging regularly-after being without in...

02 jan 12

Staithes Part One

As you may have guessed, the internet was not good enough to do any blog posts while I was away. But here are some of the photos of my trip. It was mostly freezing (I had to wear three coats), but th...

26 dec 11

Seaside!

So tomorrow Im going on holiday to the seaside! This picture may be a little optimistic, since were visiting my grandparents in the freezing cold North East of England. So I doubt therell be any swim...

16 dec 11

Come On, Eileen!

So...please welcome the arrival of the new (but of course not only) blog dog, Eileen the puppy! Isnt she so cute? My mum brought her out in the bag to let her have a little walk around outside before...

14 dec 11

Broderie Anglaise

I bought this dress specifically for the hot weather in Italy. Then I got my sister to model it for me, while taking a little swim. Unfortunately, I left it on the towel rail in the hotel room when w...

11 dec 11

Best Mod Dress Ever

As you may have noticed, Ive been in a bit of a 60s mood recently. Or a mod mood, if you will. This 60s dress is one of my best charity shop finds ever! As is this coat-this is quite a charity shop o...

04 dec 11

Leaves!

On our way to brunch one morning, my mum decided that we should stop and take some photos in the autumn leaves. This is what I love about asking my parents to take blog photos: they get so much more ...

30 nov 11

Where have I been?

This week I have been...modelling! I was scouted a while ago to do some modelling for a vintage reproduction brand while I was out shopping, and last week I did the photoshoot for their Christmas/new...

28 nov 11

Summer in Rome

Some more pictures from my few days in Rome this summer. As you all can probably tell, I am NOT a winter person. Even my winter outfits tend to be summer clothes with a coat over the top, which then ...

21 nov 11 1 person likes this

Brighton

My mum took these pictures the day we went to Brighton. I want to live there so much, Brighton Pier is definitely one of my favourite places in the world.My mum really wanted me to have a photo with ...

18 nov 11

Flowers

Ive finally put to use some of these millinery flowers I bought in Paris. They were selling huge bunches for 1 euro each, and I knew I could do something with them. So Ive been making some floral hea...

15 nov 11

Rome

This is a photoshoot I did with my beautiful sister in Rome. Every time I photograph her, I am blown away by how stunning she is, I think she looks just perfect in this setting.Sadly these are just t...

13 nov 11 1 person likes this

Lace

Not many words today, but many pictures. I got this skirt in a charity shop in Brighton yesterday, I loved the little arrow motif and shape of the pleats. And it was a good bargain too! This blouse w...

11 nov 11

Photo Diary: My last day in Paris

On my last day in Paris, I went to Carette for breakfast, then sat by the eiffel tower for a while, like I did on my first day. It made me quite sad to see how cold and dark it was, compared to the f...

07 nov 11

Headscarf

For the first time in while I did a 1940s headscarf. It reminded me of when I first started my blog, when I was so proud of learning to do them that I wore one almost every day. I think these jeans a...

02 nov 11 1 person likes this

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