Inspiration: One Day in Oxford

SHIPS LOG: A really wants to see Anne Hathaway return to her ugly duckling roots in One Day but has been bogged down by schoolwork, so instead heres an Oxfordian inspiration post!Apologies for the month-long hiatus (curse you, school/work!) and Im afraid B and I are likely to be missing in action for god knows how long, but before I head back to the books I want to share two things with you dear, dear readers: (1) On Dead Mans Bones, a superbly macabre, Hammer Horror-inspired travelling band whose back-up childrens choir are always dressed up in Halloween skeleton and ghoul costumes and (2) an outfit inspired by the new film One Day.Now, Anne Hathaway has been the bees knees ever since I saw her frizzy-haired and buck-toothed in one of my favourite movies, The Princess Diaries (ignore the existence of its sequel, there is no way that Mia Thermopolis would chuck Michael Moscovitz for some Euro trash aristo—Michael plays in a indie rock band and invents a robot that helps save cancer patients, hello?). Shes a class actress (Rachel Getting Married) except for one wee little thing—she cant pull off a British accent to save her life. Ever since Nicholas Nickleby, Ive avoided films where she plays a British character, even Becoming Jane where she plays the best female author ever across James McAvoy for that particular reason, but now Im dying to see One Day. Shes guaranteed to mess it up, its a Yorkshire accent for heavens sake! Tough.Gold Hoop Earrings & Simon G Two-Tone Necklace from Kranichs. I am definitely loving Anne Hathaways character Emmas wardrobe though. Its grungy from the 80s, rather like Bs sense of style the last few months (B even owns a green canvas rucksack), yet still reminiscent of comfortable and chintzy English heritage with her blue and white tea dresses and Doc Martens. She even has my dream head of curls! What should I do?!To round off todays One Day-inspired post, here are photos from my one day in Oxford last spring. My friend had an interview with the business school and the rest of us were there for moral support. Loveliest bits: pretending to be alternately Harriet Vane and one of Connie Willis time-travelling historians while walking from the Quad to Magdalen AND seeing the place where Malfoy got turned into a ferret. A not-so-happy instance of expectation/reality: damp and ducklings under the bridge made it no longer suitable for Latin proposals of marriage.P.S. My mums coming back with the camera in two weeks so real A & B outfit posts should crop up around the end of September. Yay!This is a sponsored post for Kranichs Jewellers. If youre looking for some fancy bling or a hope ring, check em out! Im saving up to get one of their silver Everlon knot bangles, a little different but still classy.