The little grunge dress

I've got a new obsession with little grunge dresses. I've always loved having a wardrobe full of little dresses which are really easy to wear. Courtney Love made ripped vintage baby doll dresses famous in the 90' and they are all over Tumblr again. Now they are in fashion they seem to be everywhere. I bought a new vintage floral one last week and I can't wait for it to arrive. Etsy is another good place for tracking down vintage 90's dresses, although there is so many pages of them you have to have a proper search through to find the good ones.

I tracked down a few different grunge style dresses below from a mixed of high street and vintage online stores.

Since it's been so hot in the UK this week I've certainly noticed how lacking my summer wardrobe is, I'm definitely going to have to sort this out before I got on holiday in june. Some pretty summery dresses like these would be perfect.

1. Floral dress £48- www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk

2. Lace panel dress £36- www.topshop.com

3. Denim sundress £40- www.topshop.com

4. Lace baby doll dress £30- www.asos.com

5. Dark check midi dress £20- www.etsy.com

6. Grey acid splash dress £28- www.missselfridge.com

6. Ombre Dress £14.99- www.hm.com

7. Crucifix dress £28- www.topshop.com

8. White lace dress £16.37- www.etsy.com

9. Blurred cross dress £15.99- www.hm.com

10. Floral lace dress £19.65- www.etsy.com

11. Pink lace dress £35- http://shoptunnelvision.com/

What I Wore #10

I've had these pictures for a while now but just kept forgetting to edit them and put them up. This is one of my favourite outfits at the moment, it's a slightly different style for me but I think that's what keeps fashion exciting, changing things all the time. I've been through a long faze of wearing similar things so I think I was starting to get fed up of the way I looked so time to make way for new things :).

Shirt Dress- Urban Outfitters, Cropped Peace Jumper- Republic, Ripped Leggings- Primark, Floral Boots- Doc Marten, Cross Necklace- Topshop, Triangle Necklace- Urban Outfitters, Flower & Spike Headband- Gypsy Prince

I'm going to do a more throughout post about where I get my accessories from soon as people keep asking where I get things from.

Which shoes should I get?

I've managed to sell some of my old Buffalo Shoes so I thought I would use the money to buy some more slightly practical platform shoes which would be ok to wear everyday. I've been looking out for some for a while and I've finally whittled it down to these two pairs. The pair on the left are from Underground England and the pair on the right are Jeffrey Campbell but I'm completely stuck which pair I like best. I love the sliver ones but I also love the black and white ones. The Underground England ones might be a slightly more practical option because I can buy them in the UK which means if they don't fit I can return them where as the Jeffrey Campbell ones are only avaliable in the US which would also mean hefty import tax and no returns. So what do you think, which should I get?

GRAPHICS INSPIRED

I've seen so many graphic ideas I love recently. I've been collecting loads for future use. I made a few boards of inspiration below. Today I have been mostly making sea horse, camo and paint blur prints for spring summer 13.

Mermaid Hair

So finally I decided that my hair extensions which have been on their last legs for weeks needed replacing. I ended up paying £75 for them as I wanted longer ones than before and better quality in the hope that they might not end up in a straggly mess like the last ones. I have to dye them to match my hair which is a massive pain in the ass. When I finally put them in my hair before going out on Saturday I realized that they were way longer than I actually thought! I look a bit like a european porn star. 

Tikka headpieces

I've got a brand new obsession with indian headpieces. I've never really taken a liking to this kind of thing before but after seeing it on the Chanel catwalk a few months ago everywhere all of a sudden seems to be awash with images of this gorgeous tikka headpieces.

I read a trend report yesterday on WGSN (a trend prediction website) that they were going to be big in fashion next summer. There's already loads for selling on websites such as Etsy and Asos market place. I'll definitely be investing in some soon.

New in Topshop

Last week was pay day so after of a month of poordom of course the first thing I did on Saturday was to get myself down to Topshop to try on their new things. They have some really lovely things in for summer. As soon as you walk into the shop and see all the pastel displays, multicolored flowers everywhere and well styled mannequins it just sucks you into wanting everything. You can tell they have been very influenced by Tumblr, there was cropped unicorn tee's, dyed denim hot pants and studs on everything.

This peace sign top was the first thing I tried on, I think I like it because a couple of months ago I really wanted to design a top exactly like this but I didn't get the opportunity to and now topshop have done it! I think it looks really nice but I'm not really sure it's my style. I might have a think about it...

I love these shorts however I really wanted the ones that were a bit less bright as I think these are a little too colourful for me. They have another pair that are blacks and greys but they don't stock them in store.

I really like the front of this blouse it has a really nice drape to it although the back bit just really confuses me! I think it looks ridiculous it doesn't even have a bit of a curve to it, it just drops straight down, maybe I just don't get it. I also have an All Saints top which is fairly similar to this so it would probably be a bit pointless to have another one.

I have also been growing my natural eyebrows back. I'm still in two minds whether or not I like them as much as my drawn on ones but I decided to hold out for a while as it was a bit of a hassle getting them this far. I've bought a nice eyebrow pencil which makes them look a bit neater and less severe than liquid eyeliner.

This top I actually ended up buying it was £20 and is a dark grey longline tee with a ribcage and floral print. It doesn't fit as perfectly as I would like, I ended up getting a size 6 because I don't really like the baggy fit of things these days but it's really comfy and I love it so much. I wore it to work today.

Jay tried these daft Ozzy Osbourne glasses with the security tag on he he.

I'll try not to leave it too long till next time, I do have lots of things to post!