Dungarees

I know this is a controversial topic so I’ll speak delicately: I like dungarees but I’m not like, everyone has to wear dungarees. Not everyone can be that person. But for those who are, who know the heady delights of the buckled straps and useful pockets, this is for you.

Best bride ever.

Probably the best princess ever now I’ve seen this. People wore dungarees like they were normal clothes in the 80s though. I have the evidence of both of my parents in them pre-me and therefore having to have proper jobs. I salute you Dad.

Chung wore these to a club, which I quite admire. The obvious problem with dungarees is that one wore them as a tot, which means they are sort of infantilising, as well as referencing of garages. And I think we may be finally exiting the ultra-twee phase that has taken over girl culture on the internet: I do not really want to see any more cupcakes or woodland creatures. I think this season’s pastel overload may finally have broken me.

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Paul & Joe sister snuggly coats

These two top layers from Paul & Joe Sister look just like a pair of items I have from there, and I am devoted to them. In my mind I totally look like this as well, and my hair is doing this same thing. I’ve had good luck with Paul & Joe in the sale over the years and I really recommend it as a designer – I never get carried away when I see it online but in real life it’s such lovely quality and the sort of clothing you’d want to wear every day. I almost, but not quite, don’t want spring to come because I’ll have to stop wearing my cashmere coat, which makes everything look better. At least in part because it hides my mad morning selections of clothing.

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The Audrey effect

I’ve been thinking about ballet pumps recently (OH MY LIFE) and if I were to write an article about it for a newspaper fashion column, it would have gone exactly like this, Winehouse reference and all. I had that moment where I realised my pumps were gross, cracked and ancient and that I was in fact allowed to buy new ones before they fell off my foot in several pieces. Even though I knew everyone wore them, it wasn’t until I consciously had to purchase some new ones that I realised just how ubiquitous they are. Seriously, we all wear them all the time.

I have no problem with popularity, but I take Jess Cartner-Morley’s tongue-in-cheek point in the article above: they’ve lost their Audrey-Hepburn-referencing charm and become neutral, perhaps even over entirely. I do love neutral items like a good grey sweatshirt (probably not something Audrey would have worn) but they can easily become boring if they’re not judged well. Hardly the point of fashion. I think that we’ll always come back to simplicity, and then exuberance in the fashion cycle. Maybe it’s time to tuck the pumps into a box and try and find something new, and I say this as a die-hard pumps enthusiast.

But I need to say no to loafers. I have a friend who wears loafers like the future yacht-owner she is. If you are wanton scruffbag with no potential to ever own a yacht, you are not allowed.

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Jane Birkin has and always will have IT

Hot pink

The last thing I really need is a new dress but I haven’t yet fully embraced the new neon/sheer/pastel thing and so a part of me thinks that this strange but cool dress from Asos (£60) if what my already overstuffed room is looking for. I particularly love the hotness of the pink; I’ve been into this concept since Carrie’s Oscar de la Renta in Season 6 of that show I still love:

Don’t even talk to me about The Carrie Diaries until I’ve seen the first episode. I don’t think anyone coming to SATC in a post SATC: The Movie world could possibly understand my relationship with it. Who is doing the styling? How will they find someone with SJP’s perfect combination of haughtiness, charisma and unusual beauty (SHUT UP MEN) to play her? Okay we’ll address this after I see the first episode, which will be a while. In the meantime I will soothe myself by reading the first four Gossip Girl books.

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People Tree sample sale in Brick Lane

If you are in the Brick Lane area this Friday or Saturday, there is a People Tree sample sale afoot.

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