Christopher Kane is a Genius

I must admit, I know very little about runways/ catwalks/designers/ textiles etc. However, as I was researching into Christopher Kane for an up and coming blog post, I came across all his designs and oh my, they are so wondrous. Regardless of the fact that he is the only designer that I have looked into, but I have decided from this point forward that he is my favourite designer!

The vast majority of his clothes are surprisingly wearable, and it's quite fascinating as many of his designs have then been replicated on the high street and can be seen on various street style blogs as trends. They all seem to have one major theme running through each design, supplemented and supported by a minor theme too. He seems to focus mostly more on the actual fabric and/or pattern of the garment and embellishments, rather than the actual structure and silhouette of the piece. I also really like all the shoes in outfits too, especially the wedges in the PC 10. Basically, they are amazing and really inspiring.

Below are some of my favourites from some of his collections. I haven't included every collection, but these are my favourites. I've spent the last 2 hours print screening then cropping each of the outfits and lastly complied them together in a row, so I hope you enjoy them!

Pre Collection SS 12 - Rainbows and Foil

Spring Summer 09 - Scallops and Gorillas

Pre Collection 10 - Nuke Clouds

Autumn Winter 10 - Leather and Embroidery

Pre Collection Spring Summer 11 - Cosmic Nebulae (!!!!!)

Autumn Winter 07 - Leather and Velvet (my favourite collection hence why there are so many images)

My favourites from all the collections

Words cannot describe the epicness of all these images

Sayonara.


Rebecca x
P.S. Yes, I have been a crap blogger - I apologise.
P.P.S Yes, I know I said I was going to start another blog for these kind of posts, but then I realised, if I can't even blog regularly on one blog, what's the point of having two if I won't be able to update regularly?!
P.P.P.S I am going to attempt to write two posts tomorrow. Yes a tall order, but I have been lacking recently!
P.P.P.P.S Okay it's turned 0.00am, so I think I'm going to end up posting 3 posts today!
P. P.P.P.P.S. Must curb my use of exclamation marks - they lose their effectiveness if you scatter them everywhere.

Origami Elephant on my Ukulele

What it says in the title.

Today's BEDIHT is a quicky, as I'm about to go out for my friends birthday dinner! I'm sure you guys have had enough words to read on my blog from yesterday. Hope you guys enjoy these pictures, even though I couldn't get the focus exactly where I wanted it and they are by no means perfect!

See you tomorrow,

Rebecca x

Dip-dye top and Denim Shirt

Here is what I would style with my dip-dye top and denim shirt. It is quite a summery outfit, as I was in the mood for it. I wish it was warm enough to wear this - darn British weather. Thus, instead I decided to just lay the outfit out on the floor and take pictures.  This is really not my style at the moment, nor am I really that content with it, but oh well - here it is.

What I would wear with the clothes I currently own

Top: from the "Teens" section of New Look for £9.99  - all the clothes there are pretty much the same as the adult section, but far cheaper, due to less tax. If you are size 10 or smaller, they actually have some good trendy clothes there. I love how it says "too cool", because that's just so me, obviously. Black Bandeau underneath as the arm holes for the top are quite long. 

Denim shirt: from a Vintage shop in Camden for £15 - I really like how this shirt is teal/green colour, instead of the average indigo denim, since I have so many items that are that colour now. It's quite oversized, but I like it like that, as it covers the bum, and by rolling the sleaves up, a bit more shape is given, so it doesn't look like you're being swallowed by your clothes.  Once the weather is warmer, I look forward to wearing it as a jacket.

Lacey leggings: not sure where this is from - I wouldn't normally wear this with it, as I think it makes the outfit too girly, but I have nothing else to wear with it.

Shoes I wouldn't pair with it.

 Here are 2 pairs of lace up brogues probably wouldn't wear with this outfit, but I have no other shoes which would go.
Brown leather brogues: from Marks and Spencers. I hate wearing brown and black together, so this is why I wouldn't wear with it.
Floral brogues: from River Island. Too much pattern going on, if I wore this and my lace leggings.

Head accessories

Wire floral headband and flower: from New look
Flowery headband: from Primark
Trilby: Sister's

Obviously I wouldn't wear all 3 of these acessories together, but here are some different options.

What I would wear if I had all the clothes in the world
I think that the outfit above is okay, but I think that my own personal style has changed, and is no longer as girly. Here is what I would chose to wear if the world was my oyster.

I don't know about you, but I personally think the Dr Martens Langsten boots are the most ridiculously awesome shoes to ever be designed. I love how it is shiny and is "petrol" coloured. The bracelet also matches the boots so yay. I like being matchy matchy.

I was going to do an outfit two, but outfit one has taken me long enough!

Buh-bye!

Rebecca x

Jewellery

I love jewellery. There is no doubt about it. Here is my ethos when it comes to collecting jewellery.

1. I rarely spend more than £1 on each item of jewellery because...
1. Jewellery is generally quite cheap to produce, so I think it's absolutely ridiculous for some shops to sell a pair of earrings for £15. 
2. Most jewellery from high street shops are absolutely TERRIBLE quality. Very few items that I own haven't broken within a few weeks of purchase, so usually end up having to be soldered back together/ fixed with pliers/ super-glued back together by either me or my dad. 
3. I will probably lose it. Making this post has made me realise just how many of my favourite items are missing. They are just so small, and easy to lose, most of my items are probably sucked up in the vacuum, or in a field somewhere. 
2. I don't buy...
1. Really beady jewellery. It's just not my thing. I do like pearls and turquoise though.
2. Cheap, chained metallic necklaces, because I think that I'm probably allergic to it, since it can be really irritating on my skin. I only wear the ones that I currently own under a collar or something similar to provide a barrier between the metal and skin. 
3. Long, dangly earrings, mainly because I have a phobia of my earlobes stretching or ripping. I am being deadly serious, as I have honestly had recurring nightmares about this happening, and it is very traumatic. 

So yes, here are a few of my favourite items of jewellery, catagorised into themes (click the pictures to see them larger!) They are mostly from the Topshop sale or Accessorise sale, since you can get items for actually reasonable prices.

Tribal and Ethnic

Here is a real mish-mash of stuff from all around the place. Surprisingly, most of these items are from lots of different places that I/family members have traveled to. I absolutely love the yak skull necklace (which I got from I almost went to Tibet last year)and the large silver necklace, just need to think of a way to wear them out more! Not too sure why I have 3 turquoise earrings though.

Studs and Skulls 

This group of jewellery are the items I actually wear the most frequently, by far! Possibly my favourite item (ever!) is my brass pyramid earring (right hand bottom corner) but as you can see, there is only one, as I lost the other one at a party, leaving me distraught. I am ever on a search for a replacement, but I can't seem to find any as good. Loving the collar-esque necklaces at the moment.  

Girly and Kitsch 

These items are all quite old, but I don't really wear them much at all at the moment, as my style has changed.  I still love my Winnie the Pooh bracelet though (which I dad actually found on the floor - we aren't hobos, honest), but it is currently in need of a new battery. 

So there you go, just a peek inside my jewellery collection, as this literally isn't even half of it. I am still upset that I have lost my favourite fish bones dangly earrings and blue and gold earrings, since they are some of my favourite items. This is why in half term, I'm planning on making some sort of jewellery solution, to actually store these items. At the moment, I've got this make shift Ferrero Rocher box which I drilled holes in to store my earrings. 

At the moment, I have lots of items that I want to buy, such as some collar tips, body armour necklaces, evil eye rings, ear cuffs, more collars etc. But this is the only item that I'm really craving. 

Opal Studs by Regal Rose

Cool tings,

Rebecca x

P.S. Please excuse my terrible attempts at some arty-farty depth of field. I also didn't bother editing the colours/ cropping the images too, as my laptop is far too slow, so they are look really grey. Once I sort things out (such as the dimensions of this blog) I will have better clearer and larger images for you guys.

P.S.S I have been really liking this one song, need to check out some more of their songs!

It reminds me of Sleigh Bells - (who's new song "Comeback Kid" sucks.)