Things I Require This Winter Or I Will Surely Die
[ 24 March 2008 ]
Melodrama is so hot right now! (Not really.)
So, with the temperature dropping, it seemed like time to compile a list. I haven’t yet decided on my Winter direction; it always takes me a bit of time to put it together. I can tell you though, that it will definitely involve my vintage leather jacket, the new shoes I bought on Saturday, lots of scarves & hats. I am accumulating a lot of black things again — totally a throwback to my teenage years — & to avoid looking too serious (& wearing black all the time), I’m mostly working on acquiring pretty vintage dresses in superb colours with mind-blowing patterns. If you get the right size, you can layer them up with merino wool tops, thick stockings, scarves & boots & gloves, & then you have a fabulous pop of colour in amongst the dark. It’s like dressing as a supernova!
Regardless of all that, after appraising my wardrobe, here’s what I’d like to stock up on this coming season.
Wool hats, knitted caps & berets. With beading & sparkly thread, & brooches pinned on, etc. It’s great having long hair (why, thank you Wildilocks!), because it makes hat-wearing a totally different experience. It means I still look really feminine even if there is something covering my noggin — while it used to make me feel a bit androgynous.
A whole drawer full of new stockings. I swear that good legwear is one of the most important pants of Winter. If you have lots of choices, you can still wear your summer dresses & shorts! Here is what I consider compulsory: Grey wool with a pattern, vertical stripes, grey over-the-knee socks, black ribbed, glittery something-or-rathers, gradient stockings (a deep colour at the toe fading up to white at the top, definitely a DIY job) & black stockings with tiny holes that make unusual patterns. You would be surprised how great those last ones are to have — I have a pair of black stockings with a kind of weird crochet design & every time I wear them, people go crazy for them!
More glove/wristlet things. Ideally I would like black leather fingerless, short black wool fingerless, cobalt blue fingerless, wool wrist-warmers & perhaps a pair of mittens. (Melbourne is never really cold enough for these things but you know, I’m stock-piling for New York…)
Boots. I want something really extreme-looking, hence why those cursed Dizingof boots haunt me! They’re totally mental, with a huge platform & suede criss-crossing the toe. I have all kinds of boots but you know, sometimes you need something else.
Something houndstooth. I think I’ve solved this by buying a dress with a white/black diamond print, which is close enough. I actually haven’t seen a lot of houndstooth about, v. disappointing. But I think a houndstooth mini or even a scarf would suffice!
Layering pieces. There is nothing worse in the middle of winter than having a bare midriff or a cold back! I would especially like some long singlets & t-shirts (in white, black, blue, pink, turquoise) for wearing under jerseys with jeans, etc. I want good quality ones though, because when you buy them from the underwear department they shrivel up & look like dried fruit. Not a good look.
Interesting knitwear. My absolute favourite place to go for knitwear is Ricochet in New Zealand because their stuff is warm, well-made & best of all, really different. I always wear their stuff to death. Cardigans with cut-out shoulders or a cut-out in the back, jerseys with a diamante button & teeny little holes, cardigans that button at the front & back… the list goes on. Love them. I can’t wait to go shopping in a week’s time, argh!
What are your must-haves (or lust-haves) for this coming season?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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I can’t wait for the warm weather to go! I desperatly want to wear skirts or dresses with cute stockings, tights and boots, I’m tired of summer! >_<
Well, my essentials are:
-stockings and tights: I have tons, but I want some multi-colored, patterned tights (I’ve seen some really cute ones here), over the knee socks and such, yay!
-skirts: I need some new winter skirts! the ones I have are…too short!
-I really want to knit stuff! I’m knitting a red scarf, I want to knit long, fingerless gloves and other things alike. yaaay! I love DIY :D
-Boots, and this is very essential. I don’t have black ones so I reallyyyy need some
-Colored beatles and stuff, for layering
I’m super excited! Can’t wait for wearing winter clothes and drinking coffee and comfort food and the rain….yahooo!!
As it’s finally springtime here in CO, I’m looking forward to summer in a very big way. My must have is a super-cute new swimsuit (my ideal is a vintage suit) but I refuse to let myself buy one until I start doing the gym on a regular basis.
aah it’s so nice to find an Australian fashion blog :) all those Americans and Europeans going into summer – bah! anyway it’s a pleasure…don’t suppose you could recommend some other Australian fashion blogs?
Also your list is eerily similar to mine – i was lucky enough to help a friend move house recently and as a present she gave me every woolen hat and scarf she’s ever owned!
Over in Blightly, the weather’s supposedly getting warmer. It snowed today, so go figure.
But anyway. I require:
-Stripy jumpers. Yars, even the cheapo ones from Primark would do, because I love them. I’ve been informed by an unreliable source that they make you look fat. Should I be worried?
-Boleros!
-Shorts! I’ve recently found out I have good legs, so I may as well make the most of them. Jean and high waisted, please.
-Animal print. Mostly cheetah, I luff it. I am wanting of the tights and of the cardigans.
-Wellies. Any cute prints will do, ou les colours bright.
-Shoes in general, actually. I only have 3 (wearable) pairs at the moment, and I am distraught. I am trying to decide what ones I am likely to wear constantly. Which is tough.
And with summer comes the promise of being alone with HIM (nooo), academic freedom (Thank the Lord) and new beginnings.
I need my clothes! D:
I love houndstooth! It’s one of my favorite patterns. I’ve got a scarf and a couple of other pieces, too. It’s to the point where I have to stop myself from buying any more, because otherwise it’s just Too Much Houndstooth.
Definitely agree on adorable wool hats and lots of long-sleeved shirts for layering. I went to school in Oregon and wore (and made) wool hats all of the time in the cold wet weather.
I’m a coat fanatic, and I really wanted a good vintage raincoat this year; I have a powder blue one that was my grandmother’s, but I don’t know if it’s really a “raincoat”. Guess I’ll have to keep that in mind for next winter…
We’ll be heading into summer soon in the UK, with any luck. And this summer I WILL be taking some sort of dressmaking course. I’ve been making look-books by cutting up magazines and I have a billion and one ideas.
> Tea dresses. Spotty, floral, striped, with bows, with buttons, with lace, with anything!!
> I have dreamt up a black and white striped pleated skirt which I need to create.
> I recently bought 3 beautiful corsets and i want a good white blouse to wear underneath.
> New leopard print ballet pumps. I’ve worn out about about 5 pairs now and everywhere seems to have stopped making them.
> At least one pair of Irregular Choice shoes. These ones www.schuhstore.co.uk/item_fram… in particular. They make a matching bag too….
My list for spring/summer:
Comfortable sandals that look both cute for work AND walk-in-able (5/6 miles/day is hell on your feet!)
Shirtdresses. I’m into them in a big way.
50s vintage housewife dresses. Yay!
Teal and yellow. My favorite colors.
I’m feeling rather sad because I have everything I want and need – my winter stockpile includes leather opera-length gloves, leather and nylon fingerless gloves, hooded knit scarves, sixties hippie fur-collared coats and more streamlined wool and cashmere coats and so on. I was trying to figure out if I should buy more stockings the other day, so I went through my stocking drawers, and counted about forty different pairs. I’m not sure I can justify getting any more, though I can surely try!
This entire stockpile is a result of living in both Northern Europe and the coldest city in Australia … I’m going to move to Cuba just to get warm for once, methinks!
The only thing I think I want is something cashmere and argyle, maybe … or a tuxedo jacket?
Well here in the states its spring so no winter wardrobe for me…but you did mention tights in your post so I wonder…have you see this website:
www.welovecolors.com/Default.a…
its amazing, tights in any color you can think of!
I’ve seen quite a few houndstooth pieces pass through this ebay store! They don’t have any thing right now but it seems that they always do have something. Whether what they sell is actually vintage or not I have no idea, but it’s all super cute.
stores.ebay.com/SELONGTA
Emma — I don’t know many! In fact… I don’t think I know any?!
Kelly — Yes, that site is amazing. But I’m not so much into coloured stockings… I don’t know why!
Hanna Leigh — That link didn’t work! Boo!
I really just have to get my wardrobe off on a good foot this spring! My clothes are all gross and worn-out and terribly unfashionable. I hope to acquire all of the necessary pieces for a closet ASAP!
Individual things, though…
! I’m lusting over the pieces in Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz’s spring collection. Dorky and simple, but layering fun! Especially the long-sleeve waffle shirt with pre-cut thumb-holes, and tiny dinosaurs printed all over it? Um, way to totally predict my every fashion DESIRE, Pete Wentz!
! A messenger bag. It’s time to accept that I am simply not a purse girl at the moment— and that my purse is destroyed like a destroyed thing. I need a cute but functional bag for all of my crap, including sketchbook— stat.
! Functional, cheap pieces in bright colors. I’ve got a style concept coming together in my head, I do! I just keep getting DISTRACTED, okay.
! To console the distracted parts of me, at least one adorable flowing top. I become such a hippie in the spring and summer!
! More vintage dresses! Things that were out forever ago make me look fabulous. It’s awful. I love it.
! Some new make-up. I just re-discovered the part where I am in possession of the WORLD’S BEST eyeliner pencil? I had forgotten. I hardly ever wear make-up, but it makes me look so SCENE. It’s disgusting! It makes me so happy.
i love stockings and houndstooth. i never have an opportunity to wear either. =[
i have a lovely green & cream houndstooth skirt, but with me being ‘large’, it makes me look… weird.
i have a pair of crochet/lace looking black stockings and i love them! they’re a little bit dressed up, a little bit punk, hehe. i actually went through my clothes the other day and sadly i don’t really need anything new for winter, but that won’t stop me :p my list so far is… – a ‘longline’ style cardigan, in a nice light grey. they look so comfy! – a black hooded jumper with cat ears – a nice black vintage-style dress that i can either wear dressed up, or dressed down over jeans
as for good underthings, i find that cotton on has nice singlets and long sleeve tops which are a really good length, they tuck in nicely so you don’t get that awful cold lower-back thing happening. and they have lots of bright colours too :)
It’s spring & I live in the rainiest part of America and I have NO rainjacket!!! Ack! (Okay, I do have one… but it’s all burly looking. I need a cute one.)
For summer I need a one-piece swimsuit to tuck into skirts or shorts! American Apparel has those leotard things but they look so sheer.
I’m also searching for skirts that cover just a little bit more than a mini-skirt would.
Ah! I cannot wait for spring!
Oooer! I am definitly stocking up with nice vintage slips, light cardigans, and lots more tights :D
I also want to pick up some new flats, a vintage inspired swimsuit, and new yoga gear :]
Cashmere lovely soft happy cashmere in an oversized jumper style
Dresses…lots and lots of dresses. A few pairs of everyday (but cute!) shoes—this is where I have the most trouble, actually. Maybe I’ll have an easier time this spring finding cute & comfy shoes.
A cute helmet for my bike!
Aimee, I want the Clandetine dinosaur shirt too!
Spring is just starting here, and all my skirts that I like are too wintery to wear anymore! I mean, much as I love tweed, it has it’s place. I found a pattern a few days for making circle skirt out of tablecloths (pre-hemmed!), so I’m thinking I might try that.
I also want more cardigans. I’m a bit obsessed with them right now!
(By the way, if anyone has a Rue 21 near them [it’s like Forever 21, only crappier), I bought a pair of super cheap and super adorable ballet flats there last week that have cupcakes and sprinkles on them. Totally ridiculous, but I love them.)
I got some great vertical B&W stripe and multi-color stripe tights at joyofsocks.com.
I just did my list for summer too. I actually bought a bunch of summer things at Target and put a Polyvore together – shoedaydreams.blogspot.com/200…
There are still a few things I need: like coral peep-toes from Nine West, some wide strap brown leather sandals, a straight pencil khaki skirt and some basic v-neck tops in black and white, so I can add in my accent colors. I’m also trying to work in more dresses. Our summer in North Carolina isn’t that long, but it’s pretty hot.
Big for me this summer are espadrilles and patterned fabric heels. Loved pattern tights this fall and winter. Luckily they will be going strong through to F/W 08-09. I want to make some ombre stockings too but our light colored stockings/tights aren’t in stock yet.
Luv
Poochie
I heard the most horrible news today! Summer is here to stay until at least May here in NZ. While everyone else is jumping for joy, I am lamenting as I was desperate for rain and cool temperatures to enable me to start wearing my winter wardrobe….sometimes a girl gets sick of 1 season.
So when global warming finally allows us a winter, heres what I want:
Pencil skirts, I love them SO much. They are sexy and slimming.
Stockings of all patterns and colours. Like Gala, I always get tonnes of comments when I were patterned stockings!
Winter Coats. I seem to be having trouble finding a perfect fitting warm one, that doesn’t drown my shoulders though :( I think I shall have to widen my search to more pricey shops. It is an investment piece after all. I want a trench coat with a fuller skirted bottom and a knee length wool coat.
High-waisted wide-leg pants. Me + Skinny Leg = Unflattering. Me + Wide Leg = Super flattering & stylish.
Patent beige round toe pumps with a thick heel. Chances of me finding them in NZ, nil, but I so want some.
Also, cardigans, leopard print (trashy fabulous), the perfect boots and BELTS, oh belts!
ok well my list is very simliar to yours since its pretty much what a winter is all about for me:
*Scarves scarves scarves!!- I even wnat those supertrendy plaid ones everyone seems to have but big chunky woollen, sparkly ones and lots of oversized kooky styles&bright colours.
*legwarmers-
all different types i especially want some large black ones with pompoms also in blue&white
*tights/leggings &socks in many colours, lengths, materials and textures, big bright and comfy!
*a beautiful styling jacket
*some cute thermal undertops, one in offwhite/cream &one in deep red
*long purple fingerless mittens
*more boots,non leather.
* a new jacket perhaps a bomber style in plaid? im thinking blue
* a cobalt blue long cardigan…this is a big lusthave.
and every single winter I want a beautiful big funky beanie that fits my gigantor head with all mhy hair and looks lovely but fail every winter, so heres hoping!
xxoo
over the knee socks. in many shades of grey. ahh, delicious.
i’d love to wear houndstooth, but everytime i see some it just makes me think of david jones. argh.
(ps, i never wear the cupcake earings in the shower, i’m also too nervous in case they fade/erode and i lose them!)
Ooops! I almost forgot to say I’m dying for TONS of cute patterned heels for summer. I just love love love these Bettye Muller ones – www.simplysoles.com/product/49…
Of course, there are tons of options – shoedaydreams.blogspot.com/200…
I’d wear these with some ombre stockings or some of the really sheer colors that are coming for Spring/Summer.
Love. Them.
Luv
Poochie (again)
Summer for me! I need a few more light, airy summer dresses, with cotton and maybe a little lace. I really want more racerback tops, maybe even ones with a hood (UO has one). And cute hats to match! I’ve already got a Japanese paper parasol to keep from burning my skin on the way to class. I’ve also got to get some summery facial care products, since winter ones will now be too oily. Yay consumption!
Spring is coming up and I really want bright colors (like, neon…I’m feeling 80’s). I really like the idea of metallic colors, too. I want to get some of that.
Wastcoats! Coloured coats. Scarves. Cute knitwear. New and exciting earrings. Three-hundred-and-fifty-dollar boots (eeee!). Collared shirts – I find it hard to get normal shirts to fit me in the shoulders, arms and waist, so I am after super-dressy knit polo shirts to wear as a base layer.
I have never made lust-have lists for the impending season…perhaps bc i associate lists with “work” and fashion cannot be that for me :)
I normally flick through mags and the like and make mental notes, which are subsequently forgotten! but thanks to that wonderful back-up called the subconscious, finds its way back into my shopping sphere and voila I end up buying things I love/covet.
However, since my discovery of blogdom, I have been casting-eye-over-wonderful-women and their lust-for-lists and getting rather excited and somewhat inspired to do the same….but keeping it short and fun (!) lol
so here we go…..drum roll…a first for moi:
*thick luscious woolly sox & dancer legwarmers!
*a Bugsey Malone hat in wool (I have already spied one at a funky store in Rozelle)
*a red woollen beret—-I deeply regret passing up on one at the Smith store in Newtown a few years back——it was 100% wool, postbox red and only $1! but ya know I was going through one of my “spring cleaning” phases where it was more about “get-rid” than “acquire”! sob!
*sexy lingerie—-I know we have Pleasure State but Puleeeezzzzz give us Agent Provocateur!———-like a wonderful pedi….it is a scrumptious feeling knowing that underneath the bulk and clob, there is sweet finery! AMEN!
*and finally GREAT abs and a haircut!
done and dusted…..have a great week y’all
ps Gala, weekly iCiNG mission completed! will find my way to the reportage hubble when i get feedback from recipient! feeling right now though…..warm & fuzzy for having done something as simple as that!
I can’t agree more with stockings in Winter! I absolutely adore Gala’s stockings. Winter also calls for some bright-coloured leg warmers and sweet leather gloves! I’m uber excited about shopping for Winter this Wednesday. :D Thanks for those who provided those awesome shopping-for-stockings links!
I adore winter, the clothes are warm, bed is cosy and its the best time to snuggle up infront of the telly with your loved one. I love thinking about all of the awesome winter clothes, my favourites are definitly boots and gloves
:)
I love houndstooth and stockings, so I have a pair of houndstooth stockings! And my rainboots are also houndstooth :)
Oooo, I just started my winter stocktake the other day, but I already have a good idea of things I need to add to it! I have steadily been accumulating stockings in the summer sales, but I have been drooling over the thought of grey pinstripe stockings for a while now and haven’t seen any yet. I’m sure fate will bring them to me though!
I need:
- A new black trench coat, and a woollen one in a nice colour. Pink, yellow, or green, I think. I just bought a wonderful black dress coat the other day which I can’t wait to start layering up in winter. It needs taking up though, it is a kind of awkward length – it can’t decide whether it wants to be 3/4 or knee length! I think knee.
- More fabulous hats, I really want a couple of berets and maybe a few more baker boy style caps :)
- More boots! At least one brown pair, and I want some heeled pairs too. Plus I need new black heels and several other fabulous heels.
- A couple of sexiful shirts to layer under corsets and pretty singlets.
- Skirts – more pencil skirts and also some pretty floral skirts with wide waistbands and pleats, cause they flatter my hips nicely :)
Now I want to go shopping desperately!
ok im frothing over these winter lists!
i need winter clothes soon
its only the start of autumn and im starting to freeze my tits off in dresses and bare legs
i bought a purple and black houndstooth waistcoat a couple of weeks ago for 90 cents at the best opshop ever!
i definately need more floaty vintage dresses for my million pairs of crocheted/wool/patterny stockings
and some form of colourful jacket! i got a green orientalish military kind of jacket that i love with big bronze buttons and a high neck
i got some amazing royal blue tartan ankle boots the other day! 2 for the price of 1 so i got some grey folded down ruched-y ones tooo!
some crazy different black boots would be goood though!
and some more chunky buckley peeptoe heels
and some basic dark coloured skivvies
and a cream coloured one and a baggy piratey button up shirt
a few long chunky knitted cardies would be good too! colourful ones and grey/black ones..
a few more stockings would go well! i’d love some cream coloured textured ones
ahh droool
(-:
oh! a black & white striped long sleev boatneck tee!
I will be heading to Melbourne during winter and this list is very handy, thank you very much! :)
i absolutely adore cardigans and berets.
where did you get your knee length cardi?
i REALLY want one! and i cant find one anywhere.
=[
A few things from my winter wish list:
~ Christian Louboutin Botte Flat Boots from NET-A-PORTER!
www.net-a-porter.com/prod…
~ Starfish Hide Out Cardy! #6: www.runwayreporter.co.nz/templ…
~ Laurie Foon Beg Me Bomber! #3: www.runwayreporter.co.nz/templ…
~ Pretty much anything & everything from Deborah Sweeney’s Autumn/Winter 2008 collection!
www.runwayreporter.co.nz/templ…
x
hey Gala, I wanna wish u luck for tomorrow night at Dr Sketchys, I am in NZ so can’t come along but sounds like heaps of fun!
Also, on Friday night I am going to a bar in Wellington which apparently is Alice in Wonderland themed… awesome!? I think SO!
x
hello, i’ve been lurking for the past few days and thought i’d take the opportunity to say hi!
i’m in the uk, so summer is coming soon, and these are my must haves:
-a well fitting pair of denim shorts (v.v. tempted to look into charity shop jeans and make some cut-offs myself)
-a few perfect cotton t-shirts (bonus points if they have that soft, worn feel. i work at gap so i’m hoping to snap up a few on clearance, but they have to be 100 percent cotton, and just right)
-a few new bikini tops, and pairs of bikini bottoms. i live on the coast so they see more use than the average brit’s bikini, plus i’m going to nice in the summer with a girlfriend, so will be spending lots of time on the beach, and my old ones don’t fit me so much any more. particular patterns/colours i’m looking out for are leopard print, polka dots, chocolate brown, aubergine, teal, cherry red, and hunter green (i have pale skin so these colours set it off nicely)
-a pair of perfect leather wedge sandals
-the perfect white vest (cotton, ribbed. i’ve seen it at work. it will be mine. i might buy two.)
-lots of clunky, jingly bangles
-little lightweight cardigans, with elbow length sleeves, and deep v necks (i’m holding out for a maroon one)
-a pair of heart shaped sunglasses. preferably red or white framed.
-the perfect sundress sewing pattern. so i can whip a couple up out of thrifted tablecloths.
aaaand that’s about it.
sockdreams.com is a GREAT website for warm things I’m pretty sure there hand made which makes it even better, plus super fun colors and styles =]
kisses
Mightily off topic but: Where’s Audrey?!
Joanne — Things have changed & he is doing his own thing now. Putting a blog together for blokes. I want him to hurry up & put it together so I can announce it & link him up but for now he is kind of internet AWOL!
-I am adictted to leg warmers over tights with the chunkiest demonia mary janes ever. They’re cheap and they let me wear little skirts.
-black and white thermals are super good for layering under dresses and tops. they allow you to wear less layers while you keep all snuggly. I dont need new ones since I invested in them before going to europe a few years back, good ones last a really long time. I even have black legging type ones that are warmer than wearing jeans and pants.
-a tuxedo jacket because its the lazy way to smarten up skinny leg jeans and quirky t-shirts which I regularlly wear for uni.
Well good for him! I need another blog to read. Student life has made me a blog addict!
In Minneapolis, still snowing about once a week… getting a little bug-eyed stir crazy ;)
List of items I must have this (coming) season
~ Sundresses galore
~ Pencil skirts with a little flare at the bottom
~ Hats hats hats, I have very thick black hair so I like to keep it up in french twists under hats or in little puffed buns under a hat: bit floppy sun hat, pillbox/cocktail hat, fedoras, etc
~ Picnic basket for lunches in the park
~ Find a perfume already! Something light and totally flirty
~ vintage umbrellas (just starting my collection and I am obsessed)
Ohhhhhh houndstooth! I’m obsessed with black and white, and I’ve been on a mission to find a houndstooth purse for a while now. I lucked out and found a great one this weekend…for only $33! Keep looking, you’ll find it. And it will be FAB!
-tea dresses with obscenely fortiesish rose prints, seersucker, and eyelet lace.
-a beautiful parasol to protect my pale skin
-unusual corsets or corset styles
-antique white & cream
-a plethora of adorable cheap glittery headbands [so far I have a pink satin bow and a pink&purple glitter leopard print]
-lace skirts of any kind
-Fabric for the dresses I’m planning to make: white lawn, floral-print brushed cotton.
-A big straw sunhat, preferably with ribbon.
-Dungarees.
-More fabric, for a summer jacket, floaty dresses and skirts.
-White or cream lace tights, or dot-print tights from Emilio Cavallini.
-A sailor blouse. I’m going to make this one.
-Great big baggy eighties-style sweatshirts and tees.
-A Holga!
* bright red tights * a new messenger bag * peacock-feather headband (DIY project) * sunflower print summer dress (another DIY) * a cape * brightly colored tennis shoes
-Plain long sleaved tops to go under tee-shirts.
-Boots/Flat shoes. I’ve come to adore both but am really picky on my boots as the only heal I’ll allow myself to have is something thick not wimsy just due to the fact I’d probably break a thin one.
and… that’s all I really need right now. Except maybe a new pair of jeans…
For spring :
- at least one little cashmere cardigan
- at least one pair of ballerina flats
- a white petticoat-like skirt
- wide-legged, high-waisted navy pants (the look I’m going for is “romantic sailor”)
- vintage (or vintage looking) dresses, preferably in 30’s-40’s style.
And… no black! (except maybe for one of the cardigans)
I saw that the link didn’t work for you, i set my website link to it, maybe that will work!
Gala – winter has just finished in the UK, so I can inform you of all the trends over here!
Firstly, I recommend Uniqlo for basics. Do you have Uniqlo in Australia? Do not make the mistake of assuming it is a granny shop – I made the same mistake, before discovering it today in Oxford Street.Along with quirky oversized tees and jeans in a million colours, it has great Macs in many colours, yummy knitwear, warm hoodies, sweaters and t-shirts and unique-cut tops & camisoles. The pieces are all really sturdy and I found them great basics for layering in winter. The website doesn’t really do the shop justice, but I severely recommend them.
Trends in England: * Scarves – I know you can’t advocate them enough, & this winter most of England
agreed with you! Just like in your fashion predictions for 2008, hippy/boho print
scarves in jewel colours with tassels were HUGE over here. * Legwarmers under boots – this sounds a bit odd, but it looks really good. A good pair of black jeans tucked into some grey/tan/nude boots with the tops of
turquoise/purple/white legwarmers showing above the boots looked AMAZING. * Crochet berets – lots of people had these, and they looked fab with straightened hair. – especially if your hair is an amazing Gala-style colour! * Zara cardigans – EVERYBODY I know has one of these. They come in a million colours, they last forever and they’re cheap. I sososososososososo reccommend them. * Mismatched bracelets. A big pile of multicoloured bracelets, thick and thin, is really attention grabbing. * Wooden bangles – these were MASSIVE. Get a few good, high-quality ones and they’ll last you the whole season – they go with everything! * Florals (and especially tea-dresses) – this was probably the main trend this winter. Kate Moss did some amazing tea dresses in Topshop, and everybody was wearing chiffony floral dresses underneath cardigans or scruffy jackets.
My winter look was:
A long t-shirt/short dress
Black/grey leggings
Black/grey cardigan
Flat black/dark boots
This worked (I hope) really well, as I could wear any colour top I liked and still looked put-together. All I had to do to finish was match my accessories!
Gala rules!
Lou xx
I was in ricochet yesterday and bought the most amazing piece – it’s supposed to be a boob tube with a ruffle down the back, but ricochet stuff is all too big for me so I wear it as a pencil skirt and it has this awesome bustle effect! Has to be seen to be appreciated :P It’s sheer black mesh with a hand-painted abstract kind of leopard print in golds and browns, it’s so freakin’ super-sweet that I had a dream last night that I was a panther that mauled everybody, it was amaazing.
Gala – have you checked out stitch ministry’s knits? Great quality and really interesting designs – and a kiwi label of course!
I love intricate patterned tights but i have have a horrible habit of putting holes in them since i’m a complete klutz, does anyone have any suggestions on how i can protect them longer?
also i found a really cool grey felt hat the other day with a black trim, i’m thinking that this winter its time to bring more hats & beanies into my wardrobe.
i also need to remember to use water proof protector on my new red suede knee high boots, they make me feel like a super hero!
Where are you getting vintage dresses? I look, look, look and no can see. Please spill! xx
Hanna Leigh — Ahh, much better! Thanks so much!
lou — We don’t have Uniqlo or Zara in Australia… seriously, you guys don’t know how lucky you are! I think it’s just a matter of time but by then I probably won’t be here anymore ;D
eclair — Haven’t heard of Stitch Ministry but I will do some research! Do you know where it’s sold?
ashleah — Hmm, not really, but if you do get a little snag, just put clear nailpolish around it & it will prevent it from getting worse!
little jade — Eeeeeeebayyyyyyyyyyy! :D
Hey dollface,
Stitch Ministry is Kylee Davis, one half of the old Insidious Fix (the half that was left after the big drugs bust! Scandale!)
Operating out of Onehunga, stockists here:
stitchministry.co.nz/
Oooh, I need new stuff for winter too.
I want:
A leather jacket – still haven’t found the perfect one yet, I’m picky!
Boots! Tan coloured boots are making me drool and I must have them….
Scarves – big warm snuggly ones. In nice pastel colours (to offset the leather jacket you see). Stripey ones would be great too.
Time to hit ebay I think…hehe.
I need a whole winter wardrobe. I have just spent two years living somewhere that barely has a winter, so I got by with wearing my perennial-summer gear with closed shoes and a jacket! But now I am back in a place that actually experiences a COLD, long winter, I need to stock up on items.
I want:
* Long-sleeve slouchy thermal tees (American Apparel)
* Unisex knit cardigans (American Apparel)
* Flat tan ankle boots (Witchery)
* Big tan bag (maybe Witchery as well)
* Jeans: I need a few more pairs, preferably a nice wide-leg pair and perhaps another straigt-leg dark denim pair.
* Long-line grey cashmere cardigan (Mela Purdie)
* Fingerless wool gloves
* Dresses: I’m waiting for the new Leona Edmistion range to come out, I’m hoping there are some nice black-based florals there.
* Opaque tights
* Patent black flats (perhaps the Midas ones with the big flower on the toe?)
* Brown/tan strappy platform heels (gorgeous Michael Kors, on ebay!)
* Assorted other long-line cardigans
* Belts, to belt and layer said cardigans over other items.
And maybe:
* Anorak(also for belting over dresses etc.)
* High-waisted black skirt
* Any sexy, pretty heels that catch my eye (of course)
That is hilarious because I almost wrote an entire post all about how everyone is madly in love with houndstooth patterns here and how much I dislike it and how glad I am that Spring is coming and I won’t have to see the coats and scarves anymore! That is my least favorite pattern by far and even expensive clothing in houndstooth print looks cheap and tacky to me. But hey, you’re not alone in loving that pattern. This winter, Tokyo wore houndstooth, too.
Thanks SO MUCH for all your amazing help with my question. Esp wonderful given how busy you are. Thanks!
xox
Julie
Spring is coming…. hopefully…
So I require-
-a tuxedo jacket (with tails!): I’ve wanted one for so long, I’m between checking out Salvation Army and just going and getting myself fitted for one
-dresses! especially fun, lightweight ones that I can wear with anything
I just bought an awesome new spring jacket, and I can’t wait to wear all of my fun shoes. I’m so sick of salt-stained boots and sneakers!
Don’t know if someone has already mentioned it, but I was in Portmans yesterday and they have a hounds tooth scarf in there. Don’t know about the quality, but if you get desperate they are about.
I also saw some awesome stockings in Sportsgirl yesterday. Thick, footless tights with black and grey stripes of varying widths. I think I’ll buy them when I have some money, and get to visit Sportsgirl again, the closest store is 2 hours away :(
I had this awesome dream last week, where I was trying clothes on & found something in the shop that I had ‘made’ apparently… it was a heavy red velveteen skirt & fit me perfectly, looked amazing…and a well made white shirt. Now I REALLY want to take sewing lessons to learn how to make it how it looks in my head!
Would be the perfect winter skirt :)
This winter i’m looking forward to pulling off (or trying at least!) the androgynous look with a twist of femininity; a bit different to my summer bohemian hippie kinda look.
MY WISHLIST:
I also can’t go past good old stockings, but haven’t found any patterned ones that look good on girls with chunky legs (skier’s calves!)
For winter I want a pair of worn-in Dr Martens, I used to have a 8-eye pair but they KILLED my achilles heel & I just couldn’t manage to break them in so I sold them.
I wanna find a cute knitted hat that looks good on me (I usually look terrible in hats) & a funky awesome scarf that’s completely different… have you seen those ones that have pockets in them? Pretty cool.
xxx
white tights are must haves for me this time around. I’m loving them!
And I’m still trying to find the right black trenchcoat!
I’ll second the tights and stockings – but then I rarely have bare legs, even in summer, I think it contributes to why people think I look like I fell out of a storybook – especially when they’re knee high white socks or striped leggings. I will be going for more muted colours now – found a cute creamy pair, and an awesome cream lace stocking in a boutique that looks perfect with caramel boots.
I just brought a beautiful grey long knit cardigan – It would appear knit has been in my brain for a while…hmm. And a interesting knit raspberry scarf, true raspberry colour – lovely. I saw one scarf I really want – but it wasn’t for sale just show, so I’m going to see if I can find alternative means of getting one.
An as usual – boots and lots of. I currently have an injury preventing the wearing of heels so it’s mostly flat soled beauties – most of which are termed ‘pirate boots’ by my friends, due to buckles and strap features.
i am currently expanding my scarf collection, and that of all my friends.
gala: if you want some interesting knitwear, i would be thrilled to make you a scarf! just name it!
nessbow — Eeee! I would love a super-long & skinny midnight blue & metallic silver one… is that too much to ask?! Can I buy you a hot chocolate for your trouble?
sounds fab! i will begin work immediately!