Even though I'm skint: 80's print

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Sunday 24 June 2012

Radio 1 Hackney Weekend , tie dye maxi skirt and £1 Moschino belt

Did anybody go to the Hackney weekend yesterday?? IT WAS AMAZING!! I can't believe I saw JAY Z AND KANYE FOR FREEE WOOOOOOOOO! Jay was sick, he did my favourite H to the Izzo and loads of other classics!! Kanye though, since he's started banging Kim Kardashian I can't really help but think less of him SMH. Definitely won't be getting over the fact that I was about 20m away from Beyonce for a long time.

I had a great day drinking and dancing my butt off with my lovely boyfriend. We saw Deadmou5, who wasn't as good as when I've seen him before, Emili Sande was beautiful and has such good vocals oh my days! Saw Rita Ora by accident too with DJ fresh, she was pretty good. Rihanna was fricking hot, Fell in love with her cap, can't find who the designer is so if anybody could enlighten me I would be most greatful :)

also bumped into Philips Idowu (World champion triple jumper) who was lovely and wished him all the best for the Olympics awww (getting out of London before they start fo sho).

Anyway.... I haven't got an outfit picture of yesterday.. but a few people took a picture of it for other blogs (exciting huh) So hopefully it'll show up somewhere else :)

I did manage to get my boyfriend to take some pictures of me the other day... he kept moaning it was embarrassing, still managed to do a good job though :) Here's what I wore the other day :

Sunny G's : Primark , Bralet : Topshop sale , Skirt : Charity shop , Belt : ASOS , Trainers : Converse

I had to take my braids out D: I miss them so much, but I can't afford to get more at the moment. I really want to do something different with my hair though, it's naturally really curly so I'm thinking maybe bleaching the crap out of it and having a pink fro?

Me and my friend Suzi went charity shopping in Dalston it was a great day for vintage I got this shirt : £2

A really cool leather bumbag (sorry no picture) , I'm selling my Moschino one HERE if you want to get your hand on that bad boy :)

My best find was this Moschino belt, I picked it up and asked the shopkeeper how much it was and I thought he said £12 and I was like YEAH BARGAIN, turned out he was joking and it was £1 BLOODY BRILLIANT!

All in all It's been a great weekend :D Now if only England would beat Italy in the football!! And I'm starting at Miss Selfridge tomorrow wish me luck :)

P.S How do people always get away with talking in yoga classes in films/television???

Saturday 16 June 2012

SELLING ON EBAY , Electric Elephant , Motel aztec cycling shorts and my lust list - all of which I can't afford :(

Hey dudes!! I just wanted to thank you and tell you I'm so chuffed at all the great feedback I've been getting from you guys, some of my favourite bloggers follow this blog as well which is amazing ! (such a fangirl haha). I'm so surprised really because this is a hugely amateur operation I'm running over here haha! I've been having an absolute mare lately, last week I found out I won two tickets to Electric Elephant festival in Croatia through ASOS LUCKY ME!!!! Although my prize doesn't include flights or accommodation that happen to be hugely expensive which annoyed me a little. So I've been sorting that out, I have NO MONEY which has been making it very difficult but back to that in a bit...

I'm making a little bit of a habit of outfits worn to go to supermarkets... this is what I wore to Lidl :

Striped Jumper : Primark (old) , Shorts : Vintage DIY 501 Levi's , Cycle Shorts : Motel , Trainers : Converse , Bag : Primark

I bought these aztecy bright cycle shorts from Motel with a 25% off code against my better judgement. As I've said previously I'm never that impressed by the quality of Motel products, but these shorts are pretty cool and make me feel letchy East London men are less likely to shout at me in the street (they worked A++). I feel well 90's layering them under shorts! I think they'd also look great layered under a short t shirt dress or something, I'm determined to get my moneys worth haha!

I've also put a bunch of stuff on ebay, but only the things I can bear to part with. I still have a few things to go on so keep checking back my ebay seller ID is :

frankie2291

Here's a couple of things I am selling at the moment :

To buy click here !!!

Just in case you guys didn't know there's a huge Office sale on now and Urban Outfitters too :)

I can't help but dream what I would buy if I had some money , here's an idea though :

Bralet Topshop £25 : Love the print, would never fit my boobs though BOO! :(
Perspex front heels New Look £27.99 : LOVE see through shoes atm
Studded Clutch Zara £69.99 : Sex in clutch form
Dip dye dress Topshop £75 : I wish I wore a dress this nice to my prom
De La Soul T shirt Truffle Shuffle £19.99 : This is such a great album, love De La Soul!
Halo Sandals ASOS £50 : Yet another pair of see through shoes woops :)
Gold chain bracelets ASOS £8 : Can't have enough gold chain bracelets!!!
Mickey Mouse Dungarees Rokit £25 : NEED these so hard!!! PLEASE!!
Silver sheer dress Miss Selfridge £45 : Love the ethereal look of these would look great with Dr Martens to toughen it up a bit.
Floral midi dress Miss selfridge £28 : I love a cute midi dress and this is no exception
Nike Air Max 1 Fastlove in red £89.99 : I missed the Nike Liberty print Air max 1 , but these are just as good!!

I'm just about to cook a lovely Tandoori chicken curry so I'll leave it at that. Have a lovely evening!

MWAH

Tuesday 29 May 2012

My midi obsession: Jessie J's dress, Aztec Primark and LOTS OF SHOES!

MY EXAMS ARE FINALLY OVER!!!

And more to the point I'm pretty sure I smashed the last one!!!! I celebrated by drinking a lot of cider ( I'm from the West Country that's what we do ) and sampling the delights at the London Fields outdoor swimming pool, the weather in London has been beautiful the past few days. Yesterday I received this amazing midi dress in the post from ASOS. I fell in love with this dress after seeing it one Jessie J on the voice, I managed to snap one up before they sold out quickly and I wore it out shopping today, I felt so fancy wearing it round Westfield Stratford :

Dress: ASOS , Necklace: Peacocks , Boots: Topshop

I'm not sure exactly what RedBull does to me but it makes me WEIRD. About a week and a half ago I went to Primark and tried on this midi dress (below) and completely fell in love. However, being the cheapskate I am I didn't want to spend £13 on something from Primark when I probably couldn't get that much for it on eBay. Since the day I tried it on I have been no less than OBSESSING over this dress, to the point where I have been trawling eBay for it. Luckily, I managed to find one in Primark Westfield today.

As you can probably see I have a small obsession with midi dresses at the moment, which is ideal because walking down the road in East London wearing anything short results in numerous disgusting men shouting out of their shitty, stupidly loud cars. I really don't understand them at all, has any of them EVER pulled anyone apart from a crack-whore from shouting 'hey.. hey you ...sexy girl' out of their car window? I'm guessing NEVER. The irony of the situation is that if you tell them to fuck off they start getting janky about your looks. I will never understand men. Rant over.

I love this bralet I managed to find is the chaos of Primark, the aztec-y print and pastels are really cool for the summer. Although, be warned if you don't have tiny boobs, the cups are really small, I even got a size up and it's still a bit on the small side.

I LOVE these sunglasses, a bargain at just £2 and I feel like I'm channelling Beyonce in her Linda Farrows seen earlier this year.

I am still obsessed with tie dye, I really can't get enough of it and it's everywhere at the moment in the best possible way. This bodysuit is going to be my latest tie dye project, I'm going to try and make a multicoloured spiral effect. It's so fun and satisfying to tie dye your own clothes, so easy and simple to get a professional looking piece and it's SO CHEAP. I promise to post a tutorial in the next few days :)

I'm really looking forward to a summer filled with blogging, and hopefully a summer full of new shoes if I can get a job. Here's a few rad pairs I want to get my hands on :

Floral flatforms - £35 River Island
Black flatforms - £19.99 eBay
T-Bar studded Jeffrey Campbell Foxy lookalikes - £44.99 Missguided
Chunky platforms - £40.99 Missguided
Viper flatforms - £50 ASOS
Block heel platforms - £22.99 eBay

Oooooh I can't wait for Radio 1's Hackney weekend coming up at the end of June, is anyone else going?

love Frankie

Saturday 26 May 2012

80's playsuit, sunshine and a pair of round glasses

Playsuit : Vintage fair , Sleeveless cropped denim jacket : Primark , Sunny G's : ASOS , Shoes : Jackies converse.

In England it's summer now, London is so hot, everyone is half naked and hells to the yes do you need to go to Costa Coffee and get a fruit cooler (the raspberry and orange one is DIVINE).
Me and Jackie went to the park today to get a tan. I love tanning, every summer without fail I get this obsession with getting darker. I think it's so weird that some celebrities like Lil' Kim and Rihanna bleach their skin whilst the fake tan industry is worth millions! I think there's something so beautiful about really dark skin, it really brings out colours and makes them pop.

I finally put my rainbow laces I bought the other week in my Dr Marten's, every time I look down at my feet they make me smile :)

I'm going to keep this short and sweet, as I'm writing this I'm desperate to get back to my new favourite blog; I seriously can't get enough of www.pumpthatjam.com . I wouldn't be surprised if I never surface again SO MANY CHEESY WEIRD 90'S VIDEOS!!!!! Over the last couple of days (whilst I should have been revising) I've been perusing some fucking ace blogs/tumblrs, you know how it is when you're trying to learn about glaciers.

Here's a few inspiring/funny/interesting blogs I have been loving at the moment:

www.ahredakar.tumblr.com

www.everythingisterrible.com

www.nyane-duro-nervioso.tumblr.com

www.sexy-sweaters.com

www.fashionfault.com

www.londonscloset.blogspot.co.uk

Night Night

Wednesday 18 April 2012

Charity shops and a vintage fair : London is bleeding me dry

Hey guys , so today it was raining in London town and despite this fact I decided it was okay to wear tiny little shorts (albeit with tights, getting some weird looks in the library now NOT APPROPRIATE ). Sorry about the bathroom mirror pics, nobody around today to take any :/

Where is it from?

Jumper: Topshop (last winter)
Shorts: DIY from a charity shop
T shirt: Gina Tricot
Lipstick: Mac in Velvet Teddy

My dad went on a weekend away to Stockholm with his lovely girlfriend (who I am sure chose my gift) and came back with this really cool t-shirt for me, you can't really tell much from the picture but it has this cool ombre rainbow thing going on , I love it.

This week has been a week of pure procrastination, my exams are only a month away yet I saw it fit to be wondering around Hammersmith and Shepards Bush all day. Me and Hanna (from the Sheet ) trawled through various charity shops and wondered around Westfield all day. Resulting in me only having £20 to live on until Monday :(. But it was all worth it for these bargains :

Shirt : £1.50 Cancer research

Shorts : DIYed from trousers £3.00

I apologise for looking like a complete idiot in this photo.

Dress: Reiss 1971 collection £10 Triad

Now if only I had a pair of these......

And I'll have a killer outfit on my hands.

Just going to have a little moan about Triad (charity shop) by the way....

So I went into triad in Shepards Bush and I found this nice multicoloured 80's print maxi skirt and lo and behold was I delighted to see a price tag of £2 on it. However, on going to the cashier I was told that actually the tag was wrong and it cost £15!!!! FFS, then I realised what had happened was that Triad had gone to cancer research (where the tag was from), seen the skirt was cool, then marked it up from the £2 cancer research charged for it. BEARING IN MIND I am as poor as a church mouse this really pissed me off, although I know Triad is a charity I thought this was a bit cheeky, not only are they stealing money from cancer patients, but they are trying to empty my pockets EVEN MORE. Needless to say I didn't buy the skirt (definitely wasn't worth £15) and took my business elsewhere (Age Concern).

Models Own nail varnish in Fluro' Orange £5

And the Sunday before (please don't ask me why I'm not writing in chronological order) me and Ailbhe went to the food market and vintage fair on Brick Lane. I had some lovely dim sum AND a katsu curry, how greedy am I? There were so much really cheap vintage clothes and things, and the people on the stalls were lovely, including one lady I was very jealous of as she had a beautiful patent leather vintage Moschino belt, purchased from the stall across from her the previous weekend. I managed to grab a few bargains there as well :

Vintage jumpsuit (I made it into a playsuit because the legs were a bit short) £10

Vintage mens shirt ( I cut out the shoulders and I'm going to stud the collar) £5

Vintage ring on the left (I feel in love with it after it didn't fit Ailbhe and her tiny fingers, I still feel quite bad about it :S ) £6

And the nail varnish in this picture is by Models Own Beetlejuice collection in Aqua Violet

So yeah , I am poor but I think my wardrobe is better off for it.

Still counting down the days till the student loan comes in, I got the date wrong and it's actually the 23rd wahhh! I'm going up to Newcastle next week for my friend Gabby's boyfriends house night called Nocturnal Playground, going to see those Futureboogie guys again, Lukas and Christophe AGAIN. Will be getting plenty of shopping done whilst up there, these are just a few things on my wish list :