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the dungarees are out!

for me, it always feels like summer has officially arrived when i pull my dungarees out from hibernation. i'm not sure what it is about them that makes me feel so strongly against wearing them in the colder months, but i'm assuming there's some intrinsic reason that would no doubt make little sense to me if i were to ever figure it out.

i wore this outfit on wednesday for placement, and although the weather was a little rainy, the temperature was still fairly high once again, meaning i could happily trot around jacketless. i also got a bunch of compliments on my dungarees, so i think i can safely assume they were a good clothing choice!

apologies for the extremely poor quality of these photos, i'm up in the attic room and there's very little light that gets through the single small window so i just had to work my best with what was available to me and this was as good as it was gonna get, unfortunately. in case you were wondering, the room isn't filled with white, pictureless frames, but frames holding wonderful pieces of illustration. for copyright reasons i can't share the work online, so that's why you're looking at a slightly odd, blankly hung photo frame behind me!

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90s daisies

 crop top: new look

jacket: primark

belt: primark

jeans: topshop (via ebay)

bag: primark

socks: primark

shoes: dr marten

as the sun's taken itself away for a while, we've approached the awkward rainy-but-not-cold weather, so today i've had to take back to my bedroom to take my outfit snaps to avoid getting drenched – ah well, it was nice while it lasted! today i seem to have thrown together my most '90s inspired' outfit to date, teaming up my choker, docs and mom jeans for an altogether slouchy, somewhat boyish outfit.

i'm going out shopping to a retail park today, so a pair of jeans and a light jacket mean i'll be able to head in and out of shops without overheating too badly and without feeling silly for having worn a skirt with no tights on this somewhat gloomy day, although the fact that the weather's overcast in no way dictates how warm it is out, but hey ho!

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say hello to my new boyfriend... jacket

 jacket: new look

choker: lilac edge

top: charity shop

skirt: new look

bag: primark

socks: primark

dr. martens: ebay

after its wild stint over the weekend, it seems as though the sun's turned shy again and decided to take a backseat behind the clouds today. that said, the weather's still been pleasantly warm so bare legs are still an option when teamed up with this lightweight boyfriend jacket i picked up from the new look sale last week. i didn't particularly need a new coat, but for £16 and being pleasantly surprised by how the boyfriend style looked on me, i thought it'd be foolish to leave it behind as it was the last one sat on the rail. i also picked these docs up on ebay over the weekend for just £20 which is insane for a pair of dr marten shoes! i'm now the proud owner of these wonderful t-bar shoes and some dr marten boots, both of which i've managed to pick up for less than £40 between them thanks to savvy ebay and charity shop hunting, yippee!

today's been a fairly easygoing day as i headed into uni to hand in all my year two work that's going to be assessed by an external examiner (turns out a year's worth of work is bloody heavy though!) and i collected my huge a0 sized banner that's to be hung up for the end of year exhibition next tuesday. to say i'd blown my images up from around 7cm wide to 97 cm wide, i'm pretty blummin' impressed with the quality of the images on the banner! i'm so, so, so excited to head in next week and see it hung alongside other second year work and i'm crazy proud of the work i've produced this year, it really has been a test, but definitely a worthwhile one!

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