Wear Something New

A pictorial diary of our garments' first outing

  • 28th
  • September
  • 2010
Luella AW09 skirt. In my wardrobe only eight days, which isn’t too bad.

Luella AW09 skirt. In my wardrobe only eight days, which isn’t too bad.

  • 7th
  • July
  • 2010
Another Irregular Choice pair, this time with tiny turtles.

Another Irregular Choice pair, this time with tiny turtles.

  • 22nd
  • October
  • 2009

Autumn Is Cape Season

This little vintage beauty first captured my eye at the start of the season. I was wandering around Beyond Retro when I saw someone else trying it on. I practically stalked it, pretending to look at other items while secretly glancing back to the other end of the shop to see what was happening. Finally I saw that she had put it back on the shelf, at which point I gleefully claimed it as my own. It’s quite bold and different to my usual everyday attire, and several weeks after making the purchase I was still too nervous about wearing it. Until today.

  • 21st
  • October
  • 2009

A Mauve Irregular Choice

This is a pair of Irregular Choice shoes that have been sitting in my cupboard since late August. I picked them up from the Irregular Choice outlet store in Brighton for £15, they were in the samples bin. I love them because they’re very quirky, but I was nervous about wearing them for precisely that reason, since I’m used to slobbing about in my Converse. I paired them with some purple M&S tights.