Gaining sea legs

Sperry Top Siders in red[Sperry shoes*, Primark ankle socks, M&S bedding ]

I’m feeling extreme fondness for footwear at the moment hence consecutive shoe posts (I blame the fact I’m currently working my way through my Sex And The City shoe box boxset for the billionth time).

Boat shoes are fashion Marmite: either loved or loathed. As a lover of nauticals and of flats sailor-style shoes get 2 thumbs up from this girl. I got these spectacular Sperry Bahama 2-Eye Top Siders when grey skies weren’t a given and I’ve been impatiently waiting for sunshine so I can wear them – no new shoes deserve to make their début in the rain.

Unfortunately for me and these beauties spring is on strike so impatience got the better of me; I wore them around the house this weekend while watching even more SATC, flicking through the new ELLE, and munching on homemade linzer biscuits.

So what do you think of my new shoes, aren’t they the cutest?! I can’t wait to pair them with summer dresses; they’ll definitely be coming to the Catalan with me in a couple of weeks. (Thank you so much for all of your recommendations on what to do in Barcelona by the way, you’re amazing!)

You can buy Sperry shoes from Office, ASOS and Coggles.com.

Giveaway announcement

The winners of the Nelly.com launch party ticket giveaway have been contacted. Thanks so much for all of your entries and sorry to those who didn’t win. I really wish I could’ve taken you all.

I can’t wait for tonight’s party! See you there Anna, Natalie, Jo, Beckie and Maitha!

Stay tuned – my next giveaway is launching soon and it’s a goody (of course, only the best for you!)…

Sperry Top Siders (Bahama 2-Eye Red)

by Becky Posted on May 8, 2012
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Blue suede shoes & glittery brogues

Rupert Sanderson "Fandango" blue suede high heels / shoesRupert Sanderson "Fandango" blue suede high heels / shoesRupert Sanderson "Fandango" blue suede high heels / shoes

A couple of recent footwear purchases, what do you think?

First up is the shoe bargain of the year. On a grey morning last week I got up early and headed to Bond Street for 8am so I could pop into the Rupert Sanderson sample sale before work. What a fool. After queuing for 45 minutes in the rain I had to give up and sprint to the day job. I decided to brave a second attempt that evening and oh my did that pay off?! I nabbed these blue suede “Fandango” heels for £45. £45! I should add that when they originally went on sale in AW11 they cost £575. Told you they were a bargain.

The silver glittery brogues are “Leonardo” by Kurt Geiger. They come in 7 options but when I spotted these in-store on Portobello Road a couple of Saturdays ago they stole my heart. Who doesn’t want shoes that make mirrorball-style reflections on the floor? Unfortunately they only had one pair left (a size too small) but I tracked them down at House of Fraser. Disco feet be mine!

Whatever you’re up to this weekend, have fun!

Kurt Geiger "Leonardo" silver glittery brogues / shoesKurt Geiger "Leonardo" silver glittery brogues / shoesKurt Geiger "Leonardo" silver glittery brogues / shoes

by Becky Posted on May 5, 2012
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Giveaway / Who wants to come to the Nelly.com launch party? {CLOSED}

Nelly.com UK launch party competition

Even if you didn’t read my post about the blogger soiree Nelly.com recently threw you will surely have come across this e-tailer by now – everyone is talking about them!

Nelly.com is Sweden’s biggest online retailer and having just launched in the UK is set to become your new shopping addiction.

To celebrate their arrival on these shores they’re throwing a huge (huge) party in central London on Wednesday 9th May and I have 10 tickets to give away!

To win 1 of 4 pairs of tickets to the Nelly.com launch party:

1. Follow my blog any way you fancy! You can find me on Bloglovin’, Hello Cotton and here’s my RSS feed. You can also easily subscribe by email (just fill in the textbox in my sidebar).

2. Leave a comment below stating you’d like to enter!

Easy-peasy, right? Entry closes on Friday 4th May at 5pm BST.

* I’m also giving away one pair via Twitter, just follow me and retweet this tweet to be entered!

Unfortunately entry is only open to over 18s (this will be checked!) and those in London (or at least those able to arrange their own travel and accomodation).

by Becky Posted on April 30, 2012
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Frock Me! with friends

Frock Me! Vintage Fashion Fair, Chelsea, April 2012In my opinion Sundays are made for rummaging at fairs, boot sales and thrift stores and last weekend the lovely Anna invited me to Frock Me!, a vintage fashion fair held every few weeks in Chelsea. Running fashionably late (as ever) I met her, Katrina, Gem and Sundari in the Town Hall’s tea room where they were warming up with tea and cakes.

The fair couldn’t have had a better setting; the Town Hall is beautiful! There were lots of stalls selling vintage clothing and accessories from the 1920s through to the 80s, and I spotted pieces from Chanel, Dior, Mulberry, Christian Lacroix and Burberry.

Unfortunately though, in my opinion there were issues with this fair. First, most stalls were pricey and I’m not talking justifiably a bit expensive – Kristina had her eye on a yellow dress that turned out to be £600. Wowsers. Secondly, and I hate to say this, a lot of stallholders were quite rude. Here’s an example:

Stallholder: “Are you taking photos?”

Me: “Well I was going to…”

Stallholder: “Well don’t.”

Bear in mind there were no ‘no photography’ signs and personally I think a “please” wouldn’t have gone amiss. So after a quick browse we left with just a lace trim (Anna) and a book (me). Would I recommend this fair? Well, I’d much rather go to Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair with it’s cheap-as-chips price tags and jovial stallholders (there are 3 events on this weekend if you’re interested!).

We then trawled through some local charity shops before fighting against the mass of Chelsea supporters to find a place to refuel.

Vintage threads, lace and trimmingsKatrina wearing a top hatVintage diamante costume jewellerySundari wearing a vintage veiled hatVintage French fashion magazinesBook: "What Would Audrey Do?"

Bloggers will be bloggers…

Of course, it was inevitable that at some point we’d locate a brick wall against which to take some outfit photos.

I wore my new favourite shirt (something I picked up last weekend from Zara in Birmingham where I met up with my BFF for the day, she came down from Manchester for shopping and gossiping), and my also-new Mawi for Minnie statement necklace. We were all wearing wellies – Hunter, of course – so it was obligatory to take a feet photo!

What did you do this weekend? I hope it was dry and fun-filled!

Thanks for a lovely day girls!

Hunter wellies

Fashion bloggers taking outfit photosOutfit: Zara blouse and blazer, Hunter wellies, Primark jeans, Mawi for Minnie necklace, Edina Ronay bagOutfit detail: Mawi for Minnie necklace, Zara animal print buttoned-up blouse with studded collarBlogger friends: Me, Sundari, Anna, Gem and Katrina

[ Me, Sundari, Anna, Gem and Katrina ]

p.s. Giveaway winner!

The winner of the Iconemesis iPhone cover has been chosen so please check your emails to see if it’s you!

I have another giveaway launching this week and there’ll be 5 chances to win so stay tuned ;)

by Becky Posted on April 30, 2012
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