Happy New Year Fairies!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR, FAIRIES! 

A big fat hello from me after this big fat blogging hiatus. I hope you all had a luvvly Christmas and New Year's Eve even if you didn't do much. I had a good 'un, although plans were DASHED and tears were SHED because my boyf couldn't come to mine on Christmas Day as he had a false positive latty flo :((

Every cloud has a silver lining and all that optimistic jazz though, as we just carried the Christmas spirit through to January with a belated prezzie exchange and pizza date. 

cheers! #auldlangsyne

Hope everyone guzzled some bubbles, be they Prosecco, champagne, or something softer. Fun fact, apparently Dom Perignon said 'Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!' to the other monks when he invented his champagne.

One more fun champagne fact tidbit (or titbit) - to celebrate Kate Moss' 40th birthday, Jane McAdam Freud (yes, daughter of Lucian Freud, great granddaughter of Siggy Freud) made a champagne glass modelled on Kate Moss' breast in reference to the legend that the first champagne coupe was moulded on Marie Antoinette's breast. 

Kate Moss once said 'why the fuck can't I have fun all the time?' so the nod to the notorious party Queen fits perfectly. 

Mossy on the AbFab film set chonging a cig in the Thames. 

ANYHOO, enough with the champagne chatter!

I would be lying if I said I pulled many looks over the holidays... it's a time of rest and relaxation!! Not that putting together a fabulous outfit is taxing, but sometimes you just wanna knock about the house like a little scruff.

I saw a lotta people speculating about trends in 2022, and the biggest one without a shadow of a doubt is 'indie sleaze' which is that late noughties, DIY scene, hipster look. Take a look at @indiesleaze and @megsuperstarprincess on Instagram and study The Cobra Snake's party photography to understand the indie sleaze ethos.  https://www.vice.com/en/article/mvkjpq/hw-the-cobrasnake-looks-back-on-a-decade-shooting-hipster-parties

An Olsen twin and someone else I don't know looking like quintessential indie sleazoids

yung reweary fairy rocking indie sleaze before it even had a name! note the fake Alexander McQueen scarf which I wore all the time (consequently v grubby from my greasy little neck... grunge!) 

the top reads 'it's a girl's world, boys just live here'... wish that were true. I feel like t shirts from this era often went for a 'battle of the genders' thing.

David and Goliath 'boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!' vest. I'm actually here for a D&G revival.  

 I don't have much in the way of trend predictions myself, except maybe an end to glow, dewy skin and a return to powdery matte looks???? This prediction is based solely on the fact that I want to start doing vintagey powdery makeup lewks, but considering Superdrug only had ONE powdered foundation when I went in to buy some, perhaps I'm wrong.

ANYWAYS, let's have a gander at some outfits!!

I have to be the person in the most eccentric hat in the Co-Op for some reason

I wore this sophisticated little ensemble for an overdressed trip to the Co-op to buy a bottle of rum. I love the weird hat, it's blue velvet in a sort of Tudor style. I bought it in a huuuuuuuge vintage shop in Brighton about a year ago, and it makes me feel like a thespian when I wear it... 2 B or not 2 B?!?!

The little clip clop heels are from M&S. My mum bought them to wear as work shoes but then didn't wear them, so bequeathed them unto me- merci!

ahoy boi

The red needlepoint corduroy dropped waist sailor dress (what a mouthful!) is vintage Laura Ashley which I bought in a vintage shoppe for £30, which is a bargain as I've seen these go for over £70 on eBay and Etsy. I love the ribbon so much although it's always coming undone. 

The faux shearling coat is my nan's and it's vintage M&S. V cosy, v smart. 

In a similar ladylike vein, here's an outfit I wore to pop into town with that very same nan to mooch about and go for lunch in the M&S cafe where I had chickpea soup and a roll like the chickpea chick that I am.

Sloane ranger vibes

Nothing too remarkable about this but it's so CLASSY which is not normally my thang. The skirt is a silk Karen Millen one that I bought second hand in perfect nick from eBay. It's so gorgeous and swishy, but I ripped the inside lining when I bent down to pick up my dog's poo on a walk... what can I say, too much junk in the trunk (whatcha gonna do with all that ass)

it's this little guy's fault that my lining ripped! can't stay mad at that lil snout though

I wore silver and black sparkly harlequin tights which have been on the blog before, borrowed a black blouse from my mama, and wore the shearling coat and clippycloppy crepes again...

BUT WAIT!

WHAT'S THAT AROUND MY NECK?

THIS OLD THING?

I found this cashmere Burberry scarf in a box of scarves I was rooting through in a £1 St Helena's charity shop. Grin-worthy raise-a-glass-of-gin-worthy bargain! It could be a fake but I don't care and also I feel like it's not, as it's vairyy soft and looks like it's good quality.

On the topic of bargains, I got such a bling Guess bag for Xmas from my parents which I picked out in Dogs' Trust charity shop. It was only a tenner but UGH it's dazzling! 

Soz for rubbish picture. here it is being modelled as I waited for a vegan doner kebab in 'Hank's Dirty Vegan' in Colchester when I met my vivacious hometown amigos for vino . 10/10 recommend Hank's!

 It has all these twinkling diamantés on the big swaggy 'G'. So "McBling', which I've recently learned is a more specific style term than that umbrella 'Y2K'... if you wanna know more, then check this link out (even if just to look at the fabulously trashy outfit inspo pics)https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/McBling

Lindsay Lohan doing her McBling thing.

I forgot to bring my new bag back to uni, what a drag! Which means when I went out-out to catch up with my pals I took a tote bag yet again. It's a pretty nifty tote though, one with Sylvia Plath's face on that my boyfriend's mama got for me ages ago. The love girlies have for Plath knows no bounds <3 

I've drawn on a face mask because I keep pulling this tongue out face in photos that I *think* is gonna look good that never does.

Regular readers of this esteemed blog have seen the eBay Save The Queen top, the ebay Dorothy Perkins denim skirt, the hand-me-down Nike jacket, and New Rock stomperzz before. 

I used a '24K Gold' Elf metallic eyeshadow (which is vegan) to give my eyelids the old razzle dazzle, and thank GOD I actually took it off when I got in that evening.

We went to a bar I'd never been to before where it turns out they let people vape inside which I thought was really funny- it's like the days of yonder where people used to smoke inside. So 90s! Played a spot of pool and let the side down as my cue skills leave a lot to be desired (sorry Meg!). 

lickle mirror shot- look at the cute homemade snowflakes in my friends' house 

They also let you request songs in the bar which is a nice touch. I requested t.A.T.u's 'All The Things She Said' and the bar lady was gassed as she said she grew up listening to them.

the t.A.T.u ladies

Was a fantastique evening, gotta schedule another one in the calendar soon. Speaking of calendars, this is the calendar one of my friends got for Christmas:

buff stuff, although she was miffed because Mr February has his top on lol.

And I think that's a wrap! This blog has been a bit of sprawl, thank you for reading. I'll be trying to post more regularly now le holidays are over, although once again I have not brought enough clothes back to uni, primarily because my boyfriend's prezzies from myself and my family took up a lotta space in my suitcase (lucky fella!)

Ooh but one more thing to show you... look at this Nicki Minaj perfume the boyf got me for XMAS. The bottle is legendary. 

I'm ya idol, I'm ya idol, I'm ya mothafuckin' idol!

Hope everyone has a fun, sexy, peaceful, happy, and healthy new year. May I suggest trying to buy more of your clothes second hand this year? remember the reward fairy motto: 

TO REWEAR IS TO CARE, HAVE FLAIR, AND BE DEBONAIR!

peace out, lots of love from

Cerys x x x x x x