Hey hey, faes!
Another day, another mind-bogglingly fabulous blog. It's been another week without much hip-hop-happening, so I'm looking forwards to a busier week next week.
I've been inhaling books the past few days and I just finished Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer- pure literary filth!
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| A poster for the 1970s' film which I haven't seen. |
I loved it in spite of the protagonist who sees women as little more than holes to plug, and if you read it you'll understand why it was banned in the 1930s; it makes Lady Chatterly's Lover seem about as steamy as Pride and Prejudice (although Austen does have her own buttoned-up Regency steaminess that gets hammed up in TV and film... I'm talking about you, Firthy).
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| Mr Darcy in a wet t-shirt contest circa 1800s. |
Sorry I know this isn't a book club... it's a LOOK club, so let's see what Reweary Fairy got cookin' this week.
Ever the thoughtful girlfriend, I bought my boyfriend a jumper for Christmas that I knew I would enjoy borrowing. I pulled similar tricks as a wily youngster when my dad and I were out shopping for a birthday prezzie for my mum and I chose a Duffy album that I wanted ('Warwick Avenue' would've been my X-Factor audition song).
I bought it second-hand from eBay but I won't say how much for because It'S A pResEnT! It's rather '80s (hence why I've flipped my hair over for a bit of Cyndi Lauper LARPing) and has a bit of a COOGI look as the pattern is 3D and embossed.
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| Thought I'd try to step up my pose game, so here I am like a little goblin on the floor. |
I wore the jumper with the seen before eBay denim skirt, the VERY seen before New Rocks, and sparkly star M&S tights. For the all-important embellishing accessories, I wore a pair of swirly shiny earrings that look like ammonite fossils which I got on a market stall in Camden, and a gold-toned collar necklace which my boyfriend's mum got second-hand from somewhere.
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| All that glitters <3 |
I wore this outfit for knocking aboot on Tuesday, although I did pop to the library to distract some friends who were working hard (or hardly working?!?!?!) for a couple of hours.
The next outfit is daring, dazzling, and dangerous... CODE BLUE we have a case of double denim!
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| Dun-dun-DUUUUN! |
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back's playing up hun x
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Double denim really isn't the faux pas it once was, as it's everywhere these days and I feel like like we're moving on from the Trinny and Susannah tyranny era where fashion had all these boring rules. Case in point for the ubiquity of double denim in this here cultural artefact (a pic that went viral in a meme years ago):
And here's my double denim dynamite:
I got the amaaaaazing mermaidy denim skirt second-hand from eBay (brand is 'Ysabela') for £6.45. It has beautiful detailing with frothy lace, sequins, beading, and little cog-like embellishments you can see in this close up:
I got the light-wash denim zip up shirt from a Salvation Army charity shop for £4.99, and though I thought about pairing the two pieces together, I couldn't visualise if it'd work, but when I tried it on... reader, I was enamoured!So much better than when you plan an outfit in your head that looks naff in real life.
I went for a double hoop earrings combo and silver bracelets- see how the twisted cuff matches the twisted earrings. My grandad got my mum the cuff (which has a fierce little lion head at each end!) on holiday yonks ago, but now I'm the trusted custodian, mwahahahaha!
I think New York queen Julia Fox gave me the moxy to try this outfit out after stepping out all matchy-matchy with Ye (formerly Kanye), which drew all the Justin-Britney double denim comparisons.
I LOVE Julia's cone-tits Schiaparelli jacket; I'm sure Madonna does too. The big bagginess of their denim and Julia's slouchy trousers made me think of 80s/90s/noughties hip-hop style which is not something I know much about, but I found this great article by Jian Deleon that tracks the evolving style of denim in hip-hop if you're interested- The Complete Evolution of Denim in Hip-Hop.
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| EXHIBIT A) double denim + double denim = quadruple denim |
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| EXHIBIT B) double denim + double denim = quadruple denim #fashionmath |
I wore the outfit to pop into town on Thursday, and I threw on this skull diamanté hoodie and my Nike coat to stay warm.  |
| posing by the trash bag for gritty NYC vibeology |
The memento mori drip is my boyfriend's and it's from a streetwear brand called 'Ely Kong'. He swapped one of his own fleeces for this hoodie a few years ago with a friend and quite frankly I think it's CRAZY the original owner gave it away- it's sickeningly sick.
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| Dramatique ponytail swish |
Later on that Thursday evening I shed the hoodie and Nike coat in favour of my fur to go to the theatre, daaaarling! I went to see a spectacular amateur pantomime, Dick Whittington, with my boyf and his work pals as one of their esteemed colleagues was playing Dick's esteemed cat; he really was the cat's pyjamas! Great camp costumes, great gags- five stars! * * * * *
This final outfit may well be scraping the bottom of the barrel as it's a running outfit, but I really haven't dressed up much this week, so here we are (barrel = scraped).
Also, with sunglasses and enough conviction, *anything* can be a look.  |
| I use my phone to take these pics, so in this one I'm only pretending to rock out to some sweet, sweet music- don't believe everything you see online. |
The swanky Yankees baseball jersey is from a charity shop so it cost a few quid. The Nike running jacket is a hand-me-down from my dad and it's REVERSIBLE, so two jackets for the price of one! BOGOFF! Genius! |
| Last year I signed up to run a half marathon then withdrew my name two days later #thisgirlcan't |
The snake print leggings were new from H&M, and the socks and trainers were new from Nike. Here at Reweary Fairy we (I) understand that nobody's perfect, and sometimes only new will do; I don't think second-hand exercise trainers would be the best idea unless they'd very hardly ever been worn- très sweaty. I am an advocate for lightly worn second-hand shoes though, and have two pairs myself. |
| On ya' marks! |
I did go on a run in this outfit on Sunday, but wore it for the rest of the day afterwards, too. There's something quite yummy mummy about wearing sportswear for going about your day, yet also something quite Lululemon-pilled LA Girl... or maybe I'm just glamorising mooching about in my sweaty clothes.
^^ I didn't know Lululemon did this until researching for this blog. It's an astronomically ironic tweet as 'young female workers at a factory in Bangladesh making clothing for the label gave detailed accounts of how they struggled to survive on meagre wages and faced physical violence and regular humiliation at the hands of their managers' - See Billion-dollar Lululemon under fire for promoting 'resist capitalism' event.
Lululemon, you're sour and you suck.
Righty- o! That's it from Reweary Fairy this week! My intention is to step up the looks next week as I've got a few thangs on and I'm getting my hair highlighted, hooray!
Hope you all have a blessèd week as January ebbs and we frolic into Febz. Thank you as always for reading, it really means a lot to me.
Loads of love from
Cerys x x x x x x x x
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