Monday, 27 September 2010

Things I'm Loving Right Now...continued

2. T-shirts:
Ah t-shirts, the slogan tee, designer tee, band shirt, team shirt and basic white tee. My t-shirt addiction may be slightly out of hand...two and a half deep drawers full and counting...but I simply can't resist a cool, well-fitting shirt with a great design.
My favourite site for film t-shirts is Last Exit to Nowhere, I already own a Little Lebowski Urban Achievers and Dapper Dan shirt. My next purchase may have to be the Slaughtered Lamb pub shirt.
And today I read a great post on the Gloss about this excellent site Out of Print. I seriously must get the Hound of the Baskervilles t-shirt, bright blue with a print of the First Edition cover.

Things I'm Loving Right Now

1. Updo's, pencil skirts with jumpers, red lipstick, basically 1960s referencing:
This has been coalescing for a while, slowly simmering away in the background of my fashion choices. Maybe one day I decided red lipstick just looked right, the next a simple pencil skirt looked better pared with a jumper rather than a shirt, and today I finally managed to properly put my hair up in a twist with no about a billion hair clips.
Obviously, Mad Men has been feeding into my consciousnesss but recently there's been TV shows a bit closer to home informing my look. Last week whilst watching The Road to Coronation Street, I was really taken with the styling and then last night the new series of Inspector George Gently started. Lots of opportunities to ogle cute guys in skinny suits yes, but also a chance to lust after sweater sets, that perfect shade of vintage red lipstick, boxy leather handbags and a more British version of the super groomed Mad Men world.