Possibly the world's most reflective window...?

Yeah so I was just casually snapping photos then, when I looked back at them, I realised the window was pretty much a mirror. Not so odd really, except when you look at the glass you can't really see yourself in it. Weird.

My hair seems to have grown super long all of a sudden, debating whether to get it cut short for summer hmmm...

Peace,

Gracie

x

Preservation of the past...

Vintage clothing has always had its place in the fashion world however recently it has found its way into the mainstream with the rise in popularity of the indie genre and patronage from British models and musicians such as Alexa Chung and Agnes Deyn to name but a very small few. All in all this makes for a more individual and, in my opinion better, fashion landscape. Plus it’s re-using, which is good!
So, in order for there to be vintage clothing there has to have been some clever person who lovingly looked after their garments and then past them on to relatives or shops. In fact there must have been loads have people who’ve done this as vintage shops are popping up all over the place! Sadly my parents are not in this group of people. My mother and father were of notably the coolest and most fashionable eras of British history- the 60’s. Yet am I sitting here in a gorgeous orignial mini-dress? Um no. The fate of all my mother’s 60’s party dresses will make most hoarder s shriek in horror; when my parents moved into their first house they put their clothes in bin bags to transport them to the new house. In the confusion of the day my mother’s dresses got mistaken for the rubbish and my father burnt them (why would you not use labels!?). So that was the end of that. Lesson learnt. Sadly not, the other day I asked my mother where her old school satchel was and told her how pretty I thought it was and how much money I was going to save by not buying a new one, she said “Oh. I think your father might have used it to put boat tools in.” “Right ok, that’s a bit strange but I’ll just ask him if I can have it.” “Well I think he was worried that someone might steal it, thinking it’s a handbag, so he’s painted on it.” Brilliant. The only thing that has been handed down to me and it has been defaced! You can see the finished product below; it’s not as bad as I thought it would be (although the back has been drilled into???) I’m still going to use it, possibly put some fabric over “bosun kit”.

Anyway, bit of a rant but it explains why I look a little grumpy in the picture.

Peace,
Gracie

Party dressing...

This is my dress and those are my shoes. I love them.

I could wear these shoes all day long, and they turn me into a giant. They were a bit of a gamble with the dress (I thought they'd look super clumpy) but I think they really work. More dressy parties please.

Mindless happiness,

Gracie x

Busy busy busy

I seem to be constantly working at the moment but not actually getting anything done? Irritating. With exams coming up the workload is only gonna increase but I’m going to try and blog more often because it’s kind of therapeutic...and enables me to procrastinate a little.
I had my photo taken for the local paper this week as I won a bursary from my college. I’m dreading the photo as we had to hold up are hands as though we were celebrating- CRINGEY! Meh I’m pretty sure only about four people read The Herald so it shouldn’t be too bad.
All in all it’s been a good week, the sun has been wonderful and I’ve enjoyed having my boyfriend back after his holiday too. On Tuesday I went to a “SwapShop” my friend was holding- I ended up with a few cool things (I’ll put them up sometime) as well as swiping some stuff for the bf.
Really looking forward to next week- it’s my best friend’s birthday which means crazy partying. Yay! And dressing up. Even more yay!

Was feeling a bit creative with these pictures... the leotard is from Topshop and I got the trousers from Miss Selfridge for a tenner- and I love them!

Sunny happiness,
Gracie

Brighton...

I’m going to Brighton Uni in September to study media and I’ve obviously been to the university itself to check it out but I didn’t really get a chance to look around Brighton itself so on Thursday I visited Brighton as a proper tourist to make sure it’s a place I could really enjoy living in. And it’s safe to say I loved it. The atmosphere was amazing; like a mini London by the sea. We did quite a bit of shopping- it’s a brilliant place to shop- and went for a wander on the pier which was lovely. I left feeling confident in my choice of university and feeling less daunted knowing that I can see myself living (and partying) there...

Peace,
Gracie

Double Denim

I’ve been wearing double denim for a while now, mainly denim jacket and jeans, but I hadn’t gone for two lighter denims as I thought it may look a little OTT- I really like it though! I think it looks super chilled yet classy and I think it clashes nicely with my hair colour too. Bought Quadrophenia earlier so I’m gonna be lusting over a parka even more when I watch it- I want one so bad and I actually found the perfect one in Topshop concessions but my stupid account wouldn’t let me get out any more money grrr... oh well the is always next time.

The jeans are from Miss Selfridge, the shirt from Peacocks and the playsuit is from Urban Outfitters.

Peace, Love and serenity
Gracie

Kickass

Was exactly that. I don’t intend to ruin it for anyone in this entry but if you haven’t seen it I would seriously recommend not reading anything about it before you go; I went having only seen the trailer and it was not at all what I expected. I expected it to be good but it is so much better than that. It is becoming increasingly uncommon to find a film that has been created by people who are truly passionate about its subject matter, and that’s everyone who’s involved in the film. When people really enjoy what they are doing it shows through in the finished product. My attention was captured from the very beginning of the film and was held throughout- although that may have something to do with the enormous amount of Kick I was drinking (in the final scenes I’m pretty sure I was having palpitations but, if anything, that only added to the experience). It had the perfect ratio of gore to humour and it wasn’t silly; it was just funny. The factor that Kickass most deserves credit for is the ending. So many films have this huge build up filled with explosions and CGI and the like all to be quickly ended when the baddie is just killed. Dead. There is nothing worse than that anticlimactic feeling- almost like a sort of betrayal. Without giving too much away, Kickass doesn’t let you guess the end; you’re never really sure if they’ll opt for a happy Hollywood ending or a brutal but perhaps more realistic one. And it keeps going. Rather than a smooth escalation to a somewhat disappointing finale, the journey seen in Kickass takes a number of steps which result in the audience being cemented to the onscreen action and feeling for the characters plight. It pretty much pisses on Field’s 3 Act Structure, which is a good thing in my opinion as that structure has been a framework for producing monotonous dross with great ease and great profit.
Yeah, so if you haven’t seen it DO! Obviously the lead actor, Aaron Johnson, is British but it was nice to see a couple of other British faces in a big Yank film. Definitely gonna be a DVD purchase.

Peace and Love,
Gracie