Retro Storing

Picture this, you’re in your bedroom with 2 minutes left until you have to leave and you need those chandelier earrings because they’re the only ones that work with your cocktail number. You shake your jewellery box around and you can’t seem to find it in any compartment. Frustrated, you tip out everything onto your bed, find the matching pair, grab your shoes and stumble out. Sound familiar? That’s basically me everyday. If you scour through pininterest, weheartit and instagram, you’ll see that everyone seems to have their own creative way of storing their bits and bobs. I wouldn’t say my organisation methods are very ‘neat’ but I like the clutter because it looks visually interesting on my bureau although highly impractical. I use teacups to store my hairbows, a Pringles Chips cylinder to store my tools and a recycled glass custard cup to store my bobby pins. Some other fun ideas I found included spray painting a grater and using it as an earring hanger and putting magnets on the bottom of makeup palettes so it sticks to a fabric covered magnet board. Fun!! Do you have any special methods on storing your makeup and jewellery?

 

x Karen

Mint Chocolate Chips

Once upon a time, there lived a young girl with a limited wardrobe and a big imagination. On the 25th of June, she decided to wear a mint green hoodie from Factorie underneath a chocolate brown coat with fur trim from Disney Couture. For jeans, she wore her very favourite skinnies from Double Bay and her chocolate brown UGGs with three side buttons.

This outfit makes me instantly want to head over to the nearest retro style ice cream parlour and grab a double scoop mint chocolate chip icecream in a waffle cone and pink sugar sprinkles. With the help of photoshop, I popped into an ice cream parlour which is actually a very pretty mural photographed by her. Pastels are usually reserved for spring and summer but the hot chocolate browns set off the colour pretty well in my opinion.

x Karen

Croppin It'

When cropped tees first came into style, my first reaction was: for skanks only. But now, I actually really like them and I think they’re a cute essential top to own for spring and summer. They’re also perfect for layering and you don’t necessarily have to show off your midriff to be able to wear the tees. If you’re interested in trying out this trend, I suggest you head over to an inexpensive chain store first. Cropped tees are meant to be easy and breezy so I don’t feel you need to invest in these pieces nor do you need to find ones made of good quality.

Above, I have shown you my four favourite ways to wear cropped tops. (From left to right)

First we have the looser version of the shirt, this one falls over all those unsightly bumps and if you pair it with tight high waisted shorts, the outfit hides a little o’ tum.

The second one is probably my favourite which is the basic cropped tee. Choose a solid colour and then match it with a patterned tank underneath, also works vice versa.

The third is perfect for beach cover ups and also leaves a little to the imagination which is always good if you’re body shy. If you want to look stylish just choose a swimsuit colour that matches your top.

The final one, is a little dressier and good for summer luncheons. A tight bandage dress might leave you feeling like Kim Kardashian but throw on the tie up shirt and do up the buttons high.

Last summer, I also tried cropping my own t-shirt which had a high collar and unflattering shape. All I did was cut the scoop neck and bottom off before folding the exposed fraying bits and sewing them up. The shirt looked like it’s former self’s trendier, cuter sister!!

x Karen