LFW and being in love with clothes!

During last London Fashion Week most of the fun for me was dusting down my favourite clothing pieces and I mean dusting down! As most items in my wardrobe have been in my possession for more than a few years. If it’s a new purchase and by that I mean a year or two, then we usually have a long loving stylistic relationship and go out for many years to come. If not its straight back to the Charity Shop – no unnecessary hording on my clothing rails, yeah right, keep kidding ya self girl.

About 90% of my clothes are charity shop, vintage or design bargains. The other 10% underwear, swimwear and yogi clothes. If you gave me 50 quid for an outfit I would still come back with change, I can’t help myself with le bargaining! In this blog I have documented the outfits worn last London Fashion Week in Sep 07. Sharing where I bought, how much and how long I have loved and owned them.

I don’t feel I strictly follow or do “The fashion” but I do appreciate great ideas and what’s being designed and made today. Also with one eye on what I may find in the charity shop ten or twenty years down the line. I love to do a look creating or interpreting what’s on the catwalk using charity and vintage. Fashion has always been a big dress up game for me. Ever since I put a cute kilt over a pair of trousers for primary school as my new uniform, so let’s get showing and telling.

Day 1
Piece: Multicoloured Smarties print dress
Label: NPC Fashions – Warren - Pennsylvania
Bought: Beyond retro Cost £12
Owned: 2 months (new kid on the block )

Piece: Pink spot cardigan
Label: no label
Bought: charity shop in old street Cost £1.99
0wned: 2 years

Piece: Red flips flops
Label: The Cross
Bought: Birthday present
Owned: 2 years

Day 2
Off! Gone are my Fashionaholick days, hot date with my man!

Day 3
Piece: Checked Blazer Jacket
Lable: No label
Bought: Thrift store in NYC Cost $7.99 about £3
Owned: 3 years

Piece: Checked shirt
Label: Ben Sherman
Bought: TKMax Croydon £9.99
Owned: 2 years

Piece: Wide leg Trousers
Label: H & M
Bought: Charity shop in Hackney High Street Cost £3.99
Owned: 1 year

Piece: Sneakers
Label: Converse
Bought: Converse in NYC Cost $39 about £18
Owned: 3 years

Day 4
Piece: 2 piece silk patterned shirt and pleated skirt
Label: Jaeger (one of my fav vintage labels)
Bought: Charity shop in West end £7.99
Owned 3 years

Piece: Green Coat
Label: Peggy French Couture
Bought: Red Cross in Birkenhead (my home town) £9.99
Owned: 10 years

Piece: Silver sparkly Mary Jane Shoes
Label: No label
Bought: Birkenhead Shoe Market £1.99
Owned: 11 years

Day 5
Piece: 1930s bias cut crape dress
Label: No Label – home made
Bought: Vintage Clothing Fair in Battersea £10
Owned: 4 years

Piece: Patterned Jacket
Label: No label
Bought: Ribbons and Taylors Vintage shop in Stoke Newington £18
Owned: 3 years

Piece: Gold bow shoes
Label: Kurt Geiger
Bought: KG South Moulton Street in Jan Sales £25
Owned: 3 years

Day 6
Piece: Checked Blazer Jacket
Label: No label
Bought: Thrift store in NYC Cost $7.99 about £3
Owned: 3 years

Piece: Patterned Pink blouse
Label: No label
Bought: Broadway Market £2
Owned: 1 year

Piece: Checked wool skirt
Label: Gardeur
Bought: Charity shop in Salisbury £3.99
Owned: 2 years

Piece: Leather boots
Label: Bertie
Bought: Debenhams sale £20
Owned: 2 years

All bags freebies from the shows

Next London Fashion Week 10th-13th February 2008
www.londonfashionweek.co.uk