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I'll be on semi-hiatus for the next two weeks because I've been called for an in-person portfolio review at one of the art colleges I applied to, which means a hectic scramble to get my portfolio up to scratch. I'm thrilled about it because it means I'm one step closer to my goal of getting onto a degree course, but there's heavy competition for places and I need to be at the absolute top of my game.

I'll try to finish a couple of posts before disappearing, and I've been toying with the idea of starting another blog solely for artwork/sketches, so that might happen once I've done all the portfolio stuff.

I shall leave you with this: here's what I would like to be wearing if I wasn't freezing all the time.

In real life, I'm living in multiple layers... thermal plus sweater plus cardigan, tights under jeans... but there's no reason why I can't break out the few brightly-coloured things I own. I've got a red floral dress I could wear layered...

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Welcome to all new readers, and thank you for dropping by!

I'm going to be pretty busy over the next couple of days so I won't be posting again until the weekend, but here's a quick Polyvore post in the meantime. It came together in a bit of a backwards way because I'd put together these sets based on pale neutrals, then saw the above photo on Tumblr, which reminded me of Audi's post on taking fashion inspiration from interiors.

Labels: polyvore, seasonal style, spring

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Insofar as it has any organisation at all, my wardrobe is based around blue and grey, especially navy and charcoal; I love these shades and I like the way they look on me. I do own and wear other colours - for example, forest green, soft pinks and vivid reds - but not as much as I could, and whilst I'll never give up my blues and greys, there are other colours out there. Polyvore is a nice risk-free way of playing with colour in outfits and seeing what I can put together that doesn't centre around those safe, staple shades.

First, a casual, summery outfit featuring red. The first iteration of this outfit (the same tee and shoes with a red A-line skirt) wasn't really working, so I changed things around.


Something more formal. I feel like I'm cheating here with the navy coat, but the red is still central.



Another fancy outfit, featuring pink. I am not yet sure if pale pink really works with my colouring (pale skin, dark eyes and hair - a Winter), but I hope it does. It's so pretty! (Aside: the bag is from New Look A/W 2010, and I almost bought it, but sadly the ones instore weren't in the greatest shape. The idea of carrying around a giant rose is still appealing.)


More pale pink, cream and light beige.


For more on colour, I like Fashion Help for Recovering Goths by Gala Darling (the best "find out what season you are" article I've found), Fashion 101: How to Combine Colors at Academichic, and Color Simplified, Adding Color to a Neutral Wardrobe, Alternate Neutrals and Color Combos by Sally McGraw; in fact, just about every post under her "color" tag is a great resource.

Labels: colour, polyvore

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