Outfit of the Day ~ manic pixie dream girl.

Suspender tights ~ New Look

Creepers ~ ebay

Velvet skater skirt ~ Primark via ebay

'Hello Angel' top ~ DIY 

Floral garland ~ Claire's Accessories

Dark brown lipstick ~ Coffee, Black by Portland Black Lipstick Co.

The other day I pretty much wore this outfit to a rehearsal and one of my best friends told me I looked like a hippy goth, which I quite liked as a description. The thought also occurred to me that I look like some kind of Blade Runner-esque hooker, sort of Pris inspired, totally unintentional but I quite like the comparison. I wore it out again yesterday when the boyfriend and I went to Brighton, which was actually my second time in one week, I went earlier with Bekki and Charley where we discovered a new favourite cafe called Cocoa (ever tried it? It's amazing!), ate macaroons and shopped - it was pretty damn fun. When I went with the boyfriend it was a lot busier (which was weird 'cause it was a weekday) which put me a bit on edge, plus when we decided to take some outfit photos - after we'd had a nice wander, it got really windy and kind of horrible, so we decided against doing them there which kind of sucks because there are so many cool places to take photos. In the end we went to one of the many woods around where we live - unfortunately there aren't any good places to take photos in either of our houses so generally it has to be somewhere outside.
As for the actual outfit, I'm not really sure how I feel about it...I liked it the other day but when I wore it yesterday I wasn't really sure. Mainly I have issue with the top, which I made about 2 years ago during a fit of (questionable) creativeness. As you can see it's pretty shoddily cut which means it hangs in a way that doesn't please me all the time, but you can see where I go inspiration for my blog title (I've always been obsessed with the idea of wings and angels and the like). Also, I would like to warn you not to purchase suspender tights from New Look unless you like the instant laddered look - the thin section at the top gets ruined so easily. I'm considering investing in a Pretty Polly pair, anyone had any experiences with them?

That's all for now! I hope you're all having a lovely summer.

Outfit of the Day ~ the forest of Arden

{"Run, run Orlando: carve on every tree
The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she." 
~As You Like It, William Shakespeare}

I don't know if you've noticed but this outfit is a little different from my usual! Namely because it's actually one of my costumes for my local theatre's up and coming production of As You Like It in which I have the pretty major role of Rosalind. As you can see this isn't very traditional garbs and that's due to us placing the play in a steam punk setting, which is so awesome! We're putting up the set soon and it's going to be pipes and cogs everywhere which I think it's going to look really cool! I love this corset so much and pretty much all the other girls have equally pretty ones but I don't get to wear mine for long since during most of the play my character pretends to be a boy called Ganymede - which is actually a role I am more comfortable in (I'm a massive tomboy in real life). I'm pretty nervous about the play but I still can't wait to do it! Fingers crossed everything goes well.
Although you can't see it (you can here) my hair has gone really very green but luckily I've redyed so it's back to it's glorious turquoise, I'll be doing a post talking about what I think of the hair dye I used. I've also got some swatch posts and a face of the day coming which I'm excited to show you.

Victorian booties ~ stolen from my mum

Gothic skirt and corset ~ borrowed

Lace top ~ F&F

Chain ~ ASOS

Venetican mask ~ gift

Outfit of the Day ~ cirque du soliel.

 "I’m not the one,
but he still is
I’m like the second
Not even a part of this
I’m not the only
And I’m not the one
Now I’m sitting in the darkness
While he walks on the sun"
~ The One, Cameron Godfrey

Ah! For once an outfit with varied sources. When my gran gave me the maxi cardigan I couldn't believe that she could own something so cool and all of a sudden right on trend! I'm not saying she hasn't got a good sense of style but it's definitely more aimed towards bright colours (turquoise, pink) and white. Needless to say I am very glad to call it my own now! As for those leggings I bought them a while when I needed an affordable alternative after falling in love with vertical stripes, triggered in part by the amazing Motel Jordan jeans. You can also see my DIY star studded shorts in more detail, what do you think? There are stars around the top as well. Now that summer is coming and my exams are coming to an end I'll be doing a lot more DIY and a lot more studding I think.

And don't you love that lipstick? I pretty much matches my hair! Although it's fading to green at the moment so I'll be redoing it soon. Portland Black Lipstick Co. are always a strong favourite for me and their new colours are awesome, they're pretty much all I'm wearing the moment and I'll be doing a swatch/review of some them in a few weeks, so look out for that.

Last Saturday I went to the Vintage Nation fair which was pretty good considering it was the first time for the event, it's got nothing on Vintage Fair though, but I think it could get there. I bought one thing which I'll show you all in the next outfit post I hope!

Apart from that I'm revising hard and rehearsing hard for a play I'll be in at the beginning on July - it's Shakespeare's As You Like It with a steampunk twist. I seriously can't wait!
Ohyeah! And do you like my kitty! She's called Nuage (french for cloud) and is the loveliest cat ever.

Lips ~ Portland Black Lipstick Co. in Difficult Island

Bowler hat ~ market in Brighton

Maxi cardigan ~ vintage (from my gran)

Cold shoulder top ~ New Look

Moon necklace ~ Avon

Stripped leggings ~ Ebay

Boots ~ New Look

Skinny belt ~ ASOS 
Sunglasses ~ supermarket in France