What I Wore 03.09.10

Hello! It's spring!

I have a camera tripod now, so I thought I would try out some different outfit post locations.Please ignore my goofy expressions, I was a bit embarrassed to be outside taking photos for once! Luckily I don't think any of my neighbours were home. But you know.

The Bonsai Dress from Modcloth

H&M scarf, a gift from Renee

Cotton On leggings & cardigan

Mimi Loves Jimi brogues

Sportsgirl earrings, part of my 21st present from my friends

Gold ring from Evolve gift shop

Sorry, it is not the most interesting of outfits. But, it has served its purpose for the day. Namely, trying to do assignments (and instead getting distracted by Friends), and later on I'll be catching the train down to Bunbury to spend Father's Day there.

Have an excellent weekend!

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21 today!

I am 21 today! 

Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday & everyone who made my day so special.

These are a few of the things I was lucky enough to be given...

(And I should mention they're all taken on my brand new Canon 500D! Thanks mum & dad!)

This bracelet is from my grandparents. It's my great-great-grandmother's - from 1885! 1885! - which my grandma had restored for me. It really means a lot to me to have something with so much family history.

This is a choker & was a present from my aunty. Last year she gave me a vintage ball gown and the necklace goes with it. The stones are so beautiful!

This was part of an insanely awesome present from my four best friends. Along with this were a pair of earrings, a 'High Tea' cookbook, a really cool Sportsgirl beaded bag, and a kind of cut-out mobile (which I will try and remember to take a photo of once I hang it!). I love it & they picked out such perfect things for me, they are amazing!

Time for bed now, I have been rather spoiled today and am quite exhausted!

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What I Wore 30.07.10

Hello! This is another of the vintage dresses I bought the other day. Sadly, all I have done in it is watch The Office (the UK version, my sister has never seen it), eat leftover pizza, have a nap (what? It's my uni break, I am really bored) and clean my room. I have mentioned before that I am really, really messy, so cleaning my room has been a two day affair and I am still nowhere near having it look presentable. I would have taken pictures to prove it but... I was too embarrassed. It was that bad! I am looking forward to having it all nice and organised and finally being able to decorate it.

Anyway! Enough about room-cleaning (never thought I would have to say THAT), on to the outfit...

Vintage 70's dress

Red Berry cardigan

Diva teacup & spoon necklace

Black tights

Mimi Loves Jimi brogues

Oliver Peoples glasses

I am happy because tonight I get to see someone I like very, very much. Hee!

Have a lovely weekend!

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What I Wore 29.07.10

Hello hello! After having an interview this morning (keep your fingers crossed for me, it's between me and two other girls!), I met up with one of the girls I used to work with, who got a job today! Hooray! This is one of three vintage dresses I bought in Fremantle yesterday. Oops. Um, how does unemployment go again?

Needless to say, I am very much enjoying not having to wear black for 75% of my outfits. I am not sure how well-received the stockings are - whenever I wear them out I am guaranteed to get asked for I.D. So I probably DID wear this exact outfit when I was four WHAT OF IT AND HAND ME MY GIN AND TONIC PLEASE.

Dress - vintage 60's

Red tights from David Jones

Supre cardigan (from about five years ago)

Lipstik flats

OSIER owl ring

I only tried the dress on for fun, but I loved the shape of it so much (and it was on sale) so it ended up coming home with me (to the detriment of my bank account). It's a little bit big for me around the waist so I think next time I'll either wear a belt or LEARN TO SEW and take it in. But, the fabric is in such perfect condition and it's so cute! It looks kind of like chess pieces. 

More vintage goodness to come tomorrow!

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What I Wore 23.07.10

This is what I wore to go and get my hair cut (as you saw yesterday) and then hang around at home, packing for my trip to Bunbury (which is occuring AS YOU READ THIS! TECHNOLOGY!). All is still quiet on the job front, I am actually looking forward to going back to uni and having something to do again! I'm going to look into getting some work experience this semester, or at least by the end of the year. If you've had any experience please let me know how it all works!

Dress from Modcloth (one of the first things I ever bought online! See!)

Black tights

Cotton On cardigan

Clogs from Rubi Shoes

New hair by Lee Wallis

I will write a proper review soon but can I just say AGAIN how happy I am with my hair and especially my new hairdresser! She was so, so, so lovely. Good customer service makes me very happy. Also I am wearing almost no makeup in these pictures so apologies for looking so pale and GRIM.

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Haircut!

This is hardly a huge departure in hairstyle for me, but SO STRAIGHT AND SO SHINY it had to be documented. I went to a new hairdresser (at Lee Wallis in South Perth) which I will have to write up sometime because I am so so happy with it!

Yay for hair snippin'!

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I'm running late and don't need an excuse, 'cause I'm wearing my brand new shoes.

So I pretty much ended my heels vendetta and promptly bought three new pairs. I love, love, LOVE them all so much, but have not yet had the chance to wear them, as my uni break and recent unemployment means that I am basically laying on the couch like a slob 80% of the time (the other 20% is sleeping, obviously. Actually it's more of a 50-50 split). Anyway, I got these electric blue, studded boots from Myer (on sale, from $100 down to $34), and the clogs and leopard-print booties from Rubi Shoes, bought in a buy one, get one half price deal.

The clogs are actually the most comfortable out of the three, despite their precarious height, and the leopard boots are definitely the least comfortable. They don't have much support around the toe - by now I am used to a platform of some kind - and so they reeeally start to hurt the front of my foot after a while. They may be delegated to dinner-and-movie shoes before long. As for the Miss Shop ones, I have to say that ankle boots usually make me look a bit Stumpytown. BUT I have two pairs from Miss Shop that I deem suitable and while not exactly leg-lengthening, they do NOT make me feel like more of a hobbit than I already am. Points to Myer!

Miss Shop from Myer boots, worn with Jonathon Aston gold knee-high socks

Rubi wedge boots, worn with red tights from David Jones

Rubi clogs, worn with my scarily pale legs

Ah, consumerism! WHAT UNEMPLOYMENT HUH HUH.

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What I Wore 02.07.10

Happy July!

These were taken just after my sister and I got back from a brunch date. I had some banana pancakes that were unfortunately runny as HELL in the middle. I also quickly went into the boutique I work at and was amazed at how little stock is left. It makes it seem more real that it will actually be closing at the end of next week. And I will be jobless!

I am also finally out a knee brace, I dislocated my knee earlier this week when my friend hugged me and then pushed me over a couch. AND WHO SAYS CHIVALRY IS DEAD.

I got this dress from Old Age on Etsy, and they were sweet enough to send this really awesome old postcard with it (that I didn't get a picture of before the camera ate my batteries). So, I thought I would make MY photos look a bit more authentically vintage.

The dress is beeeautiful, one of my new favourites for sure. It is very autumnal, don't you think? As I was writing that I realised that it is not, in fact, autumn here, and that Australia is in fact in its second month of winter. It has only just started to get really really cold, which is actually my favourite type of weather.

Vintage dress via Old Age 

Black tights

Black flats from Lipstik

Diva ring (that I thought I LOST at the movies the other day, and spent about 15 minutes searching frantically for, only to find that it was in my bag all along)

I really love the back of the dress too!

And my sister likes taking photos at appropriately random moments. And I apparently like slouching too (sorry mum).

I hope your week has been excellent! Mine has been great (dislocated knee and imminent unemployment aside).

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p.s Don't forget to enter the competition to win a piece from Manikinn! All entrants get a $10 gift certificate too!

Guys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses.

But they should, and I bought some new ones anyway!

They are from Oliver Peoples and I love them.The question most people ask is "Are they real glasses?" and yes, they are prescription lenses!

I love that they don't have any branding on them. I also love how two different optometrists (from the same place) told me that "These are what the movie stars wear, and because they don't have any branding or a logo on them, they wear them because they WANT to". Movie star endorsements aside, they are a really good shape for my face - a little rounder than most wayfarer styles, which don't really suit me. The style is Sheldrake in Storm.

I got mine from Angelo St Optical in South Perth, but you can get purchase them online at their website as well.

Nerds ahoy!

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What I Wore 16.06.10

Hello! Today I battled a head cold to go and hand in my resume to Dangerfield. Please please PLEASE cross your fingers and toes and eyes for me! I only have about two weeks left at my current job so think it is kind of maybe a good idea to start looking for other jobs. In other news, I am writing this on my new MACBOOK PRO, OH YES (I am so in love with it),  and I have forced my sister, her boyfriend and my friend to watch Rock of Love and while they were (understandably) skeptical and resisted at first, they have ALL become obsessed. Mwahaha. No one can resist Bret Michaels and his "Wassa-goin-ons". I think it may be my favourite trashy reality television series of all time.

Modcloth Lookout, Cookout Dress (bought ages ago when it was on sale so I don't think there are any left, sorry!)

Dangerfield tattoo tights

Red Berry cardigan (stolen from Emily)

Isabella Brown shoes

Osier pistol brooch

I actually went out sans tights but that was way too optimistic a move. It is starting to get really cold in Perth.My sister freaked out when I came out with these tights because she thought that a) I had gouged my leg and then b) that I had gotten a whole leg tattoo - on both legs - in the four or so hours that I was out. I think all the exam stress is starting to get to her head.

Lady faces on my legs!

I hope your week is going swimmingly! And if you have exams I hope that you ace them all and then go and celebrate accordingly!

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What I Wore 07.06.10

Today was a public holiday, so of course I was uber-productive and did all the things I have been meaning to do. LIES! I watched Project Runway Australia for a while (I figured out how to download TV shows so... goodbye, any semblance of a social life), had unexpected but not undelightful guests drop in, and am now back to lying in bed. And still, it has been a good day.

I wore this dress to Sex and the City 2 because, in my mind, it is the ultimate girly dress. Floral. Big. Shapeless. Most guys I know hate it (if it's not belted). I adore it. It is deliciously easy to lie around in without looking like a complete bogan. To be honest I haven't actually left the house today but I put on my new boots for the pictures. They were only fifty bucks! I love them. This year I actually bought winter clothes, as opposed to my usual method of just layering summer clothes over each other until I am actually warm, and boots in many many sizes and colours are next on my list.

The Clothes Horse dress from Modcloth

Cotton On leggings

Isabella Brown boots

Bracelets from Eshe (in Bunbury)

A very casual look for a criminally lazy day.

I hope yours was swell too!

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Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name?

Well, Jim Morrison, I will not HAVE to tell you my name as it is displayed proudly above my cleavage WHERE I'M SURE YOU WERE LOOKING ANYWAY YOU SEXUAL DEVIANT.

A while ago I was contacted by My Name Necklace, asking if I would like to review one of their necklaces. I couldn't resist, as I am a HUGE Sex and the City fan and couldn't pass up the chance to have my own little Carrie moment.

My name isn't exactly unusual, but it's not the sort of name that pops up on coffee mugs and teddy bears and all those kinds of things you find in newsagents and gift shops. I was really impressed with the level of customization that you get with My Name Necklace - you can choose the name (obviously), chain length, and between silver and gold. The PR people were lovely as well, which is always a plus!

The packaging wasn't great. I was expecting a bit more from the presentation, to be totally honest, but that's because I'm a bit of a sucker for things like that. I'm not sure if it was because I was sent a necklace for review rather than purchasing it, but I would have liked to see a bit more effort in it. None of the pictures I took really turned out well but it was kind of just stapled to a bit of cardboard and... um... yeah.

The necklace itself sits in a really nice place - I have a hard time finding necklaces that are a good length, as they are either way too high for my tastes or the pendant disappears into my cleavage! (I chose the 16" length, if you're interested). It's very light but seems quite durable. I've been wearing it since I picked it up yesterday and it's gotten a teeny bit scratched, but nothing noticeable (unless you are reviewing it for your blog and picking it up and putting it right near your eyes and squinting).

All in all it is a good little product. It's one of those things I've always kind of wanted for ages but never knew where to find them. Plus, getting a name necklace now does coincide nicely with the release of Sex and the City 2, so I am quietly chuffed about that.

If you are so inclined to pick up your own necklace, you can get a 10% discount at My Name Necklace by using the code GINTEACUP.  

What do you think of the name necklaces? Love them? Can't stand them? Overdone? A necessity? Not a necessity as in everyone should display their name AT ALL TIME but... you know...
They are a guilty pleasure of mine, I think. As in, I know everyone has one and people are totally justified to be all "Oh my GOD you are NOT the Carrie in your group of friends and you are sad for thinking that", but I think they are pretty cute.

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Thanks again to My Name Necklace for sending this for review! If you have something you'd like me to review please email me at gininateacup@gmail.com.

{Disclaimer: This necklace was sent to me for review by My Name Necklace, this is NOT a paid advertorial. I make my reviews as honest as possible!}

What I Wore 21.04.10

Hello! This is my new dress from pineapple mint on Etsy. I love it! It's a little big so I can't wear it without a belt, but the print is amazing. It reminds me of little owls and is so insanely comfortable, as comfortable as wearing a snuggie maybe. I never wear red and in the past few months I have acquired about three red dresses. Why? I'm sure there is some symbolism but, eh.

I did need some comfort because I had a pretty bad morning at uni. So I went to Garden City and found possibly the most cheer-inducing shoes in existence. They will get their own post later on!

Vintage dress via pineapple mint on Etsy

Belt from Jeanswest

Owl ring from Osier

Isabella Brown shoes

...and new clothes rack for all my Louise & James stock, bought for $8 at the Melville markets!

Close up of Osier ring

Owly print! (Kind of...)

Tonight I'm going to see Date Night. I love Tina Fey and Steve Carrell so I really, really want it to be good but my expectations aren't very high. Has anyone seen it?

Bye for now!

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