Lazy Oaf Store Reopening

I thought taking photos would make the queue go quicker.

Queueing isn't really anyone's favourite thing to be doing on a weeknight - or ever- but when the new Lazy Oaf garms are at the other end along with goodie bags and complimentary prosecco I'm not going to complain.

Picture nabbed from the Lazy Oaf instagram.

This was the dress my heart was set on grabbing at the launch but it turns out that 1, it's actually a top and skirt set and 2, it's not being stocked until Summer. I probably should've emailed ahead and asked before becoming obsessed with it and planning shoots around it in my head. Pretty sure that's not normal behaviour. 

Look how cool everything is!

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This sheer jacket is nice.

Anna luvs clothes 4eva

Shouts to my friend Anna - she's the junior print designer at Bill + Mar who recently got their designs stocked in the Oxford Street Topshop. She has worked very hard and I'm very proud of her. I bumped into her at the tube station and convinced her to come along with us. 

Dat hat

Friendly chap

As always, the prints were friendly and fun - I especially liked this happy chap. I love how the bold black lines contrast against the bright materials.

Nerd alert

Here I am - looking like a twelve year old on school picture day on the Lazy Oaf stairs. School photos would be a godzillion times better if the backdrops were this cool.

Telecommunication device wraps and foot sacks

Unfortunately "never for money" seems to be the phrase I constantly tell my Mum whenever she asks how much I'm getting paid for my creative endeavours. She isn't pleased. Also kudos to anyone who manages to have a food related iPhone case without feeling constantly peckish.

After battling our way out of the crowd we decided to grab some Korean food at BiBimBap, play Lords of War at Loading Bar and obsess over Miley. 

Liebster Award

Carrying on a chain-quiz reminds me of ye olde days of MySpace so obviously I'm not going to say no to the Liebster Award tag. It's designed to find new blogs to read and for people to promote the newer or lesser known blogs that they are interested in. Thank you so much to Emily of Fantasma Velvet for tagging me!

There are different rules and variations but I'm going to stick with the way the people before me have done it. I'll be responding the the quiz Emily set, will propose my own questions and then select eight blogs to carry on the game.

1. First thing's first: list three random facts about you.

I'm allergic to wasp stings, drink four to eight cups of jasmine green tea a day and currently work part-time at Urban Outfitters. 

2. When did you start blogging and why?

I've had blogs for as long as I can remember because I lived in the middle of nowhere and wanted to reach out to people with similar interests. Chronic Sans was born from finishing a social media internship at a screen printing company where part of my role was to write fashion-based blogposts 

3. What's your favourite thing about blogging?

My favourite thing about blogging is that I have a place to store all my outfit ideas as a sort of styling scrapbook whilst getting feedback from others. 

4. What's your least favourite thing about blogging?

I always want to post my own outfits but it's difficult to find people who are free to take photos of me. It's also difficult trying to get fun complete outfits together if I'm working with press loans, eg. if I'm borrowing an item from one company and something else from another and one arrives after I've already had to sent the other item back it can be quite annoying. I'm always thankful for people willing to loan me things though!

5. What are your favourite type of posts to read?

I love seeing bloggers post their self-styled outfits featuring either brands I already love or brands I haven't heard of yet. It's good to follow people who have similar tastes in trends.

6. List five of your favourite blogs.

Maisie Cousins

Sita Bellan

UNIF

Charlotte Rutherford

Moon-Age

Those were just the first five that came to mind - love all their visual styles.

7. What's your favourite beauty brand and why?

Urban Decay were always my favourite but after hearing that they test on animals I'm slowly trying to switch over to Illamasqua. I'd love to get my hands on some Limecrime lipsticks - hopefully soon they'll be big enough to be sold in UK stores. 

8. What's your favourite clothing shop/web store and why?

Dolls Kill sells amazing clothes but I hate having to pay for international postage. Maybe ASOS actually because they have some really cool brands such as Freak of Nature and Evil Twin in stock and you can get things delivered for literally the next day.

9. List three of your favourite movies.

Jurassic Park, Blade Runner and Jawbreaker. 

10. List three of your favourite bands/singers.

My music taste varies a lot depending on what mood I'm in. Recently I'm listening to a lot of Danny Brown, Angel Haze and ASAP Ferg. 

11. List three celebrities (dead or alive) that you wish you could have dinner with.

Pete Burns, Grayson Perry and Willam Belli. 

And I nominate:

1. Opaline Queen
2. Linabugz
3. Fashion Scholar
4. Ceedling
5. Velvet Daisy
6. Candy Coated Fashion
7. Heychubble
8. Nashbag

The questions to answer:

1. What's the meaning behind your blog name?
2. What's your current favourite style or beauty trend?
3. Do you prefer shopping online or physically on the high street?
4. Which fictional character are you most similar to style-wise? 
5. How did you get into blogging?
6. If you could meet any blogger - who would it be?
7. What was the first pair of shoes you ever bought?
8. If you could bring back something to wear from your childhood - what would it be?
9. What's your favourite magazine?
10. How would you react if the internet was to disappear forever?
11. If you were invited to a fancy dress party with no specific theme, what would you like to go as?

Deep Dish

Hi, I'd like to order this to be delivered ASAP please.

• Candy Mesh Dress from UNIF, approx £77
• Pepperoni Pizza Slice Choker from NYLON shop, approx £15
• Yummy Pizza Earrings from Phalange, approx £10
• Light-Up Buffalo Platform Sneakers from ASHISH, coming soon to Topshop

This was the best way I could combine both pizza and clothes without sewing some slices together and making a bikini.

A group of hip young youths living the 90s dream

Make mine a 15" mushroom with a thin crust please. I'm not sharing. Yes, I know that's a lot of pizza for one person but if I don't eat it all to myself I'll be hungry again in 15 minutes.

I Put A Spell On You

 

• Dress (modified by me) from East End Thrift Store, £1
• Jacoby Body Harness from Ivory Jar, £45
• Ankle boots from Topshop, £??
• Hat from H&M, £??

I've always been the sort of person to buy clothes to customise but then never gets around to it. Not this time. I transformed a crappy pink floral dress I bought for £1 into something I would actually wear and all I had to do was summon the Dylon Demon. 

A photo what the dress looked like before - photobombed by Rexy.

The innards of the fabric cauldron.

Dying the dress what fairly easy - I just followed the instructions on the packet and hoped for the best. I had to dye the dress twice though because the first time I clumsily made a noticeable black patch, oops. 

My favourite part of the dying process was washing out the dye afterwards - such cool splash patterns!

Moody witch looks 2k14 

Luring you into an alley in order to rob your wallet.

Hiding from the fashion police.

All photos taken by the lovely Opaline Queen. Makeup, styling and modelling by meeee! 

Shouts to Ivory Jar for lending me the amazing harness.

Hologram Angel

Does anyone else plan fancy dress outfits even though they have nowhere to wear them to? Is that weird? To be honest I'd totally wear this to a non-fancy dress event too.

• Holographic Crop and Skater Skirt set from Etsy, £50.25
• Silver Hologram Metallic Knee-High Boots from Overstock, £72.12
• Small Feather Wings from Amazon, £6.82
• Holographic Nail Polish from eBay, £1.89
• Mint to Be Lipstick from LimeCrime, approx £10
• Lava Lamp from Debenhams, £18

Bill+Mar-vellous = Roundup

Lurking down alleyways in a Bill+Mar shirt dress

As promised - here are more images from my collaboration with Bill+Mar - you can buy the main pieces that I'm wearing from their shop. These aren't all the images, there were so many good or funny ones that'd it'd take forever to edit and post them all. Saying that, some of these images are completely unedited. If you want to see more - keep an eye out on the Bill+Mar social media channels. 

Photography by Anna Yeung, styling and everything else by me. 

Glaring at you from their homepage

Wearing the Bill+Mar 'Little Star' shift dress

I was looking for a used spraycan

Being sniffed by a fox in the 'Little Star' shift dress

In my house wearing the Bill + Mar velvet playsuit

On Brick Lane wearing the Bill+Mar 'In The Sky' shirt dress

Digging in rubble

Posing in front of a shop shutter wearing the Bill + Mar 'In The Sky' shirt dress

I love the how the colours from the jacket fade perfectly into the skirt

Deluxe Crisis in a Bill+Mar marble midi skirt

Bonus pic of Anna taking a photo of me taking a photo of her

Bill+Mar Feature

Wearing Bill+Mar's 'In The Sky' shirt dress, Topshop harness and socks, River Island coat, Demonia creepers.

I've been featured and interviewed on the Bill + Mar blog! Not only that but I modelled, styled and did the makeup and art direction for the accompanying photos. All the photos were taken either in my house or round the corner on Brick Lane and were taken by Anna Yeung. 

CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS AND READ THE INTERVIEW

This is just a quick update with a link to the post because I clearly can't contain myself. I'll upload more photos in a later post so keep an eye out!

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