So hopefully you’ll forgive me for not posting too much.
I have a ton of posts I intend to write, but right now my focus is on studying/revision, so they will have to wait, unfortunately.
So here’s some fashion-y snippets from the last week or so, to fill up this blog until I have time to write [...]

Tags: closet confidential, daddy likey, exams, hair, housemates, labcoat, long hair, student, university

The Prejudice I Used To Hold Against Fashion: “I can’t afford to be fashionable, so why bother trying?”
What the old Kate would have said to defend this view: Celebrities are shown in magazines with £400 shoes and £1000 handbags, and there’s no way in hell I can ever afford that, or justify paying that much [...]

Tags: Fashion, money, personal style, student, university, vintage

There are many things I’m looking forward to in the year 2010. I want to finish my second year of University (assuming all exams go well), go on holiday if I can afford it, and see my hair reach waist length. I want to go shopping with my sister when she visits me at University, [...]

Tags: bloggers, blogging, blogs, Fashion, personal style

The Prejudice I Used To Hold Against Fashion: “Fashionistas are a bunch of airheads.”
What the old Kate would have said to defend this view: Fashion is just frivolous — there are more important things in life than makeup and shoes, and it’s silly to care so much about what you look like to other people [...]

Tags: 6 things, bloggers, blogs, Fashion, identity, personal style, prejuidices i used to hold about fashion, style

Ohmigosh. Omigosh.
Vivienne Westwood/Melissa Lady Dragon shoes [first mentioned in my dressy-up post] — best thing ever?
When I first saw them, a number of months ago, my poor father didn’t hear about anything else for a long time. But as an utterly broke student I just couldn’t afford the price tag (even if they are the [...]

Tags: christmas, shoes, vivienne westwood/melissa

… unfortunately, not with a good camera. This post shows two of my amazing Christmas presents — the much swooned over Vivienne Westwood/Melissa Lady Dragon Shoes that I’ve wanted FOREVER, and the train case I gushed about in a post a little while ago. Turns out, it works to your advantage if your boyfriend reads [...]

Tags: 40s, christmas, dress, hair, sales, shoes, train case, vintage, vivienne westwood/melissa

I’m really starting to love my houndstooth coat, mentioned in an earlier post. At first I preferred the Lipsy mac, but this has now taken over as my most-worn coat.
It’s a bit huge on me but it’s super comfy and pretty warm and I love it.
I wore it onto campus the other day, and, like [...]

Tags: coat, Fashion, geek, houndstooth, personal style, student, university

I’ve never entered a blog giveaway before, but I’m a big fan of Winona at ‘Daddy Likey’ (and the name)* and when I saw the awesome stuff she is giving away to celebrate the end of the year, I just couldn’t resist. This girl has badass taste, and if you aren’t already reading ‘Daddy Likey’, [...]

Tags: bloggers, blogs, CupcakesAndMace, daddy likey, Fashion, giveaway, jewellery, necklace, personal style, style

So, money is a little tight in the Cupcake Household right now. Electricity and phone line and gas bills all just came; I just made a big ASOS order a couple of weeks ago; I’m lending out money to a housemate who is broke until student loans arrive in January, and I will need to [...]

Tags: accessories, Fashion, long hair, personal style, student, style, university, vegan, xkcd

I’ve been wishing for a winter coat.
Coat shopping kills me every year. In 2006 I went shopping for a winter coat, with my long-suffering father, on several occasions. The coat was to be my Christmas present. It took us most of december to find it. It was red – a colour that reminds me of [...]

Tags: asos, clothes, coats, Fashion, personal style, style, vegan, winter fashion