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

Mostly wine. But yes, me and Boy shared an under-the-mistletoe kiss, too.
Christmas has been fun [I'm still relieved it's over]. Spent 23rd/24th with my extended family in Darlington, and we spent 25th/26th with his parents. There has been awful snow. Even the beach is frozen. Sometimes cars don’t start, and I get stuck in York. [...]

Tags: christmas, family, Fashion, gifts, personal style, sales, shoes, vintage

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

Last night I went to York Minster for their yearly Carol Service. Being an atheist, it’s the first time I’ve been to a church service in a number of years, but it looks pretty, Christmas songs remind Fourme of being a child, and my Christian housemate was keen on going (and not going alone), so [...]

Tags: atheism, christianity, church, personal style, political correctness, political correctness gone mad, politics, religion, york minster

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