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

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