NOVEMBER TOP 4 THRIFT

  In November, I practically boycotted any retail stores (except Peter Alexander, because I can’t give up cute pajamas) in an attempt to curb my impulse shopping problem. However, to take the edge off the urges, I allowed myself unlimited purchases from opshops. So here are my top 4 thrifted items for November. #1 Army

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MY FIRST SNAPTEE

     A few weeks ago, ingenious new smartphone app Snaptee asked me to design my own T shirt – the app allows anyone to design a T shirt in seconds using your own photo or art or Snaptee’s beautiful default fonts and have it printed and mailed to you, hey-presto! The app also allows you

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NEW IN: RAG & BONE NEWBURY BOOTS

For a year now I’ve had my heart set on a pair of black Rag & Bone Newbury ankle boots. The mid and end of year sales brought with them heavily discounted Newbury’s in all the colours, patterns and textures of the past season, but I’m proud to say that I didn’t give in to

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BLACK LEATHER GOLD HARDWARE

A lot of people think I go through clothes like Kinder Surprise toys – you keep opening more chocolate eggs to see what’s inside then the toys go in a box somewhere. It’s probably true that I buy more clothes than may be considered healthy, but it’s only because of my skittish tastes in clothes

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TRAVELLING IN BIRKENSTOCKS

  I must say I don’t understand the controversy around Birkenstocks. Yes, they are worn mainly as house slippers; and yes, in the past decades they have been popularly paired with unkempt beards; and yes, every couple of years fashion writers predict the Birkenstock’s triumphant return to style while mainstream columnists ridicule the idea that

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MY MISSGUIDED LATEX ADVENTURES

I can appreciate that after a shamelessly attention seeking (and misleading) post title like the above, it’s going to be hard to redeem myself with my usual commentary on the metaphysical implications of my outfit. So I’ll just keep it simple and get right to the point: I’m seriously obsessed with my Missguided latex pencil

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