Get Thee To A Catwalk

Things Need To Change

2008-06-29T20:31:00.008+01:00

Read this blog:
https://blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/harare/

Things need to change drastically in this country for the good of its people.It is simply not a case of 'Old Colonial' putting their nose in to other peoples business.Its the case of getting rid of a bloody tryant who starves his people and threatens them with violence. The governement needs to be taken away right away with military action if need be.I would support this.The government should also be circumspect to a sort of Nuremburg trial for their disuse of Human Rights. I recognise that this is a fashion blog, not a political one, but I feel very strongly on this issue and wish to address it to other people.

Miss.Russe.

My So Called Un-Fashionalble Life

2008-06-29T20:31:00.005+01:00

So things have come to somewhat of a hiatus on my blog. This is mainly due to a lot of reasons pertaining to working overtime, looking after my parents house, my friends returning from Uni and also my turning 21. I have however dressed somewhat fashionably and put a lot of thought into my outfits. Although they might not be fashion forward as in terms of A/W 2008/09 trends but what I feel somewhat comoftable in.

In other news I am going to London avec my parents from this coming Monday to Wedensday. I am looking forward to it as it is my first trip to London. Although I think I should call it my first 'shopping' trip as I am looking forward to the shopping aspect of it the most. When I come back I will post more and add more links to my blog list as afterall making fashionable is a somewhat essential key to blogging-well at least I think so anyway! Il leave you with some photos of what I have been wearing these past few weeks!

Yes I did wear this out on my 21st. Although I took the large flashing badge of before I went clubbing. I was kind of chanelling a somewhat bohemian-meets Regency-meets 21st century idea. The dress was v short and I had to wear shorts underneath it and tights. So essentially I am wearing 'Tights as Pants.'

This is that 'doomed' dress from Primark that everyone has. Though I bought it anyway. I decided it needed to be customised so wore that H & M tutu skirt that is so famous on the blogosphere underneath it. Although you cannot see my top half (as my hair and make-up was hideous that night and I am somewhat drunk in this picture) I attached black ribbon straps with a large Nautical badge to it. When I was out I seen a girl out in the red version of it and took a strop according to my friends. Though I do not remember this as I was intoxicated with some fine liquer aka cheap Tesco cider.

This is an ensemble I wore to a job fair at a University for a friend looking for a job. Phew that was a mouthful! The shirt is vintage, pearls from M&S, Skirt from H&M, tights from Oasis and the bag is Vintage. I wore this and became very hot and bothered as the tights are very thick but I do like it. I felt like across between a 1940s singer and schoolgirl.

Til Later on in the Week,

Miss.Russe xoxo

Tagalicious

2008-06-22T16:02:00.002+01:00

So Ive been tagged by <3 Fashion Chalet so I better get on with it lol! I will hopefully have more outfit/fashion related posts tomorrow.I have to tidy up the house for my parents coming home!

5 Things Found in my Purse- Debit Cards- Make-Up- Receipts with drawings on them-Chanel Red Lip Stick- Loose Change

Things Found in my Wallet- I dont have a wallet as per say so I just use my handbag as my wallet. I have an i-Pod, Camera and Hairbows in my 'wallet.'

Found in my Room- Clothes!-Cd's-Books-mainly Harry Potter and Historical Books-Random art things-Shoes!

5 Things I’ve always wanted to do- Live in Paris-Travel to St.Petersburg and on the Trans-Siberian Express-Own a Chanel 2.55 bag-Visit Japan-Become a Famous artist.

5 Things I’m currently into- French Anything-Peach Wine-Tangerine Oranges-Lykke-Li-Katy Perry.

5 Impressions of my Tagger-Has the confidence to wear heels and a dress and no tights out in the day time!-Has fabuloulsy long hair!-Wonderful gladiators!I am incredibly envious!-Has a red quilted vintage bag....no outfit can be complete without one-Admires Clemence Posey!

I tag Fash'On , Knight Cat and The SLC Socialite !

Eh....where have you been?

2008-06-20T22:10:00.000+01:00

Sorry for the lack of updates and picture posts! I will try to get one done on Monday. Its just I have had a free house for a week and have been mainly partying and getting incredibly wasted or just drinking a lot of tea!Again Sorry!

Miss.Russe
xoxo

I want it. I want it.I want it NOW.....

2008-06-12T20:30:00.007+01:00

I was recently going through my daily digest of style blogs and was on Susie Bubble's and decided to go through the archives of post. I then saw a post about what is to be expected of Topshop in the Fall/Winter 2008/2009 collection. I saw some things that I wanted but there is three things that I want RIGHT NOW. I do not care how or where I get them but I want them like NOW. Though I guess I will have to wait til Winter. Dammit!

The three items I want are here, here and here! I did not include the photos here as I think that is stealing of some sorts as they were taken by Susie Bubble herself. I do love these items though and am thinking of how I can possibly combine the tiered cape into my winter wardrobe.

One thing that comes to mind is wearing it with full dresses and skirts, bows, skulls and studs. I do have a penchant for skulls, studs and gothic type things as I LOVE heavy metal and have a lot of goth clothes from when I was younger. And as my mother does say I do sometimes up looking like a dead Victorian goth becuase I am so pale and dress in a Victorian manner! I also promise some more outfit photos from the past week. My outfits have been uninspiring and only one outfit is really post worthy!

All photos are from this post by Susie Bubble.

Inspiration noire et blanche

2008-06-10T22:13:00.011+01:00

All images from my vast collection of photos on my laptop-bar the colour one which is either from The Satorialist or Facehunter, cant exactly cite specific sources as I cannot remember where I got them from!

Have a good trip, old chap!

2008-06-10T19:51:00.007+01:00

So to continue on the theme of travelling and all things travel orientated brings up what to wear when one goes travelling. I have been thinking of this as their has been mentioning of a trip to London with my friends and I! Advisably you would wear something comfortable for travelling in. Say jeans, a t-shirt, jacket and good comfortable shoes. However, what if one wants to look utterly fabulous if travelling to Paris? I personally like to look as vintage as possible. And if I am going to Paris or London I want to definetly look great! If I could have any outfit it would be a combination of this ladys hairstyle and the lady below her's clothes and hat!

pictures from my vast collection of vintage images.

This normaly entails me dressing up in some sort of dress, tights and comfortable heels and a nice jacket to match. The look is more 1940s than anything! The look can hark back to what I think of as the 'Golden Age' of travelling. As in travelling via steam ship in the 1920s or 1930s. You would have your're matching luggage and a matching outfit for boarding the ship. And many fabulous dresses for the many fabulous balls that you would attend! While this is not viable for todays 'modern woman' you can still alude to this time of marvellous dressing in you're travelling outfit. This is part fantasy part reality of course....but here is my 'ideal' travelling outfit via polyvore:

All items Vintage bar the shoes which are from http://www.shopplasticland.com/ . I have cats eye sunglasses like these but only around the lenses is a leopard print design!

I love love love this dress with a passion that knows no bounds! Unfortunately it is vintage and probably quite expensive! The coat is also fabulous and from the 1940s. You could probably find something like this from e-Bay or in stores this summer as this style of coat, I think is timeless. The hat is probably not everyones taste or style It may be hard to wear if you have long hair but if you pin you're hair up into a chignon or some similar style you could probably get away with this hat.

The suitcase is something else!Id kill for a vintage suitcase like this but theyre not very practical if you have to walk long distances in airports!

Extra Baggage.

2008-06-09T16:44:00.006+01:00

So this is quite a random post but I thought that I would type this up anyway. With the ever increasing problems with hand luggage and extra baggage and having to pay for extra baggage- I thought I would type up what to do and not what to do. Obviously most people know what to do but it might be helpful to those who have not travelled for a while and are not aware of the new (stupid) regulations.

Right first of all.....Hand Luggage. I think within the UK, Ireland and the European Union the limit is 10kg. This is fairly workable and if you are only going for a few days you could bring your suitcase on as hand luggage and save on the baggage prices. If you are going to do this you need to have ALL LIQUIDS in a CLEAR PLASTIC BAG. A bit like this:

I personally use sandwich or freezer bags that are available in most supermarkets.This means all liquid make up products and bath products like this:

You MUST have these at the top of the case. A good idea would be to pack all your clothes and then have your towels on top of the clothes followed by the clear plastic bags. You do not need to have lipstick, eye shadow or powders in the clear plastic bags. I have came across this mistake before and ended up with too many things in my hand luggage and the security officer was not happy!

And now to the luggage you are going to put onto the plane. Again I think that the maximum weight is 20kg for the UK, Ireland and Europe. There is a place within most airports that you can weigh you're suitcase before you check it in. IF it is over weight you have to pay a £6.00 fine per kilogram. The airline you are travelling with should outline these prices on their website.

Now to the packing! Are you the kind of person who heaves everything in and then sits on top of your suitcase?Or does it last minute and forgets everything essential? I have done this to and I am no perfect packer! Though I have found that being prepared is key. I always make a list of what I have to get and check it off as I buy it. I also do this when packing.

I normally pack the heavier,bulkier things first. Such as jeans, dresses,jackets etc. I then put in my shoes and some t-shirts, skirts and shorts. I do this as I find it is easier to layer my shoes in between two layers of clothing. This is incase the shoes are sticking out at the top and I cannot get the case closed. For socks and underwear I normally either roll them and slide them into the sides of the suitace or I put them in the pocket that is on the other side of the suitcase. I also use this pocket for important documents and information on were I am staying.

Also to note if you are bringing a hair dryer or hair tongs or hair straighteners it is wise to put them in the layer were the shoes are.I hope this has been somewhat useful and you can use this information if you are lucky enough to be going on holidays this summer!

Luella....Oh Lou-Elle-Ah....

2008-06-08T21:34:00.008+01:00

I absolutely adore Luella and everything about it! The collections are so versatile and easy to interpret into everyday wear. There is no over the top details or unnecessary items. This is what makes Luella pieces so attractive. So I have tried to interpret trends from their F/W 08/09 Ready-To-Wear show via Polyvore. I was not able to get every item down to the very last detail.....But I think I did pretty well!!

This is one of my favourite looks from their current collection. I have already purchased my orange tights and black mary janes. I have a skirt like this which I have worn before a lot and it is refreshing to see a new way I can wear it. The skirt can be seen in one of my daily outfit posts below. I also love the fact that crimped hair is back-I remember crimping my hair nearly every day when I was twelve and it drying out!

Skirt: Warehouse- http://www.warehouse.co.uk/

Tights: http://www.welovecoulors.com/

Mary-Janes: http://www.babygirlboutique.com/

Shirt: http://www.my-wardrobe.com/

Bracelet: http://www.emitations.com/

Necklace: http://www.cocoribbon.com/

Bag: Luella- http://www.luella.com/

This is such an easy look to use for winter! You can combine it with a number of different coloured tights and matching dresses. I already have a winter coat like this and a matching satchel! It reminds me of something from the 1940s-perhaps a child Evacuee on its way to the country side with its wordly possessions in its satchel!Or a school teacher on her way to teach her young charges! I particularly like the ribbons in the hair and again the crimped hair!

Now for my way via polyvore.com....

Tights/ Over The Knee Socks: http://www.musthaves.dk/

Coat: http://www.bluefly.com/

Dress: http://www.topshop.com/ -Although I do not know if this dress is still available!

Headband: http://www.mikeyjewellery.com/

Mary-Janes: http://www.piperlime.com/

Satchel: http://www.colehann.com/

Ring: http://www.target.com/

Luella photos courteousy of www.vogue.com

During The War

2008-06-07T19:29:00.007+01:00

So here is the aforementioned photographs. I think they are pretty crap to be honest as I do not have photoshop and had to use a Kodak editing programme to make them look 'old.' I guess the dress is quite patriotic in the American sense-but they did help us win the war. And the dress and photoshoot is a kind of memory for all those who saved their lives for us during the war!

P.S.-The posts are somewhat in disarray. You should view the pictures of me in the same dress AFTER you look at this post. Its just below the video post. Technically the other picture post should be before this one....but it did not work out quite like that!

Lest We Forget

2008-06-06T23:00:00.005+01:00

Today is the 64th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. I have posted this becuase it is important to honour the brave men who risked their lives so that we could live in peace. In honour of this I have decided to dress in a somewhat 1940s style tomorrow. It might not be much but it is a somewhat homage to them. If I had known of this day sooner I would have dresssed up today.

Let us always Remember them.

Dreamy Wander

2008-06-06T23:00:00.001+01:00

I love this video ever since I came across it on the 'Cherry Blossom Girl' blog! I love the Alice in Wonderland-esque feel to the whole video piece. I also especially love Zooey Deschanel's outfit in this video piece! Very last century but somehow modern.Hmm I need a large bow in my hair now....

Outakes, Outakes, Outakes....

2008-06-06T19:58:00.000+01:00

Dress: Topshop Fall 07 via e-Bay.

Lipstick: Red Chanel lipstick.

Glasses: Valentino.

Looking like you are from the war: Priceless.

When the bee stings....

2008-06-05T23:41:00.007+01:00

As In a line from that infamous song from the Sound of Music! I have quite amassed a talent of refrencing my post titles to lyrics of songs! Well basically this post is about some of my favourite things that I like to wear, use or eat on a daily basis. Some of these things are new purchases and some of them I have had for a while. So without further a do I present, 'Some of My Favourite Things.'
This is so yummy! I wish I could eat this on a daily basis but I think my blood sugar would be through the roof. What it is is Tesco Finest* Raspberry yoghurt icecream, Raspberries and dark chocolate! Yum yum yum!

This is my faithful Vintage brown leather satchel. I bought it for £3.99 in the Oxfam in Belfast. I adore this bag and has been everywhere with me! From nightclubs, to fields to airports and back! It holds a lot and is not to big to be used as a going out clubbing bag. It does need a good clean inside but I do love it so. The best thing is that it goes with every outfit!

These are the Wingtip Oxford Brogues from New Look. I bought them for £5.00 of e-Bay and they arrived the other day. I must say I adore these shoes and they are somewhat comfortable to walk in-though I think I shall have to buy some party feet sole cushions for these shoes!I love them becuase they remind me of shoes from the 1930s and 1940s and I have a penchant for anything from these particular decades!

Yes I do admit to owning one of these bags from Marks N Spencers. But so what!? Theyre cool and stylish (I think) and I can lug my books and art materials around in it for next term. At least it looks better than a Tesco Bag For Life! Although on that note I do have the hessian material Ladybird bag for life that was out over a year and a half ago. The nice little one that was made BEFORE they stuck , 'TESCO BAG FOR LIFE,' on it!

If you got no money, Honey, we got your disease

2008-06-05T23:02:00.013+01:00

This is a reference to the song, 'Welcome to the Jungle,' by my all time favourite band the mighty Guns n Roses. I basically have no money left after going shopping yesterday and also I think I have a disease known as , 'Shopping Addiction.' I hope you liked my purchases becuase of them I am totally broke and yet I have to go out tomorrow. Well not so much as 'have to' as 'need to' as I am of work and do plan on getting royally wasted. Yes, I might dress like a lady with some Grunge thrown in for my own amusement but I do admit that I am young and like to get drunk with my friends and do crazy things!

Anyway there is the information for the purchases as follows:

Mock Croc Bag: £6.00 Primark

High Heel Oxford Brogues: £22.00 TKMaxx

Red Patent Bag: £3.99, Vintage, Oxfam.

White Over the Knee Socks, Black Alice Band and Corsage: £5.99, £2.99 and £5.99 respectively. All River Island. I normally do not shop here as I find some of their clothes to be somewhat Chavvy but I had a voucher from Christmas that needed using up so I decided to buy these lovely items.

Gold Chain: £3.99 H&M Kids Range-with a picture of Maria in it!

I also bought two coats-one nautical themed and one a woollen swing coat. Both from Primark, but I need to take better pictures of them. I also managed to buy that tutu skirt that has become popular amongst fellow fashion bloggers. It is the one from the H&M kids range and I also bought a Primark boob tube to use as a Body-Con skirt (not an original idea of mine though!).

However, I turned the skirt and boob tube into a dress of sorts. I did this by attaching ribbons as straps to the boob tube and again the attached it to the skirt. Though I think I shall just tuck the boob tube into the skirt as it is only pinned to the dress. More Pictures to follow tomorrow!

Why what are you wearing there darling?

2008-06-05T21:28:00.009+01:00

Here is some snapshots of the outfit I was wearing yesterday. I must admit that I have to get somewhere more suitable place for taking my pictures or perhaps set up my camera somewhere to take the photos-or get my sister to take the photos for me.

I was going for a somewhat girly 1950s-esque look with this outfit. I had it planned out the night before which is something that I have been doing quite often this past while as Im not in a rush to get up for University or anything!

Hairband: Claire's Accessories

Coat: Vintage

Tights: Primark

Brogues: From New Look but I bought them for £5.00 via e-Bay.

Top (actually a dress): Primark

Skirt: H&M Divided from about a year ago.

Necklace: Marks & Spencers.

Bracelets: Primark

Studded Bracelet: e-Bay from about 3 years ago.

Artiste Du Jour

2008-06-04T23:45:00.007+01:00

These pieces are by an artist by the name of: Lyndsay Hull.

One of my favourite artists from my University's, 'End of Year Show,' for the graduating third years. I will post the information on this artist once I sift thought the various leaflets and flyer's that were on hand to tell me about the artists!SEE ABOVE I do love her work though- it is old fashioned, vintage yet modern as in it is her own concept of the past! I have included these pictures of art on here as this is just not a fashion blog.

Well I try very hard for it not just to be a fashion blog! I am an art student and therefore naturally I am interested in art and artists themselves. Therefore expect more artistic posts in the future.

Finally an Update

2008-06-03T19:12:00.007+01:00

So there has not been much of an update on here from Thursday! This is for many reasons, mainly due to the fact I work most of Friday and Saturday to fund my shopping addiction! I also had to slightly part-organise my mothers 50th birthday party that was on Sunday. And coupled with the fact that my daily outfits were not that inspiring as I wore nearly the same thing or my work uniform. I actually wore just my high wasited pencil skirt come pinafore with some variations on the shirt, shoes and tights combination.

Last Wedensday, I wore these flats with my black high waisted pinafore and my striped shirt from Primark in the first post on this blog. I also wore it with a pair of white tights that had little ribbons on it- I never got a picture of them though. Here is some pictures of the flats:

Black Flats- From Topshop some years ago. You cant see in this picture but they have little Kitten Heels. They are so comfortable and easy to wear! Although they kept getting stuck in the cracks in the pavement and my shoes came of as a result! How embarassing!

I did have one nice outfit that I wore last week. It was very 1940s inspired and I am raging that I did not get any pictures of my hair as I put it up in a 1940s victory curl style! And at my mother's birthday I also had a very nice Dita Von Teese style outfit on-and a alas no pictures!

The shirt is actually longer and just tucked into the high waisted trouers. It is from Bay Trading Co - a few years back though. I don't even know if this shop is still in trading.

Necklace: Claire's accessories-a few years ago.

Red Nail Varnish- Barry M

High Waisted Trousers-Primark!- I could not believe these when I saw them in Primark. They are so comfortable to wear and you can wear them with flats or heels. I am definetly going to be wearing these throughout the Summer just out and about and actually going out to go clubbing.

Here is a somewhat close-up view of my trousers.

Toodle Doo for now lol xxx

Tag Alert!

2008-05-29T12:36:00.003+01:00

Okay so this is my first ever tag from the wonderful Mo over at Like A Fox.

5 things found in my bag:
1. My fancy smancy digital camera-His name is Bert. And he is somewhat tempermental.
2. My iPod.
3. About a million reciepts.
4. A gold headband from a night out.
5. My mobile phone.

5 things found in my purse ( I don't really have a purse and isnt a purse the same thing as a bag?)
1. A lot of change for the printing cards in Uni.
2. Red Lipstick.
3. My Tesco club card-gotta get them money off vouchers!Ha.
4. my house keys with a really random keyring of some garden centre's number.
5. random pieces of paper.

5 favourite things in my room:
1. My Marie-Antoinette style wardrobe,desk and matching chest of drawers..
2. All of my old art drawings.
3. My random collection of flyers, posteres, pictures and articles.
4. My hat box come shoe storage box.
5. My jewellery stand.

5 things ive always wanted to do:
1. Travel to Russia-to visit the Imperial Palaces.
2. Live in Paris.
3. Go Clubbing New York and L.A..
4. Have someone buy my art.
5. Play Guitar.

5 things im currently into:
1. Silhouettes.
2. Jane Austen.
3. Potato anything.
4. Playing Agatha Christie, 'Hercule Poirot,' games on my laptop.
5. M.I.A

the person who tagged me: the wonderful Mo from Like A Fox:

my 5 impressions of her:
1. She lives in Australia-Im extremely jealous, Ive always wanted to travel there!
2. She has great taste in Music. Namely Jim Hendrix. Enough Said.
3. Unique sense of fashion-very French inspired-who knows maybe she was French in a past life!4. She has the best black fedora that I seriously want!
5. She likes film noir!

I tag AC & CC over at All of the Above!

Annoyance!

2008-05-27T11:49:00.001+01:00

Can anyone possibly tell me why when I post picture posts there is a long gap before the end of the post? Whenever I insert a picture into the post it inserts itself at the top of the post instead of the place I want it to be and then the post becomes really long with a large blank bit at the bottom!?

P.S. I couldn't resist posting this picture again! I love her facial expression!

Currently Chanelling: Charlotte Charles

2008-05-26T21:16:00.025+01:00

Right back to the main agenda, albeit my rant post below. I am absolutely IN LOVE with Pushing Daisies. There may be only 9 episodes made due to the writers strike but I do not care-I cannot wait for the second season to begin! I love the whole quirky vintage-esque feel to the sets, costumes, clothes and the characters themselves. I particularly ADORE Charlotte Charles aka Chuck's wardrobe. Chuck is portrayed by english actress Anna Friel, whose style Ive always somewhat admired. Her style within Pushing Daisies is AMAZING. Totally Vintage and kooky and quirky and something I wish to incorporate into my wardrobe.

Here is some screenshots of her outfits. These were very hard to come across and I owe credit to screenshots from this site http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarawwr/.

First Outift:

How fabulous is her lampshade hat and sunglasses? She looks like a 1950s housewife on a mission to do evil! I LOVE that red ress that she is wearing. It might be hard to incoporate that hat into fashion in this day in age but the dress is timeless.

Interpreting her style on Polyvore.com

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Details:
1st red dress- unique-vintage.com ,

2nd red dress- poshgirlvintage.com ,

3rd red dress- vintageous.com

Hats- all redhatsandmore.com
earings- laganantiques.com ,
bag- plaid pony vintage,

sunglasses-designerexposure.com ,

shoes-viecouture.com

Second Outfit:

The screenshots are not exactly the best for this yellow outfit. And I cannot see what type of dress she is wearing under her trench coat. Although, her headscarf is on trend this coming season and reminds me of my grandmother wearing them when I was younger!

The headscarf and yellow peacoat stand out in this dark background. You could possibly wear something similar to this during the dreary months of Winter to brighten your spirits. Im not to sure about the head scarf but the neckline of her dress is flattering without being to risque.

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Details:
1st dress-miss.selfridge.com
2nd dress-anedoti.com
coat- net-a-porter.com
platform mary-janes- amiclubwear.com
chanel bag- bagborrowsteal.com
head scarf- forzieri.com
pearls-topshop.com
bracelet-regencies.com

I love this yellow dress from Topshop!Im seriously considering buying this.It would be a big step pour moi as I have nothing yellow in my wardrobe. But looking at the polyvore.com picture up there im seriously tempted. Im thinking of wearing white tights with the black mary-janes and the dress. Id love the Chanel bag but cant afford such luxuries!

3rd Outfit:

This is a somewhat more casual outfit, something simple to wear if you don't want to get as dressed up as the previous outfits. The dress and the crocheted cardigan can become staples of any wardrobe. You could wear them out on a night out if you dont want to go overboard, shopping or even for tea with you grandma. Its a somewhat little girl grown up outfit-but I love it! Also in some of the screenshots her dress is peach and then orange. But in my polyvore.com outfit I just used the latter as in a peach dress.

Click to enlarge.

Details:

1st dress-shop.adorevintage.com
2nd dress-mywardrobe.com
1st cardigan- Sonia Rykiel @ brownfashion.com
2nd cardigan- amazon.com
1st shoes- topshop.com
2nd shoes-zappos.com
1st bag-vivre.com
2nd bag-target.com
necklace-forzieri.com

I like the second dress to the first one. It is probably becuase I love anything with bows and a full skirt on it! The cardigans are something I personally would not wear but they could be teamed with these dresses. I added yellow accesories as to brighten up the outfit and bring a bit of modern punch to it. I love the yellow wooden heeled sandals which I would wear with the second dress.And the little butterfly dress is just divine!

Fourth Outfit:

I only have one screenshot of this dress and the lighting is terrible in this shot, so I have had to interpret the polyvore outfit accordingly.

What I can get from this screenshot is that her dress is a flowery dress and a full skirted one. Im not to sure what her shoes are like but I don't think they really go with this dress!

Click to enlarge.

Details:

dress-topshop.com
shoes-topshop.com
stockings-sockshop.co.uk
bow-bowsforbestfriends.com
cardigan-debenhams.com
bracelet-butlerandwilson.com
bag-net-a-porter.com

I don't think I would wear the dress as I am not to fond of the whole floral print going on this season. I do like the shoes though, but would prefer them in Black as I need a decent pair of black shoes for work. The stockings are wonderful and they have become a staple of my summer wardrobe.

New Pur-Chases

2008-05-24T22:32:00.012+01:00

So I got paid last Friday and was overcome with glee with the amount I got paid! All those long hours and horrible customers paid off. I could finally contemplate to get things I had been practically drooling over for a month. Most of these things were on a list that I had made after looking at F/W 08/09 RTW shows. On this included Orange or Red tights a la Luella, Flouncy Victorian-esque flouncy shirts, long grey and black cardigans a la Chanel and black velvet coats and ethnic prints a la Anna Sui. But I ended up just getting a few accesories more than anything and a couple of pair of tights from Primark. Though I did go back to Primark on Wedensday really really early ((this was the day I went with my friend.)) And I picked up a few items that are on trend now. Though I do think these can be adapted into F/W 08/09 trends.

And about the name of this post sometimes I like to say 'pur-chases' instead of 'purchases.' Its sort of a pun on to 'chase' for something as in you are on a chase to get the perfect item before anyone else!

First Item:

This is a Navy not black ((the lighting is really bad in my room)) jump suit from Primark. £8.00 and a size ten.Also available in Red, White and I think Black. I must admit that I did just buy it for the Nautical belt and I never really liked the whole trend of jumpsuits to be honest. But I could not resist this one becuase as a good friend who accompanied me on the trip to Primark mentioned you could dress it up or down for day or night wear. The material is not the best quality, but one expects this from Primark. And I will have to pin and sow the backs and sides of this as it is a little bit too big with me. Overall I am happy with this purchase.

Second Item:

This was £6.00 again Primark. Size 12 available in a Red checkered version. Im not a size twelve BUT I bought it this big becuase I like a bigger fit in shirts. I also bought the bigger size becuase during the summer I will be going out a lot and I want to wear this with just shorts, tights and platform stillettos a la Mary Kate. A little bit slutty maybe but I do love that trashy bag lady look!

Third Item:

This is one of four items I bought from the Topshop in Belfast's accesory sale. I bought it becuase flowers and corsages seem to be the items du jour and of the coming season. I don't know if I would wear this in my hair as I might feel a bit paranoid but Ive being adapting to the sens of being 'fun and fearless' with fashion. So who knows I might wear this in my hair! It was £2.00 reduced from either £8.00 and £10.00.

Fourth Item:

This again was £2.00. I had been wanting to get this for some time but did not want to part with £8.00. I confess the only reason I really bought this is becuase it reminds me of the straps for Chanel's lambskin quilted bags! I could wear this as a necklace or in my hair as a headband.

Fifth Item:

Finally a good picture with my expensive camera! lol I love love love this bracelet it was again £2.00 and what a bargain! It can go with everything. Im gonna have to take good care of it becuase it is already chipped!

Sixth Item:

Now this is my faveourite bargain fromt the Topshop sale!! I love anything to do with birdcages and have the birdcage necklace that Topshop had for sale last Summer. I think this one is unusual though as the bird is not in the cage it has escaped and is flying free.

Over all I am extemely pleased with my purchases albeit the somewhat to big jump suit from Primark. I think I could adapt the jumpsuit to look somewhat stylish. I can take the belt of and use it as a scarf or leave it on. If I was to take of the scarf I would wear that cream top that Im wearing in my outfit post below with my long black grungey caridgan, black tights, boots and some mad mix of Jewellery. I would possibly curl my hair and style it in a 1940's style. Looking like im from the War is something that I have become quite good at!

If I was wearing it with the scarf, I would wear over the knee socks or tights and my high Irregular Choice shoes *I will have to post a picture of them-I love them so much!* and my anchor brooch on a necklace. I would so love to wear a white sailor hat but I was to wear that out people would think I would be on a themed night out! Bad times!

A La Chanel

2008-05-24T20:53:00.006+01:00

So I have not updated this for a number of days but this is becuase of a number of reasons. Mainly due to the fact that I was working and having to travelling up to Belfast to sort out a flat for next year for University. And I am officially broke becuase I had to pay a substantial deposit for the flat for rent for the first two months. But that didnt stop me looking stylish and fashionable for looking around the flats. I also took a friend of mine into Urban Outfitters at the new Victoria Square and I don't think he appreciated clothes shopping. And we went to Primark and he didnt like anything in the shop but thats just the way men are. We went in at a really hectic time and all the chavtastic chavs from Belfast were picking round what was left from the new deliveries! So here is what I wore for walking around Belfast and looking for houses:

*Sorry for the shakey camera picture!*

Some more close up images of my outfit. The necklace I wore with this outfit was really cheap and one of the mirrored gems came off but I did think it looked like the necklace on this model who walked for the Chanel show. I also tied a Blue Ribbon around my neck as Bows and Ribbons are key pieces for accesories this coming season.

This is influenced by this look from Chanel's Ready-To-Wear F/W 08/09.

Thou Shalt Not Covet

2008-05-20T12:04:00.001+01:00

So I checked out New Looks recently refurbished website and I have to say I was somewhat impressed. They're previous website was dreadful and this is a vast improvement. You can order things online and preview them before hand if you want to buy them in store. Although, the site is still quite chavvy which is how I feel about New Look in general. Though they do have some nice accessories and shoes-the shoes!! New Look has always had a good selection of shoes that are good quality and a good price. Recently I have been wanting these:

Theyre £22 pounds which is not bad and I have been wanting a good pair of ankle boots to go with skinny jeans and for wearing with tights and dresses in the winter. There is some other lovely boots including these Victoriana inspired ones:

I adore anything Victorian and am seriously considering buying these AND the other boots. Oh how my pay from Tesco's goes within the first week and I am broke by the end of the month. I was also thinking of perhaps buying 'Spats,' you know those white leather or canvas things that women used to wear over their boots to protect them from the mud in the Victorian times? Well those and I found these on e-bay:

Note: Seen these in New Look in Belfast and well theyre not that great a quality. Though saying that, I do still quite like them!

These are stated as extra large but I think they would need to be larger to go over the boots and to possibly cover the buttons already on the boots. I do think that I shall buy these and try them out and If I don't like them I shall send them back. If it does work out these boots would be perfect with short dresses and tights as I think longer dresses woudl look to much like I am re-creating the Victorian look. I need outfits with a bit more edge

I also have quite the penchant for all things Nautical-no matter how tacky they seem to be! And I saw these on the New Look website. I dont know which colour to buy though as I love both of them.

I also seen these quite lovely over the knee socks which I might be tempted to buy. I have them in black and I LOVE THEM. They remind of Marie-Antoinette stockings.

Mmm.....And I am supposed to be saving for going to London in July!!

Introducing the one and only Miss.Russe

2008-05-15T21:37:00.006+01:00

Alright Now Here We Go....

Okay so this is my first ever post on this blog and frankly I don't know what you're supposed to say in an introductory post on a blog!!Maybe I should perhaps first outline WHY exactly I have started to have a blog or something along those lines?That sounds about right to me, so lets begin.

As stated in the title of this blog, I am an art student in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Yes, that's right the place that for some thirty years had some of the bloodiest fighting between religions in modern history. Many people died on both sides of the fence but we are now ((hopefully)) long past this and have reverted to talking peacefully to resolve problems. So with this I have decided to start a blog about my life in Belfast ((and back home in the small town I live in, tho I shall be moving to Belfast this coming year)) and love of fashion,art,music,history etc. So lets begin with the name....

'Get Thee to a Catwalk,' is quite self explanatory if you know Shakespeare at all. As it taken from , 'Get Thee to A Nunnery.' And the URL name is Miss.Bonnie Butler, Rhett and Scarlet's daughter in , Gone With the Wind. Which so happens to be my most favourite movie of all time EVER. And now for more about me and the weather....

What is with the user name?
'Russe' is the French word for Russia and I have unnatural obssession with the country. Mainly Imperial Russia from 1894-1917, as communist Russia makes my blood boil. You could say I am somewhat of Russian Monarchist and you would be quite right. My art work is also based on Czar Nikolas the 2nd's third eldest daughter, Maria Romanova. She also happens to be one of my idols. Femme Fatale is quite explanatory, I think. I use French words for English ones as I also adore France and everything French. I am happier speaking French than English and the very thought of Paris makes my knees go weak.

So Who are you exactly?
Well I'm an artist, photographer, fashion lover, historian, friend,an eccentric and somewhat random person. I won't reveal my real name here as I dont want to as I like the idea of having another persona. I am coming 21 in June though and I am quite shy but loud and weird around my friends. I am somewhat in love with a certain type of biscuit from Marks and Spencers. This biscuit has become so much a faveourite between me and my friends that we bring them on nights out and dream about them. You can think what you want and try to decipher who I am from the photos on this blog.

So what do you say you're style is like?
Well I think its a mix of A LOT of different things. Mainly vintage inspired, especially 1940s inspired-with a touch of Grunge, Kinderwhore and dark gothic tones. I LOVE Vintage clothing and for some reason no matter what way I dress I do somehow manage to look like I am from the Edwardian,Victorian, 1920s-1950s era and French. Though I do not complain. I also LOVE Chanel with no bounds. I do not use any other mascara,eyeliner,lipstick or nail varnish than that of Chanel. Foundation to. I would do anything for a Red quilted 2.55 Chanel bag.

Who are you style icons/Idols in general?
My style icons are definetly Mary-Kate Olsen ((Her whole grunge-yet-luxe look is amazing)), Karl Lagerfield, The L..A. Party Scene on the Cobrasnake, Axl Rose, Courtney Love circa Kinderhwore era,Katy Perry, Girls from Facehunter, Old Hollywood actresses, The French Resistance. I also idolise Anne Frank, Miep Gies, The Grand Duchess Maria Romanova of Russia, Jean Harlow, Vivien Leigh, Katherine Hepburn.

So what exactly are you wearing....

2008-05-15T20:58:00.008+01:00

L'équipement quotidien

or 'The Daily Outfit.'

Okay,darlings so here is my outfit for the day. It is somewhat inspired by Betsey Johnson Pret-a-Porter F/W 08.

All pictures of Betsey Johnson's recent catwalk show courtesy of Vogue.com

Both of these equals =

So erm basically this photo is NOT the best quality.....and taking

pictures in this mirror seems to make me wider than I actually am! Damn stripes, damn them!

Hat=Vintage From Paris

Top=Size 14 top from Primark ((students paradise, though you need to customise to stand out from the crowd))

Leggings= They're actually sparkly, Warehouse.

Shoes=Flat

Necklace= Russian Orthodox Ikon.

Quote of the day:

Marie0Antoinette:

It's not too much, is it?

Leonard ((the hairdresser)): Oh, no!