Was I out there barging my way through to get to a Gucci bag in Selfridges? Nope… I’m sorry to say that I missed queuing up with 2,000 people in ancipation of 70% discounts. What a shame-o… instead I battled my way up two flights of stairs to my mother’s wardrobe in the top floor where I was fighting it out with my sisters to get the rejects from the mother’s closet….granted two teenage girls does not 2,000 people make… they can pack a punch though when pushed… put a plate of mince pies in front of them and see them roar. Anyway, we fared fairly well given our different styles. Lou (23), went away with sweaters with sequinned cats on them, fringed leather jackets and odd graphic t-shirts from the late 80s’. Yonni (18), nabbed the cashmere cardis, a grey wool duffle coat that is perfectly Alexa-Chung-esque (bless…Yonni happens to like the way the Chung dresses…) and a pair of Bally ankle flat boots. I took all the scary shoulder-padded stuff and on the same day, having flicked through an the Dec/Jan issue of Wonderland and took in the shapes of the ‘I’m on Fire’ editorial, shot by Alexi Lubomirski and styled by Anthony Unwin went home and proceeded to go short and bare legged with my: satin yellow double breasted jacket, faux fur coat, pink printed slinky top and rose-printed black jacket.
Perhaps not such a good idea given goosepimpled legs and my post-Crimbo pork-out state… but the shapes in the ‘I’m on Fire’ spread does give me ideas…I just need more bright leather gloves, WAAAY more gold jewellery and the right hair texture to do a Julia Roberts-Pretty Woman up-do…
Another score is far more suited to post-pork-out state…an 80s black jersey sweater dress that has an attached capelet/scarf type thing, which the mothership said should be worn with leggings… right on, mum…
