Wrangler/Mom jeans

The new jeans fashion at the moment seems to be of the oversized, highwaisted, rolled up variety. In short, Topshop 'Mom' jeans. Those of us with more time and less money may venture into the depths of ebay and look for some authentic Levi ones, which (let's be honest) are superior both in quality and design. Topshop as a brand is great, however the quality of their clothes speak otherwise. My sister was telling me how she wants some 'mom' jeans from Topshop, and I, as a well researched charity shopper, told her to find some in a charity shop instead! Luckily for some (unfortunately not me) she's naturally a size 6 which makes finding vintage clothes that much easier. It was only when I was digging out my wardrobe I found my vintage Wrangler jeans! They are so, so similar to both the Topshop and Levi comparisons except the quality of them is fantastic! I vaguely remember buying them in one of my local charity shops but not having the balls to wear them due to people (including my sister!) telling me they were weird.. Added to the fact that they were a bit tight. A year on and half a stone lighter, they have found new light for my AW13 wardrobe! As I only found them the other day I haven't made a OOTD post for them yet but this is them in all their glory. The best part? They cost me literally 1/10th of the price of the Topshop jeans at a bargain £4!

True vintagey style back pockets wooo

They're like a 30" waist but this photo makes them look huge

The jeans in all their glory (ignore the uneven cuffs)

Folded cuffs, courtesy of myself and not Topshop's manufacturing

This is an utterly pointless photo other than to emphasise the oldness of these jeans.

Topshop comparison photos - £40 'Mom' jeans.

I reckon I'll pair them with a crop top of some form, creepers or platform trainers and hopefully a leather jacket if I can find a nice, durable one to invest in!

Mini Primark haul!

So yesterday I trekked it down to Portsmouth for their university open day, which was great! I had to prebook my trains (about 12 hours before, incidentally) so I could guarantee a seat and a place on the train, which was definitely a good decision! The only downside of this was that I booked my return train(s) for about 4PM because the journey was shorter; it seems I forgot that waiting around an extra hour slightly ruins the point of a faster train. Anyway! I decided to have a look around Portsmouth as a place. I would have gone down to the sea/harbor except for the fact it required getting another train and with my sense of direction that's never a good idea - although I managed to get myself a good 102 miles to Portsmouth! (Thanks Google Maps).
The town itself was really easy to find, as in walk out of the University and you're already there! A quick look around told me it was a good town centre (or would that be city centre? hmm..) - there was a Primark, Topshop, H&M, River Island, along with the necessary Costa, Subway and Maccy's! Seeing as I had to do the return 102 miles I decided to somewhat limit my spending, as everything I bought in total yesterday came to a grand £18!
I was looking to finally buy the black Topshop Joni jeans I've been after for ages, but I don't know if it's just my pot luck but they seem to have stopped selling them? I found every other colour under the sun except the black jeans! In one sense it was good, because that would have set me back another £36 and although I only spent £18 in Primark my taxis when I went out last night cost £25 too, meaning that yesterday was actually quite an expensive day!
The Primark in Portsmouth is fab. It's huge, for one - I didn't even venture upstairs and got lost downstairs a few times! There's also that sneaky multiple exit thing going on, meaning you can walk out one way, keep shopping and see something through a different window and walk straight back in! It was a great store too because unlike my local branch - Luton (but less on that) - all the new stuff was in, which hopefully means the stuff I bought (despite it being pretty generic stuff) shouldn't be spread among the masses of Luton for a few days weeks now.

Basic Crop Top - £3.50

Cute burgundy frilly socks - £1.50

Equally cute green frilly socks - £1.50

Teal beanie - £2

Black American Apparelesque luxe skater skirt - £10

I'm glad I bought a new beanie because despite wearing different ones in my OOTD posts, I usually stick with one of three beanies, even though I have a huge collection! I worked out a while ago I own at least 11 beanies, I really need to find an opportunity to wear the other 8! The socks were a good investment too; at £1.50 a time you really can't go wrong as I'm sure my sister will agree, owning nearly every colour of them. This just means I can actually wear my own rather than use the "but Mum put them in my room!" excuse now. The skirt is very American Apparel but at a shade of the cost which is always a benefit, and I'd be surprised if there's drastic contrast in quality, too. I actually wore the top last night with black high waisted shorts hence why it looks a bit crumpled in the photo, overall good buys I would say!

You'll be my american boy

Everyone who has commented on my outfit today so far has said i look 'American'. I'm not sure whether this is due to the stars and stripes hat or the varsity top (or 'versity' as one friend referred to it). This is definitely one of my more bargain outfits - the hat and top together came to only £9 from Primark! I never understand why the nice beanies are always in the guy's section but if it means not spending £14 for the equivilent in Topshop I'm all for taking a detour to the male part of primark. The Shorts are from Topshop (does this make me a slight hypocrite considering my last comment?) and my shoes are my beloved Air Max 90s which really need replacing soon due to how much I've worn them! This is probably the only post I'll be seen in without my gold chain cause I left it at my friend Becca's last weekend, hopefully it'll be making a swift return when I see her though!

Rita/RiRi street style

As someone who loves dressing casual and hates heels, street style has got to be my favourite look this season. And the best two people showing it off? It has to be Rihanna and Rita Ora. There's been a lot of uproar (mainly coming from Rihanna) lately suggesting that Rita Ora has been copying Rihanna, particularly her style, but both of them represent the look differently - Rihanna wears heels with most of her outfits to dress them up whereas Rita keeps her street style typically casual with trainers - I have to say I prefer this look because of my hatred of heels! I've been creeping Google for a while now looking for new outfits and ways to style casual clothes and these have got to be some of my favourites of the two stars. All photos credit of Google Images!

Autumn Style

I am so in love with these boots. I've seen so many people wearing different variations but they're perfect. I love the fact the cut out part means you can wear cute socks with them and also the fact that they have a heel but not too high. As previously complained over, I'm 5 foot 8 and a bit so any type of heel is usually a No from me, however these are the exception. The top is just a basic one from Topshop, if you can call 'basic' £16! It is silk though which counts for something. The jacket is from Topshop and is also waay expensive, but so nice. I've been looking for a leather jacket for some time now - I'm not fussed if it's real or not as long as it's not a horrible plastic-y texture but I don't want one of the ones that do up on one side, I'm more of a symmetric person when it comes to jackets. This one is quilted and similar to those coats everyone wore last year, but added to the leather makes the vintage effect more current. I love how the neckline is like that of a bomber jacket too - it would look great with a chunky gold necklace on top of it. The scarf is River Island and I love it, but it wouldn't go with many things. I don't own many scarfs for that exact reason. With this outfit it would be great as it adds subtle colour to what would otherwise be quite a plain outfit.
I've posted about the jeans a few times on here; they're Topshop Joni's finest and I will (soon/payday) invest in a pair! Finally, the watch is a vintage Casio one which I've also been meaning to purchase for a while now - they sell on loads of websites for anything between £15 - £60 but you can buy them on Ebay for about £5 which is probably where I'll get mine from!

1.RIVER ISLAND BLACK CHUNKY BUCKLE CUT OUT BOOTS - £45
2.TOPSHOP STRAPPY SATIN CAMI - £20
3.TOPSHOP LARGE QUILT LEATHER BOMBER - £160
4.RIVER ISLAND CREAM CHECK AND HEART PRINT LIGHTWEIGHT SCARF - £20
5.TOPSHOP MOTO BLACK JONI JEANS - £36
6.THE WATCH HUT Casio Ladies Gold Tone Digital Watch - £27

Winter coats

Last year I was all about the Khaki trend - ideally I would have just had an oversized camo jacket for a winter coat and been done with it. As it was, my dad, quite sensibly, wouldn't allow this and instead I got a green swing coat from Topshop which I absolutely loved for about a week. After this, I wore my oversized levi jacket with a hoodie underneath for the rest of winter and consequently got many throat and chest infections. One way to learn a lesson! This year I'm being more practical and looking for a warm coat I'll wear regularly. It has to be something that will go with a lot of things which includes the colour - the only thing stopping me getting a fairisle coat last year was the fact that I'd be limited when wearing patterns, so that's something else to take into account. This year I'm either after a boyfriend style coat or an oversized bomber jacket. I found the nicest bomber jacket in Primark about a month ago in Sheffield, crossed my fingers that they'd have it in my local branch and then walked past 3 girls all wearing the same coat. Needless to say, this really put me off. I really don't like wearing the same things as other people. I don't mind if it's a t shirt, or a pair of jeans, or even a pair of shoes, because these are changed most days and the likelihood of it happening again with the same item is slim. Winter coats are the limit though because they're worn most days, and there's nothing worse than matching with someone else day after day (after day). This is the only thing possibly stopping me from buying a coat from Topshop or River Island again. Luckily, last year I don't think I saw anyone wear the same coat as me but I'd be pushing my luck for the same thing to happen this year. I did find these ones online though which I really like, so I may have to sway my decision!

Green R Badge Longline Varsity Jacket - River Island £65

Quilted Bomber Jacket - Topshop £79

Popper Front Boyfriend Coat - Topshop £58

I'm also going charity shopping in London with my friend Abby in a few weeks, so I think I'll put off the coat buying until then on the slim chance I come across my dream coat on the backstreets of London!

Internet/College problems

I miss summer. I miss not having college every day, I miss going on holiday, I miss not being able to wear shorts! I guess the only bad part of summer was the A Level results part but seeing as they were pretty good, I'll disregard that as a bad aspect. Going back to college has meant everything is more stressful again. I, once again, have to get up at 7:00AM twice a week (although slightly later now that I've passed my driving test), I have looong days where I leave the house before 7:30 and don't get home for 14 hours or so, and I have coursework again! Actually, coursework isn't too bad at the moment because I love writing and that pretty much sums up English Language coursework, but that's by the by. The worst thing about college though is the people there (this goes back to wearing shorts again). For college, I don't often bother dressing up or realistically putting any effort into my outfit, purely because it's college, it requires getting up early, and I'd rather have a few more minutes of sleep than get up earlier and faff around with outfits. I wore shorts and tights a days ago and some girl at college tweeted a picture of my bottom half (creeeepy..) and put that she doesn't understand why people wear shorts to college in this weather. Well. I personally don't understand why girls wear leggings with bodywarmers and look EXACTLY THE SAME AS HALF OF THE POPULATION OF LUTON but I don't tweet about it. You know why? Because everyone has their own fashion sense, and to me, as long as you're happy with what you're wearing, you go ahead and wear it! I could take a lighthearted approach and perhaps appreciate her comments; she was clearly concerned for my health, however I would have preferred it if she'd spoken to me directly about possibly wearing warmer clothes rather than put it on the internet. This is a problem many people seem to have at my college - they can't stand if someone looks different. There's a girl at my college in the year below with teal kind of coloured hair and I love it, but loads of people take the piss out of her because it isn't a generic colour. My hair has been that colour before which is probably why I like it but nonetheless, it's not your hair, therefore you have no say as to which colour it is. I don't understand why some people feel their influence is greater than the person actually wearing the clothes/dying their hair. Despite all this, I will be continuing to wear shorts to college, until it genuinely gets too cold to do so!