Bonjour, If you've been anywhere near the internet in the last few months you may have noticed that (love them or hate them) these button-down skirts have become a major trend. As the weather gets colder I've noticed them beginning to materialise in the autumn/winter collections of high street stores such as New Look and Topshop, and I have to admit I've tried...
Bonjour, Ever since Melanie Martinez's album Cry Baby came out on the 14th August, I have been listening to it obsessively. The whole concept is an absolute joy - each song is based around an 'adult' situation, with a childish take seen through the eyes of the character of Cry Baby, who is supposed to be nearly synonymous with Melanie herself. But the...
Bonjour, I've always wanted to do a 'day in the life' kind of post but for one reason or another an exciting day with photo opportunities has never coincided with me having my camera on my person and also having the presence of mind to use it. However, yesterday I went to the cinema with my best friend to see Paper Towns, and...
Bonjour, I was going to publish this a while ago as the end of the summer is already in sight, but since I for one still have six weeks of holiday here you are anyway. I know as well as anyone how difficult it can be to motivate yourself to get up and do something productive during the summer, and I tend to...
Bonjour, I was going to call this 'recent watches' to match my 'recent reads' posts but I just wasn't feeling the lack of alliteration so we're going with this for the time being. Anyway, this does exactly what it says on the tin: I'm going to ramble on about the films I've been watching lately, and let me tell you I've watched A...
Bonjour, It's time for another picks post, and this time I've been lusting after basically the whole of the contents of the Forever 21 site. This is doubly tragic because we no longer have an actual store in Brussels so I can't even go out and hunt any of these down, but I thought I'd share my favourite items with you anyway. starting...
Bonjour, I recently finished reading the Forbidden Spaces trilogy by Helen Grant and I thought I'd review it here because I've realised I love and hate these books in equal measures and I need somewhere to vent my frustration and praise. You'll see what I mean. Anyway, the trilogy consists of (obviously) three books: Silent Saturday, The Demons of Ghent and Urban Legends. I'd...
Bonjour, I recently saw this zodiac-themed tag/set of questions on Polyvore and I thought it was really neat and original, so I decided to do it as a blog post! Aries • What or who is your inspiration? I would say mostly people and their creations, like I'm inspired by anyone who is artistic and really commits themselves to their art, whether it's...
Bonjour, This is the second part of the mighty UK haul, containing clothes, accessories and a few other miscellaneous things - see the first part (books & DVDs) here. Just to be clear this is the result of three or so mini shopping trips (one to Primark and Topshop, one to H&M and one to New Look) and not a major spending spree...
Bonjour, Today I have a new instalment in my 'Fashion Fancies' series, in which I take a fictional or historical character and put together some outfits I imagine they would wear. Previously I've created looks for Catherine Howard, Cathy Dollanganger, Wednesday Addams, Mia Thermopolis and Daisy Buchanan, so today I thought I'd do the same for Dolores Haze, aka Lolita in Vladimir Nabokov's novel of the same name. Just...
Bonjour, I got back from England on Thursday night and I have to say that particular trip back wins the prize for the worst journey of all time (even over the time my whole family had norovirus and spent the drive vomiting into plastic bags) because we were involved in an accident on the motorway. Or to be more precise, a lorry smashed...
