Fashion Tag

Lately I have been feeling a little girly and a bit of a clothes horse so as an excuse to write about clothes and fashion I decided to answer the questions in the blog fashion tag.

What's your favourite fashion accessory?

At the moment it would probably be my fedora or read & black cravat. Also I rarely leave the house without my trusty navy scarf. It has been a bit too warm lately for scarfs though. I miss it.

Who's your fashion role model?

I dont have one. There has been no one that I really look to as a fashion role model.

What do you always carry with you?

• A note book
• Fountain pen
• Purse
• Mobile phone
• I-pod
• Mints/Chewing gum
• Lip stick / Lip stain / Lip balm
• Cigarette case & Lighter. (I've quit but if stressed/drunk they're back in use)  
   

How would you describe your style?

Quirky, unique or masculine, it really depends on my mood. One day I could be wearing a pink Alice in Wonderland t-shirt with matching rabbit hair accessories (yes I love that outfit) and the next day I could be wearing a man's shirt with matching waistcoat, braces and tie. The best way that I can describe my style is that I treat my wardrobe like a dress up box and I have costumes for all my moods. I really dont care what people think. I have a strange dress sense.



What's your favourite?  Jeans, sunglasses or heels?

Jeans! I live in them. I dont wear heels as I think they are impractical unless it is a formal occasion and I love sunglasses, when the weather allows me to wear them.


What is your favourite fashion store?

I dont have one. I shop everywhere and anywhere. I even shop in the men's department and second hand stores.


What is your favourite fabric in clothing?

Probably cotton as it can be used in everything and I live in t-shirts when I'm feeling lazy. 


Who are your favourite designers?

I dont pay attention to designers, as long as the clothes look good I dont care.


Who or what inspires your style?

Everything from books, television, manga and history. Like I said my wardrobe is a dress up box. At the moment my biggest influence would be 19th century men's fashion. I love Victorian clothes in general but because the women's fashion isn't really practical to wear every day I settle for dressing as a man. Another two main influences are Sherlock Holmes and Alice in Wonderland. I also cosplay and it isnt rare for cosplay items to find their way into my everyday wardrobe, such as my Grell coat and the red waistcoat I bought for my Cheshire Cat Grell cosplay (which I am wearing today). It all really depends what I am into at the time.


Would you choose to buy something high quality or make it yourself if you could?    

I am horrible at sewing, mainly because I have no patience, but I have worn a few accessories that I have made myself and items that I have customized. And I'm not usually one for expensive clothes but the long black coat that I wear almost everyday is the most expensive item in my wardrobe. I'm not giving out the price, but it was worth it for something high quality...and it goes with my navy scarf. 

Life Update

It really has been a while since I last updated, mainly because I have been so busy trying to get my life sorted. (A.k.a rping) Things have changed quite dramatically since last time I posted. I now have an internship with InsideIreland and I am currently both working for them as a tourism journalist and as a website developer. So yes, I am actually getting somewhere in the writing business. I just have to tolerate not getting paid for two months until they decide if they want to keep me or not. Things are going well there though, everyone seems to like me and I earned myself this Monday off my repairing a HTML problem with their website that no one else could fix. Usually I am dreadful at coding inside university but outside of exams and classwork the stuff seems to work in my head.

I am also in love with my new office. The building I work in is an old victorian terrace and crows are nesting in the roof just above my desk. I get distracted by watching them. The view from the window itself is equally lovely, well to me anyway, it is of abandoned buildings and mainly roofs

and chimeys of buildings just as old as the one I work in. I have a bit of a thing for old buildings, so I am happy. I even be able to blog more as I am free to both write and blog at work.

On another happy note, I am no longer single and I havent been for a number of months. I could write a rather longwinded paragraph about her but the best way to discribe her is that, she's the Watson to my Holmes. I'm not very good at discussing things like this so I might leave it at that. ...But we are going to see the new Avengers movie while cosplaying Ironman and Captain America. If any of you are following me on tumblr you have probably been enduring all my StevexTony slash. Sorry about that.

And on a final note I got my hair cut, again. It is going to take me a while to get used to the shorter length but I like it.