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29 April 2011

The Updated Wardrobe List

I have been madly scribbling away in my carnet du style in all the different tabbed areas – especially the Wishes/Gifts tab. There are a lot of things I will never own written in there in there now (exhibit a: a Celine Duo-Coloured Micro Luggage Bag) but there are other things too, both sensible and not so sensible.


For example, I have an intense inexplicable desire for a denim shirt. Which, admittedly, is odd for a girl who lives in her jeans and avoids the whole Canadian tuxedo/denim onesy look like the plague. I am loath to invest in a denim shirt because I think it ultimately boils down to a ‘trend’ item and I am way to old for that whole dumpster-chic thing that all the people wearing the aforementioned shirt around my town seem to have going on. I am also not a waif – far from it in the chest department – so I am wary of resembling some sort of cowgirl-hooker as I am also blonde and have a penchant for a bright pink lip. So, alas, I think this is one item I think I will have to consign to the style scrapheap. Sigh. On the other hand I spotted a lovely khaki silk shirt that fits well with my colour scheme and I am still on the look out for the perfect pale blue linen shirt. Any ideas?
source: style scrapbook

Time for a quick list update as it is now completed for Autumn:
-leather skirt
-leather shorts
-black loafers
-long sleeve Breton tops
-taupe suede booties
source: country road
The suede boots were admittedly a total impulse buy. There is no way around it. I walked in, they were on sale for one night only – I hate sales like that as they force you into either instant purchase or lengthy regret – I tried them on and when they fit like a glove I bought them. My justification is that I don’t have any dressy boots that I can throw on with pants or a skirt for a night out. I have the ubiquitous black knee-highs but they are off to eBay soon because they are just so not me. On any level. I love them on others but am way more comfortable in my short charcoal suede biker boots and, now, my taupe suede booties. While, after much consideration, I thought that I would make my very first designer shoe purchase and buy Marant’s Dicker boots, my long consideration and elephantine shoe size meant that they were all sold out. Sigh. But help was here in the form of a local brand who does lovely all-leather shoes and who have done their own version – albeit slightly less cowboy-esque, a good thing in light of my above revelation. So, long live the boots.


For the record, in the staples department I have bought:
-pale blue legging jeans
-dark skinnies (that I am going to crop to the perfect length)
-white cotton tee
-gray marle cotton tee
All of which were insanely cheap for the quality and all were bought in Singapore.


How are everyone’s seasonal shopping lists going?

10 comments:

  1. Don't give up on the denim shirt! I got one from Nique and it manages to look relatively classy and certainly not boho. My seasonal shopping is non existant at the moment, which saddens me greatly :(

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  2. haha it will have to wait now anyway, i need a good pair of pants and net-a-porter has free postage til Wednesday.... but why no shopping for you?

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  3. I think the denim shirt can be very timeless, albeit fairly Americana. They've been worn since denim became popular so I don't think you have to worry about them being as trendy as, say, Christopher Kane gorilla prints. Lea Taleb wore it very nicely with an IM boucle jacket and it doesn't make her look like a cowgirl!

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  4. Well, it's just had a new Moleskine added on! Eep! I like notebooks almost as much as I like bags! From your list I especially like the sound of the khaki silk shirt, interesting colour choice yet can almost be counted as a neutral.

    I'm not doing any shopping until I start work in August (I'm still a skint student at the moment) but that's all fine - I'm using the mean time to consider and refine my shopping list so I don't go completely mental when I first get paid :) The list itself is coming along well, though!

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  5. Wow, I have no idea what's going on with blogger, but I typed the above comment and then it said I was signed in as someone else? But then wouldn't let me delete the comment as I'd already logged out and signed in again... so sorry Cpt P, whoever you are!

    Well, it's just had a new Moleskine added on! Eep! I like notebooks almost as much as I like bags! From your list I especially like the sound of the khaki silk shirt, interesting colour choice yet can almost be counted as a neutral.

    I'm not doing any shopping until I start work in August (I'm still a skint student at the moment) but that's all fine - I'm using the mean time to consider and refine my shopping list so I don't go completely mental when I first get paid :) The list itself is coming along well, though!

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  6. thanks danielle, great pic! i hadn't thought of teaming it with tweed... i will have to consider a bit longer though as my 5 pieces for autumn have already been used up.

    alannarama: or should i say cpt p? haha. it's kind of snappy, i like it ;P ah, student days. i don't miss them - so hard not to go berserk and spend all of your money at once. i look forward to seeing your purchases though :)

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  7. I think I have these boots. Are they H by Hudson? I also think I went through exactly the same thought process: I wanted the Marants. I finally screwed up the courage to pay 300 Euros for a pair then I found that NO SHOP IN PARIS (and maybe the World) had them in any size under a 42 and that there was a 3 month wait for redelivery. At which point I gave up and bought the Hudsons which I haven't regretted for a moment.

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  8. Haha I know exactly how you feel! All that agonising for nothing. But I'm super happy with the ones I got, I did see the hudsons but mine are by country road - similar price but I got them on sale. yay! - and the heel is slightly shorter so I feel like I'm wandering around in really chic slippers :P

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  9. i'm from singapore! where in singapore, may i ask? i got my denim shirt for a song from a shop in the heartlands. i almost gave up.

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  10. My brother lives in Newton, not far from Orchard Rd so I did a lot of shopping in Ion at Uniqlo :)

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