Tuesday 3 March 2009

90210 actress Shanae Grimes wears a tailored black blazer, with sleeves rolled up to display a leopard print lining. I bought the jacket below from a Morden charity shop for £4.50 and cut the sleeves at a 3/4 length, adding a strip of leopard print material to give the illustion of rolled up sleeves.

Contrasted with leggins and an edgy hairstyle, an old gentlemans jacket can give your outfit an unexpected twist. Burberry are the masters of thick coats, but if you don't have a grand to spare i'd recommend looking in any charity shop, there are literally rails and rails of old jackets. The one below was from PDSA, i removed the shoulder pads and raunched the material to give it a more feminine shape, and rolled up the sleeves for a contemporary edge.
it cost me a mere £1.



Below is A/W 09 D&G, silk pajama style jacket. Expected to retail for around £800, I bought the above jacket as part of a twin-set secretary suit. Dark purple with white polka dots, very similar to the D&G jacket. for a jacket and skirt i bought mine for £10, Shock & Soul in Islington.


The famous American Apparel 'MelangĂ©' skirt, as worn by Alexa Chung and countless other 'it' girls. Retails at £25. I hand-sewn the skirt below using material bought off eBay for £2, £1.90 P&P. Very simple design, near impossible to tell the difference!



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