Monday, November 30, 2009

layers layers

so i was going to wait until nicole had more photos to put up, but i loved today's outfit too much to let it fly by unnoticed ;)  basically i started the day by looking out of the window and seeing the miserable cold rain and decided to brighten it up with some contrasting colours and warm it up with multiple layers and knitted-ness :)

coat: h&m
hat: h&m
dress: british thrift store
tights: probably somewhere like asda
grey knee-high socks: target
shoes: peddlar's mall
vest: plato's closet
sweater: forever21 via my housemate
belt: from another skirt from new look
necklace: vintage fair in london


















 and look at this book i found and decided to hang my necklace from! totally perfect for the blog about magic rings that take you between worlds ;)


~lydia

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

ericailcane drawings







i've loved ericailcane's drawings ever since i saw them in the street sketchbook i got a few birthdays ago. his name means "eric the dog" and his drawings have a type of oldfashionedness to them that i adore. all his little creatures have their own little personalities and it is so easy to make up stories to go with them. =)


images from ericailcane


~lydia~

Monday, November 23, 2009

warm and cosy























it was cold today so i had to wear my biggest man sweater to make up for it, but to keep it girly, i splashed on my newly-purchased red nail polish, and dressed it up with a simple dress, some funky jewellery, dotty tights and two pairs of socks, and some wedgey boots =) mmmmm cosy





big man sweater: salvation army
dress: british heart foundation
footless tights: target
two pairs of socks: target
boots: some store in england ages ago
necklace: vintage fair in london
ring: etsy via ragtrader
nail polish: ny company


oh also i found the best spot to take photos in the library - ok so there are no cool books in the background but the curtains are kind fun, and there's actually enough room between them and the bookshelf where i sit my camera - and it's the last aisle so noone ever walks past and gives me strange looks!


~lydia~

Saturday, November 21, 2009

a bit about us

just a little introduction =)

lydia:
21-year-old english and art student; likes creating new clothes from old clothes or from scratch, reading and writing poetry, macro photographing, seeing contrasts in everything, hiking, kittens, coffee, lydia and nicole dates; dislikes eating meat, doing chores, wearing pink and blue together, goodbyes, broken sewing machines, bad cellphone service, all black outfits, running out of candy; has a quirky style and tries to wear things that don't go together, lots of skirts and dresses and magical tights, layers everything in winter; draws weird little creatures that look like childhood and other things that don't make sense.


nicole:

21-year-old advertising, english, art and philosophy student; likes making lydia teach her how to change clothes, reading, hating on poetry, arthurian legends, yellow nailpolish, hiking, forests, dr. who, fields, exploring, cooking, adventures, dumpster diving, late night feasts, cider, awkward situations, harry potter 1-5, lydia and nicole dates; dislikes stalkers, coffee, chocolate, business anything, self important people, cancer, whores and nausea; has a quirky sense of humor and tries to laugh at everything, even failed outfit attempts; has taken to drawing old man faces recently and recently became obsessed with writing coming of age tales.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

magic rings


"The stuff in the yellow rings had the power of drawing you into the wood; it was stuff that wanted to get back to its own place, the in-between place. But the stuff in the green rings is stuff that is trying to get out of its own place; so that a green ring would take you out of the wood into a world." -The Magician's Nephew, 'The Wood between the Worlds'.



lydia
(dress: plato's closet
shirt: walmart
blazer: salvation army
belt: goodwill
necklace: ebay
tights: dorothy perkins
shoes: maurices)











nicole
(dress: charlotte russe
cardigan: the gap
belt: red cross
necklace: vintage fair
rings: kohl's
tights: walmart
boots: the gap)










hey, welcome to our blog!
we plan to update sporadically with outfits, art, and other interesting things whenever we feel the need =)
enjoy!
-lydia and nicole ^^