June 2011
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ANOTHER THIRTY DAYS OF SUMMER...
…is happening over [here].
September 2010
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SHINY NEW WEBSITE!
You might not know but Thirty Days has come quite a way since its initial month as Thirty Days of Flats. We’re on edition four and we’ve even got a shiny new website:
http://thirty-days.co.uk
July 2010
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DAY THIRTY
DAY THIRTY: Denim jacket, Abercrombie & Fitch
So it’s the final day and post for Summer Heroes which makes me kind of sad as I’ve really enjoyed doing this challenge and I’ve still got plenty more I’d like to do but I’m sure they’ll come up at another point.
My final item is the denim jacket. Before you judge me for wearing A&F, I’d like to...
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DAY TWENTY NINE
DAY TWENTY NINE: Sequin sleeve tee, Mint Velvet
The Monday after a festival is never a happy one. Despite an early night, I woke up groggy and indecisive in regards to what to wear this morning but aware that I still had to look presentable. The grey skies outside did nothing to help with my decision. Would it stay grey and rainy or would it clear to become a beautiful sunny day?ARGH.
For days...
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DAY TWENTY EIGHT
DAY TWENTY EIGHT: Yellow leather satchel, Asos
I was going to save this bag for a future 30 Days but I figured that considering just how much wear I’ve had out of it recently, it should really feature in Summer Heroes. At the beginning of the season, I was on the hunt for the ultimate satchel; what my boyfriend has dubbed my ‘irrational fashion’ side was deliberating between...
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DAY TWENTY SEVEN
DAY TWENTY SEVEN: Band tee, Blitz Kids
As the girlfriend of a muso, I spend a high proportion of my evenings at gigs for random bands and in the summer, many weekends are spent at festivals. This weekend, I’m at Truck festival in Oxford. However, this time it’s for pleasure, rather than work which makes a welcome change.
One of the eponymous looks at festivals is usually a band...
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DAY TWENTY SIX
DAY TWENTY SIX: Gold ‘Hero’ leather sandals, Topshop
Getting a sense of deja vu? You might recognise these from Day 25 of 30 Days of Flats. Back then, they were a new purchase and I was a bit dubious due to the incredibly flat nature of the soles that would probably do my knees no favours.
Two months on, these have barely left my feet. Seriously, I wear them virtually every day and...
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DAY TWENTY FIVE
DAY TWENTY FIVE: Breton stripe tee, Day Birger et Mikkelson
(illustration by Jonathan at Feltmistress.com)
Sorry for the delay in posting, it’s been a ridiculously busy few days. Let’s get back to it though with a monster (literally) update. So, Thursday was our big sale to raise money for charity and as part of that, the entire fashion team wore stripes as a sale uniform. I love...
AWOL
My sincerest apologies for going AWOL over the last few days. I’ve been busy with work things, preparing for another festival and then the festival itself. Unfortunately, my phone battery ran out on the way to the festival, so I wasn’t able to even post a ‘back in a bit’ post.
Rest assured, normal services will resume this evening!
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DAY TWENTY FOUR
DAY TWENTY FOUR: Smudgy heart print top, Topshop
Imagine my surprise when I turned up to work today to find that one of my colleagues Paula (Fashion director of S Mag) and I were fashion twins today in this lovely printed tank from Topshop. Another one of our colleagues then confessed that she’d also bought the dress version so it’s a veritable fashion hat trick for this print!...
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DAY TWENTY THREE
DAY TWENTY THREE: Black dress, Zara
I was having a bit of a sartorial panic when I woke up yesterday; First, it was bakingly hot. Secondly, I really needed to do some laundry. Third, I was going to be coming straight from work and seeing some family friends who I hadn’t seen for over a decade so I needed to be presentable. Read: no leather shorts.
When in doubt, get the LBD out! This one...
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DAY TWENTY TWO
DAY TWENTY TWO: Tie-dye maxi skirt, New Look
Another day, another heatwave and with it, another sartorial challenge. This morning it was pretty warm by the time I left the house but the mercury only kept rising all day. Not that you would know it in my office building, where temperatures hovered around the zero C mark thanks to an overzealous air-conditioning system.
Once again, in this...
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DAY TWENTY ONE
DAY TWENTY ONE: Grey hoodie, Marc by Marc Jacobs
Following on from my previous festival post, another essential if you’re going to spend a weekend in a field is without a doubt an oversize hoodie. I liked the one I bought my boyfriend so much (and he hated me constantly borrowing it) that I decided to buy my own one.
There is nothing quite so miserable as being outdoors at night and...
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DAY TWENTY
DAY TWENTY: Black wellies, Hunter Boots
Sorry for the delay in posting, there was the small matter of Guilfest and a barely usable phone battery getting in the way of regular updates. I figured that seeing as I was at a festival this weekend and will be at another one next weekend, it was about time for a little bit of a festival edition of 30 Days but obviously, not 30 days of festival because...
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DAY NINETEEN
DAY NINETEEN: Khaki jacket, Da Nang
I figured that since this jacket has featured in so many other posts (as I wear it pretty much constantly) it was time it got it’s own post. The summer before I started university, I worked as a costume department runner on a film called Sahara. You might remember it - a fun family romp with lots of villains and something about a virus that was killing...
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DAY EIGHTEEN
DAY EIGHTEEN: Denim shirt dress, Primark
Much has been made of denim this summer - skirts, shirts, dresses, shoes, even (gulp) double denim and usually I am of the great belief that denim should stay firmly on one’s legs but thanks to Stella McCartney, every girl worth her fashion salt has been after a denim dress or one of those button down skirts. Not being the girliest of girls, I was...
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DAY SEVENTEEN
DAY SEVENTEEN: Green cropped sleeve parka, River Island
With the weather as mercurial as it was today, I figured it was a good day to wear a hood. This cropped parka fits the bill for this strange weather - the shorter sleeves and the fact that it’s lightweight means you don’t get too hot when the sun comes out but the absolutely ginormous hood means that you’re shielded...
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DAY SIXTEEN
DAY SIXTEEN: Super stretch skinny jeans, Citizens of Humanity
Stop press! I have done the impossible and found the ultimate skinny jeans in the shape of these from COH. Being fat of bottom but with a relatively small waist, most jeans gape at the back and leave my pants exposed. Even when I do find a pair, they usually lose their shape after a few wears and end up sliding down my legs.
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DAY FIFTEEN
DAY FIFTEEN: Leopard knit jacket, Topshop
Oh, thank God for the cooler weather! Lying in bed last night, trying to plan for the outside-30C vs the air-con arctic of the office, I was drawing a serious blank. And as much as I love the hot weather, it’s hard not to be resentful of the sun when you’re in a windowless office. So, for once I was delighted to see grey-ish skies and a...
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DAY FOURTEEN
DAY FOURTEEN: Feather print top, Next
As those who know me will attest, when the summer comes, I turn into a bit of a hippy - hairbands, fringing and a slightly feral hairdo all come into play. This weekend has been no exception and having to wear actual clothes as opposed to just a bikini during the heat is difficult but today’s BBQ guests required it so this feather print top was a...
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DAY THIRTEEN
DAY THIRTEEN: Straw Trilby hat, Marks & Spencer
As the mercury hits the 30C mark again, it’s too hot to really contemplate wearing much more than a bikini, some sunscreen and maybe a hat. I love Trilby hats and probably own about six or seven.
This particular one is a men’s one from good old M&S. I bought it a few years ago when I was working as a junior buyer and spent...
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DAY TWELVE
DAY TWELVE: Floral print tea dress, Reformed at Urban Outfitters
It’s approximately 30C in London today so wearing the least amount of clothing possible was of the utmost imperative, especially as my commute involves a very sweaty half hour on the tube each way every day.
This dress is one of my go-to pieces whenever I can’t decide and it comes out in all seasons. The makers,...
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DAY ELEVEN
DAY ELEVEN: Purple and black silk playsuit, Topshop
It’s been over a week, so I figured it was only fair to bring out another playsuit. I picked this one up in the Christmas sales at Topshop at a ridiculous reduction (I think it was £60 down to £18) and although it was some time until I could wear it, I love it for the snakeskin print and awesome bib front zips which makes it far easier...
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DAY TEN
DAY TEN: Grey leather trophy biker jacket, Topshop
If there’s one thing that every girl should own, it’s a good leather jacket. I fell in love with this studded number from Topshop’s SS09 line and it took me six weeks to build up the courage to plunk down my plastic and splurge.
But splurge I did and over the last 18 months or so that it’s been part of my wardrobe,...
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DAY NINE
DAY NINE: Black cotton maxi dress, New Look
Summer after summer, I have resisted the maxi dress trend but this year, something in my sartorial senses snapped and suddenly, I find myself to be a convert with several crammed into my exploding wardrobe. Maybe it’s the fact that getting dressed takes about five seconds and on days like today when the weather seems to chop and change every ten...
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DAY EIGHT
DAY EIGHT: Khaki peg trousers, Silence+Noise
These trousers are somewhat a labour of love. I started searching for a pair back in late March; I trekked up and down the high street and I reckon I must have tried on at least 20 pairs before I finally found my match in Urban Outfitters. Being short and owning a bum plus some normal sized thighs meant that a lot of the rejects made me look like I...
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DAY SIX & SEVEN
DAY SIX & SEVEN: Cotton tank, Illustrated People/American Apparel; Denim shorts, Zara
Apologies for the delay in posting Days Six & Seven, apparently even with a new modem our home broadband connection still leaves a lot to be desired. I wanted to do these two days as a combined post since I couldn’t decide which was a more heroic piece and the fact that I wore the shorts on both...
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DAY FIVE
DAY FIVE: Grey fish-print fringed dress, Paul & Joe Sister
As an ode to my festival fashion story in today’s Daily Express (coughcoughplugplugcough), I thought I would wear my Paul & Joe Sister fishy dress today. I shot this dress for the story and spent the whole weekend justifying to myself that it would be okay to buy it. Finally, I convinced myself that I’d worked really...
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DAY FOUR
DAY FOUR: Spotty culottes, Miss Selfridge
Aged six, I made a vow that I would never, ever on pain on death wear culottes again after my mother made me wear a particularly hideous pair against my will. Well, I guess I should be six feet under by now because I’ve kind of fallen in love with this pair and culottes in general. I bought these two months ago on a whim while I was on the hunt...
June 2010
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DAY THREE
DAY THREE: (Faux) Leather shorts, H! by Henry Holland at Debenhams
I must confess, these shorts have not been in my wardrobe for very long. In fact, I only bought them the other week and this is the first time that I’ve worn them but I can feel that this is going to be a very productive relationship. I shot a pair for my festival story that comes out this Friday in the Daily Express...
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DAY TWO
DAY TWO: Grey denim shorts, Topshop
When the sun comes out and it’s baking hot like it has been recently, my usual instinct is to reach for my denim thigh skimming shorts. Unfortunately, while my office dress code is relatively liberal, it’s not quite that liberal yet so instead I wear this pair a lot during the summer. I must’ve bought these about seven years ago but they...
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DAY ONE
DAY ONE: Black strapless blouson playsuit, Reiss
I figured that I should start this 30 Days with one of the more mystifying pieces from the fashion world, the playsuit. A straw poll amongst my friends has garnered mixed reviews with some calling it a saviour and left others scratching their heads and staring at what they describe as an adult babygro. Personally, I love the ease of playsuits....
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MY HEROES
For this month’s 30 Days, I’ve decided to mix it up and rather than just focus on one single product as I have done for the previous editions, introduce you to my summer hero pieces.
What is a hero piece? To me, it’s something that you love, something that makes you feel good when you wear it. Fashion mags may repeat the phrase ad nauseum and try to convince us that our summer...