butch as fuck

T-shirt: thrifted (World Used Market)
Jeggings: Uniqlo
Boots: YouMe Town
Aviators: Found on a train (WIN)
Hammer: Daiso
Krampus beer bottle: A good friend

Something different

As told by the posters of this blog, I raided my wardrobe in the search of something "fitted" and "bold".
I couldn't really find anything fitted because I hate clingy clothes but I did dig up this sheer black and gold military inspired tank top.



Please excuse the dusty mirror!

I wore this with leggings and black heels for New Years when we hit the clubs.

I don't own anything too body hugging unless underwear counts!

black black black

top: Zara
skirt: Tutuanna
tights: Tutuanna
shoes: We Go

I like this shirt.

Shirt- Zara

Belt- Forever 21

Black jeggings - Uniqlo

Cardy- River Island

That is all.

Shimamura hauls

Creepy Michael Jackson dancer. He's about 75-80 years old and actually a very bad dancer.


Cardigan: ¥1470


Scarf: ¥500



Fake leather jacket: ¥1870

Insanely jacked linebacker legs: too precious to name a price

sunglasses and boots and a winter coat

The boots were a huge steal at Asbee -- just 1000en (~$10). The sunglasses are Guess ($15 thrift) and the coat is BCBGMAXAZRIA ($50 sale).

Spring - Winter

It's been a crazy 2 weeks.. it looked as though Spring was upon us and them BOOM! it was winter wonderland.

Here's two cute outfits.. one for the Spring part of last week and one for the BOOM! Winter part.

This dress was a tricky one.. I bought it from ASOS.com over the winter holidays because they had free delivery (woo!) but when it got here it was really hard to work. I think you have to be super skinny or super pretty to work the dress just as it is, but as I am neither of those things, I added a white lace print t-shirt underneath, and of course my favourite belt.


The next is not as chic I'm afraid, but it was cute and - more importantly- warm.

I bought the skirt for a bargainous (yes, it's a word..) ¥990 at Uniqlo. The sweater was less thrifty at ¥4000, but it's really versatile and very warm.

I'm really loving the kind of Nordic look with big moose prints and thick woolen tights this season. It'll almost be a shame when we have to start wearing warmer stuff haha.. ;-)

red tights

Snowboarding

It took a whole year for me to finally post my boarding wear.


They are nothing spectacular. The ski pants are from 2nd Street and were only 1300 yen. They are a bit big around the waist and have a zip on extention on the top but I took it off because it felt silly.


The jacket is Burton and its duper warm with a teddy bear lining on the inside. And of course to look good when you are falling down the mountain, you will need awesome goggles and a face mask so your nose doesn't fall off from frost bite.
Happy Boarding, everyone!

Sales

I am proud to say that I didn't buy any clothes for myself when I went home over Christmas, unlike last year...

So when the sales came on in Japan, I couldn't resist and bought myself some clothing to make Winter a bit more enjoyable. After all, Winter is going to suck either way so I might as well suck it up in nice clothes.


The necklace came with the white dress.

My favourite coat this Winter is this camel cape.


Camel is the colour this season and it goes really well with red. <3
The sleave/non-sleave is kinda weird and I take down everything that I walk past because I can't comprehend how big my sleaves are but oh well.



Something else I bought:

I'm still 50/50 with this dress. Not my absolute fave but I like the neckline and I think it will grow on me.

hello yellow

I am totally infatuated with this dumb sweater. I got it on sale at Zara. It's super thick, adds at least ten pounds, and somehow manages to keep cold air out. I love the elbow patches - they somehow give it so much personality.

The boots are new too. ¥1000 on sale at Asbee. Now's the time to go chasing some last minute purchases; the markdowns are epic.

These are a few of my favourtie things...

So here's an outfit from a day when I cared about what I wore haha. That day I was to teach a few classes alone so I wanted to be a little more formal than normal.

Enter my new gray Uniqlo jacket. Bought on a trip to Nagoya for only ¥1500, it's the perfect thing to turn an otherwise cutesy outfit into a "roar I mean business!!!" outfit. Kinda...

The blouse is from home, and the culottes are from the local shopping center here. It was one of those things that I saw in my size so automatically had to buy them haha.




Since there is an accessories theme right now, I thought I'd chip in with some of my favourites. I get most of mine from Forever21.co.jp - the elephant (my recent favourtie), the pink flowered one on the right and the giraffe are all from there. I love animal themed jewelry.. can you tell? The red beaded one at the top is from Accessorize in Harajuku (a British brand- used to be sold online here but they took the shop down), and the purple and green flowered one was a gift for my birthday from my mum.

Not the best picture in the world... the lighting in my room isn't great haha...

A reason why I hate winters...

Okay so apart from the obvious reasons like it's cold and gets darker earlier.

No I am talking about the fact that it makes my nails get brittle and prone to chips/breaking off.

This summer I really got into nail art, I'd paint my nails every week and do a cool pattern on them. I started to purposely grow my nails out just for this, and after about 2 months or so I had lovely long nails.

This picture was taken just after I went back to uni, when the nails on my other hand started to break and I realised I wouldn't have long nails for much longer. They're probably a bit longer than i'd like to keep them but I think I was just happy they were growing so much. And just to add, I don't do fake nails. So this is how they are now, after a few months of cold weather.

Totally lame.

New Hair!

Decided on a change from my short layered bob and got myself some length.
I was aiming for some sort of sultry look, but that turned out more moody than anything else. My Caruso hair rollers arrived today, so i'll be throwing some curls and waves into it and see how it goes!

Unhealthy Obsession

My friends thought it was cute when I got a Blair Waldorf inspired headband with a bow. Small, considered classy by some and relatively easy on the eyes. Little did they know it was the gateway bow to bigger and more extreme bow headbands

The "Gateway" Bow Headband

I love this headband. Even the bow has clean lines and it's relatively unobtrusive. An all-purpose bow headband.

The "Night Out" Bow Headband

A second-hand store find, this bow represents the step up in bow headbands, a "night-out" bow headband. The sequins and puffier bow make this a cute option for going on but slightly inappropriate for work. I've come to love the size and shape of the bow on this one. My current favorite.

The "Secondhand Sailor" Bow Headband

I picked up this bow headband as a joke. I like the nautical print silk-like fabric but the shape of the bow is just stupid. That's nothing to say of its size.

The "I've Lost Control of My Obsession" Bow Headband

This is the official 'I know I have a problem with bow headbands' bow headband. I've been alternately told that it "suits me" and that I look like a "Christmas present" wearing it. I've only worn in in public drunkenly (once) and doing Christmas carols (once) but I like being able to say that something to absurd is part of my collection.