twigs & tweed

Born Free

twigsandtweed — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:05:03 +0000

Saw this last night and found it terrifying and reminiscent of History.

Mia’s Born Free

70 Million

twigsandtweed — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:27:25 +0000

70 Million by Hold Your Horses!

My current favourite music video – the song style reminds me of Los Campesinos! Love all the references to famous paintings, plus the video looked really fun to make.

United Nude Women’s Low Res Heel

twigsandtweed — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:32:51 +0000

Via Jiayun

Just as I was about to log offline last night, Jia showed me these orgasmic shoes. Not quite my usual preferred style, but oh my goodness I think I am in love with them, especially the baby blue colour. These are on sale for a 100 pounds, down from the usual 200 on amazon.co.uk.

I love how they look like raw hewn jewels.

Shoes and Bag Love

twigsandtweed — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:09:41 +0000

I dashed out of my dorm last night to meet my new guy (the Bavarian as I call him), and it was only when I was walking down towards Russell Square that I actually looked at what I was wearing and then sort of inwardly squeal the most bimbotic squeal in history to myself. I just LOVED my bag and my shoes! Hahaha, how absurd is that?

It’s been an interesting few months here in London. Initially when I first got here I was trying so much to fit in without looking vain – and ended up in jeans and sneakers all the time. I would look at myself in the mirror and sigh. Then after a while as I started to get more comfortable in my surroundings (and fed up with myself) I attempted to start dressing in a pseudo-vintage ladylike style. (As an aside, why do majority of these British girls dress SO TATTILY? Finding clothes I like here is a nightmare because everything looks like some nightmare ’80s neon more-suitable-for-clubbing crap clothes)

Seychelles Shoes:

The only pair of shoes I own that is not in a monochromatic hue (no, really :/), I love the mix of a lovely foamy green and a light brownish strap across the foot. This is probably also the most expensive pair of shoes I own. I’ve only won this out twice though, first time when I met the Bavarian. And yes, that is a sack of 66p potatoes from Waitrose in the background.

Office T-Straps:

Got this from the Winter Sale for 15 pounds, but the first time I wore them during Chinese New Year, they really hurt my feet as my roommate and I just walked out for a Sichuan Lunch nearby. Will need to get gel pads for them.

Clarks Loafer Heels:

My newest pair of shoes! I got these on sale recently for 35 pounds. I wore them last night and absolutely love them (but they gave me new shoe blisters). I love the slightly stacked wooden heel (I assume) and the fact that well, they are loafers. The Bavarian likes them too, so that’s a perk.

Metal frame black bag:

I bought this bag for just 4 pounds from a Vintage store called The Ballroom in Oxford. I can’t believe I spent 3 days deciding whether I wanted to pay 4 pounds for this bag, mainly because I wasn’t sure how much I’d be able to use it because it’s a bit small to bring to school. Now, I can honestly say this bag is one of my best buys. When you zip it open, you can feel the metal frame in the top part open up. Plus it is small enough (yet large because I manage to put the book I’m reading now into it yesterday) to look dainty. Love love love, omg.

Okay, I so need to start studying Presidentialism vs Parliamentarism now.

I was looking at Raincoats on Etsy

twigsandtweed — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:05:03 +0000

And amongst all the raincoats (none which really caught my eye) was this gem:

KraftKorner on Etsy
“We carry handmade clothes for cement geese in 6 different sizes. There is no excuse for a naked goose!”

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I keep cracking up looking at this.

Gone With The Wind

twigsandtweed — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:54:08 +0000

A Scarlett O’Hara inspired piece by Etsy seller BetaBoutique:

I love the stripes and the shape of the skirt

Gowns for Prom

twigsandtweed — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:42:36 +0000

Last night as a result of realising I didn’t own a single formal gown and out of sheer boredom, I went to Etsy and found 5 random gowns that caught my eye (mostly vintage because I was looking for something on the cheap):

1) Black Maxi Grecian dress, $42.00

2) Green Grecian dress$62.00

I like how the neckline is reminiscent of those glamour dresses of the 1930s! If I’m not wrong the gowns of the 1970s attempted to replicate the dresses of the 1930s.

3) Ice Blue Lace Gown $45.00

A real beauty from the 1930s, I love how the seller made all sorts of Indiana Jones puns in her listing. Hahaha. Pity it’s not in very good shape anymore.

4) Baby Blue Dress $228.00

This was really the listing that started off this entire list. I was blown away by the light delicate colour and the cute neck details. Pity it’s far too big for me and is priced pretty steeply.

5) Chistmas Gown

Okay yeah this is a joke, makes me think of Austen (and Pride and Prejudice and zombies). But doesn’t it look pretty? Awwww.

Bonus:
6) Black Edwardian Gown

A reproduction dress from the early 1900s, this dress was just too pretty to pass on for this list. The seller mentions Titanic and I certainly can see this being worn by Kate Winslet. I love the neckline details.

Sorry Sorry!

twigsandtweed — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:10:54 +0000

Sorry so much for not posting anything over these past few weeks/months. I highly suggest adding us to your RSS feed instead and hope that we get to a regular posting shcedule, though I honestly have no idea when that’ll be. That way you’ll still get to see our sporadic updates.

My excuse? I’ve been away overseas for sometime, and before that it was work work work.

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My latest want: The Human Ingredient T-Shirt

Available here from $20.

Annabel & Ruby

twigsandtweed — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:10:50 +0000

Alice Dress

Yet another lovely etsy shop showcasing vintage reproduction dresses, this time more from the ’30s era. I love the simplicity of the Alice dress and how glamourous the Esme dress looks. I wish that when my wedding comes around, I can wear something similar, oho.

Esme Dress

Yumumu + Clever Nettle

twigsandtweed — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:04:02 +0000

Last week I attended a fashion show in Zouk (along with what must’ve been a thousand other people) because I had a friend that was doing a small showcase there. After her showcase, the real fashion show started and my friends and I stayed behind to watch despite the fact that we hated the atmosphere (club, with loud music and dark lights). I was preparing to be unimpressed by what I saw since Singapore isn’t really know for a budding fashion centre/I don’t really like couture, but instead I discovered Yumumu, a wonderfully girly designer who definitely used vintage as an inspiration for her new line. Unfortunately I don’t have pictures of the clothes from that night, but I went to her website and instead found pieces from her East Asian Misfits line thoroughly captivating as well:

And closer to the vintage blogging world, is this lovely dress ’50s ruffled dress from Clever Nettle that caught my eye as I was reading her blog. Just as well that it’s reserved for someone else… US$82 is a bit over my budget.