Monday, July 30, 2012

What I wore: to lunch and the cinema and some general nerdiness













This is what I wore to see the epic disappointment Batman: The dark knight rises yesterday. I won't go on too much about how bad the film was, but just say that it is SO BAD, that me and my boyfriend feel the need to re-watch all the old Batmans in a desperate attemempt to wipe it from our memories, it's only saving grace being that Christian Bale ran around without a top on quite a bit! To be fair all the actors gave great performances (with the exception of Michael Caine, who as usual, just acted like Michael Caine and whoever did the incredibly irritating voice over for Bane) which makes me feel a bit sorry for them that the writing and direction let them down so badly. There weren't even any particularly cool explosions and Batmans new transport 'the bat' was some really weak hover-craft thing that looked like a giant aphid and hoovered around the place unimpressively, a real anti-climax after the super cool motorbike in the last movie. Anyway...

This is possibly one of the most high-streetish outfits I own, it's pretty unusual for me to have so much high street crap on at any one time but I think it looks ok... I'm not anti-high street shops on principle particularly, I just rarely bother shopping there are everthing tends to be so cheap looking and unflattering, especially if you're curvy and/or tall as I am! Hence the reason I have come to love dress-making so much, making tailored clothing that fits like a glove and is designed to showcase ALL your lumps, bumps and not so lumpy bits in the very best light possible is such a great thing to be able to do. At this stage, after making most of my own clothes for the last year and a half, I feel pretty horrible in anything mass-produced with nothing more than cheapness and ease of production incorporated into the design. But like I said, I think this actually looks ok, despite being much more untailored than I usually like!


 Dress: Savida by Dunnes
Tights: Accessorize
Cardi: Pennies
Shoes: Dunnes
Hat: Vintage Laura Ashley, a present from my mum x.
Bow clip on hat: A-wear
Satchel: Thrifted vintage
Belt: Accessorize
Ring: Accessorize (no prizes for guessing where I work!)



One the upside of the day, I finally (after much enthused ranting and raving by fellow nerdling friends) started my collection of The Sandman comic book series, naturally with volume 1: (Preludes and Nocturnes) written by my favourite writer Neil Gaiman. You might know Gaiman as the talented man (who happens to look a little like Bob Dylan and has the British Isles sultriest accent) that wrote the stories behind the movies Coraline and Stardust as well as many other dark, adult, novel-sized fairy tales.


From the official Neil Gaiman website, volume one contains issues 1-8 of the origianal comic book series first published in 1989 and tells the story of:  'A wizard attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. Fearful for his safety, the wizard kept him imprisoned in a glass bottle for decades. After his escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On the way, Morpheus encounters Lucifer and demons from Hell, the Justice League, and John Constantine, the Hellblazer. This book also includes the story "The Sound of Her Wings" which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl, Death.'
 
After running out of novels written by Gaiman to read, and as a pretty fanatical fan of his in general I'm very excited about getting started on these! Adding the the excitement for fans of the series is the fact that Gaiman has finally decided to conclude the series with one last installement, twenty three years after he wrote the last issue!




Hope you had a fun and less rainy weekend!
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9 comments:

  1. Don't hate me but I rather liked TDKR, especially Bane!! Apparently his voice & character was inspired by Bartley Gorman, an Irish Traveller who was the undefeated Bare-knuckle boxing champion of the United Kingdom and Ireland, often referred to as the, "King of the Gypsies." Tom Hardy: "His particular accent is very specific, which was a gypsy accent. So that's why it was difficult to understand. But once you tune into it, you get it. I hope."

    Admittedly it did fall quite flat in the middle, and the Bane/Batman fight scenes were a bit yawn.

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    1. Oh my god that fight scene was shockingly bad, my personal low point of the movie actually! Was that really supposed to be a traveller accent!? It sounded like bad theatre style acting or a dodgy voice over for a computer game to me, it just didn't tie up with the character at all, apart from the weirdness of the accent, it wasn't basey enough for the size of him at all!

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  2. Sorry the movie was such a disappointment!

    And I think your dress looks lovely indeed, but I also agree that your own dresses are better:D

    Ooh, how exciting! I love Neil Gaiman too. Actually had the pleasure of meeting him once. He was very friendly, even more so than I'd expected.

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    1. Oh my god I'm very, very jealous.. and thanks :)

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  3. Completely agree (about high street fashion that is, haven't seen Batman yet) I tend to mostly wear items I've made myself as well :) however I think you look very pretty and comfy!

    xo
    Alex

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    1. Thanks Alex :) I just read on your blog about your shop for all your wonderful creations! How exciting, I can't wait to see it when it's all up and running..

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    2. :) Thanks! The waist on the skirt is 28" and the circumference of the bottom of the skirt opens up to 79"!

      xo
      Alex

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    3. Dang, I'm at 28.5 these days!

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  4. Haha I hate to say it but I agree with Zoe, I quite liked The Dark Knight! That said, I can enjoy almost anything if the budget is big enough and the special effects swish enough. Not to say that I don't love lower-budget movies too, just big fancy dramatic ones are such an easy sell to me! Haha

    I love your outfit too, the colours are really lovely and your cat is SO SO SO cute.

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