going back in time, pt. 2

 Dress&Belt - Mama's old

Cardi - Primark

This's one of the outfits that I still can recreate perfectly. And it looks so much nicer with my short hair, y/n? I still often wear the dress with that belt, and after seeing this outfit I can see myself putting that cardi on with it in the future too. The funny thing is that only a couple of days before taking these photos (not the first one, obviously), I bought some tights and they're exactly the same ones I had back then! So, even though they aren't the exact same pair of tights, they are the same tights.

going back in time

So, I've seen this challenge on some Finnish blogs and it's basically asking you to create and wear an outfit that consists of items that are at least five years old. Apparently, five years ago, in 2008, was when most of the "popular" (fashion) blogs started and this is to look back to that and all that jazz. Obviously, my lil' blog didn't exist back then, even though I was an avid blog reader. And also obviously, a lot of my clothes are vintage or handed down from family members, which would make the challenge less than easy for me. What I have done, though, is pimping the challenge up a bit and recreating some of my earliest outfits that have been on the blog. I thought it was fun, and it's funny, yet not surprising, how most of the items I used are still part of my wardrobe.

This one was my first post, as well as my first outfit post. The only garment I still own is the coat, but it's in Finland as I don't really need a coat so warm in Leeds. I'd still absolutely wear it! This wasn't too long ago, only 2010, but I imagined my style would've changed more. So much has changed since then, but apparently I knew what I liked to wear already. I do wear dresses and skirts more often now than a couple of years ago, but most of the outfits I've looked back at don't even make me want to cringe. If they were from 2008 they might..

This is kind of different, but I hope it's not too weird. An 18-year-old Laura and I wish you a lovely rest of the weekend♥!

and it feels like we could do this all night

 Blazer&pants&top&rings - H&M

Suspenders - Grandpa's old

Scarf - 2nd hand

Shoes - Skopunkten

Earrings - Seppälä

Bag - Dad's old

I remember saying that I didn't have any pants when I went to Finland for the summer, and as the weather got colder my mum bought me a pair. I now own a shocking trio of pants. Haha, I really do wear dresses and skirts more often! And shorts, too. These were in the sale for a tenner, if I mind correctly, so even though they are a few sizes too big and I don't wear them too often, it still feels like a good purchase (most of the time). The pattern's a wee bit crazy, so I like it:-)

You might know that usually I'm not the kind of gal who wears heels to uni. I don't know what came over me today when putting these on.. What makes it worse is that it was raining and I ruined these lil' boots even more than they've already been ruined (by nights out and careless walking). I did come home between lectures though, and changed my shoes into something more sensible.

Uh oh, how is it past midnight already? I better get off the internet! Have a lovely night/day/whatever it is when you're reading this♥!

poppies and pops of red

 Top - New look

Dress - Self-made

Blazer - Grandma's old

Hat - 5-year-old Laura's ha!

Bag - Stolen off mama

Shoes - 2nd hand/Skopunkten

Earrings - Seppälä

 

Oh, uni's keeping me extremely busy these days. I've so many essays, presentations, tests and just general reading to do that I'm actually feeling like I am a student. And now that I'm not a first year anymore, I'm starting to take all this just a wee bit more seriously, haha. I was meant to do a lot of work today, but instead I've tackled quite a bit of procrastination. (I'm procrastinating even as we speak, it's what I do best..) Wednesdays are my day off, so I'd say that going to the library only to print out a few things was productive. Ish. After that I forgot about being productive, and may have watched more than the one episode of TV I said to myself I'd watch. Uh oh.

I should probably say something about my outfit or the poppies, but my mind's too preoccupied. The sooner I stop procrastinating, the sooner I can stop thinking about the Beveridge Report, problems in dynastic succession or the chiastic word order!

birds and bees

 Playsuit - Self-made

Cardi - Topshop

Over-knee socks - Seppälä

Insect ring - New look

Bird ring - H&M

Wellies - Melissa

How come it's so cold today, and a couple of days ago when theses photos were taken I didn't really feel I needed a coat? Actually I've not worn a jacket yet, because blazers and raincoats don't count. Soon even I can't brave the weather though and have to start dressing up appropriately. This outfit did feel a bit summery with the floral playsuit, the bird and insect rings and obviously the lack of warm clothes ha! (Also, what kind of an insect is that? Despite the title, I know that it's not a bee and I can't figure out what it is!) One of the legs of the playsuit looks like it goes up in a funny way, but I promise you it wasn't like that the whole day.

Well, that'd be all:-) Have a wonderful Guy Fawkes, hope you all have lovely bonfires and fireworks♥!

answers

Thank you to all of you that sent me some lovely wee questions! My answers are a bit lengthy but I did enjoy doing this, and will possibly make posts such as this in the future:-)

Where about do you live? I live in Leeds, Headingley to be more precise. And even though I'm in my second year, I decided to go back to halls, and am therefore staying at the same place as last year!

What are your favourite places to hang out in Leeds? I love a lot of places in Leeds, but I don't really have any regular places to 'hang'. However, some of my favourite places are Roundhay Park (which is probably my favourite of favourites), Kirkstall Abbey, Corn Exchange, and I also like the uni campus (there I can actually be found rather often). Usually I have a nice wee place in a city to go and read when the weather is nice, but I don't even have that in Leeds. It's a bit sad. I need to explore more!

What kind of a job do you fancy? I honestly have no idea. I'm studying history and that kind of leaves all my options open, and I could imagine myself doing something related to history. Then again, my most recent 'what-I-want-to-be-when-I-grow-up's have been either to become a sailor or to own a butcher's shop.. So, anything is possible.

What are your top five favourite books? Ugh, it's so hard to decide on top books! But I've settled on these 5, because they're the kind of books I can read over and over again, and never fall out of love with. "Le Petit Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen (and other Austen books, but P&P is my favourite), Harry Potters (they count as one book, right? If not, the first one's my favourite.) by J. K. Rowling. Those 3 are actually my three favourite books, the last two were so much harder! Anyway, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (not sure if this's truly my favourite Holmes book, I love 'em all) and "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas. If you'd fancy to know about other books I like, check out my Goodreads :-)

Why did you start blogging? In no way do I consider my blog to be a fashion blog, but the first blogs I started reading were fashion blogs, and that's initially where it started. Though, I, admittedly, did think that it was superficial&vain, I wanted to be part of the world of blogs and to have my own. But it took me years to turn the thought of starting a blog into an actual blog. I'm very much of an introvert, which I also think is a reason behind this lil' blog. I never tell anyone what I think or how I'm feeling, and obviously because of this am in need of some sort of an outlet. I've always written diaries, but jotting down about fashion and personal style &c. never felt that natural. None of my friends were/are as interested in fashion/style as I was/am, so I couldn't have talked to them either and just wanted some place to discuss more superficial things like this. My final obstacle before starting my blog was that I thought I wouldn't have anything interesting to post about. But then I moved to Edinburgh the year I turned 18, and finally decided my blog would be as interesting as anyone else's, ha!

What is your favourite way to accessorize? I'd say my favourite way to accessorize is the same as my favourite way to dress up in general. I like to wear things that I like and that I feel (relatively) comfortable in. Sounds a wee bit boring, but it is that simple.

Why are you so pretty? Born this way, baby! Seriously though, thank you:-)

If you could travel back in time for a day to a period in history, which period would you choose? I'd love to visit so many (most) periods! But travelling back in only time wouldn't guarantee you the location and the social status that you'd like to have, eh? That probably doesn't matter for a day, though. I'd choose Regency (Britain, upper or upper middle class). Or early to late 1700 in France (upper class, again). And I also really would like to know what the 20's and 60's were like. Those are my four favourite eras at the moment!

make a mess, make a bow

 Dress - New look

Hat - H&M

Shoes - 2nd hand/Skopunkten

Necklace - "Self-made"

Earrings - Seppälä

I think losing earrings is something of a family trait, and the last couple of years have really shown me that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. My mum is the most talented person I've ever met at losing one of her earrings. Never both, just one. And my collection of lonely earrings has started to grow too. (Must be my cray uni life...) Obviously the difference is that hardly any of mine are genuine, which makes the loss a little more bearable. Still, I was quite devastated to notice I only had one of my favourite earrings when I came home one time last year. I do wear mismatched earrings often, but thought this bow one couldn't even be mismatched well. So, I removed the post and now wear it round my neck rather than the ear. The simplest DIY!

That'd be all. See you soon, lovelies♥!

And don't forget you can still ask me questions!

mint and pink and confetti

 Shirt - 2nd hand

Skirt - H&M

Suspenders - Old, possibly my sister's

Earrings - Seppälä

Here's a couple of my favourite things at the moment. The mint nails with confetti are something that I may have done twice in a row. They're just too nice! I also like to wear them with my pink suspenders, that I could wear all the time. They're actually for children and therefore rather small, but still go very well with high waists. Which most of my clothes luckily are are anyway. How much more interesting does a pair of pink suspenders make an outfit, any outfit? I apologise in advance if I'm not to be seen without them for a couple of months.. I'm so glad I refound them, the last time I wore these suspenders was probably when I was 6. Ha! And then there's the shirt. You probably don't remember me talking about getting three shirts some time ago. However, this's the second one of those. The lace bib really made me fall for it, and one can't have too many white shirts. Right?

Catch you later♥!

P.S. You can still ask me questions on the post below!

a quest for Qs

You may have noticed that my blogging has been very regularly irregular. So, as to fill in the time of me trying to get back to attending my lil' blog properly, I thought I could answer any questions you might have for me! You can ask whatever you'd like to (though I'll decline to answer if it's too inappropriate) and as this is really the first opportunity for you to do so, there hasn't been any questions I would've answered previously. (Oh, look at me doing things for the first time! The 'phone picture' post and now this!)

Anyhow, let the questions begin!

reminiscing in summer photos

 Birthday dinner - A present from myself - Birthday dinner - The sky

 First picture of my haircut - Scones shaped like Ireland - Tampere - Catching some rays

 Cooking Sunday roast - A family portrait I made when I was ~5 - Church - Mama&I

Seaside pictures

All of these are from late August-early September, but I thought I'd share them anyway:-) If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen a couple of them already. I have kind of mixed feelings posting this, as it's my first 'phone picture' post. Sometimes I like to see other people's phone photos, but I don't like it if posts like this are too frequent. So, I'd really like to hear your opinions! Would you fancy seeing these kind of collages on my blog, and how do you feel about them in general? I have to admit it is mighty easy to just put together a couple of photos like this, and it is fun too. I'm leaning towards liking phone photo posts, ha.. What do you think?

a little bit of hair

Just a wee post to show you all my lack of hair! I was under the impression that it was maybe a couple of weeks ago that I had my hair cut, but it's actually been a month and a couple of weeks. No wonder it has grown out so much! The only thing I don't like about short hair (at the moment) is how fast it grows. I think I'll brave myself to trim it myself, because honestly, who can afford going to the hairdressers every two weeks? I don't even like going to the hairdressers, this has been my first time in over three (3) years. It'll be just so different cutting short than long hair, especially as the last time my hair was about this length was when I was 13.. We'll see how it goes, haha!

Anyway, I'm loving having short hair, and would also like to hear what you have to say:-) I had been thinking of chopping my hair off for a long time, so finally getting there was great. I actually went to the hairdressers with a picture of Tegan and Sara, the haircut didn't really look like what I had had in mind, but in the end I think I like it better the way it turned out!

all the people of the town cast their eyes right to the ground

Dress - Vero Moda

Top&Socks - Primark

 Shoes - Skopunkten

Bag - Gift

Bandana - 2nd hand (I think?)

Last week I met with the lovely Gail from The Equinox Fashion and had a wee walk around Leeds city centre and a nice lil' chat with her. She is such a wonderful person and I'm very pleased to have had the chance to see her now that she's in the UK:-) Also, this was the first time for me to meet someone from the blogosphere, so it was exciting, hehe! Gail also gave me the prettiest notebook as a gift, which makes me like her even more. I love receiving gifts, to be fair who doesn't! (But I also felt a little bad for not getting her anything.)

Other than that, my life has been exactly the same as last year. The first week of uni, I managed to get myself the worst cold ever (, but am now recovering). Having a cold made the already hectic first week just more chaotic. I still need to get myself back to the routine and be more organized with everything. At the same time, being back here feels good:-)

Hope you all lovelies have been well! What've you been up to? ♥

P.S. First and last photo are by The Equinox Fashion.

two churches and a dress

 

 

Dress - Self-made

Shoes - 2nd hand/Skopunkten

Sunglasses - Citymarket

Bag (that you can almost see in some pictures) - Mama's old

 These should be the last pictures I've left from Finland, and the first ones where you can actually see my new hair. Some days it looks good, some days it doesn't. I had forgotten how fast my hair grows, and should probably cut it a little already if I want to keep it like this. The dress is another new thing. I started sewing it over a year ago and finally finished it before leaving my sewing machine again. The skirt is thicker, which is lovely for autumn (and winter). The floral print of the top part is so pretty too, and if I was still in the same country as my wee Brother, I'd sew a matching top of the fabric that's left.

Walking round this stone fence surrounding the old church used to be one of my favourite things as a wee one. It wasn't as exciting anymore, but I still made the whole circle, just for old times' sake. During the summer and beginning of autumn, I took my mum (i.e. made her take me) to a lot of the sights in my hometown. Being a tourist in your hometown can be so much fun, and it's unbelievable how many places you never visit because they're so near. I've now visited all the war memorials, graveyards and what not. And there's still so much more to see another time. It must be amazing to have a history undergrad for a daughter, ha!