African Head Dresses

As a way of experimenting and researching my South African theme for my textiles class a bit better I decided to focus more on the traditional head dresses since I've already touched upon clothing. (The South African clothing research I did) So here are the result of an hour or two playing around with some beautiful fabrics and my camera!

And here are some of my funkier edits I did using these pictures:

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Shoe Haul

I lost control today in town after weeks, upon weeks of being good and saving money, and as you can see the outcome wasn't great. 5 NEW PAIRS OF SHOES! How did I manage that? I had planned to spend an hour max in shoe shops trying to find some new sturdy walking boots for the volunteering work that I'm going to be doing in Mozambique- South Africa, in 3 days (I'm devoting another separate post devoted to this trip later on with more details and information). However, I some how came back with a ridiculous amount of new shoes and not single one of those fitting the description: 'sturdy walking boots'. Damn.

Although these were completely unnecessary, I absolutely adore all of them!

-My tanned, real leather boots with a little bit of a heel which makes a surprisingly big difference to my minute stature. With two buckles placed at the top of the boot (which reaches just below the knee) and another around the ankles, I found them to be very unique! It's not often you encounter such great quality boots in this gorgeous colour, perfect for the autumn.

-Plain, suede dessert boots in a dusty grey colour. Extremely comfortable and I imagine I will be very grateful I bought them for those mornings after a full night of wearing 6 inch heels.

-Black and blue Nike blazers. I've never been a big fan or a follower of the 'sneaker trend' but the simplicity (and again, the comfort) of this particular style really caught my eye. I wouldn't say that these were my favourite addition to my shoe collection, however they have added a bit of variety to it as I definitely stepped out of my comfort zone in buying these. They are nothing like what I would usually go for but I imagine that if I paired them up with some nice wet-look, black jeans, a black blouse, black & grey Adidas jacket and a nice chunky scarf, I've got my self a nice casual outfit- which fits perfectly with my college dress code. 

-My cute little boat shoes, now these are a lot more my style! Classic style, 

royal blue and with a shinny look to finish them off. They have quite a thick sole and they seem to be rather resistant/waterproof so I imagine I will be able to put these to good use during these colder, upcoming seasons.

-And finally my new heeled booties!

I've been looking for a new pair of boots with a small heel for quite some time and seems like today was my lucky day! Regardless of the 4 inch heel they are actually very easy to walk in so I bet I'll be finding it hard not to wear them this winter especially since they literally go with everything.

I already wore them tonight with some jeans but I also plan on wearing them with skirts, dresses and anything else that will give me the opportunity to have some cute, woolly socks peeking over the top!Aah, I'm very excited to get a lot of wear out of them.

EAV -A simple icon idea I came up with

I'm very much in an 'editing mood' so I guarantee that you can expect a lot of photography coming your way tonight!

Social

Carmel social, fantastic night 

-Cream, semi backless, lace dress from Miss Selfridge 

-Nude, strappy heels 

-Gold H&M necklace 

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