Quest for Colour

Thinking about my colourless wardrobe reminded me of the time when I was taking pictures of my clothes to sell on eBay and when I uploaded them I realised they looked a bit off - I had the black and white setting on the entire time without even realising. THAT IS HOW BLAND MY LIFE IS. At least I have the defence of saying that I was getting rid of those particular clothes. Anyway, my mission to inject some colour into my wardrobe that I would actually have the guts to wear is succeeding! I present to you:

I thought this was a groovy bananas oversized cardi, parfait for days when it's not cold enough for a big bulky coat and where you wouldn't normally be able to get away with an overly patterned coat, this gives enough excitement to my outfit to justify everything else being plain Jane. Also, the clasps are tres cool and what made me buy it in the first place:

A twisty metallic pattern! Brilliant. I got this norwegian number from Ebay for about a tenner, bargainious! Now, I know it's not particularly colourful but I bought this camel coloured wool coat as a way of not looking so dark and heavy on these breezy spring days in my big black coat and grey scarf:

I think it will work for my colour deprivation scenario and the fact that I can tie it up fairly loosely means that if I deem my outfit underneath interesting enough for the world I can give them a cheeky peek! Also brilliant! This one also came from Ebay, so very sorry if anyone has the urge to rush out and buy an identical one.

I previously mentioned cutting some very dodgy sleeves off a glittery blouse I bought when vintage shopping in Manc back in September. Here is the finished product:

I don't really know what to think of it because I still remember it when it looked like a bad jazz/tap costume reject. I think it will probably do to wear on a night out just to add some colour to a black dress but unsure of whether it's too tacky to brave out in the day. Anywhooo I saved the best for last. My mum saw the skull jumper that I posted up before and wanted to surprise me with it until she also saw the price tag. So instead, and how very innovative of her, she bought me a different jumper with a unique skull detail. I've got to say my confidence boosted enormously this morning when I walked into the kitchen and my flatmate said 'oh Ellie, if I were a girl I would want to have your dress sense!'. Fancy that eh? So basically well done mum for picking out this number! I was going to put up the whole outfit but it's really too casual to be putting on a blog so I'll just show you the wicky war war deets on the jumper:

Vair groovoid indeed! This one was actually bought in a shop, Republic as it happens, and it's still on sale for £19.99. As it's actually a crop top it's a little bit awkward to wear with jeans but hopefully when my dresses are done it will go nicely with them. Hoorah! Spring is here and I can show off my partially non black-white-grey clothes! Hopefully I will have some 'personal style' photos up soon so that you might feel slightly inspired by my random choice of purchases...or not. But always fun to judge other people's styles. I am a bit photophobic so might take a while but one day they'll be there.