Pretty dresses.

So recently my school's started to organise our deb (or more formally, our "presentation ball"), something that's offered to Year Eleven every year. I'm not quite sure how to explain it...basically it involves all the girls getting dressed up in pretty white dresses and the boys wearing suits, a bit of ballroom type dancing and dinner. And then more dancing. It is most definitely not the whole girls getting presented to "eligible bachelors" event that it used to be. It's just a lot of fun and well, a chance to look nice.

What this means is that as of late I've been spending a fair bit of time making my way through websites and websites of lovely dresses, that are in most cases, a bit too expensive for my casual after school job to afford.

Here are a couple I've been swooning over lately - dresses from Papilio's The Nymph collection. Fingers crossed I find something similar that's a little less exxy, and little more located in Australia, not Belarus...

Shoe love

Doc Martens (I always think of the TV show Doc Martin whenever these are mentioned).



Converses are quite possibly the best, most comfortable shoes ever.


I got the most lovely oxford type shoes at Sportsgirl in Melbourne :).


Do you have a favourite type of shoe/pair of shoes?

Socks

It's been raining all day today, and all I want are some pretty little socks to rug up my feet in.



Go here for a closer look:
1 + 2, 3 + 4 .

Hearts

School's gone back. It's my third day, but it already feels like I've been back ages. Also, I didn't realise it was possible to fit so many 'You need to take this year more seriously, think about your future, you're doing your school certificate now blah blah blah' lectures into three days.

I adore dresses with heart-shaped cutout backs.





Source: 1 - Unsure, 2 + 3 = ModCloth.

Liebe Marlene

I want all her clothes! Please! How come I never find amazing clothes in op shops?

The Uninvited

I was reading the latest post over at Vintage Frantic's blog, which was mainly about the outfits that Zooey Deschanel wore in 500 Days of Summer. It reminded me of how much I loved the outfits Emily Browning wore in The Uninvited, so her post has inspired me to write this one!

The Uninvited is a horror movie, I absolutely love everything about it. It has the best twist, and it's really cleverly done. The house where most of the movie happens is beautiful. The movie's about a girl who returns home after being hospitalised because of her mum's death, only to find she now has an 'evil step-mother', but I won't give away any more than that. I'll only say that you should get down to blockbuster and hire it!
Anyway, here are some of the outfits Emily Browning wore in the movie. I wish I could steal them.










There are many more pretty things that she wears (my favourite is the dress in the party scene) but I can't seem to find any images! I tried to take my own stills, with print screen, but they came out pretty blurry. Looks like you'll have to watch the movie yourself :).

Sportsgirl

I love sportsgirl. They have the most gorgeous things. Also it's one of the only places where I live that I can get my kinda clothes. Too bad I don't live in a big city! Anyway, I want these:



And quite a few other things, but you can't have everything. So...just going to stick with these two :).

No one seems to really be reading my blog yet...but it's going to get there eventually!