Elin Kling Inspired

Had a fun night with my friend who is back in Japan (yay!) and our lovely boyfriends. We went for all you can eat dinner and ended up in karaoke. Oh and there was also a bike accident and a long journey home with my boyfriend having to double us back on my bike due to his being broken, lol!
Anyway, I decided to wear one of my new T by Alexander Wang tops so I went for an Elin Kling inspired look. I love the top so much. It's so comfortable and light! Which, with summer now here in Japan is a necessity!

Oh yeh, I never made it to the gym yesterday, oops! But am gonna have a workout at home today. Have a big sayonara party tonight but as I'm working all day tomorrow I can only go for the posh meal bit in the hotel. Am having a total outfit crisis as I ordered a dress form Nastygal but it's not here yet so have NO idea what to wear! Ah well, I'm sure I'll think of something. Hopefully I'll get some pics to show you guys. Have a good weekend everyone!

Top, T by Alexander Wang; Jeans, Primark; Shoes, Topshop; necklace worn as bracelet, H&M; clutch, Le Ciel Bleu.

T

Hey guys. How's everyone doing? Despite not having very many lessons to teach this week, I've still had one hell of a busy week! Remember in this post I mentioned I'd bought some new basics from Netaporter? Well here's some pics. I bought a racer back vest and a 'classic muscle' T-shirt from T by Alexander Wang. I'm in love, they're so soft and comfortable. I'm off out for dinner tonight (after the gym, eek) and think I may wear one of them in an Elin Kling inspired outfit. Right, almost time for me to go to the  gym. Have a good weekend everyone!

Jelly Shel'tter

I've not gone mad, the title is the names of two fashion magazines in Japan. Shel'tter is also a shop. I don't know why it's spelt that way....but anyway, do you remember in this post I was talking about how popular layering with maxi dresses is in Japan, well Osaka anyways, at the moment? Well here are some scans from the aforementioned magazines. First up we have Shel'tter:

If the top is crochet or a loose knit it seems to be even better. And of course no self respecting Shel'tter girl would be in flats, it's heels all the way!

Here's a look at Jelly magazine:

So here we have some street style photos. Yes these gorgeous girlies are 'normal' girls on the street, not models. Makes you want to go and cry into your bowl of Special K, no? Heh.



And here we can see some styling suggestions from the magazine itself. As you can see long and floaty is IN in a big way. Especially the layered look, be it a loose fitting top over a maxi dress or a long vest over a maxi skirt. Due to girls in Osaka being extremely fashion focused, I see the latest trend everywhere which means it starts to rub off on me, so there could be a few more posts of me in long flowy stuff over the months to come!

So what do you all think of Japanese style then?

Basics

Hello everyone! How are you all doing? I've had a fun weekend of pubquizzes and housewarming parties. Unfortunately it's rainy season though and the almost constant rain has got me feeling under the weather (pun intended...maybe). I'm just feeling very blah. Work is busy and kinda monotonous atm, lots of my friends are leaving Japan this summer so, yeh, definitely a glass is half empty kinda gal atm.

However, cheering me up is Elin Kling and her blog (check it out here). I've dipped in and out on occasion but I'm now an official regular reader. I love her hair (I miss my white blonde hair) and her basic, pared down colour wardrobe. She has basics that can just all go together so easily in an infinite number of combinations. Her use of colour is very precise too.
It must be so easy to get dressed if all your stuff goes together. But she never looks boring and her outfits are always new and beautiful. I'm thinking I may have to do something similar for my work wardrobe.
Having a staple wardrobe of basics that are easy to put together for work sounds very appealing. Although I love colour so would probably go crazy at the weekends when I have more time to think of an outfit. You also have the added bonus of a wardrobe that would never go out of style as you're not constantly following the trends. You could just buy the pieces that you liked of the current trends (if any).
In fact, the idea of such basics in my wardrobe was so appealing that I purchased some from NET-A-PORTER. I love the tracking feature for my package as it's really detailed. My package is now in Osaka but I have to wait until tomorrow to receive it as there's no post on Sunday, boo!
I'm not entirely sure I've been at all articulate here, sorry! Here are some pics of Elin to illustrate my point.




Well, you get the idea. What's your take on basics?

All images from stylebykling

Platinum Blonde

It's party time! My friend Valerie is back in Japan and it was her and her boyfriend's birthday. We had a delicious meal and then went on to Platinum for dancing, birthday cake and champagne.
By the way, all the pictures with me in my sunglasses in the light were taken at around 5am the morning after. Not bad, hey!
I checked out the new Topshop in Umeda and it's awesome! It's much better than the one in Tokyo I think.I got this dress and shoes there last week.  I also got a gold belt to go with it but decided to leave it off this time.
Oh yeh, how do you like my hair? I finally got it done. It's much more blonde than before. I love it!
Currently eating pizza and watching TV to get over my hangover. Unfortunately have to do some work now. How's your weekend going?

Top and dress, Topshop; Clutch, H&M; Sunglasses, random shop on shopping arcade in Namba; Rings, Vivienne Westwood, Nastygal and street vendor.

The morning after the two nights before

So this weekend was fun! Friday night was my friend's birthday and he was DJing too. Got to bed at 6am, taught a private lesson at 11am, went back to bed till 3pm and then went out again for another friend's birthday and got in at 4am. So as you can imagine I wanted to be as comfortable as possible today. Currently maxi dresses with t-shirts over the top a very popular style in Japan so thought I'd give it a go. It was incredibly comfy. Will have to get some scans from some Japanese magazines I bought recently and give you a look.

How was your weekend?

Dress, sandals and bangle, H&M; Top, American Apparel.

Birthday in Bali

Well...a Balinese restaurant for my friend's birthday. It was a gorgeous setting and got me even more excited for my summer holiday. We're spending 3 weeks in Bali.

After dinner we went clubbing which is how this picture came about...

Oh dear!
Dress, Mango; Jacket and sandals, H&M; Bag, Le Ciel Bleu; Sunglasses, random shop in Namba; Earrings, present from Morocco.