These boots are made for walkin'

This video is totally irrelevant except for the song at the beginning. I love Sienna's style as well as her brand Twenty 8 Twelve... However, she reminds me a little of the horrible girls that I went to boarding school with. I think she'd be nicer than those girls though. It's funny how school bullies AKA the "popular" crowd think they are SUPAH FLY but when it comes to school finishing and uni beginning, they're always the ones that end up with trashy facebook photos of them smoking and wearing "gap year clothing" (i.e. oversized rags) and tons of shoddily applied make up. I digress.

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My Dr Marten Darla boots arrived today and I ADORE them. (Incidentally, my Topshop daisy jeans arrived too but they are basically made out of cardboard and feel nothing like the supple denim shorts in the same pattern that I loved. Returning!).

They are so gawd dang comfortable because the heel isn't too high and the stretchy panels on the side keep the boot securely in place. I kinda get a vibe of those Topshop ankle booties that everyone and their momma had except that these are a little bit longer. They have a padded insole and a rubbery sole and they are just generally kick-ass.

Speaking of kick-ass,

Found in the men's section of a charity shop on Goodge Street.

Do men have size 4 feet? I guess men includes boys.

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Love,

Geisha

xoxo

INDOORSY

What to wear whilst:

1. sitting around by myself
2. air-drying my hair into a wavy mess, and
3. stressing about my dissertation?

Top - Cotton On, Skirt - River Island

I still look quite tanned! I doubt that it will last much longer but it's good to know that the 2 days of sunbathing on a sunny English (!) beach actually had some effect on my usually pallid self.

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My newest obsession: Swedish Krisprolls. They're like crispy bits of ready made toast that come in a bag. I'm about to have some for lunch with ham and philadelphia and a salad on the side. They're basically weirdly insanely moreishly good little wholegrain crispy things.

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I almost forgot about the stuff I'd ordered online yesterday until I saw my blog post below hahaha... At least I don't regret anything. Can't wait for it to come already, thats the problem with buying online, there isn't the instant gratification that you get from real life shopping. Sigh.

Grunge, nude and beaten silver by geisharock

The Alexander McQueen clutches are SUBLIME.. especially that studded nude piece.

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Love,

Geisha

xoxo

DAISY PRINT & DR MARTENS

Hello lovelies,

Exactly what it says on the tin/blog title.

A large percentage of my online shopping happens when I'm stressed, late at night. I'm not alone here, am I? It's so therapeutic! As summer is fast disappearing from London, I'm yearning for winter staples - skinny jeans and ankle boots... But I don't own any like this already, honest! (She says, thinking fondly of her extensive collection of skinny jeans and ankle boots)

I think I'll skip the whole "what will this go with?" dilemma and just wear these together.

Topshop & Amazon

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What will you be buying for your A/W 2010 wardrobe?

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Love,

Geisha

xoxo

BURNING LOG FIRES & GINGERBREAD LATTES

Balenciaga fur coat, Uniqlo plaid shirt, Mulberry Alexa satchel, Understated florals, Alaia studded heels, Topshop mesh dress, Helmut Lang leather/jersey leggings, House of Harlow cuff, Dr Martens 1490, YSL ring, Topshop brogues, Erin Wasson x RVCA denim miniskirt.

My perfect A/W wardrobe.

Improvise

And to think I never bothered to make my pictures larger before. Infinitely clearer! Scarily big, in fact. I'm not sure if I'll keep doing it hahaha. What do you guys think?

I shouldn't be posting at all but the weather was too tempting. I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone and catch some sun whilst taking outfit pictures.  The studded dress is a vintage DKNY skirt that I've hiked up and belted and the beaded headband is actually a choker.

Staring lovingly at my Docs.

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Hope that you're all having wonderful weekends! :)

Z xoxo

Put the boot in

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I did it! I actually won something on ebay!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSS. But I didn't get the standard 8-hole with yellow stitching because as Cruz of Denim on Denim (check out his sweet blog) rightly says, I think they're getting a bit too trendy now that everyone and their mum has them. I would just feel like I'm hopping on the bandwagon 5 months too late, haha. I got the proper kick-ass Docs, the ones my sister wore as a kid to brutally kick boys with during football games (I think it was just her... vicious child! Love ya really sis xx). 

Do you LIKE?? If you don't.... I don't care because I friggin love them :-)

Although I am thinking... WHY do this pair not have yellow stitching? Does that mean they're fake?! :-( Apparently they are "boys" shoes - does this make a difference???  Any help on this issue would be very welcome. 

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PS. Remember to enter the topshop giveaway 2 posts below this - just leave a comment with "topshop" somewhere in it.

Doctored

Should I take the plunge? The patent white's aren't getting the love they should be but I'm longing for the classic blacks now that my gap motorcycle boots are growing old. Answers on a postcard. (or a comment).

(PS. Enter the giveaway by commenting on the post below this with the word "topshop" in your comment if you haven't already)

London town.

Today marks the beginning of my week of killer exams. Sorry, I know thats all I talk about but its literally all I have time to think about. I had my second one today in Westminster central hall, which is right next to Westminster Abbey. It's usually quite nice to be able to see that area, even if its for exams (sad face) but not today.....

........ Why? Well, this morning, there was a huge Tamil protest going on in response to the humantiarian crisis in Sri Lanka on Parliament Square. Sounds fine but it meant that there were police cars everywhere and people getting arrested for breaking through police barriers so not only was it quite scary but it also meant that I had to literally sprint round the longest route possible with a heavy bag and arrive panting and sweating at my exam :( With no time to gather my thoughts, I think I rushed the paper a little bit. Oh well, that's the stress of London for you!

Sorry for all the moaning, I'll stop now! :) Here's what I wore today. 

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Sunglasses - Vintage

Shirt - Kirsty

Dress - Topshop (This is literally become my staple piece - its like an AA dress)

Leggings - New Look

Boots - Dr Martens (I'm obsessed with all of my pairs of Docs. They're amazingly comfortable, not as clunky as the 8-holes/etc and look pretty rad... I think!)

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Now I literally have to start last-minute revision for my wednesday exam.  Thank you so much for continuing to drop by and put a smile on my face with your comments! It makes this exam existence so much less lonely :). MWAH xx

And thank you for the comforting words about my denim shorts!! I am such a silly billy :) Too attached to my clothes. I've decided the first thing I'm going to do when I get back home is visit all the charity shops in my area to find a replacement!

Z xoxo

Twitter: geisharocks

I'm on twitter: ....

EDIT.

Nope - I changed it to geisharocks

Add meee! Send a message, or something. I have no idea what to do on twitter actually. If you have it, maybe you can leave your username in the comments?

(Yup... Someone took geisharock! Sniff.)

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London May Day march

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Outfit of the day - It's all rainy again :(

The boots are an amazon purchase from a while back. I love how clunky they are and the wedge heel means they are so comfortable.

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Pashmina: Hong Kong
Belt: Uniqlo
Top (underneath waistcoat): Gap
Waistcoat: Zara
Jeans: Uniqlo (I want to slash these)
Boots: Dr Martens (amazon addiction)
Bag: United Colours of Benetton (amazingly soft and slouchy. and it matches my new boots!)

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In other news (widest interpretation of the word), I logged into my NEOPETS account yesterday. That is the level of procrastination I am willing to stoop to in order to avoid more studying. Was not impressed because my account has been open for about 9 years and the neopets I have still aren't interactive. They are still just pictures that sit there looking unhappy if they are dying (mine are).

If you didn't play neopets you will have no idea what I'm talking about and I just upped my loser score by about 530 points. It was cool when I was 12, yeah?

THE NEOPIAN MARKETPLACE. 

 I just realised they have a McDonalds shop - that is kind of hilarious.

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Exams start next week... I really should stop blogging so often!

Z xoxo

April showers.

Why is it raining again? :( Just when I thought the weather was getting nice!

Although I bought this dress ages ago, it kinda reminds me of Henry Holland's pantone collection, which I thought was a really neat idea. I actually met the man himself whilst gay clubbing, he was super sweet and we chatted about whether I'd been here before (I hadn't and neither had he), whether I was enjoying myself and then he gave me a hug and kiss goodbye. He smelt really nice and his flannel/plaid shirt was sooooooo soft. I need some of his fabric softener. LOL major tangent. Here's a pic of him and the (slightly too?) ubiquitus Agyness Deyn/Laura Hollins.

Other bits of the outfit:

I wore the black version of my dark brown Dr Marten toki boots. Only £24 on amazon and now I have all the boots I will ever need....... seriously. 

Except for the Emma cook ones!!!!! Anyone who is sick of their size 37/38 ones are very welcome to contact me to take them off their hands! :)

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Dress: Random store in Hong Kong

Necklace: Mums

Jacket: Uniqlo

Bag: Balenciaga

Boots: Dr Martens

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Thank you for the comments :) I'm a little afraid of DIY actually, because whenever I cut/tear/rip/shred things it usually ends up going wrong and I end up in tears and my mum usually offers to sew it back up again with a here-we-go-again look on her face, hahaha. 

My boyfriend isn't here to take my pictures for me :( Hence the glum face! What do you guys do when you feel lonely and the weather is crap? I'm tempted to guzzle the Ben & Jerry's "Half baked" that is sitting in my freezer...!

Z xoxo

Peplum Party

I adore this little dress from Miss Selfridge but haven't had the chance to go instore to try it on. 

The sun was shining madly today so I tried to recreate the look with a top my aunt bought me during her christmas trip to America, which I never thought I'd wear at the time. 

YEAH DENIM ON DENIM. I know, shocker right? So sue me. 

Since I was going down the whole TEXAS TUXEDO route anyway, I thought I'd throw on my new Dr Martens "Toki" boots and go all-out cowgirl. The boots are SO COMFORTABLE, even with the little heels they have that I don't even care what anyone thinks of them. I've ordered them in black too and will wear them until they fall apart. If any of you are looking for some standard calf-high leather boots for under £25 then go check these babies out on Amazon UK (my only means of shopping in this period of revision).

See how sunny it is?! Glorious :)

I love this slouchy cardigan - it's so light but so snuggly with its billowing sleeves and chunky knit. I bought it a couple of years ago from the men's section of a store at London Fashion Weekend.

The boots!

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Headpiece - A silver necklace from my mum

Top - Ralph Lauren

Skirt - Diesel

Boots - Dr Martens

Cardigan - Mother T

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Please leave a comment if you stop by! :)

Z xoxo

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

I hate the fact that our tutors assigned a huge coursework just before term ended meaning that its cutting into my revision time! I should be revising but instead I'm working on this silly piece of coursework :(

I am absolutely LONGING for summer...... The two pictures above are part of my ultimate favourite editorial EVER :)

(Gemma Ward, Vogue UK, July 2006, photographed in Australia by Corinne Day)

Z xoxo

PS. The Dr Martens boots I ordered came today and they're SO comfy... Tempted to order them in black too. They look better in real than on screen :)

 I think I'll just skip the whole sandal = summer thing and wear boots all year round!

CRUMPLED is the new ironed............

Yeah, just making excuses for the fact that my shirt is crumpled beyond belief but I REALLY could not be bothered to iron it myself (me and irons don't get along very well... I often end up with burn marks and melted buttons/etc) and figured that wearing it for a while would make it less so, haha. Love this waistcoat which I got from Zara a year or so ago but I'm so paranoid of the studs falling off! Also, you can't really see them properly but I'm wearing wet-look leggings that I bought in Hong Kong.

On another note... I miss taking the outdoor pictures! Must get more of those done but I was only able to take these in a rush before I ran out the door. The long grey granny cardigan is rather a cop-out on the jacket front. I definitely need to revive some winter --> spring transition coats. I scored a denim jacket at the same time as my vint boots so hopefully it'll be warm enough to wear that soon!

These are the however-many-seasons-ago Gap boots that I'm still wearing and still loving! I got the studded things on another pair of boots (which were already studded... talk about cowboy jingling overkill!) and transferred them to these - I think it adds a nice bit of detail, what do you think?

Doing silly things with my cardigan for the camera. I've been watching Cycle 12 of ANTM and can never resist an opportunity to do stupid poses now whenever a camera is turned on me. They don't always work out though, haha.... but I guess thats why models have 100s of frames per photoshoot!

Shirt - Full Circle, mens department

Waistcoat - Zara

Cardigan - Uniqlo HK

Boots - Gap

Studded things on boots - from another pair of boots (Ash)

Wet-look leggings - Random store in Hong Kong

These are actually the Dr Martens I got from Amazon. They are so weirdly..... normal (considering my usual shoe purchases) but I couldn't resist the price tag! What do ya'll think?

Thank you lovely commenters and THANK YOU for all the gorgeous bloggers who have linked me! So so sweet of ya :)

Z xoxo