The OC: Marissa Cooper

I've been watching the OC again whilst I've been doing Uni work, and it reminded me of how fashionable the series was at the time. I personally still remember some of the outfits worn and I think to some extent it still influences what I wear now. So I've picked some of my favourite Marissa Cooper (played by Mischa Barton) outfits.

I love the cream dress and pearls when it's the school prom episode. Even though it uses simple, plain colours it works really well and I've always loved the pearls!I liked the short-sleeved orange jacket worn in this episode in season 2. It's summery, bright and cheerful.I really like how natural this hairstyle is but it still looks really sophisticated. I also like how it's paired with just a plain t-shirt.I like this group photo because all the women's dresses are different. I love Rachel Bilson's (the light blue dress) and I love Mischa Barton's navy dress too.There's also a red heart top that I loved as well, but I can't find a photo of it, but I'll try my hardest to get a picture of it. I'll be doing Summer's outfits soon!
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Where I want to be right now...

I want to go and see the Northern Lights. I'm bored of doing uni work now! I will post some more fashioney things shortly, promise.

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Summer 09

Best photo, best day, best dress and best people ever! I love my family, bring on the summer holidays when I can go home and see them.

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Does one size really flatter all?

I've been doing some research into the concept of 'one size fits all' recently for my uni work. Basically, one size fits all (in relation to clothing) means that clothing can fit a range of sizes. This means that they can stretch to fit larger sizes or be tied and wrapped to fit a smaller size. I'm really fascinated by this concept, because how handy would it be to walk into a shop and just pick something up you like and not being concerned about the size. You would never have to waste time trying things on, which means you could hit a lot more shops in a shorter amount of time.

However, there's one niggling question in the back of my mind. It's alright saying clothing can fit a range of sizes, but will it flatter? Sizing is difficult with clothing because a range of people may be the same size, but they will have curves in different places and areas that they want to show off or conceal. So is it not virtually impossible to create a garment that can flatter lots of people?

Well, I hope not, because in this new world of shoping all the time online, wouldn't it be handy not to worry about if you're buying the right size clothes and buying presents for people would be so easy!
Maybe I should just keep asking the rheotorical questions, definately need to do more research into this. I shall keep you posted!

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Paint me colourful

I have a thing about bright colours at the moment as they are making me happy through all the mountains of work I have to do. One thing that is especially good for making things bright is nail varnish. On my bookshelf I have all my varnishes lined up in colour order. I have reds, oranges, blues, greens, purples, the list goes on. But there's still one colour I'm yet to find, the elusive Barry M mint green. I say this because I took a special trip to Boots last week and there was no mint green shade to be found. Barry M's colours are amazingly bright and paint on really well, even on my stumpy nails. Hopefully I'll have better look next time.
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Summer needs to come quicker!

I can't wait for summer! It's starting to tempt us all with days or moments in days with bright, warm sunshine and it's not quite so freezing on an evening. I just love summer, I like going outside without worrying about taking lots of layers of clothes and not coming home shivering and having to jump into bed to get warm again.
I love summer fashion. I love how relaxed it is with guys in shorts and tshirts and girls in vest tops, floaty skirts, shorts or summery dresses. Everyone seems a lot calmer because even if you're having a bad day the sunshine makes it that bit better.
I also love Quinn from glee's fashion, it's all girly with pastel colours which are in fashion at the moment. If you've watched the show you'll know what I mean with floaty layers, cute little cardigans and ribbon headbands. I think everyone needs to take some inspiration from this for summer!

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Rediscovering music

I was on the bus today listening to my ipod on shuffle, and Linkin Park and Jay Z came on. What an amazing collaboration it was, I'm still kind of in awe of it. Obviously most people will know Numb/Encore, but I also love Points of Authority/99 Problems. I love the fact that the songs alone are great songs, and put together they are still great. I would've never have thought that these songs work work well together until they did.

Also, I'm going to see Laura Marling next week, yay! I love how chilled and relaxed her music is. It's also in the Opera House in York, so definitely grander than the usual gig places I frequent!

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