A quick blog – Are we really individual or not?!

So I was sitting in my Critical Consumption Studies lesson thinking how i was actually enjoy one of my courses, the lesson was about fashion you see.

” Why do we love things” being the lecture….

Toward the end of the lecture after talking about the reasons for fashion existing , fashion history and such and my teacher spoke of a few things which got me thinking….

“If you have enough money you can look however you want”

and also

“Fashion can not really be ‘individual’ – clothes are massed produced and fashion is always copied – so therefor is not individual”

Photo from the BBC website.

I am not sure i agree with this … to an extent i do yes with the mass productuion . However I have seen so many bloggers as well as people on the streets who stand out with their “fashion”. Not all fashion is based around music, although i do realise a lot is and it has such a close connection.

Yes a lot of clothes may be mass produced and yes there is the ‘trickle down’ effect in a way. This is where it is seen that “fashion prelocates to the lower orders from the leisure class”. However I do feel that fashion can be expressed by so many emotions and in so many ways.

I also understand what is meant by ” if you have enough money you can look how you want” But i believe that this is not “true” fashion. Maybe I will be add a little more too this blog later as i do not have time now !

This post is a little messy and not well thought out, im sorry. I am in the middle of lots of essays but i just wanted to throw the two remarks my teahcer made out there, to see what all you individual fashion loving bloggers think !

I myself do not agree with either of the statements made !

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Posted on the 25th November, 2008 by prettygreentea — No Comments ↓

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My Saturday

I set out wearing my little gold pumps

to meet my mum and grandma for

the day.

We went for breakfast at a place I really do love

it goes by the name of Pop boutique!

The cups don’t match and the breakfast is delightful.

They also sell 50′s/60′s/70′s furniture,

toys, clothes and shoes.

They also have quite wondrous dresses,

I will show you a few i purchased in my next post.

I always have to pop into my favorite book shop,

it also sells the most amazing magazines including, fashion, design

and many more!

I have been here for three years oh maybe it is four

and I have never had the chance to pop into the Royal

Exchange – Inside it is so pretty, I have to go back and take more

photos, maybe even watch a play!

An early Christmas present came my way.

When I have the heating on lots my skin tends

to become very dry.

Hopefully these three little gems will make me better!

The one in the middle is Bi-serum, which you put on once a day

if not twice depending on how dry your skin is. Your normal

cream and make-up can go on soon after and it really helps to

hydrate your skin.

And of course some handy little samples !

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Posted on the 22nd November, 2008 by prettygreentea — No Comments ↓

Posted in fashion, make up

The little girl has moved away..

No longer will I be sitting in front of the fire with the cat, doing uni work and day dreaming.
I decided to move back here and live in the city where all my friends are. It will be easier for getting to uni and having lots of fun!

I will miss home, I always do when I go back to uni but here I am.
This is my unmade bedroom. I will post photos when I have sorted it out.
I am sharing with four other girls whom I have not met as of yet.Im a little nervous.

I found a group on flickr: Makeup World! !
It is full of lovely photos related to make up ! Some photos can give you lots of new ideas, others are just pretty to look at.
Which led me to find the following photographer, I love the photos.

I love this photo and there are lots more amazing photos – This is by : La Caitlin

I also found this photo interesting. This girl really does have a lot of makeup!

Photo by: Lissie Loo

daisy x

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Posted on the 16th November, 2008 by prettygreentea — No Comments ↓

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red and white…

I think if you click the photo it gets bigger ( the photo was taken in my sisters room)

The dress is from popboutique..

Ok so i am camera shy but this is my first not so amazing outfit post…But i promise they shall get better.

It was a dull day and I was just popping to town with my friend -who is going away next week back to being a holiday rep

So i had a nice afternoon in town and came home with these yummy cakes for my mum and sister !

I also wanted to point out about white poppies!!

I had not seen them untill my grandma was wearing one with her red poppy the other day they stand for:

“The White Poppy symbolises the belief that there are better ways to resolve conflicts than killing strangers. “

After doing some research on the internet i found a lot of people do not know what it stands for and also hate it and want it to be banned.

I was very shicked by this !

The first white poppies were produced in 1933 by The Women’s Co-operative Guild – The white poppy was not intended as an insult to those who died in the First World War – a war in which many of the women lost husbands, brothers, sons and lovers.

So the Great was was mean to be ” The war to end all war” and it was not.

I dont want to go into too much detail but just to bring white poppies to your attention as i was shocked how many people did not understand the white poppies. I only found out about them the other day but i am so happy i now know what they are, stand for and had the chance to research them a little more.

It would be nice if more people knew about them, and also for the correct reasons.

I will now choose to wear a RED and WHITE poppy. I do think we should and must respect those who died and all the grief ( which is what the black centre stands for) and I also think we should want war to end.

So why not put “White poppies” into google and see what you think…

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Posted on the 9th November, 2008 by prettygreentea — No Comments ↓

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Two new beauty buys…

In the photo below are my two new buys this week. I have very sensitive skin and have to be careful what i choose and this is how i found a non orangey and non skin irritating foundation….

I was waiting for my mum in boots looking at the Benefit makeup I always have a look at their things as the packaing is pretty, however i tend to stick to makes I know and have never relaly tried any of their makeup ( also they have a pretty high price ).
One of the girls who works on the departement practically sat me on the stool and quizzed me about make up. I am really glad she did as I found YourebelLite ! It has Aloe Vera in it and is a tinted moisturiser which is very lite on the skin and smells lovely.
She also mixed it with soemthing called “bad gal” which gives your skin a healthy glow and a little sparkle.I was also going to buy this when I went back into town but with a £5.00 voucher off No.7 products I went for theirs so ended up only paying about £6.00.

Oh and one other thing about this lovely combo is that it can hide any dark circles around your eyes. If you are a bad sleeper like me you will know how dark circles can be such a pain!

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween ( if you celebrate halloween that is ).
I was meant to go to a Halloween party but I have been a leetlee ill this week so had to give it a miss.

My little pumpkin !