jumper dweller

Details: hand-me-down sweatshirt, vintage Wrangler jeans, Le Tricoteur hat and Nike trainers.  It is very difficult to condense an individual's personal style into a single outfit, but I'm (fairly) sure that most people could do it. (What would yours be? Let me know in the comments!) But what can be done for the eclectic, flaky folk that just can't settle?  It's me! I'll tell you what can be done. We shall reinvent, refine and distill ourselves into a vast, unwieldy wardrobes that takes up half a room (or at least mine does). We cannot settle because we are never in stasis. We are different every single day. And that's absolutely A-OK.  We don't need a 'personal uniform' or a 'capsule wardrobe' because we cannot be contained in such terms. We are too (excessively) expressive and want to take up space in a world where only concise is nice and only 'small' and 'thin' and 'tiny' are acceptable ex...

Good evening folks!  (Earrings: Miss Selfridge) Today (well, tonight) I wanted to welcome two new pieces (that I absolutely love) into my wardrobe. Admittedly, minimalism is not going very well for me; even the whole 'New Year, New Me' concept isn't driving me forward enough to curb my clothing habit. That being said, I have definitely cut down on my buying, and am being far more careful about what enters my closet.  The two new (and definitely far from invisible, do you get the reference?) pieces that I'll be talking about today are both very "statement" (I don't like to use that term all too often as I like all my items to be "statement" items!) and both very "Louise."  In light of this new (to you) information, and the sneak peak in the above photo, let's get onto the outfits! Not So Mellow (Yellow) Cardigan Throwing together this outfit was honestly so much fun! I mean, what could be better: glit...

Artist: Adam Trump at Ritual Tattoo, Guernsey On Friday, I made a huge commitment. No, I didn't tie the knot with my very handsome boyfriend (that won't happen for quite some time, but maybe someday). I got a chest tattoo. I made the decision to become far more tattooed than my parents ever anticipated when I got my very first tattoo at seventeen. I am now (technical term coming up) pretty-reasonably-tattooed (okay, I was joking about the technical term).  In this post I'll give a quick overview on how I came up with the concept, a description of the design process and talk about time/pain/difficulty-sitting. I hope you enjoy my thoughts, but just a quick note to politely ask that no-one copies my idea/design exactly. If this post has inspired you, I'm flattered, but please respect my tattoo artist's work and my individuality and find a design unique to you. Thank you in advance! Anyway, on to the experience!  Unfortunately (for some), the...

Good evening folks!  Today I present: two very different coats, two very different outfits (which both are representations of a style-war I fight in each day - crazy and bright vs. vintagey and slightly more classic). I hope these outfits give you a little bit of inspiration as to how to put together a faux-fur-coat-based outfit! If not, I hope I will at least entertain you a little.  This outfit is honestly one of my favourite I've ever put together, sorry to brag. It's out-there enough to satisfy my thirst for eccentricity but also put-together enough for me to pass as sort-of-fashion-forward. This jacket is absolutely beautiful (but I am allergic to it, haha) and I can't stop wearing it. My apologies if you're an instagram follower of mine and are so darn sick of seeing it.  I teamed *the coat* (insert jazz-hands here, it deserves it!) with a Miss Selfridge dress, which I will always praise to the high-heavens (and not just because I work there). ...

Evening folks! If you follow my instagram, these pictures will be nothing new, but for those of you who might stumble across me via the actual interwebs, then this is for you! The thoughts which accompany this post will be new to all of you lot though (I'll try to generate something fresh and interesting!)  I flipping love this coat, and at a mere £6 from Cancer Research, you really can't go wrong. This outfit was a challenge to myself: I never wear black and only black - it feels wrong, I thirst for colour, pattern, and yet I felt awesome in this ensemble. The coat was a comfort when outside and feeling lack-lustre, and the sport socks (Topshop, may I add) broke up the outfit.  Additional details! Jumper: charity shop Jeans: Miss Selfridge  Shoes: Dr Martens  This outfit was the one I wore to my family's Christmas party and seemed to spark many (albeit back-handed) compliments, which went as follows.  Person-who-is-not-Louise: 'Ah...

My inconsistency in life is, quite possibly, my least favourite personal quality. I just cannot seem to stick at things, bar a few exceptions, which include: Instagram, reading and my relationship. Unless something offers instant gratification, I struggle to keep at it. It seems a lot of us humans have a problem with this: no dopamine hit, no continuation.  However, it's 2018 and I want to turn things around, a lot of us do. I want to become the person I know I could be: consistent (Q: how many times will this darn word feature here? A: lots and lots and lots), organised and hard-working.  Consistency is an art that few master in a lifetime. It often is fuelled by passion, a thirst for success and general enthusiasm surrounding the activity. I am passionate about blogging and sharing style adventures. Life just sweeps me away, leaving me awash with anxiety about the future and feeling incredibly uncertain and undecided about everything that ever existed and wil...

I, Louise Kate Vivian,  am a maximalist. If you don't believe me, you should see my room. Admittedly, I did live away from my home for three years (for uni) and there accumulated a ton of stuff, a veritable ton. However, as 2018 fast approaches, I have decided to minimise my oh-so-maximalist lifestyle: the compulsive clothes-purchasing has to stop, and I highly doubt I need to read every single one of the three hundred books that lay in (untidy, though organised) stacks on my desk. Having so many material possessions is tiring, stressful and weighing heavily on my mind. I thirst for a clear space, a life and personality independent of consumerist-induced vanity, and a focus on experiencing all (or at least some) of what life has to offer. It's time to wave goodbye to the ton of stuff, and welcome a greatly improved financial situation and a greatly reduced quota of time allotted to tidying my currently untameable room. Where to start? Or more to the point: how to start? ...