Plasti-chub

Once upon a time I was a youthful, three-year-old cherub, full of beans with a twinkle in my eye. During this time my older sisters used to dress me up and conjure up rather flattering nicknames for their adoring baby sibling. One of them was Plasti-chub, a hybrid of 'plastic' and 'chubby'. Cute huh?
Plasti-chub was bestowed upon me one damp and dreary day. My mother had bought and stuffed my chubby little body into a yellow, plastic rain mac. I then continued to waddle around, splashing in puddles to my heart's content all whilst answering to the name Plasti-chub. 
I am a fan of nostalgia and dressing in homage to my toddler days now and then and today was one of those days. 
I'm talking about the plastic coat, not the mini skirt or thigh high boots. They were a homage to Pretty Woman. 

Fridays at ASOS are a glorious occasion as more often than not, it's sample sale day. Last Friday, whilst rummaging through the Aladdin's Cave which is the sample sale, I clocked this shiny blue plastic mac. I just had to have it. 
Straight away I experienced a dramatic flashback montage of wellies, puddles and chants of Plasti-chub. For £3 how could I say no?
I would never turn my back on it. Or the way it makes a dreadful, crinkling noise when I move. 

Not only filling me with fond memories, it's also a dreamy baby blue colour (one of my faves) and it will be practical in the battle against the elements. 
Don't hate me but I'm kind of, sort of, maybe urging it to rain just a teeny weeny bit so I can flip my hood. 
This will be my reaction...

But for the time being the sun is gracing us with his presence so these sunglasses, £1, also from the sample sale, will do for now. 

All these childhood memories even have me giving it my best 90's Spice Girls pose.

Details

Sunglasses - ASOS sample sale  Roll-neck - Charity shop, £3 Skirt - New look Boots - ASOS  Mac - ASOS sample sale xxx

Valentine's Day Was Out Of This World

Hello bunnies! 
I hope you all had a glorious Valentine's Day whether you spent it with your significant other, the toilet bowl of a dirty club or your hamster. 
This year was my first Valentine's Day with ma boy, James. We decided to escape planet Earth for the day and visited the Dark Universe at the Planetarium instead. After a wonderful experience, we tumbled back down to earth and indulged in some Mexican food in Wahaca, Soho. 
I decided to get a little festive in my ensemble for the day...

I did originally want to dress as cupid but as it is bloody cold, I decided it was a silly idea to walk around London in nothing but a diaper and a pair of cherub wings. If only Valentine's Day was during the heat of the summer...

James found my heart bouncing around somewhere nearly a year ago and has had her tucked away up until now. He decided to tie her to some string and let me hang around with her for the day. It was good to be reunited and I gave her a little cuddle...

I think she prefers James though because she kept trying to escape. 

After a tug of war, we came to an agreement that if she behaved for the rest of the day, she could go home with James again so then we were pals and were just being all cute together. 

She kept trying to steal the spotlight though...

Soon I wasn't even in shot.

Don't we look co-ordinated though? 

My roll neck was £3 from a charity shop. 

Now I love me a little Moschino and this is China's finest. I might not have money for the real deal but I sure as hell have the £3.99 it cost me from eBay. Check it out here. 

This adorable skirt is from ASOS and I think it's currently in the sale. Unfortunately the matching top was sold out, heartbroken. 

Just after this picture was taken, things turned ugly and she decided she didn't want to be my friend anymore so James had to tie her to the goody bag he got me.

I'm going to paint that bitch black, you'd think she was made of coal.  

What did you do for Valentine's Day?

Dancing Queen

My family always take great pleasure of reminding me of the time I was in an Abba tribute band. Whenever they bring this information to the attention of people, a little bit of me dies inside. I'm not the biggest Abba fan. In fact, when I hear their music a little bit of me dies inside. 
Now, I didn't volunteer or curate this tribute band, I have to make it very clear that I was recruited from my stage school to be a part of the choir during 'I Had A Dream'. That's as far as it went, kid. 
This ASOS skirt brought out my inner stage school, dancing queen, disco diva. 

Here's some evidence. 

There's more...

I got a bit hot with all those babein' moves so had to swing off my glorious New Look faux fur. 

I needed some time to cool off, and got a bit shy in the process. 

But then was ordered to shimmy by the skirt. 

With all this boogying, it's a good thing my dancing feet were comfy in my platforms. 

Aren't they dreamy? I snapped them for approximately £3 at the ASOS sample sale! 

Now all I ask of you is please never tell anyone that I used to be in an Abba tribute band. 

The end. 

Spacesuit

Hello my little cherub! How do you do? A few weeks ago I went to London dressed as some sort of creature of the galaxy to spend the day with my Mummy. 

I smuggled this little fluffatron that's draped around my shoulders out of his home planet. I think he's an endangered species though because I keep getting aggressive phone calls from a very mysterious looking number...

But I don't care because he matches my adorable Moschino phone case that James got me for Christmas! 

He slithered off after a while and left me feeling a bit cold and vulnerable. He said he was hungry. Now, I don't know what little fluffy space creatures like to eat but I did hear something about a missing chihuahua later on... 

After his snack he came back and even brought me a matching coat to wear. 

What a lovely chap. Minus his feeding habits. 

Anyway, as I said (or typed), I was spending the day with my Mother so we went to check out the God's Own Junkyard Exhibition at Lights of Soho. I now know exactly what I want the walls of my future house to look like. 

I will leave you to enjoy, sweetcheeks!

xx

Culotte Series Part 3 - Party Culottes

It's the third and final instalment of my little culotte series! 
For the last one I obviously had to go down the party route. I had to put together something you could shake your laffy taffy in, in da clewb. Something with a little bit of sparkle. I actually wore this outfit on NYE this year but sequins shouldn't be reserved for the festive season, they should be embraced all year round, don'tcha think?

Top (worn backwards) - Similar here

Body - American Apparel

Culottes - Closet via ASOS

Heels - Primark

This outfit kept me dancing all night on NYE, I didn't have to panic about getting too drunk, turning into Betty Spaghetti and flashing my undergarments a la Britney Spears circa ....!!! 

Even when it got a bit much and looked like I was going to have a little disco nap, the light would catch my sequins and perk me up again. 

The little sequin number is actually a top I've worn backwards to add a little pizzazz to the ensemble. 

But you could always whip it off and flail it around like a little sequin flag. 

(Excuse my dusty butt, I must have lost balance and stumbled into the wall behind me). 

If you've seen any of my other culotte looks, which was your favourite? If you haven't you can have a peek here and here. 

Farewell!

xxx

Culotte Series Part 2 - Smart Casj Culottes

Casj? Cadg? Cagjdgjd? What is the official spelling of the word?
So, here is part 2 of my little culotte series! I actually wore this outfit to work a couple of weeks ago so thought it was the perfect smart/casj (cadg, cagjdgjd etc) ensemble. It's the kind of thing you can wear to work and then straight on to the bar for some wine time. 

Hat - ASOS  Necklace - eBay (I think) Top - Love  Culottes - Closet via ASOS  Bag - Vintage, £1 Shoes - ASOS

This printed blouse is the perfect thing to team with plain black culottes and look at those dreamy sleeves. If anyone knows anywhere else that are doing tops with these bell sleeves, please let a sister know!

Please ignore the cat fluff stuck to me, Daisy likes to leave anything you want to stay black and pristine covered in her white fur. She likes to show off on my personal Instagram @soniaflower if you want to have a peep!
Anyway, I let the accessories do the talking with this outfit. I say I let them, but in reality I didn't have a choice. 

You'd think this little fluff ball of a bag would be the loud one, crying for attention but you would be wrong. 

Although definitely an eye-catching piece, she's actually quite shy and gets bossed around easily. Maybe her ego's bruised because I picked her up from a £1 bin in a vintage shop. Poor gal. 
Soon, she wasn't allowed in these pictures at all and was tossed aside. I was manipulated by my hat and shoes, much to my surprise. 

It got a bit much so I took off my hat in an attempt to gain some sort of freedom. 

I was powerless and every time I took him from my skull, he made me put him straight back on in some sort of Michael Jackson inspired, smooth move. 

I gave up. 

And then my shoes started mis-behaving. 

They look pretty cute and innocent with their fluffy pom-pom, but don't be fooled. 

I tried to send them to the naughty corner but they wouldn't stop being silly and ended up making me dance like a fool. 

I'm never wearing these shoes to the club, would you?