A while back I discovered the brand United Nude in a small shoe store on Charing Cross road and immediately fell in love with their unique and pretty heels. They only had a few designs in stock though and sadly at the time none that fit me. Much to my delight though United Nude have now opened several stores in London!

I managed to get this awesome pair for £65 in their sale 2 weeks back and I adore them:

They look awesome and are quite comfy despite being so high. My only problem is the thinness of that heel; I keep getting it stuck in the gaps betweens tiles and cobblestones. Not exactly handy for most London streets, but a minor inconvenience for how great they look.

I’m already wondering what pair to get next, even though I know I should be a good girl and wait till their next sale. Or at least wait until I see how long my current pair last. As much as I love the designs, £150+ is quite a hefty bit to pay…

Their new Autumn collection has some gorgeous designs though and I am so so tempted! Here are a couple of my favourites:

Fold

Available as Lo (£119), Mid (£139), Hi (£139) and Deluxe Hi (£149) and in 12 different colour combinations. Pictured below is the Fold Deluxe Hi in Forest:

Eamz

Available as Pump (£199), Rose (£219), Zoe (£295), Collar (£220) and Bootie (£215). Pictured below is the Eamz Pump in Cherry Patent:

Lola

Available in 4 colour combinations (£159): Gunmetal/Black/Grey, Black/Petrol, Bordeaux/Magenta and Brown/Yellow/Fossil. Picture below is the Gunmetal/Black/Grey:

Lo Res

Available in 9 colours (£135). Pictured below is the Purple Rubber:

Winter Eros

Available in 4 colour combinations (£195): Black, Black/Bordeaux, Black/Smoke and White/Peach. Pictured below is Black/Smoke:

They’re all quite unique, right? My favourite is the Winter Eros; it looks as if it came straight out of a sci-fi movie. Which most probably means it won’t be that practical to wear… Which one is your favourite?

Time for another pretty dress! I love this one from Modcloth called Modern Fairytale; the neckline is interesting and the layered skirt looks awesome. Plus: pockets!

It’s available from Modcloth for $154.99.

The last few days have been blissfully relaxing: I’m currently on holiday in Croatia and most of my time has been spent on sitting next to the pool to swim, sunbathe and read. I wish I had a proper geeky swimsuit though!

For ages I’ve been eyeing Black Milk’s geeky swimsuit designs, but nothing really popped out as a must-have to me. They’ve had some cool Lord of The Rings and Star Wars designs in the past, but I’m not a massive enough fan of either of those to spend $100 on a swimsuit. They’ve now just launched a Mass Effect line… and I really want their N7 swimsuit!

Next to that N7 swimsuit, I’m also loving this cool Tali swimsuit:

The above two designs also come as leggings and dresses, and there are also three other Mass Effect (comic) designs. I wish they had added some of the other artwork; I would have loved to have seen a swimsuit with Garrus or the Normandy on it!

Woah, I can’t believe it’s been more than 50 days since I last posted here… It’s been super busy for me: still getting to grips with my new job, having to deal with commuting to work (rather than just rolling from my bed to the couch), planning HACKED which is less than 10 days away (eek!) and on top of all that I’m also participating in a triathlon in 2 weeks time (well, not a full triathlon, only the running part of it).

I’ll try to do a longer blog post later this week with more details about what exactly I’ve been up to, but yeah there’s a good reason why I haven’t been blogging lately. I really need to get back into the habit of blogging again though; there’s so many cool things out there that I want to write about!

With the past few days being all nice and sunny, I thought my first post back should be about a nice and sunny summer dress! This Hawaiian print dress from Louche just feels like summer:

It’s available at the Joy Store for £49.

It’s such nice weather today! So sunny and warm… To be honest, I don’t really know if it’s nice weather: this post was written yesterday. It’s predicted to be nice and sunny though, so I’m being optimistic.

Whether it’s nice weather or not though, this dress looks great. And with a name like Be Outside Dress In Delft I couldn’t not write about it. It’s available for $74.99 on Modcloth.

Yay, the BAFTAs are tonight! And I’ll be there live tweeting the entire thing. For the past week I’ve been looking at evening gowns and looks, trying to prepare for tonight. I’m super happy with the dress I got (see it here); it’s so pretty and flowey!

It doesn’t stop me though from dreaming about designer dresses: if I had an unlimited budget, what dress would I get? I found these 6 dresses from Valentino, Reem Acra and Ellie Saab, which all look awesome. I’d so love to wear any one of these. My favourite one is the red Valentino, followed by the light purple Reem Acra. Which one would you wear?

Valentino

Reem Acra

Ellie Saab

I’m curious to see if any of the celebrities choose “my” dresses… they are all so gorgeous and I can come up with a number of actors that will look awesome in them!

I’m still super nervous and stressed excited and happy that I’m going to the BAFTAs! It’s my first black tie event though, so there wasn’t anything in my wardrobe that seemed suitable for it. Solution: shopping trip! After trying on a ton of dresses and asking Twitter followers for their opinion, I finally found this awesome purple dress from Coast:

I love it! The top part looks so elegant and fits perfectly, while the skirt has three layers and is just beautiful, soft and flowy. And the purple colour makes it stand out!

The only thing I’m a bit worried about is the length; I’m already wearing high heels in that photo and I’m scared it might be dragging a bit too much on the floor. I don’t have time though to get it altered, so I guess I’ll just have to live with it and have my fingers crossed that I don’t blunder, trip and make a fool of myself.

Here’s how the dress looks on a proper model (see how long the dress is in that photo?):

Despite the length, I’m so happy I found this dress. I’ve got a pair of champagne coloured heels and a champagne coloured clutch that I think wil go nicely with it. Now I still need to decide on jewellery, hair and makeup. I think I have a couple of necklaces that could work with that neckline, otherwise I’ve got a pair of shiny earrings. My hair is thick and sleek and usually tricky to work with, so I think I need to wear it down. For makeup I think a champagne/purple smokey eye might work and a my-lips-but-better lipstick…

What do you think of the dress? Any tips or suggestions for hair and makeup?

I love the combination of black and yellow. It might be a little bit too bumblebee if done wrong, but when done right I think it can look awesome. I love this dress from Karen Millen combining yellow, black and white (£110):

Another new dress from Karen Millen is this black and white pencil dress (£175):

Don’t you think that would look great with a pair of bright yellow pumps?

I don’t think I’ve ever done an eye exam with this type of tree chart (they always use slides with rows of 4 letters at my optician), but I still love these tights from Nylon Journal. They’re $27 and come in black on white or white on black.

Their barcode tights are also quite geeky, but I wonder how many people would try to “scan” you if you’d wear these ($24):

The last pair that I really like are these New York subway tights ($44):

I just wish they’d be for the London Underground! Hmmmm, I wonder if those maybe exist already? *goes off to google* Pillows, yes. Aprons, yes. Quilt, yes. But no tights it seems…

I normally don’t like floral patterns, but today’s dress has one that is abstract enough for me to really like it. I love the elegant cut of the dress and the painted feel of the flowers. You can get it for £65 at Joy.