Evie Knight A/W '12 Lookbook

All images from Evie Knight
Please note: this is not a sponsored post.

 

Ohhh just LOOKING at this lookbook makes me excited. You know the rare moments when you're looking through a brand's lookbook and you just flick through it like 'Yep, like that. Oooh, I love that! I LIKE THAT TOO!'? Yeah, well this was my reaction to the latest one from a brand called Evie Knight. You may or may not have heard of them (yet), but basically they're a new online boutique on ASOS Marketplace, selling well altered vintage clothing for us fashion lover-lovers.
In their own words:
"Evie Knight is an array of alluring clothes and accessories for the fashion free spirit! We hope to adorn you with beautiful threads that make you look as unique as you are! Stand out from the crowd with your ragged levi studded shorts and unique vintage tie-dye tees! Make a statement in your Texan sun-drenched floral tea dress and wild-at-heart customised leather biker jacket! At Evie Knight HQ we obsess over every detail of each unique piece of treasue we come across from the UK to the USA so you can be the style icon you were always meant to be."

Well, they had me at 'ragged levi shorts'. If I was asked to describe my style I didn't think I'd ever use the words 'vintage lover'. It's never really been my thing. Why go to a vintage shop to search through racks and racks of other people's clothes, (I clearly don't know a lot about vintage shopping) when you can just pop to Topshop and get something brand new. But you know what; these pictures are starting to convert me. And I do actually now own a pair of vintage (yes, vintage) Levi's shorts, which I LOVE, so I'd definitely like to add some more to my collection. These images and clothes have completely changed my opinion on vintage clothes, as you can actually look like a cool, 90s chick rather than a, erm, granny.
Oh, and the best thing? You won't be caught wearing the same thing as someone else.

I thought I'd challenge myself to choose my three top things from their store. I obviously have a thing for their chunky knits, but I couldn't resist the dungarees, as I have been after one for ages and this would be perfect.
Well, I'm sold.

Grey speckled jumper £40 | Cream aran cable knit jumper £30 | Denim dungarees playsuit £35

Check out: their store | their Facebook | their Twitter

Touch the sky

Blue tie dye top: MANGO | Black skinny jeans: TOPSHOP | Shoes: CONVERSE

This top is one of my favourite items in my wardrobe.  It's different to anything I've ever bought before, but probably one of the coolest.  I'm not usually one to wear tie-dye prints and describe them as 'cool', but hey, people change.  The weird thing is I know for a fact I wouldn't have bought the top if it wasn't for the zip.  Yes, that tiny little zip which isn't even that noticeable.  But it gives the top cool grungy effect and therefore takes it out of the 'hippy' territory which tie-dye usually belongs to.  It is a busy top so I have to be careful when choosing what to team with it, hence why I don't wear it that often, so black jeans and Converse were the perfect choices.  I also think white skinnies would go amazingly with it but alas I don't own a pair, but you know, I can imagine... I've though about wearing it with my pink jeans but maybe that would be going too far.  What do you think, what would you wear with this top?  I've just purchased a black pleather mini skirt and I think they'd look awesome together, so I'll have to see when that arrives to my door...
Speaking of purchasing things, I have been in a huuuge shopping mood recently.  I am ALWAYS in a shopping mood, but once every few months I get into phases where I just want to buy everything I see online.  So this weekend, as soon as money went into my bank, it literally just went away again, but you do what you gotta do, right?  I didn't have enough money to buy literally everything I saw, but I have bought a few things from Zara and ASOS which am really pleased with.  Granted I can't do any shopping for the next month (which is why I'm in the process of whacking loads of clothes on my eBay, including those Topshop polkadot trousers), but I can't complain when I am wearing awesome new things, right?
I woke up at, wait for it... TEN PAST THREE(!) this afternoon.  Ohhh that can't be healthy, can it?  I didn't get to sleep until six this morning, in my defense.  I was admiring the beautiful pink sky (the only time I didn't have my camera, I was so gutted!) and reading in bed, which is now one of my favourite things to do.  The early hours of the morning when the birds are tweeting and the sun is slowly coming out is now the best time of the day.

Watching the clouds

BLAZER: H&M | SHIRT: MANGO | JEANS: RIVER ISLAND | NECKLACE: TOPSHOP | NAILS: BARRY M | SHOES: CONVERSE

Aaaah I love this shirt.  I've never even been a fan of tie- dye but there is something about this shirt!  I nearly didn't wear the blazer but I thought that my outfit was looking a bit too blue, I really like the necklace with this top, too.
We actually had some sun today, so what the heck is going on there I do not know, but I'm not complaining.  I can't wait for the days where I can go out without actually having to wear my coat all the time.
I hope you've had a nice weekend, I've had a chilled day in but I think I'm going bowling tonight, which will undoubtedly bring out my competitive side... 

Sky dye

JACKET, JEWELLERY & JEANS: TOPSHOP | SHIRT: MANGO | SHOES: CONVERSE

This is what I look like when I have no time to think about what I'm going to wear so just pull clothes out of the wardrobe and go with it (I woke up an hour late this morning, eek!).  This shirt is another one of my London purchases and something which I have wanted for a few weeks when I spotted it a while ago and even added to one of my Wishful Wednesday posts!  I've never bought from Mango before, but when I saw the shop I thought I'd go in and look for this, and I just as I was about to give up hope I spotted it!  It reminds me of the sky, but I'm not sure if it's meant to?  And I don't know why but the first thing that came to mind to wear with it was black jeans.  "Black, really?" you say, I guess I just wanted all of the focus on my amazing shirt, and I think the zip detail makes it a little, I don't know, rock chickish?  Maybe that's why I thought of the black jeans.
Do you like this shirt, or is tie dye a definite no-no for you?  What would you wear it with?