HKBOP: A Tradgoth look

I found this on Flickr when looking at pictures from this year’s Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, which I couldn’t attend due to a lack of money (or indeed desire to drive single handed from Devon again) and thought it would be a good look for festival daytimes. I think it rather fits in with my usual daytime aesthetic but cranks up the goth level a few notches. It should be relatively comfortable too, good for the steep slopes of Whitby or the heat of central Germany in the summer. Might be good for going out closer to home as well.

 

Better then expected

Well the only comments I’ve had from people at work have been positive, wanting to know what the girl Facebook account was, and complimenting on the pictures that were posted. So as far as I know, all is good!

The new boots arrived last Monday (well OK I did include them in the last vlog) – they are fabulous! I now just have to solve my clash of the purples!

VLOG 12 – Clubbing, Out, Fetish and Gloves

 

Today I talk about my time with Sian, Clubbing, Coming out to work and Fetish Gloves

Thats all the Vlog's up to date now :)

Final Vlog Catchup

With the posting of these videos I should be back up to speed on the Vlogs. Well almost – I’ll put yesterday’s video up later on today :)

Out to work

Well I've stuck some of the girl pictures on the boi facebook, that is the one that I have a lot of people from work on - with a caption saying...

"I said I was being more open, though I suspect most of you knew I had a tendancy to dress as a glamourous dragdiva"

This is because I'm in a bit of a "Fuck it - I should be proud of who I am!" mood - after all I don't really consider myself a boi - but then I don't consider myself a girl either. I'm halfway up and halfway down. I sould be proud to be different, proud to unique and proud to be myself...

This might still bite me on the arse...

HKBOP: An intro

When browsing sites like Flickr, I’ll sometimes see an outfit or a look that I really like, I will often save it to print out and place in the Hello Kitty Book of Pretty. This is a scrap book of inspirations, I won’t copy slavishly but I will try and take something and then put my own twist on it.

In future entries, I’ll be taking a few examples from the book and will tell you why I chose that image and what I might do with it. For now I thought I’d better explain before you wonder what I’m on about!

Ooh Interesting Boots

Looks like the shops are going to be full of the nice boots this year (well at least I hope they will be)

Trend alert: Over-the-knee boots

Get ready for the ‘thigh-grazers’: From catwalk to high street, over-the-knee styles will be everywhere next season.

By Olivia Bergin

As seen on actress Rachel Weisz in this month’s Harper’s Bazaar, who is pictured reclining in a studded thigh-high pair by Alexander McQueen, “thigh-highs” - or “cuissardes”, as they have been dubbed – are the shoes for next season.

They were the stars of the autumn/winter catwalk shows in Milan, New York, London and Paris, and the high street has been quick to get in step.

Madonna, of course, had to be first and showed off her over-the-knee Louis Vuitton boots at the Costume Institute Gala, back in May. And trendsetter Kate Moss has been a faithful cuissardes crusader for several years.

It-girls Alice Dellal and Daisy Lowe are fans, while R'n'B star Rihanna wears hers on and offstage, and teenage sensation Miley Cyrus recently teamed her black leather pair with short-shorts and a fringed tunic top.

From the flat, Wellington boot-esque styles from Prada, to Vuitton's decadent gold leather and brocade platforms, the over-the-knee is next season's It-boot.

They were sleek and simple at Paul & Joe; eye-catchingly bright at Vivienne Westwood; and roomy enough to catch a few raindrops in at Peter Pilotto.

As always, the high street has quickly caught on to the shape of things to come and created an extensive selection of affordable versions. While the high-heeled, super-tight styles scream “Look how sexy I am!”, soft suede and nubuck boots in tones of grey are more discreet options. The flat interpretations are also great alternatives to the over-the-knee trend as they are more demure in design and hugely practical.

from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/fashionnews/5788076/Trend-alert-Over-the-knee-boots.html

Recent Socialness

Had a good night out at the Transmute EBM night on Friday. Despite the shortness of the night I managed to pack in a lot of dancing (easier said then done when you've not worn 7" platforms out for a while *hehe*).

The night was a little marred by some hassle from some neanderthals in the main pub. Asking "Are you a bloke?" is not big or clever... Lucky our taxi arrived at that moment, so we managed to quickly escape.

I'm guessing by the lack of comments at work over that Facebook status (see yesterday's post) that no-one is really surprised. I'm not quite confident enough to wear a skirt to work though ;)

And today boi me has been swimming in the sea at Dawlish (I'm not at the stage of being able of swim girled and probably won't be without drastic things like breast implants or permahair). I've not swum for about 10 years so I was a bit faltery and the water was freezing! Though strangely it was warmer further out. We then walked along the sea wall to Dawlish Warren just in time for the train back home.

I've also ordered myself some rather nice Purple Boots from Next - hopefully they will be here on Tuesday

PS: I've changed the template I use for the site so some things may appear broken - I will eventually go back and debug the older posts...

Out Posing

This is the posing section of a VLOG post I made, unfortuntaly I had major lighting issues with the rest of the video and you couldn't see me! So here I am out for a walk and talking complete rubbish. Enjoy
This is also the first of my videos with the new camera, which shoots in HD!

Being more open

Well I mentioned girlness on the boi Facebook (the one most of my work colleagues can see) so far there have been no comments :) Maybe they don't read it (too busy on FarmTown most probably) Still it has giving me quite a bit of Egoboo!

VLOG: Episode 9 – Uberlate Ubdatery

From April....

A return

Its been a hectic couple of months so I’ve had to put the Glam Log on the back burner for a bit. I’m going to ease myself back in by posting weekly for a bit. (and I have a few VLOGs to post as “catch-up” like a glam version of the iplayer :) I’ll also be posting up a few images from the HKBOP (Hello Kitty book of pretty) – I’ll explain about that when the time comes.

Hopefully I will write more very very soon

 

xx