Witchy Shoes and Wish Lists

Happy Hallowe'en!
I've had a disappointingly boring one this year; I spent the majority of it sitting in freezing uni buildings reading Walter Scott.
I did however have an English Lit tutorial this morning, in which we were talking about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (very aptly timed in my opinion). My tutor had suggested the week before to question while reading whether the monster was in fact real or not, and it's safe to say I was pretty creeped out after finishing reading it last night. I absolutely love Gothic fiction and all things dark and mysterious so I'm pretty sad not to have any more plans to celebrate today.
However, it was also my nineteenth birthday a couple of weeks ago, and so in the spirit of all that is macabre I treated myself to a pair of the most fantastically witchy shoes from Zara.

(Apologies for the rather rubbish online store image - I don't actually have the shoes at home at the moment so will upload some proper photos once I do!)

Aren't they amazing though?! Properly, unabashedly pointy and wonderful. I gave them a test-run at work last week and they gained me a lot of kind compliments, however they did (understandably) start pinching my feet after a few hours. I can't wait to incorporate them into my next outfit post, which will hopefully be another collaboration with Louise from Love from Lou Lou! We've been trying to arrange something for months but sadly we've been busy bees and just not had the chance.

Last but not least, I've composed yet another Wish List to tantalize my (and your, hopefully) sartorial tastebuds, enjoy! Forever wishing my student budget stretched that little bit further...

Look at this Topshop pea coat, just LOOK. It's PERFECT.

I've been loving roll neck tops recently, and this one from Zara is beautiful.

Incidentally, I've also been looking (in vain) for the perfect pair of checked trousers. I'll keep you posted...

This Topshop skirt is just full of snakey, asymmetrical loveliness. Want.

This Forever 21 perspex clutch I spotted while I was last in Glasgow, and I really wish I had bought it! I just think it's amazingly cool and unusual, if completely impractical. All of the ones in the store were a little scratched so I thought £20 was a little steep for that... But now it's gone from the website! (Hence no link and rubbish image). Sad Emily.

Have an amazing weekend! x

Reminiscence

Moving back home has been a strange experience; today I went for a walk with Adam down to the shore of the river Forth, and remembered how pretty my hometown can actually be. It was a great excuse to give my new coat an outing too!

I've been wearing a lot of dark, Autumnal colours recently - I tend to prefer wearing dark colours anyway so when October comes I'm sure to make the most of the excuse! I got this amazing black woolen coat from Cos when I was in Manchester a few weeks ago. It's a perfect classic 60s cut, with cropped sleeves, and it hangs beautifully.

My dress is from H&M, whose collections of simple yet edgy shift dresses I've been very impressed with recently. It's a t-shirt dress shape with lovely, comfy black textured material and a dark grey chiffon strip folded down the middle. It's the perfect length too; at just above the knee there's no chance of it blowing up in the Edinburgh breeze! I'm also wearing my Dune boots, featured in this post.

This lovely necklace I received as a gift for my 18th birthday. I'm super excited for Hallowe'en this year and it has an amazingly witchy vibe.

I'll be featuring this and two other dresses in another post, as soon as I get another chance for some decent shots! It's so dark in Scotland at this time of year that prime photo opportunities are hard to come by.

Also, as a final note: I'm so excited to have been selected as a finalist for the Edinburgh Model Search competition, as mentioned in my previous post! A modelling contract always seemed a bit of an unreachable dream for me, so even to be asked to take part was so exciting. The final will be on Thurday 10th October, so I'll let you guys know how it goes!

Emily x