penshaw/sheer.

So we went down to Penshaw monument at midnight with a heap of clothes and a camera for our sheer shoot - this was the result. It was cold, and we had to climb up a tonne of steps, but it was nice up there, so take a trip. Most of the clothes are from American Apparel. They love see-through things. It's completely their bag, in fact they put more sheer things on their site this week. Sweet.

Anyhow, do let us know what you think.

April wears: Bodysuit, American Apparel, £35.

Skirt, American Apparel, £50.

T-bars, Zara, oldddd.

Books: Sherlock Holmes Investigates/ Just William/ A Children's Shakespeare.

Laura wears: Leather Jacket, Topshop.

Bra, American Apparel, £15.

Skirt, American Apparel, £12.

Mesh Tank, American Apparel, £11.

Jodhpur Boots, Robinsons, £12.50.

April wears: spangly gold top, H&M, £30.

Lace bra, American Apparel, £15.

Black skirt, H&M, £2.99.

Shoes, vintage, £35.

Laura wears: Mary Quant bodysuit. Best Vintage, Newcastle. £10.

Crocodile print pants, Fenwick. £20.

sheer soon

Get inspired by Stanley Donnen's Arabesque (1966), channel four showed it a couple of weeks ago and it was beaut. Christian Dior gets a wardrobe credit and Sophia Loren shows us how to work sheer and smokey eyes. I reckon Alexa stole her look. Lovely.

Anyhow, we'll be having a go soon, so watch out for the results.

monday's trench lovers.

FL. spotted these trench lovers whilst wondering around the University and Northumberland street just today. Fellas, note the tanned brogues. Plus the breton stripes, always a winner.

We also found an adorable old man in the most amazing trench which he had paired with a delightful Russian hat. Alas, after we tried to explain to him what a blog was he was simply too confused to be photographed. Theories abound that he was a mysterious Russian spy, we all know spies love trench coats, perhaps his polite refusal was simply to safeguard his anonymity. Sorry lovely man.

Trench is here.

This month we’ve cinched in our waists with classic trench coats. Boys too. Hurahh.

Although classic cream was looking sharp, I rather enjoyed exploring the realms of the navy trench and of course the checked (n.b. Alex). Nods to Burberry all round. Hope you like them too, do let us know what you think.