Sigh ; ~;* I hate to do this, but-

Okay so i’m kind of upset, well more sad than upset. But on January 12th I bought a case from joliepetitedeco and the case took pretty much two weeks to get here. Which I was KIND OF upset over, but knowing that these are handmade and what not I was just like, whatever. But when it did get here, I was SUPER excited and ripped open the package to be SUPER disappointed. I’ve owned two different whipped cream cases from two different shops and this one, from Jolie petite would be the third. The case itself is cute don’t get me wrong. But since I have owned different cases before this one is the worst one i’ve had by far. I don’t have any photos sadly because I was super excited to get the case and i didnt take the time to put it down and take photos of it but on the sides of the case it had some weird brown stuff in the pink frosting that I was kinda sad about, but I mean in my head i was like “okay, one mistake big deal” but i literally just touched it with my finger and everything started falling apart. The frosting on the side literally starting fallt it just started falling off so i thought to just peel it off because it looked so bad half falling off with brown stuff on it so after it was off i was like okay, maybe it’ll look better but it started looking worse and worse. The whipped cream smelt really really bad and it was sticky and gross. I was honestly really upset at this point because not only was the case really bad and falling apart AND smelly but it wouldnt even come off my phone. It took me about 10 minutes to take it off my phone. So naturally, I told her about it and I filed a paypal dispute to get my money back or maybe even send the case back to her and get a refund- anything. I just wanted my money back but honestly I didn’t have it in my heart to go through with it so I canceled the dispute and she offered to send me a brand new case without whipped cream and its been, another two weeks pretty much and I haven’t gotten my replacement phone case that she sent me. I didn’t get a tracking number or anything, which is kind of odd for me both because its taken this long and i ordered something from japan on ebay a week ago for my boyfriend and he got it today. It was using the same shipping method too, and I got tracking for free. But idk, I just don’t even care to have the phone case I bought for $37.00 or the case im waiting for in the mail. Im just fed up :c Nothing beats my case I got from luxaddiction. It is a bit more pricey ($79) but I have had it for over a year and nothing has even fallen off. They even sent me extra charms and stuff to put on the case in the event something DID fall off. They even sent a silk phone case holder. I guess you just get what you pay for. :C

So 

I dont know 

im sad ; - ;*

Shop O' Jewels

Recently I received some jewelries from one of my fave online jewelry shop named Shop O’ Jewels. I’ve got Gold Camera Necklace, Cute Lipstick Ring and Pink Hearts Bracelet.

SHOP O’ JEWELS is a store which aims to give you the latest fashion trends. They are committed to perfection in everything they do, with the utmost priority for you. 

At first I thought the camera pendant was just small but when I received it  , its quality much bigger than I think. I really like the camera design since it reflects of how much I like taking pictures. It only costs about ₱ 120.

My one of a kind pink hearts bracelet. It just adjustable type, you can twist it for you to be able to wear it because if you are thin like me, just adjust it a little bit.

Cute Lipstick ring, ow! obviously its really looks like that, it only costs about ₱ 80. Really affordable, right?

I will be wearing all this jewelries on my next outfit posts, so just wait for it. Yay!

So what are you waiting for? Click now and get your very own accessories at a very affordable price! :)

Thanks for reading. Till next time again.

French Connection // Autumn Winter 2011 // Menswear

It’s been a long time since I’ve worn French Connection. If I’m honest I really felt they had lost their way and become bogged down in a campaign that had long since run its course. The hilarity of of how close FCUK was to a rude word died with the last century. However, the new campaigns are a massive turn around and bringing back some class to the brand that had initially attracted me as a teenager in Dublin. So when I was approached to review this Autumn Winters collection I was in two minds. French Connection was no longer a brand I would happily buy, was I just doing this to get some free clothes? 

Well, I thought, if their happy to send me some clothes then who am I to complain. And so their new double black magneto jeans and drosselbart breton tshirt ended up through my door. (I had originally ordered some chinos, but had forgotten to account for my summer weight loss, they were huge on me. French Connection gladly swapped them for the jeans - bonus point here)

The thing was I review clothes and collections without so much as touching them or seeing them in real life all the time on here. What could I do to make this a bit more special? In my day job when we are about to launch a new cloth, block development or technical spec we sometimes perform a wearer trial. This is exactly what it sounds like. Someone quiet literally wears the product to death. Wears it, washes it, wears it, washes it. We need to know there are no faults, that the garment can take a beating. You don’t want to launch a new travel suit only to find it creases ridiculously just by looking at it. So thank you French Connection for having the patience and waiting for this review. But I think you’ll see its worth it. 

The Drosselbart T is right on trend with its Breton feel and is a heavy weight tshirt. A loose fit that drapes nicely, with a wider than normal crewneck. All of which work really well. There is a stitch detail along the centre back which I hadn’t noticed when ordering. Had I been buying it myself it’s a superfluous detail that probably would have put me off. But, it actually adds something different and from a technical point it adds tension through the centre back which helps the tshirt to hang a bit better.  

It washes really well. The T holds it’s shape and colour brilliantly. All in all well done. At £30 it’s not the cheapest T-shirt on the high st, but it certainly isn’t the most expensive either. If the rest of the French Connection collection stands up to wear in a similar way, I would say the quality is definitely worth the price tag.  

Colourwise a true black is very difficult to achieve and is a right pain when it comes to colour continuity. Every time I go on a sourcing trip at least one person in the office will ask if I can find a blacker black. We debate whether a black is a red black or a green black, and if it is they can’t be worn together. It’s about finding one that is deeper and fuller. Oh and one that is resilient. If you dont believe me go find two old black shirts from your cupboard. Now put them side by side. Both black, but totally different. 

Anyway I digress, I’m guessing from the name the Double Black Magneto Jeans are overdyed. Which means they’ve been dyed twice, once as yarn, then after this has been weaved into cloth. This gives the best possible black, and means it should last substantially longer.  Now when it comes to quality jeans I may yearn for the likes of Nudie or Acne, but my budget is more Uniqlo. 

The cut of the jeans is slimmer than I normally wear, and I’m a great advocate of slim not skinny. I genuinely can’t abide skinny jeans that either have a restrictive effect in the crotch or sag in the arse so it looks like you’re wearing a nappy. Not being used to skinny jeans when I first tried them on I wondered if they were a bit too like DVT socks across my calves. I quickly learnt socks on first with these jeans. But they looked good and didn’t sag round my arse. 

Much like the tshirt, they’ve also been washed to within an inch of their life. Too hot, not hot enough, several times. There was very little shrinkage, and the colour has stayed as deep and true as when I first opened them. The £60 price tag is more than I would normally spend with Uniqlo still churning out great jeans and I really need to see how the wear over the next couple of months. But it’s a good start and the price really isn’t prohibitive, considering how much I’d pay with a more flexible budget. 

All in all if these pieces are representative of the quality of the rest of the collection then French Connection are worth checking out again. They may be more expensive than a good chunk of the high street but they’are worth it. I’m still not a fan of their chunky knits, and anything with the more brash fcuk branding. But that’s me and at least the brand is much more than that. 

As for the new advertising campaigns, have you seen the latest video? Brilliant.