Cashmere, cologne and white sunshine

Lana Del Ray: Old Money

Fluffy skirt- Topshop // Mint jumper- Nelly // Sandals- Primark // Purse- Mulberry // Stone necklace- Ottoman Hands // Turquoise and pearl necklace- Vintage

This skirt is fantastically 60's. I love the cut, the texture and the statement zip. Additionally, having a fluffy bum is just the best. Leopard print is one of those danger pieces in my opinion. It either look amazing or awful. My default is wearing it with pastels, it keeps it more cutesy than Pat Butcher. 

This week I am off to Munich for some much needed festive cheer! If anyone has any tips on where to go, what to do comment below. I'll be spreading the cheer over on instagram, find me at Highland_Fling.

With love from,

Emma x

Favourite Things

(Pink: H&M x Lana Del Ray, Purple crop: ASOS, Mint: Nelly, White argyle: Topshop, Grey/ Blue: H&M Trend)

 Pastel angora sweater fetish. I don't know what happened but I think I have a problem.The funny thing is, I have seasonally bad eczema, angora is itchy, keep buying jumpers made of it though. I love how cozy they are, and that they are a real kind of fluffy, not a man produced stringy fluffy like some jumpers are. Erm, Topshop. However, as anyone who has an angora anything will know, they do molt. Especially that grey one. Oh god, I wore it to work and spent most of my day looking through a grey haze of fluff. Not ideal, but clearly I can't say no. Need a pastel blue and yellow to finish the collection I think.

Like many girls I have had my eyes on the Moschino name plate belt for ages. One day it clicked that I was solely interested because of the branding on it, which is pretty shameful. Maybe people would think I was a fancy Chelsea frequenter if I had Moschino plastered all over my tummy. So I kinda gave up on the dream, then I found this little cutie. It is less of a I AM A DESIGNER ITEM, LOOK AT ME! It still says it but just in lower case. I like it as well because as an Emma, my name often gets shorted to M, also it looks like a superhero emblem which is pretty great. I asked my boyfriend what my super power would be, he said manipulation, which I am not sure is much of a compliment. 

Home made pie- Pushing Daisy's inspired. Me and my sister went blackberry picking this afternoon, we were a little late in the season and they are getting a bit squishy so we made a blackberry and apple pie with douchey lattice weave.

How has your weekend been?

With love from,

Emma x  

English Girls Approximately

(Floral skirt: Vintage/ DIY, Jumper: Nelly, Shoes: Zara, Necklace: ASOS, Purse: Mulberry) #teenvogue

So, I got really into Asian-esque fabrics. Finding the fabric which is made into something you may actually allow to grace your body is tricky. So many terribly shaped items up for re-homing online. I bought this skirt on ebay for virtually nothing, it was a grandma length, in a bad way not an endearing way. Enter scissors. Hello A-line mini skirt.This skirt is naff, it has gold thread in it and is pretty gaudy but I feel the mint jumper mellows it out a little, making it more socially acceptable. Also, it is pretty apparent how taken I was with that tree huh? Looks like candyfloss I don't care, judge me if you will but I took seeds and I am bullying my mother into growing me one.

Now, presenting some Tudor building porn:

P.S. I could have posted a billion other photos but I restrained in acknowledgement that maybe not everyone is like me and enjoys a good English Tudor castle. This was also pre-Russia when I was more easily please, the UK don't do castles like the Russian do.

With Love from,

Em x

We looked like Giants

(Angora Jumper: Nowhere at Nelly, Leather skirt: Topshop, Plaid Coat: ASOS, Platforms: Marni x H&M, Bag: Mulberry, Pasta earrings: DIY, Pearl necklace: thrifted, Pink stone necklace: River Island) # teenvogue

This small, unimposing structure is the Wallace Monument in Stirling.  I actually wrote an essay about it once, if I remember correctly the plans used to build it were found in a bin... Fun Fact. It is worth a visit if you are in the area, I actually prefer it to Stirling castle as they have taken out all the original furnishings, so every room is just a shell with an awkward candelabra with fake fire. You can go inside the monument but heights aren't my friend.

I got this jumper from Nelly, and it was my first purchase from them. I really enjoy this jumper and its little frontal cut-outs. As always, as it is angora it is mighty itchy. I also recently rediscovered this coat, it isn't the most flattering but it is warm and goes with pretty much everything.

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, I handed in my dissertation this week and then the day after contracted a cold, so my weekend of freedom has deteriorated into watching Mad Men and feeling sorry for myself. Colds do not help me and my tissue phobia. Weird I know.

With love from,

Emma x