I can’t remember who did a post about Humanoid, but I do remember thinking… I’ve heard that name before, and never checked it out.

So I clicked.  And discovered!!  Just way too cool for school minimilast quirky chic.  I like it a lot.

I have a job!  I’m the new Saturday girl at our Christian bookshop.  The pay is minimul wage – they can’t afford any more than that – but for me, having never had a job before, £30 a week will make a massive difference!  

For instance, a trip to the cinema and a new pair of jeans difference!  And summer clothes!!  So many materialistic joys!  Why didn’t anybody tell me about this?  I would have got a job waaay sooner.

Anyway, here’s my hit list:

{accessorize}

{boden}

{monsoon}

{toast}

(Is it weird that I love that plaid blouse so much?  Because I really really do.)

Oh my.  This is… beautiful.  She is stunning, isn’t she?

From Garance, of course.

If I had all the money in the world, I’d immediately buy and then find occasion to wear this outfit: 

details here

I know it’s terrible, but I really want a Christmas jumper.  The uglier, the more garish, the better. I want one that’s so trashy it hurts to look at.  A Bridget Jones’ Darcy type jumper.

Maybe like these:

Help me here – am I alone?  Or do you crave a hideous Christmas jumper too?

This Franco-Columbian company, Warmi, is absolutely, crushingly gorgeous.  What lovely photographs!  What lovely, chunky, touchable pieces!  What a lovely model!  (I think, by the way, that the model has PERFECT hair.  That is the hair I wish I had.)

What I also like is that there are little biographies and pictures of some of the people who knit the clothes for them, like this one:

Maria Pachon lives with her husband who works in the fields. Having two children to support, she piled up unstable jobs untils she joined the association three years ago. She knits for us the Paulina collars.

What a cool idea!  I’d feel much happier buying from them knowing that their stuff was made by smiley people like Maria.

via Disenyo

I’ve got a bit of a crush on this Clothkits skirt.  It’s so quirky.

And if I was little again, I’d definitely be pestering my Mum to make me this:

Today’s top favourite thing:

from here

And here’s how I might wear it:

A beautiful beautiful French clothing brand called Manoush.  Their collection is quirky, funny, pretty: I love it.

This is what it says about itself:

THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTIC IN THE MANOUSH FASHION IS
THE DESIRE TO ENJOY ONESELF.  ONE MIXES, ONE PLEASES ONESELF, ONE FLIRTS WITH WHAT IS KITSCH AND FLASHY… THIS IS HOW ONE GOES ABOUT PLEASING OTHERS.  POSH STYLE IS INDEED TOO BORING.  THE MANOUSH GIRL HAS RETAINED THE CURIOSITY ONE FINDS IN LITTLE GIRLS WHO RUMMAGE IN THE ADULTS WARDROBE.

 FRAGILE AND FUNNY, CHILDISH AND CAPRICIOUS, SHE HAS A CRAZY CHARM.
ITS MODELS FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE ETERNAL ADOLESCENCE OF JANE BIRKIN AND THE  BOHEMIAN STYLISHNESS OF VANESSA PARADIS.  SHE ALSO LOVES THE HUMOUR OF THE SINGER OLIVIA RUIZ, WHOSE MELLOW VOICE TELLS THE STORIES OF GIRLS WHO ADORE CHOCOLATE.  COMPLETELY FORBIDDEN TO TAKE ONESELF SERIOUSLY …

And a few pics to give you an idea:

Discovered here.

I’ve discovered Polyvore and am going mad creating outfits!  It’s so fun.  Kind of like playing vitrual dressup.   Go here to see them.