Day out with Akua 3

Next stop was H&M and their sale. It was rather unforunate that I basically wanted to buy the whole store... I am loving their Spring Summer!

The shoes I got with baby wedges for girls like me who are extra tall and can't walk in high heels

A dress I want in the future.

Fabulous calf length dress- more decorated and cheaper than the topshop one.

loved the top/dress. Very short on me though...

 

This dress I really wanted. It was £15 in the sale but I put it back :-(. Couldn't afford it.

So many flower head bands made me really wanna put flowers in my hair and I will over the summer.

Day out with Akua 1

Friday was 'Catch up with Akua' day so we decided to be cultural and hit the V&A. The Grace Kelly exhibition wasn't open until the next day and the line for the Quilts exhibition was so long so we just wandered around.

18th century Fashion dolls!

Tracey Emin Longchamp bag 2002. I love her work

It was good to see this particularly as I did an essay on the male suit in the early 19th century last term

Stays and corsets fascinate me as they have so many different conatations (I did an essay on them too)

A little Grace Kelly taster.

The 'country bumpkin' look which I love right now. I really want a green Barbour.

underwear as outerwear

A photograph from my first visit to the V&A photography space. This was our favourite piece. It's by Maud Sulter and is called Terpsichore (Delta Streete) 1989. The photograph is of the performance artist Delta and this representation of contemporary black women questions the idea of 'national heritage'- she is a product of empire.