Excuse the long pause between this post and my last post.  There is some continuity however as I am in fact going to rinse my issue of Purple Fashion magazine (it costs so much that this HAS to be the case...).  Through the power of fashion dailies/weeklies and the past few months of AW08-9 trend guides being thrusted upon us, certain keywords have been ingrained into my head; lace, nun, plaid, the Queen, power silhouette, elegant etc etc.  However, Purple have come up with a different kind of trend vocab in their aptly named AW08-9 fashion round-up entitled Vocabulary, shot by Horst Diekgerdes and styled by Camille Bidault Waddington (I wish I bought more mags with her work in it...) which I tried out so intrigued I was at this slightly different look at trends...

Craie - Meaning 'chalk' in French.  I used to like tidying up chalk pastels in the school's art drawers but I never really liked it as a media (I get creeped out by the noise it makes against the paper....yes, I am THAT strange).  Still, the colours are lush looking and I particularly like these colours in boiled wool which I'll be on the lookout for when on my vintage searches.

Vintage Pringle cashmere sweater, Primark blue t-shirt, KaPowWow lilac neck ruff, Gap pistachio trenchcoat worn as a skirt, white tights worn over bright pink tights, ASOS patent nude pointy shoes. 

Sea Urchin - I think the word is more of a reference to the 'spiky' textures which brings to mind Nova Dando's shoulder spikes but Camille Bidault Waddington combines plenty of textured black and coincidentally, I've accumulated a lot of textured black.  It's a pity my vintage Lanvin jacket hasn't arrived with its odd sort of quilting but once that's here, I'll have plenty of 'sea urchins' to play around with.

Anthony Vaccarello headdress, vintage gold and black bed jacket turned inside out, vintage fringe skirt worn as a top, vintage matt black sequin skirt, vintage leaf crochet t-shirt draped at the side, Tim Ryan black fringe scarf, Office shoes.

Foulard - I must say if I didn't have a fringe, I'm not sure how I'd attempt a headscarf.... taking my hair off my forehead with a scarf on made me look sort of scary for some reason.  Another case of accumulation, this time purely accidental.  The scarves are mostly rejects from my mum and my grandmother apart from the scarf top which I always look at and go 'Doh!' as it's such a simple concept, turning a scarf into a top yet I willingly bought it. 

Assortment of vintage scarves draped around the shoulders, worn as a belt and as a headscarf, Mimko primary coloured scarf top, vintage paisley print skirt, Falke deep red tights, Salvatore Ferragamo black bow pumps.

Cloud - Ah the opportunity to bring out all that fluffy, ruffly, puffy stuff that isn't at all heavy but needs something weighty to squash it down in my drawers and shelves. My clouds are of the grey sort because this washout of a summer has hardly produced any other sort.  I've really also got to get more of those Topshop tutus that fray extraordinarily well and get tangled up in a pleasing way.

Vintage grey scribble print bed jacket, Topshop grey tulle tutu skirt, vintage pleated long sheer slip tied up at the knees with a vintage cream slip worn underneath, Zara grey patent ankle boots. 

Charity - Easy enough for thrifters all over the place.  I'm assuming it's a nicer reference to the 'bag-lady' look.  I like to look to the elderly ladies waiting for the bus at 2pm in the afternoon on a weekday for inspiration.  I'm not sure why I like sweeping my hair across my fringe like this, otherwise known as a 'faux' fringe', especially when I have a fringe already.  Goes better with the charity prints.

Vintage green geometric print dress, Topshop pale blue plaid popper shirt, vintage faux fur bolero, vintage navy gloves from my mother, vintage cream and burgandy patent slingback shoes.

Hideous - A controversial one seeing as some might call ALL of my outfits hideous.  I did declare to the boyf who was taking my pics, this outfit was supposed to be hideous and said he kinda liked it.  Might be the shiny legs blinding his vision of course.  A far cry from Purple's polished version of hideous with the only thing that is vaguely gauche being the too-orange tan.

Jonny Loves Rosie gigantic head bow, vintage floral tiered skirt worn as a one-shouldered top, Topshop black sequin shorts, Urban Outfitters gold metallic leggings, vintage perspex wedges.

Optical - When I used to post excessively on The Fashion Spot, people often remarked on the number of stripy tops I had.  Yes, I'm Susie and I'm a Uniqlo-stripe-aholic.  I couldn't bear life without Uniqlo stripy tops and my grey and black wide-striped long sleeved t-shirt gets the most wear as evident here as it's currently in the wash.  I don't mind defecting to the poloneck though.  All the better to try out faux bobs.  I have still come to the conclusion that I couldn't be without my long hair... all the better to make a fake wise-man long moustache with...

Uniqlo stripy poloneck, navy dress worn as a skirt, Sock Dreams vertical striped black and white socks, Pedro Garcia silver flats.

Other keywords which I'm itching to try but haven't had the time or the right means yet...(dippy being my operative basis...)

I longed to try out Purple's subdued interpration of Manga but was too floored by these Junko Shimada shoes to even bother trying.  Instead, I'll have to seek out the boutique on rue Saint Florentin to marvel at them...