INSPIRATION - BRITISH SWAG

Winter is here and the United Kingdom has always been a country we look up to for winter gear. Check prints from brands like Burberry and woolen goodies like kilts are etched in our minds when we think of quintessential winter goodies. We’ve picked up a great pair of green check pants for your winter fun!

Perfect for the grungy punk look (pair with some docs and leather jacket for the ultimate Aggy Deyn-look) or the preppy school girl look (with a cashmere sweater to make even Blair Wardolf jealous). Don’t look past the versatility of a pair of trousers like this.

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STOCK PREVIEW: WEEK 8!

Get excited. One day til we list these gems on our store!

INSPIRATION - Linen Dresses & Romance was Born!

This season Romance was Born (one of L’s favourite labels) incorporated a lot of linen in their AW 2012 collection, HAPPY CAMPER. One of our favourite pieces is the linen splice dress (especially in the navy colourway)! It has a delightful thick linen top with a bright silk printed skirt. RWB makes some wonderful clothes and designs their fabrics themselves as well - rumours has it, they do the designs in Melbourne in the same building as Alice Euphemia! (Though we did hear this many years ago!)

Having this dress in mind, we immediately saw the beauty of this navy spliced dress that is in our eBay store at the moment. Though it doesn’t have bright colours to entice you, the skirt is made from microsuede, giving it an equally luxurious feel to silk! Sitting just above the knee, we left this dress unaltered as we like the “babydoll” shapelessness of the waist line! If you feel like more ooommphh just style it with your favourite belt - a stand out colour like red or fuchsia would go wonderfully.

xx HF

INSPIRATION! - the casual look

The problem with cold winters (dang, you lucky Australians who live more north than us!) is that its harder to dress up. You don’t get as many opportunities to wear that glamorous dress and you don’t get to put on your favourite pair of shorts (at least without a few pairs of 200 dernier tights underneath ;)) but that doesn’t mean we should give up on looking good.

We’ve taken a leaf out of the gorgeous Asian tourists that float through Melbourne from Japan and Korea etc and their effortless chic style with their slouchy outfits. They always manage to make an oversized sweater with a maxi skirt or loose fitting jeans look so lovely. No longer are these slouchy sweaters banished for the bedroom and for lounging around the house - these pieces are perfect for the casual “I’m not even trying but I do look fabulous, don’t I?” look!

Check out our

a) slouchy denim cuffed pants

b) navy and white striped knit - WOOPS! Someone bought this already!

c) loose fitting oatmeal sweater

in our eBay store now! xx.

INSPIRATION #3.

We’ve already raved about how much we love Frank Ocean, but really our love affair extends to the whole Odd Future crew. The boys have a huge FAN club - their music and their style IS influential.

Their collection of Golf Wang gear speaks for itself. Beautiful cut shirts with amazing prints - buttoned up all the way to the top, of course. And that’s the way we like our shirts. As many buttons done as possible.

Outside Golf Wang, the boys still bring that comical flair that fashion needs. Less rigidity. More ridiculousness. Tyler is often seen in tshirts and shirts of strange patterns/prints and we completely respect that.

Aubergine Coat

Wool cardigan

Oversized button up shirt

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INSPIRATION #2

We’d been listening to a lot of Frank Ocean in the last week and watching interviews of him with the Odd Future gang and thought, ‘Wow not only does he have the smoothest voice, this dude has got some serious swag!’

We were really feeling the oriental influences in how he dresses, the mandarin collars and ornate silk prints, as well as the crazy prints he pulls off. Check out the Honest Folk eBay store to see how we were inspired by this dapper gent this week :)

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INSPIRATION #1:

We all get inspiration from different places. This week, Honest Folk has been influenced by a few people, we’ll be posting every day to highlight who these people are.

One of our style inspirations is this GORGEOUS Melbournian, eggeggegg. From the moment I saw her blue eyebrows in a Pocketto Tumblr post, I knew this girl was one to watch.

Her “I don’t care what you think” approach to fashion is exactly what Melbourne is missing! After living in the USA, both Amie and I have thought Melbourne to be less daring as we had first imagined. Eggeggegg is now reminding us to dream bigger and wear louder!!

The autumn print dressing gown from this week’s listings is inspired by eggeggegg’s short sleeve open jacket. A cotton dressing gown is something our parents probably wear to bed, but hey, what’s stopping us from redressing it into something streetworthy with just a pair of jeans and a simple top! It’s long length makes it a perfect night-time companion, however a few knots and safety pins can turn this into a KIMONO-worthy daytime jacket.

(Photo credits to: eggeggegg and Pocketto.)

(Source: honestfolk)