C is for Cassie at Polyvore

Last night I did some research on Cassie Ainsworth from Skins and her clothes. One sparked the hunt in particular, her white skeleton dress, which she wore as a nightie, so I did a Google search and some Polyvore sets came up. The Polyvore sets all have details of where to get the items so today it's my plan to track them all down from the websites and make a list of great things I want to buy.

The first is the skeleton dress. I did a search in Top Shop and it came up with something very different to what Cassie wore. I liked that she wore it as a nightie as there were other sets with the dress but it looked weird with clothes over the top and underneath. It's a strange item. Maybe this different one will work alone.

I like the length and the sleeves on this particular dress, even though it's nothing like the original I was hoping to find [it was a few years ago mind you] but it might have to do. If it doesn't cling to the bottom, then I might be able to wear it out normally and not just limit it to the bedroom, although either would be fine with me in Sydney, hanging in my house.

The original skeleton dress Cassie wore

I definitely like the longer sleeves on the grey one. It's £35 which equals around AUD$59 so whether or not it's worth spending the money for is another thing all together. I should save up for certain items though as it'll be worth getting it in the end.

In another direction all together, I came across the cutest parasol in a search. I have found it at the Ladies Empirium and it is called the Battenberg Lace Parasol in white.

I can imagine myself sitting in a park with this as my protection from the elements. I always liked it when Carrie from Sex and the City would carry and umbrella on a sunny day. It seemed so feminine and proper.

Another area I love of Cassie's style is her knee-high socks. I have found some at Urban Outfitters and at Free People but my problem is having large calves so I need big boots to balance it out, otherwise I look weird. I know my legs look weird at work as my shoes are slim-lined and it makes my legs look weird. I have normal knees but bigger calves and smaller ankles and feet. I don't have model nice legs unfortunately so it makes it hard to feel comfortable wearing flats. I'll have to get some leg warmers to compromise with.

Now I'm looking at track pants on ae.com, a cute site with some outfits by Aerie that I really like. At the same time I'm writing a cover letter for the position at Oomph!. Better concentrate on that for a while. More clothes later.