So 30 Days of Restyle kicks off tomorrow (!!!) and as excited as I am to get started, I'm still a little daunted by working op-shop finds into my everyday wardrobe for the next month. Luckily, I follow a lot of awesome bloggers who I always admire for doing just that! Here are some of my favourite blogs that, I feel, have a great focus on op-shop/thrifted/vintage clothing...

Jen from A Little Bird Told Me {and check out her post What's Happend To Our Charity Shops?}

Hannah from One Hundred Miles From Any Wear {her whole blog was dedicated to wearing op-shop and local designers for one hundred days}


Solannah from Vixen Vintage {she found her wedding dress at a market for 75 cents!}


Eleanor from Pretty Much Penniless {she also has the best luck with finding vintage homewares!}


Elsie & Emma from A Beautiful Mess {they also post some amazing DIYs if your op-shop finds need a bit of a lift!}

Nicole from Fashion Forestry {this blog is a MUST READ for anyone who loves vintage, especially novelty vintage! It's seriously inspiring}


Ashely from Fancy Fine {who also has a Etsy vintage shop!}



Gem from Gem Fatale {one of my favourite blogs EVER, and not just for all the op-shop inspiration!}


Do you have any favourite blogs which focus more on vintage and thrifted goods? Let me know! I have an inkling my op-shop inspiration will dry up at around day 11... I kid. Hopefully.

Hello again! So like I said in yesterday's post, I popped down to the Made On The Left markets at the WA State Theatre on Sunday. I wasn't expecting it to be underground, but it was actually pretty rad (except for taking photos... argh, that lighting!). I only got to have a quick look around, which I guess is one of the perils of bringing your boyfriend shopping with you, but I was really impressed with all the awesome talent coming out of WA. Here's some pretty stalls that caught my eye...

Hello!

Today Aidan and I had a really nice day walking around Northbridge (so much better in the daytime than at night! And far less vomiting clubbers). We had lunch at the Moon Cafe, went to a couple of vintage stores, stopped in at the Made on the Left markets (photos to come!) and finished off with a cheeky cider at The Bird. It was such a sunny day for the middle of winter, I only wore a thin cardigan and I didn't even need tights! I guess living in Perth does have its advantages...

Anyway, I ended up wearing my crazy pop-art-junk-food dress. I haven't worn it for ages - here's the last time I wore it on the blog - but lately I've fallen back in love with it. It's just the best! The print is amazing, the cut is fantastic... I think it might be a hot contender for my favourite dress ever.

Hello! I managed to sneak in a couple of photos before I left for work today. I've had this giraffe print dress for a while - I got it for my birthday last year - but I only just got it taken up over the weekend. Yes, I mean this weekend, over a year later... but I think that you'll be seeing a lot more of it now! The new length is absolutely perfect! I do love a good midi length from time to time, but I find shorter lengths a lot more wearable for everyday. What do you think?



Vintage dress // Chicabooti cardigan // Black tights // Sportsgirl loafers



{Sorry they're a bit grainy... trying to figure out proper lighting while half asleep is not my forte!}

I thought my quest for the perfect, cheap, black cardigan was over with this little Chicabooti number... but then today I discovered it already has a massive hole in it! Grr. Cheap cropped cardigans are my jam but I do like it when they last longer than a couple of wears :(

But now for some good news, I picked up some AMAZING pieces on my lunch break for 30 Days of Restyle! I've actually planned out almost all my outfits... I'm a bit of a nerd like that. I can't wait to get started! This week the lovely Steph & Trish are actually doing a little bit of a mini-feature on all the bloggers involved, so head on over to their blog for behind the scenes photos galore!

Anyway, I just got a very exciting ASOS package delivered today, so hopefully I can sneak in some outfit posts before I go all op-shop up in here.

x

I have a confession to make. I've never really dug Topshop. I've bought one pair of sailor-inspired flats (too small, so I gave them to my mum) and my jelly sandals from there... and that's it. The clothes have never grabbed me as being particularly inspiring, although they do look amazing on other bloggers!

But then I saw a lilac lace dress in Grazia magazine a couple of weeks ago - and I fell hopelessly in love. I had a little peek on the website and I found some amazing pieces! I think I might have to do a sneaky order before my shopping ban comes into effect...



So much pastel-y goodness in there! I'm particularly smitten with the Poppy Lace Dress and those gorgeous mint green brogues. So lovely! I also love the print on the cut-out dress but I have kind of a sworn hatred of cut-outs. I can't really resist anything with that kind of china plate print, though.

Do you buy lots of Topshop?

Hello! So here's a little look at my new hair colour! I loved the purple-tipped hair that I had in my Restyle photo so much that I decided to get it done for real next time I was at the hairdressers. It was put in with a Kevin Murphy colour bug for the shoot, but this will hopefully last a lot longer!

I (well, Aidan) took this photo before we went to Flight of the Conchords. It was SO GOOD! If you ever get a chance to see them live you should do so, immediately.

In these photos I'm wearing a vintage dress and (faux) leather biker jacket from eBay. My hair was done by those fabulous folks at Peggy Sues - who are now taking new clients! Go go go!

x

Hello again! Here's some more of my Instagram photos from the last month or so. If you want to follow along, my username is @gininateacup :)








Okay, that's enough Instaspam for now!

Hello! I wore this outfit to a friend's birthday drinks. We spent quite a leisurely afternoon at the Queens, munching on chips and wedges and drinking lots of cider.

This dress is one that I picked up at the Oh Henry! vintage pop up store. It's AMAZING! The store is like a massive warehouse of vintage, and I think this was one of the last dresses I tried on. It was just loitering quietly on the sale rack (!!!) and I thought, "That's a nice print, but this dress looks way too big for me." Then I noticed it had a matching sash. Then I noticed that sash was a BELT! I love it! I got quite a haul, and I can't wait to show you the rest. I wish I had better pictures than these iPhone ones, but I lost my memory card for my camera! Gah :(


I was really stuck on what to wear this dress with. I have a grey cropped cardigan that would be perfect, but it appears to be trapped in a wormhole of time and space between my house and Aidan's house (along with many other of my favourite cardigans! Grr!). Not wearing a jacket was not an option - Perth has been freeeezing lately - so I decided to go all-out floral and wear this old Sportsgirl jacket.






So there's my mini floral explosion outfit! I have so many floral pieces, but this is actually the first time I've mixed them. I can't wait to wear this dress by itself in the summer! Mixing prints is still a big question mark to me. Gimme a plain cropped cardigan any day.