What Leeroy Brought Today: Quick Trip Edition!

Hey all!

Quick update today along with my quick shopping trip goodies. Today was pay day although January was a short month for me (as I'm sure it was for all of you!) so I went into the cheapest places to go for a browse: Charity shops and Primark. Yes...we all know how much I love Primark...

From: Primark

Price: Around £20

Items

- Acid Wash Blue Skinny Jeans

- Faded Black Studded T-shirt

- Faded American Flag Vest

- Faded Grey Shoes

Got all of the above for about £20. Pretty pleased with these purchases as I have a whole outfit there that will go well with alot of other things I have such as my leather jacket, military boots, denim shirts etc. Trying to buy things for when the weather gets warmer (but I live in the U.K so if that happens remains to be seen!) so I actually have some spring/summer clothes. Primark is getting alot better at catering to male fashion fiends such as myself with their designs, although I noticed alot of their stock is slowly creeping up in price...buyers beware! I really love the acid wash jean, they're the blue equivilant of the ones I bought during my last visit (see previous post). I find it so hard as somebody who has an arse  to find skinny jeans that fit, but Primark never lets me down in that department. 

From: Oxfam/Superdrug

Price: £4.00

Items

- The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

- Sarah by JT Leroy

-  Garnier Surf Hair Wax

Not exactly clothes/fashion I know but I picked up these 2 books for a really great price at Oxfam. I find that alot of books I want to read or books in general always seem to be so expensive online so I take it upon myself to go hunting in charity shops for them these days. I've already read The Amityville Horror, which was excellent however I really want to read it again. I'm also a huge horror fan so this will go nicely in my little memorabilia collection of horror books! 

I also read The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things by JT Leroy over Christmas and enjoyed it thoroughly. I'd already seen the film a handful of times so I knew the general story but I always want to read the book. Sarah is actually the sequel to THIDAAT so it's pretty lucky that I managed to spot it as I was planning on paying full price for it on Amazon eventually! 

Oh seeing as I have finally grew out my shaved head, I need to start styling my hair again so I picked up some wax. Honestly, it was a royal pain growing it back out but I like changing my hair every few months so it was my own doing I suppose.

Anyways, until next time guys! 

P.S please follow/recommend this blog to your friends! I will be use this blog alot more if I get more followers/comments from people. 

What Leeroy Bought Yesterday/Made a Week Ago/Wore Today

As I write this to you, dear lack-of-followers, I am sitting very comfortably drinking tea out of a mug that says 'groovy chick' on it and marking the next page in White Oleander by Janet Finch. It's nice to feel like I can actually enjoy a day off again. Yes, that's right. I'm back to working for the charity shop and I have several updates to feed your obvious curiosity into my closet, life and dull ramblings.

What Leeroy Bought Today Yesterday

Okay, so obviously being back in the charity shop and settling into my usual habitat etc etc etc, I wanted to check out what men's clothes they were packing. In the past, the donations we have received for men's clothes and accessories have been appalling. But I was surprised to find that we had alot of very nice vintage knitwear, vintage style knitwear and vintage blazers in stock. So me being the nosey fashionista that I am, I looked through it to see if any of it was my size. Most of it wasn't, unfortunately and even the stuff that was...it just wasn't meant to be. However...I eventually found a beautiful, never been worn, new with tags still attached BHS Classics cardigan. I sighed and posed in it, but I was unsure about it. I loved it but I didn't know if I could rock it (perhaps it was what I was wearing at the time that didn't allow me to see the bigger picture), so I left it there and slept on it for 3 days hoping that it would still there when I was next in the shop.

It was! So after me and my boss were decided what men and women's clothes would be going in the vintage/vintage style rail downstairs, I decided to try it on one last time before putting it out for sale. I tried it on and realised it was love. It was then I decided myself and the brand new, never been worn, tags still attached BHS Classics cardigan were to live happily ever after.

Grey Chunky Knit Cardigan

From: Extra Care [The charity shop I work for]

Label: BHS Classics

Price: £35 [Originally]

What Leeroy Made a Week Ago

You know when you go through your closet/drawers/dungeon etc looking at clothes to throw out or clothes you just generally haven't worn for a long time? Well, one day I was doing that and came across a pair of light blue jeans I haven't seen for a very very long time. I don't recall how I got them, but they've barely been worn and have a classic regular-fit look to them. It was also then that I had an epiphany. I've want to experiment more with costumising my some of my clothes as I haven't done it in so long, and it was then I decided to use these jeans a sample piece for attempting a distressed/laddered look.

I recently found out the best way to do it was with sandpaper from YouTube tutorials, so I found some sandpaper and watched a tutorial video to get a decent distressed look from my jeans. I made it basic, just so I didn't destroy them and the results were great!

I learned how to make the laddering gradually smaller and how to make it look slightly natural. I did this on the left leg before the knee, a smaller ladder on the right leg on the knee and the top pocket. I also made a small scratching effect on one of the back pockets. All in all it added a bit of character to the bare-bones jeans and gave them some life.

What Leeroy Wore Today

So today is my day off, it's cold and I just want to relax in something comfortably. So I decided to put the two together as my outfit for today. They're both relatively loose and something I can spend the day in without wanting to peel them off.

Paired together, the two items make a relaxed look with a certain grunge charm to them. As most of you will know, Kurt Cobain is my style icon and I can imagine this out being something he would have worn. It's a great look for work, lazy days, days in etc. Basically a great look if you don't feel like dressing up but don't feel like looking totally unfashionable either. Simple and chic.

Until next time,

Leeroy

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What Leeroy Bought Today.

So today (well, technically yesterday now) I decided to go on a little early morning trip to Chester. To be honest, this was just a last minute decision due to lack of sleep and a much needed appetite for so retail therapy.

There wasn't really much stuff of interest to me (okay, that's a lie I just can't afford the stuff I really want) but I somehow managed to window-shop for about 5 hours until I found two nice gems.

White Noise Sweater

From: H&M

Label: H&M

Price: £10

Burgundy Chinos

From: Primark

Label: Cedarwood State

Price: £15

I have this new 'thing' about changing up my fashion choices this year drastically and being more adventerous than I usually have in the past. I don't take many risks so when it comes to new clothes, I decided they would be my risk taking moments.

When chinos first became popular, I hated them. However, I recently gave them a shot and they're so comfortable to wear and walk around in. Especially my new ones. But yes, the chinos may represent modern hipster chic. Which, if I'm being frank, is not a scene I want to be associated with. However, you can take something from a trend and always make it your own with the right styling. In addition to that, it's in my opinion as a somewhat fashionista (even if I do sometimes wear denim top to bottom...) that when you're dressed to your best, there should be a little bit of classic mixed in with your modern tastes. Or vice versa. Which brings me to the sweater.

As my friends, lack of readers and perhaps some Tumblr peepers will know, I am a huge fan of grunge. Grunge music, grunge icons, grunge fashion. Three words that stand well next to the famous 90s movement. Which is why when I spotted this sweater at H&M, on sale, I couldn't resist it's calling to me. In my closet there are alot of grunge influenced clothes or clothes I can make look somewhat grungey, however I think this is one of the closest thing so far to something I can imagine was a popular thing to wear back in the 90s. I'm actually sure I recall seeing Kate Moss wearing something similar in her heroin chic days. I'll most probably wear it with some laddered jeans and my new chinos. It's comfortable enough to wear for loungy days at home or just a casual day out.

And yes, I would just like to see that the picture is awful... I can't pose for shit.

The Look: Goth Grunge.

Thought I'd throw a mix of my favourite styles together in this look. As you can see I have the crucifix ear stud, wedding band earring (which are on both sides and have a skullXbones imprinted on them) and vampire bat necklace as my accessories to add that 'gothic' effect. All silver, of course. I also have my new denim shirt which I've been using as my summer jacket for that grungey effect. Found it in a charity shop (which was proper a pimped out like a thrift store) in my town and it was so so cheap it's unreal!

Necklace: £1.00 from Topman

Ear Rings: £1.00 from Topman

Stud(s): £1.00 from Topman

Denim Shirt: £2.50 from a local charity store.