Showing posts with label mens fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mens fashion. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

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! 

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Thursday, 12 January 2012

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.

Thursday, 5 January 2012

We're now on Tumblr!

Cross Closet now also has a tumblr site full of beautiful male fashion, pictures from my own personal collection and inspiration etc.

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Inspiration: ME†AL