Vintage and Vinyl Shopping in Manchester

I spent last weekend staying with my cousin in her student house in Manchester. I was pretty excited to go up as I've only been a couple of times before and it's somewhere I'm quite interested in going to uni. It's going to be quite weird moving out next year because I feel like even if I go to another big city like Manchester, nowhere will compare to London which is where I've lived my whole life. And it's also going to be weird because I still feel like I am a 7 year old child. And am still the height of one. But I will CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN I COME TO IT. 

We were at a house party on the night we arrived, but the day after we went for an explore in the city centre. We found quite a lot of funky vintage shops, cafés and vinyl fairs which was great and felt quite a bit like London in that sense. I especially liked Pop Boutique which had loads of nice shirts and jumpers - I think there's one in London but I don't even know where it is..:') I didn't buy anything though because I'm trying to restrict my spending as I currently probably can't even fund 1 tube fair let alone festivals next summer! I literally need a job so much.

I felt like overall, the city had a really nice atmosphere and it was really nice to experience a bit of student/social life there as it's something you can't really get from going on an open day. I didn't take loads of pictures and most of them are inside shops so it's a bit pointless but I thought they turned out okay anyway!

Eloïse

This duck was a phone. Like you life the top half of the duck off and it's a phone. That is all.

Transgressive Records 10th Anniversary - The Barbican

Hello!

A few months back, we purchased tickets to attend a concert at the Barbican centre, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Transgressive Records. One of our absolute favourite bands, Mystery Jets, were on the line up, which was our main reason for buying tickets as it was their first gig in London for 2 years! EXCITEMENT. 

Also, APOLOGIES FOR THE RUBBISH PHOTO QUALITY. We had to use our phones to take photos as we thought DSLR cameras wouldn't be allowed...but they were. They didn't even check anyone's bags .      anger.

There were two acts on before Mystery Jets, who we hadn't heard of before but they were actually both so good. The first was Marika Hackman, who had possibly one of the most relaxing voices ever. It was so refreshing to hear a really good quality female performer! Dry the River were also a great surprise and put on a really good show and they will definitely be making their way onto the old iPod.

But most importantly, Mystery Jets were literally so so so incredible. It was just the kind of performance that has you on the edge of your seat (or standing up) (dancing) (we did a bit of that lol) because they're just so captivating and their music is just so beautiful. We were both really glad they played some tunes off their album Radlands because the songs on it are stunning GO AND LISTEN NOW. Blaine Harrison, the lead singer has such an angelic voice and just jhenkdjshkdlcm. The only annoying thing about the night was that Mystery Jets just weren't on for long enough and the vast majority of people at the venue were clearly there for them rather than the last act. But hopefully when they release their new album next year we'll be able to see them again!

Once again sorry about the terrible pictures. But it was such a great evening!

Ella and Eloïse

Queen's Park Fair 14.09.14

 Hellooooo.

Just a small post today! We went to Queen's Park fair this afternoon, which despite being held in quite a small park, has loads of stalls ranging from fancy cupcakes to clothing made out of alpaca wool. The fair is held on an annual basis, with a mixture of food and entertainment, including a bandstand, bouncy castles and dog shows. We were sitting eating our burgers when our friend Gaby walked by with her guitar, we had no idea but it turned out she was actually doing a little performance there which was so good (check out her Soundcloud here)- she does covers of good songs and also writes her own stuff and is really talented. :)

Hope you have a good week

x

Gaby

Black Lace and Leopard Print 08.09.14

As it was such a lovely day today and me and Ella finished early, we decided to go to the woods (again) and do a bit of an outfit post because it's been quite a while. It really is such a nice place to take photos because of all the greenery and trickling water, but it's quite hard to get the lighting on the pictures right as the sun shone down in huge patches which made some of the photos so over-exposed - although this gave a pretty nice effect to some pictures.

Today Ella wore her gorgeous new leopard print coat from H&M which will be great when it starts to get chillier this autumn, her striped jumper also from H&M, Jamie jeans from Topshop and Doc Marten boots.

I felt a bit like Bellatrix Lestrange in my new long black lace... thing. Not going to lie I literally don't know what it is. A cardigan? A kimono? A KAFTAN? But I thought it was pretty funky anyway and I bought it because I don't have anything quite like it and it will be a good slightly more fancy cover-up for the autumn. I wore it with my black velvet dress from Topshop and my Docs. 

Hope you like the pictures and have a good week!

x

Liebster Award

Thank you to the lovely Holly and Summer for nominating us! Neither of us had heard of this before, but it seems like fun so we thought we might as well participate.

The rules :

• Thank the lovely blogger who has nominated you.
• Answer the 11 questions they’ve asked you.
• Nominate 11 blogger's (they have to have under 200 followers).
• Ask them 11 questions which they can answer in a post.

Our questions from the twins:

1. Who is your biggest celebrity crush? 

Finn from My Mad Fat Diary. and Matt Hitt. 

2. What is one thing that is on your bucket list? 

We hope to go interrailing together with friends at some point! 

3. Favorite fictional character? 

Snape.

4. Name one strange fact about yourself!

Once the two of us were walking along Oxford Street and we somehow ended up participating in a protest march. We walked with them for a while then slyly departed down a nearby sideroad. To this day we have no idea what we were protesting for.

5. If you could pack up and leave, and go wherever you wanted to right now, where would you go and why?

New Zealand because it's beaaautiful. Or Norway to see the fjords and northern lights because it looks magical.

6. Who is your inspiration/role model? Why? 
So bad at answering role model questions fdjhakfjh idk

7. Earliest childhood memory? 

Eloïse: My mum being pregnant with my little brother
Ella: A Christmas holiday in Poland

8. What inspired you to start blogging? 

Just the fact that it seemed quite fun to be honest. And also Holly and Summer's blog!

9. Tell us 2 lies and 1 truth about your life, not saying which is which!
- Ella once introduced herself as Eloïse to a teacher unintentionally
- Eloïse once fell into the lake in Hyde Park
- Ella was born in Yemen.

10. How do you like spending your free time?

Making rash purchases on ASOS and sleeping.

11. Describe your perfect Sunday.

Lie in, have a fry up, go to a funky market like Brick Lane or Portobello and eat in a cute café.

Our questions to YOU:
1. How do you like your steak cooked?
2. Favourite cheese?
3. Favourite season?
4. What's your favourite place on Earth?
5. Describe your perfect holiday.
6. Who is your fashion inspiration?
7. Marmite : Love it or hate it?
8. What is your hot beverage of choice?
9. What has been the strangest moment of your life?
10. Your dream place to live?
11. Name an item of clothing you couldn't live without!

We don't really know loads of bloggers so if you happen to be reading this, YOU ARE NOMINATED! If you do decide to participate, let us know in the comments!

Ella and Eloïse x