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April 12th, 2012

STILL ALIVE

Don’t you just hate it when you’ve had a stressful day, it’s almost over, you’re trying to relax, while your family is yelling about some pointless shit in the background? Hmm, maybe that’s just me. I encountered my first difficult customer at work today. The computer that processes the whole photo printing system, froze twice in a row. The customer decided to blame me, of course. She swore and yelled at me, I was a little on edge and trying to ignore some anxiety at the time, so my face went completely red and I almost began to cry. Haha, that would have been so dramatic. I can just imagine. Usually I’m quite good at keeping my cool in the presence of irrational customers, however, on this particular occasion, all I wanted to do was yell back at her and just… leave. Probably a good thing that I stopped myself from doing that, I would probably be unemployed right now if I didn’t.

Wore this outfit a few days ago, I planned it very quickly a few minutes before I went to sleep, it had no thought process attached to its selection at all. Aah, I miss having the time to plan my outfits days in advance, that was fun for me… which may sound lame to people. Oh well. I updated my trusty black leather tardy wedges with different shoe laces I bought on e-bay almost a year ago. They’re black and have small white stars on them.

Tags: annoying, chicwish, dark vice, design, douche bags, fashion, gif, heels, jeffrey campbell, me, miracle eye, photography, purple, sad, shoes, solestruck, style, tardy, topshop, velvet, wedges
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April 4th, 2012

NEVER, EVER MET A GUY LIKE YOU

Woke up at 7.45 this morning without an alarm, what is this madness?! I’m going to be in a zombie like state tonight when I finish work at 10pm. I was so tired last night, I couldn’t even stay awake until midnight. How pathetic haha. I usually force myself to stay awake until at least midnight so then I don’t feel so lame. I mean, I’m 21, I should be stay up and party all night till like 7AM, right? I guess I should have seen the early morning coming. I’ve been listening to songs from everybody’s current favourite decade, the 90s. Not the cool grungy songs though, the cheesy dance music that I enjoyed as a five to eight year old. More on that later.

Ordered the leopard print hellbounds on Solestruck last week, they got to me in the same week. Ultra fast shipping, which was nice. These are some badass boots people. When I wear them, I feel like a monster cartoon character who decided to dress like a punk and go to a 70s disco. Yes, to me those are all good things. If you have any doubts, these pretty little things have been featured in Vogue Italia. What other confirmation can one need about their style? The hellbounds are also unbelievably comfortable for their height, they are so much more comfortable than the Litas in my opinion. I couldn’t walk in my Lita Spikes for more than five minutes without experiencing severe foot pain. I strolled around in the hellbounds for the entire night, and I was fine. Don’t get me wrong, they don’t feel like sneakers but they are more than bearable.

The only downer about yesterday’s outfit, was the crinkly looking skirt on this dress. Yes, I did iron the dress, which didn’t seem to make much difference. Note to self: dry clean only for these dresses next time.

You still have time to enter my giveaway, which can be found two posts down!

AINT NOTHING GONNA BREAK MY STRIDE, NOBODY GONNA SLOW ME DOWN, OH NO!, I GOT TO KEEP ON MOOOOVIN’

Empowering stuff! Am I the only one who isn’t afraid to admit that they liked this type of music?

Tags: asos, dark vice, design, fashion, gif, heels, hellbounds, i got to keep on moooovin, jones + jones, me, photography, shoes, solestruck, style, unif, unique II
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March 30th, 2012

ONE HUNDRED… DV’S FIRST GIVE AWAY

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY all the unnecessary coloured exclamation marks, you ask? Well, because this post marks the 100th I have made on DARK VICE. I’ve been blogging for a long time, but I don’t know if any of my blogs have ever reached one hundred posts. Anyway, to mark this occasion, and thank everyone who has been following my blog during the last nine months, I have decided to have a give away. Now, this give away isn’t going to be like a regular blogger give away, because I don’t have any sponsors. *Stares at empty side bar* No, it’s cool, I never started this blog with that intention anyway. I have had a few ad/sponsor offers now, however, half didn’t fit in with my style and the other half just seemed dodgy and totally unrelated.

Instead of having a give away sponsored by a brand, I’ve decided to pass on a few things I have acquired over the years but have no use for. I promise it’s not complete shit. It’s not a lot, but hey, I may throw in some surprises for the winner Besides, isn’t it the thought that counts?

First up, we have this vintage collar.

This is a silver sequinned bow, it is attached to a pin and a hair clip, so you can wear it in your hair or on your clothes, bag, whatever.

This image is pretty bad, Sorry! But I swear the actual item is not, it’s a limited bow collar type thing. It’s pretty, but I’ve never worn it.

More bows! A bow necklace.

Everything is in practically perfect condition. If you would like to win these items, you must do the following:

1. Follow me on Bloglovin’ (not necessary if you’re not signed up to bloglovin’)
2. ‘Like’ Dark Vice on Facebook
3. Comment on this post with your Name, E-mail and your favourite colour.

If you can’t comment on the post for whatever reason, you can leave the details on the Facebook page. Anyone from any place of the world can enter. I felt so self centred typing the requirements, but by making you guys ‘like’ stuff, I’m less likely to pass on anything to a potential DV hater *glares at haters* The links to follow me on bloglovin’ and the Facebook page, are all located in the sidebar.

You have until FRIDAY THE 6TH OF APRIL TO ENTER. The winner will be selected at random. Good luck!

Now on to some regular posting. If you haven’t seen Solestruck’s new lookbook yet, head to their site and check it out! It’s pretty damn sick. My personal favourite, is the Las Vegas section. I know I’ve posted these shoes before but uh…

SO BEAUTIFUL

I customised my JC Bundys yesterday. Some of the colour was coming off, and I had some spray paint from my folio left, so I decided to paint them. I’m happy with the result. Sadly my dad goes insane if I have too many shoes at any one time, so I’m going to sell these Starting at 99 cents dudes, you can find these, along with my other e-bay items here. If you are at all interested, that is.

Now we shall move on to the regular outfit segment of this blog…

I don’t have anything to say about this outfit. Hmm… yeah, nothing is coming to me. I wish I had some chocolate right now.

Tags: bundy, dark vice, design, fashion, gif, heels, hellbounds, house of holland, jeffrey campbell, me, miracle eye, photography, pink, reno, solestruck, style, unif, velvet, vintage
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March 25th, 2012

JOURNEY

I set out on a quest to replace my lost belt today. Of course I couldn’t find anything quite as good in a reasonable price bracket, so I purchased two belts. The first belt I liked was patent, so I bought a matte leather belt too. I don’t think a shiny belt would work with every single outfit. I also looked for a new bag today. Currently, I only have one, my black backpack. As much as I love it, having no other option (especially when I don’t need to take much with me) is annoying. I’m fussy as hell with bags too, maybe even fussier than I am with belts, so I didn’t find anything. If anyone has any tips of good places to find nice bags, online, or in Melbourne, please let me know.

Wearing my new creepers. I’ve wanted creepers since I was 17 but never bought any because the platform never seemed big enough for me. Like I’ve mentioned a million times, I’m short, so I like my shoes to have a decent amount of height. To my delight, the flatform trend has persuaded Underground to create triple sole creepers. As soon as I saw these, I knew they would be mine eventually. They’re so comfortable, but they’re a little big for me, I’ll have to place some insoles inside these. If you’re thinking about buying them, I would consider going down a size.

Didn’t get any close up shots of the shoes but I will, soon.

Have you ever felt desperately attached to something that you knew you had to let go of?

Tags: asos, city, coles, creepers, dark vice, fashion, gif, jones + jones, me, melbourne, photography, sad, shoes, style, topshop, undeground
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March 24th, 2012

DOZE

Blogging when I’m tired seems to happen quite often. I forced myself to wake up pretty early this morning so I could drive my sister to work, it’s a good thirty minute drive and I desperately need the practice. I want to get my license asap, I don’t mind public transport that much. It’s mostly the actual people on the transport, giving me death stares for wearing platforms shoes. Oh, and the fact that making your way to a destination via public transport usually takes double the time it does to drive, unless you get stuck in horrid peak hour traffic. Ugh, I’m so tired right now it’s making me feel dizzy so I’m going to keep this… online diary entry short.

I’m so glad that the weather is cooling down, there are only so many minimal summer outfits one can think of.

I’ve somehow managed to lose my favourite belt, so I wore this harness instead. Sadly, the belt that has gone MIA, was the only one that was still intact. No idea where it has disappeared to. I’m pretty fussy when it comes to belts, not sure why. Must track down a replacement, most of my outfits can’t seem to function without a waist belt.

People… these shoes are by far the most comfortable pair I own right now. If Solestruck ordered them in a few more materials, like maybe black suede, black velvet etc, I’d so purchase another pair. Definitely worth it! In terms of comfort, big platform with a slightly elevated heel = best.

Tags: american apparel, dark vice, design, ebay, fashion, general pants, gif, harness, heels, jeffrey campbell, me, myer, photography, pink, reno ltd, shoes, solestruck, style, topshop, zana bayne
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