Channeling Suzy Bishop.

Channeling Suzy Bishop.

The thrill of hunting for a bargain at car boots and in charity shops has always been a hobby of mine and one I must say one I am rather good at. Moonrise Kingdom has struck something in my vintage loving heart. Knee sock and shorts dresses/skirts take up almost half of my wardrobe, most of the time when I look in the mirror I worry that I dress like an over grown toddler... but you know. I may attempt to create a Suzy Bishop big collared, lacy number or lets face it I may not. Yes the binoculars were completely necessary to complete the look.

I wore this to go for dinner (great pizza) and drinks - ended up being very much about the drinks which led to dancing around in the living room at 4am belting out musical numbers. Sure.

Skirt - American Apparel, Jumper - Topshop, Socks - Forever 21

This is my mad bastard pose.

Moonrise Kingdom.

Drew this because lets face it she is one cool dude.

Moonrise Kingdom...

... Everything I wanted and more. Wes Anderson - what a guy. His films have a distinct folky, rocky, light beaming, aesthetically pleasing feel to them - you can imagine every shot being captured and used as a beautiful photograph. I have come to expect greatness from each and every one of his films so I was a little nervous going to see Moonrise Kingdom incase I had built up an impossible vision of how good it was going to be BUT... it smashed it. I mean any film with Bill Murray in it (besides the horror that was Garfield...) is going to be pretty damn awesome.

In Moonrise Kingdom two young lovers flee their small town to be together - the freshness and sense of adventure feels like an escapade everyone wants to be a part of. I saw this pattern clashing film adventure at the 'Screen on the Green' cinema in Angel, which I am certain added to the wonderment of the film - cocktails and cake to your comfy/well bounced seat? Hell yes! With the old fashioned velvet drawstring curtains I felt like an excited child, which I suppose is the way you are supposed to view a Wes Anderson creation?

Suzy Bishop is pretty much my new style icon so you can expect to see me sauntering around this summer in mini dresses and knee socks, watching you from afar through my binoculars. I just had to draw her so I hope you like it.

Just awesome - 'Does it concern you that your daughter has just run away?'... 'That's a loaded question'