Early Morning Jewels

Roman road jewels

Clash

V in to a rowdy colour clash at the moment - which was particularly evident this week when I had to wear all black and felt like an imposter all day in my serious get up. Why look boring when you could look a bit nuts?

Valentino Gold

What's not to love - especially those doorstopper rings. Less likely to find one of those in my favourite pawn shop haunts I reckon.

Jamie's rings

Silver thorns, onyx and a glass eye. A good selection in my book.

Gathering Gold

I have been gathering jewels for an up and coming shoot and am reminded of the many heart shaped pieces of jewellery I have...

I have started deconstructing the various pieces of neglected tat that I've picked up over the years and making new versions of them. My favourite trick is adding hearts to my gold hoops

Turns out it's quite hard to take a picture of your own ear.

Anchored

I bought a multi pack of kids rings from Primark recently, which included this dangling anchor one.There's also one with a heart and shell - not bad for £1.50!

Pope's Rings II

I often refer back to a blog post I wrote about Raphaels's painting of Pope Julius II, and his amazing rings. This weekend while at the Musee de Cluny in Paris, I saw some real Pope's rings up close and I really wasn't disappointed - they were enormous!!

 

These rings are even older than Raphael's painting and date back to c.1464, taking the trend for statement jewellery back to the 15th Century...

Arrow To The Heart

 Another Charlie inspired post (see below) - I love this little gold arrow ring she bought from a pop up shop on Redchurch Street recently. Especially like how the feathers of the arrow wrap round to make the band of the ring.

5 Autumn Style Tips

It seems it really is Autumn now. September is over, the tights have been pulled on and I have started carrying round an extra layer in my bag for when I finish work in the evenings. It's also a time when we are all thinking about our Autumn wardrobes - I accidentally won a pair of black ankle boots on ebay last night, blame Tessa - so here are my 5 picks from what One Off Style has to offer this Autumn.

1. A VERSATILE, EASY TO WEAR SKIRT

Ok so let's forget about bare legs for now. I'm not brave enough anymore. I had one too many chilly nights in beer gardens, so I am now wearing my tights with pride. Slip on some 40 derniers, a cropped jumper and a pair of ankle boots or loafers and this is an easy, stylish look you will wear and wear.

2. A PAIR OF TAILORED TROUSERS

 Trousers are everywhere this Autumn, so why wear a pair that a trillion people also have? Instead snap up this one off vintage pair of tailored navy trousers with a fine white check.

3. A LOOK MADE FOR LAYERING

I really love to layer. It's such a great way of getting lots of different looks out of essentially the same outfit. Give yourself lots of options with this Denim Button Up Dress.

 

4. ADORN YOURSELF IN SILVER

I have about 1,000,000 pictures of my hands on my phone at the moment - I love my Jessie Harris/One Off ring that much. Cheer up your chilly fingers this Autumn with some new silver.

5. A STATEMENT SCARF 

This is on the website under 'Gifts' but why not treat yourself? We all wear so much black over the colder months - break it up a bit with this flash of colour.

There is lots more to choose from at One Off Style this Autumn, so you need never be stuck for outfit inspiration! See for yourself here.

DIY Jewellery Box

I had a home focused Sunday yesterday, which involved me trying to cull the piles of crap in my room and organise all the great stuff. Along the way I discovered this little box, which  once contained a charm from Roy Doble jewellers in Camborne, Cornwall but is now where I am keeping (some) of my rings. I think Mum made this glitter lined one, but there was definitely a stage when I was younger where I reinvented many a match box after watching a particularly good episode of Art Attack.

Wardrobe Raider

I am going through quite a bad phase of borrowing clothes... I have my own groaning clothes rails at home and have no shortage of things to wear, but some days all you want is something to shake up the normal run of things. Plus I have two wonderful wardrobes on tap at home so I am going to say it would be pretty hard not to be tempted.

Yesterday I wore a beautiful vintage dress of my Mum's which has a great print

 

(Nice promo shot - buy your own silver ring here)

Today I am wearing a jumper AND shirt of Tessa's... she busted me wearing them as she left for work this morning, so this blog post won't come as too much as a shock to her

(Sorry, couldn't resist)
But I'm also wearing a suede jacket of my Aunt's - she has actually given it to me though - which makes me look like a cowgirl. Always a great look.

These socks of Tessa's might be my fave loan so far though.

I've really got to stop all this poaching before something irremovable gets spilt on an irreplaceable garment.

Picture of Post

 

I was sent this lovely picture last night from a happy One Off customer, wearing a Jessie Harris ring and with one of our vintage postcards that were sent to promote our Autumn/Winter collection. So glad both have gone down well.

Ring a Ding

 I have had a very long standing obsession with rings, my own and everybody else's. 

So happy that One Off is now offering some of our own.