Thursday, 26 July 2012

My rocky relationship with fake gold.

Faux gold, you either love it or you hate it. Until fairly recently I was a member of the later club and so was of the opinion that unless you could afford the real thing, you should keep away from the material and the colour gold completely. Think chavs wearing gold hoop earrings and gold velour tracksuits - so not stylish.  For me, that’s how it stayed for years, until I started to almost embrace the tacky nature of fake gold. It’s got a very 80’s feel about it and, honestly, I think I like it. So over the past year or so my wardrobe has gained a fair few gold pieces, from a foil top to a chunky gold chain. Obviously I style them right so that they don’t leak through the line that separates oh-so-stylish from oh-so-cheap. My next gold endeavour is this amazing Casio watch:

Here are a few more gold items that I’m loving at the moment:
Oriental floral cigarette trousers - Topshop- £45

 Nail art pen in fools gold - Topshop - £6.50


 Metallic clean leather jacket - Topshop - £160



 Rose mix spike bracelet - Dorothy Perkins - £10


Gold look bead tube necklace - Dorothy Perkins - £8.50


Pearl and spike bracelt - Dorothy Perkins- £7.50


Thanks for reading guys,
Bethany Paige X

13 comments:

  1. haha i know what you mean, I've recently associated the colour gold with Cher Lloyd and her frankly shit outfits,but I love the look of that nail art pen!x

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    1. Exactly! It's hard to decide whether to avoid it altogether or not haha due to people like her haha! Thanks for reading :) x

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    1. I know haha! I'm saving for it at the moment :) xx

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  3. love the bracelet from dorothy perkins, have you ever bought anything from their sale? they have some really nice vintage-y peices in it xxx

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    1. I haven't actually, I'll check it out! Thanks for the tip :D xxx

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  5. i always hated fake gold til carrie bradshaw rocked it! i love the look of old gold too, there's a lot of fake old gold in the shops which i think it mixes well with silver. xxx

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    1. It was probably Rihanna that did it for me, and yeah vintage gold is gorgeous too. You can find alot of it in this vintage shop near where I live which is amazing for me! Thanks for reading :) XXX

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  6. Gold is hella dope fake or real. If you can't buy the real stuff why can't you floss in what you can afford? Screw what people think, gold over is cute ;)

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    1. hahaha yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking now too! x

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  7. I want that leather jacket! I've always liked a bit of fake gold costume jewellery aswell as silver but nothing too OTT x

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    1. Isn't it just gorgeous?! Thanks for vistiting, I followed you too :) X

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