AMERICAN FOOTBALL SHIRT

So you may or may not have noticed American football style jerseys and varsity jackets are kind of all over the place recently. This trend has taken off big time, not to mention all sorts of sports team snapback caps which have reached an all time peak (geddit?), everyone from nouveau sneakerhead teenage boys to off-duty supermodels seem to be sporting them (geddit?).

So with this in mind, I snapped up this Miami Dolphins Reebok football jersey in this awesome colour combo from the Emaus charity shop in Northgate, Canterbury. It’s actually a boy’s age 14-16 and therefore fits size 8-10 model Rachel perfectly, so as I mentioned before keep your eye on the ball (geddit?) in the children’s section. 

Here’s a photo of the stunning supermodel Jourdan Dunn wearing something similar in a magazine editorial. Teamed with (geddit?) crisp white shorts, socks and Converse she really looks the score, (geddit?).

And here’s another picture of an American football jersey style top available to buy now in Topshop.

For £20, I think I’ll pass (geddit?) Paired with a flirty skirt, looking like a Quarterback’s girlfriend, I can smile to myself knowing that I only paid £1.50 for my charity shop, authentic version, safe in the knowledge I’m not likely to see anyone else wearing the same high street version. Touchdown. 

90s FILA SWEATER

When I said Winter dressing was uninspiring I wasn’t being completely truthful... With the retro sportswear and 90s trend in full swing it was hard to resist picking up this powder blue Fila sweater from Canterbury high street charity shop Age Concern for £2.50. I love Age Concern, not only because I’m especially concerned about age, but also for the fact that this petite charity shop remains untouched by the modernising hands that-be, bumping up the prices of anything vintage or just plain granny-looking. The old dears that man the shop are as sweet as pie too. If anyone touches Age Concern they should be really concerned- I’ll kill ‘em. 

Model - Jess Ryder

STURRY CAR BOOT FAIR

Oh my I’ve been a bad, bad blogger... Long time no see! I could blame it on myself or just blame it on the weatherman, and I think I’ll choose the latter actually. If you’re living in this part of the world you’ll understand that the general temperature hasn’t been most inspiring of late (or for the past say, 8 months?), especially when all fashion lovers are eagerly awaiting some Spring weather to finally get round to wearing something a little bit cheerier and showing an extra inch of bare limb. 

Alas, no, it’s April and I can hardly see 200 metres into the distance from my window due to fog. Hmmmm. 

Nevertheless, this is not to say that I haven’t been keeping the Jumblist Movement alive in spirit! No way. In fact, I’ve been religiously attending every Sunday boot fair in Herne Bay, but all I seem to see at the moment are the same old regulars trying to peddle their loot week in, week out (except of corse when it’s been raining which has been 40% of the past few months). It doesn’t look like the general public have decided to pack away their Winter woolies just yet, having a Spring sort-out as they do, in an effort to round some stuff up to shift at the boot fair. But fear not, all this is going to change and I. am. so. excited. This Sunday we’ll see the start of a new dawn, for this Sunday is the first day of term for the holy grail of boot fairs- The Afternoon Field Car Boot Fair- the words evoke tingles...

That’s right! The field gates that have been padlocked up all winter to become waterlogged moors are re-opened to welcome in cars jam packed full of obsolete music formats, board games with missing pieces and supermarket bags-for-life stuffed with faded and bobbled clothing, along with the mandatory burger vans to waft the unmistakable smell of rubbery fried onions over the land, bringing it back to it’s former glory.

So if you’re reading this from the East Kent area, I’ll see you at Sturry field boot fair, just outside of Canterbury at 12 o’clock sharp.