http://www.foreveramber.co.uk A UK fashion blogger and shoe obsessive Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:36:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2012/01/sometime.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2012/01/sometime.html#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:31:41 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=7615 Sometimes I wear jeans: And sometimes Rubin jumps all over me, like the crazy WOLF he is: Sometimes I buy bright blue shoes in the Zara sale: And sometimes Zara completely messes up my order, and sends me the same shoes TWICE. And charges me for them. (Sometimes there are two pairs of shoes involved in [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2012/01/sometime.html/feed 13 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/12/they-paved-the-parking-lot-put-up-paradise.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/12/they-paved-the-parking-lot-put-up-paradise.html#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:06:40 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=7424 (Dress, Dorothy Perkins (sold out); Shoes, French Connection c/o Spartoo) Last summer, workmen dramatically tore down the old office building I used to work in, and started building a gigantic Primark in its place. It was kind of like the opposite of paving paradise and putting up a parking lot, although only if your definition [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/12/they-paved-the-parking-lot-put-up-paradise.html/feed 15 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/10/minnie.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/10/minnie.html#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:16:53 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=6972 I got me some new shoes. I’ll look a lot like Minnie Mouse in them (and, in fact, that’s their name: Minnie.) but I don’t care. I would actually try to justify these as part of a “Minnie Mouse” Halloween Costume (even although I think her shoes were yellow?), but my friend Ewen is a [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/10/minnie.html/feed 8 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/10/make-that-73-dresses.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/10/make-that-73-dresses.html#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:31:54 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=6831 So, I already had this dress: And I love it. Love it. It’s a great dress. All swingy, and swirly, and most importantly, mustard, which is my current colour obsession. And in ponte fabric, which I really love, because it doesn’t crease as easily as some fabrics, and I’m one of those people who can [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/10/make-that-73-dresses.html/feed 9 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/07/in-praise-of-esther-williams-swimwear.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/07/in-praise-of-esther-williams-swimwear.html#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:57:36 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=6099 You see this swimsuit, folks? This is my New Favourite Swimsuit. And I almost didn’t get it. Allow me to explain… You see, the swimsuit in question is by a company called Esther Williams. (Yes, named after THAT Esther Williams.) They make these gorgeous, retro-inspired swimsuits, and I’ve been coveting one for a long, long [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/07/in-praise-of-esther-williams-swimwear.html/feed 26 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/05/i-heart-zara-and-stripey-tops.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/05/i-heart-zara-and-stripey-tops.html#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 11:31:58 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=5642 I know this will come as a surprise to no one, but seriously, I love Zara. I mean, look how nicely they pack even a small order: A box! I love boxes. And tissue paper! Tissue paper makes me feel spechul. And what’s in the box, is the question on no one’s lips? Why, a [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/05/i-heart-zara-and-stripey-tops.html/feed 13 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/05/another-pair-of-shoes.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/05/another-pair-of-shoes.html#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 15:06:02 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=5003 This morning, as I was drinking my coffee and checking my email, there came a knock upon the door. There, on the doorstep, stood a delivery man clutching a parcel. “Another pair of shoes?” he asked, as I signed for the delivery. And you know, it WAS another pair of shoes. And not only that, [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/05/another-pair-of-shoes.html/feed 14 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/02/never-underestimate-the-power-of-the-dark-side.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/02/never-underestimate-the-power-of-the-dark-side.html#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:16:41 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=4688 Remember when I said I was done with eBay, for ever and ever and ever, or at least until the next pair of shoes came up that I OMGHADTOHAVE? Yeah, that didn’t work out. I mean, I did stop trying to sell stuff on eBay, because that was just a one-way ticket to Mad Town. [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2011/02/never-underestimate-the-power-of-the-dark-side.html/feed 19 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2010/12/dressember-day-9-all-that-glitters.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2010/12/dressember-day-9-all-that-glitters.html#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:38:15 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=4205 (Dress, Mango; Shoes, eBay) OK, so I may have banned any more Zara purchases, but no one said anything about Mango, did they? Yesterday we went for a walk around town (in absolutely glorious, hot sunshine, I might add), and our route happened to take us past one of the many Mango stores they have [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2010/12/dressember-day-9-all-that-glitters.html/feed 9 http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2010/09/why-i-should-never-shop-alone.html http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2010/09/why-i-should-never-shop-alone.html#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:10:09 +0000 Amber http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/?p=3537 I go out to buy cheap trousers, I come back with Louboutins. And this is why I’m not allowed to go shopping any more. (In my defence, they were heavily discounted.) (And I’ve wanted them forever.) (And there was only one pair in the whole store, and they just so happened to be my size. [...]]]> http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2010/09/why-i-should-never-shop-alone.html/feed 10