We heart specs

Andy Warhol

Tavi Gevinson

Morrissey

D.M.C

Yves Saint Laurent

Bridget Bardot

Kurt Cobain

Kathleen Hanna

Marilyn Monroe

Terry Richardson

Debbie Harry

Carri Munden

Me

When I was a girl I always wanted to wear reading glasses. My Auntie Ronnie used to own what seemed like hundreds,every size and colour you could think of. Her glasses would always match her outfit. Needless to say, I thought she was utterly fabulous.

Then when I hit my teens, eye tests confirmed I was shortsighted and I needed to wear glasses. I did'nt like the look, the choice of frames were limited, none of my friends wore them and the boys called me four eyes. The whole thing just pissed me off, but what could I do, I needed them to see.

When I started College, my friend and I used to go Charity Shops and try on reading glasses that no one wanted. We did it for fun and it was'nt until years later that I began experimenting with wearing vintage glasses.

I never felt designer glasses really suited me, and I was a bit fed up with paying shit loads for the frames, so I would go hunting for old frames in charity shops. Once found, I took them to an opticians and got prescription lenses fitted. I'm pretty into wearing my specs nowadays, and feel a little naked without them.

Just recently specs have had a bit of a revival, lots of people are wearing them as an accessory, to make a statement or just for fun.

Like our celebs shows, there's lots of different ways to wear your specs. Old school glam to rock n roll, geek to sex kitten, Vintage to Hip hop, 80's starlet to serious artist. Whatever look you choose to rock, don't forget to have fun wearing them x

Wow list

Long Live Kurt

Lets do Kitsch

Mama San's Fav Collection

Masculine yet delicate

There's no better way than to add some femininity to a pair of DM's. This particularly works because the DM's are a bit battered and the socks are black and white, any other colour I think it would look a little try hard. I would love to know how the wearer rocked the rest of her look.

In my head I would team it with this kitsch Cat Tee. This Tee has a real 80's feel and reminds me of the Mama San 'Lets Be Friends' sweat collection a few years back - anyone remember this collection? It was a collection of Wolf, Owl and Horse prints, some decorated with sewn on bows with the words 'Lets Be Friends' in bright pink. I only wore mine again the other day and I still love it.

Finally to complete my fantasy outfit, I would throw on this army jacket with the words 'Come as you are' on the back. Simple words but conjures up all sorts of images. Kurt, Nirvana's legacy, the grunge era. When I saw the image of this jacket I said 'Wow' out loud, and when that happens, I know I've seen something special.

Seen something that's made you go 'Wow' lately? Let us know x

Choon

Favourite Feminists

Here at MamaSan we are feeling the girl power love so we just had to let you know about some of our favourite feminist blogs!

Last week I went to see feminist artist, Sarah Maple's exhibition, 'It's a Girl!' at the Aubin Gallery in London. Maple is from nearby Eastbourne and like all of us at Mama San she likes dressing up. We particularly love her Disney Princess dressing up series which sees Snow White working as a scientist and Belle as a football manager. All supposedly 'masculine environments' that Disney doesn't encourage young girls to be a part of. And everyone should know by now that us girls can do whatever we put our minds to! See more of Sarah Maple's work on her blog.

Next up is the unstoppable and inspirational feminism and fashion blogger, Tavi Gevinson, with her blog, RookieMag. Tavi is always rocking a super cute and individual look. You can see some of her amazing outfits and read about some of her style influences on her fashion blog, StyleRookie. Her feminist blog, RookieMag is even more BRILLIANT. I wish I had had it to get me through those 'difficult' years. It is still a great read if you have managed to escape from said 'difficult years' (congratulations!) and here is one of my fave articles from the 'live through this' section of the blog about wearing what you want, liking yourself and NOT CARING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF YOU!

Finally it's London based feminist collective, Girls Get Busy, curated by Beth Siveyer. They support female writers, musicians and artists, release a monthly zine and organise some great events in London. They are working hard to eradicate that dried-up old perspective of feminists and to remind us all that feminism is COOL! Get involved and check out their blog! We particularly love their Girls Get Busy t-shirts with a cute heart-shaped feminist symbol.

Let us know what feminist blogs you like.........

♡♡ Girl Love! ♡♡

Style Envy

Original 50's Wicker Handbag from ebay

Vintage stripe dress from Bridge House Vintage Hasssocks

Suzi came into the shop on Saturday and I could'nt help but notice her gorgeous 50's wicker hand bag. Mixed with her cute stripe vintage shirt dress and awesome tats, she HAD to be part of our Style Envy feature. Hope you had a fab day shopping Suzi x

Pretty In Pink

This makes me feel sooooooo nostalgic. Gotta watch it t this weekend!

Pugs and Linda Evangelista

How I love these pics of Linda Evangelista and our Pug friends. Ms Evangelista always looks magnificent. Her beauty is timeless and utterly striking. Paired with these playful Pugs, this shoot is simply stunning, and screams decadence.

Shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia