Coventry Cathedral: The City of Peace and Reconciliation

Velvet blazer: vintage
Playsuit and necklace: Camden market
Tights and brogues: Primark

Last week I did a little sightseeing in Coventry, UK, the town I've lived near for over 10 years. I thought as well as doing an outfit post I would write a bit about the history of Coventry, as it has a tragic but powerful history.





Coventry is a really important town in the UK's history of World War II. It was devastatingly bombed in 1940 and most of the city centre was destroyed, notably the Cathedral.

The cathedral was rebuilt after the war with the help from ordinary German people who came to Coventry as part of the city twinning with Dresden, a city in Germany that got equally devestated in the war. Part of the old cathedral is still left, but the only part intact is the tower, which has its original extremely thin spiral staircase.


^The reflection of my mum & I in the stained glass, the old cathedral behind us, the new in front of us.

The new cathedral was built directly next to the old one, so the history of the town will always be a permanent feature. The new cathedral is beautiful, with a huge stainglass window and a magnificent sculpture by Jacob Epstein (below).



I hope you enjoyed this post, and if you ever visit Coventry, don't miss out on visiting the cathedral. :)

F+F for Tesco

My favourite wants from Tesco. Has everyone seen Tesco's new tv adverts? I think they are not the best, especially compared with the stunning M+S and Next adverts atm (more on that later), and the clothes don't look well fitting. The clothes on their website are looking good though. Here's my wants:

A denim skirt at a bargainous £4. A denim skirt dress which would look great with brogues. This navy playsuit, which would look great with bare legs, although it's getting a bit cold for that now! I'm in love with this blue patterned dress, the pattern is perfect for petites and is just the type of thing I would love to wear. Two last dresses:

The following dress looks really cool, though I would like to see it in person. It really reminds me of the underwear-as-outerwear dress Olivia Palermo & Kim K wore and was featured in Look. I much prefer the way Olivia wore it though, with the cami underneath. I wonder if you could style this with a black lace cami underneath?



And I couldn't do a post on Tesco without mentioning this Man Men-esque (there will be a Mad Men post later) dress. Everybody seems to be raving about it, including The Times, The Observer and last week's Look!