Review: Littlewoods Love Label Military Knit Cardigan

A little while ago I was contacted to see if I'd like to choose a product from Littlewoods to review for The Fish Tank.
I was a little surprised at first, as Littlewoods is a brand I've always associated with grannies and twinsets, so I was unsure that they'd have anything particularly "fashion forward" to offer me. I was totally wrong however, as their new Love Label line is full of catwalk-inspired, brilliantly designed pieces.

I chose this military knit cardigan because I really liked the look of the detailing, and thought it would fit in well with both my existing wardrobe, and my plans for the new season.

Image from Littlewoods.com

In real life it's actually a darker, more marled grey than it looks on the website, but I like that better as I feel darker greys are more versatile.
To show you how it looks on a normal, non-model type (i.e. me), I thought I'd take a few pictures and bung on a military hat I drunkenly bought for about £3 at Reading Festival this summer.

It fits true to size. Not too baggy and not too tight, and it looks good buttoned up or left undone. I would prefer it to be a bit longer, but that's just a personal preference, and a longer cut may make it lose its boxy military look, and it is quite thin, so it's definitely more of a layering piece than keep-you-warm winter outerwear.

I'm really impressed with the detailing on this cardigan. As you might be able to see from the pictures, the knit is textured in a houndstooth pattern, which I've never seen before. The black faux-frogging detail is a sort of knitted piping, and is in relief, not knitted into the rest of the cardigan, which gives even more lovely texture (which is what it's all about this winter people.) The buttons are really detailed for a high-street priced item, with a coat of arms and anchor design on them, which unfortunately I couldn't get a clear picture of. And top marks to Littlewoods for including a spare button too.

I'd definitely recommend this cardigan, as it seems to be made to a high quality for a reasonably priced item (it retails at £39). I know it's a little bit more than you might pay at some high street shops, but the details on this item are definitely what makes it stand out and worth the money. Why spend £35 on a Topshop cardigan that everyone else has too, when you could get this hidden gem and look just as, if not better?

Thank you so much Littlewoods, and to Jon, for setting up this review for me. The cardigan will definitely be getting a lot of wear this winter. Keep an eye out for it in upcoming outfit posts too!

Sunday Inspitation: Fur

Faux or vintage only please!


Glamcanyon, Face Hunter, Hel Looks and probably some other places that i can't remember now.

Sunday Inspiration: Black

Images from Style Bubble, The Cobra Snake, The Face Hunter, Glam Canyon.

Sunday Inspiration: Tartan

Images from Face Hunter, Lookbook, Nice and Shiny, Sea of Shoes, Hel Looks.

Outfits and shit

According to an email I received from Photobucket, my bandwidth should have reset by now and my pictures should be visible. This hasn't happened however so the archives are still out of action, which is pissing me off. So I've sent them an annoyed email, and as of now I'm switching to TinyPic.

Anyway, it really is a bitch not having constant internet access. I'm in the uni library at the moment, but the wifi in here can be dodgy, and I really need to be using this time to do degree-related work. I've really fallen behind in the blogging world, have no idea what's going on fashion week-wise and I'm generally feeling uninspired. And it looks like I'm not going to have internet in the house for about another three or four weeks. Damn you Virgin Media!

Anyhow, enough of my bitching, here are some outfits...

New Look denim jacket - Lives Not Knives charity tee - Primark shorts - Doc Martens

New Look jacket - Dorothy Perkins t-shirt - vintage belt - H&M skirt - Asos shoes - Topshop ring

H&M cardigan - Chateau Roux top - Secondhand/DIY skirt - George shoes - DIY hairbow

I love that Chateau Roux Hate Hate Knuckles top that I got as part of my Chateau Roux haul. It's very "me" according to my friends.


Finally, how the fuck is it October already?
Not impressed.

New Digs

Firstly, thank you all for all your lovely comments on my last post. And also, thanks for sticking with me in this time of slow posting!

I know this isn't fashion-y at all, but I wanted to post pictures of my new room in my new house. It's a lot nicer than last year's student accomodation, although admittedly a little further out and a little bit more expensive.

My room used to be the lounge, so it's huge, and has two balconies(!). And we still have a nother lounge downstairs..



And the view from my back balcony at night..

Canary Wharf, yay. I loved London at night.

It needs more wall decoration, so I'll possibly post more pictures some other time if I make a big difference to it.

Lectures have started again now (and I only have one 9am a week, yay! Although it is French political history, for two hours, with the lecture given in French. Boo.) so I'll be able to get on the internet more often, so hopefully that will mean more posting. Hopefully.