Sunday 9 February 2014

What's In Your Suitcase? Conference Style

I recently attended a fabulous conference in Edinburgh on the subject of 'Death in Scotland; Medieval to the Modern' where I met loads of great people and learned so much.

I was travelling by train and only taking one small suitcase, to stay for a week, including 3 days of conference, one day exploring the city and 2 days fieldwork. The fieldwork clothes consisted of jeans, jumpers and thermals so I won't bore you with them, but here's what else I crammed into my case!
When I got to my hotel unpacked the case and laid each outfit out to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything.

Day 1

I spent the first day exploring Edinburgh. I visited Carlton Old Burial Ground, Greyfriars Kirkyard and the central library in Edinburgh.


Black Turtleneck: Miss Selfridge. Christmas Present from Mum
Black Waistcoat: Via a charity shop, I think it was around £3.
Red Velvet Skirt: Metamorphose Temps de Fille via egl-comm-sales. The bow is one of the detachable ones from the skirt.
I wore this with black tights, black boot covers and black DMs (good for muddy graveyards)

Day 2

The first day of the conference. I toned down a frilly lolita blouse by wearing it with a professional looking skirt. More velvet because it's was cold up there!


Black Blouse: RQ-BL from Sai Sai
Black Pinstripe Blazer: New Look
Black Velvet Skirt: Next
Also worn with black tights and black oxford shoes from Primark

Day 3
I decided that I could wear a more OTT skirt if I wore it with a simpler blouse, as long as I picked the  right one. The conference was held in the School of Divinity building, so I thought that the Churches on this one would go down well! I did get several compliments =]



(this photo refused to rotate the right way round, I have no idea why)

Black and White Stripe Blouse: Warehouse
Black Velvet Skirt with Church Embroidery: Handmade via egl-comm-sales
Jabot: From the RQ-BL blouse
Also with the same waistcoat as Day 1, more black tights and the same shoes.

Day 4
This outfit had to be both the most practical and the warmest because the conference ended with a  tour of Warrington Cemetery.

Black Peter Pan Collar Jumper: Muji, it was a present
Purple Velvet Skirt: I got this in a charity shop, several years ago in Weymouth
Purple Cardigan: H&M
Worn with 2 pairs of warm black tights, boot covers and my DMs.

I hung each outfit on one hanger (there were only 6) with another one for my petticoats and the final one for my coat etc.

(I don't know why these photos aren't rotating properly)

I needed a place to hang my hat, found a bulldog clip in my pencil case that was the perfect solution

(Argh! These pictures...)

I hope you enjoyed this look into my trip to Edinburgh! I'll post some photos of the beautiful graveyards soon.

17 comments:

  1. Wow, first of all, a conference...it must have been a really intriguing'professional experience, especially because the topic is pretty interesting.

    Your outfit choices are gorgeous, the first - black and burgundy - set is my favorite, but the embroidered lolita skirt is simply beautiful...! :)

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    1. I love attending conferences, they are such a great motivation for your work, because you meet so many fantastic people! I'm giving my first paper at a small conference in May though... now that is scary!

      Thank you so much! I really liked that outfit too, but the embroidered skirt is a favourite of mine as well! If there's one good thing about the cold weather it's being able to wear velvet!!

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  2. I cannot express into words how jealous I am of your trip! Scotland + historical death? Perfect!
    I love it when you can match your clothing to the event - like your church skirt!

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    1. It was lovely! I'll let you know when we get the dates for next year's conference, just in case you would like to come!
      I really like doing that too - it's why I want a cemetery print dress so badly!

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  3. Ooooh those two velvet skirts! So jealous! I love how you paired a pretty simple not OTT silhouette with lovely colours and fabrics in the purple outfit. That is what I need to try and learn to do! I need more purple velvet! I haven't had any in aaages! I am sure I had something once!

    I reallllly need to see Europe again!

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    1. Thank you m'dear =]

      Can never have enough purple or velvet so purple velvet is really awesome - but hard to find. I got so lucky with that skirt!

      Let me know next time you come to Europe!!

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  4. Great outfits! They are all very well-coordinated.

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    1. Thank you m'dear =]
      I think wearing lolita is encouraging me to think about how I put outfits together which is really nice!

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  5. That sounds like an amazing conference! The Church Skirt was a nice touch. :o)

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    1. It was amazing, I can't wait to go back next year! I'll have to visit Edinburgh again before then though!!
      Hehe the church skirt did amuse me and people seemed to like it!

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    2. It was amazing, I can't wait to go back next year! I'll have to visit Edinburgh again before then though!!
      Hehe the church skirt did amuse me and people seemed to like it!

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