This week for TARDIS Tuesday, I thought I'd be a little bold and post one of the outfits that Yaz Khan is going to wear in the New Year Doctor Who special. Here it is:
Due to clever people, someone managed to identify the red animal print top as coming from Miss Selfridge and it seems there are quite a few second hand ones around. I bought one. I'm not usually a fan of animal print but I gave it a go and I actually really like this blouse now I have it. It's comfy and looks quite nice. She wears a magenta or bright purple vest top underneath.
She wears her All Saints Leather jacket over the top and seems to wear indigo jeans with it though there aren't really any pictures yet showing any views of the bottom of them or her shoes. Round her neck, she is wearing a Y and a Z embellished initial necklace which I strongly suspect to be from Alex Monroe as both she and the 13th Doctor have both sported Alex Monroe's jewellery already in previous 2 series.
My entire outfit is second-hand, which is always a nice thing to be able to say!
I started with the blouse which arrived a few weeks ago. I then wore these F&F denim trousers which I absolutely love (and would like a back up pair of them!) which seem to match the colour of Yaz's jeans. I then added a pair of flatform brogue chelsea boots from Dune which she wears in the previous series (although in a different colour). In terms of the leather jacket, I decided to don my Clara black denim Axelle jacket from All Saints. This was an unbelievable bargain when I bought it so and since it is also All Saints like hers, it seemed a good swap.
The jewellery was going to be a bit more interesting. You can see Alex Monroe's initial necklaces here which start at £105. I COULD have bought some simple silver initial necklaces to recreate this but I really don't need a Y and Z necklace. I could have bought a K and Z (for Kez) but again, there was no point in that.
So, I decided to get creative.
I started by printing the Alex Monroe initials Y and Z from the website to look at them.
Then, I used some silver mirror card to cut a Y and Z shape. I then used a non-working biro on the front and reverse to create flower and leaf indentations. Next, I used a safety pin to make holes at the top. I then prised a couple of jump rings from a few broken earrings I have and put them through the hole and then strung them on two different length necklace chains from my jewellery box
and Da-naaaaaa,
my fake necklaces!!!
Obviously, up close, you can see they aren't real but did I manage to fool you from a distance?
What do you think?
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