TARDIS Tuesday- Clara's outfit from Into The TARDIS

Hi there,

I'm writing this after a night watching The Nutcracker at our local Cinema live from the Royal Opera House.  It's a really nice thing to do and actually, I enjoyed the experience on a comparable level with seeing ballets at the Opera House (this one lacking our very own conductor from our orchestra).

This week's TARDIS Tuesday features my favourite Doctor Who character, Clara Oswald and is one those iconic looks. It featured in an episode called Into The Dalek in series 8.

In this episode, her outfit consists of:

• An orange satin eye-print shirt with epaulettes and sleeve ties from an obscure brand called Shalex.
• A brown faux-leather jacket from River Island
• High-waisted indigo denim trousers from a brand called Just Female
• Double circle necklace
• Brown high-heeled brogue boots from River Island.
• Tan satchel from Urban Outfitters.

I have clever identifiers to thank for knowing these items- I am not sure how they do it!

Image borrowed from Mariah's cosplay site

I thought I'd start with trying to recreate this shot (badly).  I cannot do facial expressions to imitate.  Ask me to make any emotion facial expression on demand, I can do it but to mimic someone else- ach!

So let's start with that shirt.  I have done this cosplay before but I used an orange Paisley-print shirt. I had a later idea to find an orange satin shirt and try and paint the eyes on using fabric paints.

Image borrowed from this Pinterest

So here, you can see, I found an orange silk/satin shirt (incidentally from Karen Millen, second hand if anyone is interested).  The shape is surprisingly similar- it has sleeved ties, pockets on either side and epaulettes on the shoulders.  But, I am not sure I can convince myself to paint eyes on it- I am scared of mucking it up and I really like the shirt. I've had it for over a year and I haven't done anything with it yet!

Let's move onto the bag.  This was a lucky charity shop find.  It was about £5 and although from a different shop, the shape and design is incredibly similar, it just lacking gold ends to the straps and the top strap. I grabbed it instantly!

Image borrowed from Worn on TV

Ok, maybe I can do smiles...

You can see the bag a bit clearer in this photo but here I was focusing on the jeans and the shoes. 

The shoes are the same ones from River Island but in a grey colour instead. When I saw someone selling them actually in my size on eBay on a random search, I submitted a cheeky £5 offer which was accepted!

My jeans are from ASOS and the shape is spot on if they are a little too short for my leg-length- they work with boots though!

Image borrowed from Mariah's cosplay site again

You can see in this picture, that I have a double circle necklace.  Mine were purchased as separate necklaces from eBay for 99p!  They are really nice and delicate and I quite like wearing these 

Finally, the jacket is one of those Clara items that I was adamant that I would not pay a penny more than £5 for as they are always available on second-hand sites and I just needed to bide my time to find one and my patience paid off and I did indeed find one for the desired amount. It's a really nice jacket which I like. I've always had a fondness for brown coats- don't know why but I always wanted one!

"Don't be Lasagne!"

And here you can see the whole look.  It is a very comfortable outfit which I think looks stylish and put together.  And though I'd like to wear the eye shirt, I think I prefer my plain orange for the moment!


What do you think of this look?  Are you for the eyes or not for the eyes?

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