I really like getting a poppy to commemorate the lives lost in WW1. I enjoy wearing it every year on 11/11 and supporting the Poppy Appeal. However, I've often felt that I don't get the most out of my paper flower past that one day and want to. So, in this blog, I have come up with some classy and original ideas of how to wear your poppy after the 11th November. Plus, if you tear the leaf off the side of your flower then no-one will have any clue about where you got your wonderful new accessory ...
Guaranteed you'll be the talk of the town for ages after.
Nb. This blog is only relevant to those who buy the disposable paper poppies, not those newfangled metal badge ones.
1) Hair accessory
Often felt your bog standard ponytails are dull? Jazz them up a little, stick the green stem into your hair anywhere you like, making sure to hide it though. Voila! Groovy hair for every occasion.
Stash up on poppies. Throw on a casual shirt, button it up, squeeze the stem into the buttonholes (probably one every 2 holes, depending on spacing of buttons). Now you can wear this once-regular shirt to all sorts of black-tie events.
3) Belt buckles
I regularly think that companies design and manufacture belts that are too plain. Now you can change that, slot the stem into the buckle itself and you will look like the coolest cat in the neighbourhood. Make sure the poppy is secure, we want to try and avoid any awkward poppy-slipping situations.
4) Shoes
This one can only be done with lace-up shoes unfortunately. Personally, I would pick some nice black shoes for this so the poppy really stands out, but feel free to experiment. Tie your shoes as you normally would, but tuck the bow inside your shoe so it isn't visible, push the poppy stem under the laces and try to conceal it as far as physically possible. Now not only will people be mesmerised by how your shoes are staying on your feet with only poppies to hold them on, but your shoes have so much more style than before.
(Not recommended for rainy days)
5) Glasses
You'll need some artistic licence, 2 poppies and double sided sticky tape for this one. Get any old pair of glasses, seeing or sun, cut the stem off your poppies [Please be supervised by an adult when using scissors.] and stick some double sided tape on the back of them (alternatively, use normal tape and turn them into inside-out loops: DIY double sided sellotape), next stick your poppies to each lens of your chosen pair of glasses. Wear them with pride. You won't be able to see, but you will feel and look fabulous. Expect admiring glances from strangers, not that they'll be visible to you though.
I hope I have helped you make some poppy fashion choices and that on 12th November you won't be lost for wardrobe ideas. Don't forget to buy loads of poppies this week because it's for a really good cause, and after 11/11 you can use some of the above tips to be more chic than the Queen herself.
Disclaimer: LackadaisicalInLondon will not be held responsible for any bullying that may occur to you when you experiment with styling memorial poppies.
M x
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