"SKINS" (and the clothes that cover them)

"SKINS" - three seasons in and I'm just finding out about this?!?! Curses to not having access to BBC America, but netflix is my savior. This irreverent, clever and biting black comedy exposes the trials and trippy tribulations of being an almost adult in Bristol. The show follows a group of friends as they try to balance relationships, school and all the drug induced dance parties in-between.
The show reaffirms a conviction I've long since held that English kids are vastly more mature and though they face and fuck up all the same things we do in America and surely world-wide, their sense of humor and understanding of the world into which they've been thrust is highly intriguing and the show's characters and story-lines are real and complex and so very enjoyable.

Hannah Murray's character Cassie is of course my obsession- adorably insane and a walking english enigma her style is so appropriate and her awkward demeanor is so endearing. My new style icon: