It’s become part of my Saturday ritual now, walking along Manchester’s Market Street negotiating a circled crowd of people looking on as a teenager either beatboxes, sings, plays guitar, juggles a football or does all at the same time whilst I’m trying to get to where I want to go. Lately though, I’ve noticed a bit of an influx all over the city centre of pop-up stalls selling all manner of phone cases ranging from cheap and tacky £1 cases through to expensive and tacky £20 cases. It just proves that trends are truly cyclical, I remember in my teens the big buzz was all about Nokia 3210 fascias!
Anyway, it certainly seems the market is more than just a bit saturated, as they all seem to sell the same huge range of cases in a wide variety of designs and colours and even online it doesn’t really get much better. That being said I’ve dabbled with this latest trend, first off I bought an turquoise-cyan ombre number for my 4S, then I even designed my own, before finding a ‘My Little Pony’ style Unicorn.
Now that I’ve upgraded to the 5S, I’ve found the perfect case in the form of a replica Chanel No5 perfume bottle! It’s a nice piano-black silicone number, though not of the softer variety you may be thinking of, that grips on to the phone snugly and unlike those pesky 4S covers, it’s easy to remove without having to either break the case or your nails!
The case also comes with a chain, making it not only resemble a perfume bottle, but also a mini handbag. Cute!
I purchased this from my favorite Instagram Boutique: Dusty Diamonds for a snip at £20!
I’ve grown increasingly wary of shopping on instagram of late, as it seems there’s a bit of a bandwagon full of people trying ‘get rich quick’ gathering a head of steam, but most of them sell pretty much the same items – yawn. Not Dusty Diamonds though, they seem to keep their range quite fresh and don’t cause any unnecessary hassle. Oh and they’re from Manchester. WIN!
Dusty Diamonds can be found on Instagram and now you can even check out their brand spanking new website LINK
Unknown
April 9, 2014Awesome post and love the photos! My mum recently went to China and brought back the same phone case for me (the white clear version) and a few days later I see them on dusty diamonds Instagram! 😀
meimeisays
April 9, 2014This case is amazing!! I love how it has a chain too 🙂
Aww I remember when I was younger shopping for cases for my 3310!
Meimei xx
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Unknown
April 9, 2014Can't believe you found this gem of a phone case on those Market Street stalls! Great find, also love the print of your dress!
Alex from allurescent x
Unknown
April 9, 2014Such a cool iPhone case :o) Xx
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Crissy
April 9, 2014OOOO I LOVE YOUR HEADER!! 😀
That phone case is so unique. I haven't seen anything like that before.. mostly just the usual plain cases lol
How do you like the 5s? I want to order a cute case for my phone but can't decide if I should just wait for the 5s! haha
Cee
April 9, 2014Okay, it's officially, I need this phone case in my life! The chain just makes it – I've seen faux perfume bottle cases before but none with that detail, and it's brilliant.
xox,
Cee
Clare Mansell
April 9, 2014Love it, a really fun piece of fashion!
Unknown
April 9, 2014I want this, so awesome!
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Jenny
April 10, 2014OMG I Need this! I have always wanted this phone case and love how it also has the chain strap :') thanks for sharing the links too! and btw I love your new blog design xx
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Mayuri
April 10, 2014awesome clicks and the perfume sounds super amazing 🙂
Anonymous
April 10, 2014clever idea-paul
Katie
April 11, 2014I really do need this in my life.
<3
Jodie
April 12, 2014Awesome phone case- the chain is genius as iPhones seem attracted to the floor like magnets. I remember the 3210- it was all about the Orange tigger phone cover
X
Unknown
April 15, 2014Ah this is BRILLIANT! Haha, love it 🙂
Eve & Faye x
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The Style Rawr
April 15, 2014Oh lordy, I love it! Definitely the coolest phone case I've ever seen.
Tara x
LaaLaa
April 15, 2014OH LOVE THE NEW HEADER – Why am I typing all in caps. I love this, I gotta get myself one. Wonder if it'll fit my large phone in it though lol xo
Monique Galang
April 16, 2014wow, i thought it was a real perfume. Amaziingg
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Lucy
April 19, 2014What a brilliant phone case, doubles as a neck less whilst keeping your phone safe Lucy
Joy
April 19, 2014I love it!
xo
Unknown
April 19, 2014this is so cute, it really looks like a real bottle! i'd love to read a whole post about your nails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bright coloured claws? HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!
Irena D world
April 19, 2014Great review I"ve been sponsored with the same case from Mcr based company http://futurocks.com/?page_id=42
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Alexis Crawford
April 22, 2014I love that case!
You have a new follower!
lexi // thelittlebrunette
Alice In Sheffield
April 25, 2014So cute I love that it doubles as a necklace
AliceMegan
Unknown
September 7, 2014Each woman needs to feel alluring when she goes out at night and there are few preferred approaches to do this over by wearing a flawlessly outlined accessory studded with shining Jewelry Custom Designer. It is nice to see this perfume necklace and i appreciate your effort.