30.04.10

Since primary school, I always had this sort of ultimately unrealistic dream of being a fashion designer. Now I'm older, I've decided that I am nowhere near creative enough to produce desirable, original clothes over and over again- I might be able to conjure up one collection, but it wouldn't exactly be ground-breaking and magical! haha, we'll leave that to the professionals!
That said, here's three designs I came up with in a dull, d u l l science lesson :P
The middle one's my plan to customise my prom dress, haha :P
The main reason I'm posting these (apart from shameless self-promotion) is because for a long time I haven't had my own way to draw fashion and have been stealing Gemma from FadeToBlack's fantastic style- hate doing that, it always makes me feel like a naughty child...
Anyway, I'm quite proud of these soooo look at them.. or just scroll past them to look at my pretty necklace, or go to a slightly better written, better photographed blog :P

27.04.10

I told you I'd give y'all an outfit post, this time to show off a lovely necklace I got in the post today-
Won in a free giveaway from jewellerybyvanya.com, and I'm so chuffed with it!! to be honest (and absolutely no insult meant at all to vanya- quite the opposite!) I thought it was just a home business, where everything was stuck together on the kitchen table based solely on spending too much time on etsy. When I got the necklace today, it made me immediately happy- firstly because I had mail (I know, sad), secondly because it was in an evelope with bubble wrap inside to pop :D and finally because of the actual packaging- Vanya's said on her blog how much time she's spent designing the packaging, ang it's really paid off;
If you can see there, the necklace is mounted on a card with her logo on it, put in a natural cardboard box, tied with grosgrain ribbon and put in a handmade bag with a thank-you card and a business card. I go absolutely gaga over good packaging, so I was in heaven here :D
In other news, the sister's in New Zealand now- took her flight last night :) her blog's absolutely brilliant, I highly reccomend you go read it (and I'm not just saying that because of the whole relation thing!)

19.04.10

Big news- I have a job!! woop! I now get to say that I am a waitress... at a strawberry farm- how quaint :D
Unfortunately, this doesn't mean I'll be able to buy lots of lovely new clothes to show you all, mainly because I'm putting most of my earnings towards getting a car when I'm seventeen. What this does mean however, is that I'll be able to get my Gorillapod to show you all of my lovely old clothes, and I'll at least be able to buy a few new things every month or two. Still, that's not half bad ;P

I've been awfully healthy today (except the sausage roll I had at school- I can be excused though, because that's the only half-edible thing that they serve), and made myself a lemon and thyme chicken breast for dinner, with a green salad, sliced carrots and some smoked salmon (yum!). Only thing is, now my fingers stink of smoked salmon- not sure if I love it or not yet.. (hold on the dirty jokes please- such children!)

Aaw, just realised that there are no pretty pictures here :(
(I don't care if these have already done the rounds on the blogs, I love them and I want one.)

We've actually got some sun today! hallelujah!


I thought I'd take this chance to wear my new lacey tights, as well as a nice pair of linen shorts. The polo shirt is by Joules, my very favourite place for cute, classy clothes (hello alliteration!) and a bonus- they're designed and based very near where i live in Market Harborough, a gorgeous little village with really nice boutiques and charity shops.
Hope you all have a good day- enjoy the sun while it lasts!

Gosh, it feels as though I've been inactive for weeks!
the truth is, not much has actually been going on so I haven't had much to report on (not that I normally have a lot going on in my shockingly un-glamourous life). I did go shopping again, but I'm sure you'll get to see what I bought another time when I post outfit photos more regularly (trying desperately to track down a Gorillapod, which would be a lot more convenient than a bulky and expensive tripod!).

One fashion quandary that has been permeating my life quite a lot recently, is the issue of.. dun dun duuun! Prom.
That one word can send girls everywhere clamouring for long dresses in that offensive, horrible satin fabric covered in rhinestones and other shit- as you can tell, I'm not a fan.
So far, I've managed to find one dress on the internet that fits my rules of 'no rhinestones, excessive ruffles or metal rings and keep it classy' by Jovani

I can't stop imagining it with a pair of black, chucky-strapped heels and (if it's cold) a big, black army coat or a big parka...

...Or something like that. Not that I've been obsessing about it or anything... :S
Anyway, although I love the chunks out of that dress, it's well beyond my budget- does anyone have any reccomendations for good dress websites that aren't too expensive??

I may well love her- I'm already fascinated by french women and culture and she magically mixes british eclecticism with french sophistication.... and that hair! I'm not normally one to gush (ok, maybe I am..), but I felt she needed a post. See her next in Harry Potter as Fleur Delacour.

Neely There...

It was my sister's leaving do last night- she's leaving for 8 months travelling in Australia on Wednesday (I think I've mentioned that before). I absolutely LOVED the outfit I was wearing, but I never managed to get one half decent photo that didn't even show my shoes- baaww :(
One day I'll have nice photos that don't need extensive editing for you.

I also realised today that out of the many people I'd like to be(that sounded less weird in my own head...), the one person I always find myself thinking "why can't I be yoooouuuuu D:" is Rumi, of Fashion Toast. As well as having family in Tokyo (creating the perfect excuse for loooong holidays in Japan), she always looks incredibly confident and sexy- two things which I would love to be!).

Inspirational Photos: 01

Hmm, I deleted the last post because it seemed a little too preachy and sounded like i was advertising Primark. I hate it when i write a post and then realise it's embarrassingly bad. One day I'll look back and laugh at how awful my writing is.

Anyway, I realised that my blog's getting incredibly wordy and (again) preachy, so I'm gonna make it more colourful by showing you some of my favourite images off t'internet.

Burda!

Recently I had that horrible moment where you realise that you have a lot of things To go to, nothing to wear AND no money! Aaaaagh!
Luckily, I've always been a bit of a handy sewer, so I was thinking of getting my old mannequin down (although, she is a plus size unfortunately) and making a dress or two, and whilst researching this a little I found Burda, a lovely site populated by younger sewers than most, that also allows you to download some free patterns. So far, I've found some incredible sewers on there, where I wouldn't be surprised to at least see their designs on the high street, and some even on the catwalk (although they're not madly unwearable, so I have doubts about that second point).
Here's a few of my favourites;
Although I'd probably do the last one in a different colour, or just a different shade of pink..
So hopefully I'll come up with something to wear over the next few days.

In other news, my wonderful sister is leaving for australia next week- she's spending 6 months out there back packing and generally having fun whilst we all have to stick with GCSE's and stuff. I'm really worried about what I'll do without her for 6 months, but at the same time I'm really excited for her- she's gonna have so much fun and see so many things she would otherwise have never seen.
Check her blog out- I'm sure it'll be full of some hilarious stuff. She does have an odd way of expressing herself...

12.03.10

So, art exams went well.. I think, at least. I figured out that I only have about a month or two until my actual GCSE's start, so expect posts to become a lot more sparse and disjointed- like this one!

First order of business- SKINS! For anyone else who watches it, this was a very traumatic episode to watch- I have a theory though!
First of all, Freddie is much too beautiful to die. Sometimes you see someone so gorgeous that it is unimaginable that something could possibly harm that face, and many people watch skins just for Luke, so why would the telly people kill him off?
Another, I'm pretty sue that, since there's only one episode of this series left, the gang won't find Freddie and will assume he's dead. However, shock horror, in the next series we will see him wake up from a coma with, *gasp*.... AMNESIA!
hurr hurr..

Secondly, I saw this woman in Susie Lau's post on The Gentlewoman, and felt that she needed a mention-
Gillian Wilkins.
I was trying to find an alternative picture so that I could pretend to be all original and that I didn't need other blogs to tell me what to write about, but I couldn't, so there.
i just felt that even though she's probably british, she seems like the quintessential, elegant french woman to me for some reason.

Summer Lust

As we come into march, and weeks of rain are broken up by rare, beautiful days of sunshine, I find it helps you to ignore the shitty weather by imagining and preparing for the few months where life picks up, barbecues are dusted off and people just feel generally happier and better about themselves- summer. This is the time of year that I generally associate with people making lists of things they want to do, buy and read as soon as it gets sunny, so who am I to break tradition?!

Number 1;
Topshop's mesh-front grey sweatshirt, worn backwards with a pretty bra would be HOT. It has to be in capitals to emphasize just how HOT it will be.
Number 2;
Ever since I saw this on Cupcakes and Cashmere, I have been (only slightly!) obsessed with it- the satin would feel lovely and swishy when you walk, and I love the fact that it's an obnoxiously bright colour.
Three;
Just because nerd glasses are one of the coolest and quickest ways to accessorise- I love the nuts off'a them.
And finally, four;
A really good, high pair of wedges. Mainly because apart from on pair of shoes that I hate, I have NO heels- I just steal my sister's. These are from Urban Outfitters, and they look perfect to wear with a girly dress or skirt for summer.

As well as that, I hope to go out at EVERY possibility with my friends, eat copious amounts of junk food, finish buying my new wardrobe, visit more junk shops, laugh more, cry more, do more and ignore my damned hayfever ;)
Have a good day, folks <3

Bang Bang

The blog's got a new layout :)
Topshop was fun today, until we nearly got kicked out... turns out you're not really allowed to take photos in the shop. I never really thought that was a problem- if anything, they should encourage it. I mean, I'm pretty much advertising them!?
anyway, we got two outfits (there aren't any more because stupid me forgot my memory card)-

The dress in the first one is beautiful, and would be perfect for summer- such a shame I'm poor :(
The second outfit is actually the one I'd be most happy to wear, although it doesn't look fantastic in the photo- we were in the upstairs changing room this time and the lighting wasn't as good, as well as the fact I had forgotten to grab some heels to wear with it, and my bra was showing through the top. oops :S
We also had a good look at the shoes. There were a pair that looked an awful lot like the shoes from Missguided I'm lusting for at the moment-
A pair that veeery closely resembled one of Jeffrey Campbell's designs-Shoe/mirror shot with Rhiannon-
So, overall it was a pretty fun day :)

I also got some amazing lippies to give my look a good kick up the backside. I recently discovered FadeToBlack, and it's inspired me to be a lot more daring with lip colour, so as well as finding my perfect shade of red lippy (seen in the photos), I bought a lilac lip gloss that I still haven't fully tried on yet, a completely nude lipstick to stop my lips drying out from the foundation-on-lips combo, and I also got a lilac incentive to grow my nails.
(my god, this is a long post!)

Finally (I think..), I've been obsessing over this shot from The Sartorialist lately-

I think it's mainly her whole (sorry, can't find a better word) nonchalance at being photographed that sets it off. Well, that and the fluffy hat, anyway! Phew, I should've split this into separate posts really... sorry guys xx

I Heart Mr. Campbell

Quick post before beddy-byes :)
Ever since these shoes popped up on Modcloth, It seems that more often than not, the shoes on a website that I love are usually by a certain Jeffrey Campbell.
It's not very often that I stick to a certain designer- sure, I love chanel usually but the flowery crocheted ensembles Karl Lagerfield churned out this Spring put me off a bit. The truth is, I never commit to following a designer because they're never really consistant enough (except Chris Kane- we loves him!). However, this new shoe fascination needs to be explored, so I downloaded the lookbook.
Annoyingly, as well as the fact that every page looks flipping gorgeous, I'd also be happy to own any of the shoes shown in it.
Damn, looks like this commitment-phobe may have to settle down one day.

London Nights..

I found the good side to coursework!

(yes, they are actual pages from my art project)
My art teacher does part-time work for topshop here and there (she used to design for them), so in the half term she was in London doing trend research. This, of course, perfectly coincided with me doing my art gcse based on personal style and street style. lucky, innit?!
So she brought me back some fantastic pictures of people on Brick Lane- I was so excited! Fate must've realised I was gonna have a hard time fitting all of my coursework in and gave me an option on my paper to pick fashion. Thank you fate :)
This also means that for an 'inspirational visit', I will be in topshop tomorrow trying on loads of clothes and taking photos to show my personal style- pictures will appear on here, promise! Mind you, it'll be a rare treat because the pictures of my style are actually pictures of my style if i could get rid of all the nasty clothes in my wardrobe, win a million and start again. damn.

Snooow :)

So, although I've been complaining about the cold, the snow does give way to photo opportunities. I gave my lace body a try with a cropped jumper, and it's still pretty warm.. surprisingly.
It's nice to know that some of these crazy trends do actually work on normal sized people and that they can work in real life (I'm wearing this to have snacks with my girlies later!)
Also, UK Vogue has launched it's young talent competition this month, offering £1000 and 1 month's paid work experience in their offices. Needless to say, I will very much be entering! I don't expect to win, as The winning entries they've posted as examples seem way above what I could do, but it's worth a try, eh?! Also, even if you're just a finalist you get to have lunch with the Vogue editors and judges, which seems just as good if that's the sort of job you want (for me, it is!). The only problem is once you've won something like that, what the hell do you wear?!

Popovers + Parties (continued)

I've got photos of the under 18's night (I'm the chunky brunette lurking at the back!)And how fabulous do my friends look?!
I'm not dressed too 'fashun', mainly because the whole point of this blog is to follow me building my 'fashun' wardrobe, so this is pretty near the beginning when all I've got is my LBD :)
That's all for today- sorry about the short post xx