flower power

Denium jacket - Primark

Lace vest & shorts - Topshop

Shoes - Deena & Ozzy @ Urban Outfitters

Tights - Miss Selfridge
Photo's by Tom

The Lancaster weather was kind enough to allow me to wear shorts today. Sunshine is even streaking through my blinds :D. These shoes are serving me so well. I've worn them before on the blog, they're just so comfortable as well as being stylish. For once the famous fashion quote 'if the shoe fits... it's ugly' cannot be applied here. 


p.s I've decided to attend the *Coffin on Cake PR* SS'12 Press Day *at*THE VINYL FACTORY* in London tomorrow. After being invited by my editor to review some collections, I feel so lucky I just couldn't say no!

turban, and quilts xxx

Jumper, skinnies & shoes - Topshop

Quilted jacket - local charity shop

Turban & black vest - Miss Selfridge

Photo's by Weronika

I tend not to have favourites when it comes to my shoes but it's safe to say I pretty much live in these cute little brown ones. I've had them since - forever and the more worn in they are the better they look. Sporting my charity shop find once again - just in love with the quilted jacket. xxx

back 2 life

Shorts - local boutique

Shoes & shirt - Topshop

Quilet jacket - Scope charity shop

Tights - Miss Selfridge

Photo's by Weroonika 

The past six weeks have been crazy busy. I've had no time to blog, rest or even think. Before university started last week I was literally just working and sleeping, working and sleeping. I've cut down my hours now and found a way to balance everything, though time management was never my forte... it's back to life.

Fall is my favourite time of year, the air is crisp and the leaves are glowing. One thing about England I love is the seasons, although summer is a little temperamental and rarely decides to say hello. 

So currently living out of about 1/15th of my overall wardrobe in Lancaster until I can go home to Birmingham and grab some of my favourite pieces. I was in such a rush when I left I'm looking in my wardrobe to find that perfect dress and realise... I'VE LEFT IT (and many others) BEHIND :'( especially when I've left pieces I need, yes need, for fall, its almost analogous to a crime. 

One last thing, my editor has invited me to review the latest collections in London next week and then write them up!! Amazing opportunity! I don't know what to do, if I can go on a day where I don't have uni I will go... fingers crossed!

p.s the jacket in this blog post was £7.50 from a charity shop. Grabbed it before somebody else did.

xxx

double crime

Topshop shirt as dress

Miss Selfridge tights

Deena & Ozzy shoes @ Urban Outfitters
Vintage Bag
Topshop owl earnings

how cute are these tights, both spotty and plain? :D And I'm loving spots with spots at the moment / doubling same patterns/ materials up with each other. I'm still in love with the denim on denim look which I wore on a previous blog post whilst in Paris... so denim on denim, spots with spots - I wonder what my next double crime will be.


XXX

sunnies surprise

Ray-ban sunnies

How perfect are these? My sister Melissa bought them me as a surprise :) knowing me as she does she knew I would love them. Nothing else to say. Ray-ban sunnies need no introduction. 

Thing about love

Paris Photo Diary.

August 20, 2011 - August 21, 2011

Miss Selfridge denim blazor & skirt

Topshop denim tie shirt

Deena & Ozzy suede boots

Urban Outfitters bag with vintage scarf

Photo's by myself & Fergus

So I'm still getting over the fact my camera broke and I couldn't take it to Paris - hence the scarce selection of photos blogged here. I managed to document only one outfit but hey its better than none, right?

I have two articles to right for MouthLondon that I'll get started on tonight and I can't wait to write the one about Fall trends - definitely going to write about 'Fetish' as its one of my favourite trends - of course, the whip is optional ;)

Anyway more to the point, Paris was beautiful. Simply. City of love. If only I had a camera to capture what my eyes saw. But sometimes the camera never does justice to life's beautiful moments. So maybe its better this way? That they remain an internal memory. 

The second picture is where we stayed, such a beautiful house! The room with the big balcony was ours. We were very lucky.

I had almost a day of travelling there and then a whole day back. Awkward sleeping on the coach to say the least. I'm never going anywhere in Europe on Eurolines again... next time I'm flying!

I only wish the weather was kinder to us - I don't mean rain I mean the heat. For a beach holiday sure but in the city when you have planned outfits and have sights to see its unbearable. Sometimes we didn't go out until after 2pm and still the heat was almost impossible to deal with especially as its a closed off city with no breeze and you have to travel everywhere by underground. 

On one night, there was a storm and lighting kept striking just in front of the Eiffel tower - everybody had their cameras out and if ever I needed one myself it was then! The site was absolutely breathtaking. I don't think I'd ever seen anything so spectacular. During the storm, I'd never felt so glad to the feel the cool rain on my skin - after a hot sticky day it was heaven.

Towards the end of the trip was kinda sad - one of my closest friends who I went with is moving back to Canada October and it was probably the last time we will travel together :( but who knows what the future holds?? Canada... what is with that country!? haha all my best friends seem to be dispersing off there... 

Anyway normal posts coming up soon, I hate having to back date posts. My camera is fixed now and I promise less writing next time too :)

Rewind xx

Cannes Photo Diary

August 11, 2011 - August 18, 2011

Okay so haven't updated this baby in a while. Slight photo overload but trying to get a weeks holiday into one post was never going to be short and snappy.


My camera broke and I've only just received the pictures I managed to take on borrowed cameras :( 


So I've been travelling around France - Cannes with my family and then Paris with a friend... (which I can't believe I didn't have my own camera for :( !!)


I'm back in England now and do I miss France? Well no, actually. Sure the place is beautiful, South of France, Paris but I reeeeeeeeally missed the food available in England - from Indian to Chinese to Polish to Jamaican to British to Italian and even... dare I say it - I missed the English weather - being able to wear planned outfits not sacrificed because of the unbearable heat (especially in Paris) - waking up with no mosquito bites and to cool not sticky air, and just in general: there is no place like home, is there?


Although I will miss waking up to fresh fruit everyday, when the fruit looks this good, and tastes even better, who wouldn't?