bow bow hat...have you any more?

So the 70's is a clear inspiration for SS11 from the latest collections shown at the fashion weeks, I'm glad we are going to be smothered In 70's floaty floral fabrics over the summer, personally I won't be wearing the maxi dress this summer, like many previous summers due to being 5ft3 and unable to walk in wedges (yes i know, well actually I haven't tried but judging from heels I know it just isn't going to happen, glads see me through the summer just fine :) ), but I can still find some designer and high street pieces to fall in love with and share.

You might be wondering about the title of this post and how it relates to what I'm babbling on about...well I thought I would share with you one of my favourite 70's inspired collection this summer which is the Marc Jacobs one.

I think this is one of the best collections I have seen for this trend, his done a great job on putting his own stamp on the 70's and oh my he was gave us many many bows, bows, bows and hats in this collection which all work wonderfully, also not forgetting the clear 'Missoni' feel to some pieces....zig zag prints mmmmm <3

here are a few of my favourites, but please do check out the full collection It won't disappoint

Personal Styling Day

For part of my Imaging and Styling project at uni we are learning about styling, and for this part we had to take a coursemate out shopping and find them an outfit they would usually wear and an outfit they wouldn't usually wear.

I restyled Milliam, her usual style is a very classic simple one; she wears alot of jeans, jumpers, blazers and boots. This is the outfit she wore on our shopping trip.

This is the first outfit I picked for Milliam, this is what I thought she would usually go for. I got this whole outfit from H&M, I picked some skinny jeans in a dark colour which I thought would look really great on her figure and I knew she would like them because she lives in jeans. I then picked the blazer, she doesn't usually wear grey so I thought I'd introduce her to this colour, I also really loved the brown elbow pads. To bring the look together I picked out a blue and white stripy top, I thought this outfit worked really well. 

For the second outfit I picked it was something I thought Milliam wouldn't usually wear again I got this outfit from H&M. I wanted to pick something completely different, and if I'm honest I did kinda pick something I would usually wear, which I know I shouldn't have. I went for bright summery colours that Milliam would never wear I also put her in a skirt which she never wears as she doesn't like showing her legs. Milliam didn't really like this outfit she did however like the top but would wear it with jeans instead.

For the next two outfit choices I went to New Look, this is one of my least favourite shops but Milliam likes this shop so it was a good choice. 

For the first outfit, which was what Milliam usually would wear I again went for a pair of dark skinny jeans and I paired that with a nice orangery shirt with a pussy bow colour.

For the last outfit of the day, one Milliam wouldn't usually wear I did actually pick something I personally wouldn't wear but I thought would look great on her figure. I picked out this blue shorts and this light pink blouse, Mlliam doesn't usually wear baggy tops but I thought this top looked great with the shorts and as she has her legs out, the less revealing top works well with the shorts. Milliam did actually like the shorts but said she'd wear a tighter top with them.

Black Swan

This week I went to see 'Black Swan' which I must say is one of the most amazing films I have seen, such a clever, incising storyline. Its a thriller about the rivalry of two ballerinas and how getting the role of a lifetime literally takes over you until you become the role. One of the things I was most looking forward to was the costume designs, and oh they were  amazing so extravagant but in a simple way. The costume designers for 'Black Swan' was created by fashion duo, the Mulleavy Sisters who founded the fashion house 'Rodarte' who lead star Natalie Portman is one of their loyal supporters. They designed 40 costumes for Swan Lake and also all the knitwear and leotards that was used throughout the film.

Black Swan

eightiespiration

So for one of my projects at uni I have to do a historical fashion shoot; the era I was given was the 80's which to my annoyance is the decade I hate the most. Finding inspiration for my shoot was hard until I came across this Wonderland shoot which featured Liv Tyler in a very simple, elegant 80's photo-shoot, I loved the fact that it had an 80's influence but without the tackiness I oh so hate. The poses in this shoot are really great as you don't see many shoots with these kind of poses.

Merry Christmas to me love...

Urban Outfitters

Christmas Is here and It wouldn't be christmas without treating myself to some new clothes. These Urban Outfitters pieces were my favourite out of what I brought myself.

Sparkle & Fade Cardigan £48 Urban Outfitters

Love the print detail on the cardigan

I'm going to wear this with a pre christmas purchase of mine which is also from urban outfitters 

Kimchi & Blue floral skirt £38

Another christmas purchase also from Urban Outs

Sparkle & Fade skirt £30
This will go very nice with my Sparkle & Fade cardi! 

Along with buying myself some treats I also brought my uni house a present. Everytime I go into Urban Outfitters I always Awww at these and I finally have some, they were in the sale as well so barg!

Huggie Salt & Pepper set £4

Merry Christmas xxxxxx

mise à pied

First post In a while, a long while. Well here goes, It's going to be a dramatic one....

The first shock was a few days ago when I heard French Vogue editor Carine Roitfield decided to quit vogue to move on to bigger, brighter things.

apparently not so, I stumbled across this on the internet...

“Our sources tell us the magazine’s parent company was unhappy with all the bad press surrounding Roitfeld’s alleged pay-for-play scandals—this year, alone—demanding huge sums of money for extracurricular consulting gigs and the enormous, public embarrassment of being banned from Balenciaga last season for abusing her position at Vogue. In the latter case, Roitfeld allegedly borrowed Balenciaga preview pieces and sent them to her client, Max Mara, to copy ... “
www.thefrisky.com


I can't wait to see who replaces her, It will be a very well deserving blog post of mine. 

Wow

Haven't been on here In a while, since I started university, apologies :) xxxxxxxxx