I'm making no apologies because

TUMBLR IS SO ADDICTIVE.

If you have one, my account is here and I'd love it if you followed, I'll most likely follow back :D

Anyway, onto a more interesting, blogworthy topic. Yesterday, or at some point, my sister bought Harper's Bazaar and it came with this free top.

It was too small for her so she gave it to me. I really like the print on it, but I don't generally like high necked Tees, so I may edit it!

But then she raised a good point. The UK average size for a woman is a 16, but this top only just fits me and I'm only a 10 because of my chest size. So if this top is designed for size 8-10 girls... How many of these are going to end up in landfills?

I know I'm not exactly in a position to complain about 'size-ism' but I do think it's a bit off for such a huge magazine to be so completely off the target.

Any thoughts? x

Absolutely Alice

I went mini-shopping with my friend today, she was looking for jeans, I was almost her personal shopper, it was beautiful :')

Various shops and no luck later, we ended up in New Look where I found this denim dress. It's £25 which is a lot on my limited budget, but I might be able to scrape it. But I'm not entirely sure about it, what do you think?

I've never really been one for denim, other than on my legs, but I actually really liked this dress. I know there's a bit of a denim trend going on at the moment, but I've chosen to ignore it!

However, there was a woman at my bus stop yesterday and I thought she looked really cool. She had on a woolly grey granny cardi, a blue denim shirt and a black pencil skirt. I would've felt a bit awkward taking a photo to be honest so you'll just have to imagine it! She looked on-trend whilst still keeping an air of originality and cool. Plus, she had bright orange dyed hair! Tres cool. On that note, I need to re-dye my hair; the purple faded fast :/ sad times.

Back to the denim dress! If I bought it, I'd have to wear it with this stunning nail varnish from OPI

It's called 'Absolutely Alice' - a nod to Alice in Wonderland, which I still haven't seen! S0meone take me? My sister just bought it and it looks absolutely incredible. I can't wait for an excuse to steal it!!

I have a lovely post lined up for tomorrow, so catch you then, for now I have about 60 A3 pages of coursework to do for DT tomorrow... Wish me luck? I'll need it...

Abi x

UrbanFreakingOutfitters

Or UFO as I like to call it :D

I just grabbed these from their Facebook from their latest line - the "New In Product" folder. Yum yum yum. Necessity calls right?


I love the slouchy look to the first top/dress and yet it's still on trend in the Nudes look. It'd be the sort of thing that you could throw on in a rush and still look amazing - I need more like that! Also, the floral dress is a stunner, I'm loving the floaty look of the fabric. I reckon it'd be a great piece for when it's warmer because it's be nice and light.

The tights. I'm a tights fiend, I love them. This pair I didn't actually like at first, but then I though of what I'd wear them with and fell in love! I really like the Paisley style to the print and I think they'd look beautiful with a plain black playsuit or slimline dress. The white top is wicked also; I'd love to wear it with a really bright bra so that it gives a hint of your body without it actually being visible under the baggy cut of the top. If not that, then with red jewellery to add a hint of colour and maybe black or navy tights.

I tell you one thing - cannot wait for EMA! I might even get a job :) Just thinking of real life gives me chills, but in a good way! x

Abi x

Everyone's going gaga...

I still can't make up my mind. A lot of the stuff she wears is mental... but that's fashion right? Breaking the boundaries, trying new things - being creative?


I love the lace and the shapes and textures the head thing gives :)



The latex does amazing things for her figure, it smoothes over curves and is just a bit of fun really! And with the lobster one? I just want the shoes :D

Abi x

All photos taken from The Mail Online

Very quick post...

as it's just past 1AM, ouch!

Lots to update you lot on, London-wise :D

*Went shopping :)

*Went to Anthropologie (love)

*Had a haircut at Toni&Guy (trainee but shush)

*The dress arrived (lush)

*Went to a Cath Kidston shop (even more love)

*Went to The Primrose Bakery (yum)

*Wore some damn cool outfits!!

So, expect lots of cool-ness tomorrow, for now it is time to sleep... in my somewhat uncool pyjamas :D

Abi x

ASOS is a legend today

I've been a bit rubbish posting for the last few days, but I'm so swamped with art coursework!! I've almost given up on Product Design, way too much effort and I've lost all passion for it... :/

Anyway, My friend Emily challenged me to find her a dress for under £20 with some sort of sleeves.
I think I did pretty well considering I'm not entirely sure of her style at the moment! Whilst looking, I found this beauty on ASOS!



I love it's dark, sweeping feel with the chains. I love that they've styled it with black tights and heels and the purple lipstick is amazing!

Get this... It's only £12! Parental persuasion time much?

Abi x

London-Rose

One of my favourite blogs to read is London-Rose. I love her style and her blog is regularly updated which is something to look forward to! At the moment, she is running a competition in conjunction with DiscountCoder.com to win a £50 topshop voucher!!

This next bit is taken directly from her blog, but I checked that all the links work of course!!

"THE COMPETITION! You have until Saturday the 6th of Feb to enter, and the winner will be announced on Sunday the 7th. There will be a runner up prize as well (a goody bag) for the 2nd best entry.

To enter, first you have to be a follower of the blog so CLICK HERE to do so. Then just leave a comment on this post answering one (or all three if you like!) of the following questions...

1) Why do you love LONDON--ROSE?
2) Why do you deserve to win the voucher?
3) What are your must buys for S/S 10?"

If I win (fingers crossed, yet doubtful!! Aim high methinks!) this is what I would buy- thisLace Shift from Topshop. It's so prettyyy!!


Abi x

Fashion Recycling

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable we have to change it every six months."

Oscar Wilde is a genius. Much like Shakespeare, his words still have resonance to this day.

Well, he's right. However it doesn't mean we never see it again, like throwing something in the air, it always finds a way of making it back to us.

From the normal...

To the somewhat surreal...

Aren't the pale jeans hot? Alexander McQueen - $18o.17 down from $450... I don't know how much that is in pounds sterling, but it does seem like a pretty good deal!! The show corsets... not so much, but they're still pretty cool! Or hot GaGa's case xD

Abi x

Strings and pearls...

I went to a family friend's 50th birthday party on saturday. After a morning full of first-aid courses (which I've done countless times, grr) that last thing thing I wanted to do was go to a birthday party. Luckily, I'd had the foresight to put together an outfit before I left the house and to leave it in the car ready. This did not go entirely as planned, because I ended up falling asleep in the car and having only 3 minutes to get changed and do make-up!! So difficult to get out of skinny jeans and into a dress whilst in a car whilst trying to maintain your dignity!


I love mixing and matching jewellery, don't we all, but my latest love is this vintage rose necklace. I found it in a box of jewellery that had been moved through 'tidying.' I've acquired a few pieces that I'll post together soon!

Dress - H&M
Cardigan - Peacocks
Tights - Primark
Shoes - Clarks - Black, patent leather heels with laces
All jewellery is vintage
Nail Varnish - Nails Inc. Shorditch

Overall, I love this simple, chic outfit to throw on, two pieces of clothing and whatever extras you like!

Abi x

99 Luftballons

A little vain moment called me as the second hour-long (!!) wedding catwalk was starting at a wedding fair we displayed at, I believe that's my dad in the background.

One of my favourite combos for casual business dress, the sort of thing you might wear to sixth form. I like tucking in baggy tops to this high waisted skirt, not only because it's kinda warm, but because it puffs them out to give it all a baggy 80's grundge feel to contrast the sharpness of the jacket-skirt combo.

Top - Peacocks?

Skirt and tights - Primark

Jacket - H&M

Shoes - Clarks

Hooray for weddings!

Abi x

The McQueen Dream

Who cares if a girl can only dream? Think big is my motto of the week!

As soon as I saw it, I fell in love with this Alexander McQueen clutch. Sure it's £775 but it's shining glory would stand out against any evening dress. Not so keen on the skull clasp, but I think I could live with it if it were in my hand!!

Abi x

Ch- ch- ch- Checkin it out!

Listening to - You're so damn hot, Ok Go

Excellent band, they have kooky, awesome videos (You may have seen the famous treadmill dancing video)

A fairly simple outfit to throw on. It was also fairly warm! I love the check shirt look, Liv was gutted when I spotted this stunner first... £2.99!! Gotta love charity shops!

Cardigan - Peacocks

Shirt - Charity shop

Vest - H&M

Jeans - Primark

I like to make sure that the shirt cuffs stick out further than the cardigan sleeves, because it shows a bit more colour and patterning. I love this cardigan because it's 2 dress sizes bigger than me, so it fits nicely but I can wrap it tightly to warm me up, a daily essential in this weather!!

Abi x

Quick announcement

Just a short post because I'm super tired!

Back onto more pressing matters...

Motel Rocks Competition!!

"Send in your motel snow themed photo to win..."

And what do you win? This beautiful £110 husky coat!

I'm going to take some photos tomorrow, I'll upload them here and you can pick your favourite!

Good luck to all who enter, and may the snow continue!!

Abi x

On The Tenth Day of Christmas...

My true love sent to me ten lords a' leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a' milking, seven swans a' swimming, six geese a' laying, five gold rings, four colly-birds, three french hens, wo turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

And on the tenth day (well, the ninth night technically) I met a guy that I thought was intriguing and cute :)

So here are 10 more things I find intriguing and/or cute!

1. Elephants kiss too

2.

Pictures of the Dark - The Cutaway from Six to Start on Vimeo.

Stick it on whilst you browse the rest, it's lovely, and it sounds fresh and interesting.

3. Mickie and Minnie mouse were married

4. This beautiful brooch from Eclectic Eccentricity. I love the colouring and the fifties style of glamour.

5. Yesterday, Channel 4 couldn't even confirm their Big Brother contestants... Oh no, what a pity (sarcasm fully intended!)

6. This beautiful dress for when it gets a bit warmer. Another from ModCloth, called Kew Gardens. I love the subtle colour of the grey against the delicate floral skirting.

7. This colour from Nails Inc. It's called Shoreditch and It's on my nails right now to combat the cold winter blues!

8. This cutesy Ooh La La shopper bag from It's Gorgeous

9. This awesome necklace from PeggyLi. I love the style and the quirky design.

10. Lily Cole is bored of modelling. I do love her acting though. St. Trinian's was excellent with her as a 'geek'.

Abi x

On the first day of Christmas...

My true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.

The first day of christmas, and what do I give you? One perfect snowflake.

Another stunning dress from ModCloth, I do love this website. It has everything I love; cute clothes, beautiful accessories and stunning shoes! If only I had some money...

Abi x

22 Days To Go!

ShopStyle is a website I frequently visit. I love being able to look at clothes from different stores at the same time, because it means I can compare prices and I'm less likely to miss out on something pretty by only looking at a few websites. I've only just started using the 'Create A Look' tool, and so I put together this look - "I'm Dreaming Of A Black Christmas."

Notice my favourite shoes? I do love them and, for me, felt no other pair of shoes would do. I like to think of this look as chic and elegant, the sunnies adding a bit or charm an mystery. I do feel it's missing a belt of some sort, but then the sparkling jewellery makes up for that!

Abi x

23 Days To Go!

For a while, I've been following a website called Anthropologie. I love the styles shown and the elegant simplicity throughout the collection.

I was excited to hear of their first store opening outside of Canada, on Regent Street, London. They have a beautiful window display, and I hope to go visit it before Christmas. After all, where better to go Christmas shopping than London?

I've picked two pieces of jewellery that I love - A purple, Swarovski 'Collage Cocktail' ring. As it goes, the regal purple is perfect for this year's winter, especially as a nail colour, so why not carry it on to a ring that shines just as your nails do?

And these stunning turquoise 'Melting Glaciers' earrings are simply divine. The make me think of icicles and snow, which is perfect for Christmas! The colour is almost as if it were stolen from the deepest of oceans.

Abi x

Someone who's really rich buy me these?

Topshop £55
Black, lace playsuit. I love the cut at the top and how it's fitted.

Topshop £8
My friends think I'm tights-obsessed... only a little!

My Theresa.com £648.83
These have my name written all over them!

Not necessarily to wear all together... Although I might, but with some colour somewhere along the way!

I want them all so badly!

Abi x

This Is How Horrendously Cool I Am...

Btw, no, I don't know what's going on with the background of the picture!! How odd!

I couldn't resist it, £20. I bought it in a size 20 so I could snuggle up in it. It's so warm and cosy!! The hood is faux fur lined and the rest is 100% polyester apparently. I don't mind that it's not real wool, because I find wool can be really itchy!

Abi x

Notice this...?

Loving the striking similarity we have going on here. Gossip Girl's Blair and Emma Watson.

The hair, the bow and the bow-tie... I love the sleekness of the design and the soft cut of Emma's dress. Blair's skirt it simply gorgeous, I kind of adore satin at the moment, it's very elegant.

Abi x