The Fashion Undateables

House of Fraser are hosting a Styling competition called 'The Fashion Undateable's'.  Basically after choosing between two guys to style (Jarrod or Melvin) I had to style them a perfect date night outfit.

How To: A Summer Festival/ Party look

 Before I even start this post I am just going to put it out there: In no way am I a professional make up artist, I can just about manage to make myself look half decent so this tutorial and look is what I like, and what I do.

Destination: London

Being a Manchester girl I don't get to visit the busy city of London very often (thanks so very expensive train fares!). But myself and Emily headed down to meet up with our best friend, Emma, who we hadn't seen in five years. After an emotional reunion we had the best weekend shopping, eating and catching up after what felt like a lifetime. I had the best time and if I could I would relive the weekend over and over so I thought I would share a few snaps with you.

All Photography by Emily Brodgen.

The Outfit: A Little Denim Dress

A Little Denim Dress

I love this dress. I love the fit, style, colour and I especially love the collar.

Teaming it with nude sandals and a baby pink satchel, I feel like this is an outfit I could wear for many occasions.

I've seen lots of denim dresses around recently so when I spotted this number I just had to get it. Being a petite frame, it is hard to find things which don't make me look like a small child! The belt and style of this dress allows me to wear denim and still feel adult enough. 

Dress: Miss Selfridge

Sandals: Primark

Satchel: Primark

The Outfit: London

I am off to London next weekend for my Christmas present off Kyle. He is treating me to a stay over and a shopping spree so I am very excited. Even though I am going shopping when I am there it is only right to have something new to wear to go there isn't it? (back me up here)

This look is so easy to wear and I love it. I love the pop of colour and the open back detail of the shirt, I feel like the ripped knee jeans add edge to the outfit too. Paired with my trusty boots I can't go wrong.

I think this will be my shopping look, not too casual but not too dressy. London, i'm coming for you.

P.s sorry for the inside pictures, British weather so what can you do.

Shirt- Primark

Jeans-Primark

Boots-Pull & Bear

 

Degree: Fashion Communication

Life // What does a Fashion communication and promotions student do?

Before I went to university, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I didn't know how many courses were out there to choose from, what they all had to offer, and which was the best place to go for them. I'm not going to lie, although I have been interested in fashion for a while, I had no idea I wanted to do it as a career until I found this course. I thought I would share the wonders of this course with you all, and maybe give someone some insight if they were looking to go into fashion but didn't know what.

I study this course at Huddersfield Uni which is a lovely little place, I have met the nicest people and it isn't true at all that all fashion students are bitchy. The course itself covers so many different areas, from styling, PR, Marketing, Trend forecasting, Photo shoot planning, connecting with creatives, fashion journalism and so on. From coming in knowing hardly any industry skills in the first year, I am now in the third year, feeling stressed (deadlines) but ready to get a 'real job' (scary).

This course prepares you for the real world, the world in industry. It lets you explore so many areas of fashion and helps you decide what you want to be and do. Don't get me wrong, I don't think you know what you want to do until you've been out there and tried it, but for me this is a great stepping stone. 

Planning Ahead: Paris

I am so excited, I am off to Paris on Friday for the first time ever and what better way to visit the city of Romance than with my boyfriend. I have been so ridiculously busy with uni lately as I am in my final year So I was more than happy to grab a chance to write a post about my outfit plans for my weekend away.

The day of travelling. I think Opting for a cosy jumper, leggings and boots is the best way for a travel day. It means that as soon as we arrive and have dropped off our luggage we can head off exploring the Parisian streets.

Even though it is autumn I am trying to incorporate some (and I mean, some) colour into my outfits. I've decided on my stunning long sleeved floral playsuit, with open heel boots and topped off with my cosy lilac coat.

The third and final day in Paris, oh look, i've slipped back into monochrome life. A striped jumper is a must when you're visiting Paris isn't it? Teamed with black jeans, boots and a floppy hat I will be ready to wander around at all the wonders Paris has to offer.

Wish List: The Coat Edit

WINTER IS COMING and I am loving it. As much as I love summer, I love the feeling of wrapping up in beautiful scarfs and jumpers and topping it all off with an amazing coat. I have to say, loads of places have a serious strong coat game right now I am lusting over so many.

From blues to pinks to your more common greys and throwing in a vibrant colour, I can't get enough of the warmers. I am on the hunt for a new winter coat so I thought I would share some of my favourites. These selection of coats are from misguided, tiptop and Dorothy Perkins.

Where is your favourite place to shop for winter warmers?

The Outfit: Day to Night

A few weeks ago I finished my month long internship at AX Paris, which was my third internship of the summer (now, breathe).  The lovely team gave me a Thank you card, along with an amazing Soap and Glory set. If that wasn't enough they then said I can choose anything I want off the website, as you can imagine I was like a kid in a candy store. I chose this lovely grid print (monochrome, again) skirt and thought I would show you how I would style it. (ps. you may have already seen this skirt in my last post but hey).

 I thought I would, for once, add a pop of colour to my outfit. I opted for a long sleeve slouchy tee in burgundy which I thought went nicely with the grid print skirt. Finishing off the the look with Zara basic heels making the outfit perfect for day or night.

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Fight Cancer with Fashion

I was so excited when I was invited to an event by Branded Lab PR (my first ever blogger event!). It was held in the allotment bar in the Northern Quarter in Manchester which was so cute. I have never been there before but I absolutely loved the interior and the whole vibe. 

I was allowed to take up to 3 plus one's so me and my friends, Emily and Tessa went along to the event and had a lovely time. There were various pop up shops where we could purchase things from as little as £1 and all proceeds went to Breast cancer awareness which was so lovely (stay tuned for a haul!) We spent the night sipping on drinks and nibbling on cupcakes whilst having a peek through the different rails of clothing and socialising with other bloggers.

I bought so much and only spent £10 which is amazing, and all money made has gone towards breast cancer research which is perfect. The night in total made an amazing £416.13- massive well done to the Branded Lab team! 

My OOTN: I teamed my grid print skirt with my baby pink top, finishing the look off with a bright pink necklace and black chunky boots (not forgetting tights because I live in England).

**Some photos are taken from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Branded-Lab/1523216134580257?fref=ts**

Planning Ahead: Paris

This week me and my boyfriend Kyle were really spontaneous and booked a trip to Paris. I have been wanting to go to Paris for SO long so now it is finally happening, with my favourite person, I could not be happier.  We are heading off at the end of Novemeber when hopefully everyone will be getting christmasy and the christmas markets will also be on (who needs Manchester when you can go to the ones at Champs Elysees?!) 

Kyle knows what I am like, and that I get a bit giddy and over excite myself without thinking things through. As we are only going for 3 days and 2 nights he wants me to plan a kind of itinerary. I have agreed to a certain degree (map out what sights I want to see) but we also agreed to just let ourselves wander around the parisian streets to see what we come across.  ( Ok, I have also wrote down all the metro stops we would need to get to and also how long it would take, I am a control freak)

We booked our flights for £100 each which I think is such a bargain, it takes us an hour and a half to get there which will (literally) fly by.  After days of deliberation we finally decided on where we are going to stay- an apartment worked out a lot cheaper than a hotel (mainly because I am very fussy) and so we are staying in a beautiful apartment in the 2nd arrondissement right next to the Louvre. 

Here is my plan for Paris so far, I was hoping some of you could help me out and recommend amazing places to go too...

1. Visit the Eiffel Tower

2. Eat some tasty Macaron's

3. Visit the Louvre

4. Add a lock to the 'love lock bridge'

5. Wander down Parisian side streets

6. Stroll along the River Seine

I would love to hear any suggestions off anyone who has been to Paris before.

* All images are not my own and are taken from uk.pinterest.com *

Holding on tight to summer.

If like me, you live in England you will realise (apart from the odd miracle day) summer was gone a long time ago. When it was sunny one day this week I just had to take advantage and wear this dress I have been dying to wear. I found this little beauty in the Topshop sale for £9 and it was love at first sight. I went for an all white look, you know to channel Casper the friendly ghost of course. 

The dress has the cutest little pattern and a gorgeous cut out detail in the back. I styled it with my cropped blazer and sliders to complete the minimalistic summer look.

Dress: Topshop

Blazer: Forever 21

Sliders: ASOS

Seeing as it is now September it is probably time to say goodbye to summer and hello to oversized knitwear.

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The Culottes Edit

I love the culotte trend, some people seem to pull them off so so well. As I am quite a petite size, I thought culottes may look ridiculous and over bearing on me, but then I spotted these baby's...on ebay...and I won them for a mere £3. They are vintage marks and spencer culottes in a monochrome print (made for me obviously) and just my size, some say it is fate.  They are less baggy than some designs going around at the minute, which for me I think suits me more. So here it is, how I styled out the culotte trend on a budget.

Culottes: vintage off ebay

Top: Topshop

Boots: pull and bear

I kept the styling simple, I like minimalistic looks, nothing to fancy but something that still looks like you have made an effort. I styled the monochrome culottes with my all time favourite black boots and a simple white shirt. I then forced my friend Emily out on the street to take pictures of me, of course.

How are you styling the culotte trend?

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Well isn't this year going ridiculously fast? It is the 1st September 2014 and dare I say it, Christmas is just around the corner. To celebrate the new month and the fact I still have no money, I thought I would do a 'what I really want but can't afford' wish list.

Cropped shirt

Pleated midi skirt

Basic bra

Turtle neck jumper

Handbag

Textured crop

Leather shoes

I have been absolutely loving basic items than you can dress up and down. My aim is to have my wardrobe filled with classic staples rather than buying everything I like (and will probably only wear once). I think it is time to step away from bargains and go for good quality items I can wear each year. (Ok, maybe a few bargains here and there)

p.s I have been given a 10% discount code to use at Style Heist for all my lovely followers to use:

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What have you been wishing for recently?

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