Quote of the Day

Have you ever heard something during your day that all of a sudden puts everything into perspective or inspires you? Well today while watching a documentary on Diana Vreeland, she pinpointed something that epitomizies fashion and style.

 

 

Do any of you have a quote which inspires you?

 

 

Disco Pants

Since coming to University, living off a student loan and having to defend for myself I seem to find myself worrying about my weight. I suppose I have danced since the age of three and since stopping I find myself worrying about my changing body. Nothing is worse than feeling sluggish and uncomfortable in the way you look. So to sort out my confidence issues here comes the fitness DVD.

I love wearing crop tops and high waisted shorts and trousers but lately every time I try to wear something like this they just end up back in the wardrobe, until now. Recently my friend Katie got given disco pants from www.missguided.co.uk by her boyfriend for her birthday and I tried them on. WOW. Zipped and sucked in I felt like Sandy from Grease. My stomach became completely flat as the pants encased me and acted like a giant pair of spanxs (every girl's best friend.) Goodbye bloated stomach, goodbye low self-esteem and hello long, lean and flat me, now I can dance the night away just like Sandy from Grease while my exercise DVD's remain unused on my shelf.

Take a step back in time and groove your way to the highstreet to experience disco pants

                                 

   Topshop £30         Missguided £25.99      River Island £30

    www.topshop.com  www.missguided.co.uk  www.riverisland.com

So after experiencing the disco pants I couldn't help but buy my own. I decided to buy the ones from Missguided. They are so comfortable to wear and it is true every time I put them on I just want to dance. All I need now is to dye my hair blonde and make it really curly and then I'll be Sandy. A girl can dream.

The work begins

What with fresher's over, lazy days watching repeats over and introductions over its time to get down to work. This week I had my first presentation at university. The first opportunity for the whole of fashion journalism to sit and analyse you, so of course the pressure was on to look stylish.

My best friend Katie always tells me that I apparently have the style of Gossip Girl character Blaire and this is such an amazing comment-I only wish I had her bank balance to pull off her amazing style. I suppose you could say my lime green tweed Zara jacket is a tad Blairesque. I hope everyone is loving university life as much as I am

Tweed Jacket (Zara)

Belt (Bonnie and Clyde)

Shirt (H&M)

Leather Skirt (Forever 21)

Oversized bag (Zara)

Ha Ha Ha Halloween

Halloween is definitely a time of year when I wish I lived in America. It's surprising I hate horror films and am terrified of ghosts but I am fascinated when it comes to Halloween, perhaps it's just the costumes that make me get excited.

Since moving into our university house we have decided that it is haunted and I made matters worse when I decided to Google the deaths of our house and surprise surprise it's haunted.

So over the past few weeks my housemates and I have been freaking each other out and last week decided to scare eachother more by pulling pranks on each other in masks. Despite screaming the house down in the dark, these masks did get me excited for Halloween, I just want to start carving my pumpkin now.

 

What's everyone wearing for halloween?

Here are some of my ideas, what does everyone think?

 

 

 

 

Saving your pennies in Primark

Most criticized high street shop, the one shop which people say that they wouldn't be caught shopping in but yet everyone owns something from Primark whether it is underwear or a coat. So why is everyone always so critical of Primark? Is it the cheap quality or price that people find themselves turning their noses up? However, everybody loves a bargain. Whether its high end or high street if it's a decent item at a decent price then you can't go wrong. People need to focus less on the brand and more on what the item of clothing actually is. You can go to Topshop and buy the same necklace which would be in Primark for £10 less just because you don't want to be associated with Primark. It's not fear of fashion, it's fear of judgement. Open your eyes and take a look because the shop that you may all shy away from is actually similar to all the other shops. Forget about the connotations and run with an open mind, you may just find yourself saving a lot of money.

What do you all think of Primark?

 

Obsession Crush

 

 

 

Lately I have been absolutely obsessed with studs. I don't know whether it’s the fascination to its allusion of armour or how they instantly create an edgy style to any outfit.

What with the scattering of studs throughout the high street and runway you can't help but be transfixed by them especially Jeffery Campbell’s spiked and studded heels which have recently been appearing everywhere from high end to high street.

Some may find studs too 'bikeresque' yet they have been plastered across ultra-feminine garments, which take the trend from grunge to ladylike with a classic 'rocky' edge.

I love studs so much at the moment that I recently bought a bargain pair of studded shoes from Primark what do you all think?

Do any of you have a trend obsession at the moment?

 



Catwalk Uni

 

Goodbye hoodies and scruffy hair and hello to the pressure of dressing 'fashionably' for University.

 

There's something unwritten in my course that screams dress fashionably or perhaps that’s just my tutor as he critiques your outfit the minute you step through the door.

 

Despite stressing out looking in the mirror in the morning and trying on about fifty different outfits I do find that I can be more experimental with my outfits at university. Even though you would think that studying at a fashion university would be daunting, everyone has so many different styles that anything can be argued as 'stylish.' Whereas back home in Essex if you don't have the latest item of clothing which is on trend people will most likely judge you, or if you don’t  conform to the stereotypical Essex style you are seen as different. However, now I can dare to different, despite how cringy that may sound I feel that I can become more stylish and experimental at university.

I hope everyone is enjoying their time at university!