cold fireplace

Im Loving

2010-01-13T15:27:00.000-08:00

What i did on the 13th of january

2010-01-13T14:42:00.000-08:00

So its assessment week, my tutor has given us all an media assignment to complete by the end of the week, which is to design a lifestyle magazine like I.D and Dazed and confused, i wanted my magazine to be about real people, real life and to give recognition to people who have talent but are finding it difficult to get themselves noticed, include fashion from new designers and looks from lookbook or blogs, also new music, followed up by choosing a photographer we like and creating our own photoshoot image. I have to admit though, ive been getting a bit carried away as were not even going to make a magazine! Anyway today i decided to do the fashion shoot, i picked the worse day think it was so cold! So heres the results, i have to say im quite pleased and i give all credit laura jones who nearly froze to death in a birmingham subway!

The dog days are clearly over

2010-01-12T12:30:00.000-08:00

Florence from Florence and the machine
photographer: Rankin

We're So Cool, We Wear Paper Sun Glasses

2010-01-12T10:32:00.000-08:00

Just some old work i did

This was a design idea for the college fashion stand at the clothes show last year, my group came joint first, but we couldn't get the picture right so it was a big fat fail, still i think it looks pretty cool as you can tell some are friends some arent!

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whats inspiring me?

2010-01-12T08:39:00.000-08:00

Jermaine Francis

i was lucky enough to meet jermaine at an event based at my college, to tell the truth i'd never herd of him but my fashion teacher spoke great words of him, explaining to us that he's done fashion photography for magazines like vogue, I.D and has worked with many designers in his time. Jermaine who is from the west midlands, studied at an normal college and then went on to unknown university, finally moving to london, he talked to us about how its tough out there, but you just have to stick at it! get as many contacts as you can and don't be afraid to get knocked back! very wise words i must say. He also explained each photograph and about his amazing ideas and what he wanted to create in the photo. I really love these photographs they so simple but have so many different meanings. What i also love about Jermaine he is a genuine guy and not afraid to tell the truth about the industry which helped me out alot, you wouldnt believe that most of these girls are his friends and doesnt photograph them just because they are tall, slim, these girls arent professionals, he likes to photograph girls with personality, which is what he wants to show in is photos. i advise you all to take a look at his website, for more inspiring photos! http://www.jermainefrancis.co.uk/

i want you bad, like a bad romance

2010-01-12T08:10:00.000-08:00

american apparel alphabet shirt
can't help thinking though the first letter of my name looks really boring

they are simply amazing

Zara lace up boots, can't find these anywhere

my barbour coat is on its way in the post!

i also really want a leotard from topshop with fringe detail all under the arms its really cool and some vintage levi shorts! i found a pair in the vintage shop for £5 actually beating myself up about it now because i didnt buy them, STUPID GIRL!

Paper Bag Princess

2009-11-24T11:15:00.000-08:00

Who said the recession means giving up your designers!? The September 2009 issue of W magazine shows us what you can actually do with an empty designer bag, You can save the planet and look surprisingly stylish! i think theses photographs look amazing, and definitely shows a different side of the fashion world, although I'll doubt you'll see me wearing an urban outfitters bag as top anytime soon!
The editorial features model Sasha Pivovarova, Photography by Craig McDean and styling by Alex White.

Fringe For Thought!

2009-11-23T13:50:00.000-08:00

Right so before i go to bed, I'm thinking of what new hair cut to have its booked for the 5th of December (don't ask why, it just is!) now Ive been thinking of having a full fringe for a while and the more i think about it the more i want it, but im worried as my hair isn't thick enough it will go all gappy like my side fringe does now! plus I'm trying to grow it!
so I'm sitting in my pj's looking at hair styles, when i came across a photo of daisy Lowe, i forgot how beautiful she is, with effortless style and her hair! well all i can is I'm green with envy! ♥

i want to be her

The Birmingham Vintage Fair

2009-11-23T11:40:00.000-08:00

The Birmingham Vintage Fair was at the custard factory on Saturday, and trust it to be the week before i get my lovely wages! typical eh!? but i managed to borrow some money off my mom and dad, £15 quid they gave me, that was my budget!
I had been waiting for this all week and kept getting notifications from Facebook asking me to attend, well i couldn't say no could i!? i made sure i was there early so i could have a good look before work!
so it was £1 to get in which wasn't bad i suppose and there was some lovely things at bargain prices, fur coats (fake obviously) which Ive been wanting for ages only £22, i was so sad when i realised i couldn't afford it!
i decided to look around for something more in my price range, i managed to find a lovely vintage blouse for £5! and a Burgundy chunky knit cardigan for £8 very Christmasy if you ask me! although i didn't by much, you've got to admit that for a total of £13 its not bad at all, i took some photos of my new purchases (by the way there not very good LOL)
The vintage fair consisted of 40 stalls (looked like 20 to me) and they were also offering gorgeous cupcakes and tea! the stools had many different items from home made jewelery, shoes, designer clothes, bags, pictures, coats and much much more! I managed to get some photos from the Vintage fairs blog which you can follow http://www.thevintagefair.blogspot.com/ But for any of you who missed out, be sure to make a date in your diary as the vintage fair will be back next year some time in spring! I'm not sure of the exact date but again i will keep you posted of anymore information!

The Custard Factory

The Vintage Fair

The £5 blouse

Ermm yeah... it was £8!

Friday Feeling!

2009-11-23T10:43:00.000-08:00

So Friday 20th November i went to see ARCTIC MONKEYS at the NIA Birmingham, i only got my tickets on the Wednesday, from eBay! The band was on top form and made it clear they were back! (with longer hair) I'm totally in love with Alex Turner anyway but seeing him in the flesh made it the best night of my life, i took my friend from college along with me, it was her first ever gig and she was pretty scared as she watched drunken Alex wannabes fall and dance all over the place! But to my surprise though as soon as the arctic monkeys were doing there thang! she was rockin it! you could definetly tell that the worried feeling had gone as she was jumping to the monkey's amazing beats. She shocked me even more that she knew a song that id never even heard of and im there biggest fan ha ha!
Arctic Monkeys delivered overall a great performance! singing songs from their new album and
old, it was truly a night i WON'T forget!

im with the band!

hey alex! yes im looking at you :)

Man, you are beautiful!

Broken Hearted Girl

2009-11-13T13:31:00.000-08:00

Luella

Yes, i know I'm sad too, British designer Luella Bartley has stopped trading because of financial difficulties, is this the end of Luella!?! who knows?!? i hope it isn't, she is one of my favourite fashion designers and is truly inspirational! and i hope she makes it through the times of this recession!

Who get's the the boot?

2009-11-02T09:34:00.000-08:00

After recently starting my first job at topshop (of course im going to brag!), I'm trying to work out what i will spend my two months worth of pay on, after doing a bit of window shopping as you do in the "recession" i have recently fallen in love with 3 pairs of army style lace up boots, its so hard to choose between them all, i know they may look the same but believe me there not! i have tried each of them on but still haven't come any closer to a decision, any help?!

Topshop £70.00

urban outfitters £150.00

office £95.00

Hairy Mary!

2009-10-30T13:39:00.000-07:00

Soo.. first project over and now to start the second challenge; HAIR. Now its not as bad as it sounds, to be honest I'm pretty excited about this project, especially since i came across a very cool blog http://www.stylebubble.co.uk/ she made a blog about two designers named Carloz Diez and Charlie le Mindu. I also found a great new designer, who graduated from Manchester university, Holly Russell.

Carloz Diez Spring/summer 2010

Charlie Le Mindu

Holly Russell

so will this be successful? i really don't know and how will i incorporate hair into my design? well we'll soon find out, i already have some ideas in mind but i wont spoil it all yet, but i will definitely keep you updated with how my project is going with pictures and things that have inspired me for this project :)

Oh Twiggy!

2009-10-26T14:53:00.000-07:00

I have recently just completed my first project for fashion, we had to create a little black dress inspired by the 1960's, as i did more and more research i noticed that i have a slight obsession over twiggy. She is AMAZING! Her modelling photos from the 60's are simply beautiful! She is my inspiration! Also me and my lovely friend Sian Judd are going to see Twiggy's exhibition in London next month, I'm looking forward to falling in love with her more!