Outfit - The Roll Neck

For a while now I've really liked the look of a roll neck - love a 60's vibe. I finally gave in, and bought one from River Island, what do you think?

I love the colour, it goes perfectly with my skin tone, and even more the polo neck doesn't look horrendous, which I was worried about. I just wore my black Jamie jeans, my black felt fedora and my Domino boots from Office. 

I bought the top from River Island for £15 and it also comes in brown, black, navy and grey. I prefer the purple/red to just add a bit of colour to my wardrobe, but I might pick up the navy one too. This is the beginning of me buying all my basics again as I haven't got many now and everyone really does need their basics! 

I wore my long gunmetal and sparkly necklace from Mint Velvet, and I think it adds to the outfit, without it, the outfit looks a bit old fashioned. 

Have you gotten into the roll neck trend? 

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Blog Sale

I'm having a blog sale! I'm getting annoyed with Ebay and having to pay the fees, so here we go, my first blog sale.

Only open to people in the UK, with £3 postage cost, if you want more than one item you only have to pay postage once. Payment through paypal only. 

Let me know if you want anything by commenting below :) 

Spotty green velvet shorts - size 10 - worn a handful of times - £5 o.n.o

SOLD

Urban Outfitters cut out dress - Black with sheer panels on the shoulders, elasticated at the waist - size Medium - £10 o.n.o - worn a few times

Bought for £30ish

Topshop grey American Outlaw printed top - size medium - £4 o.n.o

SOLD

New Look long sleeved olive green top  -size 10 - £4 o.n.o

Lion tank top from New Look size small to medium - £4 o.n.o

Bright blue blazer from Zara - small (8 to 10) - £10 o.n.o (bought for £40) 

New Look skull tank top - size 10 - £3 o.n.o

Topshop raglan style short sleeved tank - size medium - £4 o.n.o

SOLD

High waisted River Island shorts - size 10  - £5 o.n.o

Topshop bag - bought for £45, has slight damage to the sides (as pictured) main bag with one small zipped pocket and one pocket for a phone. Metal studs on the bottom to stop bag from wear- £13 o.n.o

(bag will be £4 postage)

If you would like anything, comment below and we can sort something out :) 

Thanks for looking

(more selection added to the 'Blog Sale' button at the top of the page)

x

Wish lists: My Money Supermarket Entry - Passion for Fashion2

Hi everyone, this is my entry into the Moneysupermarket.com competition, which is to create three different outfits that cost under £200 each, under the categories; Causal, party and holiday. With a chance of winning one of your outfits, then maybe even winning £1000 to buy your perfect wardrobe! You can enter to by going to their website and creating a blog post, the competition closes on the 8th April. 

My first outfit:

Topshop - Diamond cut out necklace - £10

Topshop - Indigo Kristen High Waist Jeans - £40

Topshop - Strappy Soft Cami - £18 

River Island - White laser cut ballet pumps - £22

River Island - White Colour Block bag - £40

Zara - Pique Floral Blazer -£69.99

Whole outfit cost: 

£199.99

I chose the high waisted jeans, because they are a good staple in anyones wardrobe, the wash is great for spring (well the cold spring we're having). The darker wash is also great because it slims my thighs down a bit! I went for the bright blazer because I love it against the dark jeans. The florals are a big trend this spring and will probably be around for quite a while. The light blue cami underneath just adds a more subtle tone to the whole ensemble. I teamed it with white pumps a gold necklace and a white colour block bag. The yellow on the sides of the bag, mix well with the yellow on the blazer and gives it a fun feel. Also 1p less than the £200 budget, that's pretty good right? 

My second outfit: 

New Look - Vera Moda Louise cut out bag - £29.99

New Look - View Buckled Low Wedge Sandals - £19.99

Mango - Slits Sheer Maxi Skirt - £34.99

Urban Outfitters - Wide Brim Floppy hat - £20

Urban Outfitters - Octagon half frame sunglasses - £16

Topshop - Black Poppy Floral One Piece - £32

Whole outfit cost: 

£152.97

This is my holiday outfit. It comes in under budget at £152.97, so with the extra cash I would spend it on holiday essentials, such as: sun lotion, travel shampoo's, body lotions, after sun lotion etc. 

I love this outfit, I chose the one piece swimsuit, it's super stylish and very sliming, and you don't have to worry about weird tan lines. I picked out the blue in the swim suit, for the maxi skirt. I love wearing maxi skirts on holiday, they're so easy to wear and keep your legs cool, but warm enough in the evening. I love the colour of this one from Mango, it's a bit expensive at £34.99 but you could wear it with a lot of things. 

I had to chose a hat, you can't go on holiday without some sort of hat, as well as sunnies! I love the hexagon shape of these, so different from the usual round or oval shaped ones. 

My third outfit:

Topshop - Leather Look T-shirt -£45
Topshop - Block print skinny trousers - £42
Asos - Triangle Collar Necklace - £15
River Island - White Clean Gusset Clutch Bag - £25
Office - Ozone Black Leather Shoes - £68

Whole outfit cost: 

£199.99

This is my party outfit, I would chose this if I was going out with the girls, maybe going for a meal then out to a few bars. I went for a monochrome theme, then adding a splash of colour from the clutch bag, I would have also used the same colour nail varnish as a base coat, under the confetti top coat, however I came up to the budget for the task. 

I love this outfit, as I think you could wear it casually as well - a pair of flats and a bigger bag would help this look be more casual. I went for the pleather T-shirt, as the trousers are patterned, this means it is easy to wear, but the pleather creates a smarter look also adding texture- which is reflected in the nail varnish. I decided on the triangle pattern necklace as it reflects the pattern on the trousers well but is not too 'clashy' the white also means it doesn't add too many colours to this simple outfit. 

What do you think? 

x

Could it be? The perfect bag?

I recently took advantage of the 25% student discount special at ASOS and purchased this River Island bag. 

It is a really gorgeous bag, with two zipped compartments and one middle compartment which is closed via a magnetic clip, it is also black (best colour for a bag in my opinion, goes with everything) and it was £30 (£22 with student discount). 

This bag would have been perfect if I didn't want to use it as a laptop bag. My laptop has a 15 inch screen, which is a problem as it fits in but it comes over the top of the bag. This is such a shame because it really is a gorgeous bag. So whilst on the quest for a new one, I stumbled across this one on Betty Vintage and fell in love. 

I need this bag in my life! It's in Zara for £49.99, which is a bit pricy, but seeing as it has exactly what I want, I'm kind of warming to the price. It also means if I could get my hands on this bag, I can stop using my ridiculously large Paul Smith freebee bag, which has only one compartment! Which means it takes me 10 minutes to find my keys, purse etc.

Basically I need a plain bag that I can fit my laptop into, and also be able to fit other 'normal' handbag things in. There's a catch - It's sold out almost everywhere! 

I'm going to try my local Zara to see if by some miracle it's in there.

Wish me luck? 

(sorry for the amount of exclamation marks in this post, I'm getting over excited) 

x

Pleathery. Furry. Goodness.

Three words to describe my new coat. 

I've been looking for a coat for a while now, seeing as in December I'm lucky enough to be going to New York with my uni course. So I need a really good warm coat, seeing as it will probably be freeeeeeezing!

I already have my faux fur coat, but it's not actually as warm as you would think it is, it lets in all the cold wind, which is already too cold in England winter let alone New York.

I looked in so many shops, from New Look to Zara and Topshop, to find only one coat which was nice but wasn't very 'me'. Even though it was about £20 less I know I wouldn't love to wear it. 

When Thursday came around I knew it had to be the day I purchased a coat, seeing as West Quay Southampton, had a student shop in, where you could get up to 30% off of brands and shops! 

This included River Island, thankfully the 20% was on all day so I wouldn't need to que in the evening! I found a coat which was really nice, but I wasn't 100% sure. I bought it anyway, so I knew I had a coat. 

£85 River Island

It was the tartan version of this one, which I wasn't too sure on, but when I returned home I found they did a similar version in grey, for the same price, which was right up my street! 

I then found they had it in the right size in the Winchester branch which is only a short car journey away, I knew I had to have it so I jumped in my car and bumbled off to Winchester. After seeing it in real life, not on a website I knew it was the perfect coat. So I quickly ran over to the counter and swapped it over! 

I love this coat, it has a thick lining, which will be great in the winter, it has pleather sleeves so it is bang on trend and makes this coat look very smart. The low V on the front covered in faux fur looks so glamorous, and I can wear a nice scarf with it if my chest gets cold. 

Here's me in the coat, I think it fits me well seeing as I am on the short side. It stops just under my bum making my legs look like a usual size, not stumpy! 

Has anyone else been trying to look for their winter coat? 

x

Smart casual?

Yesterday was a busy sort of day, Uni in the morning for my new favourite lesson; fashion styling. It was the first seminar for it and I can't wait to get started! Our first assignment is to restyle a friend, a kind of personal shopping task, which should be fun. 

After that uni was over for the week, so we went into town, where I bought THE BEST top, and a gorgeous brand new coat but I'll tell you about that later. When I got home I had a few bits and pieces to sort out, as well as taking these outfit photos, before I changed because it was colder than I thought it would be! 

This was my outfit for the day time yesterday, I wore my purple/burgundy tank top on that was £3.99 in New Look, along with my New Look maxi skirt and my really old cardigan from the same shop...

This is awkward I just realised 90% of my outfit was from one shop. 

I also wore my necklace from Mint Velvet, I love this necklace it makes any outfit stand out straight away. To contrast this I wore my black authentic vans to give a more casual look, also because I had to throw a lot of my flats out, due to over wear! 

I had bought some shoes yesterday from River Island, however after wearing them last night I realised they were too small for me. As they cut up my ankles, so back to River Island to find the right size soon, in the meantime I'll be sticking to my good old Vans! 

x

Please don’t go please don’t go I love you so I love you so...

Summer has nearly gone, but so glad there's been a few days of sunshine just before Autumn kicks in!

I've been working like crazy over the last few days, and now another 7 days of working commences in a few hours. I will take this time to show you an outfit I wore yesterday, where I went into town with my boyfriend to do some much needed window shopping. 

Which was probably a bad idea, seeing as 90% of the things we saw I really loved, this maybe because I swear this seasons clothes have been made for me; the studs, the deep purples, blacks, skulls, maxi skirts, blazers, leather....mmmmm.  

Seeing as it was a scorching hot day, I decided to go for a light look. Breaking out my River Island grey maxi dip back skirt which I haven't worn since my holiday in July! I love this skirt the only think is you've got to watch out when it's windy! They have now got it in other colours and prints on the River Island website, which is great. 

Note : My terrible tan line from Reading festival on the right hand photograph...

I teamed my skirt with my Topshop white basic neppy tee  which was £14. It's a great price for such a good quality Tshirt, it's also textured which makes it a lot nicer than a standard white tee, it is also a more slouchy fit, which I love! 

I decided to add this necklace to it, as I thought it was a bit too plain without it. It's such an old necklace; vintage I suppose. I think it was my mum's, but I've had it in my jewelry box for such a long time. I just never had anything I could wear it with, but now I think it goes perfectly with my outfit; it was worth the wait! 

I didn't want to wear much make up because of the heat so I'm wearing only Infallible eyeliner in Night Day Black by L'Oréal, which I bought in Boots. Along with bad gal lash mascara by Benefit which I got for free in Glamour magazine a little while ago. Got to love free makeup from magazines! 

I may not be on the blogging front a lot the next few weeks, as I have a massively busy work schedule this week, where I'm working literally every day! But I will try and do some blog posts! 

Hope you've had a great day!

x

The Crop Top

Much to my surprise I have started to like crop tops, which a few months ago I hated with a passion. However after thinking about it, if you put the crop tops with something high-waisted they can actually look really good. So after looking on Topshop.com and filling up my basket with an array of items; which I shall get on to, in good time, I stumbled upon their basic crop tee. The colours were to die for, with a soft mottled effect, I had to at least try them out. So I bought two, a light yellowy green and blue, hoping they would fit me. 

They arrived and I the yellowy/green top was darker than I thought, as the image on the website makes it look near enough light grey. But I love it anyway, I have nothing else that colour in my wardrobe so I was really excited to inject a bit of colour. 

I'm wearing the yellow on today with my River Island maxi skirt, which works amazingly with the mottle effect on the top. 

I'm also wearing my favourite necklace from Topshop, I love the gold against the yellow I think it compliments it well. I will probably wear this outfit with my black vans to complete a sports luxe look. 

x

Two hours, two Norris's and a Topshop credit card...

Today has been so productive it's unreal. My sister and I went shopping, to buy things for the photo shoot I am doing for my uni work on Monday! Which is a 50's style photo shoot with a classic car, I am beyond excited. Anyway whilst in town I managed to get all my outfits together, in just under two hours, which was really quick. Whilst in New Look my sister and I stumbled across the shoe section; well how could you miss it! 

We were like two kids in a sweet shop, running around finding shoes to try on. I spotted these black ones, I know they are boring and black, however when it comes to black shoes I only have some really old wedges, which have got a bit boring. So I decided to buy them, they are really comfy and will go with everything. Yay! 

Also here's a sneak peak of the things I bought for my photo shoot...6 Days to go! 

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You may have waited for this, but you probably haven't, because frankly it's not that exciting...

But here is my last purchase from River Island! This skirt I managed to pick up for £12, yes you heard me correctly, twelve British pounds! 

It was originally £25 and I couldn't believe my luck, I'd seen this skirt when it was full price and I really liked the colour but decided against it because of the price. But as I was sifting through the sale, I saw it hanging there on its own, it was fate! 

I am contemplating taking the skirt up a little bit though, to bring it to my knees. I'm only 5 foot 3 and I feel like I need to have it a little bit shorter, to make me look my height and not a tiny dumpy ginger girl (disclaimer: not that there's anything wrong with that!)

What do you think? Should I take the skirt up or leave it on my calves?

 I am wearing it today with a really old Topshop tank top, with the words 'love to love' in some sort of barbed wire design. This is a great top, as it is super simple and easy to wear and goes perfectly with this skirt! 

I also added a few rings to my outfit today, the first (left) is from Topshop, it's a semi-precious stone, which I love. The second (right) is from Forever 21 and it was about £3, seriously love that store. 

x

The first week of the Easter Holidays...

I've had such a good half a week, as I've been hanging out with my boyfriends friends, who are all lovely! So I've been so chilled out, driving around, pigeons flying into my cars windscreen; thank god I wasn't going fast so no harm came to this bird! Building fires in the evening, whilst sitting on mattresses, drinking wine and looking at stars. I really have enjoyed my first week of the Easter holidays!

This week I've also bought a few new items for my wardrobe, seeing as it's still overloaded with winter clothes, which is a bit annoying when it's scorching hot sunshine outside! 

This is what I wore yesterday, well I was wearing my Levi 501's but then me and the boyfriend went into Southampton, where I bought this dipped hem skirt from River Island and I wanted to wear it as soon as I could find a bathroom to change in. 

I'm in a huge phase of wearing maxi skirts, because they are light and airy, they also go near enough everything! 

 This one was £22 which isn't too bad considering it is super comfy, with the cross over at the front. Also the skinny belt came with it! You all know how I love adding a 'rocky edge' to things and this goes perfectly. 

The top I'm wearing was £14.99 and from New Look. I love it! Seriously my favourite top at the moment, it's great because it's summery because it is sleeveless. It is also great because it's black and grey so it will go with near enough anything in my wardrobe. 

I bought a few more things but I'll let you wait with baited breath.

Enjoy your day 

x