A/W Wish Lists (Part 1)

To add a little variety on the wish list front I've enlisted the help of my friends to do what our degrees and those long hours in the library taught us to do so well....

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1. Dress ~ French Connection ~ £160

2. Coat ~ Topshop ~  £98

3. Nail Polish ~ YSL ~ £18.00

4. Boots ~ Kurt Geiger ~ £150

5. Earrings ~ Elizabeth Jewellery ~ Silver Pebble Earrings £12.50 

6. Bag ~ Dooney and Bourke ~ $445

When God Was a Rabbit...

 This is a book about a brother and a sister. 

It's a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything inbetween. 

More than anything it's a book about love in all its forms.

I know that this book came out a while ago and so I'm a little behind on my love for it (I've got a lot of catching up to do now that my reading list isn't solely restricted to VERY IMPORTANT BOOKS) but if you haven't read this then read it. It's hard to describe exactly what the plot of this book encompasses but it's heartbreakingly beautiful. It's funny (like laugh out loud funny) but achingly sad (it will make you cry). It follows the lives of Elly and her brother Joe from the late 1960's all the way through to 2001, it involves a rabbit called God and is now, quite possibly, one of my favourite books. Ever. 

The cover design is also amazing and done by one of my favourite artists and designers Ami Smithson at Cabin London.

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Indian Summer

 

I know, after the latest British weather disaster that was the Bank Holiday weekend, the prospect of an Indian Summer may seem somewhat of a joke. I have however heard it on the grapevine (well...  just from my dad) that things are set to improve in September....  I also haven't been on my summer holiday yet (going to Turkey on Saturday), so as far as I'm concerned, summer remains. I know the shops are now filled with A/W stuff and excitement over knit wear does threaten to weaken my resolve to cling onto the last of the summer.... but pastel colours, crop tops, Fleetwood Mac, Peroni and FroYo, all of which seem to epitomise the summer so far, are staying for the time being.

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Polka Dot Dress ~ MissGuided ~ £22.99

Jeans ~ Topshop ~ £15

Moroccan Lanterns ~ Rigby and Mac ~ £6.95 - £15.95

Underwear ~ Topshop ~ £29.00

Nail Varnish - Chanel 

Bronzing Pearls ~ The Body Shop ~ £13

Red Lace Dress ~ Topshop ~ £45

Still trying to find where the shoes are from... will update if I do.

p.s

Best. frozen. yoghurt. ever.  (partly because it's just so much fun to say)

Lorenzo Aguis

I've just discovered the work of photographer Lorenzo Aguis, who is probably most well known for the images he took for the 1996 British classic 'Trainspotting'. A combination of both the A-list of Mario Testino and the English whimsicality of Tim Walker his work is both beautiful and humorous. LOVIN' IT. 

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July Wishlist...

1. Dress | Jolie Moi | £15

2. Nail Polish | Essie | Cascade Cool | £7.99 | Available at Boots

3. Bag | LK Bennett | Was £325, now £195

4. Perfume | Elie Saab | From £35 | Available at Boots

5. Foundation | YSL | £28 | Available at Boots

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Guide to Rome

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End of Uni resolutions...

Print by James Joyce available at Print Club London here.

 Right, so I've been totally rubbish about blogging recently but to be fair in the last month or so I've finished my finals, graduated, been to Italy (twice), drunk ALOT of wine, eaten far too much, stripped down to my underwear at a formal dinner (it's tradition!?) and basically had the most incredible time celebrating the last of uni with my friends. I have now moved to London, joined the gym (we'll see how long that lasts...), have an internship starting next week and am trying to find a weekend job to fund my visits to Topshop (which are now, devastatingly, not cushioned by my student discount). Basically I'm faced with the slightly disturbing reality of having to grow up*....
I am, however going to try and do this a bit more regularly, so watch this space!
(*a bit)

Graduation

Girrrliesss

Italy

This song sums up the last year...as does Fun's 'We are Young'.

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Revision 101

 Also getting me through my exams is 'We Are Young' by Fun feat. Janelle Monae
2 weeks tomorrow and I'm done!!! Yeahhh baby. 

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Links:

Charlotte Olympia Shoes

River Island Bag

Topshop Bralet

Paperchase Headphones

Moleskine Notebooks

Jilly Cooper Books

EXAMS

STRESSED FRESHERS: 

Apologies...

Massive apologies for lack of posts. drowning in finals revision. Will try and get a post up early this week.

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