Stylish Ski Wear

 I think that we can all agree that, much as we love Bridget, none of us want to look like this on the slopes. And while it's unlikely that we'll ever manage to emulate this...

....without looking like a bit of a twat, we can always try...

1. Columbia Seamless Top - Sweaty Betty - £45  

2. Onesie - OnePiece - £139

3. Skis - Atomic from Snow + Rock - £475

4. Moon Boots - Barts - £69.99

5. Hat - French Connection - £12.50

6. Socks - Topshop - £10

7. Gloves - Tesco - £4 

8. Helmet - Snow + Rock - £99.99 

9. Jacket - Canada Goose - reduced from £377 to £191

10.  Jumper - Topshop

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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)

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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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. 

Lx

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Links:

Charlotte Olympia Shoes

River Island Bag

Topshop Bralet

Paperchase Headphones

Moleskine Notebooks

Jilly Cooper Books

Weekend activities....

 

Major major love for the new Aspinal of London Molly Satchel (named after their new ambassador the GORGEOUS Molly King from the Saturdays - the one who went out with David Ghandi and is now rumoured to be preeeettty close to Prince Harry.... JEL MUCH). Also loving MissGuided at the moment (where the black dress above is from). Out this week in the cinema is the much awaited Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, featuring a fantastic British cast of Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristen Scott Thomas - looks incredible! 

Apologies for brevity and lack of content - currently drowning in essay and revision. Whoop! 

Lx

More Spring Inspiration..

I LOVE THESE SHOES. 

correction.. I NEED THESE SHOES to get through my exams

Buy them from MissGuided (more to follow on them soon!)

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April wish list...

NARS Blusher ~ £21

Vintage Playing Card ~ Tracy Kemp ~ £4.55

Bikini ~ River Island ~ Top £15, Bottoms £10

Sunglasses ~ Topshop ~ £16

Watch ~ Michael Kors (Available at ASOS) ~ £199

Korres Almond Oil and Calendula Hand Cream - Available at ASOS - £9

Shoes ~ Topshop - £65

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A (slightly tenuous) Passage through India....

I'm currently writing an essay on Kipling's India fiction and the national boundaries within Empire (fascinating stuff ... no really it actually is, Kipling is a literary genius), but I was reminded of the amazing pictures of India taken by Norman Parkinson in 1956 for Vogue. I adore his work - its infused with such pre-war vision and an old school glamour that those who came after the war never quite managed to capture. If you want to see more of his work, there is currently an exhibition of his work at Bristol's M Shed, running until the 15th April. 

For those wanting to read about 'old school' India and the good old days of the British Raj, I would recommend Forster's A Passage to India or, for something perhaps a little lighter, Kipling's Plain Tales from the Hills.

Also in my brief moments of procrastination (ahem...) I came across Thakoon's new nail polish range for NARS, inspired by his Indian colours from his S/S 12 NYFW collection). Slightly tenuous link but they're too cute to ignore!! (Available from 1st May)

(Apologies for the rambling post, I probably need to get out of the library more...) 

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Spring Wish List

Its officially spring, my dissertation is pretty much DONE, and the shops are full of clothes that none of us will feel warm in until at least June. I always hesitate to buy stuff for summer this early on (especially bikinis....), but as I regularly find, by the time its gets hot enough to think about it all the best stuff has gone and the new A/W collections are in. I have therefore resolved to shop early this year (not exactly a challenging task... but hey..).

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Dress ~ Dorothy Perkins (image via MarieClaire)

Nail Varnish, Jeans and Chiffon Top ~ Topshop

Cucumber Candle ~ True Grace

Bag ~ Aldo

Shoes ~ Pretty Ballerina (available at Kurt Geiger)

Some beautiful things....

Just over a week till the old dissertation is due so this is short and sweet. Just some lovely things that I've come across really! The illustration is one I did a while ago and the bag is the new Mulberry inspired by Lana Del Rey who is my current style obsession - see her shoot in the March Vogue for further confirmation of this! Other images are from the wonderful {this is glamorous}. 

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Talk PR Open Day....

Last week I attended one of the quarterly open days hosted by the lovely Talk PR. The open day consisted of a series of informal sessions with the different Talk PR teams, with the addition of two fantastic guest speakers, Madeline Crisp (beauty editor of New! Magazine and columnist for the Daily Mirror) and Jess Markwood (Editorial director of Aigua Media). The day was a fantastic opportunity to get an insight into the PR industry and have a good chat with people who clearly knew what they were talking about. Just in case I forget, or if anyone else is interested in reading it, I  thought I would note down some of the things that I picked up from the day (tips/advice, great bits of coverage, and some amazing products and designers).

Having just finished LFW there were some fantastic examples of how, when it comes to PR, (especially with beauty products), its not just about selling the individual items but offering the whole package. This means brands such as Wella styling and sponsoring the shows, as well as producing media supplements such as backstage edits (see the Backstage video from the Felder Felder show below). 

One of my favourites from S/S '12 : a 1950s Miami Beach Glamour
styled by Panos Papadrianos & the Wella Professionals Creative Team
for Charlotte Olympia. 


Backstage: LFW AW12 Felder Felder - Adam Reed, Hair How To from Talk PR on Vimeo.

One of the two NEWGEN designers that Talk look after is the AMAZING Holly Fulton. I got to see her SS12 collection, which I have to say, is even better in the flesh. 

Holly Fulton AW 2012 (style.com)

Jess is the Editorial Director of Aigua Media, an online publishing network which manages 13 fashion, beauty and lifestyle MEGAzines (including the blogs 'Catwalk Queen', 'The BagLady', 'Kiss & Make-up' and the retail platforms 'OSOYOU' and 'OSOGLAM'). Incredibly driven, Jess' career is a fantastic example of why the simplest route is not always the one in which you learn the most.  Having pulled OSOYOU out the other side of administration and learnt incredible amounts along the way, the success of Aigua media is a credit to her talent and determination. Below are her DOs and DONTs for those wishing to go into PR:

 




Before attending the open day, technology PR wasn't something that I had ever really considered (and yes, I admit that I had been put off by the 'geek stereotype'), but the girls (yes girls) were anything but geeky, and what they had to say about the changing face of consumer technology was really interesting. One of their recent products was the Fujifilm X100, a camera that aimed to place fujifilm in the league of the big professional brands such as Nikon and Canon. To raise awareness, they had teamed up with professional photographers, such as Grazia's 'Style Hunter' Phil Taylor, to showcase not just the product but the quality of the photos. They also gave one to David Beckham to take document Victoria's NYFW show!

{Image from Grazia}

Madeline is the Beauty Editor of New! magazine, a columnist for the Daily Mirror, a freelance journalist, and clearly one of the top in her field when it comes to beauty. Her favourite new product at the moment are the multi-purpose BB creams (what's not to love about them!) Here are some of her top tips from a journalists perspective: 

An interactive brainstorming session rounded off the day meaning that we could all try our hand at some of the things that we had learnt before sharing a glass of wine with everyone at the end. Essentially the day confirmed the fact that PR is the field of work that I want to go into and I would love to end up working for a company as exciting as Talk. Everyone there, the other girls included, was unbelievably friendly and would advise anyone wishing to go into Beauty/Fashion/Technology PR to go along and see what Talk is about. 

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