Todays...makes an buys !

On my course as well as having mountains of books to read I find myself with a lot of spare time..so I was bord and thought wouldn't it be fun to tie dye stuff...so I went on a trip to the art shop round the corner..and they were out of black (my preferred colour)...and what they said was dark brown was there and I was desperate to do it so I thought that would do...apparently not!!! I love love love the tie dye look, however I think the colour is not working here!!!

Also I brought some new shoes (brogues) from topshop amazing...teamed with some long socks!!! I think I am going to wear these shoes, long socks and a pretty flowery vintage dress tomorrow..can't wait!!!

XXX

P.s tie dying is so fun everyone should be doing it !!!

Long live Carnaby street!

Carnaby Street may be more than 300 years old, howevere its major heyday was back in the sixties...so to mark its 50Th anniversary there will be a series of events going on in and around the street on Friday 26Th of February...there will be an exhibition at number 38 for people to view a number of artifacts such as the sixties paper dress and a rare copy of The Kinks single Dedicated Follower.

In June there will be a "Summer of Love" music festival in the street to mark the anniversary, inspired by the sounds that rocked the world half a century ago...

and in September there will be a fashion show linking the era of the mini skirt to the modern fashion boutiques that line the street today.

Carnaby Street may not be what it used to be, but there is no harm in trying to bring back some of that Carnaby coolness that was a hit so many years ago...I love what they are trying to do, and its a nice cheap thing to do with friends and family!

Definitely putting these dates in my diary! nothing like a bit of cultural history celebrated in a fun way !!!

x x x

The day of the Retro Fair!!!

Beginning the day with a 7am start...wanting to leave at half 7 but being the people we are we left no earlier than 7:45.

Walking to the tube station we realised we should have done our relative weekend tube closures research..but of course we didn't..and of course only the two closest tube stations were closed the whole of the Circle line was down along with the Hammersmith and city...and by this time it was 8 and we were running late on our schedule...so what did we decide to do but walk to Tower hill...MISSION !!!! so it took us about 50 minutes to get there (north wembley) ...LATE !!! and what did we do...QUE and it felt like minus degrees!

so we qued ...

and we qued...

and we qued some more...FOR AN HOUR

and we could see all these people walking past with loads of bags that was one less item that we could potentially perchase...we were gutted and cold.
(next time...get there earlier...and research the tube!)

and more bags!!!

but the entrance was in sight!

from the inside...absolute carnage!

more style papping ! he always seems to get photoed wearing that denim jacket! people love it !

The items that i purchased..now it was £20 for a small bag which thought might be a little to much for what you might get! however we managed to cram stuff in amazing !!!

and I realise that my photography skills do not do these items justice :) I will photo them on very soon...

and yes I do know there is a giant stain on this dress but it was full of lacey goodness!

This T-shirt I want to cut the arm holes and cut the sleeves off I will show you the finished product...in good time.

Now just a few alterations I've done so far

and I'm going to play ...you see it...

Now you don't...

made it a top and took the lining out because the dress was a bit too small at bottom!

Now you see it...

Now you don't.

I feel I may make a few other alterations to other items but watch this space...and yes that new lace top is currently soacking in my sink with vanish! that stuff is pure magic.

but all in all a tiring day but worth it...but next time we are getting there at least and hour earlier !!!

x x x

By the sea (the thames)!!!

These are the photos from today that my friend Steph took for her work, she made this head piece thing that kept blowing me away !

It was fun after a while but quite awquard at first as everyone kept looking! but after a while I was embrassing the look..it was something about diamonds and the sea...she kept mentioning mermaids but edgy!

hope you like the photos...I picked my favourite from them all :)...feel they need a bit of photoshopping though to make them thoroughly awsome !

Here I was very scared that I was going to fall off...holding onto this lamp for dear life!

I look like the queen of the mermaids :) !

Location: The Thames

Photos, styling and makeup:Stefanie Humphries

Top: Vintage

Leggings: Topshop

Shoes: Steve Madden

x x x x

P.S Hope you like them.

Everyone loves Lilly !

Just casually browsing through the evening standard...(one of my daily news fixes) and I stumble across this..at a glance I didn't know who it was..then realised its Lilly....I love this women she so down to earth..however looking slightly Gaga styly here...I love the crazy hair however I would never pull it off myself...she's does just have such great sense of style, some occasions slightly crazyer than others if I do say so myself. but LOVE HER!

Plus..I love her dress!!!

Also I saw this in there aswell and I found this hilerious..although true ... its just odd to see it advertised like that! lol

Also I have this issue and it was £4 !!!! more expensive than normal I was shocked at point of purchase...really just saw this image and had to share because it made me chuckle

P.s helping a friend with her uni work tomorrow doing a shoot and we are doing it by the themes and on millenium bridge...so many people are going to be staring at me !!!! but I will definately try and embrace it ...so watch this space for photos :)

OVER AND OUT

x x x x

Just sharing these photos taken by my friend Steph

Wearing Dress from Therapy, shoes from Steve Madden, and the jacket I made myself :)

Ah I'm such a poser...love it !

Location: our balcony...well thats what we like to call it its actually the area just outside our fire exit.

Going to an arts uni loads of people having amazing SLR cameras that take such amazing pictures...I really want one!!!! (definately top on my wish list) ...I'm quite inerested in photography espescially fashion photography...kind of wish I'd done the styling and Photograpy course at LCF...but I'm loving my course atm so can't complain :)

x x x x

Dress like the stars !

Well this is less about dressing like the stars but more about dressing like the stars in the films...this looks amzing...a fair that is selling costumes from loads of television programmes and films.

What could be more amazing!?

(click on the image to read it)

This is such a bargin although you do have to pay £5 to enter you can fill a medium sized bag for £20 and a large one for £50.. now I think this is the place to find some real beauty pieces here...I know where I'm going to be on February 6th (this saturday)....Courtenay Road, Wembley, London (and it starts at 8:30am)...be there or be square!!!

x x x