Showing posts with label bag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bag. Show all posts

Wednesday 22 January 2014

Most Wanted: Monochrome


Spring is slowly on its way and it could not come soon enough considering the miserable weather here at the moment. Spring/Summer collections are already starting to hit the high street. As you might have seen in My wardrobe blog post, I wear a lot of dark colours and one of my new year resolutions is to be more adventurous with my style and wear more colour but after I saw that monochrome is a key trend for the upcoming season I couldn’t say no to a few of these beauties.


(L-R) white zip coat – £25 Primark,
Cream chiffon insert tee - £25 Miss Selfridge,
Black and white geometric print leggings - £22,
White tres en vogue Madame oversized t-shirt - £16 both River Island,
Hinge hobo bag - £36 Topshop.



Tuesday 7 January 2014

My Wardrobe and most loved.

Last week I invested in a new wardrobe, the old one was falling apart and was way too small for all my clothes. I’m a pretty tidy and organised person so I couldn’t wait to have a sort out and finally have a decent amount of wardrobe space. Through organising my clothes I managed to find a lot of things that I forgot I had and I got rid of a few items too, most of which my sisters nabbed and what was left is going to charity.



I thought I would give you a little look at my wardrobe and show you a few of my most loved items. I am a massive fan of plaid at the moment; I think it looks really wintery and cosy. I bought this plaid shirt from new look a few months ago. Its really soft and is just about long enough to wear with leggings on days where I want to be comfortable, I also wear this shirt with blue wash denim or black skinny jeans, black boots or converses.



I purchased this short sleeve blouse from warehouse last summer for my graduation outfit. I love the patterned jacquard yoke and zip detail at the front of the blouse. I wear this with black jeans or tucked in to a skirt for a less causal look.



Last year I bought this playsuit from Miss Selfridge. The cinched in waist and frill edging at the front give me a curvy figure. If you have even worn a playsuit you will know they are really inconvenient to undo especially when you’re desperate for the loo so I really love that this one has a zip at the front. I usually wear this on nights out with wedges and it can be worn in both summer and winter.



Everyone needs a go to pair of denim jeans. These skinny ‘Baxter’ denim jeans from Topshop fit perfectly. I’ve had them for a few years now and they seem to get better with more wear. I find it really annoying when I buy a pair of jeans that fit perfectly but then stretch after a little wear, but these don’t do that at all. I only wish that I had bought a couple more pairs in different washes as I struggle to find decent pairs of jeans.  



Last year zatchels had their second birthday and to celebrate they had a 50% sale on their satchels. I love pastel colours so when I saw this pastel blue one I couldn’t resist a bargain. I got this one in 15 inches as at the time of purchase I was studying at Uni, so I needed space for my sketchbooks. I really can’t wait for summer so I can use it again.



Like most girls I own a lot of shoes so choosing my favourite pair of shoes was a bit difficult. I managed to narrow it down to two pairs of shoes, a pair of black peep toe wedges and a one of my latest purchases, a pair of boots, which I wrote about in one of my earlier blog posts. The wedges are from New Look; they are so comfy and really easy to walk in. The boots are from Miss Selfridge, I really needed a pair of smart heeled boots for both casual and smart wear and these are perfect for just that.



I hope you enjoyed having a look inside my wardrobe.


Laura x

Sunday 29 December 2013

What I got for christmas


Apologises for not blogging for a little while, I’ve been really busy working and spending time with my family over the Christmas period. I had an amazing Christmas and have been thoroughly spoilt. I am incredibly grateful for the time spent with my family and for all the presents I have received. I thought I would share a few of them with all of you.



A while ago when I went shopping for Christmas presents, I visited the Pandora store in West Quay, Southampton. I’ve never been a massive fan of Pandora but I spotted a silver bracelet from their new collection ‘Essence’, and fell in love with the charms so brought it as a Christmas present for myself.  For Christmas my parents gave me the ‘Loyalty’ charm and my sisters gave me the ‘Respect’ charm.

My parents also gave me a Ted Baker make up bag. I’ve accumulated a lot of make up recently and have been using a box to store all my make up and brushes in so I can finally have a mass sort out and have somewhere practical to store my make up. My main present (also from my parents) is something that was on the top of my Christmas list as soon as it came out. Foreo Luna mini is pretty much a clarisonaic but without all the interchange heads and hefty price tag. It’s simply a compact, silicone, and skincare device to help cleanse your face. I’ve used it twice everyday since Christmas and so far my skin feels amazing. At this stage its pretty hard to measure how much of an improvement it has made, so at the end of the month I’ll write a review and let you all know how I’ve got on with the device.

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

Laura x