Sugar Rush

You can't open a magazine without seeing the amazing campaign from Louis Vuitton featuring soft waves of colour and girls posing next to ice cream sundaes in a vintage style ice cream parlour.

These images conjure up scenes of summer sitting in the park in a delicate powder blue lace dress, from Valentino, or sitting in a patisserie pinky in the air eating a sugary bun in a Jonathan Saunders mix of pale pink and yellow.

    Valentino                                                            Jonathan Saunders 

It is trend that I'm seeing a lot of recently, gorgeous hues of sugary bursts of colour from mint shirts to sheer pink dresses, that make you feel like a Princess.

This is one trend I'll be following by trying to add a pastel shade to my wardrobe of typically black and grey (classic) but sometimes boring clothes, it's perfect for some one like me who is not necessarily afraid of colour but not sure how to go about wearing it.

I've got my eye on this gorgeous green Topshop Skirt that reminds me of the Simone Rocha dress Lady GaGa wore in January's Elle. It's actual colour is like a mint green though you can't tell in the picture and worn with a simple white cami vest top and some brogues I think it will make the perfect sweet addition to my wardrobe.

Red Sole

There's always one designer piece that EVERYONE covets, from a classic Chanel 2.55 Bag to a perfectly British Burberry Trench.

Now shoes come and go and of course most women would sell their Grandma's for some Jimmy Choo's or Manlo Blahnik's but in more recent years there's been a certain red sole that has captured women's hearts and become a lust have, synonymous with Hollywood Glamour and Splendour.

Getting inspiration from his assistant Christian Louboutin first painted the soles of his shoes red after seeing her painting her nails red and thought about using that in his line of shoes.

Ever since his shoes have been worn by everyone from Beyonce and Sarah Jessica Parker to Penelope Cruz and his gorgeous muse Blake Lively.

And it is because of his high status and long career that London Design Museum is holding an exhibition of the wonderful shoe designer that is Christian Louboutin, taking the public through personal archives of designs and drawings from original sketches all the way to production. All showcasing his career from apprentice to working with Chanel and YSL all the way to his own line in 1989.

Running from 28th March-July 1st, I for one am hoping to go and get me some serious shoe porn!

Voucher Haul

I got some Vouchers for Christmas which were for New Look and have so far resisted buying anything as I wanted something I really liked, however me and my mom popped down there today and had a look and they were having a promotion on jewellery buy one get one free so I bought the cross  necklace for £6.99 and got the gorgeous coral and diamante earrings FREE! I loved the cross as I thought it was quite a statement piece for when you are wearing quite plain clothes and the earrings looked so retro and cool that I couldn't say no. 

And so on to the bag, I've wanted to buy like a big clutch bag for a while but the ones I kept seeing were either too expensive or cheap looking, but then I saw this teal green bag buried on a rack of sale items, it didn't have a sale sticker but I thought you know what £12 is not bad for a bag I will use all the time. It's big enough to carry EVERYTHING I need on a night out and I loved the colour so decided to buy it anyway, took it to the counter and it was scanned at £5, I couldn't believe it what a bargain and I never seem to get a bargain. So after today I only spent £11 in vouchers so still have a couple of quid left for a nice dress or something. 

These were bought a couple of days ago, at work we won a local incentive and each got £50 worth of vouchers to spend, I already bought some jewellery from Topshop but still had £40 left which was burning a hole in my pocket so I had a look in Topshop and saw this wild top which was £20 and although I liked it I never bought it, I went in again saw it liked it but still didn't buy it then the third time I went in I thought why not just try it, so I put in on and fell in love it's so cute and suitable for the summer and festival season. It has a sheer front panel with the print on then the back is plain white, and then I saw this gold glitter pencil skirt and thought to myself how different, so I tried them both on together and they just kind of went so I had to get them both the skirt was £32 and I would never have spent that but I had vouchers so thought why not.
I can't wait to wear them out.

I love shopping when it doesn't cost you anything 

Mary Katrantzou

I actually wrote down in my little notebook of blogging ideas about doing a post dedicated to Mary Kantrantzou and no one believed me last year when I went to a university interview that she was one to watch, well I guess I and many of the other people who have helped her along the way were right. Having won the emerging talent award at the British Fashion Awards this designer has gone from strength to strength. 

She first debuted her first collection at London Fashion week in 2008 it wasn't till her S/S11 that I really started to pay attention and I'm glad that I did. 

With an absolutely amazing S/S12 show Mary has gone on to design a capsule collection for Topshop and I for one couldn't be more excited. 

Released 17th Feb I'm hoping to grab an amazing piece from the collection. 

Photo's taken from Topshop Website no copyright infringement intended 

Paradise

Disaronno and Coke

Wedges: Boohoo
Platform Heels: Independent Shop

Aztec Dress: MissGuided
Earrings: ASOS
Rings: Various Shops

Dress: Glamorous
Crystal Necklace: River Island
Gold Chain Necklace: Primark
Earrings: Topshop

Went on a spontaneous night out with my friend so I thought I'd do like an outfit post.

Had a good time, I love when you go out and spend the night outside talking to random people who you are never going to see again but it doesn't seem to matter because in that moment you have so much in common and so much to talk about and you'll remember it briefly the day after but then it's gone.
Drank far too many cocktail's but when it's buy one get one free it's rude not to, we did have a strange one called a MaiTai and it was so lemony like a sickly lemon cheesecake kind of taste, has any one ever had one of those before? What did you think?

Under the sea: Look for less

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After doing the Under the Sea post I started craving a little bit of the sea with me and being a part time employed sales assistant obviously cannot afford the Chanel price tag, even though I would happily sell my Grandma for a piece of Chanel...Just kidding...maybe...

Anyway so I started looking at different places where I could get the look for a little bit less and found some interesting pieces for not a lot of money.

1. Rare at ASOS green chiffon dress, I thought the colour was lovely a gorgeous pastel mint that reminded me of the seaside and the way the dress hangs is really feminine and floaty like fabric under the sea.

2. ASOS Shell Clutch, I loved the Chanel Shell clutch and while this is a more simplified version I think it's a beautiful substitute. I love anything where black and gold is the colour scheme, so this clutch is ideal.

3. Topshop all over sequin dress, When I think of sequins for some reason my mind always goes back to the 90's when sequins were oversized and garish, but this dress seems really sophisticated and the colour is perfect for Spring. Think of the sequins as very fashionable scales on a mermaids tail.

4. TFNC at ASOS sequin bodice dress, Sequins and the sheer pleated skirt combines the two features that I think make up this trend.

5. Topshop Lurex roll sweat top, Admittedly this is actually part of Topshop's sporty trend going on right now but I thought the metallic sheen was perfect for an underwater trend and it's casual enough to be worn in the day...in fact I did nearly buy this top the other day but refrained as I'm trying to save money but isn't it just lovely.

6. Monsoon Vintage Shell Clutch, This is a more subtle version of the other ASOS clutch, I liked the gold clasp and the indented lines that rather than pointedly declaring it's a shell made you think of the details of a sea shell.

7. Finsk metallic leather shoes, Metallic, pleated, ankle boot, what's not to like? They are beautiful.

8.Topshop Sequin double layer top, Clear sequins that remind you of the shimmer on the water on a sunny day. Simple but effective. 

Silver Booties

Chanel SS12
The boots in question. 

After seeing the silver boots from Chanel's SS12 Collection I decided to go on a bit of a hunt for silver shoes probably the only colour of shoe I don't actually own and I found these. 

So I thought I would share. 

1,2,3,4,5 clockwise.

1. Pierre Cardin, I'd say these are my favourite because they look formal enough to be worn in the evening but also in the day to add a different dimension to an outfit.
2. Peggy by Emma Go, I thought these looked quite lovely for the summer more edgy then say a tan boot but they look quite safe.
3. Jeffrey Campbell Lita's in Silver, Most of us are familiar with the popular Jeffrey Campbell Lita's (which I will get one day) these are those but in silver, which I think are really different but whereas some Lita's I would wear in the day I'd reserve these specially for evening wear.
4.River Island, I love how these aren't too high and the black band gives a contrast to what could seem overly glittery silver boots. I have no idea what I'd wear them with all I know is that I love them and desperately need them.
5. River Island again, Now I know these are more ankle heels rather than boots but I like the peep toe, the cut away side and the 3 little studs place along the front of the shoe so much that I had to include them.