Mr Selfridge

The great new drama, itv 9:00 Sundays (or an hour later on itv+1 or on iplayer).
Set in the early 1900s it shows the dramatised opening of the department store Selfridges. This sounds a little lame at first but watch the programme, it is great! It really makes you wish you were around at the time, with new innovations for the fabulous art of shopping.

Although the clothes are now very outdated and you would look a little weird but the fabulous extravagance and the class in the outfits is adored. I sometimes wish I could have been born in this era and this programme makes me wish all the more.

College has started back and although we've only been there two days we've already started a good amount of work. Firstly we had to finish off our proposal for Final Major Project. For FMP we have to make our own theme and write a good proposal to interest our tutors. If they agree we can go ahead. I have based mine on the font Standing Room Only.

With my proposal finished I'm excited to start research (mostly because I get to watch Bugsy Malone and Chicago). 
In our practical lessons we have started looking at more techniques. Today we looked at bias binding and the multiple ways it can be introduced - so much more than I thought! and we had a go at piping samples, when straight lines this is nice and easy, on a steep curve it is a very different story =/ this has also made me excited to finally get started on FMP! 

 Bring on these last 2 terms!!

SS13 - primark

Look just released the first look at the spring summer stock of Primark. Anyone with any sense should like Primark as they can have some great buys, cheap prices and it doesn't all fall apart as everyone thinks. As all highstreet stores should, they've looked to the trends and some of these items have got it just right.
: monochrome

neon: 
these sunglasses are quite cool but i'm not sure many could pull it off unless wearing a very boho outfit or in an Escada advert.

I love the homage to 90's fashion in this piece

I also rather love this little dress








see the whole collection on Look's website.

What Will Next Year Bring

So you'd have had to have just climbed out of a time machine or just come out of a coma to not know it is NYE!! At 12 tonight everyone will be celebrating the passing of the last year and will be resolving to do things bigger and better than ever. 
This year (hopefully) fashion and my own designing will also be better than ever.
 As the sales started the new season stock hit the shelves we got our first glimpses of how the high street has jumped on the trends designers showcased earlier this year. 
The top trends forecast for 2013:

What's your favourite trend? and what's your new years resolutions??

The Sales!

Since my last post I headed back to all the end of season sales. I spent far more than I planned but I got paid today so its all fine. First I headed back to New Look

the same jeans from my previous post but in forest green, oversized owl shirt and this lovely floral shirt which was great for the pub last night and sits nicely due to the elasticated hem.


Next I visited M&CO where I picked up these lovely burgundy jersey trousers, I love the seam running  down the front of the leg instead of the outside makes them just that little bit more interesting.

Now my perfumes: I wanted to go into Victoria Secrets any way where I found this lovely set of perfumes. Then being the clutz I am I nearly broke the bottle when I dropped it on the floor!!! After that the manager came over to check if anything needed clearing up and to tell me it wasn't my fault - made me feel much less embarrassed - she told me about the gift set, £8 more but with body lotion, shower gel and handbag spritzer extra. I also popped into beauty base where I picked up this great offer, £7.99 each or 2 for £10 (one also came with a deodorant spray!) This is them.

Lastly - my AMAZING lounge pants. I have been after these for about 6 months after I watched The Avengers and saw these in tesco, I was waiting for them to go into sales and before they did they ran out of stock, turns out parents bought the very last pair!! Here they are!

Christmas and The Sales

Its Christmas!!! Today I'm gonna mention pressies and also THE BOXING DAY SALES!!!! So first, I like (but am not good at) nail art. When I went to the craft show I saw this set!This Nail Supreme art set comes with both normal nail varnish end and an ultra fine nib for decorating, so I had to start experimenting!! This was the out come! 

I also got these cool boots. 

Now the boxing day sales!!!! I headed to new look before they closed on the 24th to see what had already been marked down. This is what I ended up buying!! 
Jeans £9 they are so soft they feel like velvet!! previously £16.99
Top £4 that's my type of price!!! originally £7.99

So I currently am in love with SOOO many things on inlovewithfashion.com after their design comp, their partywear especially! So this morning when I woke to find there was a 50% sale I thought this was great.
I then found out about this:

I am a massive fan of when things say free or win, as everyone else should be! If you head over to their facebook page you could win this for yourself. Just head here to be in with a chance! Alternatively you could enter any of their other competitions on their store website.

What do you think of their giveaway?