Turning Tables

First of all I would like to apologise for neglecting my blog- it has been a tough month and a half for me with university work, constantly getting poorly and dare I say: Silly MEN- Lets not go there. But all you need to know is I feel absolutely amazing at the moment and everything seems to be back on track and I’m a much stronger person- Finally! 

Secondly, I have some absolutely fabulous news; I had an interview in Dalston, London at Soda Studios for a summer work placement the other week. The placement is working with the design team for Supremebeing™ which I’m proud to say I got the job! Yay-  a round of applause for me please! Take a peak at their website: http://www.supremebeing.com/ 

Thirdly, the edgy vintage brand REDROCK are having a Vintage & Handmade Pop Up Shop in Northampton on the 4th May so come along and shop the incredible discounted prices- you know you want to!

Finally, a small update on what I have been getting up to. A couple of weeks ago I worked with the designer of REDROCK where I modelled some of their clothing for ASOS- I had such a lovely day, constantly giggling, drinking tea and of course dressing up in some seriously cool clothes! Thank you REDROCK! Take a look at their website for some retail therapy: http://www.redrockfashion.com/

Here are some snaps from the shoot, enjoy.

And Finally the Charlotte Dress which REDROCK kindly named after me, which obviously I had to buy it after that- sorry guys hands off, this baby is mine!

Charlotte x

Work in Progress

Manic manic manic! University work is piling up by the minute, assessments around the corner and internship interview preparation needed! HELP! But it’s going to be ok- well I just keep telling myself that, just no more shopping trips, drinks with the girls or meals out for a while… oh how boring-FOCUS!

Following up on the previous posts- I have been faffing about with mirrors water, wet look material and jewellery to create some imagery for my sketchbook. I have also just put together some boards in relation to my project.

few of the snaps I took:

Some of the boards I produced…

Charlotte x

Darkness and Free Flowing

At University we have started a new module (seriously why give me more work!) where we get to choose our own concept (hallelujah!) and adapt it to the live project set. My concept is about “Darkness and Free Flowing”. Thought I would share with you a few snaps from my sketchbook as a starting point of this project, as I know you are all so interested in my University work- yawn!…

Charlotte x

Isn’t she lovely

Uni work, uni work, uni work… that’s all my life is at the moment (*cough* with the odd night out of course) but seriously, I cannot wait until the Easter holidays arrive! My house mate and I have been working hard- well there is the odd coffee break but we do need it! So on our routine break which consists of a Costa Coffee dash, coffee cake and fruit coolers, we had a cheeky look at some fashion mags for some inspo for our work- and there she was… Lana Del Rey on VOGUE! We are both slightly obsessed with the big eyed-full pouted beauty and let’s just say thank god there was more than one issue on the stand- or there would have been some hair pulling! From her long groomed hair, movie star looks to her absolutely phenomenal quirky style- she is my favourite fashion figure on the scene at the moment.

My housemate Rosie has decided to use Lana’s trademark- flowers in hair, for a starting point in her university work. We pinned my flower fairy lights around my head which looked quite cute- but bloody hell they got quite hot when switched on.

I would do anything for Lana Del Rey’s wardrobe! Anyway these are some of the snaps Rosie produced for her work.

Think I may steal Lana’s style and wear flowers in my hair as often as possible! Charlotte x

Lovin’ all this Playfulness

Don’t you just love writing a massive piece and then your laptop crashes… AND YOU LOOSE WHAT YOU JUST PRODUCED!!!… yes that just happened- waaa feel sorry for me- so I will try again, Take two:

I just cant get enough of the Spring/Summer 12 trends at the moment. I love all the references to childhood, ice cream colours and girly glamour. Recently I went to London to research for some store reports- yawn, but when I got there I was just so overwhelmed with all the shop window displays. Everything was so playfully displayed with circus themes, pastel coloured wigs and Giant ice creams (if only they were real!). I was nice to see that all the stores from high street (Topshop) to the high end designers (Louis Vuitton) joining in with this display theme.

So anyway, I thought I would post some of my cute head pieces which are quite girly- referring to the recent trends. I wish I could wear some all the time- but I literally feel like my head will POP if they are on too long- things we do for fashion!

Bit of inspo…

You can find these beauties from places like Topshop and Miss Selfridge.

Now Time for a cup of tea…

Charlotte x