Just one of those days

Today I’m wearing;
 

T-shirt: Topshop, Shorts: Vintage Levi, Belt: Vintage, Socks: ASOS

Brogues: HOBBS London (these cuties are handmade, I’m totally in love with them- great investment piece)

Charlotte x

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The Womanly Abundance

The Versace show for Autumn/Winter 2013-14 showed more of an elusive sexiness than what we are used to from Donatella.
There were seductive, skin-tight silhouettes to show off the sophisticated womanly figure, creating an almost dominating suggestive persona.
I felt a sense of rock ‘n’ roll when lusting over this collection, there was a continuation of lace in the garments and thick chains worn around the models necks.

 
After perusing over this collection with wide eyes I immediately went searching for my black pencil skirt…
 

Top: Marks & Spencer, Skirt: River Island, Belt: Whistles, Shoes: Zara

Lion bracelet: ASOS, Gold leaf necklace: ASOS, Chain bracelet: Marks & Spencer

Charlotte x

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Glad Rags Glamour

The film, The Great Gatsby, has inspired us all to be taken back to the twenties overindulgence for pearls, feathers, headdresses and heavy embellishment.
Instead of overloading on the twenties flapper-style, go for details like heavy beaded and embellished dresses and Art Deco-inspired jewellery.
I know we would all love to buy a Jenny Packham gown to enhance our inspired expression, but for me that isn’t going to transpire- unless someone is offering…?

Carey Mulligan, shot by Mario Testino

Today I wore;

Top: Topshop, Shoes & Skirt: Zara

Watch: Guess, Necklace: Topshop, Ring: Dyrberg/Kern

Charlotte x

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Summer Blush

A wave of blushed hues has hit the catwalks for the upcoming Autumn Winter 13/14 trend, so I thought why not start early. As the summer continues (temperatures are varying) I wanted to add an instantaneous burst of femininity to my evening outfit. Although, last year’s successful trend was the pleated skirt, this has been proven to continue throughout the year.

Last night I wore a combination of sheer fabrics, inspired by Erdem SS13, and I flung on my cute new pleated skirt. Luxurious fabrics, quiet details and simple lines were what I was trying to achieve. I felt so girly and it was a great outfit to keep cool on a warm summer evening.

Richard Nicoll AW 13/14

Skirt: Armani Exchange, Top: Marks & Spencer

 

Shoes: Kurt Geiger

Necklace: DYRBERG/KERN

Charlotte x

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When One Door Closes, Another Opens

Well this is an embarrassingly overdue blog post, apologies! What a busy last few months I have had, I just don’t know where to start.

I won’t bore you with my habit of telling every detail of every part of stories, but what I will tell you is this:

I have finally finished my BA Honours Fashion degree which came out with the classification of a First! I really worked my arse off on my final collection and I was selected to showcase on the catwalk of Graduate Fashion Week in London. This was one of my proudest moments for me and it gave me the opportunity to rub shoulders with industry and have a small taste of what the future holds for when I finally venture out into the job world (the thought gives me a mini heart attack).

My collection focus point was using the materials of fur and leather; I explored different ways working with fur… I will bore you with that in another post.

Starting September I will be moving on from my University to another to embark on a Masters in Fashion, I’m so excited and I can’t wait to explore my specialism in fur and leather even further.

Anyway; I tried to be brief as possible, here’s a quick simple outfit post.

 

Dress Zara, Bag Episode, Earrings Zara.

Charlotte x

Creating A Statement

Today I thought I would show you some of my new mouth-watering neck candy! I love accessorizing outfits with a big chunky statement necklace- its stress-free way to power dressing or a quick and easy tactic to take an outfit from casual to fancy schmansey by just adding a little ornamental twist.

Kurt Geiger

River Island

Jaeger

A Girls gotta Love her sparkle!

Charlotte x

Basic Sunday

I hope you all had a fabulous sugar consumed Easter! I know I did- now I Detox!

University is full on at the moment creating my final collection, so I decided to come home for a week to recuperate. I literally threw anything into my suitcase- just the much needed comfy basics for my chaos free time at home.

This Easter Sunday I wore my favourite Basics…

 

Trousers: Armani exchange, Shirt: Reiss, Jacket: DAKS London, Shoes: Nine West

Charlotte x