Monday 28 July 2014

Sisters in Nice

Spent the afternoon in Nice, one of my favourite places on the Cote d'Azur. It has so much charm from it's luxury fashion boutiques to the old town antiques market and shopping lanes. I'm going to stay there for a few days with my friends post-party so will be able to do some exploring of Nice's nightlife and what there is to discover on more of a student's budget. 

Here is today's ootd featuring my sister (right) who is shockingly 4 years younger than me but taller, chilling in the cooling mists of Nice's Place Massena... 


I am wearing...
Top - Topshop
Shorts - H&M 
Sandals - Zara 
Bag - & Other Stories 
Sunglasses - Stella McCartney

My sister is wearing... 
Top - Urban Outfitters
Skirt - Hollister
Sandals - Missguided
Sunglasses - Vintage (found in Brighton, UK) 

San Remo

I have always thought Italy is such a beautiful country and San Remo is conveniently about an hour and a half drive from our house in France. Its a lovely little city in Northern Italy along the mediterranean coast and we always head straight for the colourful sights and delicious smells of the food market, selling everything from fruit and veg to meat and cheese. I just love the vibrancy in the colours you see there and how fresh and delicious everything is. I think I could imagine myself living this sort of life when i'm old. Doing my food shopping in the local market with my Louis Vuitton handbag, just as I saw one elegant old lady doing. 




Even outside of the food market, wandering around the streets there seems to be colour everywhere you go. Whether its in the cute his and hers mopeds that line the streets or in the oranges hanging off the trees. Everything seems to easy and relaxed and vibrant in Italy.







The buildings are also full of colour and the winding little streets seem to have something inviting round every corner, from great restaurants serving fabulous seafood dishes along the shore front and little boutique shops selling high end fashion.

A day in Italy

So we went to San Remo for the day because Italy is absolutely beautiful and because we wanted to buy a whole parma ham and prosecco for out upcoming party/festival.

Here was my outfit of the day: I had planned to wear a bright blue skirt but then my sister was wearing a blue skirt so I changed et voila...

 
Top -  New Look 
Shorts - Topshop
Sandals - Zara (kids - love having size 5 feet!) 
Bag- & other stories 
Bracelets - various, inc. my Glastonbury wristband (woop!) 
Sunglasses- Stella McCartney, from Century 21 in NYC


Post with pictures of the food market and gorgeous San Remo to follow. 

Sunday 20 July 2014

Marina Baie des Anges - a.k.a our favourite beach spot

The Marina Baie des Anges has stunning architecture that when I was little I used to try and recreate with lego bricks. My mum lived there as a girl with her family which is pretty cool and I think I lived a couple of months there as a baby. But buildings aside it is always one of our favourite beach spots on the Cote d'Azur.

Okay the beach is pebbly which is not the most comfortable but the water is so deep blue and clean and you can get the nicest Pain Bagnat (a Nicoise specialty sandwich).




 
I got this top on the right for £5 when I was back in England. I am in love with it. The sequins, the words which are just what anyone is thinking all summer long; the perfect beach coverup. 

From the beach you can look across the bay and see all the way along the coast to Nice. Even if it clouds over it still looks pretty impressive don't you think?



 If I could send a postcard to anyone whenever I am on the beach here I think this is what it would say:


Although I don't wish everyone was there because then it would be busy and lose it's serenity and it's beautiful calmness, and I would like to keep this little secret all mine.


Bastille Day - Vive la France!

Last year I spent Bastille day in Paris, watching the 14th July fireworks at the Eiffel Tower. This year I spent it watching fireworks in our less glamorous little village of Entrevaux, which has a significantly smaller budget for les feux d'artifices than the country's capital. However the setting of the citadel and our quaint medieval city made for a beautiful display of fireworks and a still enjoyable Bastille day.

I was digging around in our garage earlier and I discovered this beauty of a flag. Looks like something out of Les Mis (which we have the soundtrack of on repeat in the car at the moment) and was perfect for being patriotic on Bastille day.

Above, me and my beaut younger younger sister. 
Below, our little medieval "city" Entrevaux. 


I could intrigue you with a whole load of history about the village but I actually don't know that much. Except that it was once the port, designed by the famous Vauban, which defined territory owned by France on one side and Italy on the other. So this often unknown medieval village was once very influential and important. 

South of France Summer

So, after a little delay, I am back on my blog. Apologies for the absence. Here's what happened since I last blogged:

- England crashed out of the world cup in possibly our worst world cup effort ever.
- I finished my first year of uni, and passed all my first year exams (phew!)
- I have now taken up my usual summer residence in the south of France and will continue to blog from here on all about my summer.

This year I'm not in Paris so I suppose that's not so cool but we have a mini-festival/party happening in 3 weeks with loads of friends and family so I am very excited about that and will be updating you with all the developments and antics as they unfold.

Here's a couple of photos of our beautiful new pool, when it was empty and as it started to fill up:



I'm sorry but does that look lush or does that look lush??

Let summer commence!

Monday 16 June 2014

Under the Sea

We decided to visit the Sea life centre in Birmingham because who doesn't love seeing penguins and tropical fish and sharks in the middle of a city?

I kind of had my reservations because some of the online reviews said they didn't have very big habitats in the sealife centre and that seems quite cruel to me. Having been I have to sort of agree with this. I did feel quite sorry for the penguins swimming up and down in lines in a small enclosure but at the same time it was incredible to see all these beautiful creatures up close and gives you a real sense of appreciation for animal/fish kind.



There was  a whole habitat dedicated to the different fish in Finding Nemo which got me very excited. Dory can be seen above along with the blow fish further up. Some of the fish had such beautiful colours and markings but it was difficult to get decent photos on my iphone because they kept swimming around! I love the monochrome spots on the fish above and the bright vibrant colours of the pink and yellow fish below. Just beautiful. 


 


I have a lot of love for the giant sea turtle which was living in the tank surrounding the shark tunnel. They are truly such stunning creatures, and the giant size of them is not conveying in the photos at all. The fact that this beautiful species is endangered makes it even more poignant and the sea turtle in Birmingham was rescued apparently from a handbag before being bought to Birmingham and nurtured to health.





Above you can see our attempted selfies with both a shark and the penguins. These are just two shots of about 50 failed photos, due to a joint combination of poor lighting, speed and movement of penguins and sharks and also my poor photography skills. It was a try though, hey? 


If you want to see some stunning and interesting fish, jelly fish, sea horses, frogs, turtles, sharks, even otters then I would recommend the sea life centre, especially for a day out with kids, although we all know I am a big kid at heart so I guess that's why I enjoyed it so much.

Beautiful Birmingham


At the weekend I visited Birmingham, less than half an hour by train from Coventry and less than £3 return ticket. Birmingham is the second biggest city in the UK and whilst this wasn't the first time I had been, the last time was for the National Student Apprentice and I didn't have that much time to explore. 

The city, on a sunny blue sky day, is actually quite beautiful (even if the locals of Birmingham are not so beautiful). 

Here are the gorgeous regal buildings that I was in for the Apprentice Challenge, they look even better with the blue sky back drop: 



I believe they are the Town hall (first photo) and the Council House (second photo). When we were looking up things we could do in Birmingham one of the options google found us was a 'Council House Tour'. I was confused as to why anyone would want a tour of council housing, but now I realise it meant this beautiful building and it makes a lot more sense! 

Contrast these old buildings with those more new and architecturally interesting like this one below and Birmingham makes for a visually really exciting city. 




Here's my OOTD for this hot and sunny day, something of a rarity here in England, as you can tell by my lack of tan...

Top: Hollister 
Shorts: Forever 21
Shoes: Converse
Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Sunglasses: Stella McCartney 


Thursday 5 June 2014

Spectacular sunset


This evening I decided to go for a run, which was a complete disaster because I can't run and after about 5 minutes I was sweaty and walking. But I  did get some absolutely beautiful photos of the sunset, all taken on my humble iphone 4s. 

I think they pretty much speak for themselves, and while being on a campus in the middle of nowhere is often really boring when you get to see stunning sunsets like this it is completely worth it. 









Tuesday 3 June 2014

Healthy breakfast, healthy mind

Last night I had toast for dinner because I didn't have any other food. It was wholemeal bread, and whilst I enjoy the healthiness of wholemeal bread it is not the most enjoyable as toast. So last night at about 11pm, with the prospect of having that same bland wholemeal toast for breakfast weighing on my shoulders, I decided to walk to Tesco and buy myself a healthy, tasty breakfast. 

It's amazing how peaceful the world is at that time. I saw a few sleeping ducks, a wide awake fox, a couple of munching bunnies. Warwick is so wonderfully in the middle of nowhere and although it's often very boring I also often feel a lot like Snow White surrounded by all my animal friends. 

Campus actually looks pretty cool at night, lights in the darkness, all the studious people studying away in the library until the early hours. Quite surreal almost, the calmness of the dark, the distant lights... 

Tesco, might I add, is even more surreal at 11pm. My local superstore is open 24 hours and as it approaches midnight they turn up the radio over the store speakers and it kind of turns into a party. Except that the shoppers, of which there are few, are half asleep, and the workers wide awake. There is food everywhere too, boxes stacked in the asiles ready to be unpacked. I was kind of amazed that all this happens every night whilst i'm fast asleep- madness. 

Anyway so I went to Tesco and below you can see the fruits of my labour (literally) that I enjoyed for breakfast this morning. Berries and pancakes and maple syrup and more berries in a smoothie.





Berries make such great pictures for instagraming but my flatmate (who has the skinniest hands for a guy) was determined to ruin my photo but as it is my most liked recent photo on instagram I think I win.

What can I say, my breakfast brings all the boys to the yard.

New style of revision

Decided to try out a new 'style' of revision and note making before my exam today (see below). 

I thought by combining my notes with some little sketches it might help me remember things. Not really sure if that was the best idea I've ever had or really more a new form of procrastination. 

However my exam this afternoon for my management, organisation and society module wasn't too bad and i'm pretty confident (hopefully) that this won't be a retake. 

Thank you fashion. 
If anyone would like further information on either ethics or power in a business context, theories and case studies relating to these I am at your service. 


BA's have talent



So I was browsing through the images from the latest Central Saint Martins BA degree show and when I came across these creations my heart began to melt.

I decided, as I do with all creations that I lust after, to spend my time creating an illustration of the design since I will never be able to own and wear the clothes. This is how all my illustrations begin, as a simple line drawing, pencil on paper:

I have been desperately trying to add colour to this digitally but it's failing and I have decided that the beauty of this creation cannot be captured in a way that does it justice.

So instead I have decided to include a photograph below (source: vogue.co.uk)








The collection is by Richard Quinn, and is stunningly floral and feminine and the detail is so exquisite. It reminded me instantly of the glamour, elegance and artistry of Dior.

I actually did some research (thanks Google) on Mr Quinn, and was not shocked to find that he was selected to spend his summer in Paris working for Dior. 

Richard Quinn said "I think my time at Dior was the most influential in terms of my creative approach. My team leader always pushed my ideas to develop them further – even when you usually think you have exhausted every avenue, he showed you how to go that extra mile and make it relevant to the brand" 

I am by no means Carine Roitfeld but if I was Raf Simons I would employ this guy as my right hand man at Dior asap. 

Design talent like Quinn's makes me realise that business is the right degree for me; I couldn't compete with him. I wouldn't want to. But I would be happy to sort out his business strategy. 








Saturday 31 May 2014

Crushing on florals

I LOVE  these floral pastel sunglasses. I am in love with them...

...and as much as they look like they are from the same Jonathon Saunders collection as the jacket in my last blog post there is one thing I love about them even more than the glasses themselves. They're only £18

Thank you Topshop for providing those of us on a budget with high fashion summer goodness. 


http://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/bags-accessories-1702216/sunglasses-468/flower-detail-cateye-sunglasses-2990631?bi=1&ps=20

Thursday 29 May 2014

Chill time




So I had an exam today and it went surprisingly OK. I won't have got 100% but I am pretty confident that I won't have to retake it either (phew!).
As a reward to myself and a way to chill out post-exam I have taken to net-a-porter and dreamed up a gorgeous floral-y, pastel-y summer outfit to lust after.

This Jonathon Saunders emroidered satin bomber jacket is literally the bomb and is so great it's sold out online.

I had an english teacher at school called Mrs Saunders, I wonder if she was related to Jonathon... maybe she can get me a discount?

Oh to be rich enough to shop on Net-a-porter *sighs*
























http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/399166/See_by_Chloe/tiered-cotton-faille-mini-skirt

http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/432552/Jonathan_Saunders/cecily-embroidered-satin-bomber-jacket

Monday 26 May 2014

Vionnet bank holiday

Earlier, whilst taking a break from the joys of spending my bank holiday revising and browsing the Daily mail celeb gossip section (tragic, I know) I came across an interesting article about Goga Ashkenazi, owner and head of the iconic french label Vionnet.

Goga is a socialite and Oxford-graduate and whilst she may be married to a multi-billionaire oil tycoon and have 15 staff, she spent her first years working in finance at companies such as Merrill Lynch before turning her hand to fashion and purchasing a majority stake in Vionnet in 2012.

One women proving that business and fashion do mix and that intelligence and creativity are a recipe for success.

Woo hoo!

Here's one of Vionnet's latest creations, I believe designed by Goga herself. It's absolutely luscious and summery and if had a ball to go to I think this would be my robe du jour.



Monday 28 July 2014

Sisters in Nice

Spent the afternoon in Nice, one of my favourite places on the Cote d'Azur. It has so much charm from it's luxury fashion boutiques to the old town antiques market and shopping lanes. I'm going to stay there for a few days with my friends post-party so will be able to do some exploring of Nice's nightlife and what there is to discover on more of a student's budget. 

Here is today's ootd featuring my sister (right) who is shockingly 4 years younger than me but taller, chilling in the cooling mists of Nice's Place Massena... 


I am wearing...
Top - Topshop
Shorts - H&M 
Sandals - Zara 
Bag - & Other Stories 
Sunglasses - Stella McCartney

My sister is wearing... 
Top - Urban Outfitters
Skirt - Hollister
Sandals - Missguided
Sunglasses - Vintage (found in Brighton, UK) 

San Remo

I have always thought Italy is such a beautiful country and San Remo is conveniently about an hour and a half drive from our house in France. Its a lovely little city in Northern Italy along the mediterranean coast and we always head straight for the colourful sights and delicious smells of the food market, selling everything from fruit and veg to meat and cheese. I just love the vibrancy in the colours you see there and how fresh and delicious everything is. I think I could imagine myself living this sort of life when i'm old. Doing my food shopping in the local market with my Louis Vuitton handbag, just as I saw one elegant old lady doing. 




Even outside of the food market, wandering around the streets there seems to be colour everywhere you go. Whether its in the cute his and hers mopeds that line the streets or in the oranges hanging off the trees. Everything seems to easy and relaxed and vibrant in Italy.







The buildings are also full of colour and the winding little streets seem to have something inviting round every corner, from great restaurants serving fabulous seafood dishes along the shore front and little boutique shops selling high end fashion.

A day in Italy

So we went to San Remo for the day because Italy is absolutely beautiful and because we wanted to buy a whole parma ham and prosecco for out upcoming party/festival.

Here was my outfit of the day: I had planned to wear a bright blue skirt but then my sister was wearing a blue skirt so I changed et voila...

 
Top -  New Look 
Shorts - Topshop
Sandals - Zara (kids - love having size 5 feet!) 
Bag- & other stories 
Bracelets - various, inc. my Glastonbury wristband (woop!) 
Sunglasses- Stella McCartney, from Century 21 in NYC


Post with pictures of the food market and gorgeous San Remo to follow. 

Sunday 20 July 2014

Marina Baie des Anges - a.k.a our favourite beach spot

The Marina Baie des Anges has stunning architecture that when I was little I used to try and recreate with lego bricks. My mum lived there as a girl with her family which is pretty cool and I think I lived a couple of months there as a baby. But buildings aside it is always one of our favourite beach spots on the Cote d'Azur.

Okay the beach is pebbly which is not the most comfortable but the water is so deep blue and clean and you can get the nicest Pain Bagnat (a Nicoise specialty sandwich).




 
I got this top on the right for £5 when I was back in England. I am in love with it. The sequins, the words which are just what anyone is thinking all summer long; the perfect beach coverup. 

From the beach you can look across the bay and see all the way along the coast to Nice. Even if it clouds over it still looks pretty impressive don't you think?



 If I could send a postcard to anyone whenever I am on the beach here I think this is what it would say:


Although I don't wish everyone was there because then it would be busy and lose it's serenity and it's beautiful calmness, and I would like to keep this little secret all mine.


Bastille Day - Vive la France!

Last year I spent Bastille day in Paris, watching the 14th July fireworks at the Eiffel Tower. This year I spent it watching fireworks in our less glamorous little village of Entrevaux, which has a significantly smaller budget for les feux d'artifices than the country's capital. However the setting of the citadel and our quaint medieval city made for a beautiful display of fireworks and a still enjoyable Bastille day.

I was digging around in our garage earlier and I discovered this beauty of a flag. Looks like something out of Les Mis (which we have the soundtrack of on repeat in the car at the moment) and was perfect for being patriotic on Bastille day.

Above, me and my beaut younger younger sister. 
Below, our little medieval "city" Entrevaux. 


I could intrigue you with a whole load of history about the village but I actually don't know that much. Except that it was once the port, designed by the famous Vauban, which defined territory owned by France on one side and Italy on the other. So this often unknown medieval village was once very influential and important. 

South of France Summer

So, after a little delay, I am back on my blog. Apologies for the absence. Here's what happened since I last blogged:

- England crashed out of the world cup in possibly our worst world cup effort ever.
- I finished my first year of uni, and passed all my first year exams (phew!)
- I have now taken up my usual summer residence in the south of France and will continue to blog from here on all about my summer.

This year I'm not in Paris so I suppose that's not so cool but we have a mini-festival/party happening in 3 weeks with loads of friends and family so I am very excited about that and will be updating you with all the developments and antics as they unfold.

Here's a couple of photos of our beautiful new pool, when it was empty and as it started to fill up:



I'm sorry but does that look lush or does that look lush??

Let summer commence!

Monday 16 June 2014

Under the Sea

We decided to visit the Sea life centre in Birmingham because who doesn't love seeing penguins and tropical fish and sharks in the middle of a city?

I kind of had my reservations because some of the online reviews said they didn't have very big habitats in the sealife centre and that seems quite cruel to me. Having been I have to sort of agree with this. I did feel quite sorry for the penguins swimming up and down in lines in a small enclosure but at the same time it was incredible to see all these beautiful creatures up close and gives you a real sense of appreciation for animal/fish kind.



There was  a whole habitat dedicated to the different fish in Finding Nemo which got me very excited. Dory can be seen above along with the blow fish further up. Some of the fish had such beautiful colours and markings but it was difficult to get decent photos on my iphone because they kept swimming around! I love the monochrome spots on the fish above and the bright vibrant colours of the pink and yellow fish below. Just beautiful. 


 


I have a lot of love for the giant sea turtle which was living in the tank surrounding the shark tunnel. They are truly such stunning creatures, and the giant size of them is not conveying in the photos at all. The fact that this beautiful species is endangered makes it even more poignant and the sea turtle in Birmingham was rescued apparently from a handbag before being bought to Birmingham and nurtured to health.





Above you can see our attempted selfies with both a shark and the penguins. These are just two shots of about 50 failed photos, due to a joint combination of poor lighting, speed and movement of penguins and sharks and also my poor photography skills. It was a try though, hey? 


If you want to see some stunning and interesting fish, jelly fish, sea horses, frogs, turtles, sharks, even otters then I would recommend the sea life centre, especially for a day out with kids, although we all know I am a big kid at heart so I guess that's why I enjoyed it so much.

Beautiful Birmingham


At the weekend I visited Birmingham, less than half an hour by train from Coventry and less than £3 return ticket. Birmingham is the second biggest city in the UK and whilst this wasn't the first time I had been, the last time was for the National Student Apprentice and I didn't have that much time to explore. 

The city, on a sunny blue sky day, is actually quite beautiful (even if the locals of Birmingham are not so beautiful). 

Here are the gorgeous regal buildings that I was in for the Apprentice Challenge, they look even better with the blue sky back drop: 



I believe they are the Town hall (first photo) and the Council House (second photo). When we were looking up things we could do in Birmingham one of the options google found us was a 'Council House Tour'. I was confused as to why anyone would want a tour of council housing, but now I realise it meant this beautiful building and it makes a lot more sense! 

Contrast these old buildings with those more new and architecturally interesting like this one below and Birmingham makes for a visually really exciting city. 




Here's my OOTD for this hot and sunny day, something of a rarity here in England, as you can tell by my lack of tan...

Top: Hollister 
Shorts: Forever 21
Shoes: Converse
Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Sunglasses: Stella McCartney 


Thursday 5 June 2014

Spectacular sunset


This evening I decided to go for a run, which was a complete disaster because I can't run and after about 5 minutes I was sweaty and walking. But I  did get some absolutely beautiful photos of the sunset, all taken on my humble iphone 4s. 

I think they pretty much speak for themselves, and while being on a campus in the middle of nowhere is often really boring when you get to see stunning sunsets like this it is completely worth it. 









Tuesday 3 June 2014

Healthy breakfast, healthy mind

Last night I had toast for dinner because I didn't have any other food. It was wholemeal bread, and whilst I enjoy the healthiness of wholemeal bread it is not the most enjoyable as toast. So last night at about 11pm, with the prospect of having that same bland wholemeal toast for breakfast weighing on my shoulders, I decided to walk to Tesco and buy myself a healthy, tasty breakfast. 

It's amazing how peaceful the world is at that time. I saw a few sleeping ducks, a wide awake fox, a couple of munching bunnies. Warwick is so wonderfully in the middle of nowhere and although it's often very boring I also often feel a lot like Snow White surrounded by all my animal friends. 

Campus actually looks pretty cool at night, lights in the darkness, all the studious people studying away in the library until the early hours. Quite surreal almost, the calmness of the dark, the distant lights... 

Tesco, might I add, is even more surreal at 11pm. My local superstore is open 24 hours and as it approaches midnight they turn up the radio over the store speakers and it kind of turns into a party. Except that the shoppers, of which there are few, are half asleep, and the workers wide awake. There is food everywhere too, boxes stacked in the asiles ready to be unpacked. I was kind of amazed that all this happens every night whilst i'm fast asleep- madness. 

Anyway so I went to Tesco and below you can see the fruits of my labour (literally) that I enjoyed for breakfast this morning. Berries and pancakes and maple syrup and more berries in a smoothie.





Berries make such great pictures for instagraming but my flatmate (who has the skinniest hands for a guy) was determined to ruin my photo but as it is my most liked recent photo on instagram I think I win.

What can I say, my breakfast brings all the boys to the yard.

New style of revision

Decided to try out a new 'style' of revision and note making before my exam today (see below). 

I thought by combining my notes with some little sketches it might help me remember things. Not really sure if that was the best idea I've ever had or really more a new form of procrastination. 

However my exam this afternoon for my management, organisation and society module wasn't too bad and i'm pretty confident (hopefully) that this won't be a retake. 

Thank you fashion. 
If anyone would like further information on either ethics or power in a business context, theories and case studies relating to these I am at your service. 


BA's have talent



So I was browsing through the images from the latest Central Saint Martins BA degree show and when I came across these creations my heart began to melt.

I decided, as I do with all creations that I lust after, to spend my time creating an illustration of the design since I will never be able to own and wear the clothes. This is how all my illustrations begin, as a simple line drawing, pencil on paper:

I have been desperately trying to add colour to this digitally but it's failing and I have decided that the beauty of this creation cannot be captured in a way that does it justice.

So instead I have decided to include a photograph below (source: vogue.co.uk)








The collection is by Richard Quinn, and is stunningly floral and feminine and the detail is so exquisite. It reminded me instantly of the glamour, elegance and artistry of Dior.

I actually did some research (thanks Google) on Mr Quinn, and was not shocked to find that he was selected to spend his summer in Paris working for Dior. 

Richard Quinn said "I think my time at Dior was the most influential in terms of my creative approach. My team leader always pushed my ideas to develop them further – even when you usually think you have exhausted every avenue, he showed you how to go that extra mile and make it relevant to the brand" 

I am by no means Carine Roitfeld but if I was Raf Simons I would employ this guy as my right hand man at Dior asap. 

Design talent like Quinn's makes me realise that business is the right degree for me; I couldn't compete with him. I wouldn't want to. But I would be happy to sort out his business strategy. 








Saturday 31 May 2014

Crushing on florals

I LOVE  these floral pastel sunglasses. I am in love with them...

...and as much as they look like they are from the same Jonathon Saunders collection as the jacket in my last blog post there is one thing I love about them even more than the glasses themselves. They're only £18

Thank you Topshop for providing those of us on a budget with high fashion summer goodness. 


http://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/bags-accessories-1702216/sunglasses-468/flower-detail-cateye-sunglasses-2990631?bi=1&ps=20

Thursday 29 May 2014

Chill time




So I had an exam today and it went surprisingly OK. I won't have got 100% but I am pretty confident that I won't have to retake it either (phew!).
As a reward to myself and a way to chill out post-exam I have taken to net-a-porter and dreamed up a gorgeous floral-y, pastel-y summer outfit to lust after.

This Jonathon Saunders emroidered satin bomber jacket is literally the bomb and is so great it's sold out online.

I had an english teacher at school called Mrs Saunders, I wonder if she was related to Jonathon... maybe she can get me a discount?

Oh to be rich enough to shop on Net-a-porter *sighs*
























http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/399166/See_by_Chloe/tiered-cotton-faille-mini-skirt

http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/432552/Jonathan_Saunders/cecily-embroidered-satin-bomber-jacket

Monday 26 May 2014

Vionnet bank holiday

Earlier, whilst taking a break from the joys of spending my bank holiday revising and browsing the Daily mail celeb gossip section (tragic, I know) I came across an interesting article about Goga Ashkenazi, owner and head of the iconic french label Vionnet.

Goga is a socialite and Oxford-graduate and whilst she may be married to a multi-billionaire oil tycoon and have 15 staff, she spent her first years working in finance at companies such as Merrill Lynch before turning her hand to fashion and purchasing a majority stake in Vionnet in 2012.

One women proving that business and fashion do mix and that intelligence and creativity are a recipe for success.

Woo hoo!

Here's one of Vionnet's latest creations, I believe designed by Goga herself. It's absolutely luscious and summery and if had a ball to go to I think this would be my robe du jour.