Where did summer go?! As were slowly transitioning into fall it's the perfect time to wear pieces that would have been to fussy and sticky to wear during the warmer days. This midi skirt and crop top set tick all the boxes. With it's super soft fabric, this skirt hugs you in all the right places, mind you it might not be too forgiving after a hearty meal!
I straightened my hair recently and have noticed a bit of a growth sprout. I'm about two years natural now and I'm really thinking about doing a mini chop and saying goodbye to my dry coloured ends. There is a saying that says 'health over length', but boy do I love my length! watch this space.
Missguided - Dress £8.99 on sale! Heels - Zara
Earrings - H&M
Hey guys, sorry for another absence on the blog, I think I can say I'm back to blogging more regularly from now. I managed to get my to do list and stress levels down! My sister gave birth to beautiful twin boys and I was blessed enough to be in the delivery room, seeing two little lives being brought into the world really puts things in perspective. I'm so excited to see how much they change as they grow in to their own personalities, I seriously feel like their mine lol
I wore this lovely dress over the weekend, I originally bought it as a work dress, but when I put it on it felt way to sexy for work. I love the gathered details, I was going to wear it with a belt but I think the details make the dress so why cover them.
Bag - £6 H&M sale
Heels - £12 Primark
I'm halfway through my week off, its been amazing. I haven't done anything special at all and I think that's the beauty of it. We lead such busy life's that we sometimes forget to have some down time.
I'm in love with this leather skirt, I think the design is a bit different to your regular leather skirt. I wanted to keep this outfit monochrome, but you know me, I couldn't help but through in a bit of colour and print with the clutch.
Over the weekend two very special friends from Devon visited. As they arrived late on Friday evening we stayed in and ate Mexican food whilst drinking mojitos and playing a ridiculous(ly funny) game called Cards Against Humanity, then on Saturday we went to some exhibitions in Chelsea. Theres a fab website called This at There, which tells you what's on in London - there are so many amazing free exhibitions, so it's worth checking "TAT" regularly to find out what's happening where!
First we went to the Tower of London to see the beautiful poppy installation; thousands of ceramic poppies have flooded the tower's grounds in memory of those who died during the First World War. Eventually, by the 11th November, an amazing 888,246 poppies will have been placed. It was a stunning sight, there are just so many, but it also eerily looks like blood seeping out of the tower.... you can find out more, and even buy one of the poppies, here. We then headed West to the
Saatchi gallery where we saw an interesting installation called New Art from Africa and Latin America, and also went to the Private Apartment of Mademoiselle Chanel exhibition on the second floor. It was very interesting of course, she was a fascinating woman with a fascinating life, but I couldn't help feeling a little down afterwards. The gallery space and photography itself was very dark and gloomy.... very much like the end of her life apparently.
On a brighter note, we then popped to Chelsea's
Proud gallery, where they're currently exhibiting old images of Jane and Serge. I find their love affair so inspiring and these images, which were taken by Jane's brother Andrew, are so full of life and character, it's definitely worth going to if you can make it before it finishes on the 26th October. I wore my favourite tartan dress by Mod Dolly with a grey jersey funnel neck underneath, and a check jacket from Zara. As anticipated, I've been wearing my
Jigsaw pixie boots* nearly everyday! They're a great alternative to my DMs and I wear them when I fancy looking a little more sophisticated!
TARTAN JACKET FROM ZARA
Bag - H&M
Hey guys! I hope your all having a good day. I'm certainly in a great mood as I'm off work for one week!! I don't have anything planned at all, but it's nice just to be able to chill sometimes.
I successfully tried bantu knots again, If you remember I tried them in this post
here, it didn't work then. This time round I tried it on dry hair as opposed to wet and voila! What do you guys think? My hair is naturally curly already after growing it out of relaxer a few years back, but I'm still getting use to my own curls and I also like to play around with different types of curls.
I threw on this flirty red dress today, as the weather was ok. Its a new dress, so I thought if I don't wear it now I would have to wait until next summer. I love it, it's so girly, for £20 it's probably the cheapest dress I will ever find in Topshop lol
FINALLY getting these photographs of the Fashion Scout showcase up; this weekend I had friends visiting so spent my time catching up, playing silly games and going to exhibitions, which was super fun!
On Tuesday I decided to check out what was happening at Freemason's Hall and went to the George Styler show too, whose work I also saw on the catwalk last season. I'm going to be honest, his style is not my cup of tea; I didn't really like the Egyptian theme that was going on and the collection seemed very confused. I did like one of his cardigans though, (the one with the hot hair balloon on shown below), and there was also a sporty aspect to some of his outfits, which was cool.
After the show I went to a showcase down the hall, which featured loads of upcoming design talent. I instantly fell in love with a brand called Museum of Friendship, who i'll be telling you more about soon, their brand values are really lovely and their designs are kitsch but in a sophisticated way somehow. I love the stars and illustrated hands below.
I also got to see the work of
Keiko Nishiyama up close, which was fabulous - her prints are so intricate and beautiful, literally like pieces of art! I'd actually already seen her graduate collection, for which she'd looked to botanical drawings for inspiration, this year her aquarium designs were just as breathtaking. The wonderful
Min Wu was also there with her stunning new sport luxe collection - it was great to see everything up close and personal, and I got to chat with the designers too, which was super interesting and inspiring.
It's so bittersweet looking at holiday pictures, all I see is blue skies and all I want is to go back! Its been over a month since I got back from Miami, it was probably one of my best holidays, although it took a good two weeks to recover as it was a super active holiday!
It was so easy getting around Miami, we stayed in The Monte Carlo hotel on Miami Beach, we had an amazing view of the beach from the balcony, I remember being woken everyday by the sound of the sea and kids playing on the beach, what a change from being woken up by your annoying alarm clock!
During the day we would wonder around looking for somewhere new to eat, Miami has such a big South American community, were as in London for me its very rare to met someone from South America. So we made it our mission to taste all the different cuisines that Miami had to offer.
We would take bus to South Beach, we went to Nikki Beach and wet willies (they have the best alcoholic slush puppies) and a few other places friends had recommend as 'must see places to visit'. I'm not really much of a raver but the night life in Miami is insane, we went clubbing five times in the 9 days we were there! crazy!! The clubs there are so much bigger than in the UK and the whole experience is different.
We managed to go to the Bahamas for one day, with just a 4 hour journey to get there I would recommend it to anyone visiting Miami. Although I wish I had spent more than a day there. I went snorkeling for the first time and screamed my head off on the jet skis, we ended our trip with some amazing Caribbean food.
