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Shirt Dresses!

I don't know about you but I am getting a bit bored of the skater dress, for the summer I really hope we see more shirt dresses! They are flattering on most body types and can be dressed up and down. They have a real 1950's feel to them and you can get them plain or with a summery print!

1) Debenhams £15 (reduced from £30!)

2) Ted Baker £80 (reduced from £119!)

3) Oasis £25 (reduced from £50!)

4) H&M £24.99

5) H! by Henry Holland £36

As you can see three of these dresses are on sale so if one has taken your fancy I would snap it up now! There is a variety of prices and labels here so you see you can get a shirtdress from just about anywhere.

What do you think about Shirtdresses?

Hair #2 Super Long

I haven't done a hair post since I started this blog so here you go!

 Writing my last style crush post bought to my attention my love for desperately long hair! Most celebs favour extensions to give their hair a boost so I cannot guarantee all this hair is natural:

Amanda Seyfried, Holly Marie Combs, Karen Gillan, Kim Sears, Jennifer Morrison, Olivia Wilde, Jessica Michibata, Jennifer Aniston, Ayda Field, Nicole Kidman, Shakira, Nicole Scherzinger

I think pretty much every celeb dabbles in the long hair territory but my favourite ones are definitely the more natural looks e.g Amanda Seyfried, Holly Marie Combs, Kim Sears. I also much prefer the whole wavy look, poker straight can just look horrid but curls like Nicole Kidmans, Jennifer Aniston and Shakira show the range available to those with length! 

There are many cons to having long hair, such as the time taken to care for it, split ends and shampoo cost but I think the main pro is totally worth it! With long hair you have so much versatility and can look different almost everyday, and when your fed up with you hair you can just throw it up into a cute ponytail!

Who's long hair do you like best?

Style Crush #4 Jessica Michibata

Jessica is a Japanese fashion model who is currently dating F1 driver Jenson Button, you can often spot her in the Mclaren pit during one of Jenson's races. F1 is one of those sports that follow the sun and as it seems spring is finally arriving here in Britain I thought I would chose some of her summery styles!

Jessica has a fantastic body and is the Queen of the short skirt! Here I love the whole look, the denim jacket on the flowery dress gives it a cool edge and the bag and shoes are just the perfect accessories! 

As well as short hemlines Jessica's trademark is her hair, this dress is a gorgeous colour and she dresses it down with flats, her hair is left loose and looks really good against the colour of the dress!

Sometimes the rain just catches up with you but Jessica keeps it chic in a neutral top, black leggings, tan bag and wears the wellies as if they are a fashion statement!

Proving once again she isn't afraid of colour she stands out in red and boldly accessorises with tan and black! She totally rocks the sunglasses!

Finally, once again proving her versatility, we have an up do! simple and clean cut she looks so flawless here that it hurts!

So there we have it to get Jessica's look you'll need:

Super long hair

Short hemlines

Bright colours

Neutral accessories

Although even Jessica with her strict formula has her own variation when it comes to down time:

A totally effortless look, she still shows of her legs but shorts are her weapon of choice this time and I love the boots and hat!

What do you think of Jessica Michibata's style?

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Trench Coats! (And Macs!)

I have always adored trench coats and It seems they are one of the big things for Spring! It is always difficult finding the perfect light coat that will keep you quite warm and protect from showers, the trench is the perfect answer to this.

Neutrals:

1) Debenhams £60

2) Dorothy Perkins £35.00

3) Hobbs £189.00

4) Kookai £55.00 (reduced from £139.00!)

5) Betty Jackson. Black for Debenhams £90.00

Colours and Patterns:

6) Zara £69.99

7) Joe Browns £39.95

8) Debenhams £40.00

9) John Lewis £99.00

10) H&M £29.99

The more neutral tones are sophisticated and chic, the colours are flattering on most and if you want to look stylish but not stand out too much they are perfect!

On the other hand if you want to stand out then the colourful and patterned trenches are just perfect. The pastel coloured pink trench and the white polka dots on black trench are both good middle piece but too really make an entrance the blue and red ones are great.

But for my favourite of the lot is has to be the 7th, it's really colourful and beautiful, its reasonably priced and with all those colours it will surely go with anything!

 What's your opinions on trenches and macs?

Soph x 

London Fashion Week

Burberry Prorsum

The best 5 looks in my opionion. It was all about the outerwear at the Burberry show, that and belts with bows! Mixing and matching was used throughout, and you could see how one piece was very versatile and could be teamed with pretty much everything else in the collection.

Well thats the end of my week reviewing my favourite looks from the recent London Fashion Week, from now on it will be back to normal posts, I hope you have enjoyed!

Soph x

London Fashion Week

Vivienne Westwood Red Label

My favourites! This collection is typical Vivienne Westwood, the cuts are beautiful and more toned down than you would expect. I would say this collection is very wearable for everyone.

Soph x

London Fashion Week

Stella McCartney Special Presentation

Stella McCartney's collection is very simple, very clean-cut and pretty. There is a lot of black and the occassional pop of colour like the blue outfit on the right. I just wish Stella would have bought her main collection to London!

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McQ

 

Top 5 for me! McQueen is McQueen and they can get away with anything but Sarah Burton has done a fantastic job taking over. All designs are they fashion of the moment but over the top or with a twist, and have you seen the hair!?!

Soph

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Temperley London

My top five from the Temperley collection at London Fashion Week, its very structured with big skirts and pretty sleeves! The hats are...err very big! I'm not a huge fan of fur but I love the overall look.

Soph x

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Erdem

My five favourite looks from the Erdem A/W12 collection. This collection is full of fun, flirty, colourful dresses and are just beautiful. As he has in the past the use of navy and blues is out in force and I love it! No outstanding evening dresses but some lovely versatile pieces, suited for work and an evening out!

For further info I refer you to my favourite Erdem collection!

Soph x

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Issa

My five favourite looks from the Issa A/W12 collection, the green dress is typical Issa!

Another thing worthy of a mention is the head wear in the show, particularly head scarfs - very 50's!

 Soph x

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Gold Metallics!

 My love for gold dresses started a while ago when I first saw the gold dress Madonna wore during high flying adored in 'Evita.'

And the Queen of gold dresses is most definitely Shakira, as I was searching for pictures I was amazed at how many I found!

She definitely pulls of the look and I love all the sparkles and with her skin tone she really pulls it off! Other Queen's of Gold include Shakira's duet partner from beautiful liars is Beyonce and Taylor Swift both deserve a mention!

As you can see Gold has been worn by everyone from pop stars to Hollywood icons!

Soph x

Style Crush #3: Grace Kelly

Well this style crush is one I probably won't be copying exactly but it is certainly one I can wish I had the opportunity to copy! For me she sums up 1950's elegance and continued to dress well throughout her life, there were just so many pictures I wanted to include so I had to leave a few out:

 So many of the dresses she wore in films are iconic and she always looked beautiful and wore each dress with class .

Grace's perfect fashion did not let up at off-screen, especially in  her role as Princess of Monaco.

 

I love her wedding dress but chose to display this picture of the back as a change, it was perfect all round -

As a princess Grace had to wear many beautiful ball gowns, and as you can see the gowns don't wear her she wears the gowns, a tricky feat for many!

She makes the 'Cinderella' look work!

Now for my all time favourite, a dress from 'To Catch a Theif' it is beautiful and perfect on her!

What do you think of Grace Kelly's style? Who do you think would be a modern equivalent?

Soph x

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French Markets and Holiday Buys!

Yes once again I'm looking forward to the summer or in this case backwards! The last few years I have been to France during the summer holidays and I always come away with some lovely buys!

Last year I went to the Dordogne, as it was my second time there I knew of the best markets, I'm very frugal but this bag just popped out at me and I had to have it!

 It adds a cool pop of colour with every outfit and is just perfect for summer and easy to wear with lots of space, I have used it alot since and will be using it even more when the summer comes again!

Me and my family spent many days browsing! I love the whole experience, open air, stalls and for my sisters candyfloss!

The year before I went to Caanes and did not come back empty handed, I fell in love with a colourful striped dress, so far I haven't worn it at home but it is definitely perfect for holidaying:

My youngest sisters dress is also a holiday buy and the middle sisters bag is something she picked up on our day trip to Monaco.

Whilst in St Tropez I was again tempted but unfortunately I could not justify the buy as I probably wouldn't wear it much and it was expensive - 

What do you think of my holiday buys? Have you picked up anything good at a market?

Soph x

Bucket List #4

Go to a Casino

Preferably the one in Monte Carlo or in Las Vegas! Of course I''m not old enough yet but I think it's something that should be tried once and definitely and atmosphere to experience! I'm not big on gambling and while I would like to be able to throw a lot of money around that does not seem likely to be a option any time soon, but if I was to visit a casino it would have to be in one of the two destinations I mentioned before because they are most famous for their casino's!

Bucket List #3

Go to Carnival in Rio!

Where better to let your hair down and its your in a beautiful place, with gorgeous beaches! It would be great to travel just to see things but I think if I was going to Brazil I would defiantly plan it around a carnival just so I could soak up the whole atmosphere.

Soph x

Style Crush #2: Kim Sears

I have developed a huge style crush on Kim Sears! With winter getting tiresome I have been thinking about getting my summer wardrobe together early - to avoid any stress when I can't find anything to wear! It has made me feel better and of course when I think of summer I think of tennis, and when it comes to style there is no spectators style I would like to steal more than Andy Murray's long-term girlfriend Kim Sears.

 

This refreshing summer look is one I think will be easy to copy come summer-time, simple yet stylish! That over sized bag is great and the ponytail is the right idea to keep her long hair of her neck, of course the sunglasses her favourite accessories.

Another summer look Kim favours is the floaty summer dress, the colours are great on her, it's youthful and yet modest.

Kim also knows how to rock a LBD, the shoes and denim jacket are perfect accompanying it, the over sized bag is always close at hand.

Kim knows how to rock the front-row catwalk look as well, we don't often see her in a coat because she usually only really out and about in the summer during the Wimbledon, but this proves to me she looks great any time of the year.

Finally my favourite look of hers, this dress is just lovely! :) 














 Soph x