Aquascutum in Administration

Just a quick post for those of you who like me, have always had a soft spot for Aquascutum. Sadly, this quaint, well-known brand went into administration today =( Read more about it on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17744983.

They reported losses of £24 million last year, so its not much of a shock. I hope someone buys them out!! "Founded in 1851, Aquascutum's clothes have been worn by Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and the Queen Mother" (BBC). It's just such a shame that an institution such as this, may come to an end.. I am guessing someone will come along to save the day, but try to pick up any pieces you can find now - eBay, charity stores, whatever. I am sure when the pieces hit the vintage market (if you dont happen to have some 25 years + pieces already) they will be worth a fortune. Everyone loves a good defunct fashion house.

The house is well known for its suits, tailoring and the perfect trench coats. Indeed Burberry must have enjoyed a little the knowledge that one of their main trench coat competitors will likely not see another season.

Here are some current pieces for those of you who have not heard of the brand before (all available at harrods.com). It is a mixture of Burberry and countryside wealth chic:

£750

£195

£275

Secretly Danny from The Script is the love child of Kevin Webster from Coronation Street and Kevin Bridges.

Now many of you may be in an uproar about what I just said. Lets just have a quick look at the evidence...

Danny has some sort of mullet going on.....So did Kevin in Corrie in the early stages of his career....he blates would still have one now if all his hair hadn't receded after the trauma of Sally leaving him for the 19th time.

Danny is Irish....a mixture of Scottish and Cockney accents perhaps? I think so.

Danny lacks confidence on The Voice and looks to everyone else to see what they are doing....comedians are notoriously lacking in self confidence and Kevin Webster would be wrong to be confident about anything.

Danny has the same face as Kevin Bridges but younger and a bit more attractive.

Anyone/all of these men wish they were lesbians.



Kevin Webster PLUS...

Kevin Bridges EQUALS...

 Oh Danny what a lovely pair of Kevin dads you have. I rest my case.

In more important news it is my 23rd birthday on Saturday!!! People keep asking if I feel old. No. I'm going to be 23 when did that become old? I am just grateful I am past the age where I can be forced into partaking in the Hunger Games. Although Peeta can rub Vaseline into my head knife wound anytime he wants to. Maybe he should use less of the stuff on his hair though...just a thought. Anyway, for this wonderful birthday I should be finally getting a camera (my parents have not refused to buy me one before this, I have just not wanted one)...blogging peer pressure means I need one to show you things I am wearing and other weird stuff you will probably be confused about. So that's something to look forward to.

One of the things I feel it is my duty to show you when I have this camera is what NOT to wear on a night out. My wonderful best friend Becky turned 23 on Saturday and we danced the night away to celebrate. It was magical, couldn't have been better, no way it could've been ruined....except for the girl next to us wearing a shoe lace and nothing else. Or the girl who thought we wanted to see her thong (please note these references are not directed of any of the people we were out with). So to just clear some stuff up, don't wear it if you have to ask yourself or your friends if it is appropriate due to it being too low cut, too short, too tight or just a complete cat vomit mess... Here are my suggestions for nights out on the town looking seductive and fashionable but not causing grounds for indecent exposure.


This dress is just £12.99 and is all the shine you would ever need! Lets just tick off the trends....pleated, gold, skirt of differing lengths.... For this price you can't go wrong...and I cant see a misplaced boob in sight.





After telling you the best high street prints in my last blog...pick up this pair of scarf print shorts from Zara for £34.99 and team with heels. A fashion trend bonanza on a night out!




















Sequin skirt that is reminiscent of shells....two trends one (slightly high but totes worth it) price. £175 from AllSaints.

For all of you, like me, who like to wear black on a night out, but wish it had a little something more to it, look no further than this top with printed sleeves from Warehouse for £38. Would look the most cute tucked into a sequin skirt or scarf shorts....oh wait!!!!

Jumpsuit from Ted Baker £179. This has cheeky cut out back detailing and is silk. I want it. It's a shame I am short and would look like a convict in it. I don't care. I will buy it anyway. Fancy convict.



Who said an evening clutch had to be black or boring?? £12.99 from New Look



Finally look no further than Matalan for your shoes (£18 for both pairs of shoes and £20 for boots). These are stocked in local stores and not just London so make sure to go take a look. If a girl is wearing the right shoes....she can walk away from the creepy boy giving her the eye.

Hope this has helped my little friends!! Please help those less fortunate than you by telling them if they look crazy and showing them my blog. If you are one of those people...you are welcome.

Night!
xxx

'Prints' Charming and His 'Eggselent' Followers

Hello Over Indulged Friends!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, spending time with friends and family....and eating everything egg shaped in sight. I partook in the frivolous and ate and drank with friends and I partook in the meaningful, visiting Gloucester Cathedral which held a floral tribute to my late grandfather and many others friends and relatives past. Easter was therefore particularly emotional for me. But my dear friends, I am ashamed to say it was not only the marking of another Easter without my grandfather that made me a little down in the mouth. No, it was also that APPARENTLY, when you hit 22, people stop getting you Easter eggs. Ummmm, this has to be against civil rights??? I am sorry but the excuse that we now know the Easter Bunny isn't real, doesn't really fly with me. I know that half of Glos are carrying faux designer bags but I am not allowed to rip those poorly stitched Lukey Vuittons and Birdberry pieces out of their hands and set them on fire (the bags, not the people...) which to me seems the same sort of situation. My lovely Mother bought me a little selection of eggs from M&S which were delightful, my wonderful Father bought me a large egg, my Nan gave me an egg with a medal (also made of choc) and my other Nana made 2 chocolate cakes over the weekend on the "off chance" I would pop round....I did, three times. So I suppose you cannot compare my lack of chocolate to that of a third world resident, BUT, what happened to the times when your parents gave you 12 Easter eggs (with you managing to keep those bad boys going until mid July), a Steps CD and £20 to boot??? As I get older I find chocolate has become more of a necessity - especially since that study was brought out which says those that eat choc regularly are more likely to lose weight than those that don't - so I am pretty sure more eggs should exchange hands rather than less. I keep hearing the old chestnut that "22 is too old for Easter eggs" which I until today completely disagreed with... With my lack of choc causing a rumbly tumbly I bought some Love Hearts - old school cool - which like in the good old days I read before eating: "Be Mine", "Love You", "Fax Me" - obvi a 90s cast off. I kid you not when I say this though, at least 1/3 of the packet were "Grow Up". A short, sharp, chocolateless shock to the system. I think I'll stick to sweets that don't talk back next time. I hope you all enjoyed whatever sugary delight you got.

Now being in love with prints as I am and the fact there are SO many available at the moment in all different colours and patterns, I thought I would bring you my top ten. At least if you didnt get any choc this Easter you will be able to fit into these beauties...(Blurbs for each piece underneath image)



Matalan Scarf Print Blouse £16
http://www.matalan.co.uk/fcp/product/fashion-to-buy-online//Long-Sleeve-Scarf-Print-Blouse/51662&resultsPerPage=100&attrList=Dept,brand

Scarf Print: So in for S/S - all the celebs are wearing scarf print dresses, skirts and blouses. Team this shirt with denim shorts, a black maxi skirt or another daring print if you are brave enough!! This blouse manages to hit two trends with the scarf print and the fact it's sheer. Matalan has so much great stuff this season so look to them for other trends that wont break the bank!



H&M Striped Blazer £24.99
http://www.hm.com/gb/product/96893?article=96893-D

Stripes: You cant go wrong with a good striped blazer - well actually make sure the stripes aren't two thick, you don't want to look like Beetlejuice... Its a good staple for jeans and a tee but can also be worn over an LBD or even for work. Prints don't have to be terrifying or garish, so if you aren't into bright colours or loud patterns, try something like this from H&M.




River Island Yellow Sunflower Print Playsuit £25
http://www.riverisland.com/Online/women/playsuits--jumpsuits/playsuits/yellow-sunflower-print-playsuit-618259

Floral Print: Big, bright and bold flower prints are the best way to liven up your summer wardrobe. Team this playsuit with some cute sandals in the day before making an easy transition to night with a black blazer and black wedge boots.




American Apparel Polka Dot Leggings £24
http://store.americanapparel.co.uk/8328.html?cid=905-1310&c=Truffle

Polka Dot: I love a good polka dot and I love a good legging, so put the two together and what have you got?!! Fashion gold my friends. If you have got a black dress that needs livening up, are one of those fabulously toned people who can wear leggings as trousers or just want to dress like LMFAO then pick these bad boys up. They are my new Spandex crush.




Oasis Bird Print Trousers £45
http://www.oasis-stores.com/Bird-Print-Trouser/Trousers-&-Shorts/oasis/fcp-product/4450002868

Bird Print: I have always loved prints which incorporate animals, birds, fish etc. I think they are so eye-catching as from far away they can look more like a generic pattern; it isn't until you get close that you see the detail. Everyone is celebrating with our winged friends at the moment, so pick up a pair of wide legged trousers, harem pants or these loose fitting beauties and rock out with your chicken out...

Urban Outfitters Renewal O&O Maxi Dress £48
http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/renewal-o+o-animal-maxi-dress/invt/5416465084589/&bklist=

Oriental Prints: This particular dress reminds me of oriental prints on kimonos, rice paper paintings and those gorgeous vases (usually in blue and white). This is a stunning maxi that is definitely a piece to wear to drinks, dinner or a special occasion - and such value for money!! This is possibly my favourite piece of the ten items, it is so simple, yet so beautiful. Check out UO for all your print needs, because lets be honest, they don't really do subtle...




Topshop Morphed Tribal Shorts £35
http://www.topshop.com/

Tribal Print: Some of you might be yawning at this because tribal has been around for a while now. What you have to do therefore is find tribal but with a twist, like these shorts! Love the tribal colours, but go for a blurred look, or another pattern to make the trend fresh again. Zigzags are huge at the moment, so try tribal colours in this print for extra va va voom!

Warehouse Snake Print Skirt £40
http://www.warehouse.co.uk/snake-plisse-skirt/Clothing/warehouse/fcp-product/308234

Animal Print: Lets be honest animal print is always going to be around, so we just have to tailor it to the season. This season pleats and snakeskin are in....oh wait! Here is the perfect skirt for pairing with your highest heels and going partying with your friends. You know you want to...


House of Holland Bone Swim Suit £75
http://shop.houseofholland.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals/products/pc12-bone-swimsuit

Crazy Print: At the end of the day be who you want to be and say what you want to say in a print that you love! This says ... look how skinny I've got from lack of Easter eggs....





Cath Kidston Pinny Cardi £38
http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/p-18021-cath-kidston-pinny-flowers-pointelle-cardigan.aspx

Cath Kidston: If all else fails, turn to the queen of prints herself...

So go out and paint the town patterned!
Becky xx

And So The End Is Nigh....Zzzzzzzzzzz

Hello Friends and Readers.... I say that as though there is any of you left after I have not spoken to you in a week. I will let you know it is only because I have been involved in 12 hour work days and lots of other crazy things. For those of you wondering, I am loving London and I am loving my internship!

You may look at my title and shed a tear, for you know (after what should have been 26 days but was most likely a month and a half....) that the alphabet I have been doing will officially come to an end after this post =( BUT!!! I will be carrying on with my blog - they may have to be shorter posts, but I will try to post at least 4 times a week with interesting things such as: splurge vs. steal, get the look, interesting things I have seen in the fashion/interior design world, what I am wearing that day if it is particularly fabulous and just general things I want to report to you guys. I am also thinking of investing in a camera or taking more photos on my BB so that I can post fun pics. Hope you will all enjoy it! I may decide to do another ABC next season, but who knows where life will take me...

Interesting things coming up: Easter - the time where too few reflect on the Christian meaning of Easter; I am not particularly religious myself but I am sad when the meaning of things such as Christmas and Easter change to trying to get your warm little hands on as many presents as possible for the first and trying to get diabetes from the latter. I mean I am not afraid of a little chocolate myself and when my grandmother once told me that cocoa beans would run out and we would be left without chocolate in the world, I started a mourning period more severe than that which even Queen Victoria herself held for her late and beloved husband. So, whilst you are getting so hyped on chocolate that you start to think you can hear music and do that weird dance from the Inbetweeners movie, remember also that holidays such as this are a time to be with loved ones! Also....4 days of work, booyahhhh!! As I write this, my lovely room-mate who has offered me refuge for my next month of internship (from Chiswick to Brixton - I feel like Pretty Woman, but in reverse and with more clothes on...I get cold) is feeding me all manner of chocolate goodies whilst she makes Easter cakes for work tomorrow. I will never learn.

My birthday/the Queen's birthday - now for those of you who don't know my birthday and the Queen's REAL birthday fall on the very same day....and yet I am still waiting for my gun salute. In fact just a single party popper would be nice. It is my first birthday in this country in FOUR YEARS and so I am very excited to slip on a frothy party dress, pour my poor feet into the highest heels they can manage and wear enough rouge to make a party goer in Ibiza blush (I am guessing anyway, I mean they are too rouged to tell). I will then meet my other equally velvet lapelled, liquid silked, hair curled, haze of hairspray, shiny lipped, sparkly heeled, heaving bosomed, ID clutching little rascal of a friendship group for some, almost certainly unable to publish here, crazy times. I will no doubt be forgotten off the Queen's party list, but then she will undoubtedly be forgotten off mine. Harry is welcome, as always.

SUMMER!!!! - The best part of the year! Flip flops will become our best friends and our worst enemies....blisters are more unwelcome than Russel Brand in KP's house....and yet still more funny. Sunglasses will hide our tired little beer garden hungover eyes - those people who think they are awesome will wear Ray Ban Aviators or Wayfarers....those who are really cool will wear Oliver Peoples or a pair from Tesco. I myself LOVE Ray Ban's but wouldn't buy a mainstream pair - sheep shouldn't wear sunglasses. Bright colours, fruity cocktails and sun sun sun....well we can dream heh, I would pick yourself up a good brolly just in case.

DUH DUH DUUUUUUUUUH Z!!!!!!

Fashion Trend: Ze power of ze French.... now that my friends is the best thing I have ever written. I feel like seeing as this is my last post I want to leave you with an important message: if all else fails, dress like the French. Parisian women especially believe in tailoring to within an inch of their lives. They believe in chignons, berets, the perfect breton style dress or top, eating small portions consisting of fish and salad to keep so angular you would bruise if you bumped into them and they most of all believe in perfection. French women always take pride in what they wear - no loose hairs, no chipped nails, no lumps and bumps due to an ill fitting piece. Haute Couture is out of most of our price ranges, but the perfect fitting pair of black trousers isnt, the figure hugging LBD isnt, the way Chanel No. 5 hits the man behind you on the tube when you step off isnt...and well if you can't afford real pearls yet, there are some great fakes. What I am trying to say, is feel confident and beautiful in what you wear by taking time to think about it. Being into fashion isnt shallow, it just shows you care about your appearance. PS - for all you wondering I am thinking more Audrey Tatou and Marion Cotillard than Christina Aguilera in Lady Marmalade...


Audrey Tatou http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/gallery/0,,20304268_20671549,00.html

Marion Cotillard http://theclothingmenu.com/2010/02/jadore-these-french-fashion-icons/

Fashion Item: Everything from Zara...ever. If you read a little further you will see Zara is not my 
Store/Label and that is because it was too predictable. But, it cannot be left out. So what I thought I could do is share some great pieces with you....seriously, what else would I do with Z. For those of you who haven't been, Zara is an upmarket Mango/H&M with a HUGE range at mid level prices. Here are my current favs all available from www.zara.com


Floral Print Dress £49.99 - How Mary Katrantzou is this??!! I NEED IT!

Printed Trousers with Contrast Waist £39.99 

T-Shirt with Flared Waist £19.99

Suede Graduated Coloured Clutch £69.99

High Heel Sandal £49.99

Store or Label: Zadig & Voltaire - I have been waiting and waiting for Z so I could put Z&V as I am SO IN LOVE with them. The designs are like Winter Kate and Alexander McQueen had a love child - so floaty and so skulls on crack at the same time. I want everything, I can afford nothing. Not as terribly priced as many of the other designers, but still over £200 for t-shirts, sooooo... Here are the new things in this week that I am now going to pretend people will give me for my birthday. Do you think I can ask my great aunt to knit me a t-shirt with a skull instead of a tea cosy?!!! All items from http://www.zadig-et-voltaire.com/eu/uk/what-s-new-1/this-week.html


Cashmere Skull Tank £205

Double Ring Gaia Repossi for Z&V £475
(Also available in a cuff for £1,240 - £1,430)





Suede Clutch £220

Designer or Celebrity: Zooey Deschanel - My absolute style crush. You have to have something special to channel that sort of innocent, teacher from the 50s look. All I expect her to do is cycle on a bike with a basket whilst wearing floral 50s housewife dresses. #sochic. Sorry channeling P'Trique... For those of you who haven't been watching New Girl on channel four, you are obviously crazy...it is HILARIOUS and she wears the cutest stuff ever. Think sheer blouses with bright polka dot shorts and crazy printed tees with pastel jeans. Seeing her in something slutty would be as traumatizing as being reminded that your parents were once your age or finding out that delish strawberry creamy thing from Starbucks is infact your entire day's calories. Taking style advice from this little button therefore is not a bad idea. She looks French, she wears her hair slightly waved or in a messy chignon and has bright red vampy lipstick. Also, she is one of those rare funny and beautiful women who is obviously smart to boot. She tweets and she blogs at Hello Giggles - check her out....in all ways!!!!

Night dahhhhlings, sleep well!
xxx



London? It's Not All Louis Vuitton and Little Mix.

Hello =)

I am writing to you asking that we all try a little harder to be kind to one another and just be good people. Last week in London, two people jumped under trains, I witnessed two people get arrested - one a homeless woman - I saw a man selling a popular magazine that helps the homeless, steal a mobile phone from a girl WHILST asking her to buy a copy and other acts of general disregard such as not stopping to help someone, not standing up on the tube for someone who needs to sit and even the most unnecessary crimes such as littering. I am someone who takes things like this to heart and it literally devastated me that two people jumped under trains last week because they obviously felt they had no other choice. To feel that low, alone, unhappy is the worst thing I can imagine. So tomorrow, I want you all to tell someone you love them, look people in the eye on your way to work and give them a smile, offer your seat up to someones grandma, someones pregnant wife, someones little sister and just try to make their day better. It doesn't cost anything to be nice, but most of the time it gives a HUGE reward.

For those of you who wondered what I did over the weekend - I had a wonderful time with friends exploring London, walking from place to place, taking in the sites. London is the most beautiful place when the sun shines; everything comes alive. It has got to be one of the only places that you can see a sex shop, a duck hanging in a window and a high class car dealership all within a five minute walk of one another. The best part about London though....and I know you wont be surprised when I say this....is the fashion. I have never felt so free to wear what I want without being judged and yet at the same time I have never felt like I have been judged so much for what I wear. In London if someone looks you up and down on the tube, they are usually saying "I have taken time out of my busy LDN day to look at your outfit". In other words, you either make them jealous because you look tres chic or you make them think you got dressed in the dark after doing three rounds of Speed. In London I feel more liberated to wear literally ANYTHING than I have ever felt anywhere else. I can wear a maxi skirt and feel sexy not frumpy, wear a sheer shirt with just a bra and feel sophisticated, not slutty and I can hold my head up high when I am dressed all in black, for I am a PR GIRL!! Yet at the same time, I know people look at my clothes and try to decipher me from them. Is she wearing a maxi skirt because she doesn't like her legs? Doesn't she know sheer shirts have been replaced with just sheer sleeves? All black, who does she think she is, a PR girl? Uhummm. There is a fine line between creativity and catastrophe, between tres chic and tres shi....well you get where I am going with that. I have ashamedly become one of those people who looks and judges though. I saw a woman in her 70s dressed like Coco Chanel the other day and I stared at her my whole tube home; to be that beautiful when I am her age is a dream. Milky skin contrasted with a black tweed suit with cream piping. Pristine court shoes that matched a cream bag. Gold studs in each ear which delicately balance with the perfect chignon in her hair. All in all a woman who most likely shed a tear when Primark came on the scene and doesn't understand what it means to not match your lipstick with your nails. Beauty personified. Then there is the girl opposite her - going for ballet chic but instead looks like a cracked out fairy...too much pink, too many sequins, too much tulle....

Today I wore a slate grey billowing maxi skirt with a blue/grey lace top and silver shoes. A masterpiece to some? The most boring to others. I changed but one item to go to the shops after work - from maxi to jeans - and it became a lacklustre outfit. Something one would forget in an instant. I had many nice comments about the outfit today though - showing an outfit has to be perfect in all aspects to work. Try a skirt instead of jeans tomorrow, or a blouse instead of a t-shirt and watch the comments fly in....if they are mean, don't say I didn't warn you.

PS - Saw Shrek the Musical on Saturday night - was fantastic. Go see it!!

Y

Fashion Trend: Yellow - Everything from the brightest of the bright through to the palest lemon. Yellow is the way forward. It is a colour that blonde's often find hard to wear, but with the range of yellows out there at the moment, try a few and one will fit. If you are nervous and don't want clothes in such a bright hue, grab a bag, some cute wedges or even some jewellery and make like the sun and shine!

Bra £16 Knickers £7.50 from www.marksandspencer.com
Limited Collection Chiffon Spot Set 

Marc Jacobs £610 (skirt)
Available from http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/192343

£22 Saddlebag from Accessorize
http://www.accessorize.com/en/restofworld/simple-saddle-shoulder-bag/invt/18935731/

Swarovski Yellow Ring £99
http://www.swarovski.com/

Fashion Item: You're The One Jacket - Nanette Lepore. It's just so Jackie O meets Princess Diana. I love the colour, I love the peplum (both so on trend) and I love fitted jacekets. Pair with jeans for a smart day look, team with a pencil skirt for work or throw over a gorge LBD for dinner with the one you love....it's always a good day when you are wearing Nanette!!

You're The One Jacket $448
http://www.nanettelepore.com/new-arrivals/you-re-the-one-jacket.html

Store/Label: Y-3 www.y-3store.com - You will love this stuff if you were into the sport luxe trend. It is all heeled sneakers, fancy rain coats and tennis style dresses. No-one would refuse you service at a restaurant if you turned up in any of these pieces though. In love with this Poplin Blouse which has the cut out detail which is so on trend and these luxury sport heeled sneakers.

Poplin Blouse £245
http://www.y-3store.com/item/store/Y-3/tskay/6C0705DF/rr/1/cod10/34246355DB/gender/woman/agerange/
Adult/areaid//sts/

Sukita £310

Celebrity or Designer: Yves Saint Laurent - They have designed a REVERSIBLE tote!! It is the most fabulous thing ever....it is tan on one side for those cheeky shopping trips in the day...but what's that, you don't have time to go home and change your bag before dinner??!! Never mind, this reverses and the other side is bronze!!! STOP. BEING. SO. FABULOUS. I must have one....oh wait, it's £1,320 on Net-A-Porter. I must continue to want one. This my friend, is why designers are my fav thing .... two bags for really the same price as one of their bags. Got to love 'em. Yves Saint Laurent Neo Reversible Bag £1,320 - http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/174900


Good Night everyone, remember to spread happiness tomorrow!
Becky xx

XOXO Gloucester Girl.....See what I did there!!!

Hello Beautiful Bloggers!!

I have a favour to ask you - follow me on www.blogloving.com and that way every time I write a new blog you will be notified. There is a button on the left hand side of my blog that says bloglovin - just press it and it will show you the way....

Sorry I never write, phone, send flowers, I have been so very busy...what a corker of an excuse heh!! I love the fact that if I go a few days without blogging more than one person says to me "are you not blogging anymore then" as though it is the crime of the century. I'm sure Colonel Sanders - who comes up on Google before Colonel Gaddafi; what can I say, we like our chicken in our wraps not in our dictators - wasn't judged every time he ate something besides wings (fictional character or not). So I should not be judged when I decide sleeping is more important than blogging - no, you are right, I am a big failure and I apologise. I MUST keep blogging to be fresh and in the forefront of all your busy minds, for as Coco Chanel said "In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different"...and keep blogging. Alas, I must confess I have put this blog off for it is the dreaded X (see witty heading...) and you and I both know I will cheat my way through this like a 5 year old playing a board game. Once I have finished this A-Z, in just 3 blogs time (including this one, i'm not bad with numbers as well as a cheat) I will need to move onto some other topic - preferably fashion based - so if anyone has any suggestions feel free to let me know them through my Twitter @BeckyAdelay.

I have heard a few of you enjoy this section, so here are some more weird things seen on the tube:
- Man so very drunk that he fell asleep in between every stop and therefore had to check the wall for the stops each time he woke up - it was at 8pm this evening and he was wearing a suit....
- One teenage guy rapping as his two friends looked on and made that "hahaaaaaaa" noise
- Guy carrying a sausage dog - SO CUTE!!!!!
- Woman having a FULL ON domestic with partner using words that your grandmother would happily see drowned in a sack with any song that isn't by Barry Manilow
- Fashion Attacks - girl in what she hoped was street chic, but unfortunately looked like the 60s and Austin Reed had had a love-child and said child had thrown up on her. Woman in ALL purple (did I not get the memo about dressing like Violet from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.... I mean post blueberry incident obvi). Man wearing enough denim to make even Pat Sharpe wet himself. More rouge on a woman's cheeks than would be allowed in even Shagaluf. Dog hoodie....as in a dog in a hoodie, not a man dressed like Lassie.

Now I have put it off long enough, so here it is....cut me some slack people.

X

Fashion Trend: eXpose yourself. Now WAIT!!! I have no interest in you running up to me dressed in a way that even girls at Aintree would find a little OTT (or not being dressed as it were). I am talking about the gorge things in the shops at the moment that show skin in a way it isn't usually shown. For example: cut outs showing slices of skin, maxi skirts where part of the skirt is sheer, a slit in a skirt (BACK AWAY ANGELINA) or just a sheer arm on an opaque blouse. Spring has definitely descended upon us in the last week, but it is still not warm enough to get our legs or arms out. Instead use this trend to get those pins that you have been working hard at a gym on with that whole 1 time that you went the day after NYE ... and keep warm at the same time!


Zara Pleated Skirt £29.99
http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/uk/en/zara-S2012/189504/704540/ASYMMETRIC%2BFINE%2BPLEATED%2BSKIRT

Warehouse Black Mesh Maxi £28
http://www.warehouse.co.uk/mesh-two-layer-skirt/Skirts/warehouse/fcp-product/308296

Topshop Cut Out Shirt (Back view, so cute!) £32
http://www.topshop.com

Fashion Item: eXtreme jewellery. Now I am basically doing this because I recently found out that everyone's secret favourite store, Irregular Choice (it's the store that business women look at and think I wish I could think up a reason to wear a pair of shoes from here) sell other things beside shoes. For those of you hermits who haven't heard of it, they sell the most exquisite and delicious shoes that unless you are in fashion or have a foot fetish, would never be able to explain. For example see this lovely shoe, aptly named, Mayhem. They do some normal-ish shoes, but why buy those when you can have something with flames, wings or kitties on it?? That is not the point of this story though. They do even wilder jewellery. I LOVE when people look at my jewellery; it shows you have real style if someone compliments you for it, because a shop window can put together an outfit for you, but you have to choose the necklace. IC has everything from burger earrings (great for the 50s Americana trend at the moment), through to sparkly skull rings. Whatever it is, if you are too nervous to wear something crazy in the body of your outfit, put it on your finger and rock it like Beyonce. Here are a couple of my favs from the website (all from http://www.irregularchoice.com/shop/womens/view_all/)

Mayhem - Irregular Choice £89

With Sprinkles £4.99

Neptune £45 (whimsical take on Claddagh ring)


Glug Glug £39 (Great for Aquatic Trend)

Store or Label: 'eXit Through The Gift Shop'. I am using this Banksy phrase as a way to say, shop the unusual!!! Banksy takes art and twists, manipulates and basically spray paints over it to make it individual and beautiful. This is the message I am sending to you, be different! Shop at markets, charity shops, trunk shows, swap with friends and make your own clothes. In a world where fashion is ever changing, be your own guru and make a splash. You can pick up the most outrageous bargains at street markets and charity stores, so look there first then customise to your heart's content. Fashion isn't about wearing what every girl in the magazine is wearing, it is about feeling beautiful and being confident.... just don't spray paint a train tunnel on your Nana's wall. She might say she likes Banksy, but it is only because she thought you said Bassey....as in Shirley.

Celebrity or Designer: Xena Warrior Princess. I can hear you laughing, but you think of all the other people with a name that begins with X!!! Now I am not expecting you to go round with a short blonde girl that may or may not be your girlfriend, I mean channel Xena by wearing loads of leather!! It is all over the A/W12 catwalks. This time though leather is in different styles than just the jacket. Wear it in the form of a liquid leather dress, have a chunk of your shift made of leather or rock a leather top. Leather leggings can be worn this A/W again, so luckily that wasn't a waste of £90.... Just be careful with that weird outfit you wore that time you thought you looked like Halle Berry in Catwomen, but were more Ross in friends. Baby powder at the ready, small friend on hand and just time left to go out and beat up some ale drinking swine. Ahhh Xena, you are our hero.

Night love bugs!
Becky xx