New In - What I Bought in London

Jumper - Monki 

Shirt - George @ ASDA (I bought this beforehand but how nice is this shirt?? & only £12!)

Dress - Forever 21

Shirt - Primark

Skirt - Forever 21

Top - Monki

Postcards & bookmark - National Gallery, floral tin - Sass & Belle, Rose gold eye pencil - & Other Stories, Necklace - Accessorize

Heyyyyyyy,

So, here are the clothes & other things I accumulated whilst in London. As soon as we arrived & had dropped luggage off at the hotel, we headed straight to Oxford Street - ahhh shopper's paradise. Forever 21 always have amazing clothes in, and it was a bit of a floral overload in there but I managed to find the dress and skirt (which I think looks like it could be from Urban Outfitters) which will be perfect for spring/summer. I also picked up this bright tropical jumper from Monki which was on my Monki wishlist which I adore, along with the monochome top with contrasting stripes which I thought was a cool alternative to your average Breton striped top.
We braved the huuuge Primark but it was insanely busy & very hot inside so I just grabbed the polka dot shirt as soon as I saw it because I have been wanting one for forever, and it was a steal at only a tenner :-)
I also bought a few postcards of artists work including Monet & Van Gogh's paintings which were displayed in the National Gallery to go up in my room as well as cute rose bookmark & matching tin from Sass & Belle in Covent Garden.
Finally, the only item of makeup I got was this rose gold/pink eye pencil which is such a gorgeous shade from & Other Stories (their whole makeup & body range is amaaazing), and the only item of jewellery this pressed blue flower pendant which I thought was really cool.

See anything you like?

Thanks for reading,

Em x x

OOTD & London Snaps

Shirt - Primark, Jeans - Topshop, Coat - H&M, Hat - H&M, 'Emily' Necklace - Topshop, Flower Necklace - Accessorize, Socks - Topshop, Boots - EBay, Lipstick - 'Cherry Tree' Topshop


Hello!

Here is the outfit I wore on thursday while I was in London. We took these photos in hyde park near to our hotel, and it was really nice crisp, sunny day so I decided to go for my polka dot shirt from primark I got the day before when we went to Oxford Street, layering a couple of necklaces, along with my favourite black Joni's, glittery socks, cut out boots and my bowler hat. We then headed to the National Gallery, and although there were a lot of renaissance paintings, I enjoyed looking at famous works by Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh - it was basically mission impossible to take the photos because it was no photography, but I'm glad I managed to get one of Monet's bridge paintings, which I really love.

Afterwards we went to the Tower of London, and saw the crown jewels (obviously my favourite bit because I'm like a magpie when it comes to sparkly things hahaa) but it was all pretty interesting - I just think the medieval building looks so surreal with the Shard and modern architecture surrounding it, but I think the mix of old and new is why I love London so much.
In the evening we had a look round Covent Garden and then met up with my cousins for a meal in Strada which was really lovely :-)

Here are a few photos I took on wednesday and thursday - while in selfridges we saw Ashley James from Made in Chelsea although my mum and sister had no clue who she was haha.



Em x x

'Lazy Hazy Days' Illustration Project (Sketchbook and Final Design Boards)

 Helloooooo,

 

So this is an illustation and marketing & promotion project I have been working on for 7 weeks or so and here is the work in my sketchbook researching three illustrators (Cedric Rivrain, Rene Gruau and Kelly Smith), a designer's S/S 14 collection from last season (mine had to be Christopher Kane's - possibly my favourite collection everrr) and their inspiration behind it (which then became our theme for our own collection). Since Kane's inspo was biology science lessons I looked at human anatomy and nature, I also looked at trends for S/S 2014 which were present in his collection - metallics, holographic, 'florals' (but reinvented) and cut outs (which I'll definitely be working into my own wardrobe as the weather gets *ahem* marginally warmer into spring). I also looked at fabrics for S/S and colours as well as creating a mood board for my theme and customer for my collection. Not going to lie my customer is basically who I hope to be in the future - living and working in london at a fashion magazine/designing/illustrating going to fashion events and all that jazz.

 

I then began designing from my research, using pictures of cells under a microscope and atom formation drawings as reoccuring prints throughout my collection. I also had to design and logo for my brand as well as a swing tag and packaging as marketing and promotion materials to go alongside my collection. I decided to use my intials, and incoporate a rose into my swing tag design, as well as make the acetate window on the bag like a petri dish with bateria as a background (all relating to my theme of nature).

 

I'm pretty happy with my final boards (at the end if you want to skip past the sketchbook stuff) although I didn't get to finish everything. I also apologise for the not so great photos but this has to be posted as part of college work so hey ho.

 

 

 

What do you think? Like my designs? Feel free to comment :-)

 

Em x x