Cheeky little Autumn Haul

I haven't had a huge amount of time to myself recently; but I managed to get myself to Bristol one afternoon for a cheeky little bit of shopping and to push my anxiety as part of my recovery. I almost get annoyed at myself for not going to Bristol more; Less than £5 return on the train and a wider variety of shops than Bath offers. Bath is brilliant for all the independent boutiques but Bristol is the king of the big high street names...A Primark that dreams are made of, a zara and all the stores I miss from Norwich. The anxiety part, well at the beginning of summer I felt to anxious to even walk down to my local shops on my own ( a 5 minute walk fyi), yet I managed to get the train and spend the afternoon mooching around Bristol on my own!

So here's what I picked up:

Pink angora Blend Jumper- £19.99 New Look

 I have been looking for a winter jumper for soooo long!! I'm quite fussy with my knitwear, have sensitive skin and hate cropped styles so shopping this season was a chore. I finally found this Pastel pink beauty in New Look and have lived in it since I bought it as it goes with everything!

 

Printed teadress - £8 Primark

Admittedly I went into Primark looking for silly Christmas presents and separates, I did achieve the silly presents but as always came out with dresses over tops and trousers. I couldn't resist the more autumnal print and the cute shape that shows off my figure whilst keeping me covered up. 

 

Teadress with cut out back - £5 Primark

I spotted this little beauty on the sale rail and for once they had it in my size! It's an empire line teadress with a cute little detail in the back, in a soft jersey fabric, and for a fiver it's an absolute bargin! I cannot wait to dress this up for winter date nights, and dress it down with cozy knits for days shopping & in the studio.

List book - £7.50 Paperchase

I can't find this online, but I'm absolutely in love with this current paperchase collection! I'm a little bit list obsessive so it satisfies my love of lists and florals, and technically it helps to keep me organised with my mountains of work!

Lula Magazine

Lula is by far one of my favourite high end fashion magazines; its so girly and whimsical, and one of the only fashion magazines that I really could connect with. Its kind of pricey, but its definitely worth a read if you ever have the money free.

Have any of you bought any cheeky things this autumn?

Keep warm lovelies

FFF

xox

Fashion is a cruel mistress

So despite my best intentions blogging has gone by the wayside a little :( It's not that I haven't had things I wanted to blog about, it purely became a time issue. As many of you will of read in previous posts my course is a little intense and I just haven't been able to take the time out to blog. Hopefully after christmas when the making side calms down, & my work is actually good enough to not need re-doing (whoops! Great start to the year!) I'll gradually be able to up the frequency that my posts go out.
But enough boring stuff; I'm really excited by my current project and just wanted to share little snippets about what I'm working on!

The Brief:
              We literally had to close our eyes and pick pieces of paper out of a hat; cue lots of dramatics when people discovered what they'd gotten. As a year group we don't tend to freak out about fabrics too much; but having the choice taken away from us, and having to use solely this fabric for our last make project before collections next year, made the fabrics mildly terrifying. I was lucky enough to get double faced; admittedly I didn't feel lucky at the time, I had no clue what it was other than it could be very pricey! I'll tell you later on when my opinion on the fabric changed.
     The aim was to use our selected fabrics to create experimental yet beautiful garments to couture standards; and this time we were expected to make more than one garment, a complete outfit was required. Most people are aiming for a top & trousers/skirt combination however I'm keen to try and get a jacket and a dress made in the time allowed. To help us think in couture and show terms a bit more we have also been asked to design the full 35 look collection, which can use a combination of fabrics, however the outfit we chose to make must be made entirely from the set fabric! Daunting!


So what is double faced?
Well, its basically any fabric that has 2 right sides....which sounds a million times less terrifying!! On my trips to London & local fabric shops I managed to collect such a variety of samples that I stopped freaking out about being limited by my fabrics, as double faced comes in all shapes and forms. I have to admit I 2 have to strong favourites fabric wise at the moment; a gorgeous double faced woven fabric from stock rolls at uni that's monochromatic and features herringbone on one side and houndstooth on the other, and weirdly enough neoprene style fabrics again monochromatic with white on one side and black on the other.

My Muse:
As its couture the aim is to have to specific client in mind, and I couldn't think of anyone more inspiring than the beautiful Isabella Blow. Despite her tragic death a few years ago she was an influential woman in fashion, and she fits the kind of pieces I wanted to make for this project.

Bit of a wordy post; but I'll try and keep you guys updated with how it all goes!

FFF

xox