Let's Play Catch Up.

 Hello girlies! I've had a crazy hectic but crazy good week, so much so I still haven't crammed in any outfit posts much to my dismay, sorry girlies. I have however done two fashion shoots  AND been to Paris, all very exciting therefore better catch you up with what I've been upto.

Trotting off to the station at 6am, wrapped up extra warm.

Paris at night, first time I've laid my eyes on the Eiffel Tower...already planning to return in the Summer.

Eaten a shameful amount of this stuff in the last few days, always stock up in Europe.

Definitely ate a snail, not quite sure what to think.

Amazing macaroons and real hot chocolate, it was like drinking a brownie YUM.

Too much choice in the scrummy Parisian patisseries.

Spent many evenings creating inspiration boards for my shots, this is 90s nostalgia.

Trying new things with my hair with a little bow band from a Christmas cracker.

Found the perfect book for my course.

Making the most of the uni library these days.

Was shocked to see Meateor had been taken off the Dominos menu, so create my own had to do.

Sneak peeks of my studio shoot with my beautiful model and photographer Nadia Ryder. 

Getting ready with the gorgeous uni girls.

Being posers at Palais Royal.

Finally found the postcards from Rome so I can stick them on my 'places I've been' wall.

Paris was amazing of course, and we stumbled upon some fab vintage shops where I purchased some goodies, of course so I'll show them off soon. Hope you are all staying warm in this extremely chilly weather!

Sam x

Mission Keep Warm.

Hello there, blogging seems a little sporadic still, but now I've settled back at uni so you can expect plenty of outfits and hauls (hello student loan) from now on. I'm currently trowling through all the work that should have been done over the break and trying to fend off a cold which seems to be a losing battle, especially when my house is practically a huge a freezer. So begins mission keep warm...

Drinking copious amounts of green tea in hope this will fight the ickiness, out of one of my favourite ever mugs.

My parents got me lots of 'warm' gifts for Christmas including this cute little hand warmer and microwavable hottie. 

To commemorate 2013 I've written a list of 21 'to-dos' in my 21st year, which is keeping me distracted from work.

This blanket is my new best friend, it's SO soft and cosy, a perfect pressie from my muma.

The jumper is from a boutique in Lakeside, the bow hair band from a xmas cracker.

I should have a few outfits and a huuuuge haul up my the end of the week so keep posted! 

Hope you're well and not fallen victim to the stuffy January blues.

Term's Over.

My first term at university is over already, I've been so busy that time has just flown by. I absolutely adore my course, it's perfect talking about fashion all day every day and it seems like really promising path to take to get into the fashion industry, it's all very exciting. So I thought I'd show you guys exactly what I have been up to the past few months as a Fashion Promotion at UCA.

As part of the first project we had to do a styled shoot on a given luxury brand, my group had Celine, the French brand iconic for it's minimalistic approach and gorgeous leather goods. After studying this brand for nearly 8 weeks though all I now want is a Celine luggage bag, just need alot of dollar then.

                          

Last week we were experimenting with camera filters and last minute styling, but my friends and I came up with a really good concept in the end so decided to make it into a mini-zine. We were pretty chuffed with ourselves when we saw the results. Fellow team members included my lovely Liverpudlian Heather and ridiculously brilliant Richard, excuse my modelling, apparently I pull off the 50s housewife look pretty well ha.

 This course has made me fall in love with London even more. We're expected to take trips up to the capital frequently to get to know our way about town and keep up to date with all the exhibitions and forums on offer, which means the temptation to splurge has quadrupled this term. Oooops. 

 I've also began to take such a great interest in window displays, some of the stores in London have amazing examples. The left one here is Moschino's window for this Autumn, can you spot the cartoon they're imitating? And on the right is one of Harrod's Christmas windows which involved a collaboration of designers such as Oscar de la Renta and Vaentino with Disney princesses, the gowns are just beautiful. If you're in London this month definitely go check  them out in Knightsbridge. 

 This here was our first live project with none other than Dr Martens, where we were asked to style a pair of the iconic shoes. Have you noticed that they've had this huge revival in the past few years, and they seem more versatile than ever with new stores popping up around the country. The pair I'm wearing here aren't the classic DMs you're used to seeing, but these heeled beauties were so darn comfy, I so didn't want to give them back after the shoot booo. Check out the entire day's work here.

So that's my first term over, and I'm back in my home town all set for the Christmas festivities which include a posh drunken dinner with friends tomorrow and a weekend in Rome with the boyfriend. I can NOT wait. Although, it's not all play as I have a humungous pile of readings to get through for next term, oh well hehe.

Enjoy your festivities ladies!