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Had a good day doing things the wrong way.
Had a good day doing things the wrong way.

Had a good day doing things the wrong wa-aa-ayy!

Its been a long day. Four exams, two of which were physics, i could honestly feel the tears coming on. But they're out of the way at least, one more to go this year, and then I'm finished!

Now, i don't know about you lot, but i love me a bit of retail therapy? Yes, i thought you did too!Unfortunately, I'm broke. But when has that ever stopped me before, its time to fill up those online baskets girls!

Maybe this is a little sad, but nothing cheers me up better than browsing ALL the clothes websites i can find and picking out everything i even remotely like. So today, I'm going to share a few favourites that i have found rummaging around online.. enjoy! x

PRODIGYRED.COM

£18

I dont know about you, but im getting a bit bored of the denim shorts now. So i've been happy to see lots of new styles, designs and patterns of shorts come out for this summer. This has to be one my favourites out of all the ones i have looked at. I love the colour, i always take a moment to look at clothes this colour! They're satin with a beautiful tye around the waist. I just think they're the perfect item for summer, don't you?

TOPSHOP:





















£28
It's not very often that i find something that i really like on the topshop website. I like alot of the clothes, but they're just not me. So as i was flicking through it was a pleasent surprise when this lovely caught my eye. This brings the 50's to 2010.
I love the pattern, and they style. I think this cover up is the best item i've ever seen on topshop website! But i think maybe its a love it or hate it piece? What do you think?













£36
One thing that no one can deny is that Topshop knows how to do patterns! This dress is really versatile, you can dress it up or down simply with a change of shoes. Also take a look at Topshops shorts, they have some great patterns aswell.













BOOHOO.COM





£12
Now, when the floral print re-emerged i was wary at first to try something new. (It always takes me a while to try new things but im working on it) Eventually i tried on some floral print tops adnd they didn't suit me at all, which knocked my confidence a bit as all myfriends look lovely in theirs. However i braved the floral print again, but instead of a top, i chose a skirt. I loved it, i know own two floral skirts. They just add so much colour to a wardrobe! Give one a go.





£9

I've always loved the ripped leggings or jeggings look but i've never been brave enough to give it a go. Yes, i am very annoyed at myself.
I think i would have prefered these in a bit of a darker colour, but other than that i think these are really lovely and i'd put them with a long tee and some boots, or maybe some shoes like the river island ones (seen above). Also i think the price is really good for these.

RIVER ISLAND:

Little bit of a bargain for you all now, this cute little thing comes in at only 99p! Its perfect if you just need a spare bag to fold up and put in the bottom of your handbag/school bag etc incase you find yourself in need to extra space or your strap breaks? This isnt the only one they do for this price, theres another one or two.

love. love. love. love.

Theres a lot of the trainer/sneaker heal style shoe around at the moment, and i think its a great idea. They look so original and edgy. They add an extra something to a look. These are £54.99, so they're a little bit out of my price range but if you know you'll get your moneys worth! I also wanted to show you these fabulous shoes, that were the same style as these, but from new look for £30, unfortunately i couldnt find them on their site.

NEW LOOK:

£10

This 'Paisley Cami Top' was the first item to come up on Tops in New Looks women's section and i absolutely loved it, but i always like to look through everything incase there is something better. However, while scrolling down all of the items, i kept thinking back to this top and i scrolled faster and faster just so i could click back to the first page to see this one again! Pair it with some cute denim shorts and some glads and you've got a casual summer look right there!

I love the military look, i know it was massive a while ago, but i just wanted to show this. I found this in new look for £22, however i bought one that is practically identical from internationale for £15. These jackets work with so many different combinations, a personal favourite of mine is a simple white tee or vest top with some black skinnys or straights and some matching navy dollies.

£25
I am SO happy that denim jackets are making a comeback, i adore them! This one is slightly more than i spent on mine, which is from new look also, but just as nice, and the quality is really good. I wear mine with anything and everything. Summery day dresses, leggings, evening dresses, skirts etc.

I started this yesterday evening, but didn't have time to finish it :)

xxx

Worth a thousand words?

(L)

My ticket :)

There were so many amazing designs, and credit really is due for the designers. You could see the hard work and dedication that you need to produce collections as fabulous as these. Here are a few favourites, any opinions?

xx

Bit Of a Revision Break ..

FINALLY!



A bit of spare time that i can just do what i want and not worry about revising! It feels like all i've done this week is school stuff, mainly revision and learing a french essay. I have four exams tomorrow, to be fair, all four only take up two hours of my day but still. The week after that i have another exam, which is one and a half hours so until then my evenings are going to consist of revision, toast, revision and a lack of sleep.

Anyway, a bit of fashion related stuff now..

As i said in my previous post, i went to the London graduates fashion show and attended the careers talk they held. It just got me so excited about the idea of working in the fashion industry,theres just so many possible careers!

I think there is too much focus on the design aspect of fashion, although it is obviously a key part of the industry, i think people sometimes forget the amount of people involved in the process of desinging the clothes to getting them into the stores, magazines and on the celebrities and public!

I went through a stage where all i wanted to be was a fashion designer, i lived and breathed fashion design. I researched the qualifications you needed, i filled folders with my designs, bought the books and it was pretty much all i talked about for a year and a half. However, i soon came to realise that you need some drawing ability, which unfortunately i lack. So i've moved on, but i still draw the odd design, why not eyy?! :)

Now i cant decide quite what i want to be, i like the idea of being a stylist or being a buyer for a major store. I'd never really considered being a buyer, except when watching Rachel in action on friends, but i met a really nice studen from London, Westminster at Londons show who is doing a course to become a buyer. She was lovely and explained all about her course and the career prospects and it sounded really appealing! Also working for a fashion magazing sounds interesting, i've got no idea what the job titles are but you know when it just sounds like something you'd enjoy? I'll let you know if i decide what im going to do, i've got a while yet!


Thinking back, it's almost always been about clothes with me, one of the very first jobs i can remember wanting was to be a hairdresser. You know why? It was because i used to think (and still do!) that the little wrap round jacket/top that they got to wear were pretty cute. The other career i wanted to have was a lawyer. The only reason i ever gave was that i love the clothes they wear.

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Last wednesday evening i went to see the Northampton graduate fashion show, this was the second year i'd been to see theirs. Also my second fashion show in 7 days, its a good life!

I went with a friend and family and of course my mum. There were some really good collections, my favourite was Alexandra Newtons, who also got to show her collection at London and it was good to see her collection again, i think i liked it even more the second time around. All the collections were good though, there were some really beautiful and innovative clothes, patterns, shoes and bags. There is an exhibition up until the 22nd of July in Northampton Museum which showcases ALL the collections. I think it would be a really good day going to look at them, as they were all amazing. There was one collection i was watching, and i honestly thought " i need to write about this!". The models came down the runway and two of them had poodles with them! The first model to have a dog, walked up , down , posed and the poodle followed without a problem, however whe the second poodle and model graced the catwalk, the goegous poodle decided a break would be nice and sat down halfway up the runway, and the end of the runway, walking back off of the runway and when they all lined up! I think it was a really good idea because it made the collection (which was also really good) very memorable.

Also a quick mention about a song, that has pretty much got me through my revision this week,

Glee (yes i'm a gleek!) - Faithfully. It's just such a lovely song and i think they sing it really well. Also anything by Plain White t's has been on replay too this week!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzOU-yHUCo Go on, have a sing - a - long ;)

Sorry, this post is a bit all over the place, i've got alot to say and i dont want to forget any of it. I may also repeat myself alot.. i tend to do that alot. But stick with me and i'll get better at this blog writing lark!


Im going to upload some of my GFW photos in a few days, :) So check back!
Victoria xx

A little Welcome,

For Starters;

So this is my first ever post on my first ever blog, and since im not entirely sure how to start, i may as well write what my blog is about.

Obviously the name gives you a little bit of a hint, yes my blog is another one to add t

othe thousands of already existing fashion blogs. However i'm not just going to be writing about what that celebs wearing and why i like it(although there will be some of that!), im going to be writing about my journey which hopefully lands me a place at university studying some sort of fashion course (yet to be decided).

Before i start the serious stuff, a note, i tend to digress. So i make no excuses for when my initial little thoughts about the top summer looks turn in to an unfortunately long winded moan about the like of revision and exams. However i do apologise for any spelling and grammar mistakes i make, as much as i try to correct my grammar (as bad grammar is a pet hate) the spellings i find harder to spot.

Anyway i've babbled on enough about this..

The Real Thing;
Yesturday, 10th of June, i was lucky enough to be able to go to Londons Graduate Fashion Show, accompanied by my lovely mum. I absolutely loved it, i've only been to one fashion show before this and as amazing as it was the London graduates show was just something completely different.

Before the show however, i did get the chance to see diversity, even if it was just their heads, (i'm fairly small and the crowd was big) but never the less i joined in with the others, camera as high as i could reach, and with a few decent photos, we went to collect our tickets.

The show was amazing, and our egar dash for the que landed us with front row seats which set us up with an amazing view. The clothes were absolutely stunning and so original, ranging from a beautifully patterned summer dress to a knitted set of teeth to keep your real ones warm! The models gave the show an extra peice of personality, especially the male models :)

Afterwards, we moved straight next door for a careers talk, which was very informative so achieved its objective no doubt. But dont get me started on the subject of fashion careers right now, its all my friends have heard about today. I'll save that for another day. After the talk we toddled on around the exhibitions and university stalls collecting so many leaflets and prospectus' our georgous 'graduate fashion week' bags almost ripped in two. I think we got given one from almost every place we looked at, even if it is a while in advance, a little planning never hurt!

A spot of lunch, finished the few stalls we hadn't seen and then successfully found our way home, we're not experts with transport.

Another Time;

As i said, i'll dive into my thoughts and feelings about possible careers and my plans some time soon. Now maybe some ones reading this, and maybe no one will but which ever way it goes this is just somewhere for me to have my say and just write my thoughts down.

Anyhow, untill another day. Revsion awaits. x