Utterly Unfocused

Top - Primark

Skirt - H&M

Belt - H&M 

Jacket - New Look

Bag - Next 

I was going to take these photos outside today but then I realised it was raining pretty heavily so decided it would be better for everyone if I didn't look like a drowned rat. 

I absolutely adore this snake skin top. It's really tight though and I tried on a couple of sizes and they all seemed to be like that so I think that it might just be that the material doesn't have much give in it. I love this skirt at well as it's a change to my usual tube skirt for school. I like that it isn't figure hugging either because if we're honest, you just don't need that some days. 

I was going to put my denim jacket with this but I wore it yesterday and so wanted to wear something different so I opted for my NL jacket so that it would keep me warm. Although it's been so humid this afternoon I really didn't need it. I want some steady weather please! I love my school bag but it really is on its last legs and is no way big enough for my school folder meaning it doesn't even do up properly and embarrassingly pops open sporadically through the day. 

Hope you're having a lovely day and week so far!

Victoria x

wolf pack

Denim Jacket - New Look (old)

Shirt - Primark (old)

Skirt - H&M 

This is a very quickly put together post. It's taking longer than it should due to my cave man like laptop but we're getting there! 

I'm wearing this to go for an Indian with my friends. As it's just us girls tonight I wanted to go fairly casual. Normally we go in massive groups (we once had about 21 people - that was a little too much..) and I feel I have to dress up a little more but these girls have seen me looking like all sorts so it's a little less effort. 

The girls will not be surprised to see I've opted for my tube skirt. It is a definite staple item and a play it safe item for me. I chose the floaty top as a strategic move really, I mean I'm going out to eat - I don't need body con there. 

My hair is looking a little crazy because I've had it up in a bun since 9am (now 7pm) but it will probably be poker straight by the time our food arrives because my hair is too heavy to hold any style for too long. 

Anyway, I should be off as I'm meant to be at my friends house in four minutes. I hope you are having a lovely weekend! 

Victoria x

Ice Cream Shorts

River Island - £10 (down from £25)

I spied these on the River Island website not so long ago and then snapped them up when I saw them in the sale today. The River Island sale is so good. I don't usually buy much from there but I wanted almost everything I saw in store today! 

Hope your having a lovely week,

Victoria 

H&M - You're doing it right.

With this beautiful weather (apparently it's not going to last next week where I am, boo!) I cannot stop myself from looking for summery clothes. Almost every girl in my year today wore a skirt or a dress today. However, I am trying to save my money for just general things in life that are going to be expensive that are coming up soon like driving lessons and university and everything else. This has caused a little bit of a problem because at the moment by current total cost of my H&M basket is £107.93 (I just removed a £2.99 skirt in the hope of bringing it down, who do I think i am?). Now obviously, I am not going to spend all this money that I don't have but that won't stop me lusting after it. 

£29.99

£14.99

£12.99

£19.99

£7.99

The H&M Website

I don't know if you will have noticed but there is a reoccurring pattern here, literally a pattern. I don't really know what to call the pattern, does anyone know? But I absolutely love it. They also do a £2.99 shirt in this pattern on the website but it's only in a size eight so if that's you, go fast people!  

I am going to have to go and painstakingly clear my basket on the H&M website but I don't think I can bring myself to removing the £7.99 patterned skirt. It's too beautiful. 

What do you think of the pieces I have chosen from the H&M website? Are you fishing out your summer clothes?

Victoria 

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Fearne Cotton: Style Icon

I absolutely adore Fearne Cotton. I basically want to be her and have her career/life. She has been on  my screen for as long as I can actually remember, anyone of the age that remembers the good ol' days of smile? Fearne and Reggie for evz. 

Over the last several years Fearne's style has evolved and she has now secured herself a place in the UK style icon book. Now, you may have noticed I said 'over the last several years'. This, my friends, was a deliberate use of words, because Miss Cotton has not always dressed completely perfectly. See below.

 

 

 Do we remember these days people? DO WE REMEMBER THEM?! 

So young and naive perhaps? Who cares anyway. Because in present day and the 'several years' previously I keep harping on about, Fearne has developed her own amazing style. 

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Do you love her style as much as I do? 

Victoria x

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p.s. None of these images are my own, I have linked to the website where I found the image, this is not necessarily the original source. Also, I'm aware the photos aren't all in line/same size etc but if I mess around with my html and all that any more there may be tears.

Making Practical Fashionable.

It's getting significantly colder lately, seriously my toes are constantly freezing, and so all the coats are out in the shops. I've tried on several (only one that wasn't red) until I found mine (red). This got me thinking about the practicality of some coats. If I'm honest I wasn't basing the majority of my choice on how water resistant or warm it is, it was mainly on the fit and colour. 

Being at school, it's easy to see which trends are about because all of a sudden everyone has it, literally you are walking in a sea of Pauls Boutique bags or Hollister hoodies. Last year saw the Superdry coat come along. 

Superdry - £59.99

This is called the 'Technical Windcheater'. (Before I go any further, that name is purely amazing. Technical WIND CHEATER. It cheats the wind. Hello selling point.) This spread through school practically overnight, everyone had one. Boys, girls and probably some of the teachers. If I'm honest I didn't think that they were that lovely to look at, don't get me wrong it's not one of the worst but it just always seemed a little boxy and robotic to be, but it kept people dry (they don't actually market it as water resistant though) and also kept them warm. This coat is practical but I don't think on it's own it is that 'fashionable' and to be completely honest I don't think this is why most people in my school were buying this coat, I think they were buying it because it was Superdry. They wanted the brand and not the coat. 

Republic - £54.99

 

Jack Wills - £98

Hollister - £130

I've noticed quite a few of the Republic coat shown above around this year and of course the Jack Wills gillet will once again be a staple in our school. Once again these coats keeps people warm and dry, good qualities to find in a coat, but if you took away the pheasant and the bird then I'm just saying I think there would be a lot less of these coats around. 

I'm not saying this is a bad thing, that we buy things for the brand that it is. In fact, in this case it's probably a very good thing, especially in schools as the kids can wear something that is on trend and will keep their parents happy because they're going to be warm and dry.

So, these brands making practical fashionable is very good in my eyes when we're talking about coats. Maybe I'm wrong and people just found out there is a coat called Windcheater...

Victoria x

Fearne Cotton at LFW.

In 2010
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from the website: September 15, 2010 - Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Europe

Definitely haven't blogged in forevz. Sorry, there is literally no reason other than not being motivated or thinking I have anything worth blogging about.

Then, I was refreshing my twitter page while procrastinating on my psychology homework (seriously, should get an a level for spelling it right. jkkkk!) and saw Fearne Cotton tweet about her fashion show at LFW. I haven't really been keeping tabs on any LFW business if I'm honest but this caught my eye. 

I read it and was like "FEARNE COTTON HAS HER OWN FASHION LINE?!?!?!". How had I not heard this? Then, I googled a little bit and found it was her line for Very. I love that this was in LFW. 

I love Fearne Cotton, she has always been on my tv screen, seriously as long as I can remember. I remember her having some quite questionable outfits but she has definitely got her style down now. It's beaut. I want her to be a massive designer but stay on the tv/radio. 

Basically her life seems so cool. I sound lame but it's true. 

You can see the show here. 

Opinions? 

Victoria x

i told you to be patient

This is my go-to outfit at the moment. It's comfy and I like how it looks. All the clothes are from primark and the gladiators are from Tesco but I got them years ago but didn't really wear them, lucky they are still 'in'. 

The weather is deceptively hot today. I had to go to boots to buy my friend a birthday present and so wore my shorts (first photo) a vest top and my denim jacket. My denim jacket is actually really light and cool so I thought that would be okay. Besides it looked sunny outside but the trees were blowing like there was a decent breeze.. oh no. I felt no detection of a breeze. I was practically melting by the time I got home and so made my self the beaut of a drink you see above. Forgot to put the ice cubes away though and water leaked all over the floor. Cleaned up but left with some very small ice cubes.

I have subscriptions to Company and Marie Claire. I got the subscription to Marie Claire when they had the 12 issues for £12 deal, bargain.  I also got Look because I've seen on Twitter and on Lily's blog about her feature and I'm always up for reading about blogging. Emma Watson is Company's cover girl this month.. I love her. I want to be her best friend. They also have some really good articles this month and also there is a 'now I'm grown up I want to be a..' which was really interesting. There are twenty different jobs and you're told a little bit about how to get to the job and what it involves etc. 

Anyway, enough ramble. 

Victoria x

Prom on a budget

At the start of the 'prom hype' that swept my year (and me) I was adamant that I would not spend more than £100 on the dress. Then, the whole prom thing started to become a much smaller deal than it was at the start. There were arguments and bitching and way too much stress over just one night. Then we started dress shopping, this only reaffirmed my cheap skate status. If I can't see value for money in something then I'm unlikely to buy it. This was only increased as my parents were paying for this dress so add the fact I didn't feel comfortable them paying a lot to my cheap skated-ness = dress hunting got hard. 

I soon started saying I didn't want everything I needed for prom to cost over £100. This didn't turn out to be the case. Over all it cost a little under £150. However I have made some investment pieces. 

First off the ticket for prom cost us £35 so there is no getting around that. 

Dress was £49.99 from Missguided.

(sorry rubbish picture, its the only one  I can  put on as it was already saved to the computer.  It wasn't taken on prom day btw. )

Shoes - £19.99  (investment buy) 

Clutch - £13.00 (will be re-used)

Both New Look.

 Nails - Free ( A friend did them but you could do them yourself or buy cheapy fakes)

Hair - £20 - haven't got a photo right now, sorry.

Bracelet/Necklace - already had. 

  

You can do prom cheaper than I did. You can do your nails and hair your self. Use shoes you already own or borrow someones and the same goes for the bag. You could even borrow a dress. Our transport only cost £10 because it was a favour but some people just got dropped off in parents cars that had ribbon on. 

 I haven't decided if I will sell my dress now. I can't see another time I will wear it in the future and it would be nice for my parents to have some pennies back! I'll see. 

Overall, I think I managed to keep to a good budget especially considering I spent less overall than some people did on their dress. It's each to their own and everyone can afford different budgets but I think this helps prove you can do prom on what ever budget. 

If you have done any prom posts I would love to see them, leave me a link! 

Victoria xx

There are impressions to be made

It is my sixth form induction day tomorrow! I'm not really that nervous because the sixth form is part of the school I was at for years 7 - 11. Also the majority of my friends are carrying on there too, so its not really that big of a deal. 

Sixth form is non-uniform, so that has the potential to get stressful! We have to stick to the dress code so tube skirts aren't reaaaaly allowed (despite the fact every girl in uniformed school is wearing one!).  So that means trousers/jeans/leggings. 

I have been needing a new pair of jeans/trousers for a while now. So i took the opportunity to order some for induction day, from New Look (their sale is on FYI!). Impressions and all. I ordered these in blue and these in the oatmeal, which I'm not sure about. 

If I keep any I will deffinately only keep one because they're expensive for someone with no job! Butttttttt, induction day is tomorrow and they're not here. Improv time?.

random picture of flowers to break up the text!

Today, I watched something like two and a half hours of Kardashian related programmes with two friends. Spending a large amount of time planning how we are going to marry Rob Kardashian.. 

Victoria xo

Run away with me and experience something new

Cee Lo Greens video for his single I Want You is out and oh my, it is amazing. 

His outfits are so beautifully extravagant. The detailing is just so stunning and delicate. More videos should have costumes like this.

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The pictures were the best stills I could find of the video, but you really should watch the video to get the full 'experience' of them. 

The song isn't too hard on the ears either, I'll admit it, I've had a few sing a longs.

Are you as amazed as me by this or have you seen better?

Victoria xo 

Coleen Rooney for Littlewoods

I heard on TV this morning that Coleen's has finished her new collection for Littlewoods, so I Googled it as you do. These are a few pieces from Coleen Rooney's debut collection for Littlewoods . Personally I love Coleen and her style (her style book is proudly sat on my bookcase). I think she and the dresses look gorgeous in these photos, I think the first photo is amazing as well the light lighting contrasted with the bright orange dress is beautiful. My favorites are the second, third and last one. The collection, however, is not released until March of this year. 

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

Some people seem to have problems with the likes of Coleen and VB designing collections. 

It annoys me when people moan and say that 'WAG's' don't do anything and blah blah blah and then slate them and their work when they release collections and such like. If someone's opinion is that the wag's don't do anything then you have to, at least, view their collection or other works with an open mind. Otherwise, they can't win. But hey, that's just my opinion. What's yours?

What are your thoughts on Coleen's collection?

Love Victoria xo

jupe.

zara.

So, I haven't posted in a while. I wish it was because i'd been off having amazing adventures and all that but in actual fact I have a french speaking exam tomorrow and a whole lotta deadlines which seem to come way too quickly. 

I decided, just to keep some life in my blog, that I would post this skirt from Zara. I love that pleated skirts are coming in this season. I wasn't so sure about it at first but I've seen a few around that I like now. It'll give us a breather from the body con skirts at least. (I still love my body con skirts though). 

Opinions?

Back to French for me, au revoir ;)

Love Victoria xo 

American Style?

I was snooping around some clothes store websites. The usual ones for me; new look, river island, topshop, occasionally asos and some others.

To be honest, not many things had caught my eye so this look around was rather swift, until I reached asos. There was a little feature showing/advertising a new 'look' called 'All - American girl". The clothes the model was wearing were really nice, short-ish floral long sleeve and check skirt. I like the stereotypical (?) American style we've seen working it's way into stores all over the country, most commonly through the varsity jackets (love!), but now it seems to be a little less obvious but I love it all the same, possibly more. Anyway, I decided to take a look. I'm glad I did.

Here are some (a lot) of my favourite pieces/styles from the look.

View the whole range here.

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The top three and the fifth are particular favourites but I do have a slightly strange love for tops like the one in the penultimate image. You know the whole different colour collar and sleeves thing, I think the love stemmed from watching so much one tree hill.

Overall though, I love the contrast between some of the looks. Being that some are incredibly girlie (not a look I usually go for) and some just aren't. The colours in some are a lot darker and the actual style is different but it still represents the overall style of all-American girl, if you follow? I would completely understand, given the last bit of that sentence.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this style?

Love Victoria xo

all photos from: asos.com