For the last four days I have been working on my essays for A-level which I still havent finished. Ihavent left the house except for on Friday, I even got asked if I could work on Thursday but I had to say 'no', it hurt my heart a little bit to think of the money I would've earnt as I'm totally broke since I bought my camera. However, it wasn't all bad as I spent my morning catching up on 90210, Gossip Girl and The Model Agency, which were all amazing, I goddamn love Gossip Girl! This little break also gave me a chance to blog as I watched. I'm going to desperately try to finish my work today and hopefully get out of the house tomorrow (just for my own sanity) and maybe go to the park in my free lessons and read some of Wuthering Heights for English, if the weather is as nice as it is today. Hope you're all well!

London fashion week.

(all images via style.com)

BURBERRY PRORSUM: Christopher Bailey's early sixties collection shaped the show into a phenomenon which got people talking alright and definitely stole the whole week for me. Those to grace the front row were non other than Ms Wintour herself, Kate Bosworth, Ellie Goulding, Lily Donaldson, Daisy Low, Alison Mosshart and Alexa Chung. The shoes were pure perfection as were the dropped waist, tulle skirts! Not only that, but Jourdan Dunn, Abbey Lee, Edie Campbell and Tali Lennox all graced the catwalk in true British style and the runway was even given a dusting of snow towards the end! How magical?!

CHARLES ANATASE: Such a gorgeous collection filled with nude lolita-like princess designs. I would be happy to wear every single piece from this collection, it was such a dream, and it was especially tough to pick just a few of my favourites from the show.

BETTY JACKSON: The autumnal vibe kicked in as Betty Jackson's A/W'11 collection set off down the runway. The beautiful autumn colours out in full force, especially the red as the dominating in most pieces. The model's hair was of no fault either, making me wish I could get mine to look exactly the same.

MULBERRY: More beautiful British bags grace the runway. The oversized Alexa has me longing more eagerly to own one of these beautifully handcrafted pieces of art.

ACNE: Cropped overalls with platform sandals and sheer, flesh-toned socks. Shades of burgundy, dusty pink, mustard, and olive. Not my favourite collection from Acne, but still a winner in my eyes. Of course my favourite pieces were the burgundy and dusty pink flowing articles, velveteen blazers and the amazing strappy platforms.

MARIOS SCHWAB: The collection is quite edgy, probably too so for my personal style but I still like the detailing and intriguing designs of his pieces, especially the pearls that define contours of shoulders, bust and hips.

Other designers had a few pieces which stood out to me too; Temperley London, Jonathan Saunders, Clements Ribeiro, Topshop Unique and Antonio Beradi. What were your favourites?

Got everything but you can just choose it, I won't just be a puppet on a string.

Yesterday I broke up from Sixth Form for half-term and I couldn't be more relieved. Work was pretty good today and after my probation period was almost over, my boss gave me a £50 voucher and some earrings which was so nice and such a suprise! However, as she noticed I hadn't got my ear's pierced she gave me £20 worth of vouchers instead and I also get a 45% discount now. Eloise is coming round this evening as we're going to southampton for a few nights tomorrow and staying in the beautiful New Forest. Hope you all have a brilliant half-term!

And so it begins.

After following the NYFW Tumblr trip online all week I felt somewhat deflated as these twenty four amazing bloggers were living a dream of mine I've held in my heart for such a long time now, and New York is the most incredible city. They're all so lucky and I hope they all (and imagine they most definitely did) enjoyed the trip to the big apple. I honestly am so jealous, if you can't already tell haha. Anyway, what came out of FW11 this season was collections of pure perfection, even if I've only caught a glimpse of their true beauty through a computer screen. Here are pictures from my favourite shows: (all images via style.com)

ALEXANDER WANG: Not in keeping with my personal style, but still cool, tough, edgy and sexy and yet another triumph for Mr Wang. Let me snuggle up to one of those fur coats any time!

DKNY: With a touch of mod-meets-equestrian, Donna kept this collection minimalistic and cool with quaint striped angora knits, Peter-Pan collared dresses and porkpie hats as well as mixing in some sharp menswear tailoring pieces too. I would be quite happy to wear this chic collection!

JASON WU: With a massive emphasis on tailoring, this collection still manages to offer chic, feminine designs, charcoal being a base for the minimalistic collection. The cigarette trousers and printed blouses were personal favourites of mine.

RODARTE: The somewhat 'Wizard of Oz' themed collection grabbed my attention instantly. After years of not really been inspired by Rodarte as a design house and the concept of Kate and Laura's designs, since their SS/11 collection I just can't seem to get enough of the geometrical shapes and nude prints! I love it.

THE ROW: The twenties is one of my favourite era's for fashion, so this collection was a particular favourite of mine, not only that, but it's designed by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The collection is fairly minimalistic, but the use of lace, velvet and chiffon make it a little less masculine, which I like to see as my style is not masculine in the slightest.

MARC BY MARC JACOBS: He never ever fails to amaze me and will always be one of my favourite designers up until the very end, that is providing he is creating such beautiful designs. The forties was uptaken on the collection as satin shorts, ankle socks and heels and patterned velvets adorned the runway. Well done Marc!

REBECCA MINKOFF: The perfect feminine collection, especially for rebecca minkoff's first runway show for guests.

other favourite shows were; Erin Fetherston, Oscar de la Renta, BCBG, Max Azria and Donna Karen.

And in the dark I can hear your heartbeat.

Today I went to London for a Pandora training session. I had a great time meeting and talking to people from other shops around the UK, especially two girls from a London store who were of a similar age and really friendly. We also got given a Pandora bracelet, sweets and our own lariat (for our keys at work) each. As well as this I bought the Elle Collections S/S11 edition magazine for the train journey.

Guess she gave you things, I couldn't give to you.

So I've bought my beautiful and long-awaited camera (the Olympus PEN EPL-1) that I have been wanting since forever. It's exactly what I've been searching for, it's professional, without being too techy and also inbetween an DSLR and a digital camera, size-wize. As nice as it would have been to get a Canon or Nikon, they're just not practicle enough for me and I'm hardly a professional when it comes to photography, as much as I love it. Hopefully that could be the next camera I can save up for?

You'll never get to heaven if you dance like that.

Yesterday I went to the woods to film with Gabbi and Katie for our Media project. It was a laugh, but also freezing cold, however we battled through and hopefully we've filmed the majority of the shots now for our music video. I also went out for a meal with my work friends in the evening for our belated Christmas work meal ha. It was good fun, especially the pitchers of 'woo woo's'. I got this set of nails inc nail varnish's too from my secret Santa, I still don't know who it was! The meal was the perfect way to end this week and start the last week of term, as on Wednesday I'm going to London for work training and on Friday we break up for half-term (finally) and then on Sunday I'm going to Southampton with Eloise for a few days and then I think the rest of the holidays will be spent relaxing...

An Education.

In my opinion, 'An Education' was one of the most gorgeous films of 2009. You're probably thinking "why is she posting about this now?" but I've only got round to watching it for the first time this weekend. I find so much inspiration not only in the sets, but also in the smart wardrobe (curated by Odile Dicks-Mireaux in this case). The film makes me want to dress exclusively in vintage! I thought it was a perfect coming-of-age film. I’d love to know - in your opinion, which movies have the most inspirational wardrobe?










(Stills via Kris Atomic)

Style crush: Edie Campbell.

I love Edie Campbell's style lately! She was born as the daughter of Ex-Vogue stylist Sophie Hicks too and at only 15 she was booked by one of my favourite photographers, Mario Testino, for a Burberry campaign and if it couldn't get any better she was placed in front of and got to work with the legendary Miss Kate Moss on a shoot too. I think we shall be seeing a lot more of Edie in the up and comming months!