Colour Me Your Colour Baby
27/01/2017
Good afternoon you lovely bunch and happy happy Friday! How are we at the third week of the year already?! My god time is flyingggg! We'll be heading into summer before we know it and I am mega excited about that! However I have to admit, I've had a rough couple of weeks, and I've quickly learnt that with a new year comes new challenges and that is simply something I have had to try and wrap my head around, but moving on from that, in a bid to cheer myself up I did the one thing I am truly good at; I shopped, and I shopped hard!
I have tried and I have failed to avoid the straight legged jean craze, throughout 2016 I stuck to my trusty MOM style jeans for quite a lot of my day to days outfits and as skinny jeans are apparently a thing of the past (I mean Vogue even issued a full article on that factor back in Feb 2016; voicing very loudly that 'Rigid' jeans are best!) I thought it was about time I succumbed to the pressures and purchased a pair of straight legged ones - and I'm yet to look back! I'm not sure about you, but jeans seemed to be feeling more stretchy elastic and less, well jean for some time now, don't get me wrong, I love a good skinny jean, I've in fact just recently bought a new pair of black ones, but it does feel nice to have a pair of jeans on that feel structured (that could just be because they are tight, I've gained a fair bit of 'christmas chub' and I don't seem to be able to tell the difference yet) and fitting! I like these jeans because they actually feel like jeans, none of that fake stuff, actual good quality jeans and there is something very retro and dated about a straight legged light wash denim that makes me think of Thelma and Louise and Blondie who wore similar jeans like this whenever she was on stage!
Lets discuss the coat, so I tried and I failed on numerous occasions to tell myself that I didn't need this coat, I even tried as far as convincing myself that I didn't even like it, but the truth was I did in fact like it, in fact I loved it and I definitely needed it in my wardrobe, so imagine how devastated I was when I realised it had sold out almost straight away. Yeah I was pretty damn devastated, but again, I had convinced myself I didn't need it so I nursed my wounds on moved on, until I saw it plastered all over social media and that fire reignited stronger then ever - so basically the moral of the story is, if you can't stop thinking about it, then just buy it, because theres no worse feeling then the guilt that comes with not buying something you really really wanted, trust me I know, and I am beyond thankful that I was able to find one online!
And imagine my utter surprise when I remembered that Blondie practically has the same outfit on as I do in her Call Me music vid? Music and fashion icon.
And imagine my utter surprise when I remembered that Blondie practically has the same outfit on as I do in her Call Me music vid? Music and fashion icon.
So I have to admit, I'm not particularly happy with these photos, I seem to have hit that 'weight gain wall', I can see now how much weight I have gained and I don't like it, but I thought I would post it regardless, and instead of beating myself up, work my arse of and feel comfortable again, because that really is the most important thing to me at the minute!
I'll keep you updated.
Ps - Enjoy
P x
Everyone Meet Stella
16/01/2017
Hello you lovely bunch, this is the first official photo shoot of 2017, and its nice to be back shooting again! So I'm hoping to continue with my whole Monday/Friday post days, give or take when I run out of ideas (writes block is a true thing, and it happens to me more times then I wish to admit). I think this year I'm going to give myself more credit for the stuff I do post and not beat myself up when I don't meet the expectations that I set, I think that was my problem last year, I set my standards way to high that in the end I just couldn't keep up, and instead I gave up, so this year, instead of been so hard on myself I'm going to focus on making the content more about quality and not quantity, I've heard that's always the best way to go anyway!
So, as of now until June, I'll be on placement as part of my degree, this means I'll be working a full time job as well as a part time job and shooting for the blog on weekends so simply forgive me if I do sway slightly, its going to be tough, but this is exactly were my passions lie, so I wouldn't feel complete now without rambling about fashion so don't worry, I won't disappear completely, however, if you follow me on Instagram you will realise that my user name has changed slightly, this is for my own confidentiality - placement is a serious thing and running a blog alongside it is going to be difficult, but I will try for as long as I can and hopefully I will be able to keep them separate and continue to do what I enjoy! Lets be honest June isn't far away so I'm sure we'll make it there together without any further damage!
So, as of now until June, I'll be on placement as part of my degree, this means I'll be working a full time job as well as a part time job and shooting for the blog on weekends so simply forgive me if I do sway slightly, its going to be tough, but this is exactly were my passions lie, so I wouldn't feel complete now without rambling about fashion so don't worry, I won't disappear completely, however, if you follow me on Instagram you will realise that my user name has changed slightly, this is for my own confidentiality - placement is a serious thing and running a blog alongside it is going to be difficult, but I will try for as long as I can and hopefully I will be able to keep them separate and continue to do what I enjoy! Lets be honest June isn't far away so I'm sure we'll make it there together without any further damage!
Lets talk about the outfit now all the boring stuff is out of the way! Before we get into it, I have to say that PVC jackets are not, in the slightest bit, warm, at all, not even a little, so take that as advice if you decide to purchase one, they might look good, but stood at the top of a 4 story car park will make you contemplate why you decided to dress like its spring and not mid winter. But, despite that, this is still a pretty good outfit so I don't mind freezing for it, I mean you only need to look at that red jacket to see the potential it holds, and the boots, well there the best £12 I've spent in ages!
This has to be by far one of my favourite locations, despite the cold, the views of Beverly were amazing, I mean just look at that view of the minster, it really doesn't take much to understand why this area stood out to me as it did and I do really like these images so thats always a bonus when shooting trust me! I often find looking for locations to shoot very difficult, but its always amazing when somewhere just pops up out of the blue like this one did!
I picked the dress and boots up that I'm wearing last week from Primark and I have to say, I am mega impressed with both the quality and the price of both of the items, however as I couldn't link either of the items I have managed to find alternatives that are equally as splendid and I can guarantee you'll want them in your wardrobe, regardless of the price difference... sorry about that. However, if you can get to Primark definitely go and pick up the actual items I'm wearing, because for £25 who wouldn't want these?
And finally the bag, everyone meet Stella! Where do I even begin, I own a fricken Stella McCartney - you have no idea what that means to me, I have literally wanted one of these for about 6 years, and now that I own one its actually hard to believe it, but anyways fan girl moment over, this bag is my new favourite thing, and I apologise if I use this now none stop for the next few years, its too good not too!
P x
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