My Love for GiGi Vintage

ALTHOUGH I DIDNT WIN THE GIGI VINTAGE AND CHELSEA GIRL COMP I STILL WANT TO SHARE THE LOVE FOR GIGI AS IT IS AN AMAZING BRAND WHICH IV ORDERED FROM A FEW TIMES AND THE ITEMS ARRIVE WITHIN DAYS!!


I DID A SHOP FROM HERE WHEN I FIRST CAME BACK TOO UNI AND PURCHASED AN AMAZING HUGE CARDIGAN WHICH I HAVE ENDED UP WEARING AS A COAT FOR THE WHOLE WINTER AS ITS SO WARM AND IT ONLY COST ME £35!! BEST BUY OF THE YEAR!! I ALSO PURCHASED A CUTE RED SHIRT/DRESS WITH FLAMES ON THE COLOUR AND A GORGE MIDI SKIRT IN BLUES AND GREENS AND GOLDS THAT I AM YET TO WEAR AS I HAVENT HAD THE RIGHT EVENT FOR THAT ONE YET...BUT MY TIME WILL COME!!


HERES MY COAT AND SKIRT ALONG WITH SOME OF MY FAVOURITE ITEMS NEW FOR JANUARY...I WANT I WANT I WANT!! IM LOVING ALL THE SUMMER SHIRT DRESSES ESPECIALLY THE BLUE CHECKED ONE AND THE CUTE YELLOW NUMBER. I AM ALSO LOVING THIS SNAKEY DRESS WHICH WOULD BE GREAT FOR DAY OR NIGHT. SEEING AS I HAVE AN OBSESSION WITH VELVET I THINK I NEED THE BURGUNDY VELVET SHIRT IN MY LIFE ALTHOUGH I HAVE SOMETHING SHORT SLEEVED IN THIS COLOUR VELVET...MORE CANT HURT CAN IT.


MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT http://www.gigivintage.co.uk/ AS THERE IS LOTS ONLINE AT THE MOMENT PERFECT FOR SUMMER. MY BIRTHDAY WISHLIST IS ALREADY WAY =)

Girl Crush- Suki Waterhouse

JUST EXPRESSING A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE FOR SUKI. A FASHION MODEL WHO IS NOW THE FACE OF M&S, GIRLFRIEND OF LUKE THE KOOKS AND BEST FRIENDS WITH GEORGIA JAGGER AND CARA AND POPPY DELEVIGNE SO I PRETTY MUCH LOVE HER LIFE.

Chinese New Year- Wishing Tree

WE WENT THROUGH CHINA TOWN AND INTO THE CHINESE ARTS CENTRE WHERE THERE WAS A HUGE WOODEN TREE THAT PEOPLE HAD COME AND MADE A CHINESE LANTERN TO HANG OFF THE TREE WITH A WISH WRITTEN ON IT!!


IN THE LAST TERM I DID A TREND BRIEF AND ONE OF MY 3 WAS 'LEAVE YOUR MARK' BASED ON THE SMALL GROWING TREND THAT THERE ARE PLACES ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHERE YOU CAN ADD YOUR PIECE OR LEAVE YOUR MARK ON SOMETHING THERE AS A MEMORY. NEAR MY HOME IS THAWS ROCK IN WHICH THERE ARE MILLIONS O NAMES CARVED INTO THE SANDSTONE...IV PUT MINE ON COUNTLESS TIMES. IN BUDAPEST WE FOUND A BAR CALLED FREE HOUSE WHERE THE MANAGER GAVE US A PIN TO ATTACH SOMETHING OF OURS SO WE DID A LITTLE DRAWING ON A BEER MAT WITH OUR NAMES AND THE DATE.


ITS A REALLY COOL THING TO DO AND I LOVE KNOWING THAT I LEFT SOME THING AT A CERTAIN PLACE TO ADD TO THE BUILD UP OF SOMETHING AMAZING.

Manchester Cube Exhibition

WE FOUND AN EXHIBITION CALLED CUBE WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY INTERESTING. THERE WAS A LOT OF INSPIRING ARTWORK THERE INCLUDING NICE WAYS OF DISPLAYING THINGS SUCH AS IN FRAMES, PRINTED ON TRACING PAPER AND AS MONTAGES. ALL OF THESE ARE USEFUL FOR IDEAS FOR DISPLAYING MY FINAL CAMPAIGN.

The Corner House- Lost is Found

THE CORNER HOUSE IS A BIG COFFEE SHOP AND EXHIBITION SPACE BY DAY AND A BUZZING BAR BY NIGHT. IN THE MIDDLE OF OXFORD STREET UNLESS YOU NEW THEY HELD EXHIBITIONS YOU PROBABLY  WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT!!


IT WAS AN EXHIBITION OF 9 YOUNG ARTIST FROM THE NORTH WEST. MY FAVOURITE PIECES THERE WERE THE FRAMED IMAGES AS I LOVED HOW THEY WERE SPLIT AND FOR A SECOND THEY LOOKED LIKE AN ADJOINING IMAGE BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY SEPARATE. THE SLIDE SHOW PROJECTED ON THE WALL WAS ALSO INTERESTING...I LIKED HOW THEY HAD BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED WITH A HIGH EXPOSURE MAKING THEM BLURRED FROM THE MOVEMENT.

Trip to Manchester

WENT FOR A ITTLE INSPIRATIONAL TRIP TO MANCHESTER TO VISIT A FEW EXHIBITIONS AND JUST WONDER ROUND BASICALLY!!


MY TWO MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF THE DAY WAS FIRSTLY BEING KICKED IN THE ARSE BY A TRAMP WHO WHEN I SHOUTED WHAT IS HE DOING DID THE CREEPIEST LAUGH IN MY FACE WHICH HAS POSSIBLY SCARED ME FOR LIFE. AFTER ALL THAT WE SEE A GIRL...JUST CASUALLY WALKING DOWN THE ROAD WITH A RACOON IN HER ARMS (BLURRY PICTURE EVIDENCE AS I HAD TO THINK FAST)


TOOK A VISIT TO ALL THE VINTAGE SHOPS IN THE NORTHERN QUARTER AND OF COURSE MAGMA TO LOOK AT ALL THE AMAZING BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. WENT INTO LOMOGRAPHY PUTTING MANY ITEM ON MY INVISIBLE WISH LIST AND WANTED ALMOST EVERYTHING IN FRED ALDOUS AS PER...THAT SHOP IS AMAZING.

Photographs I Like

I LOVE THE OVER EXPOSURE IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE DOUBLE SHOTS IN THE BOTTOM TWO. THIS HAS ONLY MADE ME NEED TO VISIT THE LOMOGRAPHY STORE IN MANCHESTER FOR SOME EXTRA INSPIRATION!!