My Key Items For A Festival

Hello everyone!

So, so, so sorry I haven't blogged in 2 weeks! I've been quite busy and well, lame excuse but too tired to find the energy to post anything. But I'm back and I've got a good few posts coming your way.

Now, onto today. About 2ish weeks ago I did a Festival Essentials post which you can read all about here and today I'm going to be sharing 5 items that I personally thing are key items every gal should wear to a festival.

Festival outfits are hard, especially when you are going to one in the UK because the weather is so unpredictable. Everyone wants to dress like they are at Coachella and look like the boho queen Vanessa Hudgens, however that is quite a hard task in the UK when one minute it can be beautiful 23 degree sunshine, then an hour later its chucking it down and freezing. 

Shoes wise I went for a pair of Dr Martens which I've had for about 5/6 years and I've never worn them to a festival weirdly enough, however I'm defs going to for Glasto. These are a great choice because one, they're black and will go with everything, two, they're great in mud and three, they're an investment because you can wear them whenever unlike if you decided to buy some Hunters (yes I have a pair and yes I know I mentioned them in my Festival Essentials Guide post).

I bloody love this jacket. Oh my god it's so beaut! The colour, the suede, the fit, the fringing.... just amazingly fabulous for a festival. Need I say more?

The next item of clothing is a good pair of shorts. My choice being a mom pair personally. A skirt can be risky at a festival and sometimes so can a dress but at least with shorts you know you won't accidentally flash someone and hey, you can get away with bringing just 1 pair depending on how long you're at the festival.

The penultimate item is your favourite pair of sunnies. I adore these ones from Missguided and I'm actually going to purchase them this weekend. They are such an iconic shape and I love the print.

The final item, love it or hate it, is a bum bag. I don't care what anyone says these are the best thing to take to a festival. You can dance hands free and you're not worrying about if someone is robbing you while you watch you're favourite band on stage. This one from ASOS is so beaut! The daisy detailing is super cute and adds a bit of something to your outfit.

Jacket - Missguided £35
Boots - Schuh  £90
Shorts - ASOS £28
Sunglasses - Missguided £8
Bumbag - ASOS £25

What are your key clothing items for a festival?

OOTD - All Black Everything

Hello everyone.

Happy Friday and Bank Holiday to all my fellow Brits! (I'm currently writing this post on Sunday so I'm still so far away from my 3 day weekend)

Don't get me wrong, I love this outfit but I don't know why but I feel I look like a 90's New York drama student! I think it's the all black and roll neck.

Moving swiftly on.... I adore these jeans! I've had the photo on my phone since around February time and I've only just got round to buying them. They're from ASOS and fit me perfectly! I also love the washed black denim as I think I've kind of gone off fully black jeans, I'm not sure why.

I wore my black roll neck jumper with my faux fur gilet and my cute little burgundy loafers to add to my drama student esque look.

Gilet - Primark

Jumper - Topshop

Jeans - ASOS

Shoes - Schuh

OOTD - Stripes And Dr Martens

Hello everyone.

Today is an outfit post featuring my beloved Dr Martens.

I love love love this dress! I bought it 2 weeks ago from Mango's concession in House of Fraser and I'm obsessed. It looks good with high top converse, ankle boots and my cute Dr Martens. I can't wait until it's summer and I can wear it bare legged.

I had these Dr Marten shoes for about a year and a half now and I forgot how comfy they are. I remember when I first bought them I was a little worried they'd take a while to break in like my boots, however these were fab straight away. I actually wore them to work for the first time for around 5 hours then wore them for a night out that same day and my feet were fine!

To finish the outfit I wore this old oversized denim jacket. I kind of want to buy a new one as this one is falling apart on the inside and I'd quite like one that was maybe a size smaller.

Do you guys have an item you're obsessed with at the moment?

Jacket - Vintage
Dress - Mango
Shoes - Dr Martens (Schuh)

OOTD - Flares All Day Everyday

Hello everyone.

I am really loving the 70's trend aren't I? Literally everything I've been wearing lately has been some sort of tribute to that era.

Today I opted for my fabulously new flares I bought from Asos a few days ago. I absolutely adore these jeans, especially the shade indigo. You know when you find a pair of jeans and you're just like, "damn, they are a good colour jean" that's how I felt when these arrived in the post.

I teamed my vintage ACDC top I bought from London Fashion Weekend 4 years ago and my aviator jacket with my flares.

Will you be wearing flares this spring/summer?

Jacket - Topshop
Top - Vintage
Jeans - Asos
Boots - Schuh

OOTD - Casual Saturday

Hello everyone.

Today is an outfit for this causal Saturday of running around the shops which ended quite unsuccessfully. Why is it when you're looking for something you can never find it?

Seeing as today was quite grey and dull, I opted for my very comfy oversized roll neck jumper with my faux leather trousers and my Burberry mac. 

To finish the outfit I wore one of my favourite pair of trainers in these Nike Air ones. How fab are they?! I bought them the Christmas before last from the kids section in Schuh (thankfully I have size 5 feet). I love how bright they are and my favourite thing about them is the soles. When you see them in person they almost look like plasticine! I just thought they are something really different and they look great with darker clothing.

Mac - Burberry
Jumper - Missguided
Trousers - H&M
Trainers - Schuh
Bag - Michael Kors

How have you spent your Saturday?

OOTD - Velma 70's Inspired

Hello everyone.

I think we may be getting out of winter you know. It really isn't that cold today.

My outfit today was slightly inspired by Velma from Scooby Doo ( I used to love that show so much as a child.)

Today I'm wearing one of my gran's coats she left me. I really love these types of coats as they can smarten up any outfit and I feel like a detective. How Velma of me.

To really bring a Velma esque to the outfit, I wore my white high neck jumper with my burgundy cord button up skirt. I love this combo together as I'm really into the 70's era at the minute.

To finish the outfit I wore my croc ankle boots and my super cute boy/girl kissing necklace. I actually bought this necklace when I was about 10 years old from Argos. I stumbled upon it in the summer and I've fallen back in love with it.

Do you ever find yourself dressed as a fictional character?

Coat - Daxon
Jumper - M&S
Skirt - Urban Outfitters
Boots - Schuh
Necklace - Argos

OOTD - Sports Luxe

Hello everyone.

Can we just talk about the snow for a second? Now, in Milton Keynes we've managed to avoid the snow the past few weeks until last night. I didn't even know it had snowed until my dad was going to bed and told me to look out the window.

Anyway, moving on. Today is an outfit post featuring my mum's beautiful camel coat that well, I've stolen from her all winter. She bought it from Paul Costello over 20 years ago but she doesn't wear it too often, so I thought I'd wear it for her.

Underneath this beaut coat, I'm wearing my Green Bay Packers jumper I picked up for about £5 from a vintage shop in Birmingham 3 years ago. I thought I'd wear it seeing as I got really into the Super Bowl on Sunday and stayed up until 3:30am watching it. Weirdly enough I actually enjoyed it even though I had no idea what was going on and was mainly watching it for Katy Perry's performance, which was AMAZING!

Anyway, I wore these super cute baby pink tailored trousers I bought in the M&S sale in the summer and popped on my new favourite croc boots from Schuh. 

I finished the look with my pastel blue backpack I bought from Topshop last year. I love wearing double pastel shades, it really gets me in the mood for spring/summer.

Coat - Paul Costello
Jumper - Vintage
Trousers - M&S
Boots - Schuh
Backpack - Topshop

How are you dressing during this snowy weather?

OOTD - Black on Black

Hello everyone!

This is my first outfit of the day on my new blog, how exciting. I'm actually going to take photos of my style properly (aka get my mum outside with my iPhone).

So lets get to it...

I absolutely adore this jacket! I bought it in a vintage store in Brisbane when I went travelling down the east coast of Australia in the summer 2013 and love it. It's also surprisingly warm considering the arctic conditions outside. 

I teamed the jacket with this black 'punk' slogan jumper from Zara which I'm not going to lie, I forgot I owned until I stumbled across it this morning. The sign of having a tad too many clothes.

On the bottom half I wore my trusty black jeans from H&M. I really like these ones as I tend to struggle finding jeans that fit my odd proportioned body, but these are great and really comfy. Bonus.

How great are these boots? I bought them in the Boxing Day sales at Schuh for only £24.99! I love the croc style and the fact the zip is on the outside of the boot.

Finally, I wore my fab Michael Kors bag I bought in Bicester Village over Christmas (post all about my sales purchases further down.) It's a perfect size and I'm weirdly enjoying wearing a handbag I can put over my shoulders instead of carrying on my wrist all the time.

Jacket - Vintage
Jumper - Zara
Jeans - H&M
Boots - Schuh
Bag - Michael Kors