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Movember Tee

5th November, 2012

Mixed prints outfit

Movember t shirt by Eleven Paris

Rose gold leather strap watch

Lion t shirt

Animal print shorts outfit

top: c/o Eleven Paris, knit: G200, shorts: Topshop, shoes: c/o Wallis, watch: c/o Daniel Wellington

To be honest, I’ve always been a little jealous of how the guys get to have all the fun in Movember, growing their little mos with such love and tenderness, and all to help raise vital funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer. So now I’m super excited that girls can also help out this month too, as a number of brands have collaborated with Movember to bring on-trend fashion items that will also donate a portion of the profits from each purchase to the Movember cause. I’m sporting Eleven Paris’s cool lion tee in these photos, which will be available exclusively at ASOS and Urban Outfitters (there’s a male version too). Each tee is £45, with a whopping 20% from every one sold donated to Movember, so be sure to check them out!

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Adidas NEO Miami Style Reporter – What’s in My Bag?

5th November, 2012

So a couple of weeks ago, you got to see this delightful face of mine in my first challenge to become Adidas NEO’s style reporter on a trip to Miami to meet the Biebs. Well I’m one step closer to actually pulling that face for real, because I’ve got through to the final round, which has challenged us bloggers to create a ‘what’s in my bag’ post around the essentials we’d take with us on the trip. We were meant to be as creative as possible, and Callum and I had some really crazy ideas we would have loved to try out, but given the time restriction and our busy week, we only managed a typical ‘what’s in my bag’ post. I’ve tried to be a bit different in my explanations for why I’ve packed the items, however, so hopefully we get a few points there …

What's in my bag - Adidas NEO Miami style reporter

1. Adidas NEO shoulder bag – The starting point: a bag to fit all my trip essentials that’s practical as well as being totally cool

2. Snacks – I don’t ever leave the house without some sort of food goody in my bag. Plus, I’m gonna need the sugar to keep me going

3. Make up – Well, I’ve got to be looking my best if I’m going to be meeting the Biebs haven’t I?

4. iPad – Lighter than a laptop and it’s got a tonne of great apps that will be useful for reporting, including dictaphones and the internet, so I can keep up to date with my research whilst out in the field (hello professional reporter keyword)

5. Kindle – Hey, it’s a long plane journey to Miami. Plus, I can show Justin my novel on it and get him to do a bit of cheeky publicity 😉

6. iPhone – Is it just me or do you feel naked without your phone?

7. Scarf – To keep me warm on the plane and when the Miami nights get chilly. Plus, we all know the Biebs loves a good scarf

8. Sunnies – So I can pretend that I’m someone famous when I’m scurrying around Miami and get papped (and also to protect my eyes from the sun of course. They haven’t seen the yellow object in a few months after all)

9. Comfy shoes – To enable all the said scurrying. And until I get my gold shoes from Justin, second-best silver will have to do

10. Earplugs – For the plane journey to ensure I get my beauty sleep (and to protect my ears from the hordes of screaming Beliebers)

11. Notepad – Just in case my iPad/iPhone run out of battery and I actually need to do what reporters used to do in the days before digitalisation and WRITE THINGS DOWN WITH A PEN AND PAPER (dun dun duuuuuun)

12. MP3 – It would be rude to meet a recording artist without evidence that you actually listen to their recordings now, wouldn’t it?

13. Lip balm – Your valiant weapon against airplane air

So those are reporter essentials! You could also be going on the trip if you play the Adidas NEO ‘Find My Gold Shoes’ competition – all the details are here. Good luck if you enter! Maybe I’ll see you out there …

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Floral Lingerie Playsuit

2nd November, 2012

Floral playsuit

Floral teddy lingerie

Sheer playsuit

playsuit: c/o Dentelle Etc

So these pictures are a little cheeky but not too risque I hope 😉 this playsuit is just so beautiful I had to show it off to you all! I love the sheerness of the material and the cheeky lace cut outs – they make it sexy but keep it classy too if you want to wear the playsuit as daywear. I’m not saying go out in the street like this, but with a bra underneath (as I’m wearing in these photos) and a pair of slinky black high-waisted trousers, and you’ve got a killer party outfit. Lingerie playsuits like this are also great for comfy homewear during this cold winter weather – just add an oversized knit cardigan and knee-high socks!

I hope everyone has a great weekend 🙂 I’m having quite a relaxed one, playing a little badminton with Callum, seeing friends this evening, and getting as much writing done on my new novel as I can before I get stuck in the edits for my first! Let me know in the comments what you’re getting up to x

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ANTIshokk Boots Review

1st November, 2012

Tamaris Antishokk boots

The challenge: Do Tamaris ANTIshokk boots actually work?

Green jeans outfit

Dip dye ombre hair

Glitter heel boots

Leather jacket

Nude suede boots

Shock absorbing heel in shoes

top: Topshop, jacket: Armani Exchange, jeans: Urban Outfitters, boots: c/o Tamaris, bra: c/o Playful Promises

Girls – we all know that feeling. You get home from a long day out in heels and take off your shoes, only to find you can barely flatten your feet and each step is an achy agony. Even my comfiest pair of boots, which have a heel about the same size as these Tamaris, make my feet ache if I’m walking about in them all day, so when German shoe brand Tamaris got in touch about a new range they’ve developed to reduce the pain of heeled shoes, I had to give them a go. Introducing the ANTIshokk collection – each pair of shoes have pneumatic chambers and core stabilisers in the heel that soften the impact of every step by up to 50%. 50%! They sent me a pair to see how well they work for myself.

To really test the boots, I wore them to London on a day when I had lots of meetings and events, so I was running around from place to place. I can safely say that my feet stayed ache-free all day long! Plus, how gorgeous are these boots? I was overrun with compliments on them. I can definitely see them becoming a my most-worn boots when summer comes back around, as the colour and shape is perfect for that bohemian summer vibe, and the best thing is that I’ll know they’ll stay comfy all day long. The Tamaris ANTIshokk range have some other great on-trend styles, including stacked-heel Mary-Janes and androgynous brogues.

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My Week with StylistPick

31st October, 2012

JW Anderson X Topshop ghost jumper

Topshop military camo jacket

Leather and denim outfit for fall

Workwear outfit for fall

Skinny jeans outfit

Girl in bodycon dress

LBD

Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5 / Day 6 / Day 7

As you know, I did a styling challenge with StylistPick to wear these gorgeous boots for a week, creating seven different looks. StylistPick have put a video of the challenge up on their blog now, so I thought I’d share it with you all on here too. I need to work on my presenting skills – where did all those ums come from?! – but I hope you like it. And do let me know in the comments which was your favourite outfit of the week!

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Movember Tee

Adidas NEO Miami Style Reporter – What’s in My Bag?

Floral Lingerie Playsuit

ANTIshokk Boots Review

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