Planet Blue. x Foam Magazine

A california desert + Boho inspired styling + Gillian Zinser= Pure GENIUS!!!

Planet Blue could'nt have hit this one any better for Coachella's lookbook this year with x Foam Magazine.

My jaw literally dropped as I gazed my eyes on this lookbook for the first time, everything from the styling, the desert surroundings, to the amazing photography just oozed amazingness! 

I don't think there is one thing I could pick at in this lookbook, but only Zinser herself could pull off those badboy tie-dye flares and still look cool with her flawless body and surfer babe attitude.

This shoot has really embodied the Coachella festival spirit, full of heat, boho chique-ness and FUN! I've got my eye on the Slayer logo tee, floral cross over skirt, fringed kimono AND not to forget the stunning cluster of turquoise jewellery by Alushia-Sanchia.

Get me to Coachellaaaa!!

P.S; Gillian Zinser is my new style crush!

Let me know what you think,

Emma xx



Company Casting Call with River Island

I haven't really entered a competition in a while, I always come across these fun looking ones but never actually bother to enter them, simply because I can be a bit of a lazy bum and mainly the standard reason of; 'AS IF i'm gonna win that'! But after reading the latest issue of Company magazine and seeing that they had teamed up with River Island for the annual Company Casting Call competition, I thought it was too good to miss. So thanks to my dear boyfriend shoving the competiton page in my face, I finally entered my first competition of 2012!

The finalists of the competition are narrowed down to the 12 girls with the most 'Likes' on their picture, and then goes on to the Company magazine judges who decide on the final 6 who will appear in May's issue.

A LOT of girls have entered as you can imagine but I thought I might as well give it a shot and see what happens.. So please 'LIKE' 'LIKE' 'LIKE' on the link below!!

Company Casting Call with River Island

Fingers crossed, thank yooou xx

Summer Vibes

So with the weather being so beautifully sunny this weekend I could'nt help myself but get excited about summer (yes I know its about half a year away but what else am I supposed to think about during this boring month), and what better band to listen to on a sunny day than Best Coast. I cannot thank my friend enough for introducing me to this band, I seriously can't get enough of them! If you're into a laid back 60's kind of vibe then you'll LOVE this band, perfect for when you just want to chill out or just want some easy listening on a lovely summer's day.

'Boyfriend' which I have linked above is one of my favrouites, along with 'Crazy for You' and 'Each And Every Day'.

Have a listen!

Emma xx

I want candy!

One of the only things that seems to get me through the dull and boring months of January and February is the thought that soon I can re-vamp my wardrobe ready for Spring! Even though it hasn't been as cold as last winter, I've had enough of suffocating myself in chunky knits and wooly scarves and just throwing on hooodies because its just the easiest thing when its blowing a gale outside!

So I think it's time to bring in the lighter clothes and a serious splash of colour, and what better way to do this than with Spring/Summer's Ultragirl trend! I'm not at all a girly girl, you won't see me walking around wearing prim and pretty dresses full of pleats and frills but when it comes to the pastel shades i'm a big fan. There are so many different colours to choose from, all the way from a sherbert yellow to soft lime and to one of my favrouites, a sugary pink. And Asos prove my point exactly with a whole range of colours in their Candy section, I found myself spoilt for choice with pages of jeans, high waisted shorts, skinny belts and cute headbands in a whole variety of Pastel shades!

But now the problem is, which colour skinny jean do I go for? I'm loving the Asos candy blue jean at the moment :)

Emma xx

Glitz with Knits

I could not believe my eyes when Selena Gomez stepped out on stage wearing these BEAUTIES on this year's EMA's! I've been looking for the perfect pair of sequin shorts for this festive season, and as soon as I saw Miss Gomez wearing this glitzy pair I knew I needed them in my life and started looking like crazy for them! I soon found out that they were a good old Topshop buy, but not to my suprise they had sold out within minutes of being launched!

 

The Topshop pair were just too hard to get hold of, not a chance of getting them online and no sight of them in any of the shops I could get to so my hunt continued! I was quite shocked with myself that I liked the Topshop pair so much, I'm not a very glam, glitzy person and that pair were exactly that! 

So I decided to tone it down a bit and started looking for a dull gold sequin, and this Zara pair are the perfect match. The best thing about dulled out sequins is that you can wear them for a night out but at the same time you can dress them right down for casual wear and throw on a thick knitted jumper with them which is my favrouite combination this season!

Hopefully my dear mother will pop this pair in my stocking this christmas and I can post this look soon :).

xx

Cockle Shell Barbie

This last September I was faced with what I can only describe as a 'mid life crisis'... UNIVERSITY! I know it may sound a little dramatic, but I think everyone has at least one moment in their life where they've described it as such a crisis!

I always thought Uni was what I definitely wanted to do after completing my Art Foundation, and successfully got into my first choice at The University of Salford to study Fashion Styling and Image Making. I was beyond excited at the thought of studying this amazing course, so excited that I blanked out the reality of University, moving away from home and moving to the city. I absolutely LOVE Manchester, but you could not find a bigger contrast moving there from living in a little village in North Wales! I had never felt so claustrophobic living in my little uni room in the middle of Salford/Manchester where all I could see out through my window was miles and miles of buildings where as at home i'm used to looking out to miles and miles of beach and sea! I then realised how much I took that view for granted!

I was then faced with the most difficult decision of my life.. Stick it out being a student or to come home and re-think my future? I shortly realised that University and being stuck in a city really wasn't for me, and there was no point staying there if I was going to be depressed everyday trying to please other people!

(Sorry for that little ramble) But the main reason for this post was so I could show you the first piece of work I did during my very short stay at Uni. So this first project was a sort of 'ice braker' project for our first week at Uni, a way of introducing ourselves to each other by producing a doll showing where we come from. So I went along with the boho chique/beach babe of a barbie! Its a simple outfit but my favrouite and most fun item is the shell embelished, high waisted skirt I made for her with hand picked shells.

Maybe this could be the new fashion statement in Barbie world?

Ola!

So after weeks and weeks of putting this whole thing off, simply because when I first signed into blogspot and started to edit i found myself staring at the screen totally lost not knowing what I was supposed to be doing/clicking, so I finally decided to give it a good go and see what happens, so i'm going to apologise now if my first posts aren't that imaginative or inspiring! But I'm hoping that others of you were in the same situation as me in the beginning and that after a few posts I will hopefully get the hang of it, so please bare with me.

Once I get into the swing of things, I hope to blog about any bits of Fashion that have interested me, Lifestyle and any other bits and bobs that spring out of my head!

Emma x

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