LFW Highlights & Favourites

As always, London Fashion Week was bursting with gorgeous stand out collections created by the industries most talented designers. 13th - 17th September, fashionistas, press, media and bloggers gathered at Somerset House in London for one of the most important events in the annual fashion calendar that is - LFW!

My personal highlights from LFW are:

• Mulberry
• Burberry
• Antipodium
• Tom Ford
• Julien Macdonald

Who were your favourites of London Fashion Week? Did any collections stand out to you more than others?

Winter Wardrobe Haul

The last couple of months I have been saving for upcoming events in October and November so haven't really been able to spend any money but last week was the last straw. I just felt really fed up and felt like my wardrobe needed sprucing up a bit. Since I'd been saving for the last couple of months, I thought that I deserved to treat my self to a few new bits and bobs. So guess what?! I went and did exactly that!

Above I have displayed some of the items I purchased in various cities. The other weekend I went up to Newcastle to help my boyfriend move into his new house and since we were already in the city we thought - why not go browse the shops! The Clementine shade Ralph Lauren Shirt-Dress was purchased from the newly opened Best Newcastle. I was really happy with this dress because I think its just so versatile. I can use it as office wear for work as it looks smart - whether it be as a dress with leggings or underneath a woolly jumper. I just know I'll get a lot of wear out of it. This dress was also my first ralphy purchase ever (shocking I know!). 

 With the 12th September being the release launch date of the Rihanna for River Island collection, I was determined from the day the collection was revealed that I needed to get something from her A/W set. Everything in the collection is just so me, it's tomboyish, fierce and has an urban gangster feel to it. I pre-ordered the G4 life bralet and then bought the baseball top from the Leeds RI store on Saturday (as seen on Cara Delevingne!!). In Leeds I also picked up this vintage oversized Levis denim jacket. All the denim jackets I ever wear are normally stolen from my boyfriend and I thought it was about time I invested in my own. At a not so hefty £30 from Best Leeds, I was more than happy with the jacket. It will be a wardrobe staple for sure! I also grabbed this oversized flannel tartan shirt which will also get tonnes of wear this winter - especially with Tartan being a hit A/W trend this season.

Purchase these items for yourself!:

BEST Leeds

Rihanna for River Island

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Urban Outfitters Wish List

I don't know about anyone else but when I'm in Urban Outfitters I spend ages looking at all the home-ware items in store. Everything is so perfect! I just want it all, so I've compiled a little list of all my faves at the minute. 

1. Scented Gel Pens - These just take me back to my childhood. In Primary School, if you owned scented gel pens you were the bomb. I never thought I'd see them again, I was so happy when I came across this cute set, I'm deffo going to purchase these in the near future, I feel very much deprived of the gorgeous strawberry smelling glitter pens right now.
2. Cara Delevingne Colouring Book - Why you ask? Why on earth not you mean, anything with Cara's face on is worth having!
3. Volunteer Book - This book really caught my eye because in a couple of years I'd like to travel the world and do some volunteer work so I feel this book would become very useful. It shows you all the hints and tips, different conservation work you can take part in and a whole host of home made herbal remedies for allergies and injuries.
4. The Label Maker - Because I am a freak when it comes to organization, ooops!
5. Macaroon Mug - Well I've never actually tried a Macaroon but they look almost too delicious to eat and look ridiculously tasty in their pastel coloured state. Pretty little Macaroons on a mug, what's wrong with that?
6. Thirsty Drink Cup - This hilarious drinks cup is too funny not to own, I'm always thirsty and so the phrase fits me well. I'm also a lover of Starbucks and this cup looks almost like an upgrade to a frappucino holder and...its PINK!
7. Pharrell book  - Pharrell is pretty much the hype of the moment with blurred lines and get lucky being massive summer hits. He is also featured in this months Vogue with Cara, therefore I must know everything about the man.
8. Doormat - This mat is so welcoming and I'd like this in my own house when I'm older.
9. Map - I've always wanted a big map of the world so that I can pin places in the world that I have visited. Hopefully when I'm older there will be no place unexplored!

Which of these items do you like best and why?!

Lara x

Vintage or just being purely chiconomic?

So, along with most girls my age - keeping in with the fashion trends is just a great struggle really isn't it. We're all desperate to be part of the new cult trend, with only one problem on our hands...how on earth do you fund it. I always tell myself 'I am fashionable and I know what I want, I just don't have the funds to prove it'. If you're currently a student or even unemployed, you've probably reassured yourself with this statement many times.

As we all do, being on trend isn't cheap. Or is it? Fashion recycles and reinvents itself all the time, so who's to say that one day your  acid wash flares wont come in handy? You could always keep them until the next time round and re-work them (or not.) However, you can keep staple pieces or dig through your parents' wardrobe. You'll probably surprise yourself. I mean, never did I think back in the day that an oversized tee would be fashionable, now its all the range. Luckily, my dads wardrobe was heaving with them.

What I'm getting at is - just because you're on a budget it doesn't mean you can't be fashionable. Visit thrift shops, vintage shops, charity shops and look through your old relatives' wardrobe (with permission of course) and re-work/customize clothes so that its on trend but unique at the same time. In all honesty, all my life I have slated charity shops and thought it was the most embarrassing thing ever when my mum dragged me in one. Yet, these days I go in on a regular basis. I'll tell you how it is though - in towns like mine, the charity shops are shocking. You'll probably have to raid through a thousand garments bin worthy before you find a hidden gem. I was well impressed with my self the other week when I was looking in a shabby charity shop and came across a Yves Saint Laurent short. To later which I took home and cut up, to make slightly more on trend.

The Next Big Thing: Cara Delevingne

If you haven't heard the name Cara Delevingne these past 6 months then may I ask...where on earth have you been?! As she becomes the cover girl of the February issue of Vogue, copies are flying off the shelves more than ever! Girl of the moment Cara and model of 2012 seems to be everywhere at the minute. Although she was first recognised as a Victoria Secrets Angel she has moved on to bigger and better things. (She is even said have trademarked her own name! - Can you blame her though?). She has apparz made over 20 cat walk appearances in the last 3 weeks. God it seems that nothing is stopping this little lady. Reowned for her bushy brows and boyish  figure, Cara's skater grunge style  is sweeping the nation. Hands up if you want to be Cara! *Throws both hands in the air*.