ACCESS ALL ASOS: SELFIE SCHOOL

Yes, yes, this post is probably a billion years later than what it should have been, but better later than never, right? You can thank my ridiculous iPhone for playing me around and my charger breaking over the last few weeks for that!

Anyway, Selfie School. Sounds like a place where aspiring Kim K's go to learn how to take the best shot of themselves and make themselves look great in photos, yes? Correct, that it was. But a lot better and with a few cakes thrown in to really get that Kimmy K look (hello, booty). As part of the Access All Asos Team 2013, the lovely folks at down Asos kindly chose me to be one of their students at Selfie School down at their Head Office in London, learning all of the tricks of the trade as to how to take the best images with your trusty old mobile (Mobile? Do people still use that word? Phone...).

As mentioned in my previous post, Photographer Extraordinaire Olly Lang was the teacher and had us taking photos of ourselves left, right and centre to explore how to get the best 'selfie' and how to use our phones in the most effective way. And this all occured in the week that 'selfie' was crowned 'Word of the Year'! Hurrah for the selfie and us narcissistic modern folk! (I'm not complaining...)

The infamous Asos catwalk...eek!

Cakes, mini Fish & Chips and copious amounts of selfie's later, the day was nicely rounded off with a tour of Asos HQ (ahhh!) and more cake. What could be better?

x

WINTER

wearing:   asos faux fur and sheepskin coat   |   primark polo neck jumper   |   primark checked trousers   |   asos loafers      

 river island necklace

Sorry, sorry, sorry. Bad blogger - no post in 2 weeks is not on, admittedly however life has been stupidly cray. Lots of exciting happenings (and sad...) over the past few weeks. As an Access All Asos Insider (tongue twister) the lovely folks at Asos invited me to attend the very exciting 'Selfie School' with super photographer extraordinaire Olly Lang, where I got to tour the wonderful Asos HQ and mingle with some lovely bloggers. Photos to come as soon as I can manage to fix my phone cable...sigh. Oh and I left my job, which is quite sad, but pastures new and all of that, eh? This beauty of a statement necklace was my lovely leaving gift. The girls have a very good eye for accessories I'd say!

Since I last posted winter has well and truly hit us and although I'm barely out enjoying the Christmas festivities which seem to be springing up everywhere (whoever said doing a degree was easy lied, I'm practically house-bound), it means I have full permission to whack out all the coats I own. Which seems to be a lot more than originally thought as I seem to have no storage space whatsoever in the flat. But still, OOOOOH coats. And this cheeky two-tone Asos number from a few years back in particular is still going strong. Faux fur and two-tone, whats not to love?

 Ps, lol at my pouty/miserable face. I promise I'm not this miserable in real life!

x

DENIM DENIMS

wearing:   zara coat   |   asos jeans   |   topshop speckled jumper   |   h&m shirt   |   primark necklace   |   primark fur collar   |   river island pumps   |   mulberry handbag

Denim, denim. A bit of a life saver, eh? The do it all piece for when you haven't the foggiest what to wear (this is all getting a little bit philosophical, no?). So why so passionate about denim lately, I hear you ask? WELL, if you're asking, the lovely folks over at Stylight have asked me to take part in a very exciting little blogger competition they're doing, made up of 20 bloggers from the 7 countries they work in competing on a national, then international level for a lovely final prize of an all expenses paid trip to Berlin Fashion Week in Januray (ooh, exciting). The first round (of 3) has a denim theme...hence the excitement.

 So if you have a Stylight account and fancy giving me a follow and a 'heart' on my denim concoction (ha!) feel free to be kind and do so here! Even if not, you can still have a gander around their wonderful site and a nosey at my profile! (But it'd be really nice to go to Berlin Fashion Week. Really nice...). 

AND Zara coat reduced to £29.99 - erm, Hello! Happy Lydia. 

Also, you can check out a little interview-y thing that I did for international shopping blog 'Shopping Unlike' a few weeks ago here (excitingggggg).

*All lovely photos courtesy of Hannah Colligan (Facebook here)

x

SEEING GREEN

wearing:   h&m knitted top   |   zara faux leather trousers   |   zara sheepskin coat   |   asos loafers |       zara checked scarf       marc jacobs watch

Green. Strange colour. The colour of these trousers immediately reminds me of my repulsive bottle green uniform, endured for a very long 5 years at school. But at the same time I can't help but love it - maybe in a heart-warming, endearing fondness kind of way? Ha. A bargain at £10 in Zara sale last year (sorry, old news but similar here), I immediately snapped these up in black too. I can't help but love a wallet-friendly leather look trouser! And with one of Zara's ah-mazing scarves from this season, school uniform memories are quickly fading. A very Zara themed outfit, no?

                                                                                                                                                                                     x                                           *Hannah Colligan photography, see more here and on Facebook woo!

AUTUMNAL GOODNESS

haul:   river island beaded cami   |   asos oxblood leather loafers   |   missguided green velvet dress (similar)   |   topshop cut-out heels   |   river island grey felt fedora   |   mac studio fix fluid   |   nars laguna bronzer   |   benefit playstick   |   essie polish in eternal optimist 

Autumn, autumn, oh how I've missed you...kind of. Autumn weather? Not really. Autumn fashion? Now were talking. Some of these pieces I've had a few weeks but due to my severe lack of blogging (oops, sorryyyy) I never got around to posting about them. But here they are, finally. HOLLA.

Obviously, my complete lack of self control when it comes to spending has gone into overdrive (victim of consumerism at its finest). Over the past month I've aquired some absolute treasures and with all of the student discount offers being thrown around during freshers week, I couldn't resist. Everyone needs new clothes for a new semester, correct? Yes, correct. And a new face. Hello, accidental make-up splurge. Oops...

New obsession? Oxblood for winter. 20% off both Asos and River Island... no brainer.

And a delightful new dress from Missguided. Plus I finally accomplished my cut out boot and grey fedora dreams - Winner!

 

And some makeup replacements thrown in for good luck (excuse my rank infills). But discount, remember? It would be rude not to.

x


Hannah Colligan Photography and Facebook, yeyah.

MONKI AROUND

lusting:   1. jonna dress £18   |   2. elisabet dress £30   |   3. precious knitted dress £25      

4. klara bra £12   |   5. hanna hipster £6   |   6. jane hat £15   |   7. lilly sunglasses £8   

   8. miracle purse £6   |   9. nelly corduroy shirt £25

Meet Monki, my new fave brand ever for affordable/ lovely basics. I'm such a sucker for anything under £30 (In my eyes, it IS a bargain and therefore MUST be purchased) so I was absolutely deee-lighted when I stumbled across this amazing Swedish brand who offer clean designs with the odd print thrown in, for an affordable price (pretty much everything is under £30 = winner).

Asos have also recently jumped on the Monki bandwagon (hello, 10% student discount and free delivery!) but have a gander of their wonderful website for a full range and some lust-worthy products. Obviously, I couldn't control myself and made myself a lust list of my favourite pieces from the collection (today is payday, no one can judge me if I go a little crazy) and £18 for a beautiful underwear set?! I can't resist...

www.monki.com

x