HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS.

This post is long overdue due to my manic and exciting December! consisting of the most wonderful 21st birthday, (filled with even more wonderful presents) an amazing trip to Marrakech and an unbelievably spoilt and family filled christmas.

So, here to give you a quick update and filling to your sandwich, i have a couple of pictures to share with you. 

My 21st birthday. definitely the best yet! an amazing 21 years to start my life and it was celebrated the best way i could of asked for. lots of wine, best friends and family, yummy food and heaps of music to dance the night away too. I had the most wonderful gifts which i will soon post. Plenty of jewelry: a stunning opal and diamond ring, ruby and diamond earing's, a pandora bracelet with a 21 charm!, a vintage Chanel watch, a white and yellow gold key charm necklace, tea and the ritz, a stainless steel stags head!!! and the list goes on! 

Heres just a couple of pictures from my wonderful evening.I have the best friends and family EVER!!!

 The cake!!! created by Angelina cupcake in Northampton. BEautifully done and perfectly created stags. was such an amazing surprise! Lots of little chocolate and white chocolate cupcakes and then a huge lemon sponge in the middle. yummy yummy yummy! 

birthday balloons! 

 My father in his sox! (ever the trend setter!) My dress was from River Island, along with my earing's and huge *bling* ring!!! Black wedges are my faithfuls from New Look, and good old shaper 100 denier tights from Primark. 

My wonderful friends

lovely flowers from my boyfriend. 

The crazy but beautiful world of Morocco. MARRAKECH. 

A whirl wind holiday with my boyfriend to Marrakech. A place of winding souks to get lost in for hours selling all this imaginable, Moorish food of lamb tagine and couscous, a sea of rustic colour's of mustard yellow, terracotta, burnt orange, red and turquoise blue. The city that never sleeps of snake charmers and juice sellers. a cultural experience like no other. 

Twas the night before christmas...

father christmas was very generous this year. i must of been a VERY VERY good girl :D (i cant wait to tell you all about my presents!!!) 

HAPPY NEW YEAR DARLINGS. 

jumpsuit heaven!

look what just arrived for me :D perfect for christmas nights out and New Years Eve!!! 

Black lace jumpsuit from River Island £39.99 

I usually struggle with jump suits or baby grows because i'm so long in the body! But this one fits perrrrrfectly. Thanks River Island. 

LOVE LOVE LOVE 

My new fury friend

Thanks to Anita's Vintage Fashion Boutique at the Clothes show live, this beautiful real fur stole belongs to me!!! 

and i couldn't be more excited to wear it and cosy up in this cold weather with this draped over my shoulders. I am yet to discover from which animals back this fine fur has come from, and yes i must admit, I'm not really fussed about the whole 'fur' debate, despite how strongly many people feel about it. 

 All i know is it looks great, feels great and was worth every penny for me this christmas! 

Merry Christmas

postsecret

Here are a few of my faves. 

To draw a smile or a tear, Everyone has secret's ... what's yours? 

http://www.postsecret.com/

I think this is one of the most beautiful concepts. 

Maybe one day i will have the courage to send in mine... 

Clothes Show Live 2010

Tomorrow I'l be style scouting for the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham at the NEC.

 I will be blogging and tweeting live from the event so stay in touch for news *as it happens* all day from the show. If you're heading to the Clothes Show tomorrow make sure your looking sweet and stylish in your best garms and be prepared to be 'papped' with your abundance of shopping bags in your best heels  ;) 

its set to be an exciting day! see you there fashionistas! 

Banksy in Southampton

My dissertation is arguing how the meaning of graffiti has changed to the present day. I explore the argument of whether graffiti is art or vandalism and how the rise of street artist Bansky has given the term 'graffiti' a whole new meaning and shaped how we see it in the 21st century. So when this appeared in Southampton last tuesday i couldn't believe my luck! what great timing to inspire me further with my essay and give relevant, up to date primary research material. 

The mural was stenciled onto a father of one's front wall of his home in Bevois Valley in Southampton and drew attention from BBC news, press, the art elite and pedestrian passers by all flocking to see the art work. it was rumored Bansky was on his way to the isle of White and decided to stop here on his way through. Some doubted it was by the real Banksy, but when the stencil art appeared on his website there was no doubt it was a real piece of art by the anonymous graffiti artist. 

The mural was said to have increased the gentlemen's house by more than £20,000 and the plan was to sell the painting to an art gallery or to preserve it like they do with perspex and a frame like the ones in Brighton. The image of a young boy with the words 'no future' above was stunning, and i felt so privileged and excited that we had a real Bansky in Southampton! 

So you can imagine the uproar when less than 24 hours later, someone with a white wash and paintbrush had the nerve to paint over the Bansky mural along with writing the word 'styles' next to the text above. 

Posters have been stuck to the wall next to the graffiti asking to 'find the Banksy mural ruiner' . So kids believe the graffiti Bansky created is ok, but not the graffiti of others? Surely both artists have broke the same laws, using the same materials in the same context... so what makes one right and the other not? CHildren of today are being bought up in the midst of graffiti art and the meaning to them is a whole lot different to that of an older generation. 

WHO and WHY were the questions circulating the next day, and as you can imagine there was uproar and controversy over what had been done to artwork. But how is what Bansky created art work, and not what the youth has graffitied onto it artwork? they are both vandalising property illegally using the same materials- they are both graffiti and have just practiced the same ideas in the same context. Is it the motives behind the graffiti that makes it art? The argument of weather graffiti is a legitimate art form will continue to be questioned and never answered. This doesn't change the fact that Bansky is seen as a true artist of the 21st century creating something new and innovative with our landscapes. 

Yesterday i went back to the mural to see if any further changes have been made. This is what i found... 

Does graffiti have a future style? or is everyone just creating the same old thing? illegal vandalism using spray paint... I plan to continue documenting the process and change of the Banksy mural here in Southampton and use for the practice element of my disertation. 

Will controversy and further graffiti continue to happen surrounding the wall? previous work's of graffiti artist Bansky have been attacked and changed, creating new pieces of graffiti.. or 'art' 

what do you see it as? 

A Tartan Tale

When emerging myself from amongst the wonderful christmas decorations in Milton Keynes Shopping center, i found myself in Debenhams admiring the beauty that is the MAC counter and their amazing new collection of designs for a holiday colour collection "A TARTAN TALE" 

The collection is described as 

"Telling a slightly twisted Tartan Tale to celebrate holiday, in all its posh, punk, ancestral, anarchic, noble and naughty glory. Royal and raunchy, colours and patterns collide, fantasies come true, punk fairies take flight with enchanted new looks. Be transformed!" 

I think the editorial images and makeup packaging is fantastic! a true Scottish Highland feel just in time for autumn winter and to give not only your face, but your makeup bag a pick me up of colour and fun! 

Here are some examples of the fantastic and inspiring face charts created by MAC

Of course i couldn't leave without purchasing something from this rich and exciting new collection so i treated myself to this: A gorgeous orange blush straight from the tartan tale highlands, named 

"My Highland Honey" 

All images from MAC.com

See you in the Highlands 

Emma Watson... What next!?

First she rocks out in this 

Miss Watson emerged in a short,  revealing black, see-through lace and feather dress by Rafael Lopez for Atelier Mayer, teamed with black heels by Charlotte Olympia at the UK premier of the latest Harry Potter Film. As if i wasnt excitied enough about seeing the film, seeing how STUNNING she looked and how gracefully she rocked the red carpet made me even more excited to see what shes going to do next. 

Then boards a plane in the first to be seen one of these 

The first person to be seen wearing a Bespoke Buberry Tench Coat at Heathrow Airport. Guitar in hand ;) 

Then collaborates to create this 

A ethical, fair trade clothing line with the one and only Alberta Ferretti for the clothing brand 'People Tree' 

a world famous actress... a model for Burberry... a fashion icon and NOW a clothing designer... 

Emma Watson. I ADORE YOU 




Images from the Daily Mail online. 

Giving Trend Forecasting a bash!

My first 7 weeks in the final year of my degree have taught me the art of trend forecasting. Something very new to me and daunting considering WGSN was about as much as i new! Throughout the 7 weeks i have filtered my creative eye through mounds of inspiring information and stunning visual imagery gathered from my travels around South East Asia. Resulting in a trend package forecasting a Colour trend for Spring/Summer 2012. Having just submitted this unit of work i feel i should share my hard slog of 7 weeks with you and hopefully inspire your palette for next summer!