A Lookbook Throwback

A little while ago I did a styling project in college. This meant choosing a client, creating questionnaires, doing research, taking the client shopping and of course, making lookbooks. 

Here are two examples of the lookbooks I created in a short space of time that connected well with my client, her personality and style:

Model: Lissy Kelsey

Camera: Nikon D70

Photographer: Myself

Just a short post to show some of what I do at college.

Liss x

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Sunny Riverside

Posey posey

Screwed up face due to the sun, always been one of those people haha!

Photographer: Elle, my sister

Yesterday was a beautiful day and so my family and I decided to go on a walk along the river Thames. Living so close to the Cotswolds is such a great thing!

Sunglasses: Dorothy Perkins - £9.99

Necklace: Thomas Sabo - £45+

Strapless top: H&M - £8.99

Skirt: H&M - £24.99

(I love this red skirt but it creases so badly even when ironed. Just a small warning!)

What have you been up to this weekend?

Liss x

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I'm going to London Fashion Weekend!

Guess who's going to London Fashion Weekend?! ME!

For my birthday I got gold tickets for London Fashion Weekend (thank you Jack!). These tickets include entry to the fashion weekend, 1 trend catwalk show, 1 FRONT ROW designer catwalk show, industry talk and a tote bag full of goodies! This is in September which feels so long away but I'm sure it'll come round soon enough and I'll definitely be blogging all about it so watch this space!

Liss x

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Wishlist for the Week #1

Jumpsuit - The Hut - £45

Bikini Top - River Island - £16

Crop Top - River Island - £10

Nail Varnish - Barry M - £4

Lipstick - MAC - £9.43

Playsuit - Topshop - £57

Bag - Michael Kors - £215

Dress - Monki - £20

Shorts - Topshop - £38

Here are just a few items that are on my wishlist this week!

Liss x

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Birthday Shenanigans

Anyone want a ride in my Porsche?

Following my previous blog post, I just wanted to share a small selection of the photos (there are over 350 altogether!) from my garden party on Saturday. There were garden games, fairy lights, lanterns, happy faces, an amazing birthday cake, happy tears, amazing people, presents and LOTS of food. It was an amazing day and I want to thank everyone for travelling from far away and coming. Thank you for your presence and for the cards and presents I received. I am so blessed to have so many amazing people in my life. I'm going to leave now before it gets soppy (haha).

Liss x

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18th Birthday Outfit

I'm 18 at last and I've now entered the world of adulthood! 

On Friday it was my 18th birthday but I was busy all day modelling in a fashion show so I decided that I would have a big birthday celebration on the Saturday, 7th June. It was a garden party and I had about 80+ people there including family and friends. 

Seeing as it was my 18th and you only turn 18 once, I decided to go out and buy a whole new outfit (such a good feeling!). It was perfect for the day and the weather as the dress was light and 'airy' for the warm day but as the evening arrived the white blazer was just enough to cover me and keep me that bit warmer.

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate my 18th!

Dress: Topshop - £38 

(suggest to go a size up as the chest area is smaller than a normal size 8)

Jacket: H&M - £24.99

Shoes: Dorothy Perkins - £18.00

Clutch bag: Dorothy Perkins - £12.99

Necklace: H&M  - £9.00

Perfume: Next - £12.00

Liss x

More photos to follow

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A little evening walk...

The other evening my family and I decided to go an a little country walk as it was a lovely clear evening. We decided to go to Faringdon Folly which is about 6 miles from the town I live in. It is a large green area with a large tower in the centre of a small wood. Unfortunately the tower wasn't open as it is only open on one Sunday every but it was fairly impressive none the less. 

Jacket: H&M

Hat: Christy's Hats

Jeans: Topshop (Joni jeans)

Black boots: Debenhams

Faringdon Folly

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May Day Fashion Event (follow on post)

All photography by James Sutton and Chris of Chriswrcox photography

So I know May day was just over a month ago now but I've only just had time to blog  about it!

Following on from my last blog post ( http://whatlissloves.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/vintage-garments.html ) I took part in a May Day challenge where us fashion students were split into two teams, given a shop each for the day (vintage charity or charity) and had to put on events to raise the most money for Helen & Douglas House Hospice. We had about 4 weeks to plan and as a team we were given the charity shop. From there we organised for dancers to arrive and perform a 90s dance routine outside the shop to attract customers in. This is where the styling from my last post comes in. We each styled a dancer in the vintage clothes we had been given by Helen & Douglas House. They performed the dances and they were a great success as they attracted many people to the shop who were wondering what this flash mob was all about.

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Vintage Garments

As a fashion student I'm constantly beginning new projects, one every six weeks, and recently I have completed a styling project. For part of this project I was kindly lent some vintage clothing from a vintage shop owned by the charity, Helen & Douglas House Hospice which 'provide hospice & palliative care to children and young adults in Oxfordshire & surrounding counties'. I had to use the clothing to be styled for a May day event in which we had to raise money. So therefore in preparation for this I decided to begin testing out the outfits I had, styling them up and had my sister model them. This was the outcome:

Outfit 1:

For this outfit I had a slightly cropped black top with a scalloped edge and with this I matched a pair of wide leg black and white small check trousers. I didn't like the look of them with the wide leg so I pinned them back on either side to create a slimmer, more tailored look. I think personally this works better as the top is a looser fit meaning the bottom half looks better slimmer otherwise the model will look bigger than her actual size, making the outfit unflattering and outdated. 

For accessories I added a black bowler style hat and black heeled boots to finish off this monochrome outfit.

Outfit 2:

For this outfit I had one garment left and this was a black polka dot shift-type dress with blouse-like sleeves. It was lovely but so outdated as it was for what I wanted to achieve with it. The dress had no shape to it whatsoever and looked like it completely 'drowned' the model. Therefore I added a belt to try and add any type of definition at all and this seemed to work add absolute treat. It was finally flattering to some extent!

For accessories I again added a hat but this time a burgundy coloured fedora. I added a pearl necklace and bracelet to add more of a vintage theme but still keep it modern. To finish it off I choose simple black wedge heels as I wanted the focus to be on the top half of the model.

Thank you to Helen & Douglas House Hospice for lending me the vintage clothes! I am so pleased with the garments I got and how the outfits ended up coming out.

Liss 

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Liss

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