Flash Floozy: Floral Crown

 

 Last week I received a package from Flash Floozy which included this beautiful floral garland. Flash Floozy is a online fashion store selling handmade boho headpieces and jewellery. It was started by lovely founder, Marie Porter who describes her products as 'Boho Bling' as she has pieces that are more on the whimsical side but also has other pieces that are more jewelled to add sparkle.

 

This floral garland is just so beautiful. It is a light blue floral crown with slightly pointed petals. The underneath is finished off with green petals to give a more natural look to the roses. The headband itself is made from rustic vine and looks so natural and would blend in with most hair types if seen when being worn. Then the end is finished off with a cream ribbon to type at the nape of the neck to secure on your head. This adds such a dainty look to the floral crown.

 

I haven't worn this crown out properly yet but I am on holiday abroad as we speak so I will most definitely be including this beautiful head piece in with a few outfits so look out for the outfit posts that include this floral crown. This will include better photos so you can see what the crown looks like when it is on my head.

 

I think I will also be wearing this at London Fashion Weekend in September so look out for my outfit for that also!

 

Just a short post but you will be seeing more of this gorgeous floral crown on the blog in the future as I'm so impressed with the quality and handmade items are sometimes the best, especially when it comes to Flash Floozy!

 

Follow Flash Floozy:

 

Website: http://www.flashfloozy.com/

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Find the blue rose floral crown here!

 

Liss x



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Zara Sale

Every time there is a Zara sale, you know. It's tweeted, posted and talked about everywhere and the summer sale is currently under way and I couldn't help but buy a few items. I have learnt something from this sale and that's: if you like it and it's in your size, buy it, because I missed out on the most amazing pair of shorts. Gutting when that happens. Anyway let's get on with it.

Here I am just going to show you 3 items (although I got more) I bought in the sale:

The Dungarees

My hair was so curly today

Dunagrees - Zara / Top - New Look / Shoes - New Look

Dungarees. I haven't owned a pair since I was little but I've always loved them so when I saw this pair in the sale I had to get them. It's so casual and great for just chucking on a summer day or at the beach. It's very adaptable as it can be worn with most things e.g. any top can be placed underneath, any jumper can be worn over it and tights can be worn with it making it easily wearable for almost all year round. I can just tell I'm going to be living it in this summer.

The Shorts

Shorts - Zara / Top - New Look / Shoes - Primark

These shorts were a quick last minute choice as you can't have too many shorts in the summer and at £7.99 you can't go wrong. I feel as though I have barely any shorts this year as mine as all too big for me this year (there are down sides to loosing weight!) so seeing these for so cheap I decided to get them. They're monochrome which means they'll fit into about 80% of my current wardrobe. They can also be worn in the winter with a pair of tights.

The Bodysuit

Bodysuit - Zara / Jeans - Topshop / Shoes - Dorothy Perkins

I saw this on another blogger months ago and thought I was too late to pick it up in Zara but I found it in the sale which makes things even better and for £7.99. I really love bodysuits as they can go on with most items especially jeans and considering how much I wear my beloved high waisted Topshop Joni jeans, they're perfect. They mean no problems with having to tuck tops into my jeans with fear of them coming out or having to be 're-tucked'.

Just a small insight into my sale items and what I could potentially wear them with.

Liss x

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Fashion Show

From reading previous posts from June you may know that on my birthday I took part in a college fashion show. It was a massive stress and backstage was full of people panicking but in the end it was one of the best evenings ever.

We spent all day setting up the catwalk, background and chairs. We had several run throughs of everyone's outfits and with this came stress and a few disasters but it was all solved and turned out so well in the actual show. After run throughs we had a few hours for hair and makeup and it was safe to say everyone looked incredible. 

Then came the show and we were all nervous as this is something us but mainly the second year students had been planning for months and it all came down to this moment. The show was amazing, the atmosphere, the lights, everything was spot on. Adrenaline kicked in and we all just had to go for it.

The photos aren't the best as we haven't had the official ones back yet but when and if I get hold of them, I will definitely post them.

Modelling a friend's top

60s shift dress we had made in our first ever project.

Here are photos of a segment called Sculpted. On the left is my friend Lissy wearing a dress I made and on the right is me modelling a friend's dress and accessories.

These two photos are of a second years festival inspired designs that we wore. (Me on the left)

It was such a fun experience and I cannot wait until it's me modelling my final collection next year!

Liss x

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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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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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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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