What I Wore To London Fashion Week AW '13

22 February, 2013
You've seen the street style shots of my favourite looks in the courtyard at LFW on Tuesday, now here's my own outfit details of what I wore to the event. Unfortunately, I never managed to take any of my own outfit photos however, I was street styled myself numerous times so I've managed to gather a collection of street style photos that others captured of my outfit (credits and links at the bottom of this post).

Travelling up to London was a spur of the moment decision for myself. I actually rolled over in bed on Tuesday morning debating whether or not to go, because my initial plans to travel there with my housemate fell through and I was far too nervous to go it alone. However, I gave myself the kick up the bum I needed (not physically - that would be almost impossible!) and jumped on the 10am train to London Waterloo. Since it was a spontaneous decision I didn't have too much time to plan or think about my outfit, so instead I just pretty much threw on a few of my favourite items from my wardrobe all together! Once I finally arrived in London after being cramped on a train for an hour full of half term school kids I registered with BFC to gain a pass for the exhibitions thanks to my blog. I was pleasantly taken aback when the ever so lovely girl behind the desk (Melisa from The Avenue Online) said she was a reader of my blog! Little recognitions like that do truly make my day! Unfortunately I was on a time limit to get back to Southampton so I didn't see too much of the exhibition sadly.








Hat: H&M, £12.99 // Sunglasses: River Island Sale, £2 // Feather Braid: Claire's, £3.50 // Necklace: Urban Outfitters, £10.80 (inc. staff discount) // Maxi Dress: ASOS Sale , £35 // Faux Fur Coat: Zara Sale, £23 // Leather Gilet: All Saints Sale, £150 // Paisley Kimono: Minkpink via Urban Outfitters Sale, £30 (inc. staff discount) // Rucksack*: c/o Grafea // Rings*: New Look, Unknown, c/o Tentative Decisions // Shoes: eBay, £28

The entire day I was constantly compared to a modern day Stevie Nicks, which I've decided to accept as a huge compliment as I'm massive Fleetwood Mac fan. I've had this beautiful neon dip dye lace maxi for a year or so but have never had the opportunity to wear it so I was happy to debut it at Somerset House. It will definitely be venturing out of the wardrobe a lot more this summer thanks to the upcoming neon trend. In fact, my H&M hat is the only recent purchase which I bought just last week, the rest is a mixture of garments I've collected from over the years. The charming white leather rucksack was a gift from Grafea last year that has firmly become one of my favourite bags ever and is perfect for the SS season. It's such a timeless piece that I'm certain to use year after year! My main priority for travelling to London was to do some street style sketching of the outfits in a hope to maybe inspire an idea for my Final Major Project, even though fashion illustration was a complete different tangent from what I was working on originally. Inevitably I was sidetracked by meeting some wonderful characters, enjoying the sun in the courtyard, shooting some street style and just general lapping up the atmosphere. I really wish I had planned in advance and had gone down earlier in the week too! In September I will definitely be more prepared!




Photo credits: Bonafide Supernova // What A Fashion // So Feminine // Fashion News Outlet // Kenton Magazine
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London Fashion Week Street Style 19/02 Part #3

Here's the final installment of the street style photos I managed to capture on Day 5 of London Fashion Week at Somerset House. My intention with these street style photographs was to capture the more wearable and humble styles of the day, rather than the absolute weird and wonderful that do turn up at the courtyard. I find the more wearable styles a lot more inspiring when it comes to my own wardrobe. Afterall, I don't intend to be waltzing around in a PVC morph suit this Spring.










The girl in the blue jumper was also featured on the first edition of these street styles posts. She was definitely at the top with my favourite look of the entire day. Pops of colour are not something I usually choose when considering my outfits (saying this however I'm a little hypocritical as my own LFW incorporated a pop of neon pink!), but I've been feeling inspired by some of the people I've met and photographed so much so that I do intend to pursue the trend. My next post will feature my own outfit details from the day.
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London Fashion Week Street Style 19/02 Part #2

20 February, 2013
So, here's the promised second installment of the street style I shot at Somerset House on Tuesday. Everyone was channeling SS13 vibes during one of the first luke-warm, sunny spring days in London this year. I apologise for my atrocious iPhone quality photography, but believe it or not they're better than my shoddy point-and-shoot camera. Canon 1100d, please?












Just how incredible are the final two girls? I literally could not stop photographing the final girl! Keep an eye out for the third and final part of my street style snaps as well as my own outfit from London Fashion Week coming soon.
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London Fashion Week Street Style 19/02 Part #1

19 February, 2013
Ever since Friday I have spent 90% of my time trawling through photos upon photos, blog posts upon blog posts and watching shows upon shows of London Fashion Week whilst no so silently moping to myself that I wasn't there. Last night, after a long day on a shoot and suffering with a sickness bug I decided that if I was feeling better this morning I was going to trek it up to London to soak in the atmosphere at Somerset House on it's final day. I was rather nervous as I was originally supposed to be going with my housemate but unfortunately she couldn't make it, so I went there entirely solo. I was even a little doubtful about going this morning and the urge to stay in bed was overwhelming. However, I did manage to pluck up the courage and jump on a train to London.

My main priority whilst at Somerset House was to make some street style sketches as I'm at an absolute dead end with my Final Major Project at University, so I hoped leaving Southampton for a few hours would send some inspiration my way (which it did!), however I couldn't not take a few street style snaps to share with you whilst I was there.




The courtyard was alive with a variety of style from around the globe. Noticeable key trends were bright, eye-catching neon accessories (particularly beanies - I've promptly ordered one from eBay!), patterned two piece suits and white on white. Also, can we welcome the return of the platform shoe, which as you may know is a personal favourite of mine!






I took so many snaps that I've decided to break up the street style from the day into multiple parts rather than overly bombard you with images all in the one post. Look out for the rest of the street style photos from Somerset House to follow!
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