Vinyl Vision

Coat – ASOS | Jumper – Missguided* | Skirt – Missguided* | Boots – Missguided* (similar here)

I don’t mean to ~”toot my own horn”, but I really love this outfit! I was very excited to receive a Missguided package containing this beautiful pale blue fluffy cropped jumper and fab PVC midi skater skirt, which I chose both because I really like them individually, and because I’m currently obsessed with this particular combination of textures. Both pieces are £19.99 which I think is great value, especially compared to the very similar Topshop versions (you would be shelling out £55 for the skirt alone!). I also wore my latest purchase – this amazing ‘Coatigan’ from ASOS. I have had my eye on it for weeks and finally decided to hit purchase, typically two days before ASOS did their 48 hours of 20% student discount! As annoying as that was, I’m still very happy with it – it is super cosy, I love the colour and the oversized collar and fit, and it’s great for layering.

November 24, 2013 TAGS: ASOS, coatigan, fashion, fluffy jumper, grey coat, Lookbook, me, missguided, mohair jumper, personal style, PVC midi skirt, PVC skater skirt, PVC skirt, vinyl skirt BY: hannahlouisef

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Checked Out

Hat – Missguided* | Dress – Ark* | Boots – New Look | Coat – eBay | Bag – Missguided*

Are you bored of my tartan clothes yet? The print of this amazing dress from Ark is a little different to my other checked and tartan prints, but it might just be my favourite! It’s very similar to the Céline print on those amazing slip-ons which is a definite bonus, plus I love the simplicity of a tunic dress. It’s also very reasonably priced at £26.99, and it is worth noting that I’m wearing size M/L. Here I paired it with a faux leather sleeved coat I got on eBay last year (similar here), my fab Missguided hat and trusty New Look cut out boots.

November 15, 2013 TAGS: Ark, Ark Clothing, Celine, checked, cut out boots, fashion, fbloggers, fedora, leather sleeves, Lookbook, missguided, New Look, personal style, tartan, tartan dress BY: hannahlouisef

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Faux Furry

Faux fur gilet – Missguided* | Dress – Missguided* | Leather jacket – Topshop | Boots – Topshop

Missguided are really killing it with their selection of clothes, shoes and accessories at the moment, my wishlist gets bigger every time I visit their ‘new in’ pages! The two pieces are the top of my wishlist this time around, however, were this brushed silk skater dress and faux fur gilet, which I think look great together but are also super versatile too. As well as grey and baby blue, I love grey and pretty much any shade of pink for this winter, and so slowly but surely and sort of by accident I have been building up quite a vast collection of all sorts of items in those colours… oops. The one thing I find tricky about wearing pale colours in cold weather is that I have to wear black tights to keep warm, which I feel sometimes ruins the overall effect a little. Here I tried to avoid this by wearing a black leather jacket under the fur gilet, because I think that wearing some black on the top half of the outfit balances out the tights a little better. What do you think?

October 27, 2013 TAGS: fashion, faux fur, fbloggers, fur gilet, fur vest, Lookbook, me, missguided, personal style, pink dress, silver shoes, skater dress, Topshop BY: hannahlouisef

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Two Tone

Coat – SheInside* | Dress – Missguided* | Shoes – Choies*

As you might be able to tell, this is an outfit I wore a couple of weeks ago, whilst it was still somewhat warm – I’m currently freezing and haven’t quite worked out how to use the heating in my flat… . I couldn’t resist sharing it though, this coat is just amazing! I love the colours and especially the tailored style; it is another Zara-esque bargain at £24 from SheInside, and I’m hoping to still get plenty of wear out of it throughout winter too (layers are everything!!). Here I wore it over this super pretty Missguided dress, which I wore in my Missguided blogger edit but have also worn a bunch of times since. I love wearing it with a few different interesting necklaces, which I’m finally starting to build up a decent collection of. I especially love my obsidian pendant by IndigoMoon – you can currently order similar pendants and other one-of-a-kind jewels from the lovely Sarah on the IndigoMoon Facebook page.

October 13, 2013 TAGS: Choies, colourblock, cream, crochet, fashion, fbloggers, IndigoMoon, lace dress, Lookbook, missguided, orange, personal style, sheinside, two tone, white, Zara BY: hannahlouisef

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Tartan Trousers

Jacket – H&M | Top – Choies* | Trousers – Primark | Boots – New Look | Bag – Missguided*

What good is a winter wardrobe which doesn’t feature a bit (or a lot) of tartan? I found these trousers in Primark a few weeks ago (in their formal section along with a matching blazer which I didn’t quite have the guts to buy to complete the tartan suit, although I am somewhat regretting that decision now!). I love the dark colours and lack of red, I think that avoiding red tartan trousers altogether is the easiest way of sidestepping looking like you’ve bought a “Punk” costume for Halloween (that’s not to say that some people can’t rock them though). These are very subtle and easy to wear, and the shape is really great too!
Here I paired them with a mesh paneled top from Choies, amazing new imitation suede and sheepskin biker jacket from H&M. The jacket was a bargain £30 because I used a 25% discount code from an H&M email (I would definitely recommend signing up to their mailing list!), but even at full price (£39.99) it is definitely affordable and makes a nice change from the usual leather biker.

October 5, 2013 TAGS: biker jacket, Choies, fashion, fashion blogger, fringed, Lookbook, mesh panel, missguided, New Look, personal style, Primark, sheepskin jacket, suede jacket, tartan, tartan trousers BY: hannahlouisef

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Blackout

Dress – AX Paris* | Jacket – SheInside* | Hat – Missguided* | Boots – Missguided*

With the return of ‘grim up north’ type weather comes the return of predominantly black outfits for me – not that that is a bad thing of course! Here I’m wearing a super versatile wardrobe essential, a daytime appropriate LBD. Mine is the short and sweet Plain Swing Dress from AX Paris, which is a reasonable £18 and also comes in a number of different colours and prints, and is very wearable, comfortable and flattering. I already have a million more ideas for outfits involving this dress, but here I paired it with my loose fitting embroidered bomber jacket from SheInside, which I love! It’s a great alternative to a plain black bomber, and is a bargain £21. My boots are the usual favourites from Missguided, and my hat is also from Missguided. I do find all black much easier to wear with red hair than I did when my hair was dark (many moons ago!), but I added a red lip (Limecrime ‘Red Velvet’) to inject a little more colour into my outfit.

September 30, 2013 TAGS: all black, AX Paris, fashion, LBD, Lookbook, me, missguided, personal style, red hair, sheinside BY: hannahlouisef

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Pink Coat

Coat – eBay | Dress – MartOfChina* | Bag – MartOfChina* | Boots – MissGuided*

I’m currently obsessing over this pink coat – I managed to bag it on eBay for a ridiculous £2! I still fully intend to purchase the Primark pink coats I posted about but I love the candy shade of this one too, and I’m definitely of the opinion that you can’t have too many pink coats at the moment. Here I wore it over this adorable monochrome check dress from Mart Of China, which is a total bargain at £8. Unfortunately it only comes in one size and is very short, but exact measurements are listed. As well as the dress, I’m wearing another piece from Mart Of China in this sickeningly cute handbag, another crazy bargain at £10.84! I think that wearing a bit of pink with your monochrome is a great way to update it for this season.

September 28, 2013 TAGS: check dress, fashion, Lookbook, martofchina, me, missguided, monochrome, monochrome check, pink, pink bag, pink coat BY: hannahlouisef

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Missguided Blogger Edit – my outfit

Everything! – Missguided*

As promised in my post yesterday, here is the full outfit kindly given to me by Missguided! Missguided are looking for your vote in the Fabulous High Street Awards as the best ‘One Stop Shop’, and as you can hopefully see from this outfit, they definitely deserve it! Everything from my hat to my shoes is Missguided, and I was really spoilt for choice when trying to decide what to choose for this feature. I went for the Reaha Kimono (currently £16.99), Vavery Dress in white (£34.99), Kayna Hat (£14.99), Micah Bag (£29.99) and Bettie Jelly Sandals in black (£21.99). The kimono is fab for the current transitional weather as the dark floral print is very autumnal but it’s also a nice light alternative to a coat, there’s nothing I don’t love about the dress, and all of the accessories are very versatile! Not to mention that this entire outfit, including the bag and hat, is under £120 – a price you’d struggle to match in some other high street shops.

Check out my feature on the Missguided website, and don’t forget to vote!

September 25, 2013 TAGS: fashion, fashion blogger, fbloggers, fedora, fringed bag, fringed kimono, jelly sandals, kimono, lace dress, Lookbook, missguided, personal style BY: hannahlouisef

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Missguided Blogger Edit

Who has spotted me in Missguided’s latest blogger feature? How exciting! If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look by clicking through the ‘Fabulous Awards Blogger Edit’ link on the homepage, or simply click here. Check back tomorrow for a full post about my fab head to toe Missguided outfit.

I also popped up in the Missguided newsletter, along with other fab bloggers Charmaine and Olivia.

September 24, 2013 TAGS: fashion, fbloggers, feature, floral kimono, kimono, missguided BY: hannahlouisef

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Wish Want Wear | my designer dress

Dress – Jovani @ Wish Want Wear* | Bag – Missguided* | Shoes – Shelikes*

Who doesn’t want to wear a £700 designer dress on their birthday?! Obviously that’s not something I can afford, nor would I even want to spend that much money on something like this which I would wear once, so a designer dress hire is the ideal alternative. Wish Want Wear were kind enough to offer me a free hire for my birthday weekend, and so I chose this head turning Jovani jewelled dress, which I have seen in stores and online for around the £700 mark. It is a little reminiscent of THAT Britney dress, but I still love it. This dress is £110 to hire for 4 days, so is one of Wish Want Wear’s most expensive dresses, however for a very special occasion I think it is well worth treating yourself, and of course £110 is still a fraction of the price of having the dress sitting in your wardrobe doing nothing. Wish Want Wear cater for all budgets with dresses from £29, and you can even hire a Chanel bag!

Hiring a dress from Wish Want Wear is very hassle free – I simply chose a day on which I would be in to receive the delivery, wore it, and I will be heading to the Post Office later this afternoon to return it for free. Wish Want Wear cover minor damage and spills too, so there’s no need to spend your whole night worrying about keeping your dress pristine, and if you wish you can order a back-up size free of charge.

I paired the Jovani dress with some off-white accessories. My clutch bag is Missguided, it’s very simple with subtle snakeskin detail which I love. My pointed ankle strap shoes are from Shelikes, they’re not too high so are very comfortable, and in my opinion look very classy.