Stay Weird

Photos by Portia Hunt

Ok so isn’t this t-shirt the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen? A little over-exaggeration maybe, but I think it’s really cute! It’s by Olive & Frank; it goes with everything and reminds you to stay a little bit weird – a winning combination. I also love this handmade skirt from local brand Lily and the Lamplight, it comes in other fabrics too! I really like that I’m wearing two smaller, independent brands here, and I definitely want to make the effort to seek out some cool little shops or individual sellers and do this more often. I finished off the outfit with my current favourite ankle boots from Daniel Footwear, and I’m also wearing a pale pink trench from Sheinside (a coat which I’ve now abandoned due to the reprehensibly low temperatures we’ve been having, but which I’m looking forward to wearing again in the spring.)

Don’t forget there are still a few days left to enter my Wallis coat giveaway!

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December 30, 2014 TAGS: dalmatian print, Daniel Footwear, fashion, Lily and the Lamplight, Lookbook, Olive & Frank, ootd, personal style, pink coat, sheinside, stay weird, suede boots BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

Street Style with Grafea

Dress – Bank* | Coat – BooHoo* | Bag – Grafea* | Shoes – Public Desire (similar)*

Last week I had the pleasure of shooting Grafea’s new ‘Wild At Heart’ rucksack with them on the streets of Manchester. It’s great to work with and support a Manchester company, particularly one which produces such great quality products. I can’t wait to use my new backpack for university! They are pricey, but absolutely worth it in my opinion – they’d definitely make a great Christmas present, or maybe a moving away present if you’re leaving home and have a generous family! I styled it with a really simple striped shift dress by Blonde & Blonde at Bank, white Public Desire sandals, and a pop of colour in this BooHoo coat which you might’ve seen in the photoshoot I blogged about here. Check out some other photos from my Grafea shoot and a little interview with me on the Grafea blog here.

September 11, 2014 TAGS: backpack, BANK, BooHoo, fashion, Grafea, Lookbook, ootd, outfit of the day, pink coat, rucksack, street style, striped dress, stripes BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

Outfit Of The Day | Turquoise Lace and Burberry SS14 Vibes

Dress – Primark | Coat – eBay | Shoes – SheLikes* | Bag – Primark

Wow I have been so slack with outfit posts recently; this is the outfit I wore to Manchester Fashion Week, a whole five weekends ago – oops. You might remember I promised this post here! Anyway, I’ve finished university for the year, so at the moment I’ve all the time in the world to catch up with blogging.

This is definitely one of my favourite recent outfits. This amazing dress, which is almost a Burberry SS14 lace dress dupe, is a bargainous £17 from Primark. It comes in more colours too, but this turquoise is my fave! I was a huge fan of the whole Burberry SS14 embellished lace and candy coloured coats, so it’s great to be able to replicate that look on a budget. For MCRFW, I paired the Primark dress with my £2 eBay coat, SheLikes pointed heels, and Primark mini satchel which I discovered is luckily a perfect match for my shoes.

What do you think? Don’t forget to check out this look, and all my other Primark looks, on Primania – give me ‘Primarks’ and upload your own looks to win vouchers!

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May 25, 2014 TAGS: burberry, burberry lace, burberry ss14, fashion, fashion blogger, fbloggers, lace dress, Lookbook, personal style, pink coat, pointed heels, Primark, turquoise lace BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

Pink Lime

Coat – Primark | T-shirt – New Look | Trousers – Lashes of London* | Shoes – Vivienne Westwood via Daniel Footwear*

I dug these amazing Lashes of London trousers out last week; I have had them since last summer but if you’re a size 10 you can still get them on sale for a bargain £20 on the Lashes website! I still love the interesting lace texture, and they’re a really flattering, semi high waisted fit. I wore the trousers recently with a blue coat and silver shoes, but opted for a slightly more subtle pale pink coat here and these adorable Vivienne Westwood Ultragirl flats. I love the grey and pink colourway, they’re super comfortable and they smell fantastic too! How do you feel about the lime green and pink combo?

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February 25, 2014 TAGS: Daniel Footwear, fashion, fbloggers, Lashes of London, lime green, Lookbook, personal style, pink coat, Primark, Vivienne Westwood BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

Pastel Party

Coat – Front Row Shop* | Jumper – Primark | Skirt – Missguided* | Boots – Ark*

With the festive period very much upon us I’ve found myself needing more than one dressy-but-not-too-dressy outfit for family visits and meals out and such like, and whilst I am a huge fan of sequins and velvet and other typical Christmas and New Years clothing, I wanted to put together something a bit different too. What better way to do this than with pastels?!

Here I paired my new Missguided pink PVC skirt, which I have been lusting over ever since that Topshop version sold out, with another of my many fluffy jumpers – my favourite texture combination at the moment. This jumper is a really sweet subtle shade of lilac, and is a bargain £10 from Primark. The skirt is almost half the price of the Topshop version at £19.99, and comes in a mini and skater style too. I still can’t get enough of pink so I wore this amazing pale pink cocoon coat from Front Row Shop over the top, verging on overkill perhaps but I think it looks cute! Finally I toned down the pastels ever so slightly by opting for amazing holographic ‘oil slick’ boots from Ark and a matching clutch from BooHoo. If you’re a size 3 the boots are on sale for £20 at Ark, but if not Missguided have a version here. Would you go for an allover pastel look for the holiday season?

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December 23, 2013 TAGS: Ark, cocoon coat, fluffy jumper, Front Row Shop, missguided, oil slick boots, pastel, pastels, personal style, pink coat, pink pvc, pink pvc skirt, pink skirt, PVC skirt BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

Winter Coat Wishlist with Hobbs

Classically British brand Hobbs makes some of the dreamiest winter coats, and I have selected my top three for those of you who are still looking to splash out on one amazing piece of outerwear:

This soft mohair coat is the perfect mix of cute and chic. It incorporates one of my favourite winter shades (baby blue) without being too full on which, combined with the ultra stylish oversized fit and drop sleeve, makes it super wearable.
The ‘Daisy’ coat made the top of my wishlist as soon as I saw it – I’m very much feeling ‘go big or go home’ collars and this shade of grey is just perfect to pair with any colour palette. The cocoon shape, longer length and single button also make it undeniably stylish.
I couldn’t resist including yet another pink coat in my top three! Recently reduced it is the cheapest of my selections, but is no less fabulous. Again it features the oversized cocoon shape and large lapels which I’m loving at the moment, but the real selling point here is the attention grabbing orchid pink- amazing!

*in collaboration with Hobbs, all opinions are my own*

November 19, 2013 TAGS: coats, grey coat, Hobbs, pink coat, winter coats BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

Leather Trousers

Jumper – Choies* | Trousers – AX Paris* | Coat – Primark | Shoes – Choies*

One item of clothing I’ve been on the lookout for recently is a good pair of leather (faux or otherwise) trousers. I already have one fab pair from Missguided which have a really cool crocodile-skin effect, but I wanted something plainer to add to my collection and this pair from AX Paris are perfect! They’re not matte but aren’t too shiny, and also aren’t movement restricting-ly tight. The also have some nice detail on the knee, a non-leather strip on the inner leg and are faux leather so are vegi and vegan friendly. I think I will be getting a lot of wear out of them this winter, but here I paired them with another new piece from Choies – this very Alexander Wang-esque (I think so anyway!) textured jumper. I rolled the bottom cuff under here as the length sat awkwardly with the trousers, but I like that this jumper actually fits me rather than being cropped or oversized like most of my others. My adorable Choies Marc By Marc Jacobs-esque flats made an appearance too as it was a dry day.
I also wore my AMAZING new Primark coat which I’ve lived in since I finally got my hands on it after seeing it online months ago. It’s so fab I’m almost tempted to go back and buy another in case it bobbles easily… hm. At £32 it is a steal compared to pretty much every other high street alternative; all hail Primark!

*don’t forget to enter my giveaway to be in with the chance of winning a dress!*

November 5, 2013 TAGS: AX Paris, Choies, fashion, fashion blogger, fbloggers, grey jumper, leather pants, leather trousers, Lookbook, personal style, pink coat, Primark BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

Vogue Fashion’s Night Out – Manchester

Last night Vogue brought its famous Fashion’s Night Out to my city – how exciting! From Selfridges to Spinningfields to the Arndale, a variety of shops, brands and boutiques held special events into the evening, celebrating everything fashion.

I didn’t quite know what to expect from FNO as I had never ventured down to the one in London, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was super busy almost everywhere as was to be expected, but there were plenty of fab things to see and do which were worth braving the crowds for.

I started off at BooHoo‘s fashion bus, which they had stationed just off Market Street. BooHoo had their sparkling upcoming Boutique collection on show (which will be available for general purchase at the end of this month), as well as make-overs, cute pink BooHoo cars and a cool Instagram activity.

Coat – eBay | Top – Topshop | Trousers – ASOS | Shoes – Topshop

Next I popped over to Selfridges, which was absolutely heaving, but of course they had enough going on to warrant sticking around. There was a plethora of well known faces mingling with the crowds too, I spotted Henry Holland, Sophia Webster and Erdem Moralioğlu to name a few! Jameela Jamil was DJing on the top floor, so of course I had to sneak a photo!

I also bumped into some blogger babes, including the fab Lucy who I’m sure you all recognize!

Harvey Nichols was hot on Selfridges’ heels as usual, with masses of fun things to see and do. Pic n Mix, Pin The Pony on Karl, exciting talks from a variety of influential people in the world of fashion (I caught a bit of Sophia Webster’s interview, she’s so adorable!), and some more famous faces including Proudlock and Jamie from Made In Chelsea. Despite feeling sort of bad for them both being mobbed by fans whenever they surfaced from backstage, I couldn’t resist a selfie with Proudlock! :’)

I also ate a cute tiny hotdog…

The rest of my night was spent wandering around the city exploring what else was on offer, whilst handing out some fliers for my friend’s amazing new vintage store, Dirty Disco, which has just launched online. You might have seen Dirty Disco around on eBay for a while, but the transition to a webstore is definitely an exciting one. Check out www.dirtydiscovintage.com now, and keep peeking back for new additions!

Check out a few other photos from my night below, I hope all of you who came along enjoyed FNO too!

October 11, 2013 TAGS: BooHoo, fashion, Fashion's Night Out, FNO, Harvey Nichols, Lookbook, Manchester, personal style, pink coat, Selfridges, VFNO, Vogue, Vogue Fashion's Night Out BY: hannahlouisef

Fashion

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.