I'm trying to keep my posts short and sweet with a few pictures at the minute, and hoping to improve my camera situation; my iPhone's just not cutting it any more and I hate my current camera so bear with me.
KB x
Showing posts with label monochrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monochrome. Show all posts
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Lab coat
If you haven't already noticed, I'm obsessed with oversized black and white jackets. I snapped up this wee beauty in work the other day for £25 in the sale. I work in Exhibit (for anyone outside of Ireland wondering what this is it's an Irish store). Thankfully we recently launched our website which means you can have a look and order now too, I guarantee you'll find some great pieces for very reasonable prices. My shoes, crop top and jeans are all Topshop which is probably due to the fact that I spend half my life and wages in that place.
I'm trying to keep my posts short and sweet with a few pictures at the minute, and hoping to improve my camera situation; my iPhone's just not cutting it any more and I hate my current camera so bear with me.
KB x
I'm trying to keep my posts short and sweet with a few pictures at the minute, and hoping to improve my camera situation; my iPhone's just not cutting it any more and I hate my current camera so bear with me.
KB x
Friday, 8 November 2013
Polyvore I love you...
So Recently I have become a big fan of Polyvore. I've always used it to search for clothes and just to generally keep up with current fashions but I've started to make my own "sets" on it. When you make a set you're basically just creating a wish list of everything you want to buy. Or in real life, never will buy but you just want to put together an outfit of it anyway because you live in hope that one day you'll own it. I'm hoping to start using Polyvore more and more so if you're on there and want to follow me you can find me under the username "whatktwore". If you're not on Polyvore I suggest you start to use it immediately, even if you don't want to make sets it's great to help you find something you like or want. One of the best things about it is that when you click on an item, say a really expensive pair of boots, it will bring up all the items similar (and cheaper) so you can find an alternative to suit your budget, yay! Basically Polyvore rules man, get on that shit.
Monday, 23 September 2013
Risen from the dead...
Hello hello,
I've taken a little 2 week blogging break (through no fault of my own) as I didn't have internet for the first week I was living in my house AND my laptop had a mental breakdown which resulted in me losing all my files :( It's not been a great week for me and technology. Anyway I'm back now so I've decided to do my resurrection post on my favourite looks from New York and London fashion week, I've picked these two because I'm going to do another post on Milan and Paris when it's all rounded up. For a person who loves fashion I've never really been a massive fan of designer clothes, I know that sounds ridiculous I mean of course I love their clothes and I take inspiration from them, but I can't afford any of the pieces and it's unrealistic for me to think I ever could at this age, unless my daddy was a millionaire, which he is not. I've always shopped on the high street and mostly in vintage and charity shops but recently I've discovered the power of eBay and I've been nabbing myself all sorts of amazing designer lookalike jumpers, shoes etc (post coming up soon when they finally arrive from China!) I suppose I can't deny that if I had the money I'd be kitting myself out in some amazing designer pieces and maybe one day I will be, but for now I can only spend my days drooling over fashion week shows and dreaming..
New York fashion week brings in an array of designers that I love, Phillip Lim being one of them. His collection for this years fashion week was inspired by "all things elemental" which explains his rock formation looking prints on silk bombers and leggings. I've always had an inner battle with myself where my natural inclination to turn to androgynous looks over rides my strong desire to be feminine and dress,look and act like a girl. The great thing about this collection for me is that while the clothes are more androgynous looking than most on the runway, he uses fine silk, pastel colours and beautifully tailored trousers to create that feminine look that makes his clothes so wearable for women, casual and feminine! Here's some of my favourite looks from the 3.1 Phillip Lim show -
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London up next, where I find myself spending more time looking at the LFW street style than what's on the catwalk. I don't think I'm being biased when I say that London has it nailed when it comes to street style, it has been said British girls are the most fashionable in the world* and I think I'd have to agree.
I don't think I'd have any room on this post for street style because there were so many fellow bloggers that looked amazing and I couldn't possibly fit them all in, so onto the catwalk..
I found it almost impossible to narrow down my favourite because I fell in love with so many shows, Ostwald Helgason's flower prints could easily turn me into the girliest girl but Richard Nicoll's monochrome goodness was a clear winner for me. Not a designer I'd usually follow that much but with this sporty androgynous collection I was dying over the sheer panel dresses, knitwear, silk bombers and biker jackets. I have so many favourite items from this show that I have to put up this many pictures.
So there you have it, my absolute favourite looks from New York and London, oh my god you have no idea how hard it was for me to make those decisions! I hope you enjoyed this little insight into fashion week if you don't usually look into it and are a high street lover like myself. Now all we can do is wait for someone to copy these and make us a cheaper version!
Love ya's
Katie.
*based on opinion, this is not a fact and is of course debatable for all my non British readers haha.
I've taken a little 2 week blogging break (through no fault of my own) as I didn't have internet for the first week I was living in my house AND my laptop had a mental breakdown which resulted in me losing all my files :( It's not been a great week for me and technology. Anyway I'm back now so I've decided to do my resurrection post on my favourite looks from New York and London fashion week, I've picked these two because I'm going to do another post on Milan and Paris when it's all rounded up. For a person who loves fashion I've never really been a massive fan of designer clothes, I know that sounds ridiculous I mean of course I love their clothes and I take inspiration from them, but I can't afford any of the pieces and it's unrealistic for me to think I ever could at this age, unless my daddy was a millionaire, which he is not. I've always shopped on the high street and mostly in vintage and charity shops but recently I've discovered the power of eBay and I've been nabbing myself all sorts of amazing designer lookalike jumpers, shoes etc (post coming up soon when they finally arrive from China!) I suppose I can't deny that if I had the money I'd be kitting myself out in some amazing designer pieces and maybe one day I will be, but for now I can only spend my days drooling over fashion week shows and dreaming..
New York fashion week brings in an array of designers that I love, Phillip Lim being one of them. His collection for this years fashion week was inspired by "all things elemental" which explains his rock formation looking prints on silk bombers and leggings. I've always had an inner battle with myself where my natural inclination to turn to androgynous looks over rides my strong desire to be feminine and dress,look and act like a girl. The great thing about this collection for me is that while the clothes are more androgynous looking than most on the runway, he uses fine silk, pastel colours and beautifully tailored trousers to create that feminine look that makes his clothes so wearable for women, casual and feminine! Here's some of my favourite looks from the 3.1 Phillip Lim show -
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I don't think I'd have any room on this post for street style because there were so many fellow bloggers that looked amazing and I couldn't possibly fit them all in, so onto the catwalk..
I found it almost impossible to narrow down my favourite because I fell in love with so many shows, Ostwald Helgason's flower prints could easily turn me into the girliest girl but Richard Nicoll's monochrome goodness was a clear winner for me. Not a designer I'd usually follow that much but with this sporty androgynous collection I was dying over the sheer panel dresses, knitwear, silk bombers and biker jackets. I have so many favourite items from this show that I have to put up this many pictures.
So there you have it, my absolute favourite looks from New York and London, oh my god you have no idea how hard it was for me to make those decisions! I hope you enjoyed this little insight into fashion week if you don't usually look into it and are a high street lover like myself. Now all we can do is wait for someone to copy these and make us a cheaper version!
Love ya's
Katie.
*based on opinion, this is not a fact and is of course debatable for all my non British readers haha.
Monday, 26 August 2013
Monochrome Set
I just can't seem to wear bright colours these days, they don't suit me. Plus I think my inner goth won't allow me to wear anything other than black. This top is a little silky h&m baseball lookalike top which was £14.99 and I completely love it. I think it looks a bit like a Rihanna for River Island top, I'm going a bit ghetto fab aren't I? The jeans are the best jeans EVER from Topshop called Joni's in white. They come in a few different colours and cost about £45 but I got mine in the sale for £22.50 because they're white summer jeans and autumn is around the corner, yay! My shoes I've shown before on my blog because I adore them so much, they only cost £25 from h&m which makes them even better. My bag is from Urban Outfitters and my love of lumo had me dying to buy it even though I don't usually buy bags that often. It cost me £20 though which isn't bad :) The necklace is Primark because I can't even cope with the price of jewellery these days and they also have great stuff in!
Sorry that I haven't written anything in a few days but I'm currently waiting on some treats in the post for me to review, so when they arrive I'll be sure to post about them ASAP.
Lots of love and kisses,
Monday, 19 August 2013
Line up the bitches..
Quick OOTD post here of my new "celine" t-shirt with a little play on the word ;) I'm not actually going to say much about my OOTD pics because I prefer to write loads on my other posts about clothes and clothes websites. I'm not interesting enough to write that much about! As you can probably tell I am a massive fan of monochrome, I live in black and white. These trousers I found at the back of Primark marked down to £5 which made me so giddy, the t-shirt I found on eBay cost me £7-8 I think including postage. I also got these shoes in the Office sale for £5 which is a complete barg! My necklace is also Primark (of course) and my head scarf is just a little charity shop find.
Lots of love and kisses,
Katie. 
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