RETURN OF THE MAC

From Left to Right: Metallic Plastic Mac - Topshop

Nightshade Blue Zip Pocket Mac - Mulberry

Electric Blue with White Zip - ASOS

Pale Blue Crochet Plastic Mac - Topshop

Clear Mac with White piping - Topshop

Yellow PVC mac - Mulberry

Today is the 1st of May however, here in Britain, we know that April showers tend to happen all year round! (For those of you living in hotter climates, oh how i envy you!). Now however you can be prepared with the must have mac, move over trenches (a la Burberry), their is a new coat in our lives. This practical purchase would see you through summer and winter and is ideal for the festival season. The above are a selection of my favourites, i am loving the transparent Topshop one especially, allowing you to still show of those bright colours underneath, the white piping just giving it that extra edge. My favourite thing about this trend is the playfulness, it is all about fun and frivolity so let your inner child out in these PVC pullovers. Kagool Cool?

Liberty x Dr. Martens

An exciting collaboration is about to hit the Regent street next week, on Tuesday May 1st Liberty x Dr. Martens will be lauched. The collection fuses the tough, dark edgy aesthetics of Dr. Martens with the subtle, feminine and twee prints the Liberty brand is known for. These two brands are both recognised as being contempary classics. The collection features Boots, Shoes and Satchels in the lovable flower print. Here is a few of my favourites:



Images: psfk

In love with the satchel and the burgundy boots. Prices start from £105. Now i know there have been Liberty collaborations before with Nike, which continue to be a success however i just love the versalitity and edge this collection has. Who is going to be making a purchase?

THE LONELY HEARTS

Images: Lonely Hearts SS12 Lookbook

Above are 6 of my favourite outfits from the Lonely Hearts lookbook. I have just discovered this brand from New Zealand Described by themselves as clothes that capture that indefinable ground between who you want to be, and who you are. I couldn't think of a better statement to visualise the brand. The collection mixes loose tailoring, bold print and cutout shapes. It has a subtle colour palette, of crisp whites, dusty greys and lilacs. They are influenced by sportswear and the collection as you can see is very wearable and quietly feminine. The brand is stocked at Found in Bath UK. Excited to see the Autumn/Winter collection!

THE FLATPACK BACKPACK

 

3.1 Phillip Lim

May i present to you the flatpack backpack, as im sure you're well aware the rucksack trend is well and truly upon us. I am in love with this denim shirt come rucksack by 3.1 Phillip Lim what an amazingly versatile garment, i have seen garments like this before, which are multi-functional however they always looked exactly that, they would either be bulky, made of unappealing material and just generally not very chic. This denim shirt/bag combo is a different story. Oh if only i had £354 to spare...

LFW: Street Style x Photographers

Back in February i went to London Fashion Weekend, and i ended up seeing two shows PPQ (loved the bikes) and Francesca Marotta, both which were incredible. However my main reason for being in London was to do some street style. So there i turned up at Somerset House amongst the crowd of fashion photographers, models, designers, celebrities, and street style snappers alike taking photographs of show attendees who they deemed to be doing something new and exciting. Which they would then report back to their editor/creative director/brand all to begin then re-iventing what is already popular for a select few, much is the cycle of fashion trends, recycle, reinvent, then re-do again.
Whilst taking photographs i was approached by Chris Brock who was taking photographs of Fashion Week street style photographers, so here is my snapshot:


Image: Chris Brock

His main interest was the cameras the photographers were using rather than the latest trends in fashion, i thought this made for quite an interesting concept as it documents the camera trends as oppose to fashion. At the event which is ultimately a celebration of new up-and-coming talent in British fashion but would never be as monumental and fast-paced as it is today without the help of our trusty canon 550D (insert own camera model here).