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1.08.2013

FASHION STYLING PHOTOSHOOT

So for those of you that aren't aware, I'm currently mid way through a Fashion Journalism degree and as part of my second year, I chose to do a fashion styling module to get a feel for what other parts of a magazine are like. The task was to style and photograph a shoot to produce one final cover image under the chosen theme of 'Tribute to Castelbajac'. It did start out as a group project for the styling and shooting and as a group we chose to target it to ID Magazine, which gave us sort of a free reign in styling and editing.

The editing process was an individual effort and I'm really pleased with my final outcomes and thought I'd share them with you, starting with the final cover image...

And here's a few other covers I came up with as possibilities...

So that was my fashion shoot in a nutshell. With the theme being Castelbajac, we thought going for Mickey Mouse styling would reflect some of his pieces and then the make-up and styling went a little eccentric fitting in well with him as a designer too.

Emma xo

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new book | peppermint hot chocolate | new things | dvd corner | tuna pasta | new phone case | lovely elle cover | beautiful sky | boots goodies | favourite perfumes | journey | socks!

This week I seem to have bought quite a few random things here and there; you really don't realise until all the photos go side by side just what you do buy in a week! Anyway, today I travelled back to university for a couple of days (I'm going back home on Tuesday!) and as you can imagine the bus journey was just thrilling - I actually did a major amount of work so it was a good journey surprisingly.

I just have to give my pug cushion a mention of its own here because how adorable is it! Even those of you who aren't pug lovers will have to admit that it is so cute; I saw it in Primark and actually ran to it with open arms. This will have to keep my pug dream alive until I'm older and can get a real one. Also, I received my issue of Elle in the post this week and I have to say this is my favourite magazine cover of a long long time. I liked the new stand cover but when I saw this it blew me away, well done Elle!

Emma xo

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FEELING LIKE A CHANGE...

So, those of you who have known me personally for a while now will know that my hair has pretty much been the same for forever! It's blonde highlighted on the top and dark underneath - it gets lighter every time though! I do change it occasionally, I've had it dark red/brown, dark brown, blonde streaked, I've had a full fringe (NEVER again!) and I've had a side fringe, but every time I always end up going back to how it is now; I think I just get bored of it for a while.

Anyway, I'm now at that point where I am ridiculously bored of my hair and I want a real change and I'm contemplating going down the ombre route. Now I get the ombre 'trend' has been done a million times over and everyone is probably tired of it now but I have never really fancied it until now. I've found a few photos to give me ideas but I'm really undecided whether to go for it or not; opinions would be welcomed!

I love these three types of ombre, but I'm definitely leaning more towards the top image, I just love that! Decisions decisions! I'll update you with whether or not I go for it but in the mean time I'd love to hear your thoughts on ombre.

Emma xo

MERRY CHRISTMAS

This is a slightly belated Merry Christmas, but I just wanted to share some photos from my day as I myself, love seeing them from others. I also want to say that I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Boxing day with your loved ones and that you got everything you hoped for - and ate everything!

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! and Seasons Greetings for another year.

Emma xo

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IT'S STARTING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

Just an update. I didn't realise that I haven't posted on here in three days and that makes me feel awful! I started a job this week and have been working 9-6 each day leaving me exhausted when I get home - being a student doesn't prepare you at all for a full time job! Anyway, that aside, it's four days until Christmas and my house is looking super festive, so I thought I'd share a few photos with you. The first five are from the living room, very coordinated, and the last is my tree in my room which matches nothing but I like it.

Hopefully regular blogging will resume asap, I've missed it rather a lot! Merry Christmas!

DURHAM

If you couldn't tell by the title, today I went to Durham, mainly because I wanted to see the Christmas market there. The market itself wasn't great, it was very busy and mainly consisted of jams and cheese which didn't really feel very 'Christmasy' to me. What did feel like Christmas though were the Reindeers! I got to see one for the first time (actually three!) and they let you stroke it too; it was incredible. That I think was the highlight of my whole day.

One thing that was far from a highlight is how cold it was. I actually cannot put into words how cold I felt walking round, but lets just say, I couldn't move my fingers at one point! This then prompted me to buy some much-needed gloves and the best hat you will ever see, ears and all. I also bought a vintage brooch from a small market type stall, which is something I've been looking for for absolutely ages but haven't ever found one that isn't sparkly or gold. Anyway, I did find this one and it's perfect, and it looks lovely on my faux fur coat too.

As for the rest of the weekend, I plan to finish off a few pieces of work that I have and then catch up on some television; I feel so behind on everything. I hope you all had a lovely Saturday and ta-ta for now!

Emma xo

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I was at home this week so that's why this is a pretty small instagram post. I spent most of my time with my mum and dad, not doing anything groundbreaking, but just being at home, which was nice. I did however take a trip to one of my favourite places; the Trafford Centre, which is so pretty around christmas time. I also got my hands on a balmi and pink lemonade lucozade finally which is exciting - the lucozade is yummy.

Emma xo

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cuff | favourite | ootd

chocolate and tv | a pop-up lady gaga ad? | evening...

This is sort of a mixture of the week just gone and the week before as I appear to have missed my weekly instagram post last week...Anyway, this week has been mainly finishing two assignments for deadlines, eating food and then coming home this weekend which is exciting!

I'm now home for a week so I should be able to get some posts done, and have a bit of a rest from work until I go back and more assignments come my way. One thing: has anyone seen any other pop-up ads in magazines? This Lady Gaga one really surprised me, and it's perforated so you can take out of the magazine and...well I'm not entirely certain what you are supposed to do with it after you've taken it out but hey.

I hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

current playlist: blown away carrie underwood, sad beautiful tragic taylor swift, incredible machine sugarland, i run to you lady antebellum.

Emma xo

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A TRIP TO LONDON...

...without even realising your in London is a really weird thing! That's exactly how my day way yesterday; I headed off to the train station at 8am, arrived in London, hopped straight on the underground to Canary Wharf and then straight into a building from there.

The day continued with more underground journeys and then a four hour train journey back for 11pm. And in all that time I saw 'London' twice for maybe ten minutes each time but even then it was either a rush or dark. Any how, I just thought I'd share with you some photos from my day.

Now even though I didn't see much of London, it was still a really great day, I actually went with my class for a masterclass which was so good, I got to listen to Louise Gannon, Rachel Richarson, Hannah Almassi and Hattie Crisell talk about their careers and it really made certain in my mind that I want to be a fashion journalist. So, the long train journey was well worth it and hey, I got to go to Hogwarts for a little while too and to see the beautiful Canary Wharf, which just reminds me so much of New York.

Emma xo

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current playlist: how we operate grey's anatomy cast, killer queen queen, lilac wine miley cyrus, because of you kelly clarkson and reba mcentire, trouble leona lewis.

Emma xo

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HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!

So I just had a complete lightbulb moment and realised that it was my blogs first birthday last Wednesday (10th) and I totally forgot - sad times! I thought I'd still write this post because I'm so happy with how my little blog has developed over the year; admittedly at first it was pretty bad, my grammar was terrible and my photographs weren't great but still, I can see it's come a long way since then.

I can honestly say that this year has helped me a lot in figuring out my own voice and also in really improving my writing as a whole. I actually enjoy blogging now too whereas at first I saw it as kind of a chore and I was reluctant to even start a blog, but now I'm so glad that I did and I hope to keep it going for years and years!

Last thing, thank you everyone who reads and comments on my blog and especially thank you everyone who follows it, it just makes me so happy to read your comments and I love finding new blogs to read in the process!

Emma xo

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LOUIS VUITTON NEVERFULL GM | DAMIER EBENE

Louis Vuitton Neverfull GM in Damier Ebene

This weekend I came home from university for a few days and today took a trip to Manchester with the plan to head to Selfridges and have a look at the Louis Vuitton store there. I have actually been counting down to this day for a week now - exciting! Anyway, as you can probably tell, I did end up making a purchase and came away with this beautiful bag that I just love.

I originally had my heart set on the Speedy 35 which has been my dream bag for such a long time but when I got to the store, they showed me that and then this one and I chose this one straight away, its funny how things work out. I definitely would say go in store if you're going to get a bag, or anything really, because they can look so different online to in real life.

I went for the dark print because it isn't as in your face as the traditional tan colour and the red inside was a big selling point too! Another thing that made me choose this bag was the way it can change to two different shapes for a bigger or smaller look, it is a huge bag - which works well because of my height - but being able to take it in at the sides is such a plus for days when you don't want to carry as much. Ahhh I'm just too excited right now! Sadly this bag won't be coming back with me to university for a while, I'll have to wait until Christmas when I drive home to take it back there with me...

Emma xo

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I ACTUALLY WON SOMETHING?

So, if you remember a week or so ago, I posted my entry on this here blog for the Money Supermarket #PassionForFashion competition. There was five categories: casual, office, outdoors, party and first date and the aim was to create five different outfit looks for each of these categories for under the budget of £200. The winner of each category would receive £200 and the overall winner would receive £1000 and an iPad.

Now onto the exciting part. Yesterday on my way to class, I opened my emails only to find that I head been chosen as the overall winner! I was and still am so overwhelmed. I was that surprised that I even phoned my dad and Money Supermarket themselves to check it wasn't just a span email - I mean, I don't know about you but I get a tonne of spam each day! Anyway, it wasn't spam after all and a little while later they announced it properly - actually over the moon!

I've also been given this lovely badge to display on my blog sidebar which is just a little reminder to myself I suppose...

Emma xo

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I think these photos sum up that this week I moved back to university, I bought too much, and surprisingly didn't instagram as much food as I usually do...I'm doing well!

So yes, I made the journey back to my university to embark on my second year of study - this time doing Fashion Journalism which is definitely the path I want to take. This week has been horrible weather-wise, all it has done is rain rain rain and of course I found myself left with a horrible cold which I'm still getting over now as I sit here writing this, snuggled up warm in bed.

Also, last week I finished at my job I'm been at all summer. It wads actually weird leaving; I'd gotten so used to getting up, going to work, coming home each day and although at the time I did moan all the time that I hated it, thinking about it now, I actually did enjoy it as a whole. On my last day everyone on the team brought in food too and we all feasted...and then rolled out of the building at the end of the day - wow I ate a lot that day!

Last but certainly not least, I thought it'd be a nice idea to share with you what I'm currently listening to at the end of a few of my posts; more than likely these ramble kinds.

current playlist: dark paradise lana del rey, you haven't seen the last of me burlesque (cher), what's in it for me faith hill, fear and loathing marina and the diamonds, someday nickel back, while you're out looking for sugar joss stone.

Emma xo

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