Brick lane Street Art!

My general idea and purpose of visiting Brick lane in London was to captured some individual street style but instead I came across some wicked graffiti art! Its good to see that art can be expressed in a form of street art without becoming completely defaced and ruined! Instead Brick Lane embraces it and enjoys the street art with pride and creativity!

In my opinion I believe that street art can inspire fashion!! With the popping colors, printed bomber jackets that are in trend for summer 14, printed shirts that were in trend last Autumn etc etc… Do I think that graffiti can inspire S/S15? Only time can tell with that type of inspiration because street art is constantly evolving and becoming more recognized for art and not defacing property! But the 90’s are coming back to play this summer…

Chanel AW14: SUPERMARKET SWEEP

In the history of Chanel catwalks there has never been a mind numbing one, but this year excells them all when Karl Lagerfield turned the Grand Palais into his very own hypermarche, complete with tins of petit pois as grown in Les Jardins de Gabriel, Paris Edinburgh branded whiskey, Coco cooking oil, Chanel-stamped door mats and even power drills.

Guests were free to roam the aisles pre-show, When the tannoy announced that the Chanel shopping center was now closing, the front row leapt out of their seats and raided the shelves for all the Chanel branded groceries they could grab. This fashion show sounds completely out of control! I wonder what inspired Karl Lagerfield with this idea of a Chanel Supermarket runway?? If I was there I would completely indulge in every souveniere grocerie that I could stuff in every pocket I had.

They wore trainers and knitted orange jumpsuits, tweed covered sunglasses, cellophane wrapped handbags and sweetie bracelets created out of those interlocking Cs. Cara danced Karl around the aisles as is her way with a finale.

I am wondering could Karl Lagerfield's Chanel Aw14 inpsire S/S15 in anyway? Prehaps the pastel, soft colours, the slick back gel ponytail, the ever so tweed jackets or skirts/trousers worn with retro trainers.

What I Wore Today!

My look is a very casual, brought from the high street stores and worn to university. Living the student lifestyle I have to budget my spending, unfortunately including clothing (which is very difficult for me and my wardrobe!) so I try to throw and mix different looks together daily on a student budget! My life consists of three options: Jack Daniels, cigarettes, clothing or pop noodles. And unfortunately I will sacrifice my pop noodle for those killer pair of pumps!

I personally wouldn’t say that I am your typical girly girl, at least one item of my clothing has to be black but I do take much pride in my bright 80's themed popping nails- I simply have to have my nails maintained! Especially with the trending midi rings and ring sets, popping nails always add that little bit more attention to your hands! 

My inspiration as a child was Wednesday from the Adams family, with my black hair braided and constant gloom outlook on life I believe that took a nock on effect on my outfits today! No matter what I wear there will always be a hint of Wednesdays dark and gloom look. 

Hope youve all enjoyed this marvellous sunshine! 

x

Festive shoe shopping🎉

Brought myself some Christmas pressies today, very happy girl! 

White leather boots from River Isalnd, perfect with everything, tartan trousers, black dresses, skinny jeans or tights- all ready for the cold winter weather.

Suede Stilletos from Primark, I brought these for New Year's Eve to wear with my glitzy black dress, you simply can't beat a sexy sleek stilleto! 

Hope you all have a very merry Christmas  x

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Glitz and Glam

I love to get all glammed up for the festive season so here's a few of my best festive beauty products!

Leopard Print Lady Makeup Brushes Juicy Coture, Viva la Juicy 

Clinique Chubby Stick - curvy candy 

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation & Stilla Foundation Stick

Benefit Holla Bronzing Powder 

Stilla Dark Sparkle Foundation 

YSL Volupte Sheer Candy & No7 Lipstick

OPI Nail Lacquer- liquid sand 

Youth of today

Today's shoot was inspired by youth of today, with ripped up denim, rolled up ciggaretes and statement beanies there's always a statement today youth is trying to shuv in our faces. Clashing camo, cheap chains, shabby shirts and faux fur today's society sets thier own trends, wearing what they want and who the want without giving a toss.

I wear what I want when I want, even if that is a PVC crop top in winter blizzards, that's just the youth of today. 

Valentino A/W illustration

Ive been playing around with collages, creating tones and unique textures, then bringing them to life using photoshop- changing the colours to contrast more, adding rouges to create a sexier tone in the lips and using curves to mix the illustrations colours up. This illustration is based on Vakentino A/W with the outline of the model faded in the background, the Victorian style roses to complement the theme of the collection and one of the catwalk pieces brought to life in the middle, all added with my personal touches. 

Before- all put together by hand 

After- then scanned onto the Mac, taken into Photoshop and brought to life

Hope you all like! 

Ripsake x