Fashion Runner

Papa's got a brand new dress!

2011-05-22T05:15:00.001-07:00

Okay, well not Papa, should be more Mama's but it reminded me of the song...anyways!

I went shopping yesterday into Central, crazy thing of me to do, Central London on a saturday? I try and avoid at all costs. Far too busy and I get angry at all the people pushing me. But because I had left my Mam's 50th birthday present until last minute I HAD to go...However any trip into Central always ends in me purchasing mo

re clothes, more clothes that I technically don't need.

But within thought I am going out next week with friends so I managed to persuade myself the outfit would come in useful for that! So here we go...

Black Patent Chunky Heel Shoes! £19.99 - New Look

Emerald Green dress from Zara Basics £25.99

(The dress looked quite dark in the previous picture, so here it is in the light! Its got a tan belt in it which gathers in the middle!)

But I'm going to team this belt with it to give it a more rock 'n' roll feel.

Photo Shoot with Sam from The Only Way Is Essex!

2011-05-22T04:54:00.000-07:00

So today at work (I work at an online fashion company called Yogoego.com) we had the one and only Samantha Faiers from the hit reality TV show TOWIE (For all you slow coaches that's The Only Way Is Essex - Took me a while too).

Sam's been working with us for the past couple of months now, producing a blog and some fabulous editorial shoots for our new up coming range!

She must have thought of me as a stalker snapping away on my iPhone but I assure you it's all in good cause! I updated all the 'Behind The Scenes' shots on to the Yogoego Blog and up on to Twitter for all you fans to see!

The shoot was over and done with in 3 hours or so and it was fun like every time!

Hand In

2011-05-17T04:03:00.000-07:00

Finally today has come around...It's scary to think it's May and portfolio due date is here! I've been on top of things this year round and I think it's safe to say this year's portfolio is 110% better than last years god awful attempt!... I've changed the presentation and purchased a Cowling&Wilcox professional portfolio which knocked me back a whopping £65 but when I saw the finally product it was definitely worth it! I went f

or a more simple and basic layout this time round and hope it pays off!...

2010-11-28T04:07:00.001-08:00

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HEBS ELAWADI

2010-06-28T11:51:00.000-07:00

I remember flicking through Vogue and came across these beautiful bracelet by Hebs El-Awadi :) She's a fashion/jewellery designer from Egypt and these bracelets are from her collection 'Peace&Love' ;)

I'm in love! There a little pricey at £40 but look lush!

http://gift-library.com/products/gl783heba_peace_and_love_bracelets.php

Peace&Love
Kg x

DOC MARTENS

2010-06-28T07:21:00.000-07:00

I love Doc Martens boots and how punk, rock they look. But there is a special pair which i just luurrrrvvvv and have to have!! The Diva Darcie boots. Patent leather, heeled Doc Martens! Ohhhhhhhhhh la laaaa! :D

Peace&Love
Kg x

GAGA

2010-06-26T04:27:00.000-07:00

Last year my friend took some pictures of me for a Photography Portfolio. We were inspired by Lady Gaga! I styled each image!

Peace&Love
Kg x

TUNE

2010-06-24T13:29:00.000-07:00

Have a listen to a new song I'm in love with at the min...It's a song I've loved for a long time, an old trance classic been revamped by the amazing Joris Voorn!

Helloooo BEAACCHHBAALLLL....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pYJqLWvyFA&playnext_from=TL&videos=h2h_-oIu7Ec

Peace&Love
Kg x

IDOL

2010-06-23T08:34:00.000-07:00

You know when your flicking through a magazine... and something catches your eye... one person who does this is Fearne Cotton... I just adore the woman and all the clothes she wear, Fearne can do no wrong in my eyes!...Maybe a little too obsessed? Arrr never.

Peace&Love
Kg x

Birthday Celebrations!...

2010-06-15T11:09:00.000-07:00

It's my birthday this week! So me and my friend's decided to hit the Races! Hello Champers&Strawberries! :D I also got very excited because it meant i could buy a new outfit! I wanted something timeless/classic/summery & chic... which is a hell of alot of things to fit into one outfit but I think I've pulled it off!

I opted for a cream net one shoulder/sleeve mini dress from Topshop (Keeping in budget!) I felt this was summery with the colour and design choice...yet timeless with the net!

I've added oversized gold earrings with pearl droplets for a statement look and to keep it simple some pearl, clear & gold bead bracelets...The earrings were a bit pricey at £14 but there so worth it!

To keep in the classic look, I'm keeping my normal 1950's makeup look by sticking to slick black eyeliner and red lips, but not just any red I'm going for a deep dark red/burgandy! Which looks amazing with the cream dress! I got this lipstick from Superdrug in the Make-Up Acamdemy section, this makeup must be brand new out because it's all priced at an intro offer of £1!! And there is so much choice of colours! Amazzzzinggg!

Last but not least keeping it real with black black 120denier tights and black shoe boots to make these pins seeem extra longgggg!

Hopefully it'll look a sucess!

Peace&Love
Kg x

2010-06-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

I find drawing far too theraputic! And i love doing fashion illustrations...i wish i could do them properly! Im in the process of hunting someone down to teach me! I could go to the library and find a body about it i guess! I got my inspiration for these from Project Catwalk, which i became a little addicted to lately!...
Any advice or tips leave a comment!!

Peace&Love
Kg x

Uni Year 2...

2010-06-03T12:50:00.000-07:00

I start my second year of Uni in October... this from now is a good couple of months but it's flying by!...I need to try extra hard this year as I feel I wasted my first year...God help me.
I just have so much to do! I need to find a flat to live in other wise it'll be cardboard box! Need to keep on top of all my work and put 110% into EVERYTHING! I need to go into uni everyday, this is the biggest challenge as I was born with a diesease called LAZINESS ha... I will do it, I don't want the same feeling of disappointment next year as I did this year. Motivation is the way forward!!

Peace&Love

Kg x

2010-06-01T06:10:00.000-07:00

Latest song I'm loving at the moment is the revamped Beachball 2010 - Nalin&Kane... one of my all time favourties. It just gets better and better! All I need now is the Ibizaaa sun!

Peace&Love

Kg x

Tattoo's!

2010-06-01T06:03:00.000-07:00

I am totally addicted to Miami Ink!...I love the tattoo's the art work and the thought that goes in behind every tattoo!... I would love to get a tattoo done by Darren Brass, but not in his usual Grafetti style... I would love something with this pattern on it....

How amazing does it look! I think my next tattoo will be something along the lines of this, minus the skull/faces. I love the brush strokes and swirls!!

My most recent tattoo was of a swallow on my foot, that was extended from something i already had...It was painful, but well worth it!!...

Peace&Love

Kg x

Work work work!...

2010-05-31T11:54:00.000-07:00

I have been working every hour possible for the past few days , to try and gain some dolllarrrr!
I spent the days at work and the nights drinking with my favourite people in the world = my friends, but this all rolls down to one serious hangover. But I'm a trooper I will battle through.

I can't wait to get paid and buuy some new shoes! I'm dying to get some black suede shoeboot wedges! There devine! I don't have alot of money at the moment so the £85 Topshop one's shall have to wait, Im buying a paid off Ebay for £23! BARGAIN! These will go amazing with my white floaty Topshop dress for the Races! :D

Peace&Love

Kg x

Job!

2010-05-26T07:52:00.000-07:00

I have now gained a small job, it's zero contract hours so they can call me in at any time which is good but bad. But hey ho it's a job! It's for a shop near me called Impressions. Not great but not bad, it's fashion retail that's all that counts. Had my first shift today, all i did was put clothes out and put new prices on old items. Exciting I hear you say ha. I have a few shifts coming up next week, hopefully I'll keep getting more!

Check this song out it's rocking my world lately! - Alpha 9 - Come Home!

Peace&Love

Kg x

Louis Vuitton...

2010-05-23T11:14:00.000-07:00

I love looking through glossy magazines, the hundreds of adverts actually cheers me up...I love looking at how perfect the people look in them and how far people go to sell things, the imagination and creativness is amazing.

I came across a Louis Vuitton advert, and I'm in love with these boots, the colour is gorgeous! They also do a back pack in this colour and material in the Summer 2010 collection, I wish i had it.

Peace&Love

Kg x

Newcastle!...

2010-05-20T14:58:00.000-07:00

Today I went to Newcastle to see some friends which was nice as I haven't seen them in a long time! While I was there I always have to nip into the shops and down the town to see what's kicking about...My friend works in Topshop there so I popped in to see her and check out the clothes and I spotted the most gorgeous top ever!

http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=true&catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&categoryId=174506&parent_category_rn=42325&productId=1726212&langId=-1

Beautiful in ever way! It's 'Traveller Chic' as I was informed... Nice summery, floaty, flowery shirt!
I think I may have to purchase! ;)

Peace&Love

Kg x

Hats and Fascinators!

2010-05-19T08:10:00.000-07:00

I love hats and fascinators! As a little girl I loved trying all the big hats on! Even still today I do...I don't care if I'm 20 parading through deparment stores with them on...I love Philip Treacy's headpieces! One of a kind! This is one of the popular one's that Sarah Jessica Parker wore to the Sex&TheCity premiere!...It's too diee forr!

I created a headpiece at University inspired by Philip Treacy and Isabella Blow, as part of an Isabella Blow project...

It was created from basic items, a headband, a piece of oasis which I pushed giant flowers into, in the colours of white, black and red. And I used a sieve as the netting! Fiddly to make but looked good in the end, not practical to wear everyday though!

Anyways! The reason I remember all this was because today while walking through town I noticed a shop which I had never seen before, but was instantly attracted to it with all the hat boxes and fascinators in the window. I went in and spoke to the women running it, she's called Jayne Elwell. She explained that 'The Libertaian' was a place to buy hats, headpieces, fascinators, clips and loads more! But this shop was a Pop-Up shop, open for a week only! I'll defiently be going back on saturday when she has a live model in there modelling her headpieces! Also selling cupcakes! :D Perfect!

Check out her site, facebook!

www.thelibertarian.co.uk or find her on facebook The Libertarian!

Peace&Love

Kg x

Fav...

2010-05-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

One of my all time favourite songs and videos!
Makes me smile every single time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhv76ZwV8P0

ITS ALL GONE PETE TONGGGG!

Booooooooooooom!

Peace&Love and all that jazz!

Kg x

Ebay...

2010-05-18T10:57:00.001-07:00

You know times are hard when the contents of your wardrobe ends up on ebay... I hoared clothes like a bitch, so i might as well make use of this obession and just sell it all... I have clothes that are yearrrs old so it's all going on ebay starting at a mear 99p ;) how depressing... somethings I take out the draw, hold up and think I CANNOT possibly get rid of that, it might come back into fashion... and put it back in the draw... defeating the object of making money and space!
So until i get a job lined up this is going to be my source of income ebay... by the end of the summer, my room will consist of only a bed & lamp and I'll be wearing bin bags, how attractive!
Long live ebay! One of my favourite web sites! How I would of got through life without it I don't know!

Peace&Love

Kg x

Fooood!...

2010-05-17T09:44:00.000-07:00

I love food... the key to my heart is fooood & Louboutin shoes...I was going through old pictures last night and came across photo's from my 18th birthday, I had a cake made by a place called ' Cake Toppers' http://www.caketoppersredcar.co.uk/ and it was amazing! It had little pieces of makeup made and placed around the top and loads of sparklers and candles in it! It's truly amazing what these people can do! Soo while i was browsing the web I came across these cakess...

Chanel inspired cupcakes!!! Arrrrrggghhhh! Amazing! So for my next birthday cake i would like loads of these to be made!

Here's another cake made by Cake Toppers Redcar - Vivienne Westwood style! ;)

We all love a bit of cake! Another place to try for cupcakes is Lola's Cupcakes! You can purchase these from the Food Mall in Selfridges! :D

Peace&Love

Kg x

Tunnnneeee!

2010-05-16T04:12:00.000-07:00

Favourite tune at the mo is Faithless - Not Going Home (Armin Van Buuren Remix)

BRING ON CREAMFIELDSS...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjvubdvY5I

Please watch! It'll brighten up your day!!

Major love
Kg x

Doubles...

2010-05-16T04:01:00.000-07:00

At university I study Fashion Design, Styling & Promotion and within this course I learn how to use photoshop inside out which I already practically know but anyways...This means learning how to edit photo's. I LOVE LOVE LOVE editing photo's...because personally a photo is never finished until it's edited, even if it just means touch ups or cropping. My favourite part is editing pictures of people and making them ubber glammmm! Because the difference can be phenominal! Which is what i love! Why shouldn't people or celebs feel good about themselves on a magzine cover? or a photoshoot? I mean it's getting distributed around the world it's the least the editing team can do to touch up them nasty bags or blemishes they've got going on!

I was just searching the web and came across this one of Faith Hill...

Of course she look's beautiful with or without the editing it still makes you feel better that somebody's taken care of it though! LONG LIVE EDITING!

Peace&Love

Kg x

The seasons must!...

2010-05-14T05:03:00.000-07:00

I have looked through countless of magazines, webpages, blogs etc and still at the moment 'Pastel' shades/colours are still in for nail colours!
From summery lilics to lemons! But my over all favourite colour is grey!

I just love how it looks so concrete and metal, it's my favourite, it just pains me to take it off and opt for something more bright seems as though it is coming up to summer!...But my summer choice is bright coral which i purchased from Barry M and bright mint blue called Bella's Choice from H&M which is only £2.99! Bargaaaiinnnn!

Peace&Love

Kg x

Shopping trip!...

2010-05-13T08:56:00.000-07:00

Just a small selection of my jewels, yes i'm a magpie!

Lately my days have been full of watching Maimi Ink, LA Ink, London Ink... Fashion TV... Topgear (Yes, I know very manly programme, still i find it brilliant) and Glee! I am a Gleeek! This programme is just uttlely geniusss! Anyways not the point I'm trying to make, today i went shopping! And with the greatest weapon of them all... my mother :) the woman who has all sorts of credit/debit cards kept hidden in her purse! It's like Mary Poppin's bag! I LOVE it!

Shopping to me is not just about buying things, it's about buying happiness, who ever said money doesnt buy you happiness was clearly looking in the wrong places! I could go into a garden shop come out with some sunflower seeds and have a beaming smile on my face, because at the end of the day i have bought something, something brand spanking new!

Today I purchased, a emerald green coloured hoodie, brilliant for Creamfields in the summer, when im shivering in my tent! Some pink/gold bead braclets & a chunky black ring, i love big rings, in all colours! & some cream sandles with a beautiful shiny gold clasp on them! Of course i bought most of it apart from the hoodie which was a cheeeky purchase from the mother! Absoulte success!

Peace&Love

KG x

Summer!

2010-05-12T05:27:00.000-07:00

Sooo, I'm finally back home from the 'big smoke' i.e London for the summer...we have 6 months off, which technically could kill me living back at home. I have to now find a job because my student loan has somehow vanished from my bank and into my wardrobe mostly... i have kinda of wasted the money but nevermind i have some pretty coool stuff for it!

I have only sucessfully found one job that is pretty decent on wage, hours and location... but it's working in a childrenswear clothes shop, children aren't my forte, at all!... So spending 20hrs a week surrounded by them will be torcher, but we can't have everything i guess. Hopefully i'll hear back from them and if not maybe they've saved me from death by children?...

Peace&Love

KG x

Here We Go Again...

2010-05-11T15:52:00.000-07:00

I'm back again, with another blog.
I try my very hardest to keep them going, but can never stay loyal to them, but this time it's a must! I must stay loyal, I must talk about random stuff that I find interesting, I must talk about upcoming trends, collections, celebs and all that jazz! I will try my hardest, because at the end of the day it's only my knowledge that will expand, I guess. I will try and write one post a day. Try been the key word.

Peace out!

KG x