Autumn/Winter 2014/15

As some may know, London Fashion Week has been with us now, and its now Bristol Fashion Week and considering I live in Bristol, I feel that it is the perfect time to show the world what I think of the pieces that came out of the catwalks across the globe recently.

Vogue have been delightful enough to put up there A-Z of AW14 which is really useful if you want to know about this seasons trends but you don't really wanna sift through thousands of clothing pieces from various designers. So, check that out.

As we all know, the catwalk clothing isn't always 'easy' to wear or practical, however it does influence what high street stores and designers put out there. This AW14, the trends and ideas have been a little different to what we are used to with Autumn/Fall. There are less burgundy and natural colours from the designers as they have gone for more risky prints and bright colours.

So the prints that we have seen from the catwalk this season are plentiful. Designers have been playing vigorously with various prints and colours and it is lovely. 

Mary Katrantzou 

This print may seem like too much for Autumn, but I really think that these over-embellished prints could really work for the upcoming party season. Also, because there is so much happening on the dress, with all the various tones and colours, there would be no need to accessorise. With prints like this just pair with some simple heels and you'd look amazing.

 Christian Dior
Now, these colours scream 'SUMMER' to me, but why not mix it up a little this year?! Obviously Dior had the exact same thought when he thought about this little number. Prada and Miu Miu have also been pushing the colour boundries this season too.

Celine

This seems perfect for Christmas doesn't it? Studs was the pinnacle of last years trends, so change studs to jewels and you look 100x more festive. If you didn't want to go so jeweled, take a not from Dolce & Gabbana's book and go for encrusted hoods!

 Mathew Williamson

For all you budding astrologists out there, we have the perfect print for you straight from the catwalk. This unique print is awesome and might be able to give you that pop of colour you need to dress up an outfit.

To contrast these somewhat different colours for Autumn, Mulberry did bring in some lovely Autumnal knitted patterns on their show with Cara Delevingne sporting some lovely colours that look mega cosy. 

Even adding in some new patterns which may rock the high street stores this season, such as leopard print! The colours are absolutely gorgeous this season though!

Now, on to shoes. Apparently, according to Vogue, lace ups are going to be the new style for shoes this Autumn/Winter. I'm excited to see how different places interpret the new style for the colder months and make them wearable and not too cold.

Emilio Pucci

Also, i'm excited to finally hit the season of wearing capes instead of coats. I like the idea of capes because they are a bit different but in a sort of understated way. Also, you will look more elegant in a cape, and if you're a bit self-conscious like me, you can hide yourself within them. (Although, you shouldn't want to hide yourself because you're beautiful!)

Valentino

This cape is gorgeous from Valentino, and I absolutely adore the print of butterflies over it. I think the colours of the butterflies really allows you to stand out in it without being too OTT. It's slightly Red Riding Hood style with the amazing hood and you'll look so beautiful walking down the street with this little number on, or with any cape on for that matter. I'm definitely going to try and find one. Probably not Valentino though.. I'm not made of money.

That was my run down of what Vogue said came out of the runways this AW14. I'm going to do a bit of spending this weekend as I am going to London for a bit so I shall do a haul of what I bought. Also, this is the weekend I am moving house, so please bare with me. You may not get another post this week but hopefully by next week everything will be sorted and life can resume as normal.

Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Love you guys

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*All photos came from Vogue's own website, I do not own any of them.

*All opinions are my own.

Check out Vogues A-Z of AW14 here

Acacia Brinely - My thoughts. (trigger warning)

I know people are going to disagree with this post. I am fully aware of that, however, all the hate and gossip on Acacia is starting to irritate me and I would like to voice my opinion. If you don't agree, that's up to you and please don't send me hate because this is only my opinion.

So Acacia has been, for a long while, on the receiving end of relentless hate comments on almost every social network. Now, I myself can't stand hate comments and I don't understand why they are a thing. If you don't like her, don't associate with her. There is literally no point in writing on her instagram 'You're a wh*re' when she gets thousands of comments, so she is unlikely to see it. By typing that the only people you're upsetting is her fans, which was not you're intention and is completely unnecessary.

The things she gets hate on also is either stuff she has done in the past, which everyone should get over, or her fashion choices. The most common comments on her instagram is someone saying how 'annoying' it is that 'she thinks she's grunge now'. This is basic hate on the fact that 3 years ago, she didn't dress like she does now, and that she is trying to hard to be different. For a start, the way she dresses is actually very common, and isn't very 'indie' or 'unique' at all. How unique can the colour black be exactly? 

Yes I agree that she has changed, going by her sense of style, but EVERYONE DOES THAT. I don't think that's a valid reason to hate her. I am 18 now, and I don't dress the same way I did when I was 15/16! That's called growing up, which is something some of these 'haters' need to do also. People also moan because she wears band tshirts, and people assume that because she didn't used to wear them that she doesn't listen to the bands etc. You can't hate someone based on an assumption. That makes you seem silly, not her. If you look at her spotify the bands on there are not really chart groups, and if you think she is just forcing herself to like them then that's okay, you think that. But, you don't know that she doesn't like them. If you look at my spotify, I have music ranging from 90's pop to Nirvana and i'm not being fake.

Also, she is lucky. She is lucky to have friends in the celebrity world and yes, you may believe that she's just doing this to feed of their fame, which, considering I don't know her could be true. However, she could just be lucky and get herself in the right places at the right time. She worked at the TCAs, and was ushering celebrities on and off stage which shows that she was lucky enough to get that job which obviously gets you closer to celebrities. If you had the opportunity to work  at an awards show where lots of your favourite celebrities will be, then you probably will take up the opportunity, as she did.

Also, if you're referring to her being friends with some celebrities like 5 Seconds Of Summer, there must be a reason they are friends. If she does text Michael Clifford (for example) then there must be a reason that he gave her his number. If he can see something friend-worthy in her then she cant be all bad can she. Yes, it must be annoying that she seems to 'jump from fandom to fandom' but I doubt that gives anyone the right to tell her to die and stuff. That's just wrong.

Now, the two more serious subjects, her nudes and self harm. I am going to start with the self harm accusations. I've put a trigger warning in the title because I don't want anyone to suffer because of this post, because that's not fair and I want you all to stay strong. 

Acacia has been accused of faking self harm, and as one person put it she 'dug her nails into her own skin' and 'scratched herself'. Now, I know this may upset those who self harm as they may feel like she's 'scratching' because she wants 'attention' but doesn't want to hurt herself too badly. However, I feel like even if she is only scratching herself, that is still self harm. There isn't a specific way to self harm, and I don't think people understand that. It may not be a blade to the wrist or burns etc but she is still hurting herself and regardless of the reason behind it, it is still a serious issue. Scratching herself is not 'faking self harm' its self harm. She is hurting herself and that may be due to the piles and piles of hates she gets, we don't know because only she knows whats on her mind but nobody should be told that what they are doing 'doesn't count at self harm' because something may really be affecting her.

Her nudes are the most poignant of all things related to Acacia. We know people send nudes even though we are repeatedly told that we shouldn't because who knows who would have hold of them at some point. However, when you're in your teenage years you're a little more naive and tend to think you know best. Acacia obviously thought that she could trust who she was sending her nudes to at this point. I don't know the full story behind who she sent it to etc but if it was a boyfriend then you would assume you could trust them. We all know it is a bad idea to send those sort of pictures, and she probably regrets it and cant believe how stupid she was. But that's life, we all make mistakes, some bigger than others. Acacia is not the only person in the world to have her nudes leaked, you've got role models like Ariana Grande and Jennifer Lawrence also Blake Lively and Leighton Meester but they don't get the amount of hate on their nudes as Acacia does. People on twitter were actually marveling at Jennifer Lawrence's nudes. I am not giving Acacia any excuses for her actions as they were wrong but she has admitted to them and its in the past and there isn't much else she can do to correct them. It would make the world a better place if people learnt to just move on.

Disclaimer I know i'm British and you may not think that i know enough to have an opinion but i go on social network as much as anyone and i don't like to witness cyber-bullying. 

Also, in no way whatsoever am i trying to justify the things Acacia has done but I am trying to be the unbiased middle man and just put things into perspective. The amount of hate the Acacia receives daily can be classed as bullying and i don't want to see that happen anywhere as nobody deserves that.

Sorry it was a bit of a rant today, but i'll make a happier more upbeat post shortly. If you have any opinions or thoughts, i'm happy to here them. Like i said, lets try to keep all hate to a minimum and just accept that people have apposing opinions. If you really don't like what i have said, just move of this post. I have lots of other lovely posts to look at so enjoy!

I hope you're all having a splendid week, even though everyone back to school (i feel sorry for you guys)! Stay strong, stay happy and stay alive! I love you!

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Kawaii and Soft Grunge

So, I've got myself into soft grunge blogs and kawaii.

At first i didn't really think soft grunge existed but I guess it does actually. It's more like a style rather than a music genre though I think. Although I could be wrong. And Kawaii is possibly some of the cutest things I have ever seen in my life and i'm slowly falling in love with it and wanting to draw Kawaii cartoons and be all cutesy and aw. However, I am not very cutesy and angelic but I think I can still look at Kawaii stuff and just draw it. I don't think i'll will ever dress in a 'Kawaii style' but ah well. 

I just wanted to share these pictures anyway. I got them straight of google images as I was looking for new wallpapers for my laptop. I don't know who created these but I am in love so thank you to those artists because it's amazing and makes me really want to go to Japan and look at all there cutesy stuff.

So, some of these are from Deviantart and Tumblr, so if you know the blogs they come from let me know, so I can credit them, and also follow them!

Anyway, I thought I'd better post something, so I thought I would share my love for these images with you guys! 

Lots of love

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