Backstreet's Back, Alright!

Okay that was an incredibly cool lame title, but I feel it gets my point across.

January, like May/June, is that time of year where every student wishes they had done everything earlier. I de-evolved into a hermit and hermitted (hey, let's make that a verb, why not) in my chilly flat with my housemates boiling kettle after kettle as we endured deadline after deadline. But it's finally all over and surprisingly, we all came out alive. Semester two is about to start and I'm sure that I will probably go through the exact same cycle when it comes to summer deadline season. Can't wait.

And so, after a moderately long hiatus due to deadlines and general busy-osity, I am back.

This look is from a simpler/better time - summer. I'd like to thank the gorgeous Bridie for taking these shots. On the night these photos were taken we were in the South of France, and saw a 'battle of the ports' firework display on the beach. Let me tell you, I would much rather be there right now than sitting here in my flat chillin' in my kigu.

(As a total side note, I am as happy as can be at the moment; my superwoman sister gave birth to a beautiful healthy bubbala last night, making me an aunt for the third time. Yay!)


What I'm Wearing:
Top - Urban Outfitters
Skirt - Missguided
Belt - Asos
Sandals - Oasis
Necklace - Topshop
Bag - Port Grimaud Market

My December.

For me, December is my busiest and most exciting month - my birthday, Christmas and New Year are all in the space of a couple of weeks. This year however, my December was massive; it was my 21st!

My first party was on my actual birthday at the Islington Metal Works in Angel - if you have any kind of event that you need a venue for, I couldn't recommend this place enough. The owner, Dette, is such a pro, and caters to every single detail to make your shindig awesome. Plus, look how sick the venue itself is:

(this was before everyone arrived, I swear I'm not a loser with no friends)

It was absolutely incredible - open bar, food, and the awesome Chris Campbell of DrDr DJ'd. Such a sick night! 

My next party was a cocktail party with my family and friends; it was initially meant to be relatively smart and classy, however things soon got a little crazier when my uncle started handing out jager shots. Never thought I'd see the day where I'd have to keep up with my family members, but there you go!

I've been looking forward to my 21st for so long that now it's all over I can't help but feel a little sad. And old! I am so lucky to have such awesome friends and family who celebrated with me, I feel well special.

Two birthdays meant 2 dresses (of course). Here's what I wore:

Part 1:

Dress - Freak of Nature (hands down my favourite brand ever!)
Shoes - Nike

Earrings - ASOS

Not gonna lie, this is probably one of my favourite items of clothing I own. Wearing it made me feel like Iggy Azalea!

I also totally recommend these Nike Sky Highs if you want a snazzier pair of trainers to go clubbing in. I was literally non-stop boogying for a good 5 hours and, despite them having a bit of a heel, felt no foot pain at all. Plus they're beaut. Liberty has recently done a new range of limited edition Sky Highs with sick patterns on if you don't want just a block colour.

Part 2:

Dress - ASOS
Shoes - Iron Fist (I want every pair of Iron Fist shoes ever made)

Didn't manage to get any individual shots of me with this outfit but I love this dress/shoe combo so much that I wanted to share anyways! I love the mesh/thigh split in this dress. These shoes were bought for me by my lovely boyfriend for my birthday a few years ago. I pointed them out to him saying that they would be the shoes I would wear to my first ever film premier - he remembered and bought them for me! I'm crap at heels and yet I managed to last pretty long in these - the platform definitely helps. Plus, they have frickin' wolf teeth on them. Sick as.

I hope you all had fab Christmases/Hanukkahs/Holidays - there'll be many more posts to come in the New Year!

xo

Baby It's Cold Outside.

So I was lucky enough to do a shoot with the lovely Katy Cummings last week. I absolutely love her style and concepts so when I saw her tweet about wanting to do some testing I seized the opportunity immediately and we organised a shoot.

It was completely different to anything I have done before - I think if I were to tell my 16 year old self that a) I would become a plus size model and b) I would do a shoot in just a jumper and heels, my 16 year old self would probably laugh in disbelief! 

Not only was this shoot awesome because of Katy's sick shooting skills, but it has also reminded me of how far I've come. I used to be so unhappy with my body and my self image when I was younger; I forever felt like I wasn't good enough. I've now finally learnt how to love myself and the skin I'm in, and even have some self confidence. 

Here are the results of the shoot - it was so difficult to choose just a couple to show you all.

Have a look at Katy's website here: www.katycummings.com

I hope you like them!

What I'm Wearing:

Jumper - Boohoo.com
Shoes - H&M

xo

Kids with Guns.

So I had the pleasure of working with the TrueMobster team on one of their short videos.

After being picked up from Eastbourne station in the 'Bentley' we made our way to the set and from there my chilled Sunday morning escalated pretty quickly - when I knew that I would be doing filming on a Sunday morning, I most definitely didn't expect that I would be tied up, untied and then re-tied up again!

We had an awesome time filming, despite it being freezing cold and me not exactly being dressed appropriately for the weather.  It was however a bit of a worry how being a bitchy hostage seemed to come a little bit too naturally to me...

I had a sick time filming - thanks again to everyone at Truemobster for having me!
You can check the video out here: 

And here's a little bit of me behind the scenes:

What I'm Wearing:

Top - Forever 21
Jeans - Topshop

Coat - Missguided

(just a head's up, this gun is totally fake and only okay to pose with because it's not real. Real guns are bad, mmkay)

Vogue.

I had the pleasure of shooting with the lovely Przemek Czaicki and Melissa Massey recently on a vintage Vogue-style themed shoot. The two of them were a great creative team to work with and I had an awesome time shooting with them. I also got to work with Ridma Kapuge, a fab makeup artist with a great eye for detail. 

We coffee'd and makeup'd in a cafe in South End Green (which made me feel like a film star, people kept having a cheeky look at me and Ridma!), then trekked through Hampstead Heath to get to the  Pergola in Hampstead Heath. After a walk which made us all feel like we were the Fellowship of the Ring on a journey to Mordor, we reached the Pergola which was such a stunning location - definitely worth it! After being promptly chucked out of said stunning location, we wondered through Hampstead and managed to find the best front garden ever and took a few cheeky snaps there too.

These are the results from the shoot. Have a look at the rest of Przemek's work at www.schadenkind.com. Mel also has a fab vintage fashion blog which you can find here: vintagetearoses.com.

Thanks again to the team for such a fab shoot.

Hope you guys like! 

xo