One Step at a Time.

So, graduate life is odd. I keep expecting a professor to email me with daunting messages about an upcoming deadline but instead my uni email is barren. At the moment I find myself living vicariously through my friends still at university by asking them about how their courses are going; although I'm met with groans, moans and 'oh God I think I'm going to have to do another all nighter's, I am still so envious because they are still learning - something I miss so much.

I may not be learning in lecture or seminar form anymore, but I am learning how to find my own feet. And I'm not going to lie - it has been hard. University definitely does not warn you enough about it. Creating one's own normality is difficult when a structure has been spoon fed to you since the age of 4; what makes the feeling worse is feeling like everyone else has totally got it already and feeling like you have to catch up. But really, that's not the case at all. It's a process which takes time, and that's okay. I'm getting there - things may not have been exactly perfect recently but I'm emerging out of this slump, by hook or by crook.

I've been saving these pictures because I love them so much - thank you so much to Shen Outar for such a wonderful and fun shoot (seems like forever ago now!); she was such a pleasure to work with. You can find more of her work here. You can also check out her fab vlogging channel here.

Also, this is the world's most flattering LBD, honestly if I want to feel fierce as hell I just chuck this on and BAM. 10/10 would recommend.


What I'm Wearing:
Dress - River Island
Shoes - New Look

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Been Around the World.

So this summer I finally got to tick off a major part of my bucket list; I travelled all over Europe, (well, student-pricing-friendly side!), with two of my best buddies by my side. We did the whole interrailing thing, which basically meant popping from city to city via train. I say by train like it was a glamourous experience, but most of the time we ended up on the floor in the train corridors, which resulted in the manufacturing of many scoobidous (remember those?!).

So we explored Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Zagreb (for like 6 hours) and finished off in sunny Split. We stopped off at each destination for a few days, attempted (and often failed) to soak up the culture, and boogied the pants off of each city. Being at each place for just a few days at a time meant that we could all get taster of each. What it left me with was that terribly cliched sensation of wonderlust. I guess once you pop (to another country) you can't stop. Or something.

I'm now just trying to decide where's next - I'm hoping (and saving up for) Asia and the States. Fingers crossed!

What I'm Wearing:
Top - Primark
Skirt - Get Cutie, Brighton
Necklace - Topshop
Shoes - Nike

Graduation Day.

I never thought the day would come, but I graduated, after what felt like a month after everyone else! Though as you may have guessed from my blog, I always seem to be doing things (fashionably) late.

It was odd that 3 years culminated in a 5 minute walk across a stage and a handshake. It is also quite weird to think that that walk and handshake was the beginning of the rest of my working life. Well, I say that, but a few days after graduating I went gallivanting around Europe and had the time of my life.

Reality can wait, right?

But anyways - here's what I wore to graduation. This dress was the best snazzy bargain dress I've found in a sale ever (only £10!). Plus the inner emo kid in me (who am I kidding, I still AM an emo kid) loves these awesome Donnie Darko-esque shoes - if you hurry you can still catch them in the sale here!

What I Wore:

Dress - Boohoo
Shoes - Irregular Choice

Hamsa Earrings - Boohoo

Settle Down.

It's been a weird month.

I've always thrown around the term 'limbo' but I don't think it's until now that I've really experienced something like it. I've never been so 'in between' in my life. I've been going up and down from London to Brighton, working the odd shift, plus I've only just unpacked from moving in a few weeks ago as I've barely been anywhere for a long period of time. Plus, since finishing university, I've had the inevitable 'OH GOD WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE WHAT EVEN IS LIFE' feeling, so the concoction of the two has resulted in me just feeling unsettled, on all sorts of levels, leaving me in some kind of weird transitional stage where I'm neither here nor there, physically or mentally.

As much as this has put me in a weird position, on reflection it's actually okay. This whole time I've been worrying that I'm completely alone in this but it's pretty much the opposite, which is insanely reassuring. There's definitely some uncertainty in the air but at least I'm not the only one. Plus, once I tell myself to stop worrying, the uncertainty is actually pretty exciting.

For this week's blog post, I was lucky enough to shoot with my awesome friend Patrick - we just messed around in Brighton and (because Patch is brilliant) we managed to get some really cool shots. You can check out more of his stuff by clicking here.

 What I'm Wearing: 

Dress - Missguided 

Shoes - Missguided

Sunglasses - Urban Outfitters

 (These pointier sunglasses are from Topshop! xo)

Moving Too Fast.

Once again, I find myself rushed off my feet. And as I rush off my feet, many things seem to be coming to a close.

As I write this, I'm chilling in my half empty room in what has been my home for the past two years.  I've finished university and will graduate on the 29th July (WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT). As everything draws to a close, I've realised that for the first time in my life, I have no forced structure. I've always had some kind of structure since the age of 4, and now I'm being thrust out of my comfort zone and into something I've never experienced before; freedom. From now, I could get a job. I could travel. I could emigrate to the polar ice caps. Technically, anything. And it's such a weird sensation.

But as things come to a close, other doors open. Tomorrow, I move out and into a new (grown up) house. I've just started my new job at Irregular Choice's Brighton store. Plus, now that my studies are over I'll have more time to concentrate what I'm really passionate about - modelling and acting. So yes, you could say that things are moving a little fast for my liking. But I'm catching up.

For now, I'm just going to enjoy the summer I have. I just got back from Lisbon with two of my best friends and had the best time I've had in months. I'm so desperate to go back. Though I don't need to mope around too much as I'm gallivanting around Europe in August. I can't wait.

Thanks again to my wonderful friend Toby who took these pictures for me in a uriney alleyway in the outskirts of Lisbon. You wouldn't think it was uriney from the pictures!

What I'm Wearing:
Crop Top - Pink Brighton
Skirt - New Look
Trainers - Nike

Bandana/Belt - Rokit
Earrings - Cochin, India
Sunglasses - Topshop