MINGA LONDON INFAMOUS RAINBOW UNITARD

[Rainbow Unitard - Minga London]

[Jacket - AGE UK]

[Trainers - Adidas (Footlocker)]

[Belt - Topshop]

[Bag - Topshop]

[Septum Ring - eBay]

[Necklace - Tatty Devine]

I've been so excited to write this post and even just get this unitard! I saw it about 2 months ago and I desperately needed it but by the time I got the money {as I am worlds poorest student} it had sold out and I was devastated! After messaging the company and stalking their instagram (probably worlds most annoying customer) it finally came back in stock! After they kindly tagged me in a comment to let me know it was back I ordered it there and then! A week and a bit later (thanks to the bank holiday) it came! I didn't just want to write a normal post about it because I love it so much, I wanted to make a special effort, so took my camera man {boyf} and drove us to a derelict housing estate to find something colourful, or more colourful than my garden/a wall! 

Finally got some cute shots that show off this amazing unitard! 

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The unitard itself is SO amazing, the colours are so vibrant! and even though it only comes in one size it's very giving! and less see through than I thought it would have been, especially when I took it out of the packaging because it looked so small! But once it was on I didn't wanna take it off ever! I can't wait to wear it in Germany next week! 

I had to pair this unitard with my pink supercolours because they're like a match made in heaven and to top it off I had to include my gorgeous piece of fluff backpack {I feel like a little Dora the Explorer in it} best buy at £26 from Topshop!

I've tried to link most of the stuff in my ootd but some of them I either got on sale or from vintage/charity shop therefore I can't 

But just one final thing... ISN'T THIS UNITARD AMAZING!!!??????

#MINGALONDON

Japanese GIF.

Playing about with font and type for my AW 16/17 trend package, thought I would make a gif of my findings, fashion is my thing, fashion is the favourite. 

Ballet Athletic Brief

So been away for a while doing a group task at university about trends. Basically my group was given a title and some key words to go with it to create a trend package to present to our tutors. The title was BALLET ATHLETIC with some key words of: EDGE, SPORT, SUBTLE, UNSTRUCTURED LINES. We also had a bland colour palette of greys, blues, nudes and browns. Not much really but it's what we had to work with. Our first thought was Alexander Wang H&M collection which is sporty but also tight fitting and grey but contained a lot of black. We researched into ballet both romantic and contemporary and came to the conclusion that contemporary was more our thing. We had to come up with a trend board on our studio wall of research we had come up with for a potential shoot or two. Another factor that we first thought about was the new SIA video for elastic heart because of the recognition of dance and relationship between male and female which went well as we was showing both male and female clothing.

After we had come up with different things that reminded us of the words we had been given the group had to start thinking about what our shoot was going to look like. We had to also take into consideration makeup and hair, for the hair the girls and I decided that the best thing to do would be braids and a bun (by this point the decision was two shoots not one) as this represents the two types of sport/activities we were meant to be looking into but also using them because people have their hair like that day-to-day. 

With the makeup it was quite easy to fit with our colour palette of brown and greys because the group was thinking of keeping it very natural to show the athletic side as people don't do exercise in makeup, or with hair in their face for that matter ( reason for braids and buns) 

After debating on some design ideas for makeup I created some mock ups on illustrator baring in mind this was the first time I had done digital mac faces. 

When doing the shoot we had a great time doing hair and makeup getting the male and female model ready. I brought my camera so all the photos taken were my own work and some actually came out really well which helped the group. Some of the first edits came out really well.

      

We used for this shoot:

FEMALE

- Grey Alexander Wang scuba top - H&M

- Blue high neck scuba cropped jumper - H&M

- Black gym cropped leggings with slits - Primark

- Grey trainers - Primark

-Black and white money crop top - This Is A Love Song

MALE

-Black scuba jacket - Zara

-Black mesh shorts - Primark 

-White Mesh Top - Topman

-Cream mesh string vest - Topman

- Black and white Adidas trainers - Adidas 

During our second shoot we had a ballerina around and about in some places stretching and going on pointe just to show the ballerina side as there wasn't much but the bandages relevant to ballet in the previous shoot.

 

Model wears black Alexander Wang long top

We also then put together a small trend package with final images in and a some style guides in to complete the task.

The task was a really good one and the outcomes we had as a group were really good too, we did a fab presentation and the tutors loved it, first triumph for uni yey! 

London LONDON ldn... Day 2

Day 2 of london well OMG Oxford street has just got to be a girls idea of heaven, especially in January sales, I like this part of the sales best because you have to rummage and I love finding this little gems people haven't and that have gone right down in price. Not a bad day shopping all in all got a few bargains! A pair of black high waisted skinny jeans (must have) from topshop reduced to £20 bought as the day before I bent down and mine ripped so they were a need right now alert! A pair of wet look PU leather leggings again from topshop £5 great for just popping to hni in as they are so comfy with a nice light coloured top ready for spring! One of my fav bargains of the day was the topshop velvet jumpsuit for £9, was the best, so comfy and convenient for any occasion, can be dressed up with jewellery or dressed right down with a polo neck top underneath it and boots. (Like here) 

the good thing I find in London is for especially bargain hunters like myself each shop has a slightly different sale I went in 3 topshops in London over today and got each thing from each one! Pros of everywhere building more topshops! 

Another thing I want to add is this JADED LDN jumpsuit £65 gorgeous, have no idea where I'd wear it but just wish I had bought it because it's an amazing piece 

When I picked it up to try on I didn't think I'd really have the figure for it but even though I don't look like Kate moss in it I do actually feel a lot more confident than I thought I would in it! Especially with the back being as nice as it is, great for manoeuvring the eyes from the lumps and bumps it shows because in this suit nothing is secret!

I've had a lovely day in London gone to eat more lovely jubbly food so will post again about day 3 tomorrow 

Kisses 

A x

Fbloggers favourite weekend.. One in london shopping

So I've saved up for a long time to come to London and it's finally the weekend! I'm going to do small posts to blog over the weekend with things that I come to do in London and maybe get a few cheeky selfies too! Keep checking incase you see anything you like that I post over the course of this weekend, toodle do! From Hull to London I go