Customised Topshop Rucksack

As I was browsing the Topshop website a few nights ago I came across a rucksack that I reaaaally liked which made me annoyed as I already have a Topshop rucksack and so buying another one would be stoooopid. I quickly had the idea to customise the bag I already have using inspiration from the one off the website.

This is the bag I was inspired by. Image from Topshop.com

 

I just think the vintage floral pattern and leatherette look so cool along with the zips and chunky stitches.

 

This is the rucksack I have, which is still cool. Topshop.com

I found some spare velvet lying around and so decided to tack it to the pockets in a very messy and non-planned way. I was going to use leatherette like the bag from the website but I didn't have enough...

 

I think the deep purple colour of the velvet really stands out against the studs so I'm pretty pleased with what I've done, even if the sewing was very rushed!

DIY Halloween

I don't know about you, but as much as I love having a laugh, I hate spending huge amounts of money on dressing up costumes that I will only wear once when I could be spending that money on a nice going out dress that I could wear again. Therefore, when my Sixth Form had a "horror" themed dress up day, I wasn't too impressed. The year 13s had 'decided as a group' (I put that in quotation marks as most of the year 13s don't even get on) to go as "zombie school girls" and I thought that seemed like quite a fun idea - a simple shirt and tie with a bit of fake blood.

I decided to customise an old shirt, however as I got more and more into it I shifted from "zombie school girl" to simply "girl in shirt."

 

 



I went fairly crazy with Sharpie pens (I did this the night before and it was late and I was too lazy to get the paints out) and drew some pretty random stuff including; worms coming out of my pockets, skeleton lovers, a snake wrapped around my arm and a skull necklace (hence why I did not wear a tie).

 

 

Around the arm holes and the bottom of the sleeves I attached safety pins and wore a spiked bracelet to match. To go with it I just applied some dark eye shadow and pretended to be cool.

 

 

I also added detail at the back by cutting a skulls head which everyone thought was totes orig(inal).

 

 

- Please ignore my hunched appearance. -

 

 

So if you're also being forced to dress up this Halloween and you're not really into it - customise something you already have a make it work for you. Just do a better job than me.

 

 

BYE



 



Charity Fashion Show

Last week my Sixth Form put on a fashion show in aid of Basildon's Woman's Aid and they managed to raise nearly £1000 in just two nights! The girls worked hard for many months getting boutiques and shops to donate/lend clothes for the models to wear so there was a mix of clothing - some good, some not so good! As this was a school fashion show - it was more dance than strut, obviously darling.

Backstage

 

The girls did their own makeup but their hair was done by FX and Zen

 

 

On Stage

 

Brazen Hussy - prom dresses

These dresses are from a small boutique in Leigh-on-Sea. Some of the dresses were nice but others were a bit gypsie wedding if ya get me...

 

Topshop

There was a lot of bum out here

 

Accidental Disasters

 

This a clothing range created by my friend. View her collection here: http://accidentaldisasters.bigcartel.com/

 

Switch Skate Store

 

Ruby Room

 

D'Lucca

 

Vintage

 

Jez

 

Choice

 

Ever Eclectic

 

Republic

 

 

Finale

 

Well done girls!

Originality?

Today myself and a friend from my textiles class went to UCA Epsom open day. We both really loved the place and spent the whole car journey home feeling inspired and talking about ideas we had gained from the day. The place itself was very clean and modern and the town seemed quaint yet there were many artistic looking students strutting around.

One thing I did notice was that there seemed to be so many students with septum piercings! I find it strange that different parts of the country have their own mini-trends.

Septum piercing. Image cropped from Google

Another thing I noticed about the day is that - although us artistic types like to think of ourselves as individuals - all the girls seemed to look the same. Everyone seemed to either have 1) ombre hair 2) a military jacket 3) a messy top bun. Some girls even had a combination of all three. This made me wonder, if everyone is dressing the same, how can anyone ever class themselves as unique? The popular trend at the moment is 90s grunge (which I do love). This trend is seen as fairly 'out there' and 'original' - however if we're all dressing the same is this really true? WHO KNOWS... Who cares? Its cool. (But not original.)

New beginnings

I am simply writing this to say I am so annoyed that I haven't been keeping up to date with my blogging but due to A level commitments followed by a summer job I just simply have not had the time! I have thought of so many ideas over the past few months worth sharing although they all seem old now so I'm going to start a clean slate so that I don't post stale/out of date concepts.

Sorry for this lapse in posting but please stay with me as I will get everything up and running again very shortly and hopefully post about something interesting and innovative.

staff party!

Wednesday was the staff party and the dress code was named 'smart/casual' which DOES NOT HELP anybody!! So we were all pondering over what to wear - and by all I mean the girls. In the end I had to make a wise executive decision... 

Top and Necklace - Topshop (sale)

Jeans - Zara

Bracelet and Wedges - New look

The wedges you see here I smartly decided to swap for sandals shortly after this photo was taken as they would not have matched the 'casual' side all that well and I thought as though the top dealt with the 'smart' side without much help. In fact... those shoes are still at my mates...

It was a great night btw!!

Topshop skull necklace

I am on this sale hype right now!! I've bought so much stuff this week in the sales and most of it is stuff that I've wanted for ages so I'm well happy with that! One of the things I've bought is this pastel coloured skull necklace from Topshop which I absolutely love and already have loads of outfits planned to wear it with.

woah hi der! (looks weird inside - but so windy k?)

Necklace - Topshop

Blouse - HQ Southend

Jeans - Zara

 crazy neck

Lace socks (over black socks) - New Look

Please ignore the now-manky creepers and focus on the SOCKS MAN. They were only £1 a pair in New Look so I got THREE - purple, mint green and this baby pink colour. WOAH MAN. 

In other news...
Remember when I wrote about my crappy pink CD player that started smoking...? Well my Dad threw it out when I wasn't home - along with The Vaccines album that was in it I might add!! (But don't worry, I quickly got that back!) Anyway... this is my replacement...



The funny thing is this beast actually has a good sound!! I fear I may get attatched...