Fuck my pumps

Just a quick post before I go meet my friends for a drink. Feeling very blah today so its definitely jeans an baggy jumper kinda day, but my shoes sure cheer me up. Has there ever been a more appropriate song lyric blog title.

I brought these from YRU, they cost me a dime in shipping and customs but they are soo worth it. I am also wearing a funnel neck over sized jumper from Zara and an old pair of Topshop Leigh jeans that have ripped at the knee.

You may be aware that I moved in with my boyfriend in July, which is great fun but the flat is completely inappropriate for blogging. There are trees outside every window, so it's really differcult to take photos because the lighting is rubbish. The flat is also tiny, so there are no good spots to take full length OOTD photo's, even when the light is good. This (plus a manic word schedule) is partly why I have fallen out of the blogging-sphere over the last month. So please bare with whilst I experiment with my photography on here, expect lots of shameless mirror selfies amongst other things.

better dash!

Lotta love

Hanna <3 p="">
 

INSPIRATION//: GIRL INTERRUPTED

My love for striped tops came from this film, and when I put on my crisp stripe top, I always like to think that I look at elegant and doll like as Winona Ryder does, but the truth is I'm far from it.

Girl Interrupted, is by far one of my favourite films. It is Based on the book (of the same name), of author Susanna Kaysen's 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s. She enter's the hospital because of her depression and an attempted suicide which she denies doing. The film continues from here, and introducing other amazing characters. Georgina is a pathological liar. Polly has been badly scarred by fire. Daisy (Brittany Murphy) won't eat in the presence of other people. Lisa (Angelina Jolie) is a sociopath, and the biggest influence on the other girls in the hospita, and has a history of escapes. It's my favourite role of Angelina Jolie ever. 

The styling however, is not typically 1960's, there is no mini skirts and beehives, Winona's character is the modern Audery Hepburn, Breton tops, men's shirts, tailored trousers and comfy loafers, her hair is also so elegant too, when ever I am dressing for work, I always like to try and capture this look, to me it's the ultimate feminine look.

But what do you think?

OOTD//: BEAT MONDAY

ENJOY COKE

 1. L-R 1. PJ Tee and Shorts Topshop £25 // 2. Grey Sweater River Island £22 // 3. Grey Ladies T-Shirt Truffle Shuffle £22.99 // 4. Burgundy Sweater Tophop £30
2. L-R: 1.Black Vest New Look £12.99 // 2.Grey Coke Tee Topshop £22 // 3.Navy Sweater River Island £28.00 // 4. Red Burntout Tee New Look £14.99

Well when I first saw the Topshop Grey T-shirt i knew I needed it in my life, but now seeing the 'Coke' brand pop up all over the high street I'm just spoilt for choice! Which one would you go for?

Lotta love

Hanna

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HAUL TIME!

I'm back! And back with a huge haul :D Yes, though I have struggled to find the time to blog over the last month, I still found plenty of time to shop!

HAIR-SPIRATION - New orange

Rihanna for River Island Collection #2 photo's/launch dates and news!!

Rip Her to Shreads

Lunchtime Shopping #13 - Tropicana boots!

Shelly's Blue Tropical Print Alexa Cut Out Boot £64.99 at New Look 

Think i have just died and gone to shoe heaven! How bloody amazing are these shoes!! And they are shelly's! Who remembers Shelly's??! I remember when I was a young adolescent that 'Shelly's' were the shoes to have as a young lady, and you had to shop in Faith (remember them!) and have a Kookai Shoulder bag! hahaha! Fortunately I was never in the 'it' crowd at school, so Clark shoes and a TK Maxx bag was all I had to muster.

 - Moral of the story is I have a fashion blog, fashion job and none of those 'cool' girls from school do :)

CRY BABY

through the grapevine

HAUL - what do you want see styled?

 So this is the all post I promised you all the other day. It has taken me so long to do because I wanted to VLOG it but my camera (ok, I admit it my hair too) just weren't playing game. I managed to snap these photo's quick yesterday afternoon, while the sun put it hat on for a few hours. I'll try to do the video again today, because I really want to join the VLOG world. Anyways.... these are all pieces I have brought over the last 2 months in Topshop, River Island, TKMaxx, charity shops and Peacocks.

*Please note I really want to do some styling posts for the things I brought, I'd really appreciate your comments below stating what pieces you would like to see styled :)*

Here we go :) :

Haul Preview

90's Make up trend - the dark lips

So who remember's this trend? I remember as a child finding it really intimidating, and I can't say it's ever a trend i've loved. I always thought it looked like a moustache you get from drinking milk or a beer and no one has been kind enough to tell you, you need to wipe your face.

 But following the 90's fashion and make-up rival, I did wonder when this trend would surface  It seems that every other trend - grunge, rave, minimalist etc has been earthed, why not this one? 

Well today has seen the day, when Jesy from girl band Little Mix stepped out into the world wearing dark lip liner. 

denim love

I have been obsessed with denim since I was 6 years old and my best friend and I had matching Red denim jackets. 12 years later, (and I still have the red denim jacket) my obsession with the hard wearing blue material became apparent when shopping with friends "Your obsessed with denim!! Oh my god, stop buying it!" exclaimed my best girl Meg, after I brought a denim jumpsuit, skirt, shirt and jacket in the space of 5 days (we were on holiday, I don't actually shop everyday - well I do, but....). It has also come apparent to myself when I've spent the last 2 months looking for a new pair of jeans - who spends that long looking for jeans! Anyways, I finally found them in Topshop - I tried 8 pairs of blue jeans on, but couldn't decide on any of them. so I walked out the changing room,  walked straight into a pair of kahki coloured jeans and brought them straight away on impulse without trying them on - they are now my favourite pairs of jeans

Life Update:

I now have pink hair!! Hhahaha I wish! My hair is still dip dyed orange, but sometimes you need a remind yourself not to take life to seriously - hence the choice of photo.

I've decided to do a 'Life update post' because life has handed me a fork in the road, and I'm at the point in life, where the next decision I make will change my life forever.

This is all because I have joined the 'redundancy club'. I'm not sad, gutted, stressed or worried about it; it's actually dare I say it - really good timing. This time last year, I was stuck in a job that I wasn't enjoying, though I was bloody good at it. It wasn't what I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing. So, I made the decision, took a £5k paycut and left my working life to start a career. At 23 I'm on the cusp and maybe to old, to start  the career game from the bottom again, but I wasn't happy in my current work situation so the decision to me was easy.

'Do you live to work, or work to live?'

My friends and family were really supportive, they were worried about me, starting the game and taking such   a paycut at my age, when I soon will be wanting to buy a house, get married, settle down etc. But they could see it was what I wanted to do and held my hand during the transition. So, almost a year to day, I said goodbye to Hong Kong Finance Administrator Hannah and hello Boutique Manger and Assistant Buyer Hanna. 

As it was a 'career' changing move I had my life planned out to only stay in the job a year, gain the experience and then move on up the ladder to 'Assistant Buyer'. Because of plan I already had in my head, I started to look around for new job and seeing what was out there. I hadn't applied for anything yet, but I was making checks on the 'buying' world, seeing what was out there, being sure I had all the expirence and expertise I needed and was there anything else I could do, to make myself more attractive to a future employer. This recession means is a dog eat do world out there, and I need to make sure I am the best I can be, to get the job I want and stand out from the crowd. 

This why I am not upset or stressed about being made redundant, because it now just confirms what I already had planned, and is making it all happen quicker. - It also means I don't have the horrible task of handing in my notice while my boss is working in Thailand! I would've felt like a right BITCH.

So, being honest I am looking forward to my redundancy. I've been working 9am-6pm, with no lunch break, 5 sometimes 6 days a week for the last 6 months. I work my arse off to get the boutique online, intising new customers, coming up with the idea's for promotions, holding party events, visiting fashion agencies, having meetings with different brands and designers, receiving and placing stock orders. shipping customers orders all while working on the shop floor, serving customers all day, giving style advise, watching for shop lifters and visual merchandising the shop - I'm exhausted!

So what is my plan for the next month? Well, the boutique isn't closing for another 2 weeks, and there is still lots to do there. Then, I'm looking forward to having a rest-bite, re-charge my batteries, watch some daytime tv and drink lots of tea! I'm fortunate to still be living at home with my Ma, I don't have a car (sold that to pay for the new job!), no debts and with a little persuasion with my mom, the only bill I really have is my phone bill. So money isn't really an issue, I'll just have to stop buying clothes for a while, which isn't a bad thing. Of course, I've started looking for a new job straight away. Though my boss says, I'll find a job really quickly, you just don't know how long it will take. And the longer you are out of work the harder it is. If it does take longer than I hope, I'll like to do some volunteering. I think it is important to stay in the routine of work and getting up evey day, even if I have nothing to get up for. But time off will mean I can concentrate other things in life that I don't have time for. I could set up my own online shop, (something I have been thinking off for a while), I can finish the book I started writing, finish the 18502882's of books I have sat unread, watching all the DVD's that I received for  Christmas and not watched, and most importantly I can blog more often! haha! of the course that is the best option! haha! Seriously though, blogging - It could swing either way, I could become really annoying and blog constantly or not at all, it will just depend on how much life gets in the way over the next month. while looking for the new job.

So, this is my life right now as you know it.

Until next time....

Hanna <3>

PS. my brother was made redundant last month and found a  new job in 2 days! I need to beat his record :)

When Shopping means business - a mini haul

Lunchtime Shopping #13 - Winged Goddess

Winged Wedge Shoes buy them here

Holy *****! Have you ever seen such an amazing pair of shoes?! Well maybe, Prada comes to mind and various harajuki street style girls. But never ever in the UK at amazing price!!

These bad boys (or should I say angels?) are a mesley £35!!! Available at Boohoo.com they currently also have free UK Save Delivery if you spend over £30 - There are no excuses!

Shame they have already sold out of my size but they might have yours..........

3 words

It's that time of the month when payday is in reach and I start narrowing down my 'wishlists' to 'what I can actually afford list'.

I have been on a journey of self discovery recently, and in particular I am learning about my skin tone, and my body shape. I've finally come to terms with my olive skin, accepting it, and dare I say it, almost loving it?? (maybe not yet).
 As part of this learning curve I'm finding what suits me, my undertones and colourings. Learning that I have a yellow undertone, which is a 'cool' colour tone, (I always assumed I was 'warm' because I had olive skin) I've finally been able to find a foundation that suits me and with that I am discovering more colours and clothes. I think this is why I have had a sudden urge to clear out everything in my wardrobe, and buy a whole new one!

And with this sudden urge I have found myself obsessing over 3 colours - Cobalt Blue, Bright White and Burnt Orange. (ironically blue and orange are 2 colours I thought I could never wear). These are my current lusts!:

COBALT BLUE

L-R Contrast Sleeve Dress Topshop £29, Blue Flatforms Topshop £48, Geometric Print Jumper Dress Topshop £38, Blue oversized Knit Jumper Topshop £36, Number Sleeve Pullover Topshop £35, Lace Top Miss Selfridge £24, Blue Leather Bag River Island £30, Motel Disco Pants £42.

Colour Inspiration from - Jessie J

I am obsessing over the plain blue oversized Knit from Topshop. I've tried it on 3 times and I love it, but I cant justify paying £36 for a plain jumper. Hopefully it will be in the sale soon!

BRIGHT WHITE

L-R: Winged Goddess T-shirt Miss Guided £11.99, White Bikini Top £1 River Island, Cheetah Crop Top Topshop £14, White cutout Top Miss Guided £18.99, Sick Girl Cap £35 (ava. ASOS.COM) Adiddas Watch £50, White Buckle Wedges River Island £60, Wu Tnag Clang Sweatshirt TopShop £35, Boy London Vest (ASOS.COM) £35

Colour Inspiration - Rita Ora

In particular I'm loving white graphic/slogan tees and jumpers. I think that is the re-living the 90's thinking in my head. I love the Boy London and Sick Girl branding, but again I cant justify paying £30+ for a t-shirt that just says 'boy london'. Since seeing Rita Ora in a white swimsuit its on my wish list for this summer. I really like the sporty one that River Island have at the moment, and it's available in more colours. I also loved her simple white day dress, another on my list!

BURNT ORANGE

L-R orange wide leg trousers (Aqua @ ASOS.com) £80, Topshop Lipstick in shade Infrared £8, Barry M Nail Paint in Tangerine £2.99, Orange High Tops Next (childrens dept) £35, Bodycon Dress Motel Rocks £45, Skinny Belt ASOS £6, Leather Bag Topshop £28, V-Neck Jumper Dress River Island £28.

 Colour Inspiration

How amazing does Rihanna look in orange! I always thought Orange clashed with my own skin tone, so vowed never to wear it. This was until last summer when I stole a simple orange t-shirt from my mother and received lots of compliments! Discovering my new favourite colour,  I brought this Barry M nail varnish in tangerine and wore it all summer, along with my Kate Moss for Rimmel Lipstick in shade 07 . The orange wide leg trousers above are beautiful, If I was a high flyer I would definitely snatch them up. But there is no way I can pay £80 for some orange flared trousers. Instead I think I'll have to buy the V-neck jumper dress for a much reasonable £28.


Are you obsessing over any colours recently? Or maybe discovered something you thought you couldn't wear?

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