Clothes and Contradictions

Summer at Topshop

The displays at Topshop are really getting me in the mood for summer! Fun, bright and colourful - lets just hope that we get the weather to match…

Feathers

Feathers appearing on the high-street is the first indication for me that summer is on it’s way. I love this feather tree which was used in the Oxford street branch recently.

Road Trip

This car is one of my favourite visuals I’ve seen since moving to London. This cool vintage care instantly conjures up images of a road trip: a carefree summer spent exploring with friends. A road trip has gotta be on the ‘things to do before I die’ list.

Festivals

What summer fashion fantasy is complete without festivals? Honestly, I get just as excited planning my outfits as I do deciding which artist to see. With festivals being such an integral part of summertime, it’s only right that Topshop dedicate a window to them.

Boohoo Pressday

I was lucky enough to get taken along to the recent boohoo press day by my friend and fellow blogger Amy (http://vintage-reflection.com/), where we got an exclusive preview not only of the Summer ‘13 but also the Autumn/Winter 13/14 collection.

Like with any good press event we were greeted by smiling faces and a glass of champagne. There was a nail bar offering Minx nails for the guests. I would have been first in line but I had put acrylics on only the day before. Gutted! 

Downstairs there is a dress up box, with hats, wigs, ears, masks and sunglasses! After delving through the box like excited children, a photographer waits for you to strike a pose in your crazy accessories. When the photo fun has finished we go through to the bar area where we are treated to a live band. Soulful singing and guitar melodies, the guys - known as Prestige - have come all the way over from Paris!

The collection and the event was everything I thought it would be; true to boohoo style: fun, young and fashionable. Plenty of pattern and colour for the summer, with some prints that are now signature to boohoo. And your essential fur, studding and leather for winter. No surprises but they are continuing to do what they do best. Let’s put it this way. Spending my complimentary voucher isn’t exactly going to be a challenge.  ;)

Edgy Angels What do you guys think of this window scheme for Warehouse? We implemented it at the end of April and even though it has been updated I think this is my favourite one so far. Using all white makes is soft and angelic but the 3D shapes make it pop!

Edgy Angels

What do you guys think of this window scheme for Warehouse?

We implemented it at the end of April and even though it has been updated I think this is my favourite one so far. Using all white makes is soft and angelic but the 3D shapes make it pop!

I love nails! The more embellished, over the top and random the better. Some say I’m tacky and I say I love it … Anyone know where I can get nails like this done?

I love nails! The more embellished, over the top and random the better. Some say I’m tacky and I say I love it …

Anyone know where I can get nails like this done?

(Source: keepdreaminghoney, via party-in-louboutins)

She’s such hot property right now and it’s not hard to see why. She’s pretty, cool and quirky with a very distinct, effortless British style that only Brit girls really work. Grabbing headlines with that scandalous little bag of white powder, clearly a party hard kind of girl - the next Mossy?

She’s such hot property right now and it’s not hard to see why.

She’s pretty, cool and quirky with a very distinct, effortless British style that only Brit girls really work.

Grabbing headlines with that scandalous little bag of white powder, clearly a party hard kind of girl - the next Mossy?

(Source: delevingn-e, via avi0o0olaa)

“This is England” This girl has a very tough 80’s skin head look going on. I’ve re-blogged this picture because I obsess over subculture - it fascinates me. Not just for the style, but what it represents.

“This is England”

This girl has a very tough 80’s skin head look going on. I’ve re-blogged this picture because I obsess over subculture - it fascinates me. Not just for the style, but what it represents.

(Source: ivantrejo, via l0vesaf)

This fashionista was outside Topshop on Oxford Street concentrating very hard on the window and I clocked that she was a fellow visual merchandiser. On paper, a baggy basketball tee, midi-skirt, creepers with socks combo doesn’t quite work but on the street, she’s working it!

This fashionista was outside Topshop on Oxford Street concentrating very hard on the window and I clocked that she was a fellow visual merchandiser.

On paper, a baggy basketball tee, midi-skirt, creepers with socks combo doesn’t quite work but on the street, she’s working it!

Although I am fully aware that this is just a jumper on a wooden hanger with the arms folded, I really like this picture. After noticing it on Pinterest, I thought it could be used as a simple but striking high level display. It would be effective with the same jumper in several colours, framing the wall. I am naturally drawn to pattern, print and flamboyant displays and I am often told I over complicate things, so this is a gentle reminder that simplicity can be stylish.

Although I am fully aware that this is just a jumper on a wooden hanger with the arms folded, I really like this picture. After noticing it on Pinterest, I thought it could be used as a simple but striking high level display. It would be effective with the same jumper in several colours, framing the wall.

I am naturally drawn to pattern, print and flamboyant displays and I am often told I over complicate things, so this is a gentle reminder that simplicity can be stylish.