UOB Graduation Ball SS13

Dress - Reiss £129

Clutch - Accessorize £25

Shoes - Dune £115

Necklace - Topshop £16.50

The first image is of my boyfriend and myself at his graduation ball, it was a special event and a beautiful venue so I thought I should share some pictures.

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Whilst in London I did abit of shopping at the usual hotspots down Offord Street. Every time I enter that humongous Topshop something takes me by surprise; since when did they have a tattoo parlour on the ground floor?! They really have made it so you can enter yourself and leave as somebody completely different, whether it be with a new outfit, hair style or nipple ring. For me it was too overwhelming this time round and I didn't find myself rummaging around like a mad hatter as I usually would have.... Although the bank balance could have assisted with this feeling of slight depression.

Just round the corner from Oxford street's busiest store, on Regent street lies a new shop, & other Stories. Part of the H&M group this new brand offers a wide range of ready to wear clothing, accessories and beauty products presented almost blog like showing a range of styles or fashion stories.

The shop is cleverly laid out by focusing on specific looks, the designs of the products and garments are simple and clean allowing them to be easily styled along side other products throughout the store. The collections are built around creative fashion stories allowing the range to be very diverse and unique.

The prices here are very reasonable, more expensive than H&M but for the quality and style it's worth every penny!

Click here to visit the & Other Stories website.

Graduate Fashion Week 2013

This year I was lucky enough to be able to go down and see the graduate collections at Graduate Fashion Week heald at London's Earls Court. I had never been to GFW before and so was very excited about what the place would look like and what would be there. 

I arrived just before the BCU graduate design show was about to start. This catwalk show was much different to any other fashion event I have been to, the designers allowed themselves to be more creative, imaginative and above all more daring within their collections. The use of bold colours, bright lighting and energrtic music created more of a fashion carnival.

There was one collection that stood out to me as something I would love to see in shop windows this summer, it was a beautiful set of designs by Matthew Paul. The collection look like a cross between Cos and Kenzo, simple clean cut designs with striking bold print and colours, I am looking forward to seeing the next stages this graduate will carry out!

After the show I took a look around the graduate portfolio work in the main hall. Although I found looking through the work greatly intimidating it was also hugely beneficial and inspiring. 

I really wish I would have gone to Graduate Fashion Week in previous years the event is one i would recommend to anyone, it was a great day out!