Gold Dust

A recent trip to Tenerife allowed me one last opportunity to get my legs out and enjoy the sunshine and nice weather before winter hits in England. I love this sequined skirt that I got as a Christmas present from Bulgaria last year—it works for both a casual and a slightly more dressy look. 

Jersey Girl

Another festive outfit with some more things I got for Christmas—this jersey top from Bershka, necklace from Calvin Klein, paired with my favourite old pleather skirt from Oasis. 

Snow & Sepia

Happy holidays to everyone—hope you've all been enjoying your Christmas break, and are looking forward to some New Year's fun! Here's a little outfit featuring one of my many holiday jumpers from Bershka and delicate jewellery from Testa Gallery—can't wait to check out some more of their designers' unique pieces. For me, this really proves that Bulgarian designers are talented and deserve to be put on the fashion map.

Power and Passion

It might nearly be Christmas, but that doesn't mean everything has to be in drab greys, blacks and browns. Absolutely loving this shoot from Australian Oyster magazine, called "Power and Passion" and shot by Mark Vassallo and Byron Spencer, featuring German model Alys Hale, who kind of reminds me of one of my favourites, Anja Konstantinova.

Disney Fever

Disney fever has officially hit London town this week with Harrods' recent unveiling of their new window displays, which show some of our favourite Disney princesses dressed head to toe in couture and some of the hottest designers around. The classic heroines got a very stylish and chic makeover by the likes of Jenny Packham, Missoni, Marchesa and Versace, so if you're in the area, I definitely recommend checking them out. 

Rapunzel in Jenny Packham

Mulan in Missoni 

Cinderella in Versace 

The Little Mermaid in Marchesa

Sketches for the designs

These gorgeous Disney creations really bring the spirit of Christmas magic to life, and they also reminded me of a recent discovery of mine, again involving a similar theme. I came across the online blog/portfolio of a very talented graphic designer who had, as part of a project, tried to digitally create what he imagined some Disney characters might look like in real life. I love the results (shown below), which I think really capture the essence of what these women might be like if we were to see them. Still beautiful, but with a strange human quality to them. I love this guy's work—check out more of his designs here, and some more takes on Disney characters here.

Cinderella

Jasmin

Mulan

Pocahontas

Rapunzel

Festive hues

A greatly delayed outfit post from today, when we saw some winter sunshine finally. The hat is a Christmas gift from Promod (which I fell in love with, but I don't think they have it in England), and the shirt is from this post. Hope you guys are having some great festive times!

Christmas Time...

Merry Christmas to you all and I hope that Santa brings you everything that you have asked for! Happy holidays and sorry for the festive absence (but more posts to come in the next few days I hope).

Photo via My Vintage Vogue

New In: The Festive Season

The festivities of Christmas are nearly upon us, and, whilst I haven't been doing that much shopping, I seem to have accumulated a bunch of items which I've picked up here and there to get me ready for the party season. The shoes from New Look are slightly different to the ones I have, but the basic T-bar, high heel is the same, and the Motel Rocks dress was a very kind gift as a result of the bloggers event which you may remember from this post (please note, my Motel Rocks dress is called the Lesley dress and has a slightly different back to the one in this picture). The guys at Motel Rocks have also been kind enough to offer all my readers 15% off, using the code that you will find on the right-hand side of the page, so what are you waiting for? What have you bought for the festive season?

A Few from the Weekend

No place sums up Christmas for me like Germany and its Weihnachtsmarkt (meaning Christmas market for those of you as challenged as me in the language). Along with a few birthday celebrations, I made my annual visit to the Marburg Christmas market with some friends to snuggle under the heat lamps, drink glühwein (mulled wine), and of course, layer up with some of my warmest winter clothes, whilst trying to look as 'fashionable' as possible. Of course, very few people actually admit that being cold and looking good don't really go hand in hand, but here we are, making our very best attempt:

I'm wearing: Coat: Vintage, Bag: H&M, Snood: Republic

Necklace: H&M

Jeggings: Arden B (http://intl.ardenb.com/home.jsp), Batwing top: Double Zero (http://www.doublezerousa.com/)

Jacket: The North Face,  Jumper: Next

Nick wears: Jeans: Tommy Hilfiger, Shoes: Timberland

For me, the Christmas season has officially begun :)