Welcome to the Coven

Faux Fur Jacket - Zara

Hat - Topshop

Dress - H&M

Boots - Zara

Bag - Urban Outfitters

It's my favourite day of the year Halloween and today I've went for an American Horror Story Coven themed outfit which is a subtle nod to the Salem witches with a black fedora, long loose dress which swings off the body and pointed leather boots. I threw on my faux fur jacket to keep the chills away and grabbed my leather doctors bag to go, for my make up I kept it simple and just added some dark grey shadow to the inner lips to give that 'dead' look. Today consists of running around grabbing last minute decorations, drinks to put in the witches brew, a pumpkin spiced latte and creating my make up look for tonights dusk til dawn party in Greenwich with London's creatures of the night.

What are you up to this Halloween?

Let me know in the comments!

Zara Pre Fall Haul

You know the excitement when the doorbell rings and the postman hands you a package over and you rip it open knowing that in this box are presents from you to you? Online shopping is the modern day therapy for days when you're too hungover or ill to move from bed you can get as many clothes and shoes delivered right to your door. 

I've been really good and haven't ordered anything in a while so while I was recovering from a severe hangover and finished the entire series of Friday Night Dinner on Sunday I had a scroll through the Zara website and it must have been fate as I saw a few lovely pieces for Fall in the sale. I love getting the parcel and opening it because I usually can never quite remember what I've ordered so it's always a welcome surprise and it was completely justified as it was all in the sale... logic.

The excitement!

First up are these absolute bargains block heeled slip ons in patent leather for £12.99 well it would have been rude not to get them to me they are like a chic version of 'Back to School' shoes, practical but stylish they even add a bit of height. 

I saw this knit vest for £5.99 and loved the weave of the knit I thought it compliments the figure really well and is a great layering piece...

...so if you love it get it in another colour!

I love the fabric of this dress it's a heavy closely weaved knit for £17.99 although it's too wide for me so I'll have to take it in at the sides I also love the length and goes great with the black knitted vest over it with the black flats from before.

Pink Lady

Dress - & Other Stories (£13 in the sale!)

Sunglasses - Zara 

Clutch - Topshop

Shoes - Nine West

I bought this dress for a friends birthday night out last month as I felt no inspiration from my wardrobe so when I saw this dress on the Other Stories website instead of picking black which is natural instinct for me I decided to go for pink, surprising myself. When it arrived I was a little surprised to see how bright it was and worried incase it clashed against my skin tone but paired with nude accessories I found it was a welcome change to my wardrobe. I have received many compliments when wearing this dress although it does't photograph as well as in real life while it looks simple I think the fabric folding on the front add something special to it and the fabric is gorgeous and lightweight perfect for a summer evening. This has been my go-to dress for nights out and drink meet ups I feel that it's classy but a modern pop of colour adds youth, I'm a whole new woman this summer adding green, blue AND pink to my wardrobe oh my I feel dizzy! 

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Dress Up

Working Backstage at a Fashion Show

The Venue

My Dresser Tag

My Rail

The Model I Dressed

After I finished the lights lit up London with a view of the Gherkin 

I worked at my universities Graduate Fashion Show this was the first internal show that the university has organised to showcase all the collections of each Fashion Ba(Hons) graduate as usually there are only about 20 students picked to showcase their collection at Graduate Fashion Week. This was a great opportunity for the student to organise their own fashion show and have control of the venue, participants and who could come to the show I volunteered as a dresser as I felt that it would provide great experience for me in preparation for London Fashion Week. 

The day started with an early afternoon tube ride over to Shoreditch and I explored the Mac store as I am a self confessed beauty product junkie and picked up a 217 brush which should be a staple in every make up bag. The venue was Christ Church in Spitalfields I put a picture of the venue in the above photos it was absolutely beautiful as the chandeliers lit up the room everyone who was working had a go of mimicking a walk down the catwalk.  The crew began to arrive and we helped unload all of the collections into the backstage area then hair and make up team arrived and set up as I lingered over them spotting which products they were using, we all had a debriefing and then organised each dresser a card with the model we'd be dressing and sorted out the outfits to the dressers. I had 10 outfits to dress all from different collections and each with their own specific requirement from the designer on how to style them, next the models arrived to be put in hair and make up. 

We began the practice run of the show which started by quickly organising the shoes and accessories under the outfits and we dressed our model in the first outfit thankfully I had a really professional model who helped undress and dress herself quickly and worked well with me - I found that providing her with a cup of water and a seat for when she had long breaks helped keep her in a good mood. We didn't have enough time to finish the practice run so we had to put the models back into hair and make up then everyone started to arrive and the designers gave the dressers extra notes on what to do for the real run. 

I had a 20 minute break before we had to dress our models in their first outfits and the madness began we were told to keep the noise down as before there was too many people shouting so there was lots of rustling about and hand signals getting the models ready in time to be sent down the catwalk in time. Although the entire day was crazy with lots of rushing about and having to remember lots of important details I loved it and would definitely recommend helping out in a fashion show to anyone who's interested in the fashion industry the end pay off is so good to see all the designers happy and relaxed after months of stress to create these beautiful garments.