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Short Course at CSM No.3

Days 4 and 5

Short Course at CSM No.2

Day 2 (Kings Cross Site)

Short course at CSM

This summer I attended the Central Saint Martins Summer school for Fashion Design for 16-18 year olds and I loved it! I learned a lot over the 5 days and I also now know what I need to do to become a successful designer. These are just a few photos that I took while I was there they are spread out over 3 posts Hope you are all having a lovely summer! More photos from London tomorrow!

Day 1

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After a few hectic months I am happily back to blogging! I have really missed doing DWG as it always puts me in a good mood! These are all snaps from a few moments of what has been a very busy few months (this doesn't even show half of what I have been doing!). In the jumble of photos there is my final piece for my GCSE art, my prom, my last day at school, the dress my group made out of plastic bags and newspaper on my induction day for my new sixth form, my sisters 21st birthday party and my trip to the making of Harry Potter!  Have a great weekend! More soon!

Grace
xxx

Topshop Wishlist

As you regular readers know Topshop is my absolute favourite shop and whenever I go in  there I always want everything and I have to restrain myself from buying too many things!! So as I browse the website almost every night I thought that I would share with you some of my favourite things from there!

1 - Navy Blue Disco Treggings
2 - MOTO Acid Supersoft Leigh Jeans
3 - Mini Quilt Crop Biker Jacket
4 - Knitted Speckle Slouch Jumper
5 - GRAFTER Peep Toe Heels

Lots of Love
Grace
xxx

Tiedye T-shirts

As promised here are my favourite t-shirts that I tiedyed!

 

 

Which one is your favourite?

 

Lots of Love

Grace

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TieDye!

Yesterday I had a bit of a tiedying frenzy as my friend hope, my sister and I bought some fabric dye form hobbycraft and started to dye loads for our white t-shirts! Here is how you do it:

To start with you need to buy some white t-shirts, elastic bands and some fabric dye:

Then put the dye in boxes a separate one for each colour:
Remember to wear gloves throughout this process, other wise you will dye your hands!

Spray the t-shirt with water and then pinch the middle or one of the corners of the t-shirt and roll it into a spiral and put elastic bands around so it doesn't come undone:

Then dip it into the colour dye that you want and leave for about 5 minutes:

Put it into a plastic bag and leave over night
Then in the morning unravel your t-shirts and leave them somewhere to dry!

I also did one with bleach on a black t-shirt using the same process!

My tops aren't quite dry yet but when they are I will show you all of my creations!
Enjoy tiedying!

Lots of Love
Grace
xxx

Aztec Print Dress

I love this dress so much and I stupidly bought it at the end of summer so it was just starting to get cold so I couldn't show its true potential! So I am now a very happy girl as it is nearing summer I can finally give it its first outing!



Dress - Topshop
Flatforms Topshop

I love bodycon dresses because I have a lot of them my most favourite being one that I recently bought from Topshop which will feature in one of my later posts.
Lots of Love
Grace
xxxx

4 Ways To Wear Disco Pants

Recently I have had an obsession with disco pants! I love them and I seem to want them in every colour! They are really in fashion at the moment! When I got my first pair I raided my wardrobe to find loads of possibilities as they go with anything! So here are four suggestions for how to wear a pair of black disco pants!

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Both of these outfits are very casual and can be dressed up with a pair of heels and the right accessories or dresses down with a beanie or trainers! This is what I love about Disco Pants they are so versatile!
For outfit 1 Disco Pants - Topshop, Top - Miss Selfridge and Shirt - Topshop. This outfit is really good for casual and smart-casual and would look really good with some green velvet slipper shoes!
Outfit 2 - Disco Pants - Topshop, Top - Frankie Says Relax form Amazon, Denim Jacket - Topshop, shoes - Nike Blazers

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These two outfits are smarter than the other two but the top has only changed and I have kept the same the disco pants! Do you see what I mean the look can be transformed by the simple change of top!
Outfit 3 - Peplum top - Topshop, Disco Pants Topshop
Outfit 4 - Top - Topshop, Disco Pats - topshop

By looking at where everything is from, I think I have an unhealthy addiction to Topshop!

Lots of Love
Grace
xxxx

Hollywood Costume

A few weeks ago I attended the Hollywood Costume exhibition at the V&A with my mum and it was one of the best things that I have ever seen that it made me want to look into costume design! The V&A is one of my favourite museums and they have AMAZING exhibitions on and I would deffinatly reccommend going! Sadly the exhibition is now closed and I was very lucky to catch it as I went on the last day and it was absolutly packed! So for all you who missed it or want to relive some of the cotumes here are some of my favourites!

 

 

Audrey Hepburn's LBD by Givenchy from Breakfast at Tiffany's was deffinatly the highlight for me as Audrey Hepburn is such a big inspiration to me and Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my favourite films!

 Marilyn Monroe's dress designed by costume designerWilliam Travilla for the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. This was deffiatly a highlight and was amazing seeing the actual dress!

Beyonce Knowles dress from Dream Girls!

Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio's costumes from Titanic

Johnny Depp's costume in Pirates of the Carribbean as Captain Jack Sparrow (who is indoubtably my favourite pirate!!)

Judy Garland as Dorothy. This was also an amazing cotume to see as The Wizard of Oz was one of my favourite films when I was little although I was absolutly terrofied of the witch!

Want to more about the exhibition? Click here

I am so sad that this exhibition is over as it really was amazing!

Lots of Love
Grace
xxxx

Sister Jane Jumper

It seems like so long since I have blogged and I have missed it and all my lovley readers so much, I have just been unbelievably busy I can't remember what sitting down for 10 minutes feels like! So what have I been up to since my last post..? Well I have had many exams and controlled assessments, had an amazing Christmas and New Year, celebrated my 16th birthday, done too many online orders from Topshop, been to Prague before Christmas, bought an insanly cool Christmas jumper and been to London so many times that I can't even count! Anyway so in one of my many online orders I bought this jumper from Topshop by Sister Jane and I haven't been able to stop wearing it! I love it and I hope you do too!



Jumper - Sister Jane - Topshop
Jeans - Topshop

What I love most about this jumper is that its so versatile and can be worn with anything, to go out in or in the day! This jumper would look really good with some denim shorts and some trainers for day and then for night it would look really good with either black jeans or leggigns with heals or some black dolly shoes!

Lots of Love
Grace
xxxx