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Guest Blog Post - Liz Sheldon Week 8

Who else is jealous that they weren't at London/Milan/Paris/New York fashion week? My hand is firmly in the air. I'm determined to go one year.

It doesn't help that I follow probably every person possible who tweets about it every 5 seconds. I think my favourite collections were Erdem, Mary Katrantzou (yep, one week on and I'm still raving about her...), Christopher Kane & Stella McCartney. All feminine, all flirty & all bold; floral's here to stay for A/W '12.

But anyway, enough of that. I thought this week, I'd do my own Fashion Week. So here are the outfits I've been wearing these past seven days... Kicking off on,

Monday:

Blazer - Zara

Blue Peterpan top - Primark

Floral leggings - Topshop

Satchel - Vintage

Shoes - Converse

Monday's are my busiest days, and since the early starts are always a bit of a strain for me I usually slip on whatever I can find. This particular morning I went for smart-casual, teaming my Zara blazer with my newly re-discovered floral leggings for comfort. I love anything with a Peterpan collar on it too, so I couldn't pass up on this Primark bargain.

Tuesday:

Led Zep tee

Jacket - Internacionale

High-waisted shorts - H&M

Belt - Vintage

Aztec Bag - Primark

Boots - ASOS

Necklace - Topshop

Today, I was hungover. I had a heavy night with all my lovely French girlies and as is custom, we always go for hangover catchups at our favourite hangover pub, 'The Place.' Don't be fooled by the lacklustre name: it does cheap, good food which suits me just fine! The top is one that I borrowed from a friend, who then said I could keep it (hurrah for me!) He can't remember where it's from though unfortunately haha. I actually wear it to bed, and unashamedly, wore it out in public that day. I bought this leopard-print jacket a while ago at Clothes Show Live and have kind of been waiting for the right weather to wear it out as it's quite a thin material, but it seems okay as a light layer here.

Wednesday:

Breton Striped Jumper - Topshop

Dress - Miss Selfridge

Bag - Dixi

Amber ring - ASOS

Brogues - Primark

Wednesday's are my days off so I went shopping in town, bought some hair dye, and spontaneously (as is with every major hair decision, like my impromptu fringe), I dyed my hair. I've been wanting to do ombre for nearly a year now, but was deterred by a Satan hairdresser who made me look more like Tony the Tiger than Ashley Simpson - disaster. So I'm glad the D.I.Y went okay: only cost me a fiver and took me less than an hour as well! It's definitely a work-in-progress though.

This is a new bag I bought from Shop Dixi been wanting one in this draw-string style for ages now so was happy when this snake-skin one cropped up on the website. I absolutely love this Miss Selfridge number too, but since midi-skirts are very in this season I wore it with a jumper to disguise it as a skirt, even if the collar does peep through! The waterfall style works well with this season's trends too.

Thursday:

Vintage Polka-dot dress - Shop Dixi

Fur coat - Topshop

Brogues - Primark

Satchel - Vintage

Statistically, Thursday was the warmest day of the year so far! In London it was 18C! Up north it was only 13, but that definitely still qualifies as beer-garden weather. In celebration, I bared my legs for the first time, obviously did the rookie error and forgot to shave in the excitement of it all, woops. Still in love with this dress from Dixi; navy blue with polka dots, you can't go wrong really...

Friday:

Blazer - Topshop

Lace top - Topshop

Sheer maxi-skirt - Vero Moda

Boots - ASOS

Bag - Primark

Watch - Urban Outfitters

Firstly, I'm sorry the picture quality is so bad - as you can tell I'm posing like a drunk idiot in the girls' toilets. Dan came up to visit on Friday so we met some of my friends out for cocktails at this great bar called Soyo Sheffield, which was lovely. I've been waiting to wear this skirt all year, and tonight was the night! I bought it a while back with Tuscany in mind (I'm going travelling there in August) as I can just imagine myself loving life with a glass of vino in one hand and a freshly-plucked olive in the other. It felt like a very Olivia Palermo outfit.

Saturday:

Leigh 7/8ths - Topshop

Grey tee - River Island

Necklace + bracelet - H&M

Brogues - Primark

Watch - Urban Outfitters

Bag - vintage

Had a very boring Saturday and spent it all day in the library! These are my new Leigh Topshop jeans which I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Topshop are always my staple for jeans, and the light denim makes them very summery which I love. I felt the tribal gold accessories spiced up what would otherwise be a rather simple, relaxed outfit.

And lastly... Sunday:

Crucifix tee - New Look

Leggings - Topshop

Aztec slipper socks - Primark

Liz's grunge Sunday look - Priceless

I do look a bit gross here don't I. Never mind. I invited my friend over to watch a film, so had a very chilled Sunday with some popcorn & The Woman In Black. I also mentioned this crucifix tee a while back which I adoreee.

This was a very long blog post! Well done if you made it to the end. Definitely doesn't measure up to all those catwalks in Milan over the weekend but it's more just a fleeting fashion-snippet into my life.

Have a lovely week girls!

@lizsheldon

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Guest Blog Post - Liz Sheldon Week 07

20/02/12; "Hello Mary Jane, I can't get you off my brain." - Major Lazer

I haven't stopped reading about Mary Katrantzou all weekend.

She's the designer of the moment, dominating my twitter feed & featuring in all blogs. And deservedly so: she was the highlight of London Fashion Week this weekend and her nine-piece 'Secret garden' inspired collection has blossomed all over the nation's favourite high street store.
Visiting topshop.com has now become a daily drool for me; I want every carnation scattered, hydrangea printed, floral inspired blouse/shirt/leggings.
Making me a very Busy Lizzy.
(Sorry, flower pun, I couldn't resist).


























I love how the collection literally blends itself into the floral background behind; it's romantic and yet playfully girlie. Fashion elites like Kiera, Jessie J & Alexa have been going gaga for MK for a while now, but there was no way we could have ever afforded an £8,000 dress.. until now! In particular, the dress everyone has their eye on is the avant-garde bell-shaped 'Pheasant Dream' dress, modelled by Poppy Delevingne at the Elle Style Awards last week. For a margin of the price at just £350, these floral frocks are now well within our fashion fingers' reach - yes!







Buried deep in my wardrobe, you wouldn't believe how happy I was to discover these old floral leggings of mine. And from Topshop '08 nonetheless! Hardly Katrantzou, but this is definitely a case of fashion-revived. Here's to a little flower power on a Monday morning:


I daringly wore them with another floral blouse of mine just to get the print-on-print layering message across.
I think I am now, what Mary would call, a print-cess.

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