Posts about: london
09/10/2012
screeching.
a lot of it.
yep this was predominately the noise echoing around my house when I received an email from look magazine informing me I was one of the winners of their nationwide style search competition!
beyond exciting!!! have you ever uploaded an outfit to the 'what I'm wearing' section of the look website? why not? that's what I did and I won an amazing experience!
the prizes were nothing short of incredible: a samsung galaxy SIII smart phone, £250 to spend in new look,,an all expenses trip to london with my other half and best of all (drum roll please....) the opportunity to style a model for the annual look catwalk show!!!
when I arrived at look HQ I nearly died.
clothes, shoes, fashion... literally everywhere! yikes! the atmosphere was incredible; the team was beavering away organising the last minute details of the show. the girls were fantastic; friendly and approachable, after a gossip and some snacks they led us to one of their fashion cupboards to go wild and pick out a few outfits for the models to wear on the runway.
chaos ensued. skirts, jumpers, shoes flying as we raided the bounty on offer!
I felt like a ninja paparazzi taking instagram snaps from behind the scenes! It was so exciting to see the models photos, polaroid outfits and rails of gorgeous fashion primed and ready to go!
I'm still dreaming about the shoes, ohhhhh the shoes.
there was cupcakes too (see, I told you it was good)
after a slight fashion frenzy I picked out my outfits. you know me I love colour; I went with my gut instinct and picked out every bold print going and clashed them all together.. hey why not! I saw a rather fetching henry holland inspired dog tooth knit and paired it with a quirky little green skirt.
accessories I hear you ask?
..gold glitter boots of course! and a nifty little yellow satchel.
did I mention the other highlight? an in house beauty sale held by the team! praise the lord! a rather impressive haul of beauty products to choose from as little as 50p (yes fifty english pence!!)
I could barely walk out with all my treasures, so spoilt.
that evening we enjoyed the delights of the guoman cumberland hotel (geeking out in our complementary bath robes with a glass of red and tasty desserts) before heading to fire and stone in covent garden for a feast!
I had a pizza with bacon and roast potatoes on.
yep I'm for real here, someone has actually created an irish girls dream pizza, holy lord, actual heaven.
yep I'm for real here, someone has actually created an irish girls dream pizza, holy lord, actual heaven.
I cant even begin to tell you how lucky I felt to get such an amazing opportunity! getting to meet the team and see everyone working was so fun and incredibly inspiring! after an excited sleepless night we rose to go and see the look show..
but I'll tell you all about that on another post..
stay tuned fashion lovers!
caroline x
05/10/2012
my boyfriend decided to have a birthday, so we trotted off to london to celebrate.
I love london but at heart I'm a bit of a country girl. I studied my degree at central st martins in the heart of soho so I have a lot of good memories from my years there.
these days I like to pop down and enjoy what the city has to offer without the stress of deadlines and studying, joy!
we decided we wanted to go for high tea, who doesn't like tea and scones? we looked at a million and one from the ritz to claridges.
then we discovered the mad hatters afternoon tea at the swanky sanderson hotel, oh my it's so fun!
if you are looking for a memorable treat whilst in the big smoke I highly recommend you pay them a visit and join them down the rabbit hole.
from rainbow sandwiches, to exploding lolly pops and magical little cakes the whole experience is playful and relaxed. if you don't relish the rather stuffy atmosphere offered at the traditional london high teas then this is the one for you.
after we had come down from a huge sugar high we strolled to soho to meet up with some friends for drinks.
we love old compton street so we popped to la bodega negra
on arrival it appears to be a sex shop/peep show. don't be fooled by the facade; downstairs it's a very cool mexican restaurant with plenty of atmosphere and tequila cocktails (phew)
we grabbed drinks in a few other friendly establishments before we made out way to hix soho bar where we managed to nab a seat after the evening rush.
the cocktails here are to die for; slightly grown up (not a sex on the beach in sight) and averaging about £15 a tipple I went for a twist on a bloody mary with tabasco and gin.
the morning after we decided (rather guiltily) to squeeze in some culture at a few museums, plus I was really excited about the prospect of seeing some dinosaurs (dork fest)
after all the dino excitement we ate a highly calorific lunch, did a spot of shopping and made our way back home.
all in all a perfect few days (I hope you've all survived my rather soppy photo diary aha!) I wouldn't normally post about a trip away but I thought some of you may be tempted to try the afternoon tea...
any recommendations for my next trip?
caroline xx
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