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23. London. Buyer's Admin Assistant. FASHION. When in doubt, Overdress. I like... fashion. CHANEL. big earrings. TOPSHOP. singing. blusher. models. Look magazine. Stylist magazine. short dresses. the french language. Mulberry. photographs. Larkin. apricot scrub. yellow mini eggs. Sauvignon Blanc. Vogue. The Cotswolds. London. Twitter- @Catrindarling

Sunday 26 February 2012

26.02.12

This week I've been rather proactive with outfits so I'm going to upload two outfit posts in this entry and then upload another in a few days!

Outfit One
Wearing: Black body-con dress, worn as skirt (H&M), Gold sequin top (TOPSHOP), Nude heels (Dorothy Perkins), Anklet (Accessorize), Earrings, barely seen (TOPSHOP)


Listening to: Lana Del Rey- Born To Die




Outfit Two
Wearing: Black top, Brown leather shorts (Both TOPSHOP), Leopard print flats (New Look). (Excuse the ridiculous face in this one, I was running verrry late for uni that day!)



So there we have two new outfit posts, they're practically entirely made up of Topshop as well- typical me! You can also see (I hope) that my ombre hair is fading on the bottom and developing into a nice auburn colour.
I got a letter from Arcadia customer care yesterday as well as I complained about my white jumper that burnt! (Remember?...) It was a very nice letter actually and they're sending me a refund for the jumper as well as the postage & packaging costs I had to pay to send it to their office. So that was a nice surprise to come home to. Now I have to decide whether to risk it and buy another of the same or get something else.

Yesterday was Wales v England Six Nations and, living in Cardiff, you can imagine the carnage that ensued during the match and last night! Town was completely and utterly packed and there were no taxis going in or out of the centre! Nightmare! This resulted in a 45 minute wait outside for our late taxi in outfit number one. Good job the weather has actually perked up though- the fact that is is starting to feel like spring meant that it wasn't too unbearable!

I finally bought an earring with an ear cuff attached to it. I got it from, you guessed it, Topshop! I was 'umming and ahhing' but I saw a girl wearing one in town during the week and it looked lovely so I went out on a whim and got one. Another little frivolous purchase this week was from H&M. It's a hair tie/bobble (whatever you call them) with a gold metal ring attached so basically you tie up your hair in a ponytail and then undo the clasp and pop the ring around it. It looks really nice (if a tad on the 'dominatrix' side of things). It was only £1.99 as well so can't really go wrong! I always forget how good H&M can be for accessories. Also, loving my new anklet from Accessorize! I popped home from uni for the weekend and found some gift vouchers from Christmas that I hadn't used- Jackpot!

I would write more but, if I'm honest, I'm feeling a tad fragile this morning! I'll blog again during the week.
Big love, As always.
x.

Monday 20 February 2012

20.02.12

Wearing: Body-con black/leopard print dress (River Island). Leopard print flats (New Look). Lipstick (MAC combination of 'Myth' and 'St Germain'). Blue quilted bag (Mango). Grey Blazer (Topshop). Gold hoop earrings (Topshop).
My hair is also finally starting to fade into a more 'auburn' shade. Result! 

Listening to: Major Look- Hush Your Gums.




This week I have major envy for anyone at London Fashion Week. I've watched some of the live streams and I desperately want to be there! I love how, at LFW, designers always make their shows such an experience, such a story and such an event. I love how each designer hand picks the venue and set design to correspond to their collection and their personalities (designers like Vivienne Westwood always have a field day). Showing their new collections for the first time is such a huge thing and the collections literally predict what trends will be filtering down on the high street in a matter of months. I just love the whole process- I love seeing which trends the high street will pick-up on and accept and which ones will be shunned.

This weekend I went to Motion in Bristol for 'Funk From The Trunk'. I always forget how much of a great venue Motion is. It was a really good night as all the artists on the line-up played a decent mix of music genres, so there was pretty much something for everyone. Normally if I go to a rave I try to go quite casual, but because I bought this new dress recently, I decided I'd give it it's debut! Teamed with flats and a cardi you can dress it down really easily. Going to such great nights lately is also getting me really excited for festivals this summer! Partly for the music but mostly for the 'festival chic' fashion I can bring out! Give me a summer dress, some gladiator sandals, my ray bans and a trilby and I'll be happy! I also saw the BeachBreak 2012 line-up today, a day before the release and I can safely say it's going to be an amazing few days! Roll on summer!

Big love, As always.

Wednesday 8 February 2012

08.02.12

Wearing: Lace floral dress (TOPSHOP), Nude Heels (Dorothy Perkins), Pearl effect collar necklace (TOPSHOP), Gold hoop earrings (TOPSHOP).

Listening to: Benjamin Francis Leftwich- Pictures (beautiful track).


So I said I wasn't going to 'over-blog' but I had to get this outfit post out while I thought about it! This is a(nother) new dress courtesy of TOPSHOP. I tried it on over Christmas at home and loved it but thought it was a bit too expensive as I was counting the pennies (typical student). BUT I somehow had vouchers left over post-Christmas so I decided to splurge. I just think it's so easy to dress up and down. I wore it with a cropped fur jacket from H&M on the weekend and it looked lovely and kept me toasty!

So last night was a bit 'off the cuff'. We originally popped down to our local pub for a uni social, but ended up entering the pub quiz! Lo and behold, a few drinks and some head scratching later, we actually won!! £100 cash prize which we then went out and spent ridiculously quickly in a club. Apparently £100 doesn't go as far as you'd think. It was also the quickest my flatmate and I have everrrr got ready for a night out so the picture above is the best I could pull out in 10 minutes! Ha!

Also, this is the new hair. Not sure if you can see it very well in that picture, it's actually a lot 'redder' in real life.

Big love. As always

Tuesday 7 February 2012

07.02.12

Wearing: Mustard play-suit (TOPSHOP). Grey hold-ups (M&S). Tan wedge heels (New Look).

Listening to: Friction- Led Astray


Big old apologies for my distinct lack of blogging over the last few days...weeks even. Uni started again and things have kicked off big time! So above is a play-suit from Toppers which I think would be perfect for festivals and general summer shenanigans. The shops are full of such lovely Spring and Summer clothing that this freezing weather isn't even putting me of purchasing things to store in my wardrobe ready for when the sun (finally) makes a cheeky appearance! The play-suit is actually a size 8 but it's really quite baggy. Normally I'm a 10 in TOPSHOP play-suits but this one must be generous!

I also bought a gorgeous cream and grey floral dress which I'll try and outfit post during the week when I find a spare moment or two! The blonde ombre hair is also no more! Sad times! The blonde ends have now been replaced with a copper colour. I had two separate colours put on as the first one didn't take to the damaged and dry blonde! That was a looong few hours spent at the hairdressers! It's quite dark at the moment, but after a few washes I am assured that it'll fade into hopefully a nice coppery blonde. So yeah, my ombre hair has gone and, if I'm honest, I'm a little bit sad about it!

The Warehouse Rave a few weeks ago now was such a good night as well! I wore one of my earlier outfit posts (the striped white and blue top and denim shorts) with some old ripped tights. (I knew they'd get damaged so decided to wear an old pair and make it look like I meant it that way!) Ha. In terms of the music, Redlight was amazing! Jack Beats played a great first half of their set but then just kind of faded out by the end. Then 16 bit hit up some standard dubstep which was good, but not great. In general the night was amazing though. The warehouse it was held in was by far the best venue Cardiff has to offer at the moment and it was refreshing to go to a rave at a different place to the usual haunts.

I bullied my friend into having an outfit picture taken that night as well so I'll have a little look and hopefully put it up later.

So this is just a whistle-stop post to try and fill you in on my absence. I'm going to try and blog once a week from now- I don't want to try and commit to more than that as uni is getting intense, if I have time though I will, of course, blog!

Big love, As always.