New Ideas...

           Fear not friends and followers, I will be posting again on this blog. I know it has been a while but I have been so very busy this Summer and ill for a bit too :(... I  move to Epsom tomorrow and from there I have plenty of new ideas and features for the blog! I will also show you samples of my work from my course at UCA Epsom and anything I do outside as well. 

           I thought I would leave you with these gorgeous images of Lana Del Rey as Vogue Australia's cover girl! AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, STUNNING!! I feel inspiration for an illustration!

Lots of love as always,

Annabel

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ISWAI Entry...

These are some designs that I entered into ISWAI's recent brief. It is a competition run by Caggie Dunlop that offers aspiring designers the chance to design and sell a T-shirt fitting Caggie's brief. The brief that I have entered for is about things you wish you had said at the time.

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What I Wore - Christening

I was the photographer at my friend's beautiful baby daughter's Christening yesterday and thought I would let you know what I wore. When I got the invite I had absolutely no idea what you're supposed to wear for a Christening having not attended one but my own when I was 5 and I was certain the fashions had changed since then! I tried on everything in my wardrobe and everything in the shops until I found the most perfect dress, my size on Topshop's 'Last Chance to Buy' rail... it was fate! It's a plain chiffon skater dress with a floral lace back, which I wore with a black studded blazer, Topshop nude wedges and a vintage snake belt which used to belong to my Aunt. Make up I kept simple with a coral lip, brown shadow and natural looking fake lashes.

It was such a lovely day and the photos I took are so adorable! Everyone complimented my outfit choice so I think I wore the right thing! Hope you enjoy these pictures...

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Charity Shop Luck...

I'm often in and out of Charity Shops due to my sister selling vintage clothing and will always have a quick look for myself to see if there are any cheap but gorgeous finds. About a month ago I was in my local Charity Shop and came across a beautiful Red, Cream and Blue scarf. I bought it for £2.99 only to come home and find out it's Hermes!

Thought I would show you some pictures of how I wear the scarf...

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Graduate Fashion Week: UCA Epsom

As it is my first choice of university for next year, UCA Epsom invited me to their show at Graduate Fashion Week. We arrived 10 minutes late so thought we would have NO chance of getting in, until a bouncer saw us peeping through the window and let us in. As we arrived so late there were no available seating so we were put in the photographers section.. which was AMAZING! We were so close to the clothes and able to have a great view of the detailing. Below are a few snaps that I took on my phone (sorry for the quality. Had I have known we would be sat there I would've brought my camera!)..

We then had a quick look around the exhibition space at Graduate Fashion Week. It really did get me excited for the next 3 years of my life and my Fashion degree at Epsom! It would just be a dream come true to be chosen for Graduate Fashion Week when I finish my course! Who knows.. maybe it will become reality.

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My Designs for Vboutique...

Last month my sister asked me to create a logo design and new leaflets for her vintage clothing business, VBoutique. I came up with the idea for the leaflets through the photo editor 'Instant' that turns photos into polaroids. Below you can see my design for their logo as well as the various leaflet ideas.

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Twitter - @vboutique11

First.. An apology!

It has been such a long time since I last posted on here, so I'm sorry!! Things have been really busy on my course and with my sisters business that I haven't had the change to blog.