wish list

It's only just turned February and I'm already thinking about my birthday (which is in March). I'm just really organised I guess...

Really torn! What colour to get...

ahoy HoH!

I am a terrible blogger. First post in god knows how long!

I started interning at House of Holland last week and I love it! Everybody is so lovely and friendly.

What I wore on my first day! Cheeky find in Topshop on the Last Chance To Buy rail.

It's manic in the office as we're all busy getting ready for London Fashion Week (13 days and counting) with the HoH show happening on the 16th of February.

Lots of orders have been coming in and we've been packing them ever so nicely to arrive to the HoH fans!

So many magazines in the office too. Can never have a boring coffee break with all these...

Yesterday the HoH team had the usual 'tidy friday'. Cleaning up the office ready for a new busy week!

London Fashion Weekend

On the 26th of February I went to Somerset House for London Fashion Weekend (because I'm not a rich socialite to attend LFW) and it was surprisingly lovely plus the sun was out too. 

It wasn't as busy as I thought it would be, maybe because I went on the Sunday, but this didn't lessen the event at all; in fact it made it easy to browse the clothing and accessories without being crushed. 

My favourite thing about the whole day was the ELLE beauty talk on this seasons trends. I'm completely awful when it comes to picking out make-up and even worse when applying it so I found it really useful. 

Just like your wardrobe, your make up bag should have some key spring/summer products. 

1. Bright and pastel colours on your eyes and lips is vital according to the team at ELLE. Aim for a matte lip by applying powder over your lipstick by dabbing. 
2. Never have both colour on your eyes and lips. Pick one (they said you should favour the lips)
3. Be experimental, playful and bring out your inner child. Make-up is versatile. When make up looks too perfectly applied it can come across static and stiff. Try dabbing lipstick on your cheek as a blusher. It has a better texture. 
4. Avoid looking orange (unless you're going for that scousewife look) by applying bronzer to places on your face that catches the sun- forehead, nose, chin for a natural look. 

After the beauty talk I went to the catwalk show and it was really good (again, I was surprised) 

Ended the day with food. Tom's topped it all off.

february

This month has been so nice! I've realised I haven't posted in awhile so I thought I'd post all my favourite photos from this month...

Outside Buckingham Palace

My Valentine's Present :-)

Camden Market

Tom bought me 2 mini red velvet cupcakes. The icing ended up falling off on to my shoe.

Dinner at Fire and Stone in Covent Garden

Houses of Parliament 

On the London Eye!!

Pancake Day (yum)

mary katrantzou + topshop

I haven’t been able to shut up about Mary Katrantzou’s Spring/Summer collection for Topshop. She is one of my favourite designers and when I heard about this collaboration I quickly started saving (something I never do) knowing that I would want every garment hanging in my wardrobe.

She’s always had a close relationship with Topshop having designed two lines for the store previously. Katrantzou stated "They've been so supportive of my work from the very beginning and this range will be the most ambitious one we've done and the most fun. My idea behind the collaboration was to design for the Topshop girl a range that is as close to the aesthetic of my mainline as possible, with great control over the quality of design and production. I can't wait to see the Topshop girls in the bowl dresses and for the most daring to see them try the print on print layering!"

The collection features ten pieces ranging from the bold structured dress for the adventurist to the subtle clean-lined blouse that can be worn with existing items in your wardrobe. I might be daring and try print on print layering...

For a high street collection it completely mirrors Katrantzou signature style – hats off! The collection will be available from the 17th of February and the price ranges from £40 to £350

lana del ray

band crush: chairlift

Album Something is out now on iTunes. Listen to it! (Seriously)