BERLIN +ZALANDO

How ya all doin beautiful?! I am having great time at Zalando summer Castle (yupp, it's not a house, it' s the castle) and here are some shots from the arrival day at Berlin. I traveled in a very simple outfit, but I have to say this has been a favourite of mine for quite sometime. The easy T, the black jeans and my new (oh yes, it has arrived and  have been dying to show u) Saint Laurent bag.

Here are some pics of the first day, and I can't even begin to tell you how beautiful it is here.
Wish u were l here ;)

I am wearing BLKDNM jeacket,Rag&Bone jeans, Cubus tee and Georg Jensen watch

Top- Lazy Oaf x Nasty Gal

Jeans- Topshop

Platforms- Schuh

This is what I wore yesterday before it started getting gloomy and horrible as usual which is when I chucked a jumper over the top. This adorable crop top is what I bought from the lazy oaf x nasty gal collection and the best part about buying the top is that the swing tag comes with stickers on it so I accessorized my phone case to match my outfit!

I bought these joni jeans on Monday too on my uniform (60% off 3 topshop items) and didn't realise how well they went together! Not gonna lie I did feel a little out of my comfort zone wearing tight clothes as I usually like to pretend I don't have boobs and curves and hide them under baggy clothes but I couldn't think of anything better to team the top with than bright clashing print jeans and my rainbow shoes. 

Next I think I will team the top with my Waiste daisy dungarees, or mom jeans for a 90s look!

x

HOME AT LAST

Wanted in white, ordered in black, got in burgundy with black vinyl true enough. Anyway they are beautiful so I am keeping them anyway!I'll admit this isn't the only pair of Celine shoes that arrived at casa Lakicevic-Sandven today.But I am off packing now (just arrived home give or take half an hour), stay tuned treats from Berlin tour will be arriving.;)

Shoes Celine, candle by A.P.C and house perfume from secondLove.

Lazy Oaf x Nasty Gal + HTL

So as I said before in my previous post I had some extremely exciting news. Oh my god it makes me wanna cry with happiness just thinking about it. As I'm sure most of my readers are aware, I am a HUGE How Two Live fan and have been since they started their blog so when they emailed me inviting me to go in their place to the Lazy Oaf x Nasty Gal collection launch party I nearly died. Literally, heart palpitations the lot. I was going to be there first ever guest blogger! I can honestly say this is probably the proudest moment of my blogging life. You can check out the guest post on their blog here.

I took along my beautiful best friend Maidie and met up with my favourite press party sidekick Sara and fell in love a million times with the collection. We stayed for a couple of hours, trying on clothes and hoping to win the £200 worth of gift vouchers (we didn't) and then after a while of absorbing all the rainbow colours we headed off for a cheeky detour to topshop oxford circus then observed some street dancers and went back home. It was a wonderful night and I couldn't have been more flattered/chuffed that my all time favourite bloggers had asked me to be their first guest blogger eeeee!

I wore the two piece I wore in a previous blog post but with the shorts instead as felt wearing a twosie would be paying homage to my HTL girls.

(Lots of photos coming up...)

Maidie wears:

Jacket- Daisy Street

Top,Necklace & Shoes- Topshop

Lace Flares- Thriftette

Bag- H&M

Beautiful Sara wearing her amazing charity shop elephant twosie!

My girlies <3

I bought the cutest sticker crop top which I've already planned in an outfit post- cant wait to show you!

x

(DI)STRESSED

Me, in ripped jeans?? Bet yah didn't see that one coming! Or maybe you did, but hey, why fix it when it's not broken? Anyway, I think that I have found jeans that I will probably wear until I am 70, the ripped type( every possible fit), as long as they are as (de)stressed as I am right now.

 And what more can they possibly need that a simple T and a pair of kick a** shoes.
Nothing you say - I hear ya!

But back to the stressed subject, I haven't had time to pack for the Berlin trip and I still have tons of things to do and get done.So, instead of doing them the I am sitting her calmly and blogging about the stress as it proposes the problem for the future Irina.

Although, I should probably get back to work, right now, or in a  few seconds...

I am wearing BLKDNM leather jacket,Fillipa K tee, Never Denim jeans, Givenchy heels,Georg Jensen watch and  TheManual&Co purse.

SATURDAY'S DETAILS

Photocourtesy of my dear brother

So, slightly late on posting,but here is a little something something from the Saturday when lunching with my everhandsome bro. I was really looking forward to sporting this Celine piece, but somehow needed the right accessory, and this big with it's Celinesque cleanness definitely is all that.A pop of electric blue in form of Chanel Bel Argus nail-lacquer  to add the right amount of details and color.

I am wearing Celine leather top, Acne jeans, Angel Jackson bag, Georg Jensen watch, Cooee braclet and the ring is bought in Norway.

SUPERCUTE

Speaking about fall, how cute aren't these clutches from ACNE AW show?Totally obsessing about them.

ON MY MIND-PRADA PREFALL

Never thought I would be the one to post gingham and ruffles on a same page, but there is something about Prada's cut and styling this fall that makes it so hip and edgy.
It really looks like this Pasadena girl isn't to be messed with. Love the styling with the clean leather jacket and wet-eye look.

It even looks summer appropriate, so maybe I'll invest in one gingham shirt soon.

Pastel crop top-Topshop

Crochet Dress- Carboot

Sunglasses- Brighton Laines

White Flatforms- Red or Dead at Schuh

Satchel- c/o La Moda

It's so amazing what a bit of sunshine can do to your mood. I woke up this morning in not the greatest of moods and feeling pretty shit about life but then I spent a couple of hours out in the sun with the boyf and I felt like I was on top of the world again!

So let's talk about this bag- it's not a man bag it's a satchel, Indiana Jones wears one.

As I said before I never really used to be bag person but thanks to the lovely Suzan at La Moda my collection seems to be growing and this little beaut is my current fave. I chose the white satchel to match my white shoes and because like every other girl I just can't get enough of white right now. Anyway, the quality of this bag is insane, it definitely looks and feels way more expensive than the £18 price tag. 

Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine this bank holiday! I'm off to Brighton to a Salon with my Mum tomorrow and then London on Tuesday where I am going to be doing something REALLY BLOODY EXCITING! Can't wait to tell you all eeeee :D 

P.S in other exciting news, my boyfriend's band, Van Laun are in a local competition and I would love you all forever if you could take a minute to vote for them. If they receive enough votes to be in the top 8 they get to play at the wedgewood rooms and then if they end up winning they get a free day in the studio and are played on the radio. If you wanna listen to them, check them on YouTube here and then to vote please visit here and vote for Van Laun. Annoyingly, the website doesn't seem to agree with mobiles so I think you can only vote from a desktop. Thank you so much, we both really appreciate it!

xx

GRUNGE REVISITED

I seriously can't believe that I was considering to sell this skirt. I mean, it is so badly ripped to the point of decency,but it really works so well with the currently ongoing grunge trend and hm,a longer leather jacket. What I love about this outfit is that the skirts provides the perfect cinched in waist which goes so well with the slightly oversized  more masculine shirt, creating a really cool silhouette.
Off to lunch with my bro, got-ta-go!
Have a great Saturday.

I am wearing BLKDNM leather jacket, Dries Van Noten shirt, ACNE ripped denim skirt and sunnies, Saint Laurent heels and Georg Jensen watch

OH,IT'S ON!

50% off at Colette, yes please! Already bought Stella Mccartney resort 2013 dress that I have been drooling all over for eternity now, but unfortunately I missed the beautiful Dior scarf by a second.
God damn my slow fingers!What will you find?
PSST! There is a pair of Valentino snakeskin pumps on sale ;)

THE PYTHON HAS LANDED, OR WAS IT AN EAGLE??

As a child I was apparently obsessed with snakes.I still am, but in slightly less alive state...
No seriously,  away with the macabre humor. I really am obsessed with anything python, and when the DHL man rang on the door bringing this little beauty I felt my heart skip a beat.
It has the perfect boxy shape, beautiful, I really mean beautiful golden hardware ( and u all know how I feel about those!) and the leather is just (I am jumping from joy and am more or less speechless)!

Can't wait to sport it this weekend!

The perfect python from Angel Jackson

FIRST LOOK AT GIVENCHY AW13

Photocourtesy of Vogue.co.uk

OK, the Givenchy fall collection wasn't quite one of my favourites as just the gipsy look is slightly too much for me, but I can not deny that the darkly romance of it appealed to an old goth in me.No floral gipsy skirts will ever be seen in my closet but that ghastly Bambi sweater( I mean that in a good way)  and the more aprehansible plaid shirt are more than welcomed. Also the boots, I can already see them paired with my new MiH boyfriend jeans...

THE HS GIRL

I have been anxious to show you the Acne top as a jacket and here it is! It is funny though how as a top- it has this sleek structured look, while when worn as a jacket it has very,and I mean very much Hedi Slimane for SaintLaurent look, doesn't it?I like HL for SL, if you catch my drift, although we can discuss the styling of his latest collection on the wide and broad I can't deny that I thought a lot of pieces were quite strong for themselves and I could easily see them in my closet.But now to much less entangling subject- nobody can deny that his first collection was -from the buyers point of view- fantastic.  And for a girl who knows most of the MM songs  and has more ripped boyfriend jeans than lipsticks, channeling HS girl wasn't that hard for me.
Once again not much into ruffles, but damn I love those sleeves!

I am wearing ACNE top,Rag&Bone jeans, H&M Trend blouse, Isabel Marant heels, byMaleneBirger bag and RayBAn's

THINKING OF-NEXT SEASON

And painting my nails simultaneously  So, although summer is just getting started the harsh reality is that the prefall is already hitting the stores. Which means it's time to buckle up and forget about the sun because while you are stretching your legs on the beach somebody is going to snap your fav pieces. Or at least that is my experience (I can't even begin to tell you how much stress it has caused me to get hold of Celine spring 2013 sandals- in May-  which is still spring, but everyone got sold out somewhere in March...However it seems that it will be sorted out thanks to Selfridges CS).

So, I have begun with sort of a ritual: when these two hit the shelves  I get both, look through collections, write down thoughts and comments and circle my favourite pieces (this part of the process can involve stretching on the beach). Then I read editors notes, and try to incorporate all this in, well my own style.So, what I like about this method is that it gives you some time to digest the collections and impressions, so that you don't end up buying the cool eyectaching pieces which end up in the closet catching only dust (once again, from experience)...And woop! some light reading and you are prepared for whatever comes up during the season, python boots, stripes, plaid, without actually stressing about it.

SPEAKING ABOUT THE SHIRTS

Photocourtesy of Styleby/ElinKling

Speaking about the shirts I am also looking for the denim one as well, it should be slightly stiff and sharp but tham again not to western- thing going on. I'll say it again, when it comes to shirts it's all about the attitude.

Hat- Topshop

Rainbow Crop Top- Vintage

Lace Bell Bottoms- Ette

Shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

Fringed Bag & Charm Bracelet- Southsea Flea Market 

I excitedly bought these beautiful bell bottoms from Ette a little while ago but have only just got round to posting this outfit! I was on the hunt for a pair for literally about 2 years but couldn't find any in the UK so was extremely over excited when I saw one of my faves Thriftette were selling some <3

Despite my boyfriend and several of my friends hatred for flares I still continue to love them and wanted to team them with lots of other 70s-esque items such as my floppy hat, fringed bag and chunky platforms.

Those of you who follow me on twitter (@helibells) may have seen my excited tweets about starting my own website. I'm planning on starting a little online clothes shop for my Final Major Project but also to carry on for when I finish uni. I will be selling amazing vintage clothes and accessories, remade vintage two pieces and kimonos, flower crowns and am also hoping to be stocking some amazing brands! I'm really hoping to get started ASAP so keep an eye out ;)

x

BAND T AND SOME LEATHER

Ok, I am usually not the one to post gazillion halflength pictures of herself but all of these turned out so great I couldn't choose. It is like being in a photo booth where you gate 8 pics and well, you save all of them as fab memory.No seriously, besides the bad headache crawling in, I have had great time with Karn from Urban Auburn, it was like a  bloggers playdate, talking about Paris, shoes and surgery (as we both seem to have a prefarance for the scalpel). But back to my outfit, (I am also trying to show off some color I got during these couple of days) I have been wanting to team this two for quite some time now, but the weather never allowed it. Then suddenly I got the chance, and boy I took it.The fav band tee (still taken from me bro and never returned) and a high slit leather skirt,pop of color here and there,a lirrorized sunnies and well, what is there not to like?

Have a great day my fab readers!

I am wearing vintage Iron Maiden T, by Malene Birger skirt, Marc Jacobs purse, Saint Laurent heels and Carrera sunnies.

VOGUE PARIS

FG

Photocourtesy of VogueParis

OK, Vogue Paris had more or less just landed in Norway (yupp, slightly later than everywhere else)
and the beautiful Miss Vogue editorial- Calm Blanc got me thinking of white shirts, as my closet is currently deprived of all but one- a litle piece from Celine.
However finding the perfect white shirt, that has the right attitude, the right cut and slouch and the right cotton blend can be tricky task, but I have this Dries thing from their aw 13/14 on my mind. 

That shirt seems to have it all.

Photocourtesy of Style.com