WAISTE Spellbound AW13 Lookbook

Art Direction: Sara Thomas

Photographer: Maximilian Hetherington

Stylist: Helena Lester-Card

Hair and Make-up: Courtney Scarlett

Jewellery: Provided by Sarah Gouge of Nostalgic Feather

Assistant: Danielle Mason

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I recently styled a shoot for my good friend Sara and here are the final results. I am sooo pleased with the outcome, it was such a good day with the best team who were all on the same wavelength and these photos are like those of my dreams. You can see more and buy from the collection over at Waiste here.

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TRAVELING

SO, busy, busy, busy for the time being. Doing all sorts kind of thing at LFW, seating at the shows, standing at the shows,coming late to the shows and even changing twice a day! You can all follow all the fuss via my Insta (ila030), but while waiting for the proper outfit photos, I thought I could show you what is in my travelers tote. First :I travel a lot, so my carryall is just an inexpensive big nylon thing, that I don't stress about if I can put it on the floor or not. Second: I always have my Tempur pillow with me (which allows me to slip basically anywhere). further on you can see a pair of headset, and I usually don't listen to music, but noise-canceling tech is a Godgiven gift to the travelers who like to sleep in piece. Other than that we have some basic, a Mac, sunnies, deodorant, some make up (I really don't recommend mascara on longer flights...) and notary.

Ready, set, go!

RayBan sunnies, Chanel cremeblush, Clinique Chubbystick, CC cream, Moleskin notary, Tempur pillow and Day Birger et Mikkelsen carryall.

LFW 13.9.13

Hat & Top- Topshop

Choker- eBay

Kimono- 9th Willow

Shorts- Vintage

Boots- H&M

Bag- c/o New Look

This is what I wore to London Fashion Week for the first day today. Would like to thank my instagram followers for helping me decide on what to wear, I'm glad I went with this one in the end! Also thank you to Sade for taking these photos for me, you star! 

I'm so annoyed that it rained most of the day as it made holding an umbrella, camera, bags and phone a massive task and it also meant it was really hard to get street style photos as I didn't really wanna keep my camera out and I think a lot of people were hiding from it as it wasn't that busy! Nonetheless it was great to see my lovely blog friends and see lots of crazy outfits floating around.

How amazing is this clutch bag from New Look, it's not actually out yet but will be very soon. I still love everything holographic (if you couldn't tell already) so this bag's a winner in my eyes. Will try and dig out my best street style photos and hopefully get a post up soon. I am going again on Monday so am praying I can shoot some more then!

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SEPTEMBER PICKS AND SOME NEW IN

Some things that have been on my mind lately and some things I have been so obsessed with that I have to get them as soon as the paycheck landed ;)

1. Ostwald Helgason Baudelaire sweater 2. Gianvitto Rossi boots 3. Helmut Lang- World without Men  4. YSL in Sepia (I swear to YSL Nail Lacquer)  5.Vanessa Bruno skirt 6. IPhone case from The Case Factory and 7. Lara Bohnic stacking rings

ON SIGNATURE LOOKS

 Looking drop- dead tired on the photos, but let's not focus on that right now...  I have been thinking on signature looks lately and besides the one from couple of days ago, this has to be the 2nd one. The checked oversized skirt, the cool leather mini and some unexpected heels, and ther you have me,
Grabbing every single opportunity I have to wear sandals and easy shirt, as it looks very grey on the forecast from this point on. (Not that I am complaining as I have already in the midst of fall/winter wardrobe prepp, and there are some pretty amazing pieces waiting to be worn, like this skirt, or this coat) :)
Also, I am packing for London and getting things ready and going, lucky to attend some bery awesome shows ;)

C u there!

P.S Those me+Lara Bohinc photos are up and flourishing the internet. Check them out here!

I am wearing Dries Van Noten shirt, E.K for Guess skirt, Celine vinyl sandals, Saint Laurent bag, Georg Jensen watch and Thomas Sabo earring.

Dress- H&M

Waistcoat- Charity Shop

Bag- Southsea Flea Market

Choker- eBay

Necklaces- Valley of Neptune

Just a quick outfit post today and I'm wearing an outfit that I feel represents how much I've got the Bestival blues. I just can't quite get out of the festival habit right now so thought why not put on a festival-esque outfit to help me ease out of it!

Really looking forward to LFW on Friday and seeing all you blogger girlies although I will admit I am having a major nervous breakdown about what to wear, I just can't decide!!

Who else is going?

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NYFW FAVS-SO FAR

Ok, a little more text today than usual, but it is FW love!

SO, NYFW kicked off and besides the excitement about the outfits off the catwalk (still obsessing about beautiful Miss Zhang) , it is time to focus on what has been happening ON the catwalk.

Let's start with the show that everybody is always excited about: The genius Alexander Wang.

I stayed up juts to wait for Style.com to upload the pictures and I will admit first 5 looks were a big downer for me: 1st we have seen it before, 2nd I was caught by a panic that we will be seeing 40 looks that feel indifferent.Luckily somewhere about look 6-7-8 something started to happen and it culminated in a show that has been on everyone's Insta that moment: the boys boxershorts thing and the amazing matching shirt, and... It was love, it was love, at first sight. I realized my heart rate has raised enormously and my palms were sweaty while I waited for rest of the looks to be uploaded.The 90's vibe, the branded laser-cut leather. It was one BANG look after another.

The lovely thing about the whole show was that it didn't feel gimmicky. There were street pieces, and than there were wardrobe staples. I want them all.

The second show that made my heart skip a beat was Altuzarra. Now, he usually designes for the hottest girls in town, but although I loved AW13, it felt a little constrained, while SS14 was much more loose, and much hotter. Hotness, I believe is a good summary for the whole show.And those mules!!Haven't I told you that the mules are going to be big next summer...? 

...When it comes to the newer designers I loved the swedish Rodebjer. I've seen some bits and pieces of their collection in the magazines, but SS14 really stood out for my part. It had the scandinavian cool that we love up here in the North, mixed with New York downtown chic. A major favorite next season, and I'll bet they will have much more to come with over the years...

So, what do you think so far?