LONDON ROSE †

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

AND THIS WORLD TONIGHT IS MINE posted at 10:42 PM

Listening to... The Sky Lit Up - PJ Harvey

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It was my little sister's 12th birthday today which was so much fun. We played silly games, watched old kids TV shows until we were crying with laughter (Button Moon FOR THE WIN), and got a little too aggressive over Mario Party on the Wii... At one stage my brother and I were almost brawling on the floor! It's always nice to go home and spend time with family, let loose and be a bit silly. I'm super close to them all to the point where it actually scares people, so I really miss them when I'm back in London.

Yesterday my friend Lauren came over to do lots of yummy baking, and this is what I wore: leather leggings, a vintage silk striped blouse and gold cross necklace. Wanted to keep it simple and sensible... well, as simple and sensible as it gets for me! We made the most delicious cakes and cookies and ate SO much. Start of next month, I need to start working out again, big time!

Sometime this week I'm going to be launching a TRASH† shop competition with lots of great prizes, so make sure you check the blog for details! And if you haven't visited the shop already, what are you waiting for? GO NOW!!! Haha :)
TRASH-VINTAGE.CO.UK

Love you all
♥ Hannah

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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

SHE'S JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW posted at 12:37 AM

Listening to... Fell in Love With a Girl - White Stripes

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Now TRASH†, my online vintage shop, is slowly but surely coming together, I can once again make time for outfit photos and blog posts! YAY! Here's a little outfit to start you off: I'm wearing all vintage and the 80s floral lycra leggings are actually available to buy in my shop, but I just couldn't resist trying them on! I love them so much. The denim shirt I made myself and was once a denim dress until I cut and frayed it, studded the collar, attached little gold spikes and sewed a massive leopard print fabric cross onto the back. Definitely want to make more.

TRASH† still isn't 100% finished and I still have a few tops and dresses to add, and a few minor tweaks to make, but promotion etc is going ahead on Friday once it's all done! Plus, make sure you check back here tomorrow or Thursday for a special giveaway! I'd love to know what you guys think of the shop so far, so please get in touch with your opinions. I'd REALLY appreciate it :)

Love you all! x

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Sunday, 8 January 2012

TRASH† NOW OPEN!!! posted at 9:02 PM

TRASH† VINTAGE IS NOW OPEN! Click HERE to check it out. Lotssss of new items will be added tomorrow as well so make sure you don't miss that! SO EXCITED!

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Monday, 2 January 2012

WHY CAN'T YOU WANT ME LIKE THE OTHER BOYS DO? posted at 12:42 AM

Listening to... Crave You - Flight Facilities feat. Giselle

Bad news and good news... let's start with the bad.
I've been working SO hard on my new online vintage shop (see post below) so it could open today - but at the last minute technical issues got in the way! I'm gutted. DEVASTATED. It's going to take a while to sort as it's a pretty straightforward problem but a loooonnnngggg, boring process to fix it. Therefore, the new open date is now SUNDAY 7TH JANUARY so please make sure you check back then! The shop will definitely be opening no matter what.

The good news is that I finally have a long overdue outfit post for you all. YAY.

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Simple and comfy on Christmas Eve: wearing a burnt orange pleated forever21 skirt with a vintage Guns 'n Roses band tee which I cut at the shoulders, and topped off with dark purple lipstick. I actually had one of the best Christmases AND New Years ever - everything was perfect - which makes me think 2012 is destined to be pretty good for me. Let's hope so. I've already made my new years resolutions...

[i] finally find that l'amour fou [ii] make my online vintage shop a success [iii] visit more museums/exhibitions, read more books, and watch even more inspiring movies (bonus points if they're French - French films are amongst the most beautiful I think) [iv] do at least one big good deed each month [vi] be braver [vii] keep belief in fate [viii] drink less and eat better [ix] have fun and always say YES - live spur of the moment [x] find what makes me happy and make it happen

...what are your new years resolutions?

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

TRASH† VINTAGE posted at 11:45 AM

I can now reveal my online vintage shop will be called... TRASH†
AND I have decided on an opening date of New Years Eve. You can visit the website now at trash-vintage.co.uk. Follow the shop on Twitter with @TRASH_vintage, or like the Facebook page by clicking HERE, for updates, news, exclusive content, discounts and competitions.
Hope you guys are excited as I am :)

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Friday, 9 December 2011

SNEAK PEAK... posted at 9:20 PM

...A little sneak peak at what's to come from my online vintage shop, opening in the next few weeks! I'm so excited that it's all finally coming together. A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who helped me out, including my two stunning models in this photo, Sophie and Gabi.
There's not much else to report right now as I've been bedbound for a week, the sickest I've ever been. I'm hoping to be up and about tomorrow (fingers crossed) and an outfit post will follow shortly.

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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL posted at 12:41 AM

Listening to... Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend how to Dance with You - Black Kids

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I've been getting a lot of worried emails, Formspring questions and tweets recently asking if I'm still blogging - just want to put the record straight, the answer is a big fat YES! I'm not posting as often as I'd like to but I'm still fully committed to London Rose. The reason is that my main focus and priority right now is getting my new online vintage shop up and running by Christmas, which is a LOT more work than I had bargained for! I spent the WHOLE of today sifting through over 750 outfit shots, choosing the best, editing every single one, writing descriptions of the items, setting up a shop Twitter and Facebook, forming a PR plan, tweaking the website layout... I've been up since 8am and have only stopped working twice briefly - once for pizza, and once for a shower! It's now almost 1am. AND I still have so much more to do it's ridiculous! I'm working day and night to make sure the shop is a success when it launches and is professional, full to the brim with amazing stock and high quality images, and everything I've been dreaming of plus more. It doesn't leave a lot of space for blogging BUT once the shop has launched I can devote all the time I've been pouring into the shop into London Rose instead. I'm more dedicated than ever, and once the shop opens I hope you'll all be able to see that :) I'm not going anywhere! Owning my own vintage shop has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl and this is step one of making it happen.

Something else I've been asked a lot recently is for an update on life in general! Well, life has been CRAZY busy in every way but pretty sweet. My new house is as lovely and perfect as ever, and my housemates are the best. My best friend Sophie is moving in as well at the start of December which I'm getting far too excited about!

The outfit I'm wearing here is entirely vintage: lace body, checked high waisted trousers and lace up ankle boots, accessorised with a (vintage look!) gold cross and leopard print belt. I wore it to go Christmas shopping with my mum for the day, which was really lovely. I get so excited about buying gifts for all my friends and family but I'm known for taking it a little too far!

My next blog post will be in a few short days time, I promise! And if you've actually read through this huge long waffle then THANKS! Haha x

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