Thursday, 20 October 2011
FAREWELL MY BLACK BALLOON posted at 9:49 AM
Listening to... Black Balloon - The Kills
Sorry for being AWOL recently but I've been busy enjoying my 21st birthday! It's been the best birthday ever, apart from a disastrous birthday night out in Camden (which actually ended up a positive as it was a complete eye opener for me, revealing truths about people and about myself that I had been ignoring for too long). I got absolutely spoiled by my three best friends Paula, James and Sophie - I feel like for the first time I have real, good friends that will last for life. I'm meeting up with London College of Fashion friends soon for more celebrations, and work friends got me the sweetest card and presents... I feel so special! Going home to Essex to see the family was the best part, as I hadn't seen so many of them in so long. My mum surprised me with Segway riding through the forest which was hilarious as the whole family got stuck in - trust my mum to think of something as random as that! She's amazing, more like a best friend than a mum, and forever young. We're so close it scares people! They just can't understand the special relationship we share.
This is outfit one from the birthday weekend - leopard print leggings, white shirt with layered necklaces (and cut-out back), and my favourite ever vintage leather jacket. I've been loving black lipstick recently and wearing my hair messily half up, half down.
Outfit two, and a picture with the family! My adorable little sister, mum and brother. I'm wearing a leopard print sleeveless shirt (kindly gifted by Boohoo.com), vintage studded cut offs, and Gogo Philip gold jewellery. I've never been a big lover of gold, but it was sent to me in the post to review and I fell in with it! I'll definitely be buying more. The cross necklace is perfect and just what I've been searching for for SO long - if anyone can tell me where I can find a similar thing in silver I'd love them forever! It's so big and heavy and super high quality, with a thick woven & twisted chain. If you want some Gogo Philip jewellery of your own you can find it on ASOS, in Topshop Oxford Street, or on gogophilip.com (I'd highly recommend it!)
This weekend I have a party at my old housemate's new flash Hampstead Heath apartment, a few blog events, a friend's birthday, and more work on the vintage shop... Busy busy busy! The vintage shop is slowly but surely coming together and I'm getting more and more excited. All that is left to do is the big photoshoot, although finding a date that me, my model, my photographer and hair stylist are all free is a complete nightmare!!!! The latest the shop will be open is the end of November, though I'm aiming for mid November, so it's not much longer to wait. Eeeeek!
Speak soon,
x Hannah
