Audrey

images via google

Now I'm sure you all know who this beautiful woman is, but for those of you who don't Audrey Hepburn was a Belgian born (in 1929) iconic actress who was at her prime in the 50's & early 60's although she continued her career for many years until her unfortunate death in 1993 of colon cancer.  This was infact 4 years before I was even born and so I find it incredibly respectable and just proving how amazing her life was that she is still so very iconic and celebrated.  I also find it very ironic how she dreamed of being a prima ballerina all the childhood life during WW2 as she danced for money until she was too malnourished to continue, due to food shortages during the war.  Did you know for a while her name was changed to Edda so her name was more dutch-sounding when Germany invaded Holland?  The war later finished and she went to do ballet for 3 years in Amsterdam, later to receive a scholarship in London and to support her ballet studies she did modelling on the side, which in some great way helped her into her huge career she later began.  Her ballet teacher then advised her to give up her dream of being a prima ballerina as of her poor muscle development (due to starvation during the war).  She begins to do parts in films before a french novelist name Colette discovers her and insists she is in her stage adapted novel of 'Gigi'.  It is from this novelist that later wrote Hepburn had then said “I’m sorry, Madame, but it is impossible. I wouldn’t be able to, because I can’t act.”  Don't you just find that a little bit funny?  And from there on she started her acting career.  

I felt like sharing that with you guys as I just found it so interesting!  I also discovered she was the very first woman to make a celebrity perfume due to her very strong link with Givenchy (she insisted he make all of her on camera outfits as said Hubert De Givenchy's (founder of The House of Givenchy) were the only clothes she felt herself in; “His are the only clothes in which I am myself,”.  Later in her life she founded AHCF (Audrey Hepburn Child Fund) and worked with UNICEF.

I thought this was really interesting to understand more about her and her life, though of course I have left a lot out.  But I found it oddly inspiring the idea of just seeing where life may lead you;  look at Audrey Hepburn - dreams of living life as a prima ballerina and become one of the most famous, iconic actresses the world has ever seen. 

June Inspiration

I don't have any links to any of these images I apologise.  I don't claim to own any; if any are yours feel free to comment or email me and I will take action.  They are all from blogs and tumblr.

When I get my fringe cut back in it will hopefully be like this!

oh my good god, HOW CUTE IS THIS?

wishing I was at IOW right now

Just sat in my room all night revising for my last exam monday thank god!  Incase any of you know (I can't remember if I wrote about it or not) but I applied to be a prefect at my school and got it! Yay, I am now an official prefect woo.  Go me!  I've been super busy with revision and school stuff this week so please excuse my slight absence but I should have an outfit picture up tomorrow as I'm out for a friends birthday.

Hope you have a good evening and enjoy the pictures!

Primark A/W 12

Hello guys!  I've got my big chemistry exam out of the way now, phew!  I've got exam every day next week except Thursday :-(  Only two that I need to prepare for though, which is good.  Anyway, I won't bore you with that!  Guess what I've just seen?  It made me very excited...

Some of you may have already seen but Look Magazine have just released an exclusive viewing of some of Primark's new range for A/W 12.  I've saved my favourite pieces so that you guys can see what I loved and so you can wish the summer away with me...Opps!  It makes me super happy that some of these pieces are already on sale so if you're feeling a head of schedule you can go pick some up and be dressed perfectly in some of the chillier weather that we're experiencing!  These were some of my favourite looks

Love the court shoes, I've been dying to get some.  Primark's the place!  I'm really liking the whole turtle-neck under a jumper thing too  I think it looks such 'thrown on' chic.

THIS!  This is maybe my favourite.  I LOVE the slouchy 'I just threw this on' look.  It just looks so gorgeous, but so relaxed and beautiful.  Although you've probably got to have the right figure for this kind of outfit or it may look unflattering... Let's get back to the gym, 'eh!  Oh, and the bag!  This is what originally appealed me to this look..oh the bag!

I love that mixing prints and just prints in general are staying with us the A/W.  That makes me happy!  Nothing makes a cold rainy winter day better than some clashing print!

THE BAG.

Okay, I love this outfit too.  This is my second favourite...  I really like the more androgynous look in this one, the glittery bottoms with that jacket.  Ugh I need that jacket in my life...and the shoes...oh the shoes.

The blazer is what made me love this look so much.  I love broken up/trimmed blazers!  They make me happy just to look at them.

Prints and studs prints and studs prints and studs (life = made)

I lurve these trousers.  And the slouchy V-neck jumper. End.

I'll admit I'm not quite so keen on this one, I just really like the trousers!

These were my favourite pieces that have been previewed

I think my favourite things are the jackets, blazers and coats!  Lovely!  I definitely need that leather sleeved green coat in my life.  Or the leather trimmed big cream coat/blazer.  I also would love to have a pretty pair of leather gloves this year because they'll last me a few years, will look gorgeous and they'll just be so much more sophisticated and fashionable than woolly gloves.  I'm just not feeling woolly gloves this year!  Glad I've got a few months to wait (hopefully).  The high top wedge trainers are also blissful to look at!  But I prefer the pair in one of the looks above; I hope that pair get released because I prefer those by 1000!  Despite these brilliant pieces, I don't love everything that's been previewed but then if that happened it would be too good to be true!

I'll admit to you guys that Primark isn't my favourite shop and due to being so cheap the quality of the things in there can often be fairly poor and not strong clothing/shoes/accessories.  But the designs of these pieces of clothing are beautiful and I'm really looking forward to opening up myself to lots more shops for bigger purchases.  By that I mean I may start buying more things from Primark than I would now, as currently I only tend to buy one thing from Primark every so often because nothing really draws my attention.  All the images above and in the looks I think all the clothes look well made which is all I'm after.  This will also be a good thing for me because it means I won't be spending 100's of pounds in Topshop on maybe 3 things and spending the same amount on some equally beautiful pieces from Primark.  But that said I'm not going to opt for Primark just because it's cheaper.  If there's something gorgeous in Topshop or somewhere of the like I'll buy it.

VIEW ENTIRE LOOK EXCLUSIVE HERE

Hope you all have a good Friday x

InSpIrAtIoN pOsT

Been away a while, my loves.  Apologise!

I don't own any of these images, I got them all from the internet; mostly tumblr

you can follow my tumblr here you may or may not know that I'm not the biggest fan of tumblr due to all the hype and 'tumblr fame' and all the pretentious shit that goes down on there, but I've chosen to steer clear of that end of the tumblin' world and just have a play with the fashion end.