Officially been assigned my first hours for my new job today and recieved a 20% off voucher for Jack Wills from my dear friend Samuel, all in all, fantastic day!

Prince Lauder aka Carlos Guerrero

Coachella Inspiration 2011

Urban Traveller

Topshop hardly ever fails to impress, and the new Urban Traveller collection is no exception. The pieces are designed around Topshop's usual garments - an asymmetric hem dress, tapered jersey trousers and leather cuff sandals - yet are given an unusual twist drawing inspiration from countries such as Morocco, India and Central America when colour and exotic indivduality are born. Topshop has been criticised for dictating fashion, girls and women will where what's in Topshop because it has to be fashionable. I believe new season ranges like these are what Topshop is all about, it's affordable individual pieces that anyone can mix and match with heavy metallic jewellary and fringing to create a really great outfit, that is so different to anyone elses. It's ranges like these that encourage people to develop their own style and use their own judgement to see what would look good off the manekin. The key pieces for me have to be the red cork sandals (a very convincing lookalike found in KG), the pink tie dye stripe jersey trousers and the chunky light pink cornelli embroidered sheer sleeve blouse.

Mr Wrong

The comparison between men and handbags has to be my all time favourite in expressing the way in which women strive after the perfect man. The way in which woman are always searching for a bag that has all the perfect qualities; to be aesthetically pleasing, to hold together all the essential pieces of their lives and to be sturdy, unbreakable and reliable. These bags come few and far, and usually one characteristic outweighs another. The aesthetically pleasing handbags break due to their handmade woven straps and the sturdy bags don't have the beautifully crafted structure. Women buy handbag after handbag thinking that they are an investment which will reap the rewards, however the gorgeous handbags that look so fantastic on your arm break within weeks, the cracks begin to show as they have no substance. Women will always have that one bag, the bag that they can rely on no matter what. It may not be shiny, real-leather or in season, but it's sturdy, unbreakable and trustworthy. You know that bag will never break, and whenever the new pretty handbags let you down, there's always THAT bag to fall back on...alot of the time you don't want to be seen with the old bag, you're constantly on a search for a brand new one that everyone will admire. Yet you know that deep down, that no matter what anyone thinks, that bag will always be there, it will remain unbroken and carry all your memories and baggage.

"Topshop is a turn off, high street is an absolute no no"

So I've just caught up with this weeks new reality drama 'Made In Chelsea'. I have to say I was very sceptical of another reality series being shown since the success of trash worthy 'The Only Way is Essex' and the upcoming take on Jersey Shore,  'Geordie Shore' to be shown on VIVA. I guess now we live in an age where real lives are so much more interesting than scripted soaps, although I'm sure that these people do not live with this much drama in their lives. Made In Chelsea seemed to be the complete opposite of everybodies perceptions of the Chelsea 'rah' lifestyle. I personally expected the Ugg Boots to be on the feet of Cheska rather than Joey Essex, but without an Ugg in sight the programme still seemed to follow on with peoples perceptions of the Jack Wills generation. I'm sure that even the middle and upper classes in Chelsea would turn their noses up at the way the young adults on the programme are portraying themselves. After all, speaking in the Queens' English, refering to your job title as being a 'socialite' and driving a Landrover is a dead cert' of wealth, right?

KG

Recently everyone's been blogging about the new Charlotte Olympia Dolores Pumps which everyone seems to be wearing at the moment! The espadrille pumps are absolutly gorgeous and after scouring the internet I found a gorgeous replica pair at Kurt Geiger for the grand sum of £85. They come in both beige and orange and are an absolute steal, especially for KG.

Blonde Ambition

Finally decided to 'man up' and attack my hair with bleach. I went against my previous attempts and decided that going to the hairdressers was the way forward rather than sit at home pasting my scalp with home made peroxide. I'm pretty chuffed with the results, it's not quite as light as I'd hoped but it's a work-in-progress. PS - webcam is literally awful, if anyone could suggest anything which doesnt pixelise my face then please go ahead.