70s vibes..

Today's look is inspired by this spring/summers 70s trend, so i decided to throw on one of my Favorite original 1970s maxi dresses, and take it in my own direction..

Bag - primark

dress - vintage

hat - vintage

bracelets - vintage

rings - forever 21 and vintage

earrings - charity shop

choker necklace- primark

flower necklace - newlook

tights - wolford

shoes - bronx vintage

New Year, new blog..

Its a new year! which means i feel like i want to change up my blog a little bit when i first started out  blogging i wasn't really well being me.. completely i lost sight a little bit of what i needed my  blog to be. Of course i want to still have my blog fashion orientated because fashions is my whole LIFE! completely and totally. But me my self a little more. If you follow me on instagram i am a self confessed clothes hoarder hoarding anything from jewellery to shoes to my favourite vintage hats! and im not ashamed to say im a fur lover and anyone to follows me on instagram will know im a collector of vintage fur and vintage hats!

I also feel like i have so many thoughts lately. whether it be my recent job and how damn miserable a lot of the staff i worked with where. Or applying for the second time to the university of my dreams and wanting to get in so bloody badly it kills me! lying awake at night thinking up a second plan in-case i dont get in again this year. And then thinking what am i meant to be doing in life if im not meant to be dressing people and enjoying it as much and dressing everyday! its so confusing and all my many useless thoughts aren't put anywhere because im useless as writing diaries i start and always forget and then its usually pointless. So i thought maybe if i start blogging all my many useless thought and many many inspirations i have each day maybe some other people might share my views aswell! and i may not be the only one who feels compleely crazy with over creative ness! and i may discover other people who are as bad clothing hoarders as i am!

So today the 7th of January im feeling pretty inspired. For some reason since the new years ive changed strangely i never have a new years resolution because i never stick to it so i gave up on them around 5 years ago but ive been inspired to get rid of a whole load of old shoes and clothing even some hats which i have never worn but only to make room for more and more stuff! but at least im selling right?

I also got the advanced style documentary for Christmas and ive been so inspired by the amazing women. They remind me of my own gran who inspires me everyday and ive been spending a lot of time with her over the last few months and to be honest i feel she has made me a better person. Making me want to change my hoarding ways and start to sell of a lot of the things i dont wear and listen to her motto which is " when you buy something new, throw something out" which after years of her telling me im starting to finally listen to. As if ive been nagged so much ive started to take notice. But ive learned that you can learn so much from the older generation and i just hope i can be so wise as i get older.

But on a more fashion front ive been debating myself so much lately. I go up and down fashion wise im torn between my love of vintage and my inspiration from advanced style and older women. I have started to mix some more modern charity shop finds with my vintage pieces which im really liking. But my love of more modern jewellery mixing with my vintage is growing. Ive just been buying since the sales are on really large and eccetric looking jewellery such as necklaces and chunky bangles. And im really loving gold and oversized statement earrings lately. Alhough my ears are feeling the pain of wearing pierced! but i feel im descovering who i am and my style a lot more as the weeks and months go on! compared to when i started my fashion foundtion last year! when to be totally honest i didn really know who i was fashion wise. Like i would put outftits on and not relly think about it as much as i do now!

 

Valarie and Jean The idiosyncratic Fashionistas also started following me on my instagram page which made my week or month or possible made a few on my months :-) because im been completely infatuated with them for a long time. Adoring there love of style and there i dont give a shit if you dont like it attitude! which is completely me!

 

 And im loving experimenting with jewellery. Finally getting my hands on some pieces from Anna Dello Russo's jewellery collection for h&m. Which i normally wouldn't wear and im glad im branching out from wearing everything authentic vintage.Im also learning that its okay to be different. And learning that im not strange or "sad" that fashion has become my whole life! whether its spending so long to get ready on a morning or going out to find new bargains. Im learning that its my thing and if i like that instead of going out drinking or spending money going out for lunch with friends im okay with that.

I think ive been starting to watch to many vintage movies lately like my personal Favorites "gentleman prefer blondes and "how to marry a millionaire" that has re ignited the flame of loving vintage again! seeing the furs and aw god the hats dont forget the hats! 

 

I mean how can anyone possibly dislike that outfit! the muff the cape the hat the whole look is perfection

 

 All images sourced from google images.

 

Home made photo shoo & my personal style journey at 19!

Hey guys and dolls! today's post is a little home project photo shoot which my boyfriend photographed for me, He isn't a photographer but we managed. I thought i would do a little post on my own style and flair rather than my usual photo shoots which feature models and i both style and photograph so i thought i would get behind the camera for a change and tell you all about my style and where my real obsession and real fashion for personal style came from and of course my main inspirations.

From a really young age ive been interested in fashion i know everyone says that but i really was. From the age of 14 i began buying my favorite fashion magazine  which is of course vogue and i began flicking through the pages and not aspiring to become as skinny and the models or even be a model. But to wear the clothes! and i also took key ideas from the pages and began to buy second hand clothing from car boot sales and charity shops and styling the pieces i bought my own way but keeping them in style and i began to develop my own personal style from there.

And i know a lot of you are thinking well where did the vintage thing come from??.. 

well that came later much later. By the age of 16 i began to want my own style not like everyone else s still going thrifting often! but looking for more original and quirky items. My passion for style kind of took a brief break around my 17th birthday when i started sixthform and began making new friends and really wanting to fit in! Spending all my pocket money on ridiculously over priced basic fashion from the likes of topshop and primark. But after studying textiles for a year my passion began to come back. I wanted to start dressing again and dressing my own way!. Which of course is when i began to have a really hard time. I began to become a topic of discussion around sixthform and a laughing stock!. I began to become subject to rude and nasty comments. Which back then i couldn't handle i began to then question myself and the way that i dressed. I also lost a lot of so called friends people who were seen as "embarrassed" to be seen with me because i chose to dress differently. But looking at it all now i think it made me stronger as a person and i learned that people like that aren't worth having in your life. And ive now learned to take all the criticism with a pinch of salt! because everywhere you go in life you will come cross rude people!

However i then in my final year of sixthform began to work in my local vintage shop called ding dong vintage where i worked on a weekend with my mam and the shops owner who i had known for a few years beforehand. That is when my love for vintage began! of course i began to get paid which i had never experienced before. And when i was paid i started shopping more and buying clothes which ended up getting out of control and my style really started to take shape. I started to look at vintage and admire it and want to wear the amazing pieces i was around every weekend. I started to only shop for clothing and accessories in charity shops, car boot sales or online which became my new obsession. And for a whole year after that i enjoyed working there and studying all week for my fashion foundation at new castle college. Being around fashion everyday was something i enjoyed. But i didn't know what aspect of fashion i wanted to really go in until my tutor suggested i focused on styling. As she thought i always dressed well and could tell it was something i really enjoyed so i looked into it and i have never looked back! It is the thing i am actually good at because at school i really wasn't very good at anything.

My personal style is still developing and i am learning new things and new ways to style things everyday. I still look to fashion magazines sometimes as a stylist to find out trends for shoots but now as often. I now don't go to British vogue because i feel i doesn't give me that inspiration i need. But have began to read Italian vogue. And of course my main inspiration to be myself and dress however the hell i want is both advanced style and of course other bloggers and instagrammers like myself which dress the way they want and know who they are!. And even though im only 19 i feel as if i have learned who i am and how i want to dress. And i am exited to find out what confidence and style comes with getting older.

Me and my boyfriend decided to do a little photo shoot in my boudoir documenting my style.

Hope you enjoyed the post and i admire anyone who has actually read the whole post and stayed interested!!

Lots of Love, Original Vintage Queen 

xo

DIY STATEMENT RIBBON NECKLACE! stylish on a budget!

Yet again.. ive been lacking in the blogging department but ive been incredibly busy this past few weeks. Ive started a new job which is taking up surprisingly a large amount of my time as im trying to save up for the festive season! which i am rubbish at doing so i will most likely end up saving 0% of my wages but hey ho its worth a try right?

Ive also been working on both my digital and photography portfolio as its university time! and the time for applying for university. So ive been spending a lot of time doing new styling shoots for my application. But im trying my best to get back up on the blogging horse! ( SOUNDED much better in my head) and start blogging at least 3-4 times each week again now im all sorted. And this post has been waiting to be done for some time so i thought since i have the time i may as well post! 

I recently found a book called " chic on a shoe string" showing you how to make clothing, accessories and home decorations on a small budget and you get to make them all yourself which is even more fun! and you can make incredible accessories for a tiny price! which i love but being able to make them yourself is even better. So i decided to make this vintage inspired ribbon flower necklace but changed up the colours a little to red white and blue! so here's a step to step guide on how to make your very own ribbon necklace.

You'll need -

8 buttons, of your choice, but not to heavy!

approximately 8 metres of ribbon, in the colour of your choice

Strong glue and a needle and thread in your chosen colours

Firstly start by making 12 small loops with the ribbon and sewing it all together but not to tightly as you will need to pull out the ribbon to create your flower.

Then pull out to create your flower and then use a small pea sized amount of super glue to hold the flower together,

then sew on your button using your chosen coloured thread.

Repeat this method until your have a total of 12 flowers.

Then to attached all the ribbon flowers together by stitching the flowers together from each of the petals. Using the same coloured thread so the thread is un noticeable. You can change the layout of the flowers depending on your chosen design.

Then finally attach ribbon onto the top two flowers to create the neck fastening. I added a simple bow to my necklace to save time but you could add a fastening or press stud if you choose.

This is one of the simplest necklaces to make except for it isnt for someone who isnt patent as it does take time to perfect the flowers from the ribbon but it is worth it in the end. And it cost me around £3 to make so anyone who wants a statement piece for less this definitely does the trick.

I hope you enjoyed this post! and you give this necklace a go! i am hoping to try out diy projects which i hope to be posting soon!

Original vintage queen!