" today im wearing" - new mink stole

"today im wearing" my new mink stole! i managed to finally pick one up! and since at the moment the price of fur is so high! especially vintage fur. I was holding getting a new one until the summer and finally got a two mink with head at the back stole! from a local charity shop for only £10! so i decided to style it up with some 40s platforms and a tartan blazer and i was good to go!.. Enjoy!

pink chiffon blouse - Grans

blue and lemon tartan jacket - £1.50 charity shop

blue pin striped pencil skirt with split - christmas present 

Mink - st cuthberts hospice - £10

vintage patent leather handbag - gift from my boss

scarf - oscar la ren - grans 

bangles - various charity shops

middle bangle bakelite - durham vintage market

pearl necklace with matching earrings - gift from my love

diamond necklace - £5 age uk

hair flower - charity shop 

cat hair clip - charity shop

Spanish hair clip - charity shop

red velvet 1940s platforms - £2! barnardos

"today im wearing" - £2 vintage dress..

I know ive been away a while and have been slacking on the blogging. But im back and in full blogging swing! and im back with a " today im wearing" outfit post and it is themed around this amazing 70s does 50s black and white vintage dress i picked up from a charity shop for only £2!!! which was an amazing bargain. I was heading out for dinner which i know for most people means converse and a tight midi skirt. For me its an opportunity to make an effort and dress up as usual! so i put it with all red accessories and a alligator skin handbag and i was ready to go.. And of course the outfit is never complete without  a good vintage hair do! and today its the victory roll hair! And it proves you can create a great fashionable outfit for under £10. ... Enjoy!

Dress - £2 charity shop

Vintage Chinese shoes £2 barnardos

Belt £1 charity shop

brooches - various charity shops

 Necklace - mams

brown bangles - charity shops

middle bangle - bakelite Durham vintage 

cats hair clip 50p charity shop

vintage Earrings - £2 charity shop

Where ive been for the last week - Interning at John Lewis

As you will have probably noticed i have blogged for a while ( well a week) but that's a long time when ive been blogging everyday! But dont worry i have a valued excuse for not blogging and i haven't been lazy and i haven't given up on my blog. And im definitely not a "halfer" as the blogging universe call it. Ive been interning at John Lewis Newcastle in the visual merchandise department Window dressing and dressing mannequins for the male and female fashion department. Which i have been doing to build up my experience for my personal statement which i will be re sending in December, So i was hoping this experience working for John Lewis would give me some more experience which it has, more than i thought i would gain!

Well to get onto the main aim of this post. I am as i always say will be brutally honest and not "sugar coated" in any way. But what can i say? there isn't one think i can say that wasn't extremely exiting and enjoyable about my experience? there wasn't one thing and that's the honest truth. It was an amazing week and i enjoyed every single minute of it. I have learned more than i even thought i would i have learned how to properly dress a mannequin and learned how to style up things i would never have thought of. And each and every member of the visual merchandise team where friendly and took me as if i was one of them. Not just there for the week and not someone who was a hassle and a chore they where lovely to talk to and treat me as if i had been there for years on there team. I also didn't realise how much visual merchandise actually did for a big store like John Lewis, i just thought they dressed the windows and the mannequins but they do so much more than i expected. And i honestly don't know how the team managed to do it all. And even though my passion lies with fashion styling it would still be an incredibly enjoyable job to do, I also enjoyed working in the windows creating there 150 years, most initiative products window displays ready for there 150 years anniversary this year. I learned how much time and effort the team puts in when doing displays. 

More importantly i didn't think i would work as hard as i did. But it was well worth it and worth putting in my time and effort because i enjoyed every minute of it! hopefully met someone who can be a life long friend. And someone i feel i have learned a lot from and taught  me a lot this week. And i am so glad i have been given the opportunity to work with such a reputable company and with such great people.

So that's what i have been doing for the last week. There will be more "what im wearing" and some very special feature posts coming up very soon. make sure you comment below what you think!