Are you free or are you tied up?...

Maxi Dress - River Island

Leather Jacket - River Island

Necklace - eBay

Two outfit posts in a row, wow I'm on a roll! I've been wanting to wear this dress for a while and only now got around to it! I bought it in the last River Island sale when every price was halved, I think it cost me around £4! It has long sleeves (forgot to take a piccy without the jacket sorry!) and just touches the floor. The jacket is also River Island. It's originally an aviator flight jacket but the shearling collar unbuttons which makes it like two jackets in one! The necklace was an impulse eBay purchase! The feathers are longer than I thought they'd be but I still like that it's so quirky! (My love for feathers and owls making an appearance again!) Got myself a nice set of love handles in the second pose, that's an end to the mince pies I think!ha.

Today I dragged my boyfriend to Cardiff Museum to check out the mineral and crystal exhibition. I got some good photo's and definitely found my inspiration, yay! Just got to sort though them all now, will share them with you guys if I come across any particularly interesting ones. Being in Cardiff without being able to shop was torture! I get paid tomorrow and my student loan goes in on Monday so this week has been the skintest ever! There are a few new pieces in the shops at the moment that I am dying to get my hands on. I have Wednesdays off so am planing on going shopping then, might do a wishlist before then to share with you what I'm hoping to buy but we'll see! I promised myself that I won't go shopping mad when my loan goes in as I did go a little crazy last time! Just want to pick up a few key pieces that will mix into my wardrobe easily! Anyone seen anything in the shops at the moment that have caught your eye?

Molyneuxoxo♥

P.S. A little note again to say that this outfit is also on lookbook!

You had my heart inside of your hand...

Batwing knitted top - Topshop

Suedette shorts - Miss Selfridge

Necklace - Newlook

Knee high socks - Primark

Ankle shearling boots - Newlook

Finally got around to doing an outfit post! It's been promised for a while and here it is! I probably chose the darkest, dingiest morning to take these photo's so did have to use the flash but I don't think they turned out that bad? This is the jumper that my boyfriend bought me for Christmas and I love it! It could work underneath a cardigan as well as on it's own, love that it's so versatile! These are the suedette shorts that I mentioned a while ago. I have only worn them once on a night out with a black vest, knee high black sheer socks and black booties. I think I like this casual look more though! The neutral tones blend together quite nicely in my opinion. I'm keeping my eye out for a neon pink blazer which I think would carry these shorts into next season nicely! I think I might also invest in a pair of creamy knitted tights to wear this outfit with whilst it's still chilly out!

I think my outfit post are slowly getting better! I've used Photoshop to blend the two images together for the main but haven't altered anything else. I've noticed fashion bloggers say about not using flash but I think it works better for me as I think the images are sharper and the colours are more accurate! I've also given my extensions a bit of trim as they were getting a bit scraggy, boo! I'm thinking of making them a little shorter, what do you guys think? I've got to go get some designer research done before work now, exciting I know! Leave me your thoughts to read for when I get back?

Molyneuxoxo♥

P.S. This outfit post is also on Lookbook if you wanna check it out!(:

I ain't meant to be here, I'm meant to be free...

A short and sweet post for today which will be made up for tomorrow, I promise. I've spent basically the whole day sorting out my university work, as you can see from the photographs above, (just a quick apology for the poor quality photographs, I took them on the iPhone quick being lazy and editing them was the only answer!) I've been trying to make a proper start on my essay, I'm now 1,300 words down! Hence the reason why my heart isn't in writing my usual lengthy post. It took a serious amount of effort and concentration but it's done now.  I was a bit panicky yesterday about the amount of work that had built up but all that I needed to do was take a step back and get myself organised. Back on track now, I think! I've also got the hang of using Adobe Illustrator, well kind of! I can actually draw a shape that somewhat resembles a fashion figure, now just to learn how to draw garments! Why I left it until the week before I start back I will never know, or probably never learn! 


As I mentioned I'm still to make an official start to my new practical project so have arranged to pay Cardiff Museum a visit on Thursday with the boyfriend. I'm stuck between looking at flowers or minerals for inspiration! I don't really want to look at flowers because I do bore of them easily and tend to turn to them as they're easy, so I'm hoping that the 'Crystals and Minerals of Wales' exhibit inspires me enough to stray from my bad habit! Our project is all about hidden beauty so also have to look inside of vintage clothing to see if we can find any hidden and forgotten garment construction techniques. I'm yet to find anything inspirational as of yet but am visiting London on the 18th January so Brick Lane will be hit hard! I'm happy that I'm now starting to get interested in my work again as I was so totally wiped out from my last project at the end of the Christmas term. I'm not exactly feeling refreshed as I have a bit of flu but I certainly feel better about my next project! Anyone else getting back into uni' mode after a long Christmas break?

Molyneuxoxo♥

P.S. I've started making links at the side of my blog so that you can follow my twitter, contact me via formspring, email, etc - hope they help!(:

Oh na na, what's my name?

Happy new year bloggers! Sorry it's a few days late, this is the first time my laptop has been used in 2011; quite the achievement for me! And as you can see from the image above, I have been experimenting with Photoshop again. (Does anyone know any good Photoshop tutorial sites? I'm struggling to find any!) The photograph is of me and my sister before we went out on NYE, oh what a night! All I can say is that work wasn't very enjoyable the following day! After this year I have vowed not to work NYD ever again! Was horrible having to rein myself in on the one night that everyone completely lets go. But it's done now and I've learnt my lesson!


I start back to university one week from today and have only just realised how much work I have to catch up on. I'm going to work overtime this week to get ahead for when I get back. I have started my essay in which we have to write 2,500 words, comparing and contrasting two works/bodies of art from the past century. I have began to investigate whether Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring 2007 Couture collection could have been influenced by the stained glass produced by Tiffany Studios. I found it difficult to find two bodies of work that both linked and that I was interested in. I settled upon this couple as the Art Neauvou era in which the glass is from interests me and Gaultier's work is just WOW! I've only written 500 words and the deadline is in 3 weeks, PANIC!  I also need to started designing for my new practical project which is entitled 'Cream and Chrome'. The finished garments from this module will open the fashion show in the Spring! Will go into this more when I start toiling! So now I must go and get to work, enjoy your bank holiday guys!

Molyneuxoxo♥