A little slice of vintage heaven!

Hello!! I know I have been very absent from the blogging world, I have been so busy recently with finishing my first year at university and recently getting another job, at Cath Kidston too which I am so thrilled about! But I have been doing a lot of planning and have many a blog post to come up on here and can't wait to share them with you.

I just couldn't wait to share this with everyone. I live in a small city called Sunderland, now at first I didn't think that much of it there was nothing for the creative types to do here and the shops were typical high street stores. Looks, however, can be deceiving al you have to do is look for the little treasures that hide within a city. This is what me and a friend did the other week, happened to stumble across a charity shop and inside it was absolutely blooming marvellous! 

As soon as you enter vintage galore, not your average charity shop no, no no. Having a place like this in Sunderland was amazing, but it wasn't the downstairs it was the upstairs that truly transformed the whole shop. It is a little slice of heaven, the charity is AgeUk and I was surprised usually Oxfam is the sort of charity to understand the need for vintage good not just with the younger generation but now the older too. 

When you walk up the narrow staircase you see a wall of mirrors, grand, all shapes and sizes which leads to a room filled with old SLR cameras and video equipment and photographers dream. Down the hall there were two rooms one set up as a 1920's-esque bedroom even with a mannequin on the bed! I had to get a photo of this....

You couldn't not have a bit of fun in this room! In the next room there were rails of clothes, big fur coats, tea dresses all glorious! Me and my friend were inspired we knew we had to come do a photoshoot here, so the next day that's exactly what we did, I wanted to share the photos with you so you can see just how wonderful this place actually is and if you're from Sunderland you need to go have a gander at it! Not only at all the wonderfully marvellous items but the fact you'll be helping a wonderful charity at the same time too.

And be sure to check out my friends blog http://helenalenny.blogspot.co.uk/ she's a pretty terrific photographer, I hope you like the photos! 

Nails, Nails, Nails

bored and don't know what to do?! There's always one thing to keep you occupied and you have a blank canvas to be as creative as wild as you like on, and that's your nails! Be it finger or toe nails, painting them can keep you occupied and you definitely feel happier when they're looking prim and proper.

But then what can you do with your nails? I can imagine a lot of you have an extremely large collection of nails polishes, (I sure do). This was a while ago but when I couldn't decide on one colour for my nails I just did them every colour, but they look pretty nifty. Ice cream colour galore!

More recently I have ventured into doing ombre nails as they're pretty easy to do and the end result is brilliant! Here are two attempts at it,

Above is when I went a bit crazy on my obsession with all things ginger, but ombre nails are incredibly pretty and so easy to do!

Basically all is needed is two colours, a white base then a clear top coat. Apply the white base, then once that has dried apply a few strips of each colour onto a sponge so the colours are side by side each other. Then dab the sponge onto your nails, it doesn't matter if it goes all over your fingers just use a cotton bud and nail varnish remover later. When you get the desired effect apply 1-2 coats of clear nail polish to make sure it stays in place for a few days and viola! Ombre nails ready to be shown off to everyone.

That's one way to keep you entertained if you find yourself short of things to do.

I hope they turn out alright for you as they did for me!

Katharine elisa x

Stag House Fashion Show in Newcastle

"Creating fashion shows to promote new and upcoming designers within the north and throughout the UK. Creating Opportunity."

Okay, it's been a week today since the Stag House fashion show which I have to say was amazing! With feature clothing from Apparel Polo, Rita Roushdy, Goldiva, Yeh Designs and it also featured Fitri Alamsjah, who is an amazing upcoming designer with a unique flare to their wonderful collection.


How the night panned out...
I went with a couple of friends from University who wanted to view the show for research on their own, and with them there it made the night all the better! It all started with a champagne reception (what’s not to love about that!) and after having a chat with some of the hosts and people viewing the show we entered the Chandelier suite of the venue to start the catwalk show. Now that room in itself was beautiful! A very historic room with low hanging chandeliers with a high ceiling was our view for the evening, very grand indeed.

The show was about two hours long and there was a range of entertainment acts in between including two singers and a dance act, we were spoilt for entertainment! The room was packed with friends and family of the designers which was nice to see all the support everyone was receiving.

The Designers...
The designers were all unique and each brought something different to the show. I have to say they did save the best till last the host of the show Apparel Polo stole the night the clothes were incredible, and having some eye candy definitely helped! From the velvet jacket, to the oversized bags so much work and effort went into this collection as did for the rest of the designers. 

Although all the collections each had wonderfully superb designs, I felt a lot lacked consistency with the outfits but some of the garments were amazing and the detail in them was incredible. It was altogether an amazing show and everyone involved should be extremely proud!
 

They say a photo says a thousand words so here are the snaps I took from the night I hope you enjoy! And watch out for the next Stag House fashion show that will be coming again soon… 

The last few images were captured by a photographer on the night but I had to include them as they show Apparel Polo's designs so well, and I had to share their amazing clothes with you!

Also this girl was amazing, I have never seen a girl with longer legs! I am sure my height would be the length of her legs, the outfit and styling on her was perfect as well.

And that was the night! If you ever get a chance to go to a fashion show even if it is just a small one, you must definitely go they're absolutely brilliant to watch and you will no doubt have a fantastic time. I have another fashion show lined up in a couple of weeks, so keep your eyes peeled for the details on that!

Ciao for now!