Fred Perry: Bradley Wiggins

On Thursday night I went to the launch of the Bradley Wiggins collection in Fred Perry, Bristol. It was an event happening all across the UK and as my brother works for Fred Perry I decided to go along and support the Bristol store. The event was 7-9pm and personally I think the Bristol store did a great job of hosting a true 'mod' inspired evening.  

I decided to wear my new Urban Outfitters denim pinafore with a vintage long sleeved t shirt and my black creepers. I do love this pinafore but it is quite shapeless, I know thats the style but I don't know if it suits me?! Outfit crisis!! 

We got to the store at 7.45pm and it was fairly busy with lots of people trying on items and purchasing at the till. Free drinks were on hand and we were invited to look through the new collection as well as browse the other Fred Perry lines; all staff were around to tell us about the Bradley Wiggins collection and how cyclist clothing had inspired the designs. Bristols finest 60's DJ span motown classics in the corner and the shop had been decked out with bicycle wheels hanging from the ceiling and huge paisleys for the current Amy Winehouse collection. I bought a bright red jumper with a blue laurel wreath (which i'll be sure to include in a post soon) and took some photographs whilst my boyfriend tried on some of the collection, we were also invited to instagram a picture in order to win a Bradley Wiggins item! The event was so much fun and i'm so glad I went, it's always strange going to 'after hours' events in shops because it feels a bit wrong; like being at school after dark! However having the DJ made it feel more like a unique club night especially teamed with the free drinks! Did anyone else go to the launch at a different Fred Perry or have you bought any Fred Perry recently? 

** Sorry I forgot to charge my camera...classic me, so I had to take these images on my phone, so sorry for the not so great quality!! 

Bring It On Down

Dress* - In Love With Fashion

Necklace - Rock N Rose

Creepers - eBay

Braclet - Topshop & Vintage

Lipstick - Barry M, Coral

It feels like it's been such a long time since, I did an outfit post! Usually my boyfriend takes my pictures but he was away for a week, back, then away again so I haven't had much chance to do any. In my new job I am lucky enough to be able to be given uniform, so for my first piece I picked this gorgeous black and white striped dress, i've wanted one for ages and have seen quite a few but loved the little black collar on this one. I can wear it on it's own like this or team it with a jumper so the collar can poke out the top! As you can see my blue hair is starting to fade, it's more of a pastel shade now which is nice but I am looking forward to having my silver hair back so I can start to wear all the blue things I seem to have bought lately (blue hair and blue clothes is not a good look for me!)

In other news I went to see Jessie Ware last week; she was incredible and came across so well, I would watch her again without a thought! This week i'm going to the Bradley Wiggins launch in the Bristol Fred Perry tomorrow night so will be sure to take my camera along! If you are a Fred Perry fan and live in a city with your own store then make sure you head down tomorrow night as it is an event thats happening across the country! Today marks the beginning of Bristol Fashion Week and I feel really lucky to be involved in a live blogging event which is happening during one of the shows, if you're a Bristol blogger whose also going then please get in touch as I am currently going alone and would love to meet up with someone for a drink while i'm there!

I also wanted to quickly say as i'm sure you're all aware GFC is going and i'm so sad that it means I might lose some of you as followers :( I have a bloglovin account which is going to be the best way to follow from now on so here is my link and if you currently follow on GFC please follow on bloglovin instead (that way you can continue to see my ever changing hair colour and general ranting!) I've heard that there is going to be a way you can import all of the blogs you follow on GFC into bloglovin so if anyone has any info on this please let me know, i'm gonna be gutted if I end up losing any of the blogs I follow!

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These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things

This week I have been trying to be creative with my blog posts, mainly as I felt I was starting to get a bit stale with ideas, and also I have a massive stye on my eye which is preventing me from doing any outfit posts! I've never had a stye before but it's so uncomfortable, I feel like i've been punched in the eye! It's also swollen so I can't really wear any make up meaning outfit posts are off the agenda until next week :(

If you follow me on twitter you will see that i've been making good use of my spare time, and this week had a massive bedroom clear out and rearrange. I feel like I have a new bedroom so I thought I would share with you guys some pictures of my favourite bedroom things...

Gold Mirror

I bought this mirror for £5 in an antiques shop in Bristol, it's a bit battered around the edges and has some candle wax which will not come off, but I love it none the less. Me and my boyfriend bought it for the flat we used to live in and when we moved out it came home with me; which i'm very happy about. It's one of those things i'm gonna be really glad I have when I have my own place again, but at the moment it happily leans against my wall until I close my drawer too hard; then it falls down and scares the crap out of me!

'Legs' and 'Annie Hall'

I really need to get some frames for these two as they're both such lovely prints, but at the moment they're just lightly stuck to the wall above my bed. The 'legs' picture was an amazing gift from one of my best friends and 'Annie Hall' is my favourite film so it seems right to have the poster in here. The paint on my wall looks very green here, I think its the light as usually is a more duck egg sort of colour.

Dressing Table

Without doubt the best present i've ever received, this is my pride and joy! It was a birthday present from my boyfriend and was a total surprise! I couldn't believe it, it was the nicest thing someone could do and now i've covered it with perfume, beauty products and a few sentimental pictures.

This is a glass bowl from a charity shop where I keep all of my rings. I have so many rings and they range from rubbish quality £1 eBay rings to my other pride and joy the 'Biba' ring. 

Fred Perry Canvas

My brother works for Fred Perry and he got me this when they re-merchandised the store. It's a canvas print and I just find it really unique, it looks perfect next to my dressing table. 

The Chair

Bought in Habitat in the early 1960's this chair was my Grandparents and what a chair it is! My Dad can remember sitting on his Grandads knee in this chair in the 1960's, which is such a nice thought when i'm sat watching TV on it. The union jack cushion was a gift from Abbie who bought it one birthday, I had been wanting one for ages and she managed to find me the perfect one! 

Magazines

This picture highlights a slightly crazed obsession I have for magazines! Elle magazine is probably the reason I decided to do a fashion degree, and i've had a subscription for a few years along with Harpers Bazaar. There's something precious about high end glossy magazines to me, I couldn't rip anything out of them I think of them as little books. The rest of my collection is made up of vintage Vogue magazines given to me by a friends Mum who was about to throw them out, they date from 1972 - 2009. 

So that is my little space, the place I write my blog posts and think up ideas for outfits. I hope you enjoyed these pictures and let me know if you've done something similar because I love having a good nosey around peoples houses haha! Ooo also check out my Pinterest on the right if you want to see some gorgeous interior images i've pinned.