Sweet Virginia

Whilst I was working at Motel a few years ago one of the girls introduced me to Yayer, an online vintage store with some gorgeous 90s dresses and denim. Run by two sisters Charlotte and Harriet, the brand started selling vintage and has now moved on to their own designs, which is the bit i'm most excited about! I'm always really happy when I find inspiring companies based in Bristol, as there's not a lot of fashion businesses run here, so it gives me hope that I won't have to move to London!

I haven't fully thrown myself into the 90s trend but Yayer are convincing me that I should be! My favourite item has to be the black dress with the cut out waist below, that is definitely my next purchase, I love it! I really like the loose, smock style of a lot of their dresses, I want to team them with layers of jewellery and massive chunky shoes for Summer. 

All dresses available at Yayer.com

I do have a bit of an 'ugly' shoe obsession, recently i've bought two pairs of black chunky shoes which i'll be sure to show you guy soon. I wear a lot of dresses and skirts but would never describe myself as a 'girlie' girl so I like the way ugly shoes give my dresses a boyish edge and stop me looking too 'pretty'. I love the 'stomper' boots the last pair on this image, they're not too high so I could wear them but they also look comfy, and perfect for wearing in the day. 

All shoes available at Yayer.com

Make sure you check out their website, I thought it was reasonably priced and we all know how much I resent spending excessive amounts on one item! They run a Yayer blog which you can find here and also have a pretty inspiring Tumblr and Pinterest which I have re-blogged images from far too many times!

I also wanted to leave you with this video which I have watched roughly 20 times a day for the past week, Mick is just too sexy! 

www.yayer.com

Let Me Get Low

If you follow me on twitter you might have noticed recently that I have become Polyvore obsessed! I really like image based social media sites like Tumblr and Pinterest because I love to collect imagery and inspiration, but Polyvore is a totally different concept of building outfits; it's like an outlet for styling ideas. I have only recently started with Polyvore so won't share any of my own sets yet but thought I would show you guys a few of my favourites and hope that they inspire you as much as they do me.

Both Deciphering Dreams

Both Khalesar

By BabyFawn

Devil Rides

Recently i've got so into tumblr it's almost become obsessive. I found loads of great people to follow and love having a place where can I can keep all the images that inspire me. When you do a creative course at Uni it's drilled into you to look at the world from the perspective of collecting things and finding inspiration in the most obscure places, but now i've left I haven't got the time to print, cut and stick into a sketchbook; tumblr is perfect. 

I am one of those people that collects everything and my desktop makes people feel sick with how cluttered and covered it is! Here I wanted to show you some of my favourite tumblr images from the past few weeks and if you like what you see then here is my page :)