OBSESSIONS.

I go through stages with clothes. I'll be obsessed with a few things at a time, right now it's the 90s + shirts and trying to resist the temptation of getting  my nose pierced. Seeing as LFW starts tomorrow i've already started making a mental list of all the clothes I plan on looking out for in the vintage shops + all the little boutiques.

My first obsession is Bolo Neck ties, originally seen on Cowboys + Line Dancers. I need one, my shirts feel naked and cowboyless without it. This kid was too cool for his decade.

Everytime I go to London I go on the vintage leather jacket hunt. I'm not going to fail this time because if i can't get a cheap vintage one, i'm going to get this UO Renewal babe. I bought tons of spike studs intending to do up my Topshop jacketm, but the leather's so fake & shitty I don't want to waste them.

TIE DYE. It might be my seriously summer lusting/nostalgia i've got going on right now, but I need it in my life, I can sense a serious comeback over summer if all this 90s revival contines.

I never bought into the creeper thing at the end of last year and it's the biggest regret of my life. Instead I'm going to go one up and start hunting for some platformed shoes. These Underground ones are actually ideal, UO also have similar ones. NEW LIFE AIM = BE 6FT.

All images courtesy of Urban Outfitters/Tumblr.

Obscure Couture.

For the past three weeks I've spent my weekends in the cosy studio of Obscure Couture in the Barras. I want to keep getting a bit of work at LFW every season, and this time i've been helping out the girls with their numerous emails, pulling out clothes for clients, being a little helper and even PATTERN CUTTING. Let's just say it came rushing back to me, especially after stabbing my hands four or five times.

I'm helping out with their show on the 17th February at A La Mode in the RSA Vaults. It's hosted by LGN Events and is the girls biggest show to date, and after seeing the clothes come together it's going to be one of their best too. I won't give anything away but expect lots of photos after London because it will be epic. Lyndsay & Jenn never fail with creativity for their couture collections and i'm SO excited to see it finally go down the catwalk, and just as excited by the promise of some after show events. 

Here's their past collections for you to awe over in the meantime...

 

Contact the beautiful ladies here:

 https://marketplace.asos.com/boutique/obscure-couture

http://www.obscure-couture.com/

www.facebook.com/obscurecouture

www.twitter.com/obscurecouture
www.youtube.com/obscurecouture

All images courtesy of the Obscure Couture Facebook Page.

LookBook - Take 2.

To actually get a move on with my life I've started a Look Book again. I made an account last summer, did one look and forgot all about it, so this time i'm launching myself in head first and I WILL post Looks!!! The photographs will be courtesy of my darling roomy Fiona Jones - fionajesus.blogspot.com, she gots some shit hot photography skillz - as I can't take myself seriously with a self timer.

Enjoy my awkward camera face.

This outburst of enthusiasm is linked to us Fashion Coms lot heading down to LFW again, and if this snow carries on i'll be wearing fur and having my boyfriend carry me so I can wear some beautiful shoes, toss up between my new JC Spikes or my JC Skates? Such a Jeffrey Campbell whore it's ridiculous.

Lookbook is an amazing source of inspiration, the constant stream of street style from across the world is so handy.

LIFE AIM = BE AS POPULAR AS BEBE ZEVA.

That's Nice.

I'm feeling mega sick for summer right now so to punish myself I looked through photographs from my summer holiday and I remembered these portraits I took at our fawncy five course French lunch, including a cheese course which smelt of ass. Also some from our trip to Nice and our ice cream at the Negresco, I MISS SUNSHINE.

I took these on my Dad's old olmypus film camera, need to do more on it, or develop the numerous films I have.

TUMBLR.

Giving it a bash;

 http://bekzforan.tumblr.com/

PS. I MISS BEING TANNED+FRECKLED.

Still Life photography.

Finally handed in all my work and scadaddled back home to Ayr through the snow and rain and i'm going to LANDAAN on thursday night so life is swell. Thought I would finally put up my still life photography work now everyone's handed in. I won't publish my studio photographs because they're not that interesting, but my location shots are a lot more interesting. I chose to base mines on the work on Martin Parr, Nan Goldin, Richard Billingham & Kevin Cummins.

 Kevin Cummins location, he does a lot of band, laddish and football photography, so i went to the pub and dunked stuff in Tennents and got involved in interesting chats with old men.

 

 Martin Parr does a lot of British themes, like Brits abroad and quintessentially British foods. I took inspiration from the British food bit, and thought about what I would class as a stereotypical 'Brit' food. I went to the chippy, Crollas, and a scaffy cafe.

 Nan Goldin worked primarily during the 70s/80s, photographing the glamorous New York underworld. She features subdued lighting and relfections in her work, so i created my own little boudoir and recreated these moods.

 And the final photographer was Richard Billingham, well known for his work 'Ray's a Laugh', where he photographed his family who are not exactly upper class. Our flat's rather scaffy so I just used what was available to me in each room.

Fashun Filum.

End of semester one in the Shiels is looming, which means HAAAAND INS!! Best time of the year, better than Christmas.

Just finished my moving image film, which was meant to be based on a brand in Urban Outfitters. I picked Jeffrey Campbell shoes *jizz* which are beautiful. I have a pair of the skates so I took advantage of this and did a moody film, called Street Scraper, which has turned out to look quite prostitutey - which i HATE within fashion, not everyone has to be a hooker to look sexy and cool. But the whole walking towards a car thing and my model being super hot has turned it into a prossy film, but it works! The shoes look beautiful and I now hate this song, gutted cause it's the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but i'm chuffed so watch and share loveys!