Let's get Festive

November is passing by so quickly, before we know it December 1st will come around and we will all be panic buying Christmas presents.
The shops are filling up with reindeer related stuff and I couldn't help but get excited and post about something Christmas related.

"The Christmas Jumper", usually a item of clothing to be worn on Christmas day only with no exception, usually garish and gaudy with felt patterns and bells attached, usually a naff joke gift or something granny has knitted.

Not this year

1. River Island 'keep you warm' jumper £35 - get it here
I love a bit of fair-isle, there's something about that pattern which means it should be reserved for winter, red and white remind me of Santa and the 'keep you warm' print tops off the cute-ness of this jumper, at £35 you can't really go wrong.

2. Topshop Holly jumper £50 - get it here
This is my favourite by far, so understated but so Christmassy at the same time. (If my name were Holly I'd wear this all year round) £50 seems a little much for a jumper that would probably be confined to the winter wardrobe but equally you usually get what you pay for in Topshop so its likely to last for many more Christmas'!

3. Awear penguin jumper £35 - get it here
I love penguins so I'm always going to be enticed by anything penguin print, the penguin on this one looks extra cute and puffy! I'm yet to buy from Awear so I cant comment from experience but this seems good value.

4. ASOS mistletoe jumper £32 - get it here
I love slogan jumpers and again this one isn't too loud, this would look lovely layered over a shirt and would go with almost anything.

Im all about keeping as snug as a bug when its freezing out (my comfy primark snood may as well be sewn to me at the moment) so its more than likely I'll invest in one of these..

Which is your favourite?

Possibly my new favourite website?!

Okay so I was having a browse on StumbleUpon (if you haven't used stumbleupon it's a great website/app for discovering new sites and funny stuff and good for general procrastination) and I came across this website thehunt.com

At first glance it looks like pages upon page of pretty clothes/shoes/decor ect. but after a little exploring I realised this sort of website is something dreams are made of!

The basic idea is that you sign up and post pictures of items that you have seen online but are yet to find in real life or on online shops. Other users can then help you search the web and hopefully find the item for you (getting other people to do the hard work basically).

So you're browsing on tumblr and you see a picture of a girl wearing an outfit that you just must have. You start a hunt, posting the image you found and the chances are somebody somewhere will know where you can buy the clothes from, voila!

Its likely that items you've been lusting over have already had a hunt started for them so the search bar allows you to check that they haven't been found already.

You can also 'follow a hunt' that somebody else has started and be notified every time someone finds something similar.

Thehunt.com is also an amazing website for finding one-off not on the high street pieces that you might not have seen before, I've already made a wishlist of items I've come across while browsing.

The website is just pure genius an absolute gem for those like me who spend a unjustifiable amount of time online shopping!

THEHUNT.COM

Temporary tattoos: Trendy or Tacky?

temporary tattoos on the catwalk

Earlier this week Dior announced the release of their latest form of accessories, temporary tattoos made of 24 carat gold leaf. Tattoos in general are often a topic that causes controversy within the fashion world, like Marmite many either love them or hate them. Stereotypically tattoos are not associated with the upper class designer label wearing crowd and are rarely seen paraded on the catwalk but could Dior be about to change that?

Dior’s latest offering are ‘jewel-like’ resembling delicate charm bracelets, rings and ornate arm cuffs, designed by Dior jewellery designer Camille Miceli and named the ‘Grand Bal Golden tattoos” they are retailing at around $120 per set, a costly sum for an accessory which will inevitably disappear after one outing! Surprisingly Dior are not the first high end designer to develop temporary skin art, last March Chanel revealed their collection of black temporary tattoos which mimicked their earlier Spring collection designs; strings of pearls, swallows and of course the unmistakable Chanel logo. Originally hand drawn by Chanel make-up director Peter Phillips the tattoos sold at a slightly more reasonable fifty pounds a set however the questions still remains, since when did temporary tattoos become fashionable?

Alarmingly, a quick Google search for ‘temporary tattoos’ directs me to the Amazon toys & games page and I can’t help but notice the frequent mention of kids in many of the results. I’m sure that for many of us our first tattoo was a temporary one, I know for sure that I often sported one on my upper arm…when I was seven. Temporary tattoos were a 90’s gimmick that could be found hidden in the wrappers of bubble gum so what has prompted Dior to release them for adults?

Those looking for a tattoo that is not so permanent may have heard of Inkwear, a recently established brand who offer their interpretations of celebrity tattoos for a fraction of the price. Examples include Rihanna’s falling stars design and Angelina Jolie’s ‘know your rights’ quote, but are people seriously buying these and wearing them out in public? In my opinion temporary tattoos seem just a little bit childish and I would much rather save my money for a real necklace than pay $120 for one that might rub off when someone hugs me..