What I Wore: Alex's Graduation Cardiff

I feel like it's an end of an era for Alex and I. Alex has now graduated from Cardiff University and I am very proud of him of course, but also a little bummed out! Three years has gone super quick and all of a sudden our new friends are now growing up and becoming old friends, our favourite bars and clubs neglected, and Cardiff city, Alex's home for 3 years is now just another city that we can visit "sometime".

Alex is one of the very few lucky and talented graduates who have bagged themselves one of these very rare graduate schemes, proving graduates can actually get a job. It's not a myth that students can spend a lot of money studying and actually get a job at the end of it. I feel that my last year of university is going to flash by and I will have a lot to live up to already!

Anyway, Cardiff University know how to put on a graduation! The weather was beautiful and lots of wine, champagne and tiny winy but delicious food was provided; they call them canape or h'orderves or something...I loved them!


Here are a few pictures of the day and what I wore.

 My dress is from Label Lab, a concession in House of Fraser. I love this brand so much you can find some really unique pieces in there. I loved the colours in the dress I wore plus I bought for £21 in the sale down from £75, you have got to love a bargain!


My oversized envelope clutch was also a great find at £13 down from £20 in Accessorize.

The gold metal belt was from Mango also in the summer sale for £8.99.

My wedges are from New Look, they were equally purse friendly at £24.99. Graduation dressing on a budget was no sweat in this year scorching summer sale.


Alex's graduation was the perfect end to a perfect 3 years. Just hoping mine doesn't come around as fast, at least not until I bag my dream job! Hope you enjoyed the post, please comment and follow my blog.

Kimberly X

S/S 13 Jaeger is going natural!

I haven't posted in a while because I have been working a lot of hours the past couple of weeks. I work for Jaeger Men's tailoring in Manchester, I really enjoy my job but it was so nice to catch a break!

I had a couple of days off work so decided to go home to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire for the weekend. The Forest was so pretty as the Blue Bells have come out, which has inspired me to create a style/nature post about the colours that feature very strongly in Jaeger's Women's wear S/S 13 range.

Riding through the Forest on Flint was just beautiful. The weather was fantastic and you could smell the blue bells. The sun was bright and brought out all kinds of blues and greens. I have tried to match the colours below. All garments are from the Jaeger website.

I hope you enjoyed this post! It was short and sweet but I hope to be updating more regularly again in the coming weeks.

Kimberly X

Bank Holiday Haul Part 2! X

Continuing on from my bank holiday haul...

I bought this floral shirt dress with cut out shoulders from Republic. Republic always have brilliant sales I bagged this dress for £15 down from £28! I think it fits very well with my new tights too.

£15 in Sale from Republic

Outfit

Topshop Shoes and WKD Tights from earlier post

Noah's Arch Necklace

I always get comments when ever I wear my Noah's arch Necklace. I bought it from Topshop last year and can't even remember how much I paid, but have never seen it in store since. So glad I snapped this quirky necklace up when I saw it!

Ebay Win!

Such a girlie Summer outfit!

Love the neckline on this

 I have been on Ebay again... I wouldn't recommend the Ebay app to anyone it is seriously addictive. Anyway two more successful bids were won. I won this 50's style floral dress and some vintage style shoes from Topshop. Both came to just £18 and are perfect for my Summer holiday to Greece!

When you get bored of losing bids on Ebay visit ASOS Market Place, it is a fantastic place to get vintage pieces or quirky items from on-line boutiques. I bought this 90's floral button down dress from the boutique Vi Nouveau. 

This cropped oatmeal coloured jumper is the perfect cover - up

Now to wait for pay day.... Hope you enjoyed my post! 

Kimberly X

Bank Holiday Haul Part 1 X

This bank holiday Sunday caused for less wishing and more shopping, so this weekend I decided to shop from a brand on a previous Sunday Lust List.  

I have been after some contrast seam dotted tights for a while now and so these faux vintage retro tights from What Katie Did were the perfect match. The 50's pin-up style details on the tights really bring your vintage outfit to life. They are 74% Nylon and come beautifully gift wrapped. 

£9.50

I also ordered a lipstick from Besame Cosmetics. You can find this brand on the What Katie Did Website. The Lipstick comes in a 40's reproduction gold plated decorative case and if you pay full price you get a velvet pouch to keep it in. I love that Besame recreate lipstick in the shades of Hollywood starlets and the lipstick leaves a semi-matt finish, that provides a full coverage in just one coat and feels light enough to wear to work. I went for the Dusty Rose shade so that I could wear it to work, although I am wishing I had ordered the Besame Red shade as well! I worked a 9 hour shift yesterday and I only needed to reapply once which I thought was pretty good seen as I am constantly talking to customers for hours. The shades vary in price. The red shades are around £22 as these are probably the most popular and the other shades are around £9.50. I got mine for £5 because it didn't come with a box or velvet pouch  which is great value for money if you are on a budget like me and can't justify spending £22 on a lipstick! 

Dusty Rose

Gold Plated Bullet Case

Dusty Rose - £5 (Not boxed) £10 (full-price)

Bank Holiday Haul part 2 will be posted shortly after I have taken some decent pictures!

Kimberly X

Bag a Placement or Forever Bag Packing...

If you’re a 2nd year fashion student on a sandwich course at university, you’ll agree that bagging that dream placement is no easy task. The application process is just as grueling as a full time job. Firstly they play mind games with you asking question after question, untill you start to desperately cry out and ask, “who am I?”, “what is the meaning of life?”, “what company am I even applying to?” Then the timed numeracy tests, situational judgment tests and verbal reasoning tests are enough to make you want to repeatedly bang your head on your desk.

I am so close to giving up after starting my job search back in September. Being rejected by every company known to the uk can really knock your confidence. However life isn’t fair and nor is applying for jobs. You can have the perfect cv but if lucky Lucy’s got that inside connection then your to expect that generic email reply; “thank you for your interest in our company. Unfortunately. …..”

What I found when searching for internships is that social media can be a great help. Especially twitter can open up so many doors to employers and organisations you may not even of heard of. Twitter is brilliant because it is updated daily and you can follow organisations that do the searching for you. I follow @ukfashionintern. Thanks to them I see their notifications all the time which motivates me to carry on applying. Especially getting home from a long day of being a sales consultant, seeing an inspirational post can push you to achieve more.

Rejection from a company you have pinned your hopes on can really hurt. Some day it will feel like you’ll never reach your dream job. The truth is you won’t if you give up, or you may just find it somewhere that you couldn't of predicted. Good luck, I know I need it!

Rant over.

What's in My Bag?

I have seen a lot of these posts, maybe it's just because I am nosey but I find it intriguing what people carry around with them on a daily basis. So I thought I would create my own. I won my bag recently on an Ebay bid. I have been looking for a satchel for a while but not come across one quite like this, so I am currently in the honeymoon stage where I will wear it with anything, to any where! I was really excited to receive this in the post as it's real leather and I love the all things floral. 

So what's in the bag today?

Umbrella: The small floral umbrella from Primark never leaves my bag no matter what the weather is like when I leave the house, the weather is so unpredictable in Manchester. 

Make-up: I always carry my rose tinted Vaseline and Benefit blusher around with me for constant top ups. I love the  pinky shade the Hervana blush gives me. Not sure why the blue Topshop nail varnish is in there but its great for top ups as its from the 'peel off' range, so you can peel off your chipped varnish and re-apply on the go. 

Miss Dior Perfume: I love this scent, makes me feel very summery. I never leave the house without it! 

The Essentials: Green purse from urban outfitters is my favourite colour. I must always have my iPod, couldn't live a day without music! Finally the boring stuff like house keys, chewing gum and hang gel that never leave my bag.

Thanks for reading my pointless post! ;) 

Kimberly X

Lady Danger X

Head over heels in love with my new Lipstick from MAC! Lady Danger is a matte lipstick which is in-between orange and red, which makes it the perfect go-to bright colour. An essential in the make-up bags of wannabe pin-up girls.

Pictured next to the MAC lipstick is a compact mirror I picked up on a recent trip to Paris. I loved visiting the Moulin Rouge and the endless lingerie shops.