NEXT blogger event

Hi everyone! I was lucky enough to be one of the bloggers invited to preview the Next S/S11 collection in their headquarters in Leicester on Tuesday. The day was great, it was surreal to meet all these bloggers, some of them I admire a lot, and I felt really privileged to be among this group of stylish ladies!
First, while we were having a lovely breakfast, the Next buyers presented us the different trends that make up the new collection about to hit the stores.

Bonjour à tous ! J'ai eu la chance d'être invitée par la marque anglaise Next pour découvrir leur nouvelle collection avec d'autres bloggeuses mode ce mardi; durant cette journée nous avons également participé à un 'style challenge'; voici mes photos de cette super journée (pour voir un résumé en détails regardez la vidéo à la fin, vous pouvez également me voir parler de la tenue que j'ai choisie !)

My favourite one is definitely 'White Heat', with its lovely romantic blouses and sheer fabrics. I really enjoyed seeing all the moodboards, it's a great way to see where they got their inspiration from, as well as the key colours and fabrics they've used.

Two of my favourite pieces from the collection: I really want this top, it's just so cute; and this dress is amazing, such lovely details!

I met the lovely Jen from A Little Bird Told Me, and Sarah from We Shop Therefore We are, it was so nice to meet you both! :)

We all took part in a style challenge, we were given an item from the new collection, and we had to style it with clothes from the mock-up shop (how amazing is that, seriously?) and then we were photographed! Here is the outfit I came up with, I was given the floral flare trousers, and really went for a 70s look! What do you think? I quite like it!
Finally, here is a video of the day, with me talking about the outfit I made up in the second half; I must say well done to the person who edited this video because I said a lot of cr*p and the final version is really good (apart from the bad accent hehe) so thank you!
And thank you so much to Jenny for inviting me and to the Next team for organizing this great day, I had a fantastic time and cannot wait to see the pieces I loved in store!

Blogger Talk @ Sketchbook Pop-Up Shop

Hi everyone! Today I wanted to show you what I did on Thursday afternoon.. I was at the Sketchbook pop-up shop in Carnaby Street where I attended a 'Getting Started Lecture' about blogs, given by the amazing Jill (Polka Dot) and Jen (Style Crusader) !

But first, you may be wondering: what is the Sketchbook pop up shop? Well, Sketchbook is a quaterly magazine 'that showcases established and emerging creative talents in fashion, design and culture with a focus on features, photography and illustration'. The shop is great, and will close down on the 14th of May, so if you're in London, I can only recommend you to check it out before it's too late. The last lecture will be given by Susie from the blog Susie Bubble, (on the 13th), I can't wait to go!

Back to Thursday; the talk was brilliant: it was great to talk about blogs, fashion, the blogging 'community', and Jill & Jen gave such helpful advice on how to develop your blog, as well as talking about their own experience! I also got to meet lovely people there, and I am looking forward to seeing them again soon (btw I didn't write any of your links down, so please feel free to leave them)

Here are some photos of the shop, it is so lovely and creative, I adored the animal paintings!

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(Below) Meet Jill, wearing here some lovely shorts and a breton striped shirt (yay!), and Jen, wearing her already famous miu-miu-like dress and her clogs which she gets so asked about!
Aren't they just lovely? Oh, and their perfect smiles are both from America! :)

LCF & together we have a voice

Je suis enfin de retour ! Après un retour à Londres plus que chaotique (merci le volcan) et des essays à n'en plus finir, je peux enfin reprendre ce blog correctement ! Et avec de très bonnes nouvelles.. J'ai reçu une réponse de London College of Fashion et... je suis prise !!! Je vais donc rester une année de plus à Londres (voire deux) pour étudier le journalisme de mode ! Je suis tellement heureuse et cela veut aussi dire que j'aurais des choses très excitantes à vous faire partager à partir de Septembre !

I am finally back, after a rather chaotic journey (courtesy of the ash cloud) back to London and some endless essays! I can now go back to posting more regularly! And I have some good news to share.. Remember about my interview with London College of Fashion? Well I got a letter from them and.. I got in!! Which means I'll get to stay one more year in London (if not two) and that I will study fashion journalism (among other amazing things!)

I am so happy, and this also means I will have a lot of exciting things to share with you from September onwards!

Sinon, je voulais vous parler d'un projet lancé par l'adorable Jill du blog Polka Dot: son blog est majoritairement un blog de street style basé à Londres, il est absolument génial je vous recommande d'aller y jeter un oeil !

Elle est entrée en contact avec American Apparel afin de leur proposer de prendre des photos de quelques vêtements de leur dernière collection portés par une des personnes qu'elle avait photographiée dans le cadre de son blog ! La marque a accepté, et le résultat se trouve ici !

Jill souhaiterait maintenant montrer à la marque que la blogosphère a une voix, une vraie influence ! Pour participer à ce projet, il suffit juste de poster la photo ci-dessus sur votre blog, en parlant brièvement du projet, ou bien de laisser un commentaire sur l'article de Jill (et le mien pourquoi pas :D)

Also, today I would like to talk to you about an amazing project imagined by the talented & lovely Jill from the blog Polka Dot. After asking American Apparel, which agreed, she took some pictures of Emily, -whom she first spotted on the street some months ago- wearing some clothes of her choice from the new American Apparel collection! Not bad, heh?

& her project doesn't stop here: now she would like us to show that the blogosphere has a voice, by putting this picture on our blogs, and writing whatever we want about it! And/or comment about the project on her article!

Voila, c'est tout pour aujourd'hui, je vous dit à très bientôt, pour vous présenter mon nouveau short taille haute préféré !

That's it for today! I'll see you very soon with my new favourite high-waisted shorts! xxx