SPRH Fashion: A Lady V London Haul

Hey there,

I recently placed an order from one of my favourite dress makers. Lady V London create amazing 1950s style dresses, suitable for all occasions.

If you know me well from videos or from my main blog , you might know that I have a big love for all things vintage and vintage inspired. If I could wear a dress, little heels, a red lip and pin curls everyday I would (it wouldn't really work in a reception class...boo) however, I love the quality of the Lady V London dresses and try to wear one as often I can.

My collection before this haul consisted of around 4 dresses including one I bought especially for a hen do and one I bought for a wedding. Now I bet you are thinking that four 50s inspired dresses would be enough...well so did I until I got an email. You know one of those we've got 15% off emails which draw you in.

And drawn in I was... Here is what I got.

As you can see I picked up 4 new dresses with my discount code. In this picture we have three "tea dresses" and one dress from the new Lady Volumptuous range. Firstly let's look at the tea dresses.

Yes that's right, my wardrobe is so full of clothes it refused to shut this day ( hashtag sorry not sorry). These three dresses are all what Lady V London call tea dresses. The tree dresses on my size 16/18/20 5ft 7 frame smoothes over all my lunps and bumps on my top half and then blows out into a full skirt which ends up just below the knee...very flattering. The other to note is that all tea dresses have tie backs which helps to show off your curves in a very classy way.

I was unsure which of the many amazing patterns to go for so in the end I picked three of my favourites. I picked the yellow floral number after seeing so much of this shade in the stores. I am not much of a trend follower now...too old to keep up but I do like to dip my toe into fashion from time to time so this way I thought I could do the hip and on trend shade but in my own way.

The other two patterns were picked because I couldn't resist them. The cupcake dress has been on my radar for a while but the last time I saw it online, it was sold out in my size so of course when it was available again, it was coming to mama... After all, I love a good cake.

The red lips pattern was the last of the tea dress gang. As I said at the beginning of this post, if I could wear a red lip every day I would. Sadly that isn't possible so once I saw that I could have red lips in my room at all times, I decided I must order it. 

The final dress that was part of the order is this one right here. I have yet to put this dress on but I can already say it is a beauty to wear. This dress comes from the Lady Voluptuous range, which was created in collaboration with Georgina Horne from Fuller Figure Fuller Bust. This is the first UK Plus Size Vintage Clothing Label and it consists of five different styles.

This purple dress is a Lyra dress and it has a cross over bust detail, a tie back and a full skirt. I've already put a bet on that the first time I wear this dress, I shall be twirling round and round to make the dress bellow around me. I picked the purple colour as it is my favourite colour and I have to say its the perfect Cadbury's purple shade. So gorgeous.

With these four new additions to the gang, my Lady V London dress collection now stands at around 8 dresses and I can safely say that it won't be the last order I place. In fact, I currently have my eye on a Phoebe dress from the Lady Voluptuous range or a Cosette dress or even another Lyra.

What do you think of my purchases? Are you as much in love with them as me?

Lots of Love,

Clare

xxx

Blogging Friends

Hey there,

For the first time in a long time, I got out of the house (that wasn't for work), got on a train and met up with my lovely friend, Zoe.

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I met Zoe nearly three years ago. If my memory serves me correctly, we chatted on twitter before meeting at a blogging meet up and since then we have been good friends. She was one of my first blogging friends and she is probably one of my best friends. It's crazy to me to think that without writing about make up and life, I wouldn't have ever met her.

What is great about making friends with fellow bloggers is that they understand your blogging stresses and dislikes because they suffer from them too. Like I said before, we met up yesterday for a catch up in Birmingham and it was nice to have a moan about blogging and about hyped up products that we absolutely hate.

It's also good to catch up with fellow bloggers in real life because with social media being so quick to change, you could miss out on a good blog post/ video or some blogging drama so it's good to share notes over a coffee (we had mochas...so good).

There is one thing that could be seen as being a downside to having blogging friends...they are all enablers. Whilst shopping yesterday, myself and Zoe spend a good amount of time looking at beauty bits and bobs. We spent a good fifteen minutes at the Jo Malone Counter spraying different scents onto the little cards and making each other smell them... I now need have of the collection.

Do you have a good blogging friend? Could you imagine life without them?

Lots of Love,

C

xxx

Taking a Break from it all

Hey there,

If you follow me on twitter you will be aware that I recently went on a little holiday to Paris. Me and my mum went on a long weekend coach trip to the French capital city and I really enjoyed my time away there (there will  be a post full of pictures soon, just got to find my memory card)

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Whilst I was away, I had no internet on my phone. When I first realised this, I felt a bit anxious because the internet is a big part of my life, from writing blog posts and uploading videos to just googling something if I don't understand what it is or I've just forgotten how to spell something. However as the days went on I felt free.

Switching your phone on first thing in the morning not to be greeted by a ton of junk emails or going onto YouTube to find out how many people have not watched your videos or read your posts is a great thing and it made me realise how dependant on the internet I was.

Whilst I was away, it gave me time to think. As I have mentioned a few times on Twitter I've really been struggling with my blogging world recently, I have had no confidence to write and anything I have thought to write has seemed to be wrong. This stressed me out even more which in hindsight was the worst thing to do. You see stressing out about blogging made me dislike it anymore.

I started my first blog over two and a half years ago and I did it because I loved sharing my love for all things beauty and make up with a group of people that were like-minded and friendly. With the addition of many many more bloggers joining the community, I started to worry that my blog wasn't as good as everyone elses and I became jealous of other people's successes.

After my internet free weekend break, I decided to give myself the rest of the week off blogging and just enjoy my surroundings, spending money and spending time with my parents as this week has been half term. It was nice to have a break and I'm not going to apologise to anyone for giving myself time away from the internet like I used to do.

Instead from now, I am a writing for me and for anyone else who fancies a look. Blogging is just a hobby it's not my job, there is no need for the stress.

Lots of Love,

C

xxx