Thursday, March 29, 2012

Bloggers Outfit Competition

This month, I decided to join in the fun with the Ethical Fashion Blog and put together a totally eco outfit - This month the ‘thrifty’ challenge of putting one together under £10


I thought as I get a lot of clothing in, this would be a fairly easy challenge but I was very much mistaken! In the end with a bit of up-cycling and some thrifting I found the perfect combination for this beautiful weather! So a shopping day it is…

So, the outfit… starting from the top!
The hat (my love) £2 - got it with a mix of stuff and couldn't bare to sell it
The top was £1 -It had a large split up the side and some stains on it (nothing a little TLC couldn't fix) and it just absolutely beautiful, hand embroidered
The shorts used to be jeans, I picked these up at a vintage event for £1
The belt 50p in a thrift store when I was over in Canada last year
The shoes £5 in a charity shop - they looked like they had never been worn!
And the bag was given to me by a friend - it is a vintage tapestry and leather one and I love it!

So the total cost? £9.50Its amazing what you can do with a tenner!Lots of love

xxxx

Sunday, March 18, 2012

A girl should be two things, classy and fabulous


After a bit of a dilemma with a few little niggles for this photo shoot - everything came together in the end and I couldn’t be happier!
Although I don’t have all the photo’s to sort through yet, I do have some that I have taken and a few that I absolutely love!
These two beautiful girlies are wearing 2 pieces from the newest collection from E&W
‘The Famous Fifties’
100% eco, 100% re-cycled, 100% gorgeous 50s style dresses and other bits to attempt to bring forth the eco-revolution in style!
I have a new massive appreciation of Hairdressers (especially this one) for literally running the shoot at the same time as making these 2 look amazing! I think everyone should go have 50’s hair rolls put in and the place to do it is Coast Hair Studio in St Brides Major!!
And a huge gratitude owed to the girls for braving the good ol welsh weather - in between hail storms and rain storms and 8degrees, they made it work!
So…

Holidays it is then! When I return home I will have the rest of these photos to look forward to sieving through and I cant wait to get them out to all the fabulous places that want to take them!

Lots of E&W love
Back in a week! ♥

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

I myself am made entirely from flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

Famous Fifties!



My little collection is coming along nicely (and quickly) considering I have until Sunday to get this done :)
I can't resist posting just a little sneak peak of whats in the shoot ahead…

That’s all you're getting :) (and that’s not quite finished yet). LOVING the circle skirts in the mix and the cute separates, dress day tomorrow then sorting out the outfits…Make up artist - sortedHairdresser - sortedPhotographer - sortedModels - sortedOutfits - Getting there! (eventually)♥ much love x 

Friday, March 9, 2012

20% off and win £25!


We’ve had a massive Spring clean ready for our Spring/Summer stock changeover in Happy Days so with that in mind, it means Saturday is the last day to grab shop stock before it goes into hiding!
We’re also offering 20% off and your chance to win a £25 voucher for anything E&W on Sunday 11th March while we are putting our new stock out!
Just a few sneak peek pictures…

Treasures…



So we recently purchased yet another load of random clothing and accessories! (we just couldn’t say no!!)
And in it we’ve found some amazing treasures!

This beautiful writing case is a treasure worth keeping! The inside is in pristine condition and has the original blotting and paper and pen! And also this…


I’m absolutely an completely in love and do not think I can ever get rid of it! Hand embroidered and completely beautiful, perfect condition - the colors are amazing!
We’re also completely stocked up on hats and fascinators, vintage gloves (leather and fabric) all amazingly detailed and absolutely fabulous!
We can’t wait for our photo shoot next week to show them all off…

Monday, March 5, 2012

Monday Mood Board

It's official, I’m going to start my own little trend to help me get motivated!
After a day of work, I’m going to come back and get myself in the creative mood ready for the rest of the week by having a good ‘ol internet troll and choosing the most inspiring images…
Now usually I work on a Monday, but today I've been restoring my health after this flu has got the better of me and I've been trying to work through it for the fair yesterday! So I've had plenty of time to think… and this is what I've decided!
So here it is! The first Monday mood board.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

looking good!

The 2 girls modelling the new E&W eco-couture  dresses, I will post up close pictures of the dresses soon :)


Something New…



We had a fab day at Something Kinda Vintage wedding fair today…
Great atmosphere, loads of people and the girls looking gorgeous in E&W couture.
It makes me so excited to get making!
Next, we are tackling Vintage Sunday, taking place in Bath on 1st April but not before our photo-shoot next week to showcase all the latest creations and taking part in Cowbridge Fashion Week ‘Fringe’ showing how to and helping students to up-cycle and re-cycle their own clothing into something eco-couture!
Lots of love 
E&W

Friday, March 2, 2012

The dress

Aallllmost finished, I couldn’t decide whether or not I wanted the buttons but It looks a lot better done up so just a few buttons to sew on now :)