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First off, let me just apologise for how picture heavy this post is but I simply cannot help it! I was invited to the Birmingham Vintage Kilo sale by a lovely girl called Jenessa. I've been to the event once before and got a few items but this time I knew what I was doing and got quite a lot of vintage bargains! If you haven't heard of the Vintage Kilo sale, it is basically where tonnes of vintage clothing from the 1960s-90s are put in huge rummage tubs and rails for people to look through. You can pick & mix items you like by putting them in a vintage kilo carrier bag, and when you’ve finished shopping, you take it to the weighing tills where you will be charged £15 per kilo. I've found that you can literally get a whole new wardrobe for super cheap - I certainly have for S/S15!

 

Now, firstly when I was welcomed in, I immediately was very jealous of Jenessa's paisley print shirt and dress. She looked amazing! I went rail to rail and picked up lots and lots of items which were slightly more colourful than my normal wardrobe! I think there was a lot of things I could have picked up- especially shoes - but I kept it all clothes and I'm so excited to wear it all! I met a lovely girl with a beautiful, brightly coloured Kanken! I had to take a picture with us standing together because I simply loved it! Maybe I'll treat myself to a yellow Kanken soon!

 

Since we are leaving winter behind and we are entering spring and summer, I did take that into consideration when picking things up! I decided I needed more dresses and skirts so luckily I found loads I loved. I really adore pinafores and I got one which will be so good to layer with a white ringer tee underneath! I also wanted to go out of my comfort zone a little, so I got a tea length skirt with a gorgeous patch print on! I think in the summer with some converse or doc martens I will get a super cute yet grungy look. Shirts and collars have always been something I love- I managed to find 3 different style tops that I can layer and wear in different ways!

 

If you ever get chance to go to one of these events and you love vintage its an amazing experience and I love it! For more info and event listings check out the Vintage Kilo Facebook page here!

 

MY WINTER FAVES.

Hello everyone! So I thought I'd share what I have been loving this winter! The first thing is just a simple plain black jumper. If you don't have one, get one. They go with everything and look good with jeans skirts and over dresses. I like to layer my jumpers with a white shirt underneath with the collar popping out! I recently purchased a camel coat from Primark and I have literally lived in it! Onto my makeup favourites. Kate Moss lipstick in 107 is my go too lipstick in the winter as it's the perfect berry shade. I have the Naked 2 palette from Urban Decay and I love it so much! The colours are perfect and you can create so many looks with it! My all time favourite thing is my black matte doc martens! I literally wear them with every piece of clothing! And finally a simple watch! I got mine from Urban Outiftters and its just a finishing touch to every outfit! 

VINTAGE SHOPPING.

 

I cannot express my pure excitement of this shopping trip! In Birmingham there was a Vintage Kilo sale on which means you pick out as many items as you want and for £15 per kilo you purchase it! Amazingly I spent bang on 1 Kilo! I also took a trip to the wonderful COW and got a few items from there. Im going to show everything I bought in a separate blog post because its all too good to rush through. Although there are some sneaky pictures here that have things I bought on them! It was a really good atmosphere in the sale and I'm very happy with everything I bought especially at the price it was!

ALL AROUND PARIS.

Denim Jacket: River Island

Pleated Skirt: COW Vintage

Jelly Shoes: Vintage Store

Black Top: New Look

Backpack: Carolina Herrera 212 VIP

Choker: Ebay

Sunday 10th August. Day 2. We literally went everywhere! From the Eiffel Tower, to the Louvre, The Champs Elysees and The Arc De Triumph! I loved exploring Paris and going to different places! We visited one of many 'Love Lock Bridges' where me and the rest of my family bought a lock and threw away the key. I put me and my best friend Lish on there which was pretty cool! Its very picture heavy but there's just to much to show! You can see me looking at makeup and that was in Sephora which I have already wrote about! We took the Metro to The Moulin Rouge and that was a sight in itself. It looked amazing at night and we had a lovely Starbucks outside it!

I actually sat on a lamp post outside the Arc De Triumph and also gained many bruises from stupidly jumping on it. I thought it was cool though (the picture not the bruises).

We did all sorts, so if you want to know about anything in particular please comment and ill tell you!

Paris is my Heaven.

CUSTARD

The Art surrounding the area is completely and utterly incredible!



This is COW Vintage - most amazing vintage store I've been in!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello lovelies! Its abit picture heavy but I just wanted to take my camera out and take as

many snaps as I could so that's exactly what I did! Today I went to Birmingham...again but I had quite a good, interesting time! So I'm a lover of vintage and creative things especially clothes and in a previous post I have been here and that would be called the Custard Factory! I went last time on a Sunday so a lot of places were closed and there wasn't really a good vibe... From people! So I went today which is a Tuesday and it was amazing! There are so many vintage shops selling clothes, vinyl's and furniture! There's the very infamous COW Vintage which is probably my favourite shop and then there's Urban Village Vintage Store and this sells clothes and vinyl records! There are restaurants, skate shops but the Coolest thing about it is the street art and creative decoration around the area! It's a great place for photography and I used it for that purpose today! There are different characters - by that I mean people's style! The way to describe it is cool! You should definitely go to The Custard Factory if your ever in Birmingham!

 

Laura xo