Shoot in the City.

So for work, I look after our Facebook page a lot and get loads of posts going on it etc. I've been doing a lot of styled shoots around Newcastle too with the help of our in store VM, Chloe. We try to pick our outfit choices based on the current trends of the store. This first set of pictures is set in the Central Arcade in Newcastle, and Dat Bar, a new bar that's recently opened in Newcastle (they do tasty burgers). 

This is something I really enjoy doing for work, because I love photoshoots, and I love styling for the shoots!!! So it's really fun for me, and I love seeing the feedback from people on he Facebook page, but I'd love to hear from you guys too. 

The models used for the shoot are two members of staff, Amy Robson and Alex Wright. We've tried to capture a lot of in trend garments and accessories in this shoot. 

The Central Arcade pictures;

Amy is wearing

Coop Textured Hook & Eye Cropped Top £30,

Dr Marten's Bessie Wedges £130

BDG Mom Jeans £55,

Cheap Monday Wire Bangle and Ring £15 & £10,

Vintage Renewal Flannel Plaid Shirt £30 - £40.

Alex is wearing

Vintage Renewal Black Harington Jacket £55,

Cheap Monday Tight Favourite Used £49,

Classic Vans Slip Ons Black £47,

Ice Cream Raglan Tee £40.

Dat Bar pictures;

Amy is wearing

Pins + Needles Zip Lace Slip Dress £48,

Pins + Needles Mesh Sleeve Top £30,

Vintage Renewal Peace Sign Necklace £10,

Vintage Renewal 2 Pack Red + Black Velvet Scrunchies £6 (worn on wrist),

Out from Under Rascal Cleated Peep Toe Boots in Black £120,

Coop Vintage Style Rucksack in Black £42

Alex is wearing

Carhartt Eclipse SS Shirt in Grey £65,

Fred Perry Barrel Bag £60

Nudie Thin Finn Denim £89

All stock is available from Urban Outfitters. If you would like to see more of this shoot please follow the link below.

Shoot in the City.

Hope you guys enjoy this shoot. What do you all think of he clothes, he location etc? I'd love to know! 

Thanks for reading, hope you will all have a luscious night/day/evening!

Love A xxx

I'm Back!!!

Hey Guys!

It's been a while since I've looked at my blog and that's terrible! So my aim is to keep on too of it as much as I can.

A lot has happened since I last blogged;

* I've got a boyfriend now (who I live with).
* I've been to Barcelona, three times since I posted about the first visit.
* I've even been to Amsterdam in that time.
* I now work for Urban Outfitters and I am the Housewares Teamleader for the Newcastle store.
* I graduated uni but I'm studying an online course for professional styling.
* I'm getting more and more into my photography! done a few shoots for the UO Newcastle Facebook page (I'll share the pics so you can see)
* I want to live in Barcelona now haha.
* I want to get my own business set up! and get out there in the fashion world.
* I'm going to learn to skateboard!!

I can't think of much more yet, as there's too much to think of, but I just want you all to know I'm back, and I'm going to keep up on the posts and try to do some good ones. Eventually I will post some of my style but I need to shift some weight off me before I can look decent on a photo haha!

Hope you guys will enjoy the soon to be improved blog! haha!

Love A xxx

Lana Del Rey - Gods & Monsters (Original)

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Cold Nights

As december dawns in, the nights get darker quicker, and the nights get far too cold quicker. I'm currently sat listening to Lana Del Rey's - Gods & Monsters song on repeat, singing it to myself, whilst waiting for the heating to hurry up and warm me up. Of course I do have a very large cup of tea waiting for me, however it was too piping for me to get it drunk.

Anyways, I know that I keep saying this over and over, and I do mean it, I am very bad for keeping up to date with this. I blame work for this, haha, only joking, but because it is peak season, all retail places are in their prime especially for christmas shoppers.

Whats on your christmas list?

I saw a really beautiful iridescent cream dress in Topshop for £60, so beautiful. A few weeks back at the Eldon Square branch in the windows, they had this exact dress on the mannequin and they teamed it with a black bralette, that was beautifully embellished. I also found that one item today too, and they were placed next to each other instore. I was so tempted to get both, but Christmas as per usual has broke me, and I couldn't afford the £90 in total for both items. Maybe I'll just keep checking the sales, note to you all, 24th December is normally when most stores load their sales, so make sure you have some pennies saved aside for these dates. You don't wanna miss out on anything good.

I finally got my first assignment of the BCoS done and sent, I'm slightly confused as to whether they send my marks out or they just send them all out at the end? who knows, I dunno if any of you will know? ha! But I should really crack on with the second one, and get that sent in too. Need to set myself some deadlines I think and keep on top of them all.

I'm going to go and give the brief another quick read, I promise come 2013, I will be more on top of this, and make use of it more. However please do keep a check on my Instagram, and follow me @azeene, it is also the same name I use on Twitter, and if you wanna follow me on Tumblr, do it! As I am more of a visual person, I tend to update Tumblr alot quicker than my actual blog.

My Tumblr :)

Any questions or anything please don't hesitate to drop me a line, I'm open to all queries of anything, even if it is just advice on something small. I'm all ears! 

In the mean time take it easy, I'm going to go watch Dirty Dancing, and re-read my briefing for my assignment two!

Love A xXx

Comping

Have you guys heard of comping before?

I'm gunna try taking this hobby up and see if I can win anything. I win nothing haha.

The only thing I have ever won in my life, was a thumper teddy back in infant school, where you had to choose a name for the teddy and the best name won. However at the time I was the only one who had entered, therefore resulting to me winning. Spot of luck I guess, haha.

Anyways, I'm feeling slightly lucky coming to this end of the year and flowing into 2013, hopefully I can win at least one thing, I'd be happy with winning one thing! There is so many fashion competitions for shopping sprees, or tickets for shows etc, it would be amazing to win something from them.

If you search into Google, about comping a lot of topics come up, and there are forums that relate to comping, and die hard fans post in these forums of the latest competitions on the go.

So everyone, lets test our luck and hope for the best!!!!

Lunch Break Ponders

I'm currently on my break at work, and realised that I've been pretty slack in blogging. Apologies to those who have been reading I'll try to keep up to date as much a I can.

Who is excited for Halloween? I am for the first time in a long time! What is everyone getting dressed up as? on Saturday I'm going to my friends Halloween party, gunna go as myself I think with some fangs that I bought last year and never used. I'll see how they go. However on the night of Halloween, my friend and I are going to Shake @ The Cut in Newcastle for their Halloween bash! she's going to get me dressed as a skeleton I think.

Anywho, it was just a lunch time ponder about Halloween and passing some time while I planned costumes! also I really love Macauley Culkin again, poor guy has been getting so much stick for weight loss etc, but he's still amazing in my eyes. Give the guy a god damn break is all I can say!

Well I best get myself sorted for work as break time is nearly over and I've got a ton of stuff to do!

Ciao for now amigos!

Love A, xXx

Tumblr . . Instagram . . . Mag Reading and Working

and clearly no time to be posting an update.

I do apologise for the lack of updates on here. I've recently just gotten myself a promotion at work, to 40 hours a week in the stockroom. I like being in the stockroom, it is really fun, and I get to see all the new lines before they get put out onto the shop floor. You can really see that winter is on the way with all the colour way packages coming in quite quickly and especially all the knitwear that is on the way too.

As much as I love the cold weather, and being able to wrap up nicely and wear warm clothes, I'm always one for the summer sunshine. In the future I plan to move away, I'm not sure where it's a tough choice between LA or NY, I really do hope that one day I will be able to follow up my career there. I've also recently applied to get into the British College of Styling, to get myself a diploma in the area of fashion I love most. Fingers crossed though that I get onto the course. It's an online course which is great for me with my heavy working schedule, I just hope that I get accepted for the course.

What is everyone's views on the fashion weeks up to date so far? I think they've been spectacular! I envy my sister because each LFW she get's to go down to work for the events team with MAC to do the makeup on the models before the shows. I would love to be able to work backstage and for the styling of the models. Would be an amazing experience. Watching some of the fashion shows and seeing all the display set up's is amazing, I love how creative and unique each one becomes.

Topshop Unique's show was amazing, it caused quite a uproar in the press also, as it was long awaited for LFW. The styles being quite simple and monochromed, with dark shades of navy and pastel shades of pink, with the use of a silver splashes here and there compliment the collection really nicely. The use of Grime's for this video is great too, as she is an amazing performer. Her voice is quite unusual and unique, which fits nicely with the Topshop Unique collection. 

I love watching all the fashion shows, because they get me so inspired, and give me that small boost of motivation to get designing again. Fingers crossed I get more motivation and start knocking up some ideas, because I do really love the designing just as much as I enjoy the styling. 

So on that note, I'm going to dig out a sketchbook and see where the creative flare takes me. If you guys are on tumblr, I am currently enjoying Tumblr loads and have set up a blog on there too, mostly pictures and videos I like but do check it out! 

My Tumblr Profile! :)

Take it easy! Over & Out! xxx