Just.bought: Chelsea Boots

River Island Black Leather Strap Chelsea Boot

I seem to always find myself on a shoe mission. A pair of Chelsea boots has been on my wish list for some time now, always finding styles that were sold out in my size or just too damn expensive! Yet I just happened to walk into River Island on my lunch break and find these beauties sat there all by themselves. Seeing they were my size and only £20 it took me seconds to whisk them off the shelves and straight over to the till. With my new year challenge these boots are item number 1 of my 12 key pieces for 2012. I want to invest in items I truly love and create a wardrobe with a mix of these key pieces with ethical basics such as organic cotton tees etc. 

Just.decided: 12 for 2012 Challenge

The challenge: to add only 12 key pieces to my wardrobe this year. 

It sounds scary I know, but in a bid to be more ethical about my fashion consumption I have decided to try and survive the whole year by only investing in pieces I really love and will wear again and again. I'm not sure I can manage buying only 12 key pieces for the entire year, because after all firstly, I am a girl who loves to shop and secondly I am a fashion student! So to gently ease myself into this new ethical lifestyle and method of shopping, I am allowing myself to by basic items such as t-shirts, tanks and denim (I count denim as a basic right in my little world) from fairtrade brands or organic cotton designs etc. However if I do find I cannot survive on this alone (terrible I know), I will allow myself to shop at charity shops or buy things second hand, to hopefully restyle and recycle and help reduce the huge number of textiles that end up in landfill due to the nature of our 'fast fashion' obsession.

Katherine Hamnett tee - does what it says on the tin! 

I hope to achieve all this in an effort to lower my previous consumer orientated life of previous years gone by as I now realise the impact fashion can have on our planet and the people who live on it!

Just.rocked: My New Bling

I got this amazing rock & roll ring from my mum for christmas! (Although my photography skills need improving so you can make out the rocking three rows of mini pyramid studs). So now i will be constantly rocking my amazing rock & roll ring with all my outfits as well as my new DKNY watch, which I have been 'umming' and 'ahring' about for as long as I can remember. I could not decide between this and the Michael Kors watch I kept seeing everywhere! Finally I decided or rather my mum did and what a great choice she made.

Just.worn: Topshop Ambush Boots @ Pretty Litter Launch Party

I recently picked up a copy of Pretty Litter magazine only to find a picture of Jess Eaton's Roadkill Couture collection on the front cover just after we had finished filming our documentary. This a fantastic new creative magazine available in Brighton for free! Showcasing the best art, fashion and design to be found in my home town. Although this is the second Issue, that magazine was holding its belated launch party, The Electric Glitter Party, at The Old Market Theatre in Hove. A night of live music from Rockabilly band Derriere, Burlesque performances from Coco Deville, and an amazing Aerial act from Kitty Peels. 

Just.photographed: A Decade in a Dress

This is one of the final outcomes of a photography and styling project at uni. 

The challenge:

To be make up artist, hair stylist, fashion stylist, model and photographer and shoot a decade represented by one dress, in one day.

I think our trio was successful in capturing the heart of the 60s decade. Taking our inspiration from icons such as Brigette Bardot, Monica Vitti, Audrey Hepburn and those famous Twiggy eyes!

This is the image we slapped down on the table at 3pm on the dot.

Just.produced: Jess Eaton Road Kill Couture

An attempt to film a short fashion documentary as part of one of my university projects led to the discovery of a fantastic local ethical designer, and eventually to the creation of my first short documentary. Below is the first edit which is to be perfected in time after learning more in depth editing skills.

 A small team of us worked together to direct and produce this piece on an ethical fashion concept. It features an Interview with Jess Eaton, a fashion designer and conceptual artist and the publics reactions to her work. 

Click here to view the entire collection and more information about Jess Eaton or check out her shop EatonNott.

Just.seen: Warhol Is Here!

I had the chance to see the Andy Warhol exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion, and to see his famous Marilyn Diptich! 

There was such a vast and varied collection of his work, from his screen prints to his movie posters through to his polaroids.

I love this series of photographs, in all the others he has a selection of wigs on, but this has such a simplicity and innocence about it. There is no disguise or pretence, it is simply just Andy.