Go Wild!- New Keds

Fresh out of the box, white plimsols are going to be a thing of the past when these new Keds hit stores, Who wants boring white trainers when you can have animal prints?! And they definitely brighten up this drab summer we are lucky enough to be experiencing.

Cheetah Spots

Leopard Spots

Zebra Stripes

They go on sale on the 19th July and will be available exclusively from the New York retailer Opening Ceremony, who will be setting up a pop-up store in King Street, Covent Garden before moving to a permanent residence (on the same street) in the Autumn.

First introduced in 2009 Keds have decided to re-release them for the Olympics. They are retailing at £110 so they are a little bit expensive for me at moment, but that doesn't mean I can't admire them from afar, especially the Cheetah pair (maybe they will make me run faster...).

I think they would be a great subtle nod to the African animal print trend without going overboard.

Roberto Cavalli                Michael Kors                 Michael Kors    

What do you guys think?

love&'ugs
bakes x

Day Out: Spitalfields Affordable Vintage Fair

Saturday just gone myself, a bestie and her sister headed to London for the Spitalfields Affordable Vintage Fair which happens every 1st Saturday of the month. It's run by Judy's Vintage Fair who put on lots of different vintage fairs all over the country (check out their event list!).

The first good thing about the fair was that entry was free, unlike some other vintage fairs I have attended. So v. affordable in that respect! And secondly the stalls were incredibly varied; from some amazing vintage pieces and some more modern pieces that still fitted in with the overall theme of the fair.

There are some super delicious food stalls around the market too; a mishmash of traditional asian, american classics and coffee shops, among others! We decided to have lunch at The LUXE takeaway area and I had The LUXE Hotdog- hotdog, cheese, onions and relish. NOM!

Some of the goodies on sale:

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I brought a new dress made by Snow Traffic (not a brand I've heard of before) in the most adorable zebra print that I can't wait to do an OOTD post on. And only £13!

Me with my new dress & Rachel (Thanks Han for the photo!)

I also picked up this adorable necklace for £10 from i am acrylic, who make all their own hand cut pieces!

The next vintage fair at Spitalfield is on the Saturday 4th August and it's an Olympic theme :)

Have any of you been to the fair? What do you think of my purchases?

love&'ugs

bakes x

P.S. And I was approached to be a hair model for the Sassoon Salon which was good cos I could do with a free haircut ;)

Moccasin Misery!

Fellow bloggers, followers and friends, a sad sad day has come. My wonderfully faithful moccasin pumps have died a final death, following a ridiculous night out in the well known dive of a club- Chicago's. As you may have noticed in this post my toe was starting to poke out just a bit, unfortunately the shoes were no match for the scummy floor of Chicago's and the torrential downpour we entered when going home (via McDonalds of course).

Doesn't look too bad does it? Until you see the next photos...

Hello purple toenail!

Gross scuffy sides.

The shame!

They were from a Canadian store called Garage and for something between £10-15, I think they have done well for just over a year of a hell of a lot of wear.

So, this is where you guys come in. I need a little help in finding my next pair of moccasins, that are slightly more hard wearing than their predecessors but still affordable- I'm thinking hopefully no more than £50 (unless they are AMAZING!).

Please help a girl in need and link me up. There's a moccasin shaped hole in my wardrobe and heart!

Photographic representation of how sad I am.

love&'ugs
bakes x

Happy Birthday To Me!

Last Monday it was my 23rd birthday (sobsob), to celebrate I went on 2 days/nights out over the weekend and then had a birthday lunch at mine on the Monday.

Friday:
Me and my friends went to the Bangface Summer Boat Party, the Bangface club nights are always pretty crazy and this was no exception and probably even better as we were travelling up and down the Thames on a boat! There was a fancy dress theme of olympics but me and my friends are too lazy for that kind of thing so just went in normal clothes! I have to warn you if you ever decide to go to Bangface- DO NOT WEAR HEELS! It is not that kind of club night, the DJs are crazy, for example my friend's favourite DJ is called ShitMat. I think that explains what kind of night it is and then kind of mental dancing that ensues.

Here is a terrible photo of what I wore (I got too pissed to remember to take a full body one):

Pictured-    Topshop Skeleton Print Crop Top    American Apparel Hoody

Not Pictured-    Vintage Denim Levis Shorts    Vans

I was also wearing these tights, which are AWESOME! And made a cool match with my top:

House of Holland Bone Tights

Here's another photo of me and the boyf:

Jon managed to lose his ID before this weekend so I had to carry around his birth certificate for him, which was just ridiculous/funny. (Also I learnt his mum was born in Scotland from it).

Saturday:

Gotten driven home from London- wooo, no train for me! Then sat around and ate pizza in the evening, to prepare for...

Sunday:

On Sunday we all went to Radio 1's Hackney Weekend- wheeey :D It was a great day and really well organised I thought, not much waiting around for artists to come on stage and stuff. While there I managed to see- Labrinth, Skream & Benga, Madeon (he looks about 12- it's scary!), Azealia Banks, Santigold, Sub Focus, Magnetic Man, Chase & Status, Plan B, Florence + the Machine, Rihanna and a tiny bit of Jessie J and Dizzee Rascal.
A very successful day for music and me I'd say!

Here's what I wore:

Sorry about the sun face!

Topshop Matching Crop Top & Shorts

Me, Florence and Cider!

Topshop T-shirt- wore over crop when I was chilly!

I love the co-ords trend so much and when I saw the trinket print I knew I had to get this outfit! Want more co-ords... Need more co-ords...

Monday:
I had an amazing birthday buffet lunch with all my friendys, and I had a birthday trifle instead of a cake- nomnom! Forgot to take a photo of it though :(

Finally here's a bunch of photos of some presents I got :)

Urban Decay Makeup Setting Spray    Urban Decay BrowBox

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion    Lush Sweet Lips Lip Scrub

Cute Little Tissue Box    Style Me Vintage Book

Independent London Guidebook and Map

Any Human Heart DVD

£25 Lush Giftcard :D

La Senza Jammies :)

Long Tshirt (talked about here)

Gorgeous Vintage Dressing Table Set!

Mickey Mouse Midi Dress (OOTD here)

Sorry this turned out to be a ridiculously long post about birthday-ness, don't worry there won't be another one till next year haha!

Hope all your Mondays haven't been too poop!

love&'ugs

bakes x

Liebster Award!

Victoria over at The Little Fogey has uber kindly has nominated me for The Liebster Award. Thank you muchly :D

The word Liebster is German and means lots of nice things like- sweetest, beloved and cute. The award is nominated from upcoming bloggers to other upcoming bloggers, that is blogs with under 200 followers and I think it's a great way for new bloggers to feel part of the blogging community and find new blogs to read :) I know I'm always super excited and chuffed whenever I am tagged on an award, makes me feel like people read and enjoy my blog!

These are the rules for the award:

1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves.

2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you plus create 11 questions for the people you've tagged to answer.

3. Choose 11 people and tag them in your post.

4. Go to their page and tell them.

5. No tag backs!

11 Things About Me!:

1. I have just graduated from Northampton Uni with a 2:1 in English Literature and Education Studies.
2. I am just about to move back home to the parent's in Hertfordshire.
3. When I was about 2 I had an operation because I had a stomach hernia from crying too much!
4. I want to live in London for some part of my life.
5. I want to live in Vancouver for some part of my life too!
6. I used to be able to play the piano.
7. I hardly ever sing in front of people (unless drunk) but will sing like a crazy person when alone in my car!
8. I used to say I hated The Big Bang but after watching a few episodes I realised I actually really liked it! Hypocrite much :P
9. I love pretty much all seafood, apart from Tuna. It's grey weirdness when in a tin is just gross!
10. I need some sort of fruit juice to start the day, I can't just have water or squash.
11. When I was born my dad wanted to call me Charmaine. Haha really oh dear! Thank god my mum stepped in!


Victoria's Questions:


1. Who is your favourite comedian (character or stand up)?
Is saying my boyf too cheesy?! My boyfriend Jon does stand up and really is very funny ;) He's been doing it for about 4 years now and is going to do a third year at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August. Follow his twitter here.
But TV famous comedian would be Bill Bailey, I just love his songs :)


2. How many shoes do you own?
I attempted to count my shoes the other day but it was a bit hard as half of them were at my parent's house and the other half at my uni flat, but I would estimate around 50-55?! Oh dear!

3. What are you currently reading?
I am currently reading "The Year of the Flood" by Margret Atwood, it's the second of the MaddAddam trilogy and really good. I recommend!


4. What was the last album you brought?
Technically I don't buy albums I just sort of download them haha! But I think the last one I down loaded was either Florence and the Machine or The Skints.


5. Where is your favourite place in the world?
I love my parents house and being in the countryside but London is always fun to be. But another country would have to Asia, in particular Thailand, Cambodia or Vietnam.


6. Why do you blog?
I blog because I'm nosy and love to read about other people's lives and I thought some people might be interested in mine haha! I quite like to document my style and see how it develops, oh and I'm trying to improve and develop my writing style/skills.


7. What is your ambition in life?
My ambitions would be to have a happy and healthy life, but professionally I'd like to have a happy and healthy career too! Not completely sure what in yet, but something to do with clothes/fashion/writing maybe :)


8. Who is your guilty crush?
Ooo errr not really sure! I usually end up having crushes on characters in books which is totally ridiculous!


9. What do you like to do to relax and let your hair down?
Nothing to out of the ordinary just seeing friends and chilling on the sofa, reading a good book- the usual! A good night out is always fun too.


10. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Prometheus in 2D (rebel!) I really enjoyed it, even though I did have to hide at the scarier bits!


11. What is your favourite cosmetic brand?
I've always loved Bourjois, but I've recently got into Urban Decay and Lush.


My Questions:

1. If you were going to be the opposite sex what would you have been named?
2. What makeup product couldn't you live without?
3. Where is your favourite place in your home country (that isn't your home)?
4. First ever concert?
5. Dog or cat person?
6. Favourite cake?
7. Curent favourite piece of clothing?
8. Do you play any sports?
9. Harry Potter- good or bad?
10. Beach or pool?
11. Best place to go on a night out in your home town?


My Nominations:
Average Angeline
Everything That Girls Love
Every Cloud
Charlotte Fashion Blog
The Wallflower
The Pulse Of Fashion
Slices Of Style
Silverlining
Shades Of Pepper
Rebecca Rose xo
Nikiniknak


Hope you enjoyed and make sure to check out my nominations for some great blogs that deserve lots of followers! :)

love&'ugs
bakes x