Garden and Gowns of Delight!| Summer 2013 Inspirations

University of Portsmouth. Class of '13! Yes I'll be part of that in a few months! By God's Grace indeed. Explains the lack of posts recently! I'm pleased though. We've had a few hits from other countries other than the UK and the US in the past month disregarding our lack of posts. Thank you Thank you. We got the most pageviews from ofcourse UK and US but also Australia, Phillipines and Canada. Got single hits from Spain, Columbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina hehe. I'm merely just saying thank you. Hopefully very soon I'll be able to post more.

Since University has taken over my life I thought why not post something that wont make me feel so bad for neglecting my work lol. It's our graduation ball very soon and the theme has finally been revealed lol *drumroll* Secret Garden Grad Ball! The title is pretty much self explanatory. I'm so so excited lol. It's probably going to be a night I will never forget hehe. I was looking at spring couture '13 shows and they gave me butterflies (lol that wasn't on purpose).
The collections were filled with floral prints, romantic silhouettes, delicate and feminine shades. Absolute ethereal beauty!  My university could not have picked a better theme for this year. The grad ball theme is parallel to the current couture trends.
I randomly started looking at dresses for the ball and that sent me to look at catwalk inspiration.

(Designers from Left:Georges Hobeika, Elie Saab and Georges Hobeika)

All the collections were light, airy and feminine. The shows I like the best were of course Ellie Saab and Giambattisa Valli but since I discovered Zuhair Murad I'm considering him as Saab's competition lol. I think mostt of the ensembles were aiming to emphasise the female body with sexy silhouettes and pastel. So effortless and flirty. Pastels and whites were the main colors if not florals. What I loved the most were the embroiderries and embellishments on the dresses.

(Designers from Left: Zuhair Murad, Zuhair Murad and Christian Dior)

Now of course I won’t find exact replicas but this hopefully will help people get ideas on what dress they want to wear to whatever occasion they have coming up this season. Doesn't necessarily have to be Garden themed lol.. Enjoy and ciao!
- Coco xx

 (Designers from Left: Zuhair Murad, Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad)

Shine bright like a ...| New Year's Eve Outfits

Heyyyy party people! It's party season!! Ha I'm in such a good mood :) .. It's getting closer to the end of the year and you know what that means!! No not Christmas .. The other one .. New Years Eve. Everyone's biggest worry is what to wear! Well here I am .. Not super woman but something close haha. It seems that sequins are in this season.. To be frank I didn't even notice till The KK launched in DP .. Turns out they did do their research lol. My apologies. I decided to rewatch a few shows to see if I was wrong. When I think sequins I think dress up so I went to my FAVOURITE FAVOURITE designers to see their fall/ autumn/ winter collections. They had amazing dresses as always and of course I'm talking about Elie Saab and Badgely(&) Mischka. Their dresses had sequins and I think sequin is Abosolutely perfect for a New Year's Eve outfit.. I wouldn't go as far as we did last year by buying a whole bunch of sequin clothes. It's trending but it wasn't that popular on the catwalk. Here's a few dresses from the collections and I tried to find a few cheap sequin dresses you could wear for New Year's Eve. These dresses are just mere examples. Boo hoo, Missguided and Very have sequin dresses for a lot cheaper and a variety of styles!!
Sanks xx