Her Curious Nature

It was just three years ago that London-based Sabrina founded Her Curious Nature and in that time it has grown from small boutique to chain store availability.

The beautiful accessories; a wonderful array of collars, headbands, clips and hats have a 1920s-esque feel and air of English heritage.

Above image courtesy of hercuriousnature.com

And lucky for us we can get our hands on them from her website directly or there is a limited selection available from Asos online.

Her Curious Nature have even succeeded with highstreet favourite Topshop. Now they have two stands in Topshop’s UK flagship store: Oxford Circus and today; Friday 23^rd March marks another celebratory moment for Her Curious Nature as it launches in Liverpool’s main Topshop.

Above image courtesy of hercuriousnature.com

I was lucky enough to secure some accessories for my photoshoot I needed to do for university work and they were superb. The detailing is so impressive and the products are of such high quality; especially considering the hand-made accessories were made to fit my pastel theme.

Above image: Photograph for my Imaging project. Model: Sophie Howard of Lenis Modelling Agency. Hair piece Her Curius Nature- £95, Top vintage, skirt Asos.

10th Feb... Don't judge a book by its cover

So I may be a proud Essex girl but I am proud that I don’t believe I particularly fit the associated stereotype. Don’t just judge a book by its cover. In fact on a recent night out where I was only the born and bred Essex lady I was told I didn’t even sound very Essex.

So on the 10^th February my good friend from university came for a taste of Essex; originally from Warwick she came to see the famous taunt of TOWIE: the Sugarhut nightclub. Now, as I only thought I would be in Essex for two nights one of which I would spend as a night-in with Mum and the TV and the other at Olly Murs I didn’t bring many clothes or shoes back with me, As it turns out the shock snowfall meant I actually stayed in Essex for a whole week and two weekends. This however did give me the perfect excuse in my desperate time of need to treat myself to so much needed items: a pair of jeans, top, jumper’s tights and of course what a girl needs most a good pair of heels. Well I am short and couldn’t go to the Sugarhut in flat, little pumps now could I?

I loved the heels because they were a little different; with a suede black heel and platform but contrasting cream and grey patent areas. The cream stood out on the shoe and matched well with my cream Topshop , Chiffon blouse. I wore this with a leotard underneath as it’s so see-through and sometimes that little motto less is more is not always best and my Aztec print I have previously blogged about.

My friend Toni; who actually moved from London a number of years ago but has since lived in Essex wore a simple black dress of a fitted bodice style and full, pleated skirt. The current trend of tights is the mock suspenders and Toni wore her version with bows on them with a pair of killer leopard print shoes; giving a pop of print to her look.

Taking a girly sexiness to a new level Sophy mixed leather leggings from Topshop, grey chiffon, long-sleeved blouse and mega-high platform red courts. She looked amazing and also just shows you don’t just have to stick to dresses. In many ways that just highlights the change to society that women’s fashion has much more freedom.

 

Above:  Left to right- me in river Island and Topshop, Toni in Topshop with Dorthy Perkins tights and Sophy in Topshop.

Printed leggings #disgusting

I have to admit I do like a bit of Topshop and most of the time Miss Selfridge but both have got a line of printed pattern leggings that I think are just disgusting.

Miss Selfridge’s new chain print leggings seem to have sold out very fast with the online store only having sizes 4, 12 and 16 available. Yet I think they are awful. They do not look like they would flatter any figure and I just think the print is too much.

Topshop has transformed the classic scarf print into its £20 legging. Again, I think they are the most disgusting leggings. With a gold colour scheme and tiger pattern they are very in your face. 

Now, I know pattern is very in fashion but these bold leggings are just not my cup of tea I would rather stick to simple, plain black leggings. But to achieve the look of pattern go for a skirt or printed top; not so over the top but keeps it fashionable and still nice.

Topshop Treats

Once again Topshop wins the outfit style stakes in this picture.

As if Toni (left in the picture) does not need any slimming down; the lines of this dress do. The contrast of the black and tan is simplistic but works well with the curves of a woman’s body. The sleeves just down to the elbow make the dress look a bit different from the usual little black dress.

Both ladies keep their outfits simple and classic with black heels- Toni’s a sandal, block heel shoe and Abbi’s a suede stiletto court whilst the dresses show off the girls’ lovely legs.

The bright blue of Abbi’s dress really suits her skin and again the dress is simplistic but works so well. It really fits her nicely and the skirt which gathers in and is pleated at the clinched waist spreads out in a full style- bang on trend.

The fashionable blue dress is also a favourite of The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) star Amy Childs; who wore the blue one on her show ‘It’s All About Amy’ and also has a bright canary yellow version.

The Only Way Is Aboni…

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