New York City

First of all, I'd like to start off by apologising for my absence from posting lately, I've been fairly busy, as you can probably guess by the title, I went to New York recently, so decided, I was past due a new post, so what better to post about? I'll be summarising what I did, meaning you can see if you ever get a chance to visit, what the best things to do in NYC are and if not, a personal view of the oh so incredible city. I'd also like to say, if it isn't obvious, I completely recommend that you visit NYC, it was completely and utterly majestic and I had such an incredible time in The Big Apple.

Day 1

Looking well chuffed to land, no makeup, hair in a state, yet we couldn't care less! We were in NYC!!

After a long, tiring and quite literally painful plane journey from Manchester to New york, we were completely drained, but the second we caught sight of the magical city, our moods were instantly uplifted. I can honestly say, ever since this moment until the moment we got back on the plane back to the UK, our moods were constantly uplifted, and not even a painful 7 odd hour plane journey could get us down.

We eventually got to the hotel, Park Central, located in the middle of Times Square and Central Park, and I can quite admittedly say even the lack of sleep I had gotten couldn't keep us from lusting to wonder the streets of Manhattan. Our first trip was a walk along to Times Square, a truly wonderful square, I was in complete awe, and quite literally speechless at my surroundings. After grabbing some truly scrumptious food, American style, we headed back to the hotel to relax for preparation for another long, yet exciting day.

The real deal; New York's own Times Square

Day 2

We headed straight for the most American alike diner we could find for a properly proper American breakfast, and of course ordered pancakes with a sickening amount of toppings and regretfully could not finish, but we loved every bite of it.

Pancakes, strawberries, a sauce, and a sickening amount of butter... delicious!

We then rolled ourselves to The Empire State Building, and I can't even begin to explain the view from the breathtaking building. Hopefully you'll get an idea from this picture, although it really does not do the view justice.

New York City, from the highest point, a truly breathtaking view

After viewing the city from a breathtaking point, we decided to explore it, heading down to New York library, Grand Central Station and none other than the infamous Hard Rock Cafe, which were truly unbelievably fabulous things to experience. I absolutely fell in love with the Hard Rock Cafe, with its unbeatable thrilling vibe, I was singing my heart our to rock classics whilst eating a mouth watering worthy burger, could it get any better?

Day 3

On the 3rd day of this utterly majestic trip we spent the majority of the day shopping (of course)! Before we spent more money than we could afford, we went to visit the infamous Ground Zero and Wall Street, which was heartbreaking and quite simply life changing. The memorial of The Twin Towers was an area of complete sadness and silence, it was an amazing opportunity to witness.

After we solemnly grieved on the morning of day 3, we went straight for 5th Avenue, Times Square and Macy's to spend! The shops in New York were amazing and had so much variety within the collections of clothing! I could've only wished I had brought more money! The streets themselves were so uplifting also, with a certain buzz of thrill. 

After quite literally shopping until we dropped, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for our spectacular evening at The Marriot's The View restaurant. This revolving restaurant was unimaginably amazing, I cant justify the view we had whilst enjoying our delicious meal, we got a full view of New York City and it was divine. I don't think I have ever experienced such a feeling awe, it really was unbelievable. 

Day 4

The day before the last. Already we had felt like New York was home, it was such an incredible city I couldn't even bring myself to think about going home to England. On day 4, we woke up bright and early and headed down to catch the ferry to The Statue of Liberty. On this journey we got the opportunity to view the skyline of New York, get up close to Liberty herself and get a full history lesson at Ellis Island on the history of immigration.  To say the least, this particular morning was mind-blowing and incredible.

We then spent our last full day shopping even more, spending up the last few dollars we had left on typical New York souvenirs. 

We later spent our last night in the magnificent city of New York City, sitting on the steps in the middle of Times Square enjoying Fro-yo and taking in the wonders of New York. (If you haven't guessed, I have sobbed a lot whilst writing this post from pure sadness of missing the majestic city).

We also decided to be the big kids that we are and spent the final hours of our night in Toys-r-us and had an hour of fun playing with the huge variety of toys. Most probably my favourite place of New York (almost).

Day 5

The possibly saddest day I have experienced in a long time, knowing that we would soon be leaving this city of dreams in a few short hours. However instead of moping we decided to spend our last few hours enjoying what the city has to offer. We spent the whole morning exploring the wonders of Central Park, a literal step across a road from the busy streets of New York into the peaceful and nature filled park. A truly magnificent step, I can tell you that. We climbed the infamous rocks and swung on the swings, and overall just enjoyed ourselves far too much.

Now, I'm officially sobbing. This trip truly was just simply incredible, if you haven't been, I apologise because I really cant justify how majestic this city of dreams really is. I am still upset about coming home and it's been over a month since visiting!

Were not happy to leave, were happy to be in JFK, just so you know. 

A/W14 TRENDS

My absolute favourite season is autumn, it's just such a great period to explore different fashion trends and discover your own personal style from this. It's also an acceptable time to bring out all of the furs and multiple layers! It really is the perfect time to explore and express fashion.

In the post I'm going to evaluate various trends for A/W14, and how to wear them for various occasions, hopefully this will be beneficial and inspire your A/W14 wardrobe!

A/W14 catwalks -favourites

DIOR

This show was genuinely one of my all time favourites, the pop of colour throughout the show was thrilling and very inspirational, as typically autumn is such a dull and colourless season, people tend to keep to dark/warm clothes during this period for safety. However Dior have clearly taken a risk with a spectacular pop of colour with these beautiful dresses, with large slits giving the colourful dress some edge. This long, gorgeous and very carefully detailed pink coat was also shown in a verity of colours, and the material and detail of the coat is simply amazing, long trench coats seem to have appeared in many shows this fashion week.

CHANEL

Firstly can we discuss the AMAZING set up of this show? A supermarket with 100,000 mock branded Chanel products, countless outstanding outfits, setting trends worldwide from the first step the model takes and the first picture the photographer takes. We all know who is behind this spectacular event, the man himself, the genius that is known as Karl Lagerfeld. "Karl has a way of feeling things;his way of living is not like ours... in many ways he sees things like a child. Everything is enorme" -Virginie Viard. Obviously with many other very talented fashionistas the show was complete with a reputation that leaves the world speechless from the creativity expressed. I can hands down say that this Chanel show was by far my favourite. The use of the Chanel classic tweed was used variously throughout the show in trench coats and dresses, making a clear statement that this is a go-to material of the oh-so exciting seasons of Autumn and Winter. 

The show begun with Cara looking gorgeous in a distressed pink crop top and distressed pink leggings, matched with a pair of trainers and a long tweed trench coat. The trend of trainers was a massive statement in this specific show and extremely admirable by the world.

 Up next, a creative use of the commonly used material was styled into a jumpsuit, with a slim waist cut and worn with a high neck under layer, which was also a statement made within the show, and a pair of trainers of course.

GIVENCHY

Now this was another breathtaking show, as the creative use of dark, autumn-like colours were used throughout each and every design in such beautiful detail, on such a variety of materials, from grommet to plisse left the audience gobsmacked in awe. I am especially impressed by the use of fine detail and creativity with the use of furs in the designs. Various colours of furs were used with other materials creating an astonishing look the use of a colour palette of pinks, creams and blacks among others. The speculation of these innovative designs left Givenchy one of the most talked about shows, setting sensational trends for this coming A/W14.

Topshop outfit experimentation Summer 2014

I am a massive fan of Topshop's clothing, as you all most likely are aware of, and the summer stock in Topshop is simply to die for this year. With this obsession in mind I decided to drag a few friends to the changing rooms of the spectacular Topshop and experiment with some of the stock available currently. 

Whilst completing this, I tried to keep in mind that I need to ensure the outfits are visually abstract and creative, yet I need to display different outfits suiting to different preferences. Therefore within this collection of experiments I have included looks suitable for various likings. I feel as if some of these outfits can be extremely suitable for festival wear, which I understand is a highlight of many people's summer. I have experimented with different items of clothing which could typically be viewed as "never going together" as one of these models explained, however much to our surprise, the appearance of some of these outfits had actually worked well and reflect summer in various different formats and styles.

Hope you lot enjoyed that, I really enjoy writing fashion posts, and look forward to writing more in the near future!