Nailed it

Now I'm a self confessed nail art freak, painting my nails a different colour almost every other day but I'm not so sure about this particular design. I think this may be just one step too far for me....BUT I have to admit, it is very clever and pretty cool, just not particularly practical...What do you think, too much? Or will you be creating little worlds on your manicures?

 Alice Barlett paints a grassy bass onto her nails and then adds tiny little figures to create her own little world at the finger tips...quite literally.

mmm good enough to eat

How incredible is this!? A dress made completely out of gummy bears! It may have taken 50,000 gummy bears, three weeks and a painstaking task of glueing them on by hand but I definitely think it was worth it because this is an amazing tribute to the late Alexander Mcqueen and one of his original pieces. It was created by Hissa Igarashi and Sayuri Marakumi for TWELV magazine's debut issue and it ended up weighing around 220 pounds and took three adults to move it! This is a great example of why I love fashion...because anything is possible! A gummy bear dress, what will they think of next? Does anyone else know of any crazy fashion creations?  xxx

GFW

Yesterday me and my friend took a bit of a last minute trip to the great city of London to visit Graduate Fashion Week! We hadn't managed to buy tickets online so were a bit apprehensive about whether or not we were going to get in, but luckily they were still selling tickets on the door so we were in! We first got to look around the exhibition which showed off all the work of the graduates, giving me the opportunity to flick through some portfolios and see the finished pieces which inspires me a lot to in a few years have my own work on show. There was universities from all over the country, even my own AUCB was there! We then got to see the Catwalk Show of Bath Spa and Wiltshire College Salisbury. The collections were ammazzinng, with a lot of bright colours and prints to minimalist colours. A lot of the collections were really made by the accessories that they came down the Catwalk with. To bright floral headpieces to piñata rucksacks, they made the pieces really stand out. I hadn't seen a catwalk in a while and I had forgotten how much I loved them! They make me remember why I love Fashion and in particular design. Watching one that shows the work of graduates which is essentially my future makes me really inspired and determined to work my hardest to one day be sitting in that audience with people clapping for my work going down the catwalk! xxx

One of the pieces of display in the exhibition. The 3D  panel in the middle almost looked like feathers...so beautiful!

Another exhibition piece, a menswear super chunky knit piece. As a huge fan of knit I loveeed this, just wanted to put it on and get cosy!

This piece looked so delicate and pretty! 

This piece was so feminine and pretty. The heavily beaded sleeves were incredible! 

ammazzzinnngg coat! Where do I get myself one of these for the winter? 

Structural Dress on display, the shape of this dress was so cool, created by wood edging! 

This collection was very ghostly, with sheer hoods and monotone shades, very effective.

Rubbish photo but this collection was very childlike and colourful, with  backpacks to match in the shape of pinatas and crayon boxes! 

This was probably my favourite collection of the show. The print was amazing, with city skylines in deep blues and mauve. 

This was another favourite, reminded me a lot of Viktor and Rolf, lots of oversized ruffles and structured shapes! The outfits were given that extra twist with creepy japanese style masks worn by all the models.