Blogtober day 3: A/W14 wardrobe

So I recently went to London and picked out a few clothing items to start my A/W wardrobe for this year, so I thought I'd share my new purchases with you. 

All items above are new season in stock at Topshop! 

Jumper: £18

Top: £16

Dress: £34

Bag: £29.99 H&M

Shoes: £32 Topshop 

Coat: £34.99 H&M

Dress is above

Necklace: Forever 21 (price unknown, gifted)

Top: £12 Topshop

Skirt: £35 Topshop 

Necklace: £8 Topshop 

Shirt: unknown price but from Topshop 

Dress: unknown price but from Topshop 

Until next time lovelies x

Back to School Outfit Ideas

A lot of schools in the UK have to wear uniform to school, but there are sixth forms, colleges and universities where students do not! Like myself, I attend university and do not have to wear a uniform, so this blog post is just a few ideas on outfits ideas that can work in rain or sunshine!

I chose three high street fashion stores to base outfits on, including Topshop, H&M and Forever21.


H&M:

Top: £7.99

Leggings: £5.99

Jumper: £12.99

Necklace: £2.99

Bag: £14.99

Shoes: £7.99

Forever21 (Links included):

Dress: £18
Shoes: £13.99
Bag: £23
Necklace: £4.50

Topshop (Links included):

Top: £12
Shorts: £15
Bangles: £7.50 each
Shoes: £28
Bag: £38

Clothes haul

Last weekend I went to Leeds, and I was in a pretty bad mood after visiting my student house, so went shopping and came home (retail therapy at its best)!

I went in to Cath Kidston for a bowler bag, I wanted on in the sale but they'd sold out online! So when I walked in a picked up a normal prices one and walked to the back of the store to see they still had a sale. I wondered around at found this little beauty in the sale! Bloomsbury bowling bag reduced from £65 to £45! I have wanted one of these for so long and so glad I finally got one. 

I then wondered over to Topshop, they had quite a lot left in the sale but nothing really worth buying. I saw a dressing gown in the sale, from £36 to £20, and because I'm always so much colder at home, and it was covered in an adorable polar bear on ice skates print, it was a must have! 

Next item from Topshop was a navy striped, low waist dress! This was £24 and was in the basic, fashion steals (affordable and fashionable) section. I'm yet to wear this but the fit is amazing, it's definitely a must have and is a dress for any event.

Last item from Topshop was a gingham, black and white check a line skirt for £36! I have tried this on and it's very smart casual! A line skirts are definitely a mist have for all seasons though, especially ones with bold prints and styles. 

 My last item of the haul is a new MAC lipstick! This is my second MAC lipstick and I'm already addicted to them! I'm a huge fan of lipsticks and have many different brands including high street drug store lipstick (rimmel London) and high end (Paul and Joe). This lipstick is called Peach Blossom. 

 

Topshop/H&M haul

I have not been sale shopping this year after Christmas, simply because I was waiting around for the new season clothing to come in so I could shop for my (very possible) trip to America (waiting on a camp to hire me through CCUSA)! But today when I went in to the town centre to pick up a cardigan to go with my placement clothes, I couldn't resist nipping in to Topshop and seeing if there was anything good left! 

My first purchase was a lovely burgandy boyfriend coat, with popper front buttons and big pockets, from Topshop! I had my eye on the navy one, but they didn't have my size left. This was reduced from £58 to £35! 

 

The next item from Topshop was a lovely grey checked dress (not available online in the UK). This dress was not in the sale but was only £32! It is very baggy but I luckily was wearing a belt when I thought to try it on, and it looked lovely! It was so comfortable and soft. The dress was baggy 1/2 sleeves and I would wear it with a belt, black tights, either black ballet shoes or boots and then depending on the weather a neutral  coloured cardigan or coat! Maybe even the next coat posted above! They both have a similar burgandy/red colour! 

The next item again was from Topshop, and is a beautiful green coloured bag! I'm not sure why I chose this, but the colour was just too pretty to leave behind! Again, I would probably use this mostly in the warmer weathered seasons with a white dress/play suit, or some plan jeans and a white top, but to bright up plain outfits really! This was in the sale for £14 and is available online.

Lastly from Topshop was these two nail varnishes, they were both in the sale from around £5/£6 both to £3! They had such a huge selection of nail varnishes in the sale and I would have chosen them all of my mum didn't stop me! The red'ish colour is called blitz, it's a lovely shiny colour and matches my new coat. The other green'ish colour is named overcast, this is a normal polish, it's not shiny or matte! 

The last item was from H&M, and is a white cardigan with a lovely knitted style, 3/4 sleeves and a black outline with small black buttons and little pockets. This was around £15 and I got this just to go over my plain dresses and work clothes for placement (working in a primary school). I also got a size bigger than my usual size because H&M cardigan always shrink a little or get tight after a few washes.