William Tempest for River Island Sequin Shirt Dress / Moxham Anubis Necklace / Topshop Premium Boots
A few weeks ago I was invited down to SNAP Studios in London to take part in More Magazine’s ‘How Would You Wear…’ feature, in which 5 girls each have to style the same item with only pieces from their own wardrobes. This week the issue finally come out & so I thought I’d share it & a few behind the scenes images we took too.
Firstly, the item we were challenged to style was this beautiful William Tempest for River Island shirt dress, I didn’t want to take it off again! I’ve had my eye on this collaboration since I first heard about it, so it was great to get to see pieces from it in the flesh before it’s release. It’s much nicer quality than I expected, the sequins are very securely stitched on & the chiffon base is light, but with a nice weight too & nowhere near as see through as the photos make it look! I decided to keep it simple & let the dress really shine, as the 3 girls who had already been had made it quite casual & dressed down.
I was told before we got there that the editor liked ‘huge toothy smiles’ for the feature & this absolutely terrified me! I’m not much of a smiler & I hate smiling with teeth, so I was super nervous when it came to my turn. I shouldn’t have worried though, the team were really lovely & helped me feel much less awkward about it all, we had a good laugh about them having to force a huge smile out of me! I did feel a little bad for them, I tried so many times to just get away with ‘little smiles’ & it must have been like trying to squeeze blood from a stone getting this huge smile out of me! I always find it funny how people are surprised about how shy I am in front of a camera, I guess they expect that someone who takes photos of themselves in the middle of the street & then posts them on the internet would be super confident, but that’s not the case at all! I don’t think I’m the only one like this either?
I also had the chance to meet the lovely Robyn who was there too, shooting a jeans look for the issue before this one. It’s always so nice to get to meet other bloggers at things like this & it was great to have a good chat with her & hear that she also shared my nerves about putting on a huge smile for the camera!
The photo used is not one I’d personally pick of myself, but that’s purely because I’m not used to the big smile, I always feel I look a little creepy when I smile this huge & I joke that this is my ‘serial killer’ smile because of that! Either way though, I always think it’s important to do things outside of your comfort zone & I’m glad I went along as it turned out to be a really fun experience.
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Amazing Steph!! My friend Jess was one of the five girls too :) I love how you’ve all styled the dress x
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Ahh! Awesome! She was there a few days before me, so I didn’t get to meet her unfortunately! :( I loved her styling of it though!
Oh wow, what a fab feature. You look amazing as per usual and your big smile looks great xx
I also hate smiling showing my teeth, lol. But you look ATONISHING, because you are that. Love your dress and it’s a pleasure you appear on a magazine, you are worth it :)
Lots of kisses and congrats.
xxx
wow thats amazing! :D and you look amazing too!
i bet you’re super proud of yourself x
You look beautiful, I love the dress, it is perfect for you!
Maria xxx
Oh wow! A magazine feature is so exciting and you look absolutely lovely! The dress is absolute perfection – black and sparkles, my absolute favourite! Haha. By the way, your smile is absolutely lovely! You shouldn’t be worried about it at all, although I can understand your fear because I’m the opposite – I think I look ridiculous with ‘closed’ smiles haha! Congratulations on the feature though, it’s so fab. xx
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Nice post dear
Congratulations!!
kisses
You look beaufiful, congratulations, i’ll have to buy a copy of more next time i’m in town :)
Jo. xx
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You look amazing and I’m so happy for you :D The styling’s really lovely, and I think everyone did a great job! I didn’t even realize that it was the same dress till I read your description xx
amazing!! congrats!
xx. Hybrid Hunter
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Congrats! Great feature!
That is so cool! Your photo came out great!
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I love your big smile, it looks great! I really like that dress too, it was interesting that everyone else dressed it down so much, but you went for the goth-glam thing. Gotta say, that’s my go-to style – black never goes out of fashion!
you should smile more! you look really pretty smiling, and really badass when you don’t. :)
definitely prefer your look the most! you crushed the styling on this one!
I loove the dress you’re wearing! It is beautiful!
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how fun! congrats girl that is AWESOME!!!!! GOOD FOR YOUUUUU! you look stunning :) Hugs from California! xx,
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Congrats for the feature and how fun. So nice to see you are being recognized! I know what you mean about the big smile. I never smile lol but you look so great! x
love the smile steph :) i’m a bit like that too, so i know where you’re coming from. how good is this dress! really great details. congrats on being featured!
What a fantastic experience! Again, your porcelain skin looks great in this black number and you look lovely
with your big smile! Congratulations!!xx
I’ll repeat myself (as I already commented on Instagram), but I love both picture and the smile! Steph, big congratulations for this feature!
You look gorgeous smiling! And how exciting is this?!!! Congrats love!!!
XX,
Miranda
Thankyou for all the lovely comments guys! Really means a lot & I feel a little less awkward looking at my massive smile now after all your nice words! :)
Ahh so, sooo gutted I missed this! Your outfit’s lovely and you look beautiful Steph! I hate toothy smiles too but that’s because my teeth are all over the place haha you should be proud of your pretty smile! What a fab opportunity, glad you had a great time xxx
You look beautiful!! I know what you mean about it being odd to be nervous but I’m just the same. I did a shoot at an event this week and it was the first time I’ve just got over it, made the most of it, and enjoyed it – so much more fun!
Aww… You look stunning. What a lovely way to be recognized and acknowledged. Congratulations!