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New Look Menswear

Covet

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Beanie / Marbled Wallet / Grey Checked Shirt / Black Ribbed Sweater /
Leather Belt / Mesh Rucksack / Hi-Top Sneakers / Black Coated Skinny Jeans

I don’t usually include menswear on this blog, unless it’s a really nice lookbook or editorial, so when New Look got in touch to ask if I’d create a wishlist of my favourite pieces to celebrate the re-launch of their menswear collection I thought it’d be a good excuse to include some. I own quite a lot of pieces from mens collections myself, because with shirts & sweaters I just love the slouchier fit & I often find the materials are nicer than the womens versions too.

Ollie has been wearing a lot more black recently (apparently hanging around with me too much does that to people, so I’m told!) & though he’s not quite to my monochrome standards just yet, if I had to dress him this is what I’d go for. To be honest, I’d happily wear this outfit head to toe myself too on a casual day! I definitely have my eye on that super soft cotton shirt & the chunky ribbed sweater, those are the type of things I’d totally buy for him in the hopes that he’d leave them lying around so that I could ‘borrow’ them to wear oversized too!

 
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London Edge

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FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Disturbia clothing railFAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Disturbia fuck god believe in yourself tank & black skeleton

Disturbia

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show La Mort graphic streetwear sweatshirts, hoodies & tees clothing

La Mort

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Widow Clothing all black knits, jersey & tees

Widow

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Atelier Bertoldini Giuliana steampunk metal, lace & antler headwear head dress & Cou Cou Heart little bottle poision & venom necklaces

Atelier Bertoldini Giuliana / Cou Cou Heart

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Sourpuss Homewear, anatomy brain plate & sailor anchor, ship & octopus bowl, mug & plates.

Sourpuss Homewear

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Tattooed Bakers goth cupcakes spikes, crosses & bows

Tattooed Bakers

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Six Bunnies rock n roll kids clothing

Six Bunnies Kidswear

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Stargazer hair colour & Collectif vintage clothing

Stargazer / Collectif

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Be Bop A Hairbands retro 50's bandana headscarf

Be Bop A Hairbands

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Dead Lovers graphic print streetwear & Iron Fist clothing slayer dress

Dead Lovers / Iron Fist

FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show Bloggers meet FAIIINT London Edge 2014 the new alternative fashion trade show stalls Business Design Centre Islington

At the start of this month I was invited down to London Edge at the Business Design Centre in Islington for a bloggers meet up. Though I have been to other trade shows in the past I’d (surprisingly!) never been to one like this in which the entire focus was on a darker, alternative kind of style & as soon as I walked through the doors I felt totally at home!

I arrived slightly early so I had a slow browse around the stalls before heading up to the press area which was our meeting point, immediately I was greeted by the lovely Sarika with a glass of bubbly, introduced to the other girls & given a truly stuffed goody bag! I didn’t know any of the other bloggers that were invited beforehand other than beautiful Jade, but it was actually really nice, as I realised I am so used to seeing the same groups of people at events now & in this case, everyone had a similar interest in alternative fashion, which made it easy to get talking to each other. We all had a few of the delicious cupcakes from the talented Tattooed Bakers & some more bubbly before splitting into groups to be given a tour around the stalls & introduced to their owners by the South of Heaven girls.

There was a nice mix of styles represented from my kind of all black everything to street wear, punk, classic goth, rockabilly & retro and everything in between. I’m already a big fan of Widow, so it was nice to see their new pieces out to have a browse and I also loved Killstar‘s occult inspired prints & Disurbia‘s shirt dresses, hoodies, distressed tees & tanks. I’m always a sucker for homewear too and I wanted to take home everything from Sourpuss‘s display, I mean who wouldn’t love a brain plate, tattooed mugs or set with sailor inspired ink illustrations?!

I loved that we were shown around, as it meant we didn’t miss a thing & got to have a proper chat with lots of the brands, plus exploring in small groups made it so much more fun too & I left having met some genuinely awesome new people. Sadly I couldn’t make it to the after party, which looked an absolute blast, but hopefully next time!

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Style

Fashion blogger Stephanie of FAIIINT wearing Catarzi fedora, Topshop laser cut cropped suede jacket, ASOS dress, BooHoo maxi chiffon kimono, Rocklove sacred geometry arrow ring & gold chevron necklace, Kasun London vampire bite ring, Kurt Geiger buckled wedges. All black goth witch street style outfit.Fashion blogger Stephanie of FAIIINT wearing Topshop black laser cut cropped suede jacket. Outfit details.Fashion blogger Stephanie of FAIIINT wearing Topshop laser cut cropped suede jacket, Rocklove sacred geometry arrow ring & gold chevron necklace, Kasun London vampire bite ring. Outfit Details.Fashion blogger Stephanie of FAIIINT wearing Catarzi fedora, Topshop laser cut cropped suede jacket, ASOS dress, BooHoo maxi chiffon kimono, Rocklove sacred geometry arrow ring & gold chevron necklace, Kasun London vampire bite ring, Kurt Geiger buckled wedges. All black goth witch street style outfit.

Catarzi Fedora / Topshop Suede Cut Out Jacket / Boohoo Maxi Kimono / ASOS Dress / RockLove Sacred Geometry Chevron Necklace /
RockLove Sacred Geometry Arrow Ring / Kasun Vampire Bite Ring * / Bracher Emden Bag / Kurt Geiger Buckle Wedges

This was the outfit I wore for the first day of London Fashion Week, a few of you asked to see what I wore whilst I was down & I did really like this outfit considering it was thrown together in about 1 minute flat before running out the door for my bus! I forgot to get any proper photos of it on the day though as I was rushing around, so I decided to put it back on to shoot it once I was back home.

This chiffon kimono is one of my favourite things I’ve brought recently, a tiny £15 from Boohoo it’s the perfect mid-season layering piece & adds a nice bit of drama too. Wearing this in London I barely got a second glance, but I think the combination of the hat & the flowy kimono was a bit too much for the people of Leicester, as it drew a lot of laughter & snide remarks from the tracksuit clad locals & old ladies!