Under the Sun

Hello...

I'm back, a few weeks later, a few essays completed and handed in but more than a few to finish off - Such is the life of a student!

Luckily I've managed to fit in a few quick trips here and there to put some distance between me and my uni room, which whilst writing essays feels like my prison.
Last week I went on an impromptu visit to the Alice in Wonderland expedition at the British Library. I myself had been trying to study in our uni's library but was finding everything a distraction so went for a walk and ended up jumping on the tube. That's one of the things I love about London the ability to get anywhere in the city pretty speedily. I knew that the expedition finished very soon so thought it worth a trip. It was also free (whoop). It was super cute with loads of little trinkets and historical artefacts to do with story and Lewis Carroll the Author. There was also lots of information on the different interpretations of the story from the old to the more modern. I've always had a love for this story its a classic but its so quirky when looked at in depth.

I also had a quick pop to Pimlico. It's such a beautiful part of the city. I could stare at the Mary Poppin's style houses all day however its the charity shops I went there for. Fara in Pimlico is great. There's always some bargains. Fara also has a vintage shop around the corner from its charity one,"Retromania". It's £5 sale rail is always good for a rummage and the whole shop is totally packed full of colour and prints.

However the purchase of this week didn't come from my charity shop rummage it came surprisingly from Marks and Spencer's. Alexa Chung's line for them the Archive collection is beautiful. Alexa was allowed access to M&S's extensive archive to re-create some of it's most stand out pieces. Its a collection full of inspiration from different eras from the 60's to the 80's but all the pieces are obvious classics. The quality is also amazing, if a little pricey for my student budget. 

 I had such love for the Harry Blouse but of course it had to be the Elsie dress I bought. It was originally created in the 60's for the M&S teenage market and I'm in love. 

With the sun coming to say hello for a little bit this week bought out the sunnies (yey) although only for a short time. The sun actually gave me the urge to go for a power walk (OMG) and some of my classmates and I went exploring Boston Manor Park and its canal which is a really lovely spot. 

For my little trip into central I wore some clothes I love but hadn't worn in a while. My sunglasses are from Beasleys in Hull. My pinafore dress is Chelsea Girl and my shirt is a favourite from Primark. My bag is from Urban outfitters.

My shoes are from the Primark sale and I love wearing bright crazy socks with them. The strawberries had to make an appearance with this outfit!

I actually also went out this weekend. We had a girly night out in central, ending at Egg which was so much fun! Shout out to our amazing taxi driver letting us party in the back of his Uber at 5.30 in the morning (haha) 

Good Night, have a wonderful week... I'm off to hibernate in bed...

Barnbow Lasses (we are)

Hello..

I'm officially back at LCM after a lovely Easter Break back home in Hull and it's great to be back in London again.

Last week I had the most amazing time in my first rehearsals for National Youths Music Theatre's (NYMT) show Brass, which is to be performed at the Hackney Empire in August. It's a beautifully moving show with a fabulous script and score by Benjamin Till.
It follows the story of a working class brass band from Leeds in WW1 who sign up to the Leeds Pals whilst the women sign up to Work at Barnbow munitions factory and become the Barnbow Lasses.
Rehearsals happened at Sevenoaks Boarding school which is just beautiful I felt like I was in an Enid Blyton book all week, it was very Naughtiest girl in the school. The school grounds were gorgeous and Sevenoaks was such a cute little town.
Rehearsals were twelve hour days which sound really long but the week whizzed by so fast. The show sounds amazing and I can't believe that this time last week I hardly knew my cast mates and now they feel like family. The next set of rehearsals aren't until August and I miss everyone already, however in true WW1 fashion we are going to write letters to one another. There's something special about getting a letter that you don't get with a Facebook message and I love the idea.

 I loved NYMT but it is nice to be back in my own bed at uni and see my classmates. I'm especially happy to get back to wearing my normal clothes as I spent the whole of last week looking like a homeless scruff in old shirts and leggings although I did wear my new David Bowie T.shirt with pride on the Wednesday haha.

During Easter I'd been wearing loads of  prints that really should never be put together but I love a colour explosion so I'm probably going to continue throwing patterns together.
I'm in love with my new holographic shoes at the moment. There from John Roccha at Debenhams and were meant to be £55 but I got them for £15! They're so shiny it's fab! On Saturday I wore them
with my culottes from Blitz Vintage from Brick lane and a floral shirt from Boohoo. My jumper is my favourite and is really special to me as it belonged to my Grandpa and was given to me from my Grandma. I think it's so nice to have something that was his and in a sense a little piece of him. The broaches and accessories are just random pieces I've picked up from Ebay or vintage stalls. I think the lockets from Judy's vintage fair that was held in Hull city Hall ages ago.

Hopefully next week I'll have some free time and can visit the sky garden. I really want to go at sunset. I'm also looking forward to a vintage fair on the first of May but that seems so far away. I also want to nip into central for some window shopping. I've had my eye on a sweet shirt, babydoll play suit from Zara however I'm yet to decide weather I could be trusted to keep it clean as it's white and I don't think this goes well with my tendency to knock cups of tea over (haha).

Anyway it was just a quick post this time, hopefully when exams are over I can go on more little adventures around London my flatmate and I have compiled a list and I'm determined to do as many as possible before I go back up north for the summer.

Good night, have a good week x