Annie and The Mannequinns Spring/Summer Lookbook Part 1 2012

I was lucky enough to shoot the Annie and the Mannequins Spring/Summer lookbook in April and it was such a fun day.
It was also my final Graded Unit for my HND, I was lucky enough to come up with an idea that suited both myself and the Annies.
The team included myself, my assistant Jethro, Erin Moore and her assistant on make-up and Steph and Marie.
We spent the full day at Gosford House in Aberlady. The house is so opulent and sits on 500 acres of land that consists of golf courses, stables, lakes AND forests.

Find: Bomber Jacket

I found this weird 80's style burnt orange bomber jacket a few days ago, and I absolutly love it. It's a bit big for me and I might get it taken in if it annoys me more, but it's so comfortable and warm! I'm going to wear it straight away. 

Up there I'm wearing it with my doc's and my crushed velvet leggings from Monki.

Lookbook.nu

I've mentioned Lookbook before in a few posts but now I'll explain what it is exactly to those who aren't sure, simply because I was also a bit confused upon my first few visits.
Basically its a website where people can share their post pictures of their personal outfits and have them rated, or "hyped" and commented on based on how stylish they are.
It was created in 2008 by Yuri Lee in San Francisco and was inspired by one of the first street-fashion photography blogs, The Sartorialist, which is just another brilliant blog in itself and should do nothing but inspire anybody.
Apparently it's difficult for new users to get their photographs seen by anybody, although they offer the ability too link it with Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr these would unfortunately be the only people who would be able to see them. It would take an intensive amount of "networking" before any of the current most popular members of Lookbook would be able to see them.
Fortunately that has no effect on me really as I only use it to find new online shops, designers, photographic techniques and fashion inspiration.
From being a frequent visitor to this site I've discovered that the Swedish are just an incredibly well dressed bunch of people, these girls in particular.

Malin Oberg 

Annika M

Cosette Munch

Melissa Overgaard

I think I'm going to start posting one of my favourite lookbook profiles every week now on a Wednesday. 

Shop Review: Wildfox Couture

Wildfox is an American vintage-inspired women's knitwear brand.
Most of their clothes are very expensive, but a few items are probably worth saving for.

They also just brought out one of the nicest swimwear collection's I've seen.

My day off.

Today is my last day off before loads of over-time at work and going back to college on the 29th.
I woke up around 10, had some coffee and watched an episode of the O.C (Rachel Bilson will never play another character better) and then got lost for a few hours in some of the charity shops in the southside.
I managed to find a few beauty's, have a look!

A silk coral blouse which is a perfect match with my coral Barry M nail polish!

This brown printed lambswool jumper. It's incredibly soft, the first jumper I'm sure won't be itchy on bare skin. I can't wait to wear it this winter.

I wasn't completely sure on this when I brought it home, It's very tribal meets Fresh Prince. But with a waist belt, I really like it.

I actually didn't spot this, my flatmate Jamie did and I'm glad. It's so comfortable and light on.

This was probably the best find though, a size 8 wool and cashmere trench coat from Jenner's in Edinburgh. 

It's so much warmer than any coat that I've ever worn from Topshop or Urban Outfitters. The quality doesn't compare either. I'm in love with it.

I won't say how much each item cost individually but it did accumulate to £13 altogether. Yeah, that's right, £13. Sometime's it depends on when you go in, but thrift shops are always worth a look.

(I should mention that my good friend Martin took some of the photos of myself wearing the clothes, as he was there and hasn't yet returned my tripod! Check out his flickr here, he's pretty darn good)