SUITCASE

Suitcase is a new magazine which brings together fashion and travel, perfect editorial escapism from the UK's very own monsoon season which is washing out any home based summer plans. While the fledgling magazine was a little lacking in art direction for myself as a type and layout nerd, the publication's Tumblr has got me longing for my holiday to hurry up! I'm heading to Barcelona the week before my birthday for the perfect balance of city break and beach holiday with my boyfriend and can't wait to see the amazing architecture, hunt for hidden treasures in markets, eat ice cream everyday and actually get a tan!

All images from suitcasemag.tumblr.com

ASOS: TREND ROUND UP

I adore the kaleidoscopic style ASOS have visually summarised A/W12's key trends with, these spherical repeats appeared on my Facebook feed and started to get me excited about how the new seasons trends will translate to the the high street.

Very Berry; Layered berry shades will be the colours of the season.
As seen at Roksanda Ilincic and Christopher Kane.

Man Up; Menswear is big news right now, just see London Collections Mens for the proof. 

As seen at; Miu Miu and House of Holland.

Baroque Rocks; The Royal affect brings us the 21st Century Princess, with heavily embellished pieces layers with boyish tees and jeans to keep it fresh.

Seen at; Balmain and Dolce and Gabbana.

Eastern Opulence; Princess of China gets real, the sporty take by Proenza Schouler should work well on the high street.

As seen at; Proenza Schouler and Dries Van Noten.

Sci-Fi and Fantasy; Well....just see my previous post, Game of Thrones and Prometheus are providing a dystopian escapism from the real world and it's time to play dress up.

As seen at: Balenciaga and Mary Katrantzou.

Leather; Used in more ways than ever, new jacket shapes, new colours and new textures. Kill two trends with one stone with Oxblood leather pieces.

As seen at; Acne and Proenza Schouler. 

Military; The current smattering of camo jackets evolves into a fresh take on the military look, it's all about texture and utilitarian shapes. The Unique collection has to be my favourite of the season although i've never really liked miltary influences.

As seen at; Unique and Maxmara.

Floral vs. Geometric; The digital era adds a new dimension to surface pattern, with mirrored florals and retro repeats appearing across co-ordinate pieces. Source vintage patterns for the best retro looks.

As seen at; Prada and Kenzo.

SPACE INVADERS

.....yes, I may have been watching the Star Wars films and enjoying them (Natalie Portman's costumes in Episode 2 are incredible) but you have to admit our obsession in fashion with space has moved way past Black Milk's legging and galaxy print nails for next season to a whole new futurism driven sartorial dimension. Seen at Acne, Balenciaga, Alexander Wang (pre-collection), Balmain, John Galliano and at Graduate shows.

REWARD IF FOUND SHOOT

Just flicking through my camera and found all of the photos from my zine's photo shoot, the story was centred around a grunge obsessed teenage girl and her friend as they just hung around for the day, I styled the shoot and took a few of the photos, most of them were taken by my super talented friend Mae Kenny.

ELLE INTERNSHIP

It's without doubt that I can say my dream job after graduating next year would be to work for a top fashion publication, magazines excite us about new trends, give us sartorial aspirations and make clothing an art form through their decadent fashion stories. For now though an internship at one of my favourite titles is at the top of every wish, birthday and Christmas list....if only it where that easy! ELLE Magazine are offering an amazing opportunity for interns of any kind to work on their October Issue, with roles ranging from Hair Stylist, to Features Editor and my dream position, Fashion Editor! Of course I had to apply, this is a chance not to be missed, so please show your support by liking, tweeting, sharing or pinning my entry moodboard!

 My moodboard above depicts a fashion story for the October Issue, a shoot entitled Academics Society. The story pulls together some of my favourite collections of the coming season from my beloved Proenza Schouler as well as the newly serious Topshop Unique collection and some snippets from Alexander Wang and Celine. My shoot is centred around beautifully dressed intellectuals as it nods to school uniform, graduation gowns and 1990's student layering within the aforementioned designers visions. The collections would work beautifully amongst the old, elegant cityscape of Oxford, my hometown, particularly within the history steeped bowels of The University and one of my favourite childhood destinations, The Pitt Rivers museum. I think the moodboard shows a really seductive side to bookish scholars and would look beautiful amongst the pages of October's ELLE as it look to the new season.

And wish me good luck!!