Sundays.....

Its practically part of the Caribbean culture for your Mom to be blasting reggae on a Sunday morning whilst cooking up some rice & peas, one of the many things I am deprived of. Instead, I spend my Sundays working, coming home late and eating leftovers which I cooked during the week...Lol. Moving to a new city makes you appreciate every little thing you take for granted when your home. The constant headaches of my neices and nephews running around, having to share the remote with my little sister so she can watch Hannah Montana, my sisters rummaging through my bomb site (my EXTREMELY messy room) of a room to borrow my nail varnish. All the things that I hate, but make my life that little bit more exciting. =] #anywaydoe here are some sunday tunes to reminise if you now where im coming from =D

LEGEND.

street fighter riddim.

Lindsey Wixson..

Chateau Roux

Along the back alleys of Carnaby St. amidst one off shops such as Beyond the Valley, there is a store that goes by the name of Chateau Roux. As you enter the shop, dressed with black and white décor, Mr Vegas ‘hot wuk’ rides through your ears and deep into your head. I found myself walking out humming along to the tune. Whilst you browse through the selection of Tshirts, hoodies, cardies and polos, the chilled play list skips from hip hop to Prodigy. The chilled ambience that surrounds the shop, makes it even easier to browse through the assorted upper body attire. 

This exclusive clothing establishment is well known for their trademark ‘shot gun’ t-shirts which are produced by shooting the t-shirts with a shot gun. This quirky invention is not the only in house designing they do. The printed t-shirts are all hand printed using screen prints. With prices ranging from £35 for a t-shirt to £75 for a jacket, you can’t go wrong with a purchase, also stocking custom jewellery for £35 each. Although at the moment they only stock clothing for the torso, They plan on expanding their stock next year by producing garments like chinos and shorts.

 

Slowly making a name of themselves, they have sold their clothes on well known website Asos.com, and are well known in the music industry by artists such as Plan B and Eliza Doolittle. If you are looking for limited t-shirts which you won’t see rinsed out amongst your social circle or around London, then this store is for you, changing collections every season even though they don’t follow blatant trends from London fashion week. The setout of the shop and the customer service makes shopping there welcoming and enjoyable. I wouldn’t hesitate to go there again.

Zara.

If the inviting appearance of the window display isn’t enough to lure you in to the realm of assorted nudes and greys, then maybe you should turn back in the direction you came from. This multiple branched high st store, situated within the commotion of Central London at NO.333 Oxford st, has taken advantage of this colour scheme in their latest range of Zara women collection.

Trends from  http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk

Unlike a designer, or one off shop, the atmosphere in Zara is more about finding what u want yourself and customer service is not as important, as in somewhere which is more pricey or exclusive. The style of clothing range from clean cuts and basics to knits and leather. The prices range from $14.99 for a cotton tee to £259.00 for a camel coloured wool coat. Zara has two different types of customer profile and is split into two sections. The first, a working girl likely to be a business woman who likes to dress smart and takes pride in her appearance, but who also follows the latest trends.  This section of the shop is  made up of quality fabrics such as jumpers made out of 100% pure wool. When you walk into this section (situated on the ground floor) the first thing you see are the current trends for Autumn/Winter 2010. The further you walk into the shop, the more it becomes about essentials rather than the current trends. Unfortunately the layout in this area, is not as exciting as the window display, but visually everything is set out clear and it is easy to browse the shop.

The other section (situated on the first floor) is for a younger customer from the ages of 17-25, who is likely to be a student or part time worker, who are looking for the latests trends for a bargain. With t-shirts ranging from £14.99 upwards I think zara is the right place to be. The setout of this section in the shop is designed to show customers how to wear each trend and also to encourage multiple purchases. On the forward facing fixtures,  they have put together several alternatives which you can mix and match. For example the stripped knitted jumper, surrounded with 2 pairs of shorts and a pair of trousers and a choice of three different types of shoes, aswell as alternative jackets and jumpers. The purpose of  this store is to create an idea for this customer of how they should dress according to this season.

In order to cater to all customer profiles that shop in the store, they have trends like the aviator jacket from £39.99 which is made up of 52% poyurethane and 48% viscose for the  17-25 customer profile, and the same trend, a leather jacket made from 100% lambs leather for £129.00. I think that Zara is an average store, which on occasion can produce something unrivaled, but if u are looking for somewhere a bit more creative, I would look elsewhere.

My illustration.

Chris Breezy

i know i constantly tweet and post about him but OMG how can you not when he dresses like

and dances like this

Every superwoman needs a superman.

since i've recently became addicted to coffee, due to late nights and early mornings EVERY day I feel like superwoman. Before moving to London, 10am was the earliest i'd wake up. I don't know whats came over me, maybe its the music i've been drilling into my head on the tube, on the bus, at home......Lord Knows!!

 Santigold- Superman

Rick Ross- Here i am

home sick.

well for some reason, todays been a pretty depressing day for me. I don't know why, but I've been home sick and so badly want to go home and cuddle my nephew. I've had atleast 100 things to complain about london today, if wern't the food, then it was the travel or the fact I had no sugar to put in my coffee this morning. who wouldn't miss home with a family like this..

 best dressed.

this is a collection of some of the best dressed seen at london fashion week. What I like about them is that each person has their own style, which is alot more prominent in London compared to birmingham. If you have your own stle in brum, then EVERYBODY would stare and you would definately be known for that. i like the fact that i could go out in slippers and leopard print socks and no one would say a damn thing.....maybe i should try it!!