Chanel On The Go.

Denim Shirt- Monki

Joggers- H&M

Leather Jacket- Zara

Sneakers- Chanel 

Necklace- Chanel

Bracelet- Balenciaga

Rings- Cartier 'Love'

I cannot believe it has taken me this long to post about my absolute loves…The Chanel sneakers from AW14 collection. So I know i am a lucky pup. My job and hard work always pays off when it comes to getting the pieces I love. I was extra lucky when I was told I could buy as many pairs and I wanted 3 days before the launch of the collection! I of course had the pink on my list since the show and the bright multicolour, but I didn't realise I would fall in love with the grey as much as I did. 

But alas I stuck with my original 2 choices and a pair of the classic running sneakers which finally came in a colour combo that suited my style and taste. I instantly had to wear them so I wore my first and favourite out -These to die for Pink Tweed. Now these are the ones almost everyone wanted due to the whole runway look (Oh and Alexa Chung having them) so I was so smug walking around the days before launch but didn't realise walking to my meeting in Selfridges would lead to a woman screaming at me to tell her who sold them to me. Wow! 

That aside, this outfit was so planned pre obtaining my dream sneakers. When you ask? Well when I bought these joggers in H&M Paris. If you know me well you will know I am not big on sports luxe, I love sneakers but not the biggest jogger fan. I just immediately fell in love with these and instantly knew what to pair it with, classic denim shirt and leather jacket. I especially love that my favourite Monki denim shirt worked so so well with the outfit. Now it's time to work out what other outfits will go with my pants. 

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Bisous

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Nadia

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Stohrer Paris

Afternoon all,

I hope everyone had a lovely bank holiday. Sorry for the lack of posts. I spent a week in Paris, not for work but for a holiday! Now I'm always in Paris for work and I never actually get to explore and take the city during the day due to work and running around like a headless chicken. When it comes to the evening I just absorb the night life with my boys (actually that is pretty blissful). So now me and the boyfriend have made a little tradition every year of going to Paris for a week during the August bank holiday for Rock En Seinewhich is a brilliant music festival, more on that later! We had an amazing week, and I really wanted to share with you all my experience at the oldest patisserie in Paris...Stohrer.

The patisserie is laced with so much history, it started in 1725 and you can really feel the history in the area with the cobbled streets and local businesses. We left of to the last day as we wanted a lavish treat to take back to London. And god it really was a treat. I cannot express how amazing it was. I walked away with 3 cakes, a pain au chocolate and a chocolate donut and I have no regrets admitting that! The only regret I have is not buying more!

K

I loved the outfit I chose for the day. I found these amazing Chanel like jogging bottoms from H&M in Paris and loved the mix blend of grey and pink so much I got the grey pair also. I paired it with my awesome vintage Givenchy tux jacket which I found in Paris the last time I was there, this amazing pink casual top from Primark (seriously so so soft!), my trusty Chanel backpack (honestly I don't know what I would of done without it in my life. Major game changer!) and my new buy 3 days into the holiday, mySaint Laurent fang print skaters (from the mens collection. Probably the best thing about having size 41 feet!). This was on my shopping list pre heading to london as they sold so quickly in the uk and my feet were aching so much from wearing my chloe boots all day Friday for day 1 of the festival. So I thought why not wear them to the festival? They are sneakers, they're not just shoes to stare at and they are comfortable. Oh and of course they went with everything I had! I was a little scared as I knew they would get dusty quick but hey nothing a few wet wipes can't fix after. I really took to them that I wore them the Saturday, Sunday and home on Wednesday. I can happily say they are so worth it, and unbelievably comfy!

I cannot wait to share the rest of my style diary with you guys from this trip along with my extra special purchases.

Thanks for reading guys.

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Nadia

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Jacket- Vintage Givenchy

Top- Primark

Joggers- current H&M

Trainers- Saint Laurent

Backpack- Chanel

Necklace- Chanel

Isabel Marant Pour H&M

Evening all,

Last Thursday saw the launch of one of the biggest collaborations in 2 years for H&M, and for the fashion industry…Isabel Marant Pour H&M. Now when this was announced i screamed with excitement, checked every known forum possible to check i wasn't be fooled and quickly went to twitter to tweet my excitement. Yes I LOVE Isabel Marant that much. I have been a Marant fan for a firm few years, and I ove to play the "Who will H&M collaborate with next" game. I won this round as it was only in passing a few days before i had said to my friend it would make a fabulous collaboration.

On the lead up to the launch of the collaboration Marant hosted events to celebrate her collection. A collection she has prided herself with maintaining the quality of her own mainline and it's side line "Etoile". This was a key point she wanted to make clear. Why? Well we all know that H&M collaborations retain the quality of the store (Don't get me wrong the quality can be amazing but sizing is never the best for the Swedish brand). Remember those pleated skirts from the Versace collaboration? My size 16 skirt still doesn't fit me because it's a 14 in reality. But hey, I am not complaining, once I'm in that bad boy it will be deemed vintage but back to Marant. Through press days, the collection had a good feedback, sizing was good, quality was to the Etoile standard and those tasselled boots were to die for. SOLD.

Every woman who lives, breathes and eats fashion always says "Oh I won't get involved with this collaboration, the one before was awful, the sizing is awful, the queues will be manic, the website will crash". Does it stop us? Nope. I think it drives us more insane, the mass consumerism, the hysteria made my social media and the general media. Seeing a blogger you absolutely love with the pieces you convince yourself you don't need or will be crap…it's a drive to do anything possible to get your hands on. 

My drive was sold instantly before all these thoughts and this time I had that burning fear of "What if I don't get anything?" Flash back to my semi melt down with the Lanvin collaboration. It wasn't pretty and I was living in Wales and Cardiff was my closest store. I cried. I went on Ebay. I paid stupid money for a dress i wore once. NEVER AGAIN. 

Thanks to my amazing friend Jools, I was able to get my hands on everything i wanted and more with a ticket to the Vogue & GQ Pre shopping event. 

Here was lil old me thinking the event was going to be civilised and calm and put together, It wasn't. Thanks to the Boyfriends wisdom we turned up a little over and hour early and got into a queue with 40 people already ahead of us and the security telling us that the maximum capacity expected was going to be 800 people. Gulp. As soon as were allowed in, we were directed to part 1 of the shopping area. Mayhem began. I saw women running, snatching, swearing and pushing. I tried not to stoop low, all I did was grab my bits and moved along. I was a lucky so and so. I ran up to the men's floor before that got busy and grabbed my pieces and set up shop to try on my bits. Oh and to the waiter who I've met at Miu Miu and Chanel events, thank you for having my back and also for the giant laughs over where you knew me. Too sweet. 

I was extremely lucky that my boyfriend Alan used his brain and suggested waiting early because I would never have been lucky and would of been one of the people who approached me to have my bits (some cheeky enough to try and grab my items). After paying for our  clothes we decided to relax and enjoy the music, the food and the bubbles on tap. We found our lovely friends we made in the queue and had a good old laugh and a bit of a dance. 

So here are the bit's i managed to get my hands on…

I am so happy with my buys. I even made sure I wore my long hooded knit cardigan on Thursday which impressed a lot of people. 

Cinema date wearing: 

Wool black and white jacket- Isabel Marant

Jeans- Topshop

Boots- Chloe

Bag- Chanel Boy Bag

Beanie- Marc By Marc Jacobs.

Day Look:

Denim Shirt- Topshop

Leather Trouser- Dorothy Perkins

Wool Cardigan- Isabel Marant Pour H&M

Boots- Chanel

Bag- Chanel Boy Bag.

I am sad i didn't get my hands on the tasselled boots…

They were the first to go along with the beaded jacket. 

I must say the experience H&M put their online customers through this time was quite shameful. On my quest for the boots and jacket I got caught in the Online failure. The site managed to breakdown in a record breaking 2 minuets. Originally scheduled for 9am, the online store resumed service at 10:30 still with server problems which encouraged customers to use the over the phone service. I hope with whatever collaboration H&M have planned next they will be more prepared. Especially if it had the same buzz as this Marant collection which is the most wearable collection for a while. 

Now the hysteria has calmed down and everything is triple the price on Ebay, I would love to know what everyone managed to get there hands on? 

Again…Thank you Jools. You really did make this lil lady happy. 

Lots of Love 

Nadia