Bonjour! Well since yesterday i have recieved yet another offer from yet another university, this time in London (you may have noticed i'm being quite vague, but i don't want to splash all my personal details over the internet). It used to be my dream to study English Literature in London. It was the subject i enjoyed the most, and performed the best in. I loved the richness of culture that was/is to be found in London, and the fact that it was pretty much the centre of everything in the UK (or so i used to think). Nowadays i'm not so bothered. I should go and have a look at this Uni as i've not actually done so before, but in growing older my enthusiasm for what i call (Miranda moment!) 'the London thing' has diminished significantly. Although i would still definately enjoy living there. Plus, it's so bloody expensive that unless i'm lucky with my career post-university, i probably won't have much of a chance to live there again. I decided to go down a different route with applying to read History of Art as opposed to English literature. Whilst i enjoy reading, and love producing my own pieces of creative writing, analysing pages upon pages of writing doesn't exactly stimulate me. I know that there's alot of essay writing involved in History of Art aswell, but at the core is visual pieces that i find much more accessible and as a result, more inspiring. I am a visual person, but i am also a person that finds it extremely difficult to muster a sufficient amount of motivation and energy when find something boring. It's vital that i enjoy a thing, or i'm pretty much destined to fail. I don't want to waste my life not enjoying myself. I'm not a particularly religious person, but i do try to remind myself regularly that life is a gift, i have not idea who from, but i feel lucky to have it and i think the greatest way of thanking whatever has given it to you is to make sure that you enjoy it, and helping (to the best of your ability) others around you to enjoy it aswell.
Anyway! My self-involved rant has ended. I was looking through The Sunday Times' 'Style' magazine today, and found a picture of a dress from the ASOS Revive collection that will be available from April 18th. It was difficult to find a picture of it to show here, and even my Dad's camera isn't working right now so i could take a picture of the page in the magazine. However, i did manage to find one and even though the colours don't look quite as bright, i think it's really gorgeous:
From the magazine:
For the full 1970s look, as seen at Marc Jacobs, the new ASOS Revive collection is bang on the money. From floaty eveningwear to Studio 54 mazidresses, and from palazzo pants to kaftans, the colours are bright, the cuts are good and the clothes are very, very wafty
I really love alot of 70s fashion, especially the style of maxi dresses that were around, and the way the silhoette was brought in either just under the bust or around the waist. I love the floatiness of them and the way the sleeves are styled. It's elegant, but fun and ethereal at the same time. I'm not that knowledgable when it comes to fashion though. I like what i like, but am pretty clueless when it comes to designers etc, apart from what i see in magazines. If i can't afford it, i'm not really interested. I much prefer to look at street style blogs and the like. It's realistic and practical yet individual and original. It gives you the confidence to try wearing things in public that you would otherwise just wear around house, wishing that you didn't get funny looks if you went to the shops or to college in it. Well this is my case anyway!
I've always remembered how Emma Watson looked on the red carpet for the premier of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, with her vintage Ossie Clarke dress:
Despite the downpour, she looked absolutely stunning (i suppose it helps that she'd look great in a bin bag, let alone a gorgeous dress such as this one). Here's a couple more Ossie Clarke beauties:
Lots of love
Lucy
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