Twist on the Trend: Band T-shirts

The Twist on the Trend team are back! For this one I was lucky enough to suggest the trend: band t-shirts, something a lot of us have in our clothes collection yet wear in all different ways so I thought it would be an interesting one to see how we all style our own.

Top Row: Me, Jane from The Tale of Two Buttons, Jess from Cos' It's the Bee's Knees

Bottom Row: Paloma from Cos It's the Bee's Knees and Lizzie from The Dust on the Ground

So interesting to see how the girls have styled theirs, be sure to check out their blogs for their own feature of this trend where they will tell you a little bit more about their outfit. In exciting news we've also finalised our up-coming themes too so you'll be seeing them very soon. Now for a little bit more on my outfit....

The Vaccines T-shirt: Band Merch website

Cardigan: New Look

Skirt: Pull & Bear

Boots: River Island

As a huge fan of The Vaccines I just had to have one of their t-shirts- I got this last Christmas and absolutely love it. It actually featured in my first EVER outfit post on my blog which you can see here (had no idea how much my hair had grown). This is a pretty versatile outfit, casual enough to wear up to Uni but also can be snazzed up for a meal out.

Apologies for being away from the blogging scene for a while, life seemed to get in the way and the reality of being a 3rd year uni student is setting in. Highlights from last week though included my boyfriend's 21st Birthday, lectures and seminars starting and a yummy meal out to Pizza Express with my friends.

Shall leave you all until next time with The Vaccines themselves!

"Keen, wide-eyed and unassuming"

T-shirt: H+M  Trousers: ASOS  Necklace: Topshop

This has been such a crazy week so excuse me for my blogging absence! But in-between my work experience, getting my second year uni results (woohoo 2:1) and waitressing I managed to slip in a cheeky bit of internet shopping in and to my excitement saw that ASOS are having a sale at the moment.

I snapped up these jeans from their sale (for a bargain of £15) with such a cute green flower print (a nice toe-dip into the printed trouser trend I thought!) due to the boldness of the print they only need to be teamed with a plain top.

Normally I am completely useless at online sales, by the time I decide on something I like it will of sold out in my size so I was very happy to get my hands on such a bargain that I couldn't wait to wear. Also this is probably one of the very few times you will see me with my hair tied up!

Has anyone else found anything in the ASOS sale that they like // have bought? xxx

"Do you want to go to the seaside?" My holiday in Devon

Here is part two of my holiday last week:
After seeing the sights of Bath me and my boyfriend began the rest of our time away. We caught the train from Bath Spa station (changing at Bristol) down to Exeter, then getting a connecting one taking us out to the coast. Got to admit with it raining most of the journey and with a rubbish forecast we hadn't got our hopes up much about the weather!

Despite the changeable weather we kept ourselves really busy with numerous cream teas (Reiss is still a newbie, having never had them before last year :o ) lots of trips down to the sea in the evenings which was about a five minute walk, a trip to Exeter shopping, bike ride along the river and visiting other nearby towns.

Our last day was particularly special as we went quite a distance to get there (about an hour and a half on tiny twisty Devon roads) but the sun was out and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. We went to Salcombe.. A gorgeous seaside town, with a harbour one side and beaches the other and a cute highstreet and also where the first Jack Wills shop was. Definitely a place where the rich and famous can feel at home with a two bedroom apartment setting you back about £1,500,000!!!

 Salcombe North Sands Beach

 Me on the rocks  The Vaccines T-shirt  H+M shorts  ASOS watch  Jack Wills sunglasses

 Reiss exploring on the rocks on the beach

 Beachy snap

Us sitting on the rocks over the sea= paradise

Looking back at the beach from the cliff road

As you can see I got quite snap happy in Salcombe but it really was a gorgeous place! Has anyone else been to Salcombe or Devon recently? xxx

My week....

Hi everyone, hope you are all enjoying the bank holiday weekend and fingers crossed the weather hasn't ruined your plans too much! It's been a funny old week for me- working at the beginning of it and then coming back to uni on Wednesday.

As all of my friends had finally finished their exams I decided to head back to Canterbury to celebrate with everyone the end of our second year before we all head back to our homes all over the country. I also came back to pack up my room and tidy the house I've been renting with my friends Alice & Tom, we were e-mailed a 6 page list of what required cleaning!!! It's definitely safe to say I am sick of the smell of cleaning products! Has anyone else had to do such a deep-clean for their house?! My stuff has finally all been packed and is waiting in a large heap for my Dad to come and pick me up tomorrow. It's really sad to think I'm not going to be here for almost 3 months!

Anyway, here are a few snaps of my week-

1) Left pic- This is my friend Zoe and I before we headed out on Wednesday night (and the return of my favorite denim shorts!)

2) Top right pic- On my way back to Canterbury on Wednesday I was passing through Stratford Westfield going past the Samsung shop when I saw loads of people in one corner of the shop so being the nosy parker I am I went in to see what they were all doing...and then who should walk out to advertise the launch of the new Samsung phone but PIXIE LOTT.... I was completely amazed and quickly got my phone out to take a picture of her (she looked even more gorgeous in real life, the pic doesn't do her justice) also her boyfriend Oliver Cheshire (model and complete hottie) was peeking out from behind the scenes! Very surreal moment for a wednesday afternoon, my boyfriend was very jealous when I told him I'd seen Pixie!

3) Bottom right pic- Sadly I didn't make these beauties but I couldn't resist showing them to you all, aren't they so cute?! I saw them on a website called Baking Mad who had lots of different cake ideas for the jubilee weekend. I am loving the patriotic atmosphere in England at the moment and Union Jacks appearing on everything, sadly I missed a Jubilee Street Party in my village yesterday but apparently it was really good. How are you all spending the Jubilee?

Anyway that's it from me for now, and I just wanted to share with you all this awesome track 'No Hope' that has been released from the Vaccines new album 'The Vaccines come of age'- I can't wait for it to come out!