La Mode et Moi

Busy B

2008-08-23T04:49:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone, sorry for the small lack of posts (again)! I've just been really busy with getting my GCSE results and college enrolment which has been very exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time!

I was really happy with all my results except maths, so I guess thats not too bad as I really thought I would do a lot worst than I actually did! So I'm happy!

Yesterday me and & some friends went out & did some celebrating in the form of retail therapy (what better way is there?) and I bought a gorgeous black skirt for college, some red stirrups & other bits & bobs.

Overall its been a busy and pretty fun couple of days, hopefully I'll update soon with some pics! As for today, it'll be more shopping - I need to buy study material for college! So much to do, so little time...

love, luck & fashion

xoxo

p.s. in between all the hustle and bustle, I've manged to fall in love with one of many AW08 trends - the luxurious mat that is fur. Who would have thought?

Return of the Fashion Jedi

2008-08-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Its been a long time since I've posted on here & so much has happened over the last month and a bit but I'm finally back! As well as my internet getting fixed (I must admit this was about a month ago!), I also went on holiday back home & got a golden glow - yes a REAL tan! lol & I haven't even mentioned my lovely buys over the summer, but I'll leave you hanging til I upload pics!

Anyway, just wanted to let you know I'm back for good (or at least until my next holiday!) & hope you've all had lots of fun over the summer. At the mo I'm stressing about my GCSE results which I'll be finding out tomorrow, so wish me luck! I'll update as soon as I can, oh yeah & tell me what you think about my new header!

love, peace & fashion
xoxo

The Sunshine Burned the Booter

2008-07-02T17:56:00.000-07:00

So sorry for the lack of posts but my internet connection is no longer working so I have no idea if and when I'll be able to post agen! I'll probably start up again in September but I'll track my outfits til then! I'm actually in an internet cafe in the middle of Oxford Street!

Hope everyone has fun over Summer & keeps up their posts, I'll be back soon so don't hold your breathes!!

Love you all & will miss you dearly!! Stay a la mode fashionistas!

love, peace & fashion

xoxo

Tagged!

2008-06-26T15:00:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged by SLC Socialite! My first tag so far in my blogging history so here goes!

5 Things Found in my Purse:

1) iPod Touch
2) LV Wallet
3) L'Occitane 30ml Hand Cream
4) Motorola Krzr Phone in Black
5) Black Clear-lensed UO Wayfarers

5 Things Found in my Wallet:
1) Oyster card
2) Debit card
3) Accesorize reciept (from Prom buys!)
4) Expired Boots voucher
5) Boots reward card

5 Things Found in my Room:
1) 3 piles of now-old-and-no-longer-needed text books
2) Extremely messy wardrobe & contents
3) 200+ Collection of fashion magazines incl. VOGUE, ELLE, Grazia, Look etc
4) Assortment of 'grown-up toys' such as teddy bears: 3 dogs, 3 cows, 1 rabbit & a porcelain doll :)
5) Unused & still-in-packaging full length mirror

5 Things I’ve always wanted to do:
1) Attend an Haute Couture fashion show
2) Travel to a non-European country by boat *cruising*
3) Get a fashion-related job that I love e.g. in fashion marketing
4) Drive a convertible roof-down on the motorway (just 2 years left!)
5) Go on a money-is-no-object shopping spree weekend (ultimat dream!)

5 Things I’m currently into:
1) Parties - Prom really got me in the mood
2) Shopping (as usual)
3) Vintage designer finds
4) Bangles
5) Thinking about college!

5 Impressions of my Tagger:
1) Extremely stylish
2) In love with the 'tuck'
3) Lives above a mall (I'm so jealous!)
4) Is great at doing 'inspired by' looks
5) Very friendly

I tag Austere, Leposaurus Rex, Strawberry Kitten and Hand It Over! Have fun girls!

love, peace & fashion
xoxo

Prom 2008!!

2008-06-25T12:23:00.000-07:00

Omg, so prom yesterday was just AMAZING!! Honestly, it was SOO much fun, I had the time of my life haha I can't believe I'm not gonna see all those people again, I mean obviously I'll keep in touch with my close friends & we'll still go out together & stuff, but all those people that I sorta knew & loved but never really got to spend a lot of time with are just gonna be gone now...its so sad .

On a brighter note, I really can't describe how much fun I had yesterday! It was really just great & we took like 200+ photos lol yes, really!

Oh yeah, & in the end I changed my bag because when I tried it on it no longer seemed to match? I think its cos the earrings were silver, oh yeah & I took a coat instead of the black stole, but ended up using my friend's pashmina (which luckily matched perfectly) when it was cold!

Here's a few of my fav pics from last night, enjoy & I'll be posting a tag post v. soon!

love, peace & fashion
xoxo

^'clique' pic

^just messing about on the boat

^long story short: lack of drinks leads to appreciation of oxygen

^Me & S - dresses pic

^Waving at fellow cruisers

^ I had this much fun all night!

Mirror mirror...

2008-06-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, I know I haven't blogged in a while - v. sorry but I've been so busy preparing for my final Physics exam which was today (they're finally all over!!!) & Prom which is tomorrow night! I'm so excited, it should be really fun & I'll defo post loads of pics of the night as soon as I can! Until then though, I do have some Prom-prep photos!

Oh yeah, & yesterday I went to get a spray tan at my salon, its the first time I've ever done that & it was really good, although I'm still feeling slightly worried about how fake it looks haha, hopefully it'll be more natural-looking by tomorrow!
So here's the pics then, let me know what you think!

love, peace & fashion
xoxo

^What I like to call the Prom Pile ;this includes my dress, shoes, bag & cloaky-thing-I'm-stealing-from-my-mum-as-a-coverup!

^The ring I bought especially for the occasion - you can tell I'm tanned in this pic :)

[I'd post more photos but my phones acting weird - again!]

Fashionably Late? Not quite so...

2008-06-20T12:04:00.000-07:00

Hi, so last night I went to the movies and watched...SATC. Yes, yes, I know, I should get a tellling off for not watching til so late but I've been so busy with all my exams & preparing for Prom that I just didn't find the time! So anyway, the movie was truly fabulous (as probably all of you already know) but I won't go on about it because I know how much ever other blog, magazine, tv programme etc has been & even though we can never get bored of it, I don't think I have something to say that hasn't already been said!

So anyway, before the cinema we went out for dinner & I had some gorgeously delicious stuffed pepper thing - yum! Here's its remains:

Just a bit of garnish & the top bit *which isn't meant to be eaten ahem*, you can tell it must've been good.

I've also got a pic of my outfit - it was quite casual as we went for a long walk beforehand!

Top - Stella McCartney
Jacket - Stolen from Mum
Jeans - Topshop
Sandals - Zara
Sunglasses - H&M

So thats yesterdays post done, todays will be here in a bit!

love, peace & fashion
xoxo

Finally... <3

2008-06-18T15:05:00.000-07:00

Heyy everyone, so I finally found a prom dress! Or should I say the dress? haha, either way I'm one step closer to the end of my secondary school days...very exciting & somewhat daunting!

Anyway, I went out this afternoon with my mum & it was quite funny because I was talking on the phone earlier in the day to my best friend, & she was telling me about the dress she got & at one point I actually realised that it was a dress I was very close to buying on one particular outing!! I'm very glad I didn't get it know cos it would've been crazy if we ended up wearing the same dress!!

Yeah so I got the dress from T.K.Maxx - I actually found like 3 other possibilities but in the end settled for this one, I was actually quite surprised by how many nice ones they have cos I normally have to rumuge quite a bit to find something good! Anyway, I've got pictures of the dress & the other eliminated options. I am really so glad that I finally got it, I thought I'd end up having to wear some old manky dress of mine haha

Tell me what you think of 'the one' & whether I made the right choice!?

Love, luck & fashion

xoxo

^Another white dress: in the end it was between this & the one I got

^ I really liked this one too as I loved the block colour & shape!

^This is black version of the one I actually bought, but I didn't really wanna wear black!

^The dress!

^Trying it on with the allocated Loubs & bag

p.s. sorry for the totally rubbish photo quality!

College/Sixth Form/Senior/??

2008-06-17T04:36:00.001-07:00

So I might be getting ahead of myself a bit, but I can't help it! I'm just too excited not to blog about outfits for college! Oh yeah, and just so everyone knows, 'college' doesn't refer to 'university' in the way it does the US. I think its kinda like senior in high school? I'm not really sure but in the UK college refers to sixth forms, and 'University' is the US's 'college' if that makes any sense lol

Anyway enough of that, on to the outfits. After all, I only have like 2 months & a half left and I won't really have time during the summer to think about this! I used that brilliant site which I'm sure loads of you know (polyvore.com) to come up with some little inspirational collages.

I really love this site its so handy and much easier to use than photoshop. Its a lot of fun too so I definetely recommend it! I'm also really happy cos at a lot of sixth forms you have to wear full uniform but at the one I'm going to you can basically wear anything & any colour so long as its 'smart'. This basically means you can't wear t-shirts or jeans! I think I'll probably stick to black and white most of the time though! Tell me what you like & what you don't :)

love, luck & fashion

xoxo

Au Naturel

2008-06-16T11:15:00.000-07:00

Hey girlies, so I'm finally back with some piccys! Although I regret having to say they're not of any outfits! Oh well; on Saturday we took trip to Windsor which was lover-ly (a la MFL) and I took some very beautiful photos of the landscape, so many nature photo ops!

Anyway, I didn't manage to take a decent picture of my outfit (so busy with the deer you see, yes I did say deer) but there was a lovely carriage with some kind of royality-honourable-je-ne-sais-pas-qui in it and I did manage to take a picture of that!

Apart from that I've just been revising & relaxing these last few days as I have my last exam in exactly one week now. I've also found myself thinking more & more about college! I should be thinking about Prom & the summer hols but I can't help but want to start college prep! I've already started making lists of what I need & what I have lol

Here's the pics then, I've missed you all! xoxo

^ Just some random photography

^ The Deer! Oh my gosh they were so unbelievably cute! & i loved how they were running free in complete serenity!

^ Absolutely love this photo,
I could not believe it turned out so nice
even though I have like the worst camera phone lol

^ The carriage! Did I mention the gorgeously posh clothing they had on? You can see (well, kind of lol) the formal (and somewhat Austen-novelish) attire of les footmen ooh la la!

^Well, there had to be at least one fashion-related photo, didn't there?

Back

2008-06-13T06:42:00.001-07:00

Hey, sorry for not posting the last few days - I had exams so I was concentrating on that. I'm almost on holiday now! I only have one last exam which is next monday which means I've got a whole week to revise for it which is good.

& Prom is the day after the exam and I still have to find a dress! Luckily I've got a bit more than a week to do that & revise so I should be able to sort myself out.

I'll update later, hope everyones having a good time!

xoxo

Fashionably Nervous

2008-06-10T20:19:00.000-07:00

So today was the last day of revision for my exams tomorrow! I gotta say once again I've found it slightly hard to concentrate but I did quite a bit of revision & I know what its all about so I guess I'll do fine. Honestly, I cannot wait until 14:15pm tomorrow! Then I'll only have 2 minor exams left (French Writing & Core Physics).

French is like my second language so that won't be too hard on Thursday, & Physics is multiple choice & I have a week to revise for that one exam!

Anyway, I did go out for a breather today and I saw a nice dress I liked but in the end the price wasn't worth it for the quality. Don't you just hate it when somethings pretty but overpriced & rubbish quality? If I'm going to splurge on something, it has to last!

I was mainly looking for a prom dress but didn't find anything worthy of my last secondary school function before I go to college! At the moment I have no idea of what I'm wearing or looking like (make up/hair etc) apart from my shoes.

Which I guess is better than nothing, right? For my birthday this year I was bugging my parents for months about Louboutins, and in the end they actually got me a pair! I got to choose them too, and decided simple black pumps were the best option as I could wear them at any time, for any occasion & in any season! Plus, black is my favourite colour - I just love how it goes with everything!

love, peace & fashion

xoxo

^Heres what they look like

^This is probably the photo that sold them to me! I love Nicole's style, and she looks so chic with these pumps on!

Another Day of (semi)Revision

2008-06-09T18:00:00.000-07:00

Heya, so today once again I spent most of it at home trying to revise for my exams this week. I'm not really that nervous anymore cos I've already had most of my exams and I'm totally used to them now! In a way this is good cos I used to get SO stressed out lol but now its like no biggie. On the other hand, it also means I let myself get distracted more easily (see rest of post) which isn't such a great thing!

Anyway, later on in the day I went to my local park with my mum for a walk & the only thing we bought was... dinner lol yes, chinese - yum! haha

Anyway, I also had time to conjure up a little collage of some stuff I need for this summer which is posted below. Thanks for all the comments by the way, much love

xoxo

^What I was wearing today - nothing special just a dress & leggings, & that bag that I haven't stopped using since I bought it last Friday!

^My Summer 08 needs collage - I'm still puzzled about the gladiators so if anyone has advice please tell me!

Last Friday

2008-06-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

Hey, so last Friday I went out with S (as I already mentioned) to look for a few things. My camera batteries were totally flat so we only took pics with hers and thats why I didn't get them til today.

Anyway, we went to Portobello Road and then moved onto Oxford Street a little later. It was the first time I went to Portobello in a really long time - I probably haven't been since I was like 5 or something !

It was really fun apart from the fact that my shoes were absolutely killing me and I came hope with totally rouged feet! lol

Here's the pics from that day (click to zoom), I'll post today's stuff later

xoxo

^ Outfit I was wearing on the day - we promised to dress a little funkier than usual hence the none-mathiness lol

^ This a vintage chanel necklace I was almost gonna buy but I though it looked too fake so in the end I didn't!

^Just some pics of the day + contents of my Primark bag ♥: I got this bag & the cute bows are hair clips - I got 2 so I can use them when I put my hair in pigtails ♥

Confusion

2008-06-08T15:35:00.001-07:00

Hmph. So today I was supposed to go to History revision at school (yes even though it was the weekend, its not that I got confused about) but I ended up going at 1 even though it was supposedly at 10! I don't know how the hell I got it mixed up. As far as I knew, it was defo at1, there was never any question about it for me. I had a timetable and it said History revision, Sunday 8th June, 1.30-4pm!!

So anyway that really frustrated me (as you can imagine) & I ended up having to come home & do revision here where I kept on getting distracted (see uber-fashionable blog list on the right!) & didn't do alot but enough not to feel guilty.

Whatever, anyway, my outfit kind of reflected the day & wasn't very good either, piccys:

^Well at least I got to use the nerd specs!

xoxo

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Mini Shop

2008-06-07T20:00:00.001-07:00

Hey, so today I went out to High Street Kensington and bought a couple of beauties. Yesterday I broke my fav sunglasses and after spending the whole day with S searching for those Clear Lensed Wayfarers by the time I found them I was broke from buying other things lol

Anyway, I went out for them again today (yes, I was determined) and finally bought them! Yay! Originally I found them in Topshop but the Urban Outfitters version was much cuter, so I opted for them. I also had to buy new sunglasses, even though I have other pairs - they WERE my favourite after all and I felt bad about having -1 pair!

I also got a cute pair of scarves from HM and a much-needed mirroir. Here's some pics:

^ The Outfit (also at http://lookbook.nu/sophialamode)

^New sunnies! ♥ the butterfly detail

^Trying them on

^ Finally - the nerd specs ♥

^ Nerd specs on cute stuffed dawg lol

^ Dog w/sunnies & scarf in green

^ Scarf print - in monochrome

^HM mirror