Rufford Park Medieval Fair

I really love old clothes - not just vintage, but also 18th Century clothes, clothing from medieval times etc... They just have a quality about them that is really beautiful, and I'm constantly wishing for previous-century inspired fashion (which is probably why I loved Alexander Mcqueen's last collection so much).

Anywho, today I went with my family to Rufford Park, where as part of Robin Hood month they were having a Medieval Weekend Fair. We happened upon it entirely by accident, and it was fantastic, with stalls full of filigree and weaponry and cloth and armour... I honestly think I was more excited about it than my 6 year old cousin.

Here are some photos:



I wanted everything, but I couldn't get anything :( So I just had to photo it all instead :D




Check out this guy's beard!








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I shouldn't have... But I did.

I saved some money from last month so I could get my year's Gold membership for XBOX360 Live, and I bought it (12+1 months for the same price as 12! -nerd moment-)(and my uncle gave me a free headset so I was all kitted out finally!) and then my mum said she'd give me the money back, and consider it a gift for not burning down the house in the 3 weeks they were gone (12 days in Cyprus, a further week stuck because of the volcanic ash) and I think I deserve it because now that they're back they're driving me absolutely insane!!

But that's not that point... So I have this money, burning a hole in my pocket(or bank) and I got the May ASOS magazine through the post and saw some amazingly cheap and pretty wedges! I've been looking for a pair of affordable wedges for what seems like forever, and well, I had the money so... I went online and bought them. But now I feel bad because I don't like spending money haha. But they reminded me of the Céline wedges from S/S10RTW


Sea of Shoes

(only, y'know, not wooden or studded, or breathtakingly amazing, but it's the thought that counts) and so I had to have them! I've never had a pair of wedges before, I'm excited :D



asos.com

Trends....

There are certain trends in the current and future seasons that I love, and some that I love... notsomuch.

I'm vegetarian, so by default I not only don't eat meat, meat-products/by-products(gelatine etc) or anything cooked in meat, and I also avoid most things of animal origin. This means I don't wear fur, ever, or croc skin, or snake skin, or ponyhair, and it's very rare for me to wear any leather or suede without the crux 'faux-' before it. (The exceptions being my beloved Doc. Martens that I've had since being about 12, and the occasional leather bag...) I'm by no means a saint, but I do try to be true to my morals.

That's why it's been difficult for me to find any good to embrace in the whole fur debacle for F/W2010. Karl Lagerfield, being the God that he is, designed his entire Chanel FRTW10 collection using fake fur, which I personally think is a stroke of genius, especially since that particular collection seems to have some fur-based piece in every look. And I actually really liked a lot of it, it had that fun yeti vibe, and kind of reminds me of the adorable bear-suits babies roll around in, but in like a really high fashion way. The fact that he used like a ton of ice on his runway makes me think that maybe he was having a play with this collection, and wasn't taking it entirely serious - more like he wanted his customers to wear some of the pieces with a bright smile, their expressions as warm as their snug toes in their newly-acquired snow boots. I am entirely jealous of anyone who can afford any of these pieces for next Winter.

Just some adorable fluff

Harry George, 7 months old

In Raptures Photoshoot

Yesterday, for my friend's birthday present, I went over and we had a photoshoot. My mum, step-dad and baby brother have gone to Cyprus and my younger brother has gone to stay with my dad, so I have the house to myself for 12 days (heaven!) so my cousin, Bronte, has come to stay for a few days. I dragged her along and she did hair for me.

Make-up is soooo relaxing, but Rebecca (my friend and model) blinks every time you go anywhere near her eyes which is frustrating, so I'm surprised she didn't end up with mascara all over her face. What was funny was that she had to go to the shops for milk like directly afterwards, with enormous hair and drawn on eyebrows haha!

Retouching efforts

I decided yesterday that I'm going to dabble in retouching now to make my photography look more professional when I do get around to doing more fashion shoots (I would spend all my time doing this if models weren't thin on the ground... I'm considering posting an advertisement around my college when I get back after Easter haha). With this in mind I browsed through a couple of tutorials, pulled out an old photo of Bee from my external harddrive and spent maybe 40 minutes or so retouching her.

My darling Gama made me a bit of a website with a rollover javascript image showing the before and after of it, because I am hopeless, so here we go: Retouching Example ! Clickity click ;) Hopefully having a reallysuperamazing tea party photoshoot with Phet in a couple of days so I'll post the results of that up soon too :D

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Updates and random stuff about horses and whatnot.

I don't really have much to write about at the moment except personal stuff, so I guess that's what I'll do.
I've been busy lately writing a short story for the Bridport Prize :) and doing some other completely awesome stuff that is top secret!

BUT I've been feeling really down too because I've been ill, and on top of that, the horse I look after is up for sale and I might not have her for much longer so I've felt really upset about that. I'm going to be spending as much time as possible with her over the Easter break, so maybe I'll have to make some horse-fashion related posts? ;D And I'm sure all my non-existant readers would love to see some entirely sexy shots of me in my jodhpurs ;) haha

Um, yeah that's it.

OH and P.S. I've been having mixed reactions over whether or not I should cut my hair, but I think I'll do it anyway because I feel pretty excited about it :)

P.P.S. I've applied for a job as a trainee photographer and I had my interview Wednesday so FINGERS CROSSED!

P.P.P.S. I really want to incorporate my photography into this blog somehow, so I really need to get my arse into gear at some stage and arrange some more photo shoots etc...

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