Musée D'Orsay and the River Seine |Exploring Paris 4

Last Paris blog for you today! So sad that I don't have an excuse to keep looking back through my photos reliving the holiday...


On our last day we had planned to go to the Catacombs, the resting place of some six million people, yes very morbid but it matched the tone of our last day. However when we arrived bright and early the line was already stretched halfway around the park behind the entrance and after and hour of waiting we decided we were not going to waste another second. Off we trotted to the Musée D'Orsay.

After you're welcomed by this breathtaking room (we literally gasped as we walking in) you can take your time looking at Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Van Gogh and pretty much any impressionist you can imagine! 

After soaking up all of that culture we went for a stroll in the sun along the river Seine and sat down by Pont Neuf.

A perfect ending to a brilliant holiday! If anyone is thinking about going to Paris I'd highly recommend it! Even better if you can get to see Paris on a sunny day, it makes all the difference ;)

Thanks for reading,

Ciara xx

London Fashion Week Part Uno!

Hello lovelies,

Here we are once again about to delve into the wondrous world of London Fashion Week and I have no doubt we'll enjoy it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again I really love LFW because creativity and experimentation are typical aspects of the collections shown. Although I do strongly feel that fashion should be wearable for the everyday woman I also think 'thinking out of the box' is necessary for our culture's development in fashion.

We all remember the flares and peace signs of the 70s, the leggings, leg warmers and scrunchies of the 80s, but what will this decade be remembered for? Will it be the expertise of Katrantzou's techno printing or the craziness of Holland and  Meadham Kirchhoff?


But anyways that's my rant over and now it's time to get to LFW day 1.

From Zoë Jordan we got a youthful sense of minimalism with lots of play on cuts and colours. I was also quite attracted to the use of metallics and skins to add another dimension to the collection.












Bora Aksu brought us features of history with flapper girl head pieces, pinched in waists but history stopped at the puffed sleeves. Exaggerated shoulder lines and playing on hanging the material about the body whether it be a loose skirt or a-line shift dress brought a strong impact from this collection. 












 sass & bide were modern with sleek lines and racing stripes but also had an elegant and chic touch to the looks. A nice clean and interesting collection.













It was all energy over at Jena.Theo with graffiti styled graphic prints ad bold colours of fuchsia and yellow gold.









Fyodor Golan evoked supreme elegance and refined drama with rich detailing and bold but pure cuts.










There you have it, my favourites from day 1 of LFW and I'm very impressed by the hints of modern and 'new aesthetic' applied to simple and delicate shapes so as to appeal to a less adventurous woman who perhaps doesn't want to go to an event looking like some extraterrestrial vision.

Thanks for reading,
Ciara.