Boat Race 2011

I've had a quite good weekend in London with trips all over the place, hanging out with friends and celebrating the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in good old Putney. On Friday I spent the day exploring the many delights of the South Bank including several galleries and 10 seconds of Saturday afternoon was spent observing the Boat Race and having a BBQ afterwards. Today I headed back to the South Bank to visit the Pick Me Up contemporary graphic art fair at Somerset House before it closed for the year. Over the weekend I also took a couple of secret street style photos including Boat Race day snobbery.

Working the colour popping trend down to a tee






Boat Race day in Putney




Fashion forward of plain pretentious? You decide!

A while back I mentioned how I was after a high waisted black A line skirt and yesterday I found just that in my local Topshop Sale. I didn't have leather in mind when I was dreaming my perfect choice but this one ticks all the boxes and at only £20 how could I say no, plus it is real leather.

Leather skirt from Topshop
Floral top from River Island
Quilted jacket from Urban Outfitters
Ankle boots from Schuh
Necklace from Stolen Thunder
Ring from a random shop in Derby

Amongst a sea of Barbour jackets during Boat Race weekend this quilted one makes me look a bit like one of the rah girls but I assure you I'm not. My leopard print nails inspired by Gem probably make me look less Sloane and more Shoreditch. I love them and will be trying them out again with different colours and also some dalmatian print once I score some white varnish.

Nails - Barry M yellow & 17 tropical island

Anyway, must dash now and start week 2 of my couch to 5K programme. The running is going well but some times I get that too lazy feeling so I really have to push myself. While I'm running why don't you enter my 200 followers giveaway over here.

Losing an hour this morning sucks FYI x

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200 Followers Giveaway

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So this is my first ever giveaway and I'm really excited about it because the prize is so great and pretty that I want to keep it for myself! I was meant to do a giveaway when I reached 100 followers but time went by and now I'm celebrating 200. So this is really to thank all of you guys who have stuck by me and continue to read all my rambles, I really appreciate it. I wanted to find a prize that was inspired by my blog and I think I did a pretty good job.

So here is what I'm offering the lucky winner...

A pair of white Bebaroque tights with gold BOWS on the ankles! Awesome aren't they? Imagine wearing these over the summer with pretty dresses and pumps. Due to my love of all things bow related as well as funky tights I thought this was the perfect prize. Bebaroque make luxury tights, I have a few pairs and they are extremely good quality and fit sizes 6-18.

To enter the giveaway this is what you have to do:
1. You must be a follower of my blog via gooogle connect and leave a comment on this post with your email address
2. For an extra entry feel free to tweet @hansyhobs is having an awesome giveaway with a pair of Bebaroque tights up for grabs over at http://tinyurl.com/62wnsu3 and write that you tweeted in the comment

I will be checking so no cheating please. The giveaway is open for all readers until Sunday 17th April and I will choose a winner with radom.org.

Good luck everyone x

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Yohji yo!

Last Monday I bus hopped it to the V&A to check out their new Yohji Yamamoto exhibition. Yamamoto is a Japanese fashion designer who became famous in the eighties after creating innovative designs by using unusual pattern cutting techniques and channelling his personality. The retrospective showcases many of his womenswear and menswear designs from over the last few decades. His clothes, whilst unusual and striking are beautiful, intricately made and inspiring. Many of the designs would only seem at place in a fantasy land and his use of bold colours in a sea of black is exciting. Of course photography is prohibited as it always is in the best exhibitions but there are plenty of satellite displays across the museum's six floors where you can take photos. You have to pay around a fiver to see the 'main' exhibition so these satellite displays are perfect for the cash strapped. It took me a while to find the few on the upper floors but the trek was worth it because the clothes are heavenly.

What I love most about the clothes is the attention to detail whether is be in the form of luxury pleats, big pockets, angular collars or textile knits. The clothes inside the main room were incredible and I really wish I could have taken photos to show you. Susie has some over on her blog so I advise you to go take a look. There is a beautiful yellow dress, green coat, revolving dress, caged corset and a white silk dress with visible stitching to name but a few. Videos around the room showcase his previous collections and the walls are full of sketches, it really is a fantastically interesting exhibition.

I bought his biography 'My Dear Bomb' which I've been reading snippets from and finding extremely interesting. I took this image from Susie because no matter how hard I tried to photography my own book I couldn't get it right.

There are a few other Yohji exhibitions happening over London including Yohji's Women at the Wapping Project Bankside which I might check out on Friday. The only downside to this exhibition is the sheer volume of fluorescent light used in the main room. I seriously wanted to put on a pair of sunglasses it was so bright!

Have any of you been yet x

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