LOVE YOUR SKIN

Found this lovely, uplifting blog post, thought you'd all love it!

http://mashable.com/2015/02/28/body-positive-blogs/#ups7TwD2RaqZ

Much Love,
Becky xo

Youtubers taking on body confidence!

Continuing the discussion on body confidence, whilst getting my daily dose of youtube videos, I have noticed that the blogging community has taken it upon themselves to share their views on this touching subject that has become a very important part of our society.

Louise Pentland, also known on Youtube as 'Sprinkle of Glitter', uses her well known platform to discuss this topic alot. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5aaA-zvxY

Above is a link to one of Louise's videos, where she discussed her battle with body confidence.

I think this is a brilliant way of making women and girls more aware of what is happening in our society, and that they don't have to be tiny to be amazing. 

Much love,

Becky xo

The most controversial fashion ads... ever

1.

Now considered one of the most iconic adverts of all time, when the Wonderbra ‘Hello Boys’ campaign was released in 1994, legend has it that the billboards resulted in car crashes when male drivers got distracted by Czech model Eva Herzigova and her assets.

2.

One of the most talked about fashion ads of the noughties was the 2004 Gucci campaign which featured model Carmen Cass with a ‘G’ shaved into her nether regions. The ad was infamously nicknamed ‘Pubic Enemy’ by the photographer Mario Testino who shot the image. Despite thousands of complaints, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority did not ban the provocative ad.

3.

Dolce & Gabbana’s 2007 ad was pulled in Spain as it was thought to ‘glorify rape’.Designer Stefano Gabbana defended the image, saying its intent was to show “an erotic dream, a sexual game”.

4.

While Diesel’s 2011 ‘Be Stupid’ campaign won awards, certain images caused offence in Britain as parents believed they encouraged anti social and sexualised behaviour of children. This was banned as posters by the UK watchdog, but were still allowed to appear in magazines.

5.

Miu Miu fell under scrutiny back in 2011 with its fall advertising campaign. The campaign, which featured actress Hailee Steinfeld captured by Bruce Weber, became a topic of heated debate when a shot surfaced of the then 14 year old sitting on a train track, wiping away what seemed to be a tear from her eye. The Italian fashion house was branded irresponsible for publishing an image showing a child in a dangerous location. But our forum members didn’t understand what the fuss was about.

Diving into Art...

Since I was little, I have always had a passion for art. So when twiddling my thumbs in the Easter Holidays, I decided to produce some pieces of art to decorate the family home. 

The trio collection was inspired by the artist GULEC, who produces stunning skull prints. I studied this artist for my Art A'Level and have always wanted to explore further...

https://aligulec.carbonmade.com

Speak to you soon!

Much love,

Becks xo

Women's Body Confidence

With the rise in social media, over the past few years body confidence in women has been a major talking point. Famous celebs and big Youtube and Blogging stars have started this conversation and tried their best to make young girls aware of the effects of body harming or just low confidence. 

Because of this I want to start talking a lot more about how to feel more confident about your body, and as a young women who's not the smallest of the bunch, what it was like for me growing up.

A lot of young girls don't have fantastic body confidence because of how manipulating the media and fashion industry is today, with girls thinking they have to look like a Victoria Secret model to be 'beautiful' and this is really not the case!!

Because of this, lots of famous brands our now going against todays 'norm' and have started to advertise the beautiful side to all women, because they do come in all shapes and sizes. Here are a few of my favourite campaigns and models...

This was the first chapter of what I hope to be many more talks about body confidence with you guys, as I think its a very important and serious topic to be aware of in todays society. Im going to leave you with a quote I found and love, talk soon...

Much love,

Becks xo

IM BACK BABY!

HEY GUYS!!!!

Sorry I've been away but I decided to take a short break to discover what I actually want to put on this channel, and now I'm back I'm feeling fresh and wanting to create lots of new content for you guys!!

So before we all get stuck into it, here's so pictures of some of the things I've been inspired by over the last month - sort of like a beauty bloggers monthly faves! Haha!

Much love,

Becks xo

Contouring/Dimension in VM

Schiesser Flagship Store

 "A pop-up shop made of pantyhose"

 Lacoste A/W15

 Dior

 'Video game store' - Paris

 Australian Interior Design winner

 Bergdorf Goodman - New York

 Carlsburg - Wonderland

 Salon Mittermeier

Banq Restaurant 

WonderLust Girls - NYC

Whilst in New York City last week, me and the rest of my course mates got the amazing opportunity to experience a tour of the ever so famous Garment District located in the centre of New York.

The tour was packed with so many amazing people to meet and places to see. However, one part of the tour really stood out to me and that was the talk/Q&A with The WonderLust Girls, who describe themselves as Fashion Bloggers and Wardrobe Stylists that live in Downtown Manhattan.

The talk consisted of them telling us how they got into the industry, what their job consists of and what the fashion/marketing industry is really like.

They also spoke about their Blog and Youtube Channel, and how much that has helped them to move up in the industry and they use it as a informal platform to communicate with people in the industry as well as people like me and you who just enjoy fashion, or just reading blogs. 

Overall The WonderLust Girls were amazing and inspiring people to meet and I really recommend checking out their Blog, which I will leave down below, as well as some of there marketing work they have featured on there. Tell them I sent you!!

http://www.thewanderlustgirls.com

Much love,

Becky xo

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

"Top of the Rock" - Rockafeller, New York

Hi Guys! So there was no blog post last week, and I'm so sorry about that! But it't been a crazy month from New Years, to seeing family, working and more importantly... VISITING NEW YORK CITY!!

So this week Im going to making up for my disappearing act by giving you guys a blog post EVERYDAY this week! I thought I'd kick off the week with some pictures of my adventure around New York...

Trying to find our way round the Subway was difficult!

LOVE THESE SHOTS! <3 

Beautiful church on 5th Avenue

Walking into Times Square...

The food was soooo amazing!

GRAND CENTRAL xo

It's so beautiful inside...

Forvever taking these photos aha!

Chelsea Food Market, Mmmm...

Chilling in Willamsburg x

 Brooklyn Bridge was soooo cold!

 But so beautiful...

Very inspiring quote!

 BROOKLYN XO

Such pretty houses!

Would love to live here one day!

 Selfies in Central Park

 Central Park is so quiet...

 The 'duck pond' was so beautiful, but very busy and cold haha!

'Duck Pond'

 WALL ST.

 5th Avenue

 Took a boat tour round the city...

I was so so so cold!!

Dropped in to see the Statue of Liberty aha!

 9/11 Memorial was so emotional...

 Breathe-taking...

Wondering 5th Avenue...

You still here after all those photos? aha!

So at the end of the week we all attended a tour of New York's Garment District, which I found so so interesting, We went and explored several companies including MOOD Fabrics and a independent magazine store. As well as this we also spoke to people that could help us further our knowledge about the difficult fashion industry, but more on this in a blog post coming very soon!!

 MOOD Fabric's

Much love,

Becky xo