Check Mate!

I've always had a bit of a thing for tartan and have secretly been wanting to don a stylish alternative of a kilt for some time now, but I've been afraid I would come out either looking like a Scot-gone-wrong or a Halloween style 'indecent' school girl. But now that tartan (and other forms of check-ery) are bang on trend, I can finally go out in Clueless style!

I've put together some of my favourite tartan pieces for you, so you can go and buy them if you like! I myself will try to refrain, although I might have to make an exception for one or two items. 

Check Mate by aderynh2 featuring short skirts

Motel red jacket £55 / Sparkle Fade green plaid jacket £68 / Missguided punk pants £24.99 / Missguided short skirt £19.99 / New Look Green Short skirt £16.99 / New Look Monochrome Short skirt £17.99

(trying out the new Polyvore features - let me know if you'd rather I typed and linked you myself)

It seems I do have a preference for the green tartan over any other. I think it's much more subtle and easier to pull off!

You may have noticed the slip dress isn't linked. Unfortunately the dress isn't available any more (it's from Zara - you might be able to get it on eBay) but I wanted to throw it on there cos I own it myself and I absolutely love it *blog post to come soon!*

Are you a fan of the tartan trend? Leave a comment 

xx

Polyvore

For my Graphic Design course at college we have been given complete freedom over the brief for our current unit, so being really interested in fashion I decided my project would be to create a fashion magazine. As part of that I have to do photo-shoots for the fashion spreads inside the magazine. I've already done a more edgy/grunge shoot with my friend Amy who was an AMAZING model (thank you!!), so now I have opted to do something a bit more clean and 'preppy' for my next shoot. So here are a couple of mood boards I put together on Polyvore for my models (my friends Katy and Andrew) so that they had a rough idea of the style I am going for!

Minimalist (male) by aderynh2 on Polyvore

I'd really recommend checking out Polyvore! It's great for putting together 'sets' like this as mood boards for inspiration, but it's also good for shopping. It compiles hundreds of brands together so if you're searching for something specific you don't have to go through each shops website individually. You can just type in what you're after and it'll come up with that product from loads of different shops, and you can filter the results by price, colour, brand - it makes things so much easier!

Check it out!

xx