Vintage Vogues and Audrey Hepburn DVD's

Me and my best friend-Jess, exchanged Christmas presents the other day! I got her a necklace from Urban Outfitters, a Nails Inc nail varnish in 'Piccadilly Circus', and made her a DVD of all our best memories from this year :) And for me, she got me a box set of all of Audrey Hepburns best movies, including Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Paris when it Sizzles, My Fair Lady and Funny Face! Also, she even got me a vintage copy of Vogue-an issue from October 1989 with Claudia Schiffer on the cover! Its so funny looking through it and seeing how much has changed from then until now. I loved both of my presents, and I could tell she loved hers too :) Watching the DVD I made makes me realise how lucky I am to have a friend like Jess, and its so nice to watch it and remember everything that's happened this year, it really has been so good! Together we've been to a Coldplay concert, to Berlin, Elle's London Fashion Weekend! Even just the smaller things we do like sleepovers or going to Costa Coffee have been great :) I hope next years just as good! Christmas is such a good time to reflect over the year, and to be thankful for all the people you have in your life.... my family and all my friends, Jess, Beth, Rachel, Vix's being some of them :)

Both my jumper and Jess' tunic are from Topshop.

Celebrity Role Models.

I was on Teen Vogues website, and they were asking people about there favourite celebrity role models. Mine I would say are Audrey Hepburn, Nicole Richie and Ashley Olsen. Yes they all extremely different people, but all people I admire, look up to and respect.

I started writing a comment on the site, and then wanted to post here about why they are my role models...

I have admiration for Audrey Hepburn. She was a woman that held such grace and elegance, and she was eternally beautiful. Not only on the outside was she beautiful, but I believe she had a beautiful soul. She helped communities from all over the world and was a great humanitarian whilst working for UNICEF. She was and still is such an inspiration. She grew up during wars, but she still managed to make something out her life. She never gave up, and she lead a life of determination. I also look up to Nicole Richie. I admire how she managed to completely turn her life around; from ‘wild child’ to the woman she is today. I see some other celebrity mothers, but only a few seem as devoted as she is to Harlow. I think her life has been some what a perfect fairytale-from how her life has had many lows, yet she came out on top, and for that she is admirable.

Finally, I admire Ashley Olsen. She has been in the public eye from an extremely young age, yet somehow she has managed to stay true to herself. She has not followed the same path as everyone else; going to prison or falling out of nightclubs. Instead she has used her love for fashion, and created two fashion lines; The Row and Elizabeth and James. I feel she has such a great work ethic, and this is shown in her and her sister Mary-Kate's book-Influence...

As a little girl, I was practically obsessed with Mary-Kate and Ashley. I would collect their books, their magazines, their movies-anything with there name on it, I had. I don't know why I had this fascination with them, but there was just something about them that seemed so unique, as if they weren't like other child stars. And I guess now, that fascination has carried on. Except now, I don't covet board games and dolls anymore, now I lust after their wardrobes. Ashley's especially. I think she has such an ornate sense of style and this is why she stands out as a style icon.

All of these people have such amazing style, and this is just one of the things, I feel, that makes them such role models. They have all shown such positive examples for the most part, and have influenced the the way I dress and inspired my love for fashion.

So who are your favourite celebrity role models, and how do they inspire you?

My Birthday.

So Wednesday was my birthday :) I got lots of nice things such as an Audrey Hepburn canvas for my bedroom, a sewing machine, and lots of clothes! All my family came over and we had a BBQ! I'm going to London with my friends in a few weeks to celebrate it instead of now, because I'm waiting for my friend Jess to get back from Spain first. All day I went around taking pictures with everyone at my birthday, but her are a few of my favourites!..

Dress: Grey Tassle Dress from H&M
Shoes: Pale pink patent bow heels from ASOS

Above: My outfit in theory -
Below: My outfit on me...
Some of my favourite presents: My Audrey Hepburn canvus, Book-Influence, Green River Island bag and some Topshop Rings!
This is me and my cousin - Leigh :)
This is me and my Mum! :D Then us two with my Dad also! Me and Scarlett! She is so cute!! And finally, I must mention this amazing dress I got the other day in H&M when I went shopping to Lakeside with Beth! It has sequins all over :D I was looking for a dress like this, and my friend Jess got one back in February last time she was in Spain! It sparkles!!! I LOVE IT!!And then to finish it all off with a cup of tea after the rain lol!

Thanks everyone who made my 15th birthday so great! Ily all xxx