016: my university creative communication project sketchbook on cath kidston

FAVOURITE THING TO DO

so welcome to part two of my sketchbooks from university! i have to say in hindsight i adored this project so much whilst i really didn't enjoy my time at uni. i completely adore cath kidston and having to do an entire project on the brand and herself was such a pleasure and something i found really interesting. i created two final outcomes that i photographed with the lovely olivia and jazmine, which i might share soon!

all of the pages from the sketchbook (both photographed and not, just so you get the picture of the work i did!):
main focus for the project and the initial response • an introduction to cath kidston • cath kids ton's inspirations • vogue about cath kidston (analysed) • brand introduction • first shop • first print • first collection • print history • past collections • cath kidston fashion • 2004 • the (international and national) expansion of cath kidston • stock lists and store locations • customer profile • celebrities with cath kidston • coming up roses • coming up rose talk at the cheltenham literature festival • comments on the notes taken at the festival • visual merchandising • cath kidston press releases • the cath kidston blog • twitter and pinterest • facebook • autumn/winter 2013 catalog • fashion promotion • collaborations • events • working with bloggers • the future • own fashion promotion imaging work for cath kidston • thumbnails • editing • examples of where the photograph would be used x2

«currently in the record player: arctic monkeys am» 

lots of love,
lily 

015: the perfume tag

SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF FLORAL, FRESH AND FRUITY

what's your current love? definitely dot by marc jacobs!
on a lazy day i reach for… probably tommy girl by tommy hilfiger, it's a really nonchalant smell… if that ever did exist. 
what perfume would you wear at nighttime/date night? either lola by marc jacobs, fierce by abercrombie and fitch or madame by jean paul gaultier. all three are quite strong smelling and i like perfume being noticed so they are perfume. whilst fierce is for men, it's an irresistible scent and madame reminds me of chocolate oranges, so it's always a winner once it's settled! 
what is your favorite winter scent? i've always struggled to find a winter scent but pomegranate noir by jo malone gets it. i don't own it myself but i can't resist not having a little sniff whenever i walk past my mums. 
what is your favorite summer scent? either g of the sea by hakajuku lovers, daisy eau so fresh by marc jacobs or mandarin tea by love and toast.
what's your most recent perfume purchase? that would be artemisia by penhaligon's 
what perfume is on your wish list? there are a lot as i love perfumes but to name a few i'd say honey by marc jacobs, vanilla and anise by jo malone and armani code by giorgio armani. 
what's your favorite scent category? (fruity, floral, fresh, oriental, woodsy) something along the lines of floral, fresh and fruity
what fragrance/cologne do you like on your significant other? alex wears only the brave tattoo by diesel which is actually quite a sweet fragrance, so don't be put off by the bottle! 

«currently in the record player: arctic monkeys am» 

lots of love,
lily 

014: a few of my favourite things & a room tour video!

I'M ALSO A NOTORIOUS RECEIPT KEEPER

having moved everything back from my university room i forgot how much stuff i actually had. once i put it all in my room i really hated how cluttered everything looked but i've come to realise that clutter=good and it's okay to be a hoarder! whilst i don't have it as bad are the tv programmes portray it i just love keeping things. from the bottle of vanilla vodka i drank the first night alex kissed me to the coconut i ate coconut ice cream from in paris with my best friend phoebe… i keep it all in my bedroom. i'm also a notorious receipt keeper, not because i might need to take something back (of course not, that would make sense) but because it holds memories.

recently, i've discovered where i get my hoarding tendencies from and that would be from my papa. we've had to put up numerous shelves around the house to home all of his little trinkets and having seen how much little things mean to him has definitely rubbed off on me to. so i thought i'd go through my own little shelf in my room and let you know what is on it. i'm also hoping to do the same with my little trinket holders you can see here.

 «currently in the record player: jake bugg shangri la (yup again!)»

lots of love, 
lily 

013: cath kidston s/s 2014

I SQUEALED OVER JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING

i'm certainly not one for copious amounts of press releases in my inbox. however, give me anything cath kidston related and i'm guaranteed to adore it. the catalogue came through my door just i was getting ready to snuggle up in bed with a cath kidston mug of tea - of course this hugely made up for having to get out of bed. i squealed over just about everything before instagraming a picture of it and just had to share it with you once it landed in my email inbox as well.
i feel like cath kidston's clothing isn't as celebrated as the rest of the treasures in store for some reason it's highly underrated. however, i urge you to check out the most recent collection, i already have but i think i will be numerous more times. (below are my favourite picks from the spring collection that is already in store!) 
  

«currently in the record player: jake bugg shangri la» - it's not left the player ever since i got it!

lots of love,
lily 

012: my university visual library sketchbook

PART ONE OF THE SKETCH BOOK POSTS

this is part one of the sketch book posts as i didn't think i could get all the photographs in one post as this is already *a very photograph heavy post*. therefore, i won't say much! but, this is my 'visual library' we had to put together at university. we were told to put them in a4 folders but i work a lot better in a scrapbook layout so that's what i did and they liked it! the sketchbook was from paperchase and i would highly recommend all of the brown paper sketchbooks as i have gotten through  a high volume of them!

 «currently in the record player: jake bugg shangri la»

lots of love, 
lily 

011: wish list number one

WISH LIST NUMBER ONE

imac: one word, yum. i've always preferred an imac over a macbook, there is just something so pretty about them. plus, i hate the idea of carrying around a laptop that costs £1,000.

marie antoinette vinyl: this is currently my most coveted vinyl and probably will be forever. if you haven't listened to the soundtrack properly before i urge you to! someone has kindly uploaded the soundtrack here and here and honestly sofia coppola's soundtracks are second to none. (i also strongly recommend the bling ring soundtrack which someone has made a playlist of here!) i forgot to say it's like ridiculously rare, so i'll probably never get my mitts on the soundtrack on vinyl.

cath kidston ipad cases (patchwork gadget case and spotted cover): i saw the patchwork case in the sloane square store and just fell in love with this new print. i then fell even deeper for the spotted cover and couldn't help but think it would be the cutest ipad cover duo ever.

jo malone vanilla and anise: in my opinion there is (from bottom to top!) perfume, penhaligons, marc jacobs, then jo malone. all of the her fragrances are just out of this world. plus harry styles and i both share the same favourite jo malone scent that is vanilla and anise.

lush neon love soap: having worked at lush for three years i'm always going to be a fan of there products. however, this is just such an amazingly scented soap - quite jo malone like in scent as well!

 «currently in the record player: the great gatsby soundtrack»

lots of love, 

lily

010: my new do!

THE HAIR CUT MY DAD DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE!

this ladies (and gentlemen?) this the hair cut my dad didn't even notice! neither did a lot of people as a matter of fact. anyway! it's been a good while since i last showed my face on this little blog and a lot of you probably didn't see what my hair was like before i had it cut so here is a picture pre chop. whenever i have a hair cut i always end up going for something i had when i was considerably younger rocking teal green glittery jelly shoes - but hey, i think it kinda works, what do you think? i felt like summer finn getting my hair all chopped off, someone queue hall and oates? 

 «currently in the record player: first aid kit drunken trees»

lots of love,

lily