Fashion Labyrinth

Goodbye Fashion Labyrinth

2010-04-06T15:02:00.000+01:00

Hey guys.

it has come to an end. I will no longer be posting on fashion labyrinth :(

I truly appreciate the bloggers that are following me. You guys have been great, but I feel that blogger is too over hyped and I got some hurtful emails about my blog. Do not fear dear followers. I have a new blog over at the lovely little fish of a blogging platform that is wordpress!

So I guess I have just kind of jumped off the big shark that is blogspot and have joined the little fishes of wordpress.

My new blog is called NO WAY HOSAYY.

it's a lot more lighthearted and doesn't focus on my wardrobe and my clothes only. More music, fashion, art, society - you know fun stuff!

here is the link: http://nowayhosayy.wordpress.com/

I would really love it if you had a read and if you like it then follow ya dig!

xoxo

Natasha

Oo stick you.

2010-03-30T10:15:00.000+01:00

Hey guys. Playing about with my stepdad's camera after I left my charger at uni and I'm unhappy to say that his camera is better than mine. He uses a Nikon Coolpix and it's very good. I recommend ya'll.

Anywho woke up really early today which gives me time to blog surf and get on with some magazine design work.

Brown Leather Jacket- T.K Maxx, really, really old. It smells like an old sofa.

Jeggings- dorothy perkins.

White shirt- God knows. Probably had it from my school days

Heels- New look

Bag- Vintage

Let down!

2010-03-29T10:57:00.000+01:00

Hey guys! so sorry for lack of posts lately. I came home from University, managed to bring back my camera and usb cable, but forgot to bring my charger. My camera has no charge, alas no camera! I have had to revert to using the camera on my mac. Oh dayummm!

Anyway here is my outfit for today. I'm stripping wallpaper in this outfit- Yes I know! not practical.

Jeans- Topshop

White vest- Topsop

Converse

black military jacket- Asda

Silk Scarf- Vintage!

Brimful of asher?

2010-03-20T17:08:00.002Z

Hey guys! Been an awfully rainy day today in Southampton, but errands have to be run. This probably isn't the best outfit to be running errands in the rain, but I'm not the most practical of people. What do you think of my new flats people? they have a snake skin type feel to them, which I enjoy immensly!
Grey Blazer- Topshop
Printed blouse- T.K Maxx
Black Jeans- Topshop
Pumps- warehouse
leave lovely comments!
xoxo

K to the P

2010-03-20T02:39:00.006Z

One of my bestfriends. Amazing style. Amazing girl!

No idea where her clothing items are from. Sorry guys. She's pretty darn cool though right?

I'm sure she would love your opinions on her outfit though, so drop a line!

Leave lovely comments, please :)

xoxo

Natasha

ohhh ads!

2010-03-17T15:51:00.001Z

ba rump pa pum pum.

2010-03-13T11:23:00.000Z

Hey guys. I'm back home on a suprise visit for weekend. I told my mum I wouldn't be able to make it home for Mother's Day, but here I am! Mum gave me this amazing military style jacket. It's awesome, really light and comfortable for those breezy summer days, and it's from George at Asda, so nip down to your local supermarket and pick one up. They're great. Grey shorts are a little DIY project I did last night. Basically just cut up some old tatty jeans. I think they came out pretty well.

What are your thoughts??

xoxo

Natasha

Magic!

2010-03-11T14:52:00.000Z

Hey guys. Went out earlier and wore this out, then got back and decided I don't know if I like it or not. I'm wearing a silk cream blazer from H and M. I spent £40, I wouldn't recommend purchasing this item. I know it's silk, but this blazer creases really, really easily and makes it seem like you just haven't bothered to iron it. It's really thin and the buttons seem like they could fall of at any minute. Just a bit annoying really. My scarf is one I bought years ago from Oasis £15- you could get one cheaper now from Primark though. My black dress has a lace skirt, therefore seeming to be like a skirt and blouse. It's pretty sick! My mum got me it as a present :)

let me know what you think of the outfit guys. I'm really not sure!

xoxo

Natasha

PARIS

2010-03-09T00:44:00.001Z

Hey guys just a quick photo post of my time in Paris.

One of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited. So thankful for my time spent there!

P.s. Really sorry for lack of posts recently due to going away and being ill, but I am now back in buisness!

leave lovely comments

xoxo

Natasha

and then it drops and catches like fire.

2010-02-26T19:57:00.001Z

Hey guys! I thought I would show you my lovely new vintage buy. This sequinned top is lush! it's so heavy though and hurts my back a bit, but it's all worth it :)

Going to a house party tonight, so I thought I would give this lovely vintage find a night out. It only cost me £20. Bloody bargain!

Please ignore my weird facial expressions in this pictures. I honestly don't know what happened to me!

let me know what you think!

XOXO

Natasha

I should have gone to class today!

2010-02-24T14:51:00.000Z

Hey guys! sooo my internet is being really rubbish today and it's just decided not to upload any more of my pictures! I went out last night for my friends birthday. Drank too much. Didn't go to class today. I'm basically a failure in life!

My outfits is extra geeky today, because I feel bad for not going to class ha! Im wearing black trousers from Zara. Black and White striped t-shirt - Warehouse. Short black blazer- Dorothy Perkins. Brogues- River Island. Glasses- Topshop

leave lovely comments :)

xoxo

Natasha

Working it when nude!

2010-02-21T14:45:00.000Z

Hey guys. Today I did a photo shoot for a university project. The project is on spring/summer trends. I woke up this morning to find the ground covered in a thick layer of snow, but we went ahead with it anyway and my two friends Kim and Rivett modelled for me. They did amazingly well.

The Spring/Summer trend I focused on was nude coloured clothing. I put Kim in more of an androgyneous style and Rivett is more classic, ladylike chic.

Here are some of my images I shot today! This is my first time really doing photography. I shot these images with a university DSLR Canon 400. It's an amazing camera. I recommend it!

leave lovely comments!

xoxo

Natasha

Are the glasses too much?

2010-02-16T21:26:00.000Z

Im going out. Literally in an hour. Are the glasses too much?

let me know!

xoxo

Natasha

Is February classed as Spring?

2010-02-15T16:12:00.000Z

I honestly have no idea if February is spring or not. It's still bloody freezing! So today I'm feeling a bit more upbeat and ready for summer. In this outfit im wearing a Warehouse dress. I just tucked it into my jeans to make it look like a flowy type blouse. This is as floral as you will see me. I'm not a big fan of really girly clothes. This dress is probably the most feminine item I own! I paired it down to make it look more casual with simple black skinny jeans- Topshop and little black, open toed heels :) pretty simple, casual daywear outfit, as you can see!

I've have seen on loads of different style blogs that show girls rocking a really high, yet messy bun. Its a very popular hair style at the moment. I tried it out today and I just thought that I looked like a bit of a pineapple head! Thoughts and your opinions would be most welcome readers!

I also found out today that one of my university lectures has been cancelled indefinately! I have no idea why the lecture has been cancelled. This means I'm only at university 5 hours a week. I'm not complaining though :)

leave lovely comments

xoxo

Natasha

Moan like a big fat moaner!

2010-02-13T22:13:00.000Z

Hey guys! moan time. I'm sorry. I usually put pictures up of my outfit of the day, but im feeling really uninspired by my wardrobe at the minute. I also feel like a retard because I can't do any of my university work grrr :( So I thought I would tell you about my aim to cover all of my university walls up with anything and everything, because I hate blank walls! here are some pictures of how im getting on! I have run out of blue tac though, boo!

Sorry for this slightly off topic post!

leave lovely comments,

xoxo

Natasha

2010-02-11T02:38:00.001Z

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The house with the blue door.

2010-02-10T19:25:00.002Z

Hello folks! I went home last week and went to this truly amazing vintage fair with my friend Kim. I have been to a few vintage fairs before, but this was the best by far! The bag shown with this outfit was one of my purchases. It's a valentino brown leather satchel! I got it for £18. Amazing :)

I got some other amazing stuff but they were too heavy for me to carry back in my little weekend bag so I will get some pics when my mum sends them to me. My outfit is just some simple stuff I wore today for house viewings. My denim shirt is from Dorothy Perkins £12 and my t-shirt I stole of my mum when I went home. I don't think she has noticed that it has gone yet. All I know is that it's from Warehouse!

So today I put a deposit down for a house YIPEEEEE! This house is seriously beautiful its really old townhouse style with 5 bedrooms. Me and my 4 friends from uni will be moving in 1st of July the house is 3 stories with 3 bathrooms and lovely bay window bedrooms. It's just lovely :) I'm so happy that we just decided to put the deposits down as soon as we saw it. No more house viewings yay. Roll on summer!

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xoxo

Natasha

"Mum do I look like i should be in the circus wearing this jacket?" 'Yes."

2010-02-05T18:39:00.000Z

Hey guys :) back in lovely Lincoln for a few days to see the fam and get away from the hustle and bustle of university life :) met up with my friends yesterday and they all checked out my blog while I was at their house, which was pretty fun. Ages ago I featured Joe in one of my posts and he only just saw it yesterday. I think he liked it though :)

I purchased this lovely and I mean lovely jacket from Yak. It was originally £64 pounds, but I got it for £9.95 amazing :D I went to pay for it and the sales guy told me I had a fake pound! I mean this guy was a pro at checking fake money, he was rubbing it across the counter, bouncing it on the floor. Just to prove that the pound was fake. To be honest it's a pound. I really don't mind giving you a replacement pound!

Really hungover today though as we played the longest game of Ring Of Fire ever at my friends house, where I seemed to be the brunt of all the shot consumption, but we were rudely interupted by a fire alarm going off in her flat block. Good times :)

Leave lovely comments :)

xoxo

Natasha

Excuse me, but I believe your sleeping pattern is the wrong way round.

2010-01-31T20:47:00.000Z

Ahhh guys mood in the flat is pretty low today. Pretty much everyones money has been taken out to pay for our accommodation, therefore no one has money to go out or do anything to lift spirits! Just to add to the weirdness of the flat mood my sleeping pattern has completely turned on its head. For example, I decided to clean out my bedroom and rearrange my wardrobe at six o clock this morning and I managed to fall at sleep at 7.20 am, alas I woke up today at 5.20 pm! It's just not right

Anywho my outfit is just a really, really simple outfit to go shopping in, here goes:

Red leapord print scarf- £20 oasis. Seems pretty expensive looking back on it. As loads of scarves are sold like this for around £4 in Primark, but I did get the scarf around three years ago and it seemed really cool because I thought it would look like a Marc Jacobs scarf!

Simple grey t-shirt, which I sometimes sleep in- £20 Urban outfitters. This t-shirt is really cool because it has a heart shaped pocket on the breast area. Just a really nice little added detail :)

The ever trusty Jeggings- £20 Dorothy Perkins.

Black blazer- Warehouse.

Handbag- French Connection

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xoxo

Natasha

Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

2010-01-28T17:46:00.000Z

Hey guys. I want it to be spring/summer time so bad. Hence the wearing of the shorts :)

Shorts- Topshop

Black sweater- Primark

Blazer- Warehouse

Handbag- French Connection

leave lovely comments

xoxo

Natasha

Up In The Air!

2010-01-25T23:48:00.000Z

Hey guys. Here is my outfit that I wore to Uni today :)

pretty basic, casual daywear. My leather jacket is from River Island, which I purchased in the sale for £20. My silk, cream vest is a great purchase that I got around three years ago from H and M. I really can't remember the price though, sorry! I'm also wearing a really cool orange, medallion style necklace that I purchased from a local vintage market, £12. It makes me look like a bit of a pirate! My black jeggings are from Dorothy Perkins, which my lovely mother bought me for Christmas and my shoes aren't so good to be honest. I bought them on Monday from River Island, £50 and they are already looking beaten up and a bit shabby. I wore them on a night out and at the front of the shoe there are silver metal accents on, but when I was dancing the bit of metal from the front of the shoe came loose, so I had to superglue it back on. Boo!

Also got my haircut today and it was basically a simple trim and it cost me £46, is it just me or is that pretty expensive for a trim?

Leave lovely comments

xoxo

Natasha

formspring.me

2010-01-24T21:29:00.001Z

Ask me anything http://formspring.me/TashRSmith

Formspring ya dig!

2010-01-24T19:32:00.000Z

Ok I hear theres a new hype over this social networking site called Formspring. Its basically where you follow people, like Twitter, but you can ask them questions its pretty cool. So if you're reading the blog and want to sneakily ask me questions here is the link: http://www.formspring.me/TashRSmith
I will literally answer anything. If you have Formspring add away!

xoxo
Natasha

DISASTER!

2010-01-21T19:03:00.000Z

Hey guys! I am literally so sorry for the lack of posts in the past week. The reason for this is my ideotic self loosing my new camera. My mum bought me the camera for Christmas and I have already lost it. I kept putting off posting thinking I would find it, but you know how it is when your highly intoxicated taking many pictures of random things and then it suddenly vanishes. This will hopefully be the only time without putting an up to date picture on.

So This image of myself last summer. I had just come back from Greece, so Im looking really tanned which makes me so depressed. The white dress is from a boutique in Spain. The blazer is a sequinned number from warehouse which I bought for £75. The shoes are a pair of cheapies from the ever faithful new look £25.

Hope you enjoyed taking a short trip down memory lane with me.

leave lovely comments!

xoxo

Natasha

"You know why we are here. It's about the incident involving a male cheese grating the wall."

2010-01-16T16:48:00.000Z

I know I haven't posted anyting new in a week and I apologise greatly for that. I have been a bit ill and uni has been a bit hectic this week. I have realised that I have done too many pictures of moi and my outfits, so here is an injection of something a bit new. This is my friend Joe. I have been friends with Joe since I was eight years old and he is the lovely. Joe tends to stick to black. Thats just the way he rolls and I love it. Everything Joe is wearing in this image and I mean everything is from Topman. I feel pretty sorry for Joe because men in general don't have that many great places to shop, thus all his gear is Topman. He works it though :)

Anywho I have another random story to tell you. I got a letter from University before leaving for the christmas break saying that when we all got back we would have to attend a meeting in our kitchen about some damages to a wall. I assumed it would be damages to a wall inside out flat area. So we had the meeting on Thursday morning everyone decided to wear their pyjamas to the meeting apart from me. The kitchen was a mess, because we are just a messy flat really.

This overly enthusiastic woman who acted like she should have been on a childrens t.v programme sat at our messy kitchen table and told us that a highly intoxicated male was seen stumbling out of our flat on November 7th with cheese grater in hand and decided to cheese grate the edge of the wall. I had a look at the damage and you wouldn't even class it as damage I literally had to run my finger across the edge of the wall to see that bits of paint had been taken off. Then she goes on to give us a police style investigation of why this happened- we don't know why the boy cheese grated the wall woman, we wasn't with him. What his name was- we don't know he doesn't go to university and that was the first and last time we saw him. Why we had people over- This is University you stupid bint of course we are going to have people round our flat kitchen from time to time. She then told us that because we couldn't tell them the guys name that the cost of "plastering" would be given to our flat. PLATERING! bloody plastering I could have got some poster paint and painted over the "damage" in two minutes!

On a lighter note please leave lovely comments :)

xoxo

Natasha

Lemsip lodged in the throat.

2010-01-11T21:06:00.000Z

Hey guys this is my outfit I wore for a night out. I know it looks pretty casual, but I pretty much only go out to student bars and you really don't need to dress up for these type of places. Anywho my sequinned skirt is absoloutely amazing and its from T.K Maxx, which my mama bought me so im not too sure on cost. Sorry! There is something really weird about T.K Maxx. It's like you have to delve into a massive pile of shite items to find something good, but when you find something good it is really good! e.g. my fab skirt!

My shirt is just an old plaid shirt from Topshop £24.99, probably cheaper if you look online for it now. My leather jacket is a really cool studded number from that I got from the River Island sale a few weeks ago.

The reason for the random title of this blog is a really weird experience that I wish to share with you, here goes. I woke up on my first morning of being back at uni feeling highly hungover and my nose was really blocked and I just wasn't feeling good, so I took two lemsip tablets down with a glass of water. As I lay my head back on my soft, squishy pillow I felt an awkward and slightly painful feeling in my throat. I sat up and felt something move in there. THE LEMSIP HADN'T GONE DOWN! oh my word guys I haven't had such an umcomfortable feeling in all my life. I drank three pints of water in an attempt to get it down, but that sucker wasn't budging. So just a word of warning guys. Lemsip tablets are deadly.

Would just like to apologise for the massive load of toilet rolls behind me, but i'm a university student and you have to stock up on these things. I would also like to apologize for the glare from the sequin, oh and the fact you can see my blackberry at the bottom there. Just apologizing for the shit picture really.

xoxo

Natasha

The coat is my saviour

2010-01-09T15:34:00.002Z

Hey guys. In this picture I am wearing a massive, black faux fur coat, which is vintage. Vintage meaning I stole it out of my mother's wardrobe. I wish I could tell you where it is from, but I honestly haven't got the foggiest. The reason for the awful quality of the photo, is due to the awful lighting in my University bedroom. Also, the reason for myself wearing a massive fur coat in my bedroom is due to the utterly, utterly crap heating in my little uni room. I live in Southampton and the weather here is -3/4, so I have to wear this is in my bedroom to keep me warm, because I literally have no heating. I slept in this coat last nigh too. The heating used in all our dorm rooms is just completely bewildering. It uses a sensor, therefore the heating only comes on when we are moving about in our rooms. Obviously the poeple/person who invented this piece of shite didn't think that humans need heating when they are sat watching t.v, sat at their desk working, or sleeping in bed etc, so this coat really is literally a lifesaver. I also find it funny that in summer when we are really hot and if we decide to walk from one side of the room to the other the heating will come on, even if we didn't want it to! Anyway i'm pretty sure I would have froze to death and then you lovely people wouldn't be able to read my random posts. GOD SAVE THE FUR COAT. I might add that I'm looking very pale and just not good. I blame that on the cold weather too. I'd also been travelling all day!

I'll just get back to waving my hand at 5 minute intervals infront of this blood heat sensor

xoxo

Natasha

2010-01-06T23:42:00.001Z

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Slipping out of the shower.

2010-01-05T23:38:00.001Z

Hey guys just writing a quick post here of a look I wore yesterday. I had a really nice outfit planned for today that I was going to take some snaps of and upload for you guys, but a very harrowing incident happened involving myself, a shower and my bathroom floor. Basically I slipped getting out of the shower and have pulled the right side of my body and my ribs are in agony! I have been bound to my bed and haven't dared to entire the scene of the crime, where my life was almost taken earlier today.

Sorry for the quality of the images guys. It was just a quick photo sesh taken on my mama's macbook, but I made the images look that little bit better by giving them a black and white effect, because you know, I care. Anyway my outfit in the images are really basic day out clothes. I wore a dark green shift dress from French Connection £30. My cardigan is really nice and I have had it for years and it's really comfy. It's a dark greeny/brown colour which you can't really see, due to my lame attempt at editing. The cardigan is from a sale I got at Topshop years ago. My waist belt has a really cool leopard on in it, which I realise is a cheap imitation of a designer product, but I don't care. I love it. My sunglasses were also stolen from my dear Mother. Thanks Mum! and they are from warehouse, costing £20. I know you can't see much of the outfit from the image but I finished the look off with thick, black tights and some patent black ballet pumps.

If you would like to see your fashionable self on the blog, please send images to fashionlabyrinth@live.co.uk

xoxo

Natasha

Me, myself and I.

2010-01-03T16:56:00.003Z

This is me. Me, being Natasha Smith. Hello there! Just thought I would post a view images of myself early on in the blog, so that you can get a taster of my personal style and get a better feeling for who I am. Not much point of me expecting people to read my blog and try to get a feel from where I'm coming from with my opinions and fashion likes if you don't really know who I am and what my style is. This is the kind of outfit I wear to casual everyday events. I'm wearing a lovely black blazer from Warehouse. I got it in the sale it went down from £80 to £40. The blazer is really lovely I would have probably have paid £80 pounds for it, so it was extra nice when I got it for half price. The inside of the jacket is a silky material so feels really nice against the skin and it has black buttons coming up the side of both sleeves. The jacket also randomly has two pockets on one side of the jacket and one on the oter side! Strange. I got the "snood," as a christmas present from my mother, but I told her I wanted it and where to purchase it from. The snood is from Dorothy Perkins and cost £15. Slightly embarassing story of my nanna telling me this item is pronounced, "snooood," and not in my northern accent of "snud," so now I know folks. I have been addicted to the snood and I think I have worn it nearly everyday since I got it. I recommend them guys. They look chic and alternative, as well as keeping you warm and comfy. Result! My cream blouse/top was actually a dress from Topshop, but my first ever washing and drying experience at Uni turned it into a blouse, but all is good, as I prefer it as a blouse. I'm really into cream blouses/vest/dresses at the minute. My jeggings are the first every pair of jeggings I bought at £20 and I have grown so attatched to them. I think I wear them more than jeans, because they are tighter, thus making the derriere look that little bit more peachy ;) My shoes are from New look and have a slight heel, as I am one of those girls that is born with the inadequacy of being able to walk in heels. I just can't do it. These heels are extremely comfortable and I wear them on nights out, as well as casual day events. The heels cost £25 pounds from New Look. Hurray!

Please leave comments and chat shit

p.s If you would like to see your fabulous fashion images on the blog. Please send to Fashionlabyrinth@live.co.uk

xoxo

2010-01-01T18:47:00.000Z

This is Kim. Kim has been my best friend for about six or seven years now. Her style is the epitomy of urban/casual style. Her light blue jeans are from Primark. I asked her if they were from Topshop and she told me they were from Primark. Which I was pleasently surprised about. Cheap jeans that look expensive, can't go wrong. Her boots are in all the high street shops right now and look amazing for women who have a more androgynous style. Kims biker boots are from International and cost £30. Her t-shirt is really arty. At first glance it looks to be a typical leopard print, but I pointed out to her after having a look at her chest that their is a tigers face hidden in the leopard print, which she didn't even notice when she bought it. The t-shirt is from the ever dependable, Topshop. The leopard print on a dark material is perfect for people who are feeling less daring and just prefer a more casual approach to their style. Kim's hoodie is from H and M and pairs really well with her biker boots and gives a casual look a tough and fashion forward edge.

Please leave comments about the look and chat shit.

xoxo

2010-01-01T15:41:00.001Z

Welcome to the Fashion Labyrinth.
New year. New Blog. The blog will focus around photographs of people and their personal style. Photos will include my friends, myself, people I hold dear to me. I would love it if blog readers would send in pictures of themselves highlighting their personal style to fashionlabyrinth@live.co.uk, which I will also upload to the blog. The pictures will not be photoshopped or edited. This blog will highlight real people. real style. real creativity. please leave comments and chat shit. xoxo N.S