Scarlett Hearts

You should know by now that I love my unique pieces of jewellery as I like buying something I feel a connection too. Don't get me wrong I will buy accessories from every high street store known to man, but I prefer finding pieces that I really like i.e. Danielle Stevens, Sweet Lily Sparkles and now Scarlett Hearts.

Here's an idea of what i'm talking about:
  
£4.00 Rosy pins                   £5.00 Admit one cat necklace  £5.00 Seamstress necklace

  
The all-seeing eye £4.00     Little Red ring £3.00            Gemstone collar £4.00

I mean seriously, I love this place and the ones above are the ones I haven't brought... yet :) http://scarletthearts.bigcartel.com/category/necklaces

The gemstone collar is super cute and it's one of the new trends we've seen creeping in recently.

I did get my pieces just in time for Manchester Fashion Week and so here I am.

By the way it is very hard to take a picture of yourself this way and yes my hair does look different.
Here I am wearing New Look dress, Eve's legwear tights, River Island shoes, Nica satchel bag, a random jumper because i wanted colour that day and my Scarlett Hearts glasses necklace. It was beyond freezing in that place and so jumpers were a must have.

Right focus... my geek glasses necklace looks like this up close
available for £5.50, i know bank breakingly expensive (yes, that is a joke about breaking the bank, the price really is £5.50 though :))

There's a lot of Keep Calm and (varying last words) items in circulation at the moment, but I really liked this necklace and all items come in these little pouches. Cuteness!!
 

I don't normally go for jewellery with very long chains but for these pieces I didn't mind and i've tried to get as close as I can but still keeping the words in focus.
 Keep calm cameo £7.00
Available in a range of colous as well.

This last piece is my favourite and everytime I see it I still get that ooh love it so glad I brought it feeling.
 
The odd nails are because I took these whilst styling my nails for the MUA crackle varnish (which is awesome by the way.) Ride my Bike can be brought for £4.50.

So go my pretty people onto the Scarlett Hearts site as you're on the internet already you might as well. Do let me know about the things you get, or the pieces you have already as I can always add pictures to this blog later.

To send you on your way I will finsh with these other brill pieces.
 Mens What's the time watch necklaces £3.50
  
Milk tooth ring £3.50          Dollhouse rings £7.00 ha i just love it!              Gingham bow £4.00
         
typewriter key  £5.00                   Brown Owl necklace £4.50

I could go on all day as I really would and probably will buy almost every piece.
http://scarletthearts.bigcartel.com or find her @scarlettheartsx

Enjoy

FrostinatorFashion xx

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Masato - Manchester Fashion Week

Yes it may have taken me a little while to get all theses posts up from Manchester Fashion week, but I do like to do a whole piece and not just something resembling a picture book.

Masato was one one of the first piece I did way back when I started my blog (January 2012) and it's lovely to be able to see a designer grow and expand whilst you've known them.
Masato and I catching up backstage.

Masato's collection for Manchester Fashion Week was revolved around black and grey as a base colour, which meant that when the metallic flair, avante guarde shoulders and sheer numbers were moulded around them it made every piece uniquely wonderful.

 
Carys Kaiser created this film which was launched on vimeo and if you watch 1 minute 50  seconds until 2 minutes 10 seconds you will see the parade of all the models at the end of the catwalk show. A little added bonus is that Masato actually pops out at the end to acknowledge the crowd and bow in a very shy and humble manner. I thought this was really nice as it was one of the only times that a designer came out on stage after the show.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/40619322?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/40619322">Manchester Fashion Week</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3488297">Carys Kaiser</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

(@CarysKaiser if you want to track her down on facebook say hi from me.)

At Manchester fashion week one of the problems I was having was that not having a professional camera meant that not all my pictures came out brilliantly well as i couldn't zoom and the strong lighting needed for the catwalk was not my friend.

For Masato I decided to sit at the first seat, front row nearest the catwalk and then would take pictures  up close as soon as they came on to walk. This was a great theory, but in reality they walked a lot quicker then they had in my head. Silver lining was that my shoes and at least one leg is probably in every one else's photos so yay to leg fame.

Crankphoto (@crankphoto) arranged the photos playing on the screen like this one and he was also the photographer they used for their photo shoot for one of the up and coming projects they have lined up.


The models then came out to an audience who over the past years had already been told masato is the ' one to watch.' For me he didn't disappoint as i felt each piece stood on it's own, all could be worn and therefore a whole collection that is sellable will always be a good thing.

The collection had a little bit of everything. Dresses you've seen above.
  Jackets and thin trouserswith an inside out stitching running down the seams.

mid-length dresses that the average person could wear without putting too much on display.

 
gorgeous coloured skirts paired with the crisper cut jacket and patterned tights.

 

This jacket was lovely on the catwalk but it was even better up close. I know because i jumped backstage and took photos (with permission of course). I can't decide whether i like the baroque feel that I get from it, or the Japanese influence that creeps its way it subtley such in the jacket and more overtly in the some of the dresses.

 

 

This was my favourite piece as not only can you see thats its simply gorgeous, but the colour, the cut, the way it moved on the runway -- just ooh I loved it. The dress may have been my favourite piece when when catching up with Masato just before the show he showed me his favourite.




He said that while his collection may be seen as dark due to the use of black and grey he says its nice to use black. It was sweet that when i asked him if he was stressed before the show he said no. 'i'm not stressed, i worry for the best for the collection.' He explained that the stress comes in the months of designing and picking materials, collaborators, music etc and so when the day arrives it's not stress it's more  of a worry that after all this work people won't understand what you've done.

He does have a great team at the moment though which allows him to just focus on the collections. Jackie and Mike are part of Masato with Mike usually the person you see on twitter. The best bits are passed along as with sweeling interest it's hard for one person to manage it all.

The tights were all from Eve's legwear and i did try to get some shots of them as some of the detailing is great.
 
From catch fastenings to zips the knee lengths numbers were definately something I would have in my wardrobe. Speaking of my wardrobe I did manage to walk away with two pairs of tights compliments of Eve so thankyou muchly.
Wednesday I was given some lovely brown checkered tights and therefore i felt it only fair that I base an outfit around them for the Thursday. Rubbish self taken photo but you get the jist.

 
Red dress New Look, Jumper (back of my closet), Nica satchel bag, Studded rainbow shoes that are totally awesome and one of my fave pairs River Island and glasses necklace from Scarlett Hearts.

Thursday my tights were part of the goody bag and aptly names psychadelic pattern.



enquiries for these should be sent via e-mail sales@eveslegwear.co.uk
www.eveslegwear.com or twitter @eveslegwear

Jewellery for the show was Latimer Couture with this dynamic duo Helen and Jo beading their way into success


Some of the pieces they designed you would have seen on the catwalk but maybe thought it was part of the design.
 This was actually used as a belt with one of the pieces but is actually a necklace.

 

You can see here just how intricate the beading is with the colours ideally blended to the Masato collection.

I will say that I loved Helen when we met and if I had BFF's i would initiate her into being mine. She said that she didn't have a favourite but she does just love statement necklaces. She described how she wanted Latimer Couture pieces to be something people could have that would transcend from wearing it with jeans to then wearing at the opera. They should be an investment that you can have for all time and even use as a hand me down. I have seen the beading on these and they will definately last the test of time.

Overall it was a great show, he's a lovely designer with a barrel full of talented people alongside him to help him succeed. He will also be showing at Brighton Fashion Week and Liverpool Fashion Week.

http://www.masato.co.uk/
http://www.latimercouture.com/Latest-Collaboration--Masato.html
http://www.mcrfashionweek.com/



Frostinator Fashion xx

Sinead Herlihy - Manchester Fashion Week

To take straight from the designer 'The Spring/ Summer 2013 collection from House of Herlihy is inspired by architectural elements of French colonial buildings in India, and the bright colours of the Holi festival.'



Now i have to say this was my favourite collection of the week as give me flowing fabrics and bold colours and i'm a gonner! The frustrating thing is that Sinead was in fact the Sinead that organised me coming to the event in the first place. On arriving there for the weekend i was left to my own devices and didn't really have any guidance over what to do or what/ who to include in these posts. Yes i hear you crying but you're a professional blogger who does this for a living, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I am a Sign Language Interpreter (BSL) and a mum of two and the blogging is what i do in the other minutes of the day to release my secret addiction of fashion. Manchester fashion week was my first show where i was asked to be a blogger and i had expected a bit of reassurance.

There i had been in the wings secretly fuming that i had no idea of where to focus my blog, there were no plug sockets and no wi-fi and it was only on the Wednesday that it dawned on me that Sinead was in fact 'the' Sinead whose catwalk I was about to watch.

Warning: You will fall in love with this collection so only go on http://www.houseofherlihy.com/ if you are prepared for the consequences.

The collections started with shift dresses in a range of colours, but all had that almost kaleidoscopic type of print in one way or another. Some revolved arumd architectural structures and others had a flower print style.


I have to be honest though as that's the only way i know how to be, and say that her catwalk blew me away. Despite the organisation of the bloggers and i can understand the enormous amount or things that she had to give her attention to. I couldn't imagine producing a collection, overseeing the runway premiere of it, whilst at the same time trying to allocate people stamps, answering questions, organising volunteers and prbably the other bajillion things that she needed to sort out!

To get to the point Sinead's collection succeeded on its own merit and i hope she's proud of it as she has every reason to be. I would suggest next time having a print out with instructions for Press/ Bloggers etc so that they know what to do and time and energy can be focused on the other areas such as the collections themselves.







this orange number actually made me squeak when it came out, but luckily for me others around me did the fashionable intake of breathe, so i don't think too many people heard it. This is stunning and this side by side with the purple number later on i could see any any celebrity for a big event.

sometimes i end up with just a little to much time on my hands and i get to be all arty, so i took the orange dress above and used Kromatik on the i-pad
 ha love this colour so much!


For a lot of these my pictures don't give them the full justice they deserve, so i have done my research and found some of the professional images available from House of Herlihy to put alongside mine.











It may sound silly, but i would love to the see all these lovely long flowy numbers in an underwatrer shoot as i can just picture it and it would be amazing. Imagine the fabric swirling a high bun on the model and some waterproof make-up - Yowcher.


This time i had prepared myself and did the aforementioned intake of breathe along with anyone else, but did a quick check to see if my heart had started beating again. I may have to lose half my body weight to wear this out, but i could see that happening if a) i had somewhere to wear it b) i brought enough hairspray to keep a bun like that going.

Here's a promotional shot of the dress
 LOVE IT!!


Right that's all there is on this as i could go on and on, quite easily, but i won't.
Remember the site http://www.houseofherlihy.com/ and i expect big things from Sinead when she graduates.

I would like to say a big thanks to Carys Kaiser who was one of the videographers for the event for this great video she did. Her work can be seen on some of my other blogs and also on her vimeo account.
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/40534294?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/40534294">House of Herlihy at Manchester Fashion Week</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3488297">Carys Kaiser</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>