Decorated Denims

Here's part two of the No Debutante current obsessions series, it features a few more denim pieces that have caught my eye and a couple of fashion independents & local designers denim pieces too. 

Denim Daze

Wear your denim baggy, patched up, customised, in bright colours and embroideries, make it kitsch and cute, add some streetstyle swagger, just don't wear it plain, it's embellished denim all the way! 

Masha Ma RTW Fall 2017

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Customised denim jackets by Tail End

Customised denim jackets by AlleyKats

Give me space denims by Kuccia

Denim Love jacket and jeans by Lazy Oaf

Cute Romance jeans by Lazy Oaf

Miharayasuhiro Spring 2018 Menswear collection

Bright colors and striped denims at Typical Freaks SS 2018

All images sourced from vogue.com, Vogue Korea, lazyoaf.com, tailend.co.uk, alleykats.com typicalfreaks.com & kuccia.com

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ND xx

New Denims

Denim is big this season and perfect transitional fashion, here are the No Debutante faves of the season..... 

Geek Chic Cuts
From geeky half mast crops to extended turned up hems the jeans cut continues to stay creative and fun in dark indigo shades to retro stonewash fades there, is a lot to choose from. Check out Ader Error and Unif for alternative style inspo. 

The Ultimate Denim Jacket
 It's not just about jeans, the denim jacket is still around in vintage oversized, shearling style denims or jackets updated with added ruffles and embroideries as seen at Monki.

Boys in Blue
The crop Dickies style jean is popular with the boys this season from 80s stonewash, 70s patchwork or 90s indigo's, whatever your preferred decade from the catwalk fashionistas to street style lovers, it has to be cropped or turned up this winter, preferably with a pair of white sports socks underneath. 

Jumpsuits are here to stay
With dungarees looking as strong as ever, the denim boilersuit has confidently become this seasons dare to wear staple. Not just for the brave the denim boilersuit comes in fitted styles, is super comfy and will keep you warm over the colder months, wear yours with a colourful poloneck underneath, same goes for those jumpsuits and dungarees. 

Boilersuit from Urban Outfitters & Cute oversized jumpsuit from Monki

Retro Inspo

With retro sportswear and streetstyle heavily influencing and inspiring the catwalks, the sportswear styling has now made it to denim jeans with go faster stripes at Monki to a 1970s vibe added to styling with Adidas gazelles and sports tops and that shearling style denim jacket, denim styled  up with brights colours and stripes are a looking good this winter. 

Debutante Denims

From an oversized denim slip and tasseled crop jeans from Monki to vintage cut 1950s jeans from Vivien of Holloway, these pieces will see me through all through the winter with added long sleeve tops, jackets,warm socks, Dr Martens and perhaps a little bit of double denim. Watch this space!

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No Debutante wants to see your denims and how you wear it. Tag @nodebutante or #nddenim #NDdenim to get featured. This is an ongoing hashtag for the winter and it just for fun, wanna see
yourself on the No Debutante blog and social media? Get involved! 
Join in, there will be more No Debutante fashion hashtags added throughout the year, it would be great to get a group of fashionistas regularly appearing. Join the fun!

Photographs courtesy of unifclothing.com addererror.com, monki.com, vogue.com urbanoutfitters.com, elleuk.com, lazyoaf.com, drmartens.com, obeyclothing.co.uk, theshapeoftheseason.com, Ruth Wood and No Debutante

If you are having a fashion event or a have a new collection you would like No Debutante to promote please get in touch!

Check out my work with Bristol 24/7 magazine here under my name Emma Gorton-Ellicott

If you are interested in collaborating with No Debutante or getting featured on the No Debutante blog please contact me

Keep up with No Debutantes OOTD posts, collabs and current fashion obsessions posted daily on all of the following. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr,  Pinterest all under the #nodebutante name.

Thanks for checking in Fashionistas.    
ND xx

Retro Denim

No Debutante Loves Denim Jackets. Whether layered up grunge style with oversized tees, cute denim waistcoats over pretty dresses or preppy modern vintage 1940s jeans, the denim jacket is the perfect transitional jacket and can be worn over jumpers or under larger jackets and coats, you cant go wrong. 
How about a denim coat? These were all over Topshop last winter but mine is an original from the 1970s which I bought in the Bristol vintage shop Uncle Sams during the  nineties. I found the Wrangler denim jacket in a charity shop (also in the nineties) it is oversized, faded and frayed and this is from general usage not a mass produced customised style that the high street might churn out. In contrast to the mass produced denims check out the plaid / denim mix oversized shirt  upcycled by the Bristol upcycle queens Fix Up Look Sharp, giving a new look to an old denim shirt. The denim waistcoat is from Primark and is a cute alternative and really looks great layered over my smock dresses. Get wearing those vintage denim jackets fashionistas xx

All clothing from Uncle Sams, UK charity shops, Fix Up Look Sharp, Primark, Maui and sons, Dr Martens, Freddies of Pinewood, H&M, The White Pepper and Topshop. 

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ND xx

Winter Layering In Denim & Plaid

Hey Fashionistas! I love to tomboy it up in denim and plaid, whether its a rockabilly inspired dungarees, skate tee, creepers and plaid shirt or a modern vintage crop top and 1950s jeans look. I can girl it up and down, depending how I am feeling........On this particular day, when I wore the rockabilly dungarees ensemble, I wasn't feeling too great, this was the first day I hadn't worn PJs for about a week after that damn Christmas flu bug attempted to finish me off the week before Christmas. My heart wasn't totally into choosing an outfit but this look is always a win win for me, so I didn't really have to think about it. After the week of PJs, dungarees and a plaid shirt seemed the next closest thing. So, I got all dressed up and braided my hair but couldn't face the make up (hence me hiding my face for the photographs) I still wasn't feeling one hundred percent but thought my outfit looked cool and should be documented for the blog. I am not a big beauty girl who perfects her make up or attempts to look beautiful, it's all about the clothes and hair for me, if my face looks OK then that's a bonus!

The modern vintage second outfit is one you have seen before here at the No Debutante blog but it is one of my go to outfits, I needed to wear a long sleeve as I was cold, a crop top if you're cold you may ask? My 1950s jeans are high on the waist and I had the plaid shirt layered over too so only a tiny bit of skin showing on my upper torso. The thing I will never understand in the cold, winter months are people with no socks on??? It makes me shiver even considering it. What is wrong with these people??? These second images were taken in my new loft bedroom, I am loving the amount of light in the loft and the white walls make it a perfect room for taking photographs. I have even shared a close up selfie of my face, a very rare thing for this blogger, I can tell you!

Which is your favourite look?

All clothings from Topshop, Vision Street Wear, Underground, Vivien of Holloway and Primark. 

Thanks for reading. See you soon with more fashion fun. Never conform!

ND xx

Modern Vintage Denim

I own a lot of vintage denim, mainly replicas from the 1940s and 1950s era. I buy my vintage denim from Vivien Of Holloway and Freddies of Pinewood and although I do like to wear the full vintage look, I am not dedicated to it, I'm too fickle to stick to one look. I like to experiment with mixing the contemporary and skate / sportsluxe looks with vintage styles just to keep thing fresh, but I will occasionally dive into the full vintage look.

Today I have four (yes, four!) looks to show you with a modern vintage vibe, expect rockabilly, skate wear, sports styling, double denim, grunge, 1940s land girl style and a bovver bomber jacket all worn with vintage cut denim jeans and dungarees.

All clothing from Vivien Of Holloway, Freddies Of Pinewood, Topshop, Vision Streetwear, Primark, H&M, Dr Martens, Converse and Thrift shops. 

Thanks for following. No Debutante shall be back with more fashionista fun very soon.

ND xx

True Blue Baby

Not content with having blue hair, it looks like No Debutante is loving blue everything! Today's post is inspired by this recent blue obsession.

The first Double Denim outfit was late 80s early 90s inspired, a vintage Wrangler jacket found in my loft which I actually wore during the 1990s, worn with my favourite Topshop Mom jeans, a Breton tee which I've had forever and my trusty Converse and frilly ankle socks.

In the second outfit I am wearing a  laid back and slouchy, crop top and maxi skirt, pretty much the whole outfit came from Primark at one point or another. 

I am not a slave to labels, I wear vintage, thrifted, hoarded items, high street, I don't care, I know I can make it work without splashing out too much money! Sure, I get inspired by the latest catwalk and designer pieces but I usually prefer to recreate outfits that inspire me, this could be the latest looks from London Fashion Week, someone I saw on the street or a vintage style icon from a film, a music video or from a Pinterest image. I just like what I like and dress how I want and if you like it too, then that's cool! 

All clothing from Wrangler vintage, Converse, Vivien Of Holloway, Topshop, Asos and Primark. 

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ND xx

Blue Jeans

With my holiday to Ibiza finally on the horizon I am finding it hard to think of anything but packing my (and a motley crew of kids) holiday wardrobe(s). It's hard enough to know what I want to take but packing for three small people too just adds to the chaos. I have to start packing mentally weeks before we go otherwise we end up with far too many clothes and an overload of random things packed last minute. I also have to start grabbing their best clothes and hiding them away as the kids will just keep wearing them again and nothing is bloody clean when I go to pack it . My seven year old son Mika is the worst culprit for this, he changes his clothes more times in the day than a Mod.  (who were rumoured to change their outfit up to three times a day, it sounds fabulous, I know, but really??) So, Mika just likes wearing costumes and dressing up, I love the way he styles himself, it's always mixed prints and bright colours, the boy could already work as a fashion stylist! Despite Mika's love for changing his outfit I have to put a stop to it sometimes or he'll have nothing clean accept those clothes that have been bought by relatives that you don't really like but haven't quite got round to giving to a charity shop. Any parent here will know exactly the clothes I am talking about, I don't want them in my house let alone on my child, on holiday!

Let's forget my holiday packing dilemmas for now and have a look at another personal style post, you know I like denim? Well, here a few ways I wore it in June. Which is your favourite look? Dungarees, Mom Jeans or denim shorts?? I Love Denim! 

All clothing from Topshop, Primark, American Apparel, Kuccia and Converse.

I love my Kuccia bomber jacket!!!

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ND xx