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Tuesday, 24 April 2018

A week in the life of a fashionista

No Debutante has had many fashion moments in the past week from a hair restyle with Bloggs Salon in Bristol, to selling pre-loved garms at the Bzzaar Jumble  & ending the week at the Style in the City fashion show, that I attended with my plus one, six year old daughter Sylvie, for her first ever fashion show, sat on the FROW no less! 

My fashion week started with clashed up outfit & a hairstyle very much in need of doing, I've said it once & I'll say it again, you can never wear enough prints at the same time! 

Clashing up the prints in a Kuccia bomber jacket & BTR fashion salvaged trousers worn with a white Lazy Oaf long sleeve tee & super cute pink Puma trainers.

I popped into Bloggs Salon on Tuesday to meet the team for an article I am writing for Bristol 24/7. I am so pleased with my restyle by the owner and director, Joe Hemmings, who hand cut my hair down to almost a buzz cut, without the sign of any clippers, proper old school stylee & a great technique; my fringe is now super short with some longer layers on the crown for texture. I have been considering the big shave off for a while so this is pretty much bang on for me! Let's not forget the colours, named Twinkle Fuchsia and Pink Sorbet by L'Oreal, the cutest names ever! I just love it! Thanks so much to Joe, who I have to say is the happiest, most positive hairstylist I have ever met. He seemed genuinely excited whilst creating my new do, which makes this fashionista a very happy customer! If you live in Bristol, get yourselves over to Bloggs Salon! 


By Wednesday, I was back at work with my new hairstyle and a sharp monochrome outfit, contrasting with the pink crop. I even got a free massage at work on this day, this is definitely a week for perks! Plus the sun came out! Winning! 

I wore an oversized Lazy Oaf shirt over leggings, with some frilly Meadham Kirchhoff X Topshop socks & Dr Martens shoes. This is as close as you'll get me to office wear! 



Thursday was oversized layering day, it was warm enough to have bare legs which was amaze! Sadly, we are back to warmer clothes here in Bristol as the temperatures drop again! Let's all keep those positve thoughts going that the sun will return! I paired my oversized Monki dress with a white Dutty tee, Adidas sports socks (my staple) & Reeboks & felt super comfy!


By the weekend it was still sunny but I had managed to sign myself up for another day indoors at the Bzzaar Jumble. A fun event where Bristolian fashionistas & jumblers come together to sell their pre-loved garms (plus any other random stuff they have laying about). I have noticed a trend at each event, everyone seems to buy each others pre-worn garms, I am not sure much money is made but its all good fun & the garms get passed around in an ethical way rather than sending it all to the charity shops & the inevitability of a landfill ending! 

I wore a vintage jumpsuit that I found at a fashion salvage event & was actually going to sell at the jumble. I'm glad I tried it on again & changed my mind to keep it! I wrapped a printed H&M scarf (from the last Bzzaar Jumble) to show I actually do have a waist & popped on some Tezla earrings & a simple pair of Adidas Gazelles, a contrast to the print-fest that was the rest of this outfit! Boom!


The No Debutante stall of pre-loved garms at the Bzzaar Jumble

Loving these Bzzaar Jumblers dressed up in the Barbie style vintage ski-suit worn by
  fashion designer & blogger Dulcie Horn who literally had a different outfit on
every time I saw her & this bizarre but amazing SLUT knitted vest that seemed to really suit
comedian Roisin Crowley Linton


The fashion week ended at the Style in the Cityfashion show, an event by a lovely trio of Bristol stylists who styled up pre-loved garms from St Peters Hospice to raise money for the charity. This cause is very close to my heart as my Dad, after a long battle with cancer, was lovingly cared for by this wonderful charity in his last few days. Big love to St Peters Hospice xx

Check out me & lil' Sylvie on the Frow & a photo of Sylvie & a giant pineapple sculpture completely unrelated to the show! Sylvie insisted on the photo being taken. 

On the Frow at Style in the City & the unrelated pineapple sculpture



Find out more about what went on at the Style in the City fashion show in my article for Bristol 24/7 which will be live very soon in my Lifestyle/Fashion section. 


The Style in the City girls 
Polka dots & Retro florals - No Debutante's fave outfits from the Style in the City show using garms from St Peters Hospice
Lil Fashionista pre show selfies




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

No Debutante promotes fashion independents, new designers & sustainable fashion. 

Check out my work with Bristol 24/7 magazine 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 nodebutanteblog@gmail.com

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Thanks for checking in Fashionistas
ND xx 

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Fantastic Fashion Front 2017

The fantastic Fashion Front fashion show returned to Bristol on Thursday 20th April. This year the show brought to us by the amazing Fran Rennison and the Tail End team mixing marvellous creations by many of our wonderful Bristol fashion designers including Neat Frontage, Laa Woof and Puckoo Couture, with a selection of upcycled and handmade items by a group of young people suffering from mental health problems in association with OTR (Off The Record). This was a vibrant and fun-filled fashion show that Bristol should be very proud of, move over London....Or is that move here from London?? 

This year's Fashion Front show didn't disappoint with even more amazing creations from all of the fabulous fashion designers (named below) with outrageous and spontaneous fashion models who added to the Bristol swagger, this show was off the hook!


Many of the garments from the show (and more) shall be available at the Fashion Front Bzaarr this weekend, so get down there, grab yourself some one-off, creative garms and support local! 

Neat Frontage


Kokomo




Tail End





Laa Woof

Evie Cowan

Photo credit @daniReidPhotograpy www.danireid.co.uk
Photo credit @daniReidPhotograpy www.danireid.co.uk

Fashion Front Row

Photo credit @daniReidPhotograpy www.danireid.co.uk

Photo credit @daniReidPhotograpy www.danireid.co.uk


The Designers include Evie Cowan, Neat Frontage, Laa Woof, Kokomo, Puckoo Couture, ZOTZ, Tail End, OTR designers, Fun Bags, Palace Flophouse, Burnt Soul, Shindig Village and Winifred Rose.

All images by No Debutante and @daniReidPhotography 

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


Thursday, 9 June 2016

Fashion Front Females

Pheewwwy! Turn up the heat cos the Summer has finally arrived in Bristol! Apologies for the lack of blog post but these long awaited sunny days have been taking up No Debutante's time! Here's a post that should have got up on the blog a couple of weeks ago, but it's never to celebrate all things girl fronted and Bristol Fashion.

On Thursday 26th May, No Debutante attended the The Fashion Front event at the Old Market Assembly in Bristol (great venue BTW!). The event was hosted by Eden House Women's refuge and Tail End Fashion House who together in a collaboration with Fran Rennison ran a creative project for vulnerable women across Bristol to come together and produce a fashion collection, which also featured in the fantastic catwalk show at the event. The show also featured an array of the best Bristol fashion talents including House of Junk, Neat Frontage, Puckoo Couture, Kokomo, Fix Up Look Sharp, Filthy Squirrel & Tail End. It was a fantastic and fun mix of festival style and streetwear with lots of bare skin, big prints and brilliant metallics with many wearable items that No Debutante wants/needs to own!! Well Done Bristol!


 Filthy Squirrel


 No Debutante Loves........pastel houndstooth crops and tropical print shorts

Dollar Bill

 No Debutante Loves....Bodysuit & Kimono

No Debutante Loves.....Pastel sheers and holographic leggings

 Kokomo Accessories
 No Debutante Loves...... Metallic catsuit with long tassel detail
Amazing Mermaid style details
Neat Frontage
No Debutante Loves....Fruity Bomber & sequin Bralet

No Debutante Loves....Graphic print crop & sequin hot pants
 
Puckoo Couture

No Debutante Loves......Polka-dots & Panels Bodycon!

Tail End
 No Debutante Loves......Graphic print trousers


No Debutante Loves....Sheer Maxis
House Of Junk
No Debutante Loves.....Crop Dungarees 
Palace Flophouse
No Debutante Loves....Bright Sportsluxe
No Debutante Loves.....Sheer panels


Fix Up Look Sharp
No Debutante Loves....Upcycled kids prints
No Debutante Loves.........the Fix Up Styling
 Shindig Village

No Debutante Loves.........Sequin Hoodies


The Eden House Collaboration
 No Debutante Loves......Graphic Print Panels


 No Debutante Loves............Tassled Shoulders & Glam Military Influences

The Finale


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

All photography by No Debutante

Designers featured in todays post include Filthy Squirrel, Neat Frontage, Dollar Bill, Kokomo, Puckoo Couture, Tail End, House of Junk, Palace Flophouse, Fix Up Look Sharp, Shindig Village & The Eden Project Collaboration.

If you are interested in collaborating with No Debutante or getting featured on the No Debutante blog please contact me / send me a message on any of the following social networking platforms all under the No Debutante name #nodebutante


Keep up with No Debutantes OOTD posts, collabs and current fashion obsessions posted daily on all of the following. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr,  Pinterest.
Thanks for checking in Fashionistas xx
ND xx


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