Bristol's finest Insta fashionistas July 2018

Here at No Debutante I am totally obsessed with Instagram! The amazing imagery shared, and the stories people tell, are just so vibrant and unique, well, the people I seem to follow are! A daily snippet into peoples lives, inspirations and captured moments, albeit a slightly staged view on many occasions, ahem! 

I am no innocent in this beautiful instagram charade and if I want to believe everyone is wondering about wearing beautiful garms with their beautiful friends and families then let it happen. Instagram isn't about disrespect and being down on people, it's about supporting and influencing each other and aiming to be the best you can be and being HAPPY!!! And what's wrong with that eh? Instagram gives me the feel good factor from people liking my posts to getting inspired by you beautiful lot!

This is the second installment of a feature I did back in April where I shared a few of my fave instagrammers who were also local independent fashion designers too. Well, since Bristol is so full of fabulous fashion I just had to share a few more of them with you today. 

Here's a peek at the last lot in case you missed it Bristol's Finest Insta Fashionistas

Zedhead Headwear

The fabulous and hilarious Zoe Thompson from Zedhead Headwear creates the most amazing head-wear from outrageous carnival crazy feathered headdresses to more quirky pieces with My Little Ponies and dolls attached, from headdress crowns, pom-pom earrings to super-fly visors, Zedhead has all your festivals, Hen parties and summer holiday's covered. Boom!

Emotional Waterfall Art

Colourful and creative Jemma Bursnell of Emotional Waterfall is a living piece of art from her brightly coloured and printed personal style to her amazing illustrative hand drawn prints that carry an abstract, free hand Memphis style that Jemma has made her own. From T-shirts to earrings, plant pots, furniture and even bigger art displays including a residency at Upfest in Bristol, I think Jemma is slowly painting the whole of Bristol bit by bit.

Dulcie's Feathers

Dulcie Horn is a fellow blogger and fashion designer who recently launched a range of beautiful garms made entirely from vintage sari's, she went all the way to India to get them made and then got all her lovely friends to model them for her. The Dulcie's Feathers range includes jumpsuits, shorts co-ords, kimonos, playsuits and two piece hareem sets and are just perfect for the beach and as loungewear. 

Kokomo

Super sexy, perspex queen....It's Kokomo! 

These amazing dare to bear garms are made entirely from perspex discs lovingly pieced together by designer Jess whose amazing perspex garms mix festival showgirls with 60's spaceage glam.

You have got to love the Kokomo necklaces too with words like Disco and Yes, what could be more positive and fun?

Kuccia

Not technically a Bristol brand, but I feel we have adopted them and No Debutante has been in love with Kuccia for what seems like forever! The cuts, the prints the sparkles, the Lookbooks! What's not to like here? I finally got to meet the designers this year at Loves Saves The Day festival and they were just the most loveliest people ever! Get your sequin dreams and festival fashion fabulousness here.....as Kuccia say 'want some?'

All images courtesy of the instagram accounts of Zedhead Headwear Emotional Waterfall Art, Dulcie's Feathers, Kokomo Kuccia

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

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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

Love Saves The Day - Sunday Fashion edit

Hey Fashionistas! Here's part two of the Loves Saves The Day fashion specials, check out the fabulous garms all the urban, glitter children wore to Bristols wildest festival.

Love Saves The Day isn't just about the music, it's about the people, the attitude and the style. Nadia Rose went down a storm on Sunday afternoon, with her cute swagger and sharp humourous lyrics and that Skwod of girls wearing old school, monochrome Adidas and their cool as' dance style, they fitted LSTD perfectly, the sportswear, the swagger and their cute charm were impossible to not love!

Sunday saw the arrival of rain and an army of glitter children who were not prepared for it. Mega error! Plastic bags as hats and bin liner coats at the ready! 

Who was wearing what....?? Sunday saw, even more, print clashes, marvellous metallic colourful catsuits, amazing headdresses, glam glitter beards, tropical prints and sparkles on everything. Plus this season's new festival favourite, the Cape. In Bristol, we have our very own capes specialist, Capes Capes Capes. All capes are available to buy on their etsy shop or get in touch and get a fabulous bespoke cape just for you! So many Bristol designers offer bespoke versions of their masterpieces, get in touch with them and find out more, there is a bespoke creation waiting with your name on it! 

There were new Bristol fashion designers to meet including Entirety Clothing selling sportswear basics with cute and sharp graphics and Hamilton's Beard Bar in The Fash Pack tent was a popular place to be for glitter beards and trams with the lovely Luke winning a prize for one of the best-dressed men of the day in his white dungarees and cute pink tee and hair, catch Luke and Harrison's Shave Parlour at the soon to be opened Glitch on Old Market, Bristol, more info on that very soon. 

There were glorious and outrageous headpieces and jewellery from Bristol fashion brands Zedhead headwear and Dulcie's Feathers who mix bohemian flowers and feathers with knitted pom poms, my little ponies and disco balls creating a plastic fantastic boho style that you need in your life! 

No Debutante had the best time ever at Love Saves The Day 2017. Thank you so much for inviting me and a massive thank you to The Fash Pack who adopted me and covered me in glitter at LSTD, I had a blast xxx

The wonderful and hilarious Zoe the headwear and accessories designer at Zedhead Headwear 

Glitter beard by Harrison's Beard Bar at The Fash Pack tent

No Debutante's trams got glittered by Harrison's Beard Bar, pom-pom earrings by Zedhead headwear

The lovely Luke Harrison and his Beard Bar

 Jess the fun-filled fashion designer from Kokomo as part of The Fash Pack. Jess is wearing her own perspex Kokomo top and shorts by Bristol's Neat Frontage. 

The wonderful Burnt Soul ladies, PR fairy Anna and the Burnt Soul fashion designer Robin. Check out their LSTD interview with No Debutante at the end of the post!

Boo Dior make overs from Bristol make-up artists

 Rockabilly vintage style at LSTD in the Boo Dior tent

 Lady Gonzales creations in the Boo Dior tent

Baby pink sheer Monki dress cuteness!

  Entirety Clothing at LSTD 

Brilliant outfit! Print clashing, a floral garland and meggiings! 

This is where you could choose your wedding dress for your LSTD wedding in the Inflatable Church You didn't really get married but who wouldn't want to wear one of these outrageous vintage pieces??

The gorgeous Dulcie the fashion designer from Dulcie's Feathers in The Fash Pack tent

  The sweetest Amy from The Fash Pack looking like a regal vintage bohemian queen in a perfect mix of ruffles, sparkles and textures.

 Girls Girls Girls wearing Capes Capes Capes

  The most amazing outfit ever! The colours, the prints, the tassels and that floral mohawk crown??? Too amazing for words! 

 ODing on pom-poms - No Debutante and Dulcie

No Debutante's chosen outfit for LSTD Sunday including Typical Freaks crop tee, Adidas shorts, frilly ankle socks from Meadham Kirchhoff at Topshop, silver Reeboks and earrings from Zedhead. 

Love Saves The Day....again...See you again next year! 

Check out one of the No Debutante Love Saves The Day youtube videos below featuring Burnt Soul

All photographs and film by No Debutante

Thank you so much to everyone at Love Saves The Day for having No Debutante and crew, it's been a blast!   

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 under my name Emma Gorton-Ellicott

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

Hook up with No Debutante for fashion journalist and stylist work on the above contact too! 

Keep up with No Debutante's 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

Love Saves The Day - Saturday Fashion edit

No Debutante had the most amazing time as a fashion correspondent for the brilliant Loves Saves The Day festival in Bristol, last week. The fashion was off the hook featuring everything from boho festival fashion, urban sports to street style fashionistas and everything glitter and glam. The urban flower children were out on show and everyone was so happy to chat about their outfits and have their photographs taken, LSTD have a real friendly crowd and the festival was buzzing.

No Debutante roamed about the festival with partner in crime and bestie Rachael (aka for the day Queen Latifah), meeting people and chatting all things LSTD and Bristol fashion, there will be videos and interviews available to view real soon on the new No Debutante youtube channel, where you will get to join the No Debutante world of fashion fun, so watch this space for the official launch!

The festival vibes were in full swing, rain or shine but there was a lot of hard work being put in behind the scenes of the different fashion stalls that were available from The Fash Pack and other collaborators including Boo Dior. 

The Fash Pack who are a collaboration of Bristol designers and creatives who come together supplying festival fashion, headdresses, glitter make-up, glitter beards, vintage clothing and the festival must have, the bumbag. The Fash Pack creator Joh Rindom, from Bristols fashion brand, That Thing, impressively co-ordinates The Fash Pack tent supplying festival go'ers with everything they need to deck themselves out in full festival rigour, nobody left The Fash Pack tent without being glittered and glammed up! Yeeesss!!

There will be more to come from No Debutante on the LSTD festival fashion vibes with Bristol 24/7 magazine and due to the amount of fabulous fashion moments at the LSTD festival, this blog post will be a two parter. Whoop! Well done Bristol, you beautiful people!

The Burnt Soul ladies in those fabulous catsuits

No Debutante sharing the Butchi and Gosmos Love

Twinning in Kimonos and printed co-ords with Kokomo designer Jessica May Bennett wearing Neat Frontage 

Getting my glitter facepaint did by Joh Rindom from The Fash Pack / That Thing

Above image courtesy of Joh Rindom at That Thing

Dazzling in a Kokomo perspex halter top

Colourful harlequin prints and rainbow clashes

A festival flower child wearing a homemade floral headress

Hawaiian style shirts and co-ords

African inspired Prints

No Debutante's new favourite fashion outfit, printed crop and shorts co-ord by Tail End and OTR and those Tezla earrings that everyone wants! 

Bestie Rachael wearing her African print headscarf with an oversized Monki shirt dress

Urban sports girls posing by the amazing Memphis walls next to the Cloud 9 stage

Bristol model and dancer George with No Debutante

Rach and Luke aka Harrisons Beard Bar both wearing That Thing accessories

A cute cheerleader wearing a dazzling showgirl dress by Lady Jane Bristol

 Lady Jane Bristol (below) wearing her cute majorette outfit with the showgirl! 

All photographs (except for credited image) by No Debutante

Thank you so much to everyone at Love Saves The Day for having No Debutante and crew, it's been a blast!   

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 under my name Emma Gorton-Ellicott

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

Hook up with No Debutante for fashion journalist and stylist work on the above contact too! 

Keep up with No Debutante's 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