orange bomber.

photos by Martha - ig

bomber - asos
turtleneck - emporium vintage
skirt - emporium vintage
sneakers - converse
socks - asos
enamel pin - fix&fogg

Hello!
I hope you're all well and have had an amazing Christmas, I've been loving the break from school and the festive season is always my favourite. I kind of like the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping and the rush to get everything finished before the holidays (unpopular opinion, I know!)
Since I last spoke to you I got my hair done a bit blonder, which I'm super happy with. I've always been a natural blonde but as it fades I like to keep adding more blonde in because I just love the look of it!

Anyway,
I have been wearing this outfit a lot over the past couple of months and I just still can't get over the colour of THIS BOMBER! It was a lucky find from my favourite brand on ASOS, Monki, a couple of months ago and I've still been trying to create the perfect outfit to style it with. I love the way the orange colour of the jacket looks with the olive coloured turtleneck that I picked up from Emporium Vintage. I've been wearing this turtleneck non-stop, it's so soft and comfortable and very fitting with my colour palette at the moment!
Can we also talk about how cute this pin from Fix&Fogg is!? I love Fix&Fogg peanut butter because it's tasty, vegan and Wellington made, so when I saw they were coming out with enamel pins I just had to get my hands on one. I went for the Smoke & Fire pin because of it's amazing orange colour, which is definitely becoming one of my favourites (shocker!)
What's been your favourite outfit at the moment?
Until next time,
Bella.

"Creativity begins with an
affinity for something. It's like
falling in love."
- Howard gardner

what's been going on.

Hello
Yes, it's been a while (over a month) which is really bad and I've missed this a lot! I'm on holiday now and school is over. I'll be year eleven next year, which is my first year of exams and absolutely terrifying and I'm also moving to a different school which is equally terrifying.
I think I've learnt a lot this year, most of it outside of school and hardly any of it to do with maths, science or any of that fun stuff.
2016 has been a growing year, it's funny how much you can change in the space of a year and looking back at 2015 thinking what was I even doing makes me so excited for the things to come and how much I'll change next year.
This year I travelled to America and experienced a culture completely different to my own, I sold my prints at the NZ Art Show, became vegan, met one of my favourite bloggers Chloe and finally launched this here blog which I've somewhat neglected this term!
Although I love the holidays and without them I think I would go insane I'm also looking forward to the many changes that are happening next year (most of them positive) and I'll try and share as much as I can on this blog.
There are always so many things to look forward to in this funny little world.



I feel like my style is constantly changing and it's quite hard to keep up with sometimes but some things I've been loving recently are these photos, this store, this article, this, this and these.
As next year the new school I'll be changing to doesn't have a uniform I can finally wear whatever I want, which is so exciting!
Some clothes that I've been lusting after come from the trusty ASOS, Storenvy and Emporium Vintage where I've found several awesome vintage pieces this term (you'll be seeing those soon).
Fashion is definitely something that I've fallen more in love with this year and including a lot more colour into my very monochromatic wardrobe has been a mission of mine. I've been loving finding a mix between online purchases from places like ASOS and more expensive pieces from vintage stores like Emporium and Thrifted.
I'm looking forward to sharing many more fashion and style inspired posts and videos with you these holidays!
I hope you all have a relaxing christmas with your families and friends and watch this space for many more posts over the summer.
Bella.

"She loves the smell of
warm coffees,
bloomed roses
and new beginnings."
- Sonia Azalia