Showing posts with label jewellery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewellery. Show all posts

Harry Potter
Most of us who have grown up through the 90s have grown up alongside Harry Potter and his Wizarding World. So it came as no surprise that many of us felt emotional and giddy this past weekend when the final movie came out. Now what are we to do with our summers many will ask! But here's the answer, re-read the books, or re-watch the movies, have a movie marathon party and which all 8 of them! Harry Potter is not over. It wasn't over when the last book came out, and it certainly isn't over now that the last movie is out. Those of us who take the fandom seriously, will always know where to find Harry and his friends.

Jesse and I are relatively big fans of Harry so we couldn't resist getting our gear on and going to the midnight showing of HP2. It was our last chance to do something of this sort, so why not! I had a Hufflepuff tie since I'm a huffie, I got it in FAO Schwartz in New York but there are places online where you can get harry potter themed merchandise and I'll talk about more of that in a second. But first, some pictures:

Top - New Look
Jeans - New Look
Cardigan - Primark
Tie - FAO Schwartz

My HP themed outfit wasn't too over-the-top since it was going to be late when we got out of the cinema (2:30am) and I didnt want to be freezing whilst waiting for a taxi in the morning air. Jesse, being a Gryffindor, wore jeans, a red n black top and a yellow cardigan, unfortunately we didn't get any pics of her cause she's sneaky and prefers to be behind the camera (I will get you!). However, she did wear a lot of Jewellery that could be deemed HP related which we thought was quite awesome, so here are some pics and explainations of that instead:


 The Sword of Godric Gryffindor
It's actually a necklace made by highly recommended jeweller, Thomas Sabo.





Dark Mark/Death Eater Ring
The first ring was bought from River Island and works as a symbol for the Dark Lord's Mark/Army. I also think the second ring which was bought from  merchandiser at Q-con is also very Dark Lordy.

Rowena Ravenclaw
I feel that this ring, which is actually from an Anime Jesse watches, (Kuroshitsuji) can be seen as homage to Rowena Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem, which has a blue diamond in the middle of it.  The ring was bought in Square Enix, Tokyo, Japan.

Therefore, we were very Harry Potter themed either in our clothing, or jewellery. It was also quite funny because just before the movie started I was talking to Jesse about these jeans I had spotted on Dorothy Perkins website that were lilac and when the movie came on, none other than the quirky but lovely Luna Lovegood was wearing them:
Hers are a slightly darker purple but nonetheless, the idea was the same. Although personally, I wouldn't have paired that top with them!

The dresses that JK Rowling and Emma Watson wore to the World Premiere in London were amazing also. I also enjoyed that the boys looked so scrubbed up as well:

Jk's Dress had a kind of Cherry Blossom theme to it which was awesome. Emma's reminded me of a dress that Carrie Bradshaw wore in Sex and the City that when she sat down in it, it was just there, her in the middle of a dress still. You can see it here.

Anyway, I don't know if many of you own or would consider owning anything Harry Potter related but since this is a fashion blog, I do have to make some relevance to fashion and there is plenty of it. A simple search on Etsy for 'Harry Potter' brings up quite a lot of results, mostly jewellery. Like this Deathly Hallows Necklace, or these Mischief Managed Bracelets, or my absolute favourite, but very expensive, Dragon Themed Ring. There are also many snitches, owls, dark lord and house related items.

However, if you are looking for Harry Potter themed clothing and you aren't near to an FAO Schwartz, or ebay doesn't have what you're looking for, Whimsic Alley is the best place to find Harry Potter Merchandise. You can get Sweaters, ties, wands, quills, hats, scarves, anything you could possibly ever want to be a part of the Harry Potter World. So I've given you a lot of links and things to think about and I'm going to leave you here, with the parting words of JK Rowling herself:

"Whether you come back by film or by page, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home." 
Until next time,
Sami & Jesse 
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The Big Trend: Kimono's
Kimono is a Japanese word which literally means "a thing to wear". In Japan, Kimonos are a part of everyday life, women wear them on their wedding day, at tea ceremonies and the Japanese bury the dead in Kimonos, changing the cross over from left to right,to right to left.

However, after designers such as Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen, L'wren Scott and Diane von Furstenberg featured kimono jackets in their collections, it was only a matter of time before the eastern influence hit the UK High Street. You can believe us when we tell you, it has definitely hit and it has caught on like wildfire. Every shop we went into had some sort of kimono-style top or jacket and we were both quite happy to snap some up. 

Jesse is a lover of all things Japanese and has now got herself quite a collection of Kimono's, we will feature some of these here, but in order to keep the loading time down and bandwidth free, we will post links to the others.  To start us off, here is when we wore our Kimonos to go shopping for shoes to match our graduation dresses (which will become another post at some point). 






Kimono - River Island
Black top - New Look
Jeans - New Look
Shoes - New Look
Necklace - Forever 21






Kimono - Penneys/Primark
Black top - Primark
Jeans - Peacocks
Shoes - Primark

Jesse's Other Kimonos Include the two following, both also from River Island. Actually, I'm pretty sure all of her kimono's are from River Island, haha.  (Jesse: nearly all Sami I do have one from Tokyo :p)




The top one is like a peachy pink colour but it's hard to see in the picture.  She also has, the same top as the 2nd picture in plain white from River Island, as well as the kimono here, here and here. She also bought a navy blue floral one today which is not available on the website at the moment. There is also a gorgeous white kimono here, we recommend you go and snap any of these up asap! They sell out fast! The third one is an actually yukata from Jesse last visit to Tokyo.  (As you can tell Jesse is obessed with Japan :p)

Sami's other Kimonos are as follows:


The Black Kimono with Roses all over it I got from Ebay, I couldn't resist it, it was so pretty! It's longer than most of the ones on the high street but still great. The second one is from River Island, it is no longer available on the website. The third one with the butterflies all over it is a Kimono top from New Look which is available here and I've just noticed it in the black too. Oh New Look, why do you torture me so! There are also some new floral ones on the new look website which are gorgeous. I am currently lusting after this butterfly one from Matalan though!

  A simple search on any of the websites such as New Look, River Island, Topshop, Asos and Ebay will produce some good results with a variety of kimono jackets and tops. Some of the websites also list their Kimono style tops under 'Oversize tops' and a lot of One-sleeved dresses have Kimono-style sleeves such as this and this.

As far as we are concerned, kimonos are definitely a trend we are on par with. Adding a kimono top or jacket to your wardrobe is an easy way to brighten up a boring outfit and you can even add them to a little black dress and match your shoes for a night out, or for a nice dinner. I know some of the ones from River Island and ASOS for example can be rather expensive for a floaty jacket, but Primark is in on this trend and you can get yourself a nice cheap one for around £10. So get into girlies and get one of these babies into your wardrobe!!

Now that we've discussed kimono's, of course we couldn't go into town without buying a little something, so here is what we bought:


Jesse bought these two rings, the first one is from New Look and is two claws coming together, this is definitely our bizarre item of the week! She also bought the heart knuckle duster from Internacionale. The ring she has on is a Snow-white pick-axe ring from Disney couture, who can't spell Jewellery we discovered:


A lot to be said for disney couture, they do some beautiful items. We will definitely do a jewellery post sometime in the near future, promise!


We should also do a post on nail polishes and nail art, Jesse owns pretty much every colour of nail polish from Collection 2000. She bought these four new shades called Fruit Loop, Lemon Soda, Milkshake and Angel Wings. We also both bought this Barry M Crackle Nail Polish, which if you paint over your nail it crackles it in a cool style, this has definitely taken off throughout the blogsophere, it's a lazy way of making your nails a little funky. Jesse demonstrates here:

The light blue nail polish that Jesse has on as a base coat is also for the collection 2000 hot looks set called button moon.


 Jesse also got two free lipglosses from Collection 2000 as it was buy any 2 items and get a free lipgloss, since she bought four nail polishes, she got two. She also bought the Rimmel 2n1 Mascara that she uses, a make up post will need to be done too, you guys have a lot to look forward too from us!



 Jesse was also wearing her forever 21 Koi fish necklace, but the chain was too short so she used it as a bracelet which I think works better! It looks really cool!



 Sami is allergic to nickel, which means she can't wear high street jewellery as it's made with nickel. Today we were shopping for shoes again in Lisburn and we went into this little shop that was closing down and found loads of jewellery made with buttons and ribbon/elastic. She couldn't resist snapping it right up. Jesse also bought some which I don't have a picture of. We both got cool lip balms, Sami's is Opera Mint and Jesse's was Green Tea flavour. Here is a picture of Sami's jewellery:

 

As a side note, I know it says that Bracelet was £8, it was actually only £4 as everything was 50% off due to the closing down sale. 

I can't wait to try out some of my Jewellery and see what people think, I never get to wear anything cool and stylish! I could even pair some of it with some of my kimono's!

We hope you are enjoying our blog and as we've promised we now have jewellery, make up and nail polish posts coming up, as well as our graduation outfits. You have plenty to look forward to, so please, keep reading and forward our link on! Also if you want a link on our nice little links bar on the side, please let us know, as long as you are willing to link back!

Also, if you are reading, please feel free to leave us a comment, we really would appreciate some! And if you have any questions or queries, you can always contact us via email at beautifulbizarre@gmail.com 

Hope to hear from you soon!

Sami & Jesse


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