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A fashion and lifestyle blog of a "twenty something" girl living and working in London. 

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Jenna Lyons

Jenna Lyons, the Style Icon

Jenna Lyons, the Style Icon

Jenna Lyons has been J. Crew's President, Executive Creative Director since July 2010, and before that served as Executive Creative Director. She has always been loyal to J. Crew where she started out as the "assistant's assistant". She clearly had her eyes set on the bigger prize as she spent the next twenty years climbing the corporate ladder over at J.Crew. As a style maven she just makes you want to mix prints with bold colours, sparkles with tomboy shirts, coloured heels with jeans ...

She has a sophisticated yet cool and youthful attitude to her outfits and honestly she makes me want to put away my black, grey and white corporate outfits. And that is exactly what I have done, and switched them leopard heels, coloured sweaters, printed jackets and skirts. Splashed on some bright red lipstick and some bold accessories and going to work just seems more fun. I am in London after all, and there will always be another women wearing more sparkles, colour, heels and jewellery than me.

Jenna clearly "dresses for the job she wants, not the job she has" which is something camille had said me over brunch the other day - even though it was not in reference to Jenna Lyons - and it really stuck with me. I know exactly where I will be heading on saturday, and that would be the newly opened J. Crew store on Regent Street.

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The perfect pair of boots for fall

zara black boots ph/me 

These have to be the perfect boots for fall; comfortable, wearable, black and with a chunky heel. It would seem that they have quickly become a favourite amongst young women and bloggers. These girls are wearing theirs to perfection. I have been wearing them on and off, but mainly with jeans as seen here.

 ph/unknown from They all hate us - Tuula - Charlotte - Camille - Columbine and Tuula again

Have a lovely weekend!

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Tie dye jeans

tie dye jeansSource: Elin Kling

tie dye jeansSources: Evangelie, Anjelica and Mimnor

tie dye jeans DIYSources: Charlotte and Rebecca

The story starts here, with the effortlessly (well it looks like it anyway) gorgeous Elin Kling. Actually, it probably all started when Isabel Marant showed her S/S12 collection and brought back the tie dye craze in the process. Like clockwork, the trend started popping up in most of the high street brands (I am thinking more specifically of Zara, River Island and Mango). Some - namely Rebecca and Charlotte - decided to make an activity out of it and DIYed the trend and I will be following in their footsteps this week as I try it out myself. Regardless of the result - good, bad or terrible - I will share the experience and the end result with you guys.

Have you connected with the trend or do you think it should stay a thing of the past? Did you find your perfect pair or will you try it be a DIY?

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