Showing posts with label British Vogue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Vogue. Show all posts
It's my 100th post on Aoife Caitriona! To mark the occasion, I thought I'd do a Get To Know Me tag but in the style of Vogue's 73 questions. Enjoy x
01. What’s your usual Starbucks order?
An iced green tea peach lemonade in the summer and soya hot chocolate in the winter.
02. What does your workstation look like?
A mess. I don't know how it happens but there are notebook everywhere.
03. Favourite Food?
Any pasta dish.
04. Favourite Author?
That’s a tricky one but I’ll read anything by Sophie Kinsella and Jodie Ellen Malpas.
05. What do you think of open relationships?
It’s not for me but you go ahead.
06. Favourite guilty pleasure treat?
Buying a new book.
07. Favourite movie?
I have two- Notting Hill and Confessions of A Shopaholic.
08. Favourite book?
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.
09. Twitter or Instagram?
10. Desktop or Laptop?
Laptop.
11. Best advice you’ve ever received?
No one cares. I used to be really self-conscious and someone told me that no one cares about the little things like how you eat, what you eat, how you dress etc.
12. What project are you working on right now?
My life.
13. Favourite colour?
Blush pink.
14. Why pink?
It’s a happy colour. It has positive energy and I love it.
15. Did you get good grades in school?
Yep, I did alright.
16. What's your dream job?
My dream job is to work for a fashion magazine. The ultimate goal? Editor :)
17. Do you play any sports?
I used to be on the Netball team until my friend told me I was rubbish and I should quit the team. Thinking back, I probably shouldn't have listened to her.
18. Do you have a degree?
I do, I graduated with first class honours in Journalism last Summer.
19. What's something you learnt about yourself at uni?
That I don't know much about life.
20. What’s your favourite kind of blogpost?
Something that's fun to read.
21. What do you collect?
Postcards or bags, if you ask my mum.
22. Describe yourself in three words
Passionate, fun and loyal.
23. What do you value most in a person?
Accountability. I think being self-aware of your actions and how that impacts others is a very valuable trait to have.
24. Who was the last person you DMed?
My friend.
25. What’s on top of your wish list right now?
A pair of Jimmy Choo's; they're a graduation present to myself.
26. What are you most grateful for this year?
Being alive.
27. Favourite place you’ve travelled?
Cote d'Azur in the middle of Summer. It was magical!
28. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you this month?
My work gave everyone a week off so I've just used it as an excuse to do whatever I want.
29. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you today?
Publishing this blog post!
30. What’s the best thing ever?
The warmth.
31. Favourite Season?
Summer. Is there any other season?
32. Favourite Holiday?
The summer holidays.
33. What fictional character do you relate to the most?
Rebecca Brandon née Bloomwood.
34. Do you like surprises?
Only if they are good.
35. What’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever had?
I don’t think I’ve ever had one.
36. What surprise made you cry?
The surprise I gave my Mum.
37. What’s the best surprise you’ve given someone else?
I threw my Mum a surprise birthday party and invited all her friends, old and new. She didn’t suspect a thing.
38. Do you like muffins?
Doughnuts are better.
39. Do you cook often?
All the time; I love it.
40. What’s your favourite thing to cook?
I enjoy making a lot of tomato-based meals so pasta and chicken dishes.
41. What’s your favourite dessert?
CAKE!
42. What’s your least favourite food?
Fishy fish. I’d rather not taste the sea, please.
43. What's the last book you read?
Playing Nice by J.P Delaney.
44. What are you currently reading?
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton
45. What's your biggest weakness?
Not feeling good enough.
46. What's your biggest strength?
Getting on with things.
47. What has a guy said or done to impress you?
One guy took me to a restaurant on our first official date. It felt really special. Speaking to my friends, I get the feeling that doesn’t always happen
48. Best thing to do on a first date?
Something physical like crazy golf or bowling so the awkward silences aren't so awkward.
49. Worst thing to do on a first date?
Go somewhere too loud that you can't hear each other.
50. What’s the best pick up line?
I’m not sure there is a best one, but I’ll laugh at them.
51. What podcasts are you listening to at the moment?
The BOF podcast keeps me on top of the fashion industry and The Receipts.
52. Name three things that can always be found in your purse?
Keys, money and a random sanitary pad.
53. Favourite drink?
Iced green tea.
54. If you could play a character in a movie, who would it be?
It's not in a movie but I’d play Blair Waldorf.
55. Who’s on your current playlist?
Toni Braxton, Summer Walker, IAMDDB, Tinashe and Teyana Taylor.
56. What lipstick do you use?
Spanked by Fenty Beauty.
57. What foundation do you use?
Either a Tom Ford stick foundation or Estée Lauder Double Wear.
58. Blow dry or air dry
Air dry and use Bumble & Bumble styling creme.
59. If you had to wear one fashion brand for the rest of your life, who would you wear?
I love Dior.
60. Who is your fashion icon?
Dakota Johnson.
61. What is your go-to outfit?
Jeans, a cute top and either a pair of white trainers or heels.
62. What are you doing tomorrow?
I'm meeting up with a friend and going to a local market to buy baked goods.
63. Movie you laughed the hardest through?
It was either Bridesmaids or Girls Trip.
64. Movie that made you cry?
Remember Me.
65. If you could sing a duet with anybody, who would you choose?
My best friend.
66. What’s would your autobiography be called?
About a girl.
67. What’s your favourite animal?
Giraffe.
68. Favourite singer?
Does anyone have a favourite singer?
69. Person you’d like to have coffee with?
Dakota Johnson.
70. What country would you like to visit?
I'd love to visit Japan during blossom season.
71. What's something you can't live without?
My skincare.
72. Best way to decompress?
Chilling in my comfy clothes, watching a film or TV show with some good food
73. What's a song you listen to on repeat?
Peaches by Justin Beiber is on repeat all the time at the moment.
Love, Aoife xo
It's my 100th post on Aoife Caitriona! To mark the occasion, I thought I'd do a Get To Know Me tag but in the style of Vogue's 73 questions. Enjoy x
01. What’s your usual Starbucks order?
An iced green tea peach lemonade in the summer and soya hot chocolate in the winter.
02. What does your workstation look like?
A mess. I don't know how it happens but there are notebook everywhere.
03. Favourite Food?
Any pasta dish.
04. Favourite Author?
That’s a tricky one but I’ll read anything by Sophie Kinsella and Jodie Ellen Malpas.
05. What do you think of open relationships?
It’s not for me but you go ahead.
06. Favourite guilty pleasure treat?
Buying a new book.
07. Favourite movie?
I have two- Notting Hill and Confessions of A Shopaholic.
08. Favourite book?
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.
09. Twitter or Instagram?
10. Desktop or Laptop?
Laptop.
11. Best advice you’ve ever received?
No one cares. I used to be really self-conscious and someone told me that no one cares about the little things like how you eat, what you eat, how you dress etc.
12. What project are you working on right now?
My life.
13. Favourite colour?
Blush pink.
14. Why pink?
It’s a happy colour. It has positive energy and I love it.
15. Did you get good grades in school?
Yep, I did alright.
16. What's your dream job?
My dream job is to work for a fashion magazine. The ultimate goal? Editor :)
17. Do you play any sports?
I used to be on the Netball team until my friend told me I was rubbish and I should quit the team. Thinking back, I probably shouldn't have listened to her.
18. Do you have a degree?
I do, I graduated with first class honours in Journalism last Summer.
19. What's something you learnt about yourself at uni?
That I don't know much about life.
20. What’s your favourite kind of blogpost?
Something that's fun to read.
21. What do you collect?
Postcards or bags, if you ask my mum.
22. Describe yourself in three words
Passionate, fun and loyal.
23. What do you value most in a person?
Accountability. I think being self-aware of your actions and how that impacts others is a very valuable trait to have.
24. Who was the last person you DMed?
My friend.
25. What’s on top of your wish list right now?
A pair of Jimmy Choo's; they're a graduation present to myself.
26. What are you most grateful for this year?
Being alive.
27. Favourite place you’ve travelled?
Cote d'Azur in the middle of Summer. It was magical!
28. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you this month?
My work gave everyone a week off so I've just used it as an excuse to do whatever I want.
29. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you today?
Publishing this blog post!
30. What’s the best thing ever?
The warmth.
31. Favourite Season?
Summer. Is there any other season?
32. Favourite Holiday?
The summer holidays.
33. What fictional character do you relate to the most?
Rebecca Brandon née Bloomwood.
34. Do you like surprises?
Only if they are good.
35. What’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever had?
I don’t think I’ve ever had one.
36. What surprise made you cry?
The surprise I gave my Mum.
37. What’s the best surprise you’ve given someone else?
I threw my Mum a surprise birthday party and invited all her friends, old and new. She didn’t suspect a thing.
38. Do you like muffins?
Doughnuts are better.
39. Do you cook often?
All the time; I love it.
40. What’s your favourite thing to cook?
I enjoy making a lot of tomato-based meals so pasta and chicken dishes.
41. What’s your favourite dessert?
CAKE!
42. What’s your least favourite food?
Fishy fish. I’d rather not taste the sea, please.
43. What's the last book you read?
Playing Nice by J.P Delaney.
44. What are you currently reading?
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton
45. What's your biggest weakness?
Not feeling good enough.
46. What's your biggest strength?
Getting on with things.
47. What has a guy said or done to impress you?
One guy took me to a restaurant on our first official date. It felt really special. Speaking to my friends, I get the feeling that doesn’t always happen
48. Best thing to do on a first date?
Something physical like crazy golf or bowling so the awkward silences aren't so awkward.
49. Worst thing to do on a first date?
Go somewhere too loud that you can't hear each other.
50. What’s the best pick up line?
I’m not sure there is a best one, but I’ll laugh at them.
51. What podcasts are you listening to at the moment?
The BOF podcast keeps me on top of the fashion industry and The Receipts.
52. Name three things that can always be found in your purse?
Keys, money and a random sanitary pad.
53. Favourite drink?
Iced green tea.
54. If you could play a character in a movie, who would it be?
It's not in a movie but I’d play Blair Waldorf.
55. Who’s on your current playlist?
Toni Braxton, Summer Walker, IAMDDB, Tinashe and Teyana Taylor.
56. What lipstick do you use?
Spanked by Fenty Beauty.
57. What foundation do you use?
Either a Tom Ford stick foundation or Estée Lauder Double Wear.
58. Blow dry or air dry
Air dry and use Bumble & Bumble styling creme.
59. If you had to wear one fashion brand for the rest of your life, who would you wear?
I love Dior.
60. Who is your fashion icon?
Dakota Johnson.
61. What is your go-to outfit?
Jeans, a cute top and either a pair of white trainers or heels.
62. What are you doing tomorrow?
I'm meeting up with a friend and going to a local market to buy baked goods.
63. Movie you laughed the hardest through?
It was either Bridesmaids or Girls Trip.
64. Movie that made you cry?
Remember Me.
65. If you could sing a duet with anybody, who would you choose?
My best friend.
66. What’s would your autobiography be called?
About a girl.
67. What’s your favourite animal?
Giraffe.
68. Favourite singer?
Does anyone have a favourite singer?
69. Person you’d like to have coffee with?
Dakota Johnson.
70. What country would you like to visit?
I'd love to visit Japan during blossom season.
71. What's something you can't live without?
My skincare.
72. Best way to decompress?
Chilling in my comfy clothes, watching a film or TV show with some good food
73. What's a song you listen to on repeat?
Peaches by Justin Beiber is on repeat all the time at the moment.
Love, Aoife xo
The first issue of Vogue hit newsstands in New York on December 17, 1892, and would soon become one of the top fashion magazines in the world edited by the legendary Anna Wintour. It’s creator, Arthur Turnure, was a wealthy Eurocentric Manhattanite who mixed with the city’s aristocracy. The magazine was divided into separate sections, like it is today, of reviews of books, music, art and articles on social etiquette. It was read by both sexes but by 1895, it became more feminine and fashion-focused. In 1909, Condé Nast purchased the magazine. In the Autumn of 1916, the British edition hit newsstands.
Now that we’re starting a new decade and with a British Vogue that is vastly different from what it once was, I thought it would be fun to see what my life would be like if I wore, did and lived how the latest issue of Vogue suggested. This post is inspired by one I read on Maria J’s blog with the same idea, which you can read here.
Compared to American Vogue, British Vogue runs their editions a month ahead so their issue in January is actually the February issue. But before we can get ahead of ourselves, it’s only January. So let’s start with what the January issue (on sale in December) has in store for us.
There are pages upon pages of outfit ideas, trends to jump on board and must-have products. That is after you’ve flicked through the plethora of Gucci, Miu Miu and Chanel ads. Vogue’s checklist on pages 98 to 101, let’s me know that powder colours and monochrome will be all over my life from bags and shoes to clothes and accessories. According to the description, the soft textures and creamy colours will add to my feminine prowess.
Page 54 tells me I’ll be walking around in a two-piece Safari inspired suit. Preferably with a high waisted belt as a nod to the seventies (page 53). Our work attire is having a little makeover in this new decade on page 185: Think the same bold attitude but with softer silhouettes.
Accessorises is always key. According to page 73, January is about keeping it short and sweet with necklaces that sit on the collarbone. I quite like the classic rose gold and diamond number from Cartier but at £33,400, I think I’d rather use that to help buy a house. On my arm (or I should say, across my body) will be a vintage quilted leather Balenciaga (page 61). I’m not mad at this suggestion.
Page 24 lets everyone know our secret that underneath our khaki armour will be a matching black mesh Victoria’s Secret set. One I’ve actually had my eye on for a while. Sexy and comfort are going hand in hand this decade, no doubt about it.
It’s a new decade, so time to get rid of things that weren’t working before and putting things right. Well, kind of. Upcycling will be big this January and if you’re not already a transparent company then you need to get with the programme, start treating workers fairly and source materials sustainably. Waste not, want not (page 151). Let’s look in our own wardrobes that are full of designer pieces, hmm, and give them a rerun. In case you need a little extra help, check out my post on how you can join the sustainable fashion conversation.
The New Years’ celebrations got a little heavy after drinking too much champagne and heading straight back to work. So a much needed tranquil break is on the books and it’s looking a lot like the seaside resort of Deauville in Normandy (page 88).
What else is on our New Years resolutions list? Well, Pat McGrath says we should add skincare to our list (page 111). A little bit of self-care in the evening never hurt anybody and our skin certainly won’t be complaining. According to Jada Pinkett Smith on page 220, the Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mask is the secret to dewy skin. Sam McKnight says we should stop being afraid of our hair. Don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be too out there. Maybe a simple braid or a fringe. Since I already have a fringe, I might try wearing my hair in a braid more often or use some hair accessories.
If you could live your life like the pages of a magazine, which one would you choose?
Love, Aoife xo
The first issue of Vogue hit newsstands in New York on December 17, 1892, and would soon become one of the top fashion magazines in the world edited by the legendary Anna Wintour. It’s creator, Arthur Turnure, was a wealthy Eurocentric Manhattanite who mixed with the city’s aristocracy. The magazine was divided into separate sections, like it is today, of reviews of books, music, art and articles on social etiquette. It was read by both sexes but by 1895, it became more feminine and fashion-focused. In 1909, Condé Nast purchased the magazine. In the Autumn of 1916, the British edition hit newsstands.
Now that we’re starting a new decade and with a British Vogue that is vastly different from what it once was, I thought it would be fun to see what my life would be like if I wore, did and lived how the latest issue of Vogue suggested. This post is inspired by one I read on Maria J’s blog with the same idea, which you can read here.
Compared to American Vogue, British Vogue runs their editions a month ahead so their issue in January is actually the February issue. But before we can get ahead of ourselves, it’s only January. So let’s start with what the January issue (on sale in December) has in store for us.
There are pages upon pages of outfit ideas, trends to jump on board and must-have products. That is after you’ve flicked through the plethora of Gucci, Miu Miu and Chanel ads. Vogue’s checklist on pages 98 to 101, let’s me know that powder colours and monochrome will be all over my life from bags and shoes to clothes and accessories. According to the description, the soft textures and creamy colours will add to my feminine prowess.
Page 54 tells me I’ll be walking around in a two-piece Safari inspired suit. Preferably with a high waisted belt as a nod to the seventies (page 53). Our work attire is having a little makeover in this new decade on page 185: Think the same bold attitude but with softer silhouettes.
Accessorises is always key. According to page 73, January is about keeping it short and sweet with necklaces that sit on the collarbone. I quite like the classic rose gold and diamond number from Cartier but at £33,400, I think I’d rather use that to help buy a house. On my arm (or I should say, across my body) will be a vintage quilted leather Balenciaga (page 61). I’m not mad at this suggestion.
Page 24 lets everyone know our secret that underneath our khaki armour will be a matching black mesh Victoria’s Secret set. One I’ve actually had my eye on for a while. Sexy and comfort are going hand in hand this decade, no doubt about it.
It’s a new decade, so time to get rid of things that weren’t working before and putting things right. Well, kind of. Upcycling will be big this January and if you’re not already a transparent company then you need to get with the programme, start treating workers fairly and source materials sustainably. Waste not, want not (page 151). Let’s look in our own wardrobes that are full of designer pieces, hmm, and give them a rerun. In case you need a little extra help, check out my post on how you can join the sustainable fashion conversation.
The New Years’ celebrations got a little heavy after drinking too much champagne and heading straight back to work. So a much needed tranquil break is on the books and it’s looking a lot like the seaside resort of Deauville in Normandy (page 88).
What else is on our New Years resolutions list? Well, Pat McGrath says we should add skincare to our list (page 111). A little bit of self-care in the evening never hurt anybody and our skin certainly won’t be complaining. According to Jada Pinkett Smith on page 220, the Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mask is the secret to dewy skin. Sam McKnight says we should stop being afraid of our hair. Don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be too out there. Maybe a simple braid or a fringe. Since I already have a fringe, I might try wearing my hair in a braid more often or use some hair accessories.
If you could live your life like the pages of a magazine, which one would you choose?
Love, Aoife xo
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