SAIMA CHOWDHURY

Thursday, 26 February 2015

MASQUERADE #OOTD

Scarf - Al-Madina Hijabs | Dress - Manai London | Polo-neck Top - Primark | Bag - Vintage

I gotta admit, I look damn good.

Last week I attended a masquerade ball and was sent into a frenzy trying to find the perfect gown, luckily my lovely friend Gina Baden hooked me up with Manai London and they found me the perfect gown! It was everything I loved, lace and mystery but with space to shimmy on the dance floor.

Photos by iamndora

ST TRINIAN'S INSPIRED #OOTD

From moment I bought this dress all I could think of was St Trinian's. So obviously I had to do a St Trinian's inspired look! I decided to match this outfit with my gorgeous suede knee high boots and grey socks. I wasn't too sure how to do my scarf but since the girls in the movie keep their hair kinda flowy I thought i'd go for a similar look too.

I'm thinking about doing lookbooks/outfits based on tv shows/films so if you have any suggestions please leave them below!

GREY #OOTD

Scarf - Al-Madina Hijabs | Jacket - Forever21 | Shirt - New Look | Jeans - Topshop | Boots - New Look

I don't usually go for grey but when I saw this jacket I just had to. Houndstooth Plaid and a slightly strange cut? Hell yes. I'm still figuring out how to style this piece, I really wanted to wear it with my H&M hat but I've pretty much worn that hat to death so I needed to take a break from it.

What do you guys think of the jacket? Yay/Nay? Also if you have any blog post requests then please do let me know!

BLUE SKIES #OOTD

Hat - H&M | Scarf - The Islamic Boutique | Blazer dress - ShowPo | Jeans - Topshop | Heels - Primark

SOUND THE ALARMS! WE HAVE SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKIES! ALERT THE WEATHER REPORTER!

For those of you who don't live in the UK let me just give you a quick update, in England it pretty much rains all the time and snows till June (slight exaggeration) so the moment we get sunshine and blue skies we go a little loco. Anyhoo, on to the topic of this post which an obvious outfit post (with the sun and all) I decided to keep it light but still appropriate for chilly weather just incase the weather turned on me. I've got this hella rad white blazer dress from ShowPo which I paired with a tan scarf (omg no usual black scarf) and my super awesome hat from H&M!

The weather turned to poop after this so look forward to seeing winter outfit posts (lots and lots of them) Thank you ShowPo for gifting me this lovely blazer dress! You can check them out here: www.showpo.com Also huge thanks to my husband Tahell for taking these shots!

THE PAINTED GARDEN #PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographer: Saima Chowdhury | Designer: Saleha Bagas | MUA: Makeupbysummaiyyah

Models: Vimbai (J'adore Models) and Jilda | Assistants: Fatima, Tahell and Tinny

The Painted Garden has to be one of my favourite shoots, I had a great team, great models and an absolutely stunning location. And even though we did suffer some hiccups I still managed to capture some truly beautiful shots. Before I show you the rest of the photos I'd just like to say a big thank you to the team involved, you were absolute pros and a joy to work with. If you'd like to see behind the scenes from this shoot then please let me know!

RAVEN | #SNS OOTD

So last Sunday was this years annual Smoky Not Smudgy event. An event filled with fun, fashion and food! The first year I attended SNS I went all black and I thought why not do it again? Especially now that I have this killer black faux fur jacket from LightInTheBox. I decided to team this dark look with silver details, a badass statement necklace and tribal septum ring. Let me know what you think!

I'll be posting more from this event including the fashion shows so be sure to keep updated!

TOP PICKS | A/W 2014 COATS

COATS COATS COATS. Thats pretty much 80% of my wardrobe now that its starting to get a little chillier! For those of you who haven't bought your coats yet (or for those of you who need more, hehe) I've made a handy-dandy list of my faves this season and organised them into price categories! Hopefully this gives you guys some inspiration for the upcoming season and helps you pick out a new coat. Let me know your faves and if you'd like me to do this again with other clothing!