First post!

Hi, my name's Francesca and I'm pretty new to blogging. I'm really interested in fashion and art, but given that I live in one of the most dead surburban areas ever (or so it seems) where no one seems to buy anything that isn't from Topshop or River Island, I want to be inspired and explore the more quirky aspects of fashion, as well as developing my own style.

So...awkward introduction over! I thought that in my first blog I could include my photos from Graduate Fashion Week, which I went to today. The clothes were amazing and I met some really interesting people! I didn't get a chance to see any of the shows, just the standard displays, which was a shame, but still it was great to see a few upcoming designers and how innovative they are. (Apologies in advance if the photos are a bit blurry. The autofocus on my camera is broken so I'm struggling with manual.)



I didn't actually meet whoever did these but it was a student from Northumbria. I was completely obsessed with the milk carton packaging, I still think it's ingenious.



This was my favourite part of the whole event. The girl who designed these is actually selling them - the website is www.thetea-shed.co.uk if you're interested - and they come with 20 tea bags each. Plus she gave me this cool little business card, which doubles up as an emergency teabag.

Here are a few other photos....