a stylish milestone.

Wow wow wow.

firstly: My 100th post.

secondly: how cool is this headband... ?

Anyway back to my first point. this is my 100th post on Grey Pavement Regular.

Looking back on when I started this blog, oh boy how I was in experienced, the blog started off as Moon Faces, I got the idea because the moon has many faces apparently, as does life. Well haven't I learnt that this year! We then progressed on to GreyPave.... as another moon face blog came on to the scene, I thought hey I'll move over, maybe this is a chance for my blog to go in another direction.

Grey Pavement Regular is pretty self explanatory really. It documents my life in the humdrum world of being a normal teenager, walking the grey pavements day after day, and not the red carpets like some of our most favourite idols.

I've been through alot this year accompanied by this blog, I've had some of the hardest exams, some of the most testing relationships, I've learnt how much it hurts to be loved (I luckily haven't felt the pain of loving someone yet), I've learnt how to grow up quickly, and most importantly I've learnt how to dress more stylishly, and how to love myself in the skin I'm in. I've learnt a bloody lot basically!

Thank you to all you other bloggers out there who give me inspiration daily, and thank YOU for reading my blog, it means an awful lot to know that someone actually cares about the things I have to say, and that I might even remotely entertain you.

Here's to many more posts together.

Thank you, Lots of Love, AV XO

(image via DIRTYLITTLESTYLEWHORE)

decorations for your hair.

Prices range from £8-£10. All Accessorize. To buy any of these click here.

I SAY: GO HERE.

I vote that you check out some of these awesome posts.
Inspiring. Beautiful. Enlightening. Thought provoking. a few words to describe some of these.

Enjoy.

Over at 'a girl's notes on style'- girl crush alert! some model obsession.
Emily from 'Cupcakes and Cashmere' is remembering every little girls dreams- Dancing Frills.
'Elisabeth Isabelle' being very inspiring- Some chic stylings.
The one and only 'FashionHppieLoves' shows us how to do star style- Copycat style done to perfection
At 'Luxenoir' three items equal chic- Simplicity to the max. Beauty to the max.
'Miss at la Playa' shows us who to look to for grace and poise- An iconic female. (Theres also parts I & II)
'Pretty Exquisite' gives you- an order you couldn't and wouldn't refuse...
and finally 'The Clothes Horse' tells us all about non outfit repeating with- One red dress = Fabulousity.

(list from a-z. no favouritism going on up in here girlies.)

This is a random request, I have only ever read one guys blog, and that's Ryans. If any of you know of any other guy blogs, I'd be intrigued. Lemme know. Muchos gracias bitches.

SMILE (because you want to- not because you have to.) XO

p.s, sorry for this post not being my own material, I'm uber busy with the fashion show (13 DAYS!!!) I thought I would inspire for once with other peoples materials you may not have seen before! LOVESICKLES.

the first time fashion's been un-fun.

Yep. That's where the fashion show is being held! How incredible does it look!?! I am soooo excited. There is so much to do. Stress is one word that keeps popping back into my mind! Hard work. Organization. Those are a few more words that I'm feeling.......

Anywho, anyone that can help in anyway shape or form, even if thats via a logo design, clothing boutique willing to lend us clothes etcc........

Lots of LOVE

SMILE XO

crazy times ahead

WOW. I'm organizing a fashion show.

Yep you did read it right! I am so nervous, but this will work and be amazing! I'm doing it for/with my bestie, Jaz. She is a finalist for the Miss Teen Queen UK 2009 competition! In the competition there is a section where you have to raise funds for a charitable organization called the Phillip Green Memorial Trust, which help disabled children to lead a normal life. So I am putting my PR skills in to practice, (ok I have none so far but hey this is what I am going to uni to study so hopefully I shall do a good job!)

The Manager of the nightclub where I work has agreed to let me have one of the rooms called ENVY, for the night for FREE! How incredible is that!! So hopefully it will be a success, we have a lot to do considering it is going to be taking place in under a months time!!

I am currently looking for clothing boutiques and stores to either lend us a few garments or donate one garment, which will then be showcased on the catwalk, and if donated will be auctioned off at the end. What do you guys think? I also need to create a logo sort thing to be a letterhead for all of our correspondence, as we are going to be very busy bees these next few weeks travelling around and having interviews with shop buyers, managers and potential sponsors!

If you are creative and fancy trying to create a logo then email me and I will give you the deets and requirements. Anyone who attempts this will be my best friend forever :)

Hopefully this will now explain why I am going to be very blog very far between. Lots of Love. SMILE XO

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snakes and shoulders

These snakeskin shoes are from Primark £15, bargain. Went to LDN yesterday, didnt go near Oxford street. It was oh so hot plus the amount of people in that area would have just made it feel a hundred times hotter. Hit a few other shops such as Urban Outfitters...

Got a cute top and skirt/short (called skorts right?), aswell as a leopard print vest which only came to £30 in the sale. Happy days.

I love one shouldered/off the shoulder tops so this one is really cool as the sleeve is HUGE!

Gonna wear it tucked into skirts, high waisted shorts and also pair it with skinnies and killer heels. Yes?

SMILE XO

PENY LANE.

Some easy to recreate at home looks.

Delicious. via Bebelicious via Peny Lane.

smile. xo

foot gloves.

So after my long blogging absence (due to laptop breakage + VERY heavy exam load), I thought I'd browse some bloggy blogs, catch up... And on Daily Style Guide, theres a very brilliant post about all the Sales that are on right now, and to my joy, OFFICE have a very lovely one on.

Heres some of the shoes that I found that made me smile, aswell as it for my credit card, however I'm on no shopping spree.

Nudes:


Browns:

Blacks:

So what do you think of my choices? I could do with each and every pair in my wardrobe. Dammit why oh why cannot I not be like a star who gets sent countless pairs of shoes a day.

SMILE :) XO

ICE CREAM & slumdogs.

So.... once upon a time there was a young girl, she was happy, and bright and had AMAZING fashion sense (joke), she had one problem however, her tonsils hated her.
Whilst growing up there would be days where her tonsils were riddled with bacteria (how gross).

The moral of the story, yesterday was one of those days for me.

I was completely disabled, I couldn't talk, walk, eat and when I woke up I couldn't breathe. It was horrid. All because of two little lumps at the back of my throat. What are the point of tonsils anyway if you can have them removed??!?!!?!?!?!

POINTLESS!!!

My main problem was the lack of food, all I could manage was a milkshake, my mum made sure it was the most fattening one she could find I think. And when I have a lack of food, I get grotty... very grotty, and because I was ill, I was just so weak.

Watched Slumdog Millionaire. It was good. I still think The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was better though.

Felt a little bit better today and ventured out in my Mummys new car (its a convertible!!!) to Starbucks. I have never savoured a frappacino so much!

This is pretty much an exact version of the outfit I wore today, the only thing different is the bag and love ring!

Shorts & Jumper- Topshop. Sandals & Bag- Miss Selfridge. Belt- Dorothy Perkins. Wishbone necklace- Vintage. Love ring- farfetch.com (my version is from Accessorize)....

When I showered, did my hair and make up, then got dressed this morning, after yesterdays 'hideously ill' look, I felt like I had just stolen my mojo back from evil Dr (errr) Evil.....
Ooooo and I won a leopard print top off ebay today. I should so stop with the leopard print, I know its so wrong, but I just love it. Oh well, we all have our flaws....

SMILE XO

My Ladybug...

I watched Sex and the City again today, and fell in love again, with all the wonderful clothes. I have particularly started obsessing over studded belts, like the one that Carrie wears like all the time through out the movie. So anyway I started my hunt and this is what I found....

I thought how perfect would all these belts go with this beautiful dress from brownsfashion.com at only £160....

My fave belt there is the one in the bottom left corner, black suede studded belt from ASOS, only £15. Can't wait till I get some money so I can go on a shop shop shoppy spree. (I'm going to label this as a holiday investment- I said I would not spend anymore money now unless its for holiday....)

For now my friends, I sleep. Happy dreams about everything beautiful.

SMILE XO

P.S I'm smiling, lots.

I got given my mums car today! She got a new one, so I now own her old one. Which isn't a bad thing. It's a beauty, a little red peugeot 306. I'm calling her Ladybug. XO

on my wish list....

...To have an outfit which looks as perfect and chic on me as it does on Kate Bosworth ♥

[Image from the fabulous Alice in Wardrobe Wonderland]

an outfit...

Oh please excuse the shocking quality of these two pictures, they are not good photos in every way shape and form! But I was quite liking this outfit so I had to take a pic for you guys to tell me what you thought of it. I wore it out when I went to the pub for drinkys with my boyfriend, I had doubts whether it was too casual for drinks...?

The cardigan is from Zara about two years ago, the dress I bought from the British Heart Foundation charity shop, about 10 sizes too big and it was knee length when I bought it! I altered it to make something a bit cuter for outfits like this... The tan belt and tan shoes are both from Primark.

SMILE. XO

p.s sorry again for the shoddy photos!

sunshine makes me smile

It's been a really lovely day today in England, I even managed to squeeze in a little bit of sunbathing (and got a bit of colour to my lily skin!)

Oh yes, before I forget to mention, you may have seen the three sets of photos from two lovely ladies called Lois Catterall and Georgia Russell, they are two girls who attended the same college as me and I thought it would be cool to feature some of their work here on Grey Pavement Regular, the point of this blog is to just stress the normality of my life, but trying to inject a little bit of glamour into my life, and these two ladies definately do this in their photo shoots. So I'm going to continue theses little posts with photos by some photographer friends I have. If you like them, I'll seek out some more from that particular person :)

Anyway back to today! I bought some really hot stuff! I got theee cutest necklace; some gold stud sandals and some really hot leopard print sunnies... Here are a few pics...

Gold sandals- £25, Leopard Print sunnies- £15, Clock necklace- £7 all from Accessorize.

Sorry about making all the pics black and white I only realised after I uploaded them that it was stupid...but hey I'm a silly girl.

Anyways, I'm off to work, will probably be buzzing by the time I get home so I will say hey then... SMILE :) its infectious XO

Style obsession...

My current style OBSESSION is with Ashley Olsen! One half of the amazingly beautiful and stylish Olsen twins, I personally feel that Ashley is almost ...cleaner(?) if thats the right word, she has an air of sophistication that I don't see about Mary-Kate; DO NOT GET ME WRONG I LOVE MK's STYLE! But I just think Ashley is more... me :)

This is my favourite look out of the pics I chose for today. The simplicity of this look is what makes it rock for me, the way her hair is scraped but with the sunglasses. The oversized scarf and top with the skinnies and boots. I love everything and would be eternally grateful if I were given this outfit haha. Outfit number two, again is very simple yet sooooo chic! I love the oversized bag, ripped jeans and flats. This outfit would be very simple to re-create. Me likey.

Outfit number three again simplicity is the key, a fur coat with leggings and a pair of killer wedges all come together perfectly for Ashley. Adoring her style more and more by the second.

This fourth outfit rocks because of the booties we see again the oversized bag with skinny ripped jeans, but the boots are incredible. Yes please. Lets see if the closet angels could do their magic and let these boots appear there tomorrow!

This final outfit I just wanted to get a picture of to further stress how beautiful and sophisticated Ms Ashley Olsen is, there is no tacky bone in the young lady's body, she is all class and looks a vision in this beautiful The Row gown at the Costume Institue Gala.

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All of these photos are borrowed from brilliant Olsens Anonymous, a fabulous site with beautiful pictures of the Olsen sisters, and their inspirational outfits. (Go check it out, you'll be hooked like me.)

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Anyway, if I had Ashley's wardrobe I would need a spectacular closet to keep it all in, so if you click here you can see Joanna Goddard's article on fabulous New York closets....

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I hope you all had/are having a fabulous day, mine was rather dull, but I remembered for tomorrow, I have some photo uploading to do. Yay. I'm off to sleep now, so I'll see you all tomorrow. Lots of love. XO

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P.S remember- Smile, its infectious xo

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P.P.S I saw this gorgeous Kate Moss for Topshop dress in about three different weekly mags and they all quote different prices, but I found it here on topshop.com and its only £40!!! What do you think of it??? xo

peek-a-boo...

and now I present to you some of this season's hottest heels... I could easily accept any of these as a gift. (if your planning on sending a pair to me feel free to email me for a postal address :) )

Black (l-r): Kurt Geiger; zushoe.com.au; stevemadden.com; heels.com
Neutrals: heels.com; heels.com; bluefly.com; heels.com

Brown: nowdiscountshoes.com; heels.com; Kurt Geiger; Dune

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My favourites are the Black pair of Kurt Geigers, and the brown Dune heels. Reminder to self, "this is why you are going to university in three months time, to get a degree that will lead to a well paid job that will be able to fund your shoe fettish." I really don't want to go to university this year, I would love to just take a gap year and visit some quaint little places. Dare to dream.

An Outfit to think about...

Jeans-Dorothy Perkins

T-shirt- store.delias.com

Bag- shopjake.com

Sandals- Net-a-Porter

Sunnies- Love-worn.com

Bracelets- funaccessorice.com.au

Ring- modcloth.com

I love this outfit, suited to a lunch with the girls, shopping trip, meeting his parents etc.. Easily made smarter by adding a pair of heels gladiator sandals and a clutch bag.

Take care. XO

P.S.. What fashion trends do your boyfriend/brother/father or any other males in your life HATE?

I read here that guys hate gladiator sandals along with them 5year old type jumpsuit (rompers) things...

I should be revising but....

...I couldn't stop myself from browsing the net... and I found some delicious items of clothing that WILL be in my wardrobe one day!

Designer:

This beautiful sequin dress is by Matthew Williamson on Net-A-Porter, costs only £1,850. So maybe I would need to save up for a little while to acquire this dress then............

VS. High Street:

Some thing a bit more reasonably priced...

This sexy sequin shift dress is from Topshop, priced at £75.

Designer:

These chic shorts are perfect for those hot summer months... From Net-a-Porter, these Chloe shorts retail at £805..

VS. High Street:

Or you could opt for the cheaper version from ASOS...

At £50 a go you could by 10 pairs!!! And still have money over...

Designer:

Some sexy Louboutin's to wet your daily shoe appetite...

These fringed beauty's are £625 from Net-a-Porter.

VS. High Street:

Or- a cheaper (and slightly tackier) version...

These shoes are from only $33 from here. (Also available in grey.)

The final pieceis both designer at a definate high street price which we all love, you may recognize it from Matthew Williamson's summer collection for H&M, which hit stores on 23rd April, nearly a month later the items from the collection are going at extortionate prices on sites like ebay.

If you were lucky enough to get down to H&M's flagship store in Oxford street last month then you would have been able to buy this beautiful peacock pendant for only £14.99.

Personally I think Mr Williamson is crazy! I would have paid alot more for something so hot!

What are your plans for the day? Your outfits?

I'm sinning today, and outfit repeating big time, I was running so late this morning that I just had to grab what I knew looked good. I'll be round to your blogs throughout the day as I'm going to no classes today so no doubt I will be just browsing blogs all day!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the post. Let me know (via the reaction buttons and comment box- you know the drill).

Take care. XO