URBAN OUTFITTERS SUMMER SALE

Heads up, y'all, the ever-awesome Urban Outfitters summer sale starts tomorrow.

Some summery lovelies I'm hoping to see come down in price include:

Insane but fierce, right?

Oh Urban, This is so dangerous, it's PAY WEEK! Jeeze. REALLY Hoping the weather picks back up so I can kick about the park in some of these wee dresses...

Also, if you were expecting a post about the Scottish Fashion Awards, sorry to disappoint but I wasn't there! Instead I was out having a lovely time watching Prometheus which, by the way, is awesome. Don't believe the crap reviews - although some of the characters are a little 2D it's still a total EPIC. Go see it.

HOWEVER I did check out the winners this morning and I'm glad to see Mulberry, Hayley Scanlan, Karen Gillan and William Chambers among the list. Shame to see David Black miss out on Scottish Graduate of the year, but Joanne Mcgillivary was a worthy winner. Here's the list...

Scottish Designer of the Year – sponsored by Instyle – Christopher Kane

Scottish Young Designer of the Year – sponsored by The Scottish Fashion Council – Hayley Scanlan

Scottish Textile Brand of the Year – sponsored by House of Fraser – Dashing Tweeds

Scottish Accessory Designer of the Year – sponsored by Swarovski – William Chambers

Scottish Fashion Icon – sponsored by Captial FM – Karen Gillan

Scottish Communicator of the Year – sponsored by Glasgow Airport – Faye Mcleod

Scottish Model of the Year – sponsored by Radley London – Tali Lennox

Scottish Retailer of the Year – sponsored by Braehead – Shhh-Oohs (Luxury Shoe Retailer Edinburgh)

Scottish Fashion Photographer – sponsored by The Herald and Times Group – Jonathan Daniel Pryce

Scotland’s New Face – sponsored by Smart of Glasgow – Kerry O’May

Scottish Graduate of the Year – sponsored by Marks & Spencer – Joanne Mcgillivary from Herriot Watt. David Black Was Also Awarded A Highly Commended Certificate

International Designer of the Year (for use of a Scottish fabric) – sponsored by Toni & Guy – Mulberry

Scottish Fashion Innovator sponsored by BareMinerals – Brian Rennie – Creative Managing Director of Basler

Fashion Ambassador sponsored by Mercedes-Benz West of Scotland – Colin Mcdowell MBE (Author, fashion esteemed fashion journalist and founder of Fashion Fringe).

Scottish Hall of Fame  – sponsored by Hartmann Media – Stella Tennant (Over her 20 years as an international supermodel, Scottish born Stella Tennant remains at the top of the game as the face of Chanel and cover star for many of the worlds leading fashion bibles).



SALE! MARC JACOBS COAT FOR £250

Yo guys, sorry about the lack of quality posts at the moment. I've been busy with work and not been feeling hugely inspired fashion wise recently. I DID go slightly crazy in the sales and pick myself up some goodies from Urban Outfitters, Jeffrey Campbell, Mulberry and Toppers amongst others, but I've seen loads of sale posts around recently so I figured you guys probably wouldn't give a tiny rats ass about my swag.

I promise to be back with a vengeance in the next few weeks. I've been doing some really exciting things this past wee while - including working on a lookbook shoot, expect awesome photos soon - and I'm back in at the Herald this week so hopefully that will kickstart my fashion mojo again.

IN THE MEANTIME, I wanted to let y'all know, in case anyone's interested, I'm going to be having a bit of a clearout. I've accumulated SO MUCH SHIT this last year and yes I know, it's a hilarious running joke with my pals, but I have GOT to stop spending as much cash on clothes and start saving if I ever want to move out/do anything of real value. It's deep, guys. It's deep.

SO, to that end I present my first offering for sale - my gorgeous, and now totally SOLD OUT Marc by Marc Jacobs boucle-wool cardi coat:

It features a comfy, slouchy fit, notched over-sized lapels, long sleeves with cuffs that turn up to reveal striped lining (but you can keep them turned down too if you want), two gold buttons to fasten and flap pockets at front.

This coat is beautiful, super soft and comfy, but I've only had it on twice and feel like it deserves to be worn much more. I won it as part of my Net a Porter prize back at the end of 2010 and it was £555. In the Net a Porter sale it went down to £388 BUT I'm selling it now for £250. A considerable markdown for a virtually BRAND NEW designer coat!

Believe me, I DO love this and wouldn't part with it were it not for the fact that it's just a little too long/big in general. I have it in the small size but it would comfortably fit sizes 10-14+ since it's over-sized and stretchy/slouchy wool (not massively structured). I'm 5"2 however, and find it fits a bit long on me. Shame to have to sell it but c'est la vie.

I'd prefer to sell it on here than Ebay since the last time I tried that it was big ole mess and I got WAY confused. SO, if you want it, leave a comment or e-mail me at k-mclaren@hotmail.com. I'll only be accepting PayPal and I can discuss sending you it out when you contact me.

First come first serve. If no-one wants it it'll be going on ebay!

Just for fun, here's a cool Asian chick rocking it...

You GO wit you're bad self!

I'll more than likely be selling other stuff on here in the weeks to come, including a vintage mohair tartan cape and possibly some more designer threadz.

Keep em peeled!

Gray bouclé-wool cardi-coat with two gold button fastenings at double-breasted front. 61% wool, 35% alpaca, 4% other; sleeve lining: 100% acetate. Dry clean. Designer color: Waking Night.