Sunday 15 March 2015

Nailing springtime nails.

I have two favourite seasons they're spring and autumn. The weather is not too hot or not too cold it's just right. Alright Goldilocks I hear you cry. Although spring doesn't really agree with me sometimes as I suffer with hayfever. It's so annoying I love flowers but they really hate me. Anyway if there's one thing I love about spring it's the colours. It's like one big pastel perfect dream. So imagine my joy when I spotted these yesterday. 
The new Rita Ora spring collection nail varnishes. How precious are these colours. The yellow is the first that caught my eye it's such a springy yellow it looks like the middle of a daisy. Then imagine my absolute glee when I found that Rimmel was on buy one get one half price which meant I got these four for £9 or there abouts. Just recently ive been painting my nails constantly so I'm always adding to my nail varnish collection. A very good friend of mine whose blog is a little space for Elphie told me about another amazing nail varnish brand which is believe it or not Primark. When I first heard about these I was a bit sceptical but goodness gracious they are good and most the time they are on offer for 80p absolute bargain if you ask me. Right I'm off to paint my nails. 
Lots of love collars and frills 
          Xxx

Quirky Clutches.


Just recently I have been in bag heaven, and when I say bag heaven I mean it. New look have been making what can only described as the cutest clutch bags ever. Quirky clutches and bags are such a statement piece. They just add an element of fun to any outfit, I have bought so many from there recently some of these are: 
How magical is this, it's a unicorn bag. A UNICORN CLUTCH BAG! It's pink and sparkly and did I mention it's a unicorn. This bag adds that special sparkle to any outfit. The beauty of novelty clutches are that they are so quirky they're also an amazing talking point. 

This ones for all you foodies. It's a doughnut, I love this bag a lot. Again it's a clutch bag, the problem with these food shaped bags is sometimes they make me extremely hungry but that's okay they're worth it. 

Next have upped there bag game massively. This is a drumstick bag. Yes you read that right A DRUMSTICK BAG. This one was a little bit more pricey than the new look ones it was £32 but it's a statement piece and I couldn't leave it once I'd seen it. Drumsticks are my favourite lollies so I needed it. 


Lastly was this little cutie, this was from an ebayer seller and I just feel in love with it, this came in a few different colours but for me it had to be pink all the way. 

These bags aren't the most spacious but are definitely the sweetest. 

 Lots of love collars and frills 
                 xxx 

Saturday 14 March 2015

My disney obsession.


I'm Leanne and I'm a disneyaholic. Just going to pause for the hi Leanne. Growing up I always loved disney films and wanted to be a disney princess especially Belle, in fairness I still do! For my 18th I was lucky enough to be able to hire the most perfect belle dress. 
So imagine my absolute joy when I found out that Primark had gone as disney crazy as me and started to realise disney products at crazy cheap prices. 
I've picked up about ten of them they are beyond cute with my favourite being this one. 
This is baseball tee style as you can see from the above photo, it's white and baby pink adorable. 
They also have stupidly cute socks at the moment  which are monster inc I love them a whole lot too. Which I bought for £2.50 for two pairs bit expensive but I have a disney and spending problem okay. 
Yes this is me and my lovely friend Phebe as Elsa and Anna and yes I do own an Anna dress I'm not even ashamed. 
When I was 7 did I imagine I would still be wearing disney clothes and wanting to be a disney princess as a career path, no. But seriously where do I sign up for birds to wake me up and help me get dressed,have amazing hair 24/7 and the get the cutest dresses all the time. If you know please tell me! 
     Lots of love 

          Collars and frills
           Xxxxxxxx

Friday 13 March 2015

My favourite shop:Handmade by HollyCrow

So about 3 years ago I discovered a little gem of a clothes brand. Handmade by HollyCrow or in other words the most perfect clothes in history. As the name describes all the clothes are handmade and each piece is individual and beautiful. Over the past 3 years ive bought a lot from Holly who to make the brand even better is one of the nicest people I've  ever met. So I thought I'd  share a few of my very favourite pieces I've bought: 
This coat, can we just take a second to appreciate this beauty! I literally can not put into words my love for this coat and now it's getting a bit warmer I'm going to get so much wear out of it. It is the perfect spring/summer coat it's light weight and looks so cute with a collared dress underneath or thrown over jeans. Oh and it was on sale even better.
 
The next one is something I'd seen on HollyCrow's facebook page and I was  instantly drawn to it like a moth to a flame, I was like it needs to be mine and look it is mine. I've had this for about 18 months but that's the beauty of these pieces they're handmade so they're timeless. This cutie has a matching headband so it looks even cuter together. 
 
Oh this dress, this dress is one of those things that you are just instantly drawn too again (I'm not going to lie I'm instantly drawn to a lot of things).I saw this on facebook and again,I really needed it in my life. It's the perfect spring dress due to the colours. The bird print is just adorable and can we just talk about the scalloped collar. How cute is the collar I could talk about this dress forever but I'll move on now. 


The last piece I'm going to talk about is more autumnal, but I wear it all the time anyway. It's this adorable dress. It's beyond cute. The thing that drew me to this dress is the heart shaped pocket it's not something you see a lot on dresses. This piece is so unique and pretty I wear it with my big topshop bow headband. I realise this probably makes me look like an overgrown five year old, but hey that's one of my looks. The cream fabric with the floral print of this dress looks so dainty, sweet and just darling. 

So I guess we can tell I love this clothes brand a lot. Holly deserves so much credit for her designs and her work, she also does your own designs if you ask. So much work goes into each item and they're worth every penny. She has Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so go and check them out. If I had to wear one clothing brand for the rest of my life it would probably be this one! 

Lots of love Collars and Frills 
             xxx

I've entered midi madness.

In the last few weeks I've really fallen for midi skirts. Seriously how can one style of skirts be so cute.
I bought a couple last year including this beauty, 
Which I actually hadn't worn until January when I went to a party and after I'd worn it that was it, I knew that midis we're going to my spring and summer go to. So much so that I went bonkers on sheinside and bought 4. Trust me I could have bought a lot more and I probably will buy a lot more. 
Midi skirts are the cutest thing and I can't wait for the weather to get a bit warmer so I can wear them even though it's supposed to be spring it's been hailing today! 
 
     Lots of love 
    Collars and frills 💙

Food for Fashion?


I love anything cute, quirky or foody. I'm a great lover of food so much so that its started to slip into my clothes. I'm seeing my wardrobe get more and more full of clothes and accessories with food on them. 
The first being this my doughnut dress oh how I love you doughnut dress.This dress is from the brand nishe on Asos and was originally £75, I got it on sale though for £32 I just love it an awful lot all the doughnuts are hand stitched and it has the cutest netting underneath. I can't say anything more than I love it. Thank you to my buddy Craig for this action shot of me. 
Next is another Asos sale bargain its this this cherry bakewell shirt. This was down to  £19  in the sale again. 
This shirt is cropped which usually I wouldn't go for as im quite tall. But I'm a lover of high waisted jeans and pinafore dresses so it's all good and it goes underneath both perfectly. Which makes for a very happy Leanne because let's face it I couldn't leave this beauty. 

Last but certainly not least are my clutches yes I know I've already made a post about them, but I just love  them so much I'll include them in this. 
This little cutie was a Christmas present he's a gingerbread man and I love him a lot, I don't think he was in my last post so technically no repeats amazing. 
The only downside to my love of food clothes it makes me extremely hungry and my friends have also complained im making them hungry too oops! 
            Lots of love 
            Collars and frills 
                 Xxx

Reasons Behind the Name.

So, why collars and frills?

Well, it was pretty easy . Anyone that knows me will know that I hardly own any item of clothing that doesn't have some form of collar.


 Frills well, truth be told I'm a sucker for anything cutesy, I can't enter primark without being drawn like a magpie to the frilly sock section, it's rarity that I'll leave primark without a pair of frilly socks. Seriously though I think it's a problem. 
That's the reasoning behind the name of my blog along with a few helpful thoughts by some very lovely people.
I wanted to chuck bows in there to but it would of been long really wouldn't it? 
Oh well what's done is done 💜




Lots of love collars and frills 




So here we go, I've been saying for a very long time I'm going to start my blog and well, here it is. Welcome to the world of Collars and Frills! Most of you reading this will know me already but here's a few important things to get us started:
I'm Leanne,
I'm 21,
I'm a drama student
Lastly I have a huge love for vintage quirky fashion, theatre and all things beauty!
So from now on I'll be posting all things quirky, colourful and clothes on here.
imageLots of love collars and frills 💙