Liberty Love...
For a start, let me just say that 5.30am is not a time that really exists in my world.
Gone are the days of my 'sensible office job' which required early awakening, and to be honest, I rarely crawl home in the wee hours anymore either. So should you want to find me at that time, best bet is that I'm enveloped in my duvet!
However, always up for a change of pace - I quite willingly arose at the ungodly hour a fortnight ago, to venture on a commuter train to London, with one dreamy destination in mind!
I had been invited to Liberty, for a scarf styling breakfast, where over nibbles of fresh fruit, pastries and coffee we were going to be taught everything we wanted to know about their iconic silk scarves!
I woke up bleary-eyed, but a woman on a mission! Pulling together an outfit of H&M tights, an eBay paisley dress and favourite Topshop brogues, I was out of the door in about fifteen minutes flat...
And packed in my ever trusty vanity case, all essentials for a day of blogging. I have to say, it felt wonderful to have a day solely dedicated to Yours Truly!
And although she features in the photos below, now would be a great time to say that I had the pleasure of meeting Kristabel of 'I Want You To Know' (as well as the lovely Camilla of 'Into The Fold'!)
Kristabel very kindly took these outfit photos for me. It was wonderfully deserted when we started to snap, then every man and his dog decided to appear! Typical eh? Thanks Kristabel!
Back to the scarves! For those of you who don't know, I actually specialised in Print Design during my fashion degree, and have always adored the insanely beautiful prints that Liberty create.
With that in mind, I was delighted to meet this lovely chap, who designs the Liberty scarves! He has full access to the archives at the click of a button and was able to talk us through the varying prints and how he develops and tweaks them to keep them fresh each season.
The print geek in me was practically frothing at the mouth as we talked through his creative restraints with regards to Liberty's heritage. Now there's a dream job!
There were several scarf 'specialists' on hand to talk us through the scarves, and show us varying ways of styling them. Not only was I delighted to be playing freely with the expensive silky beauties, but I was amazed by the stylists knowledge and enthusiasm for their work.
What this wonderful lady didn't know about scarves, seemingly wasn't worth knowing! Drawing her inspiration from all corners of the globe, her passion was infectious!
Myself and Kristabel with the braided style - perfect for hiding festival hair or in my case...Dark roots creeping in!
I'm going to work on a scarf-styling post inspired by the wonderful creations Liberty showed us. I can't wait to show you how simple they all are!
Thank you so much to Liberty for inviting me, and what a delight it was to meet Kristabel and Camilla (and have a cheeky lunch with Dulcie who is lucky enough to work there!)
Love Yours Truly, x
