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Hip shapes and Bristol fashion
hipshapesandbristolfashion.blogspot.com
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Style blog by Personal Stylist Niki Whittle.
#64250 in All , #6772 in General Fashion

Playing With Pastels

It’s far more interesting when someone has their own style, rather than blindly following the latest fashions.  Don’t get me wrong, I love to see what’s in fashion for the season (and I probably...

25 may 12

Its Been A While!

I’m back! I’m SOOOOO sorry for the lack of posting on my blog over the last two weeks. Turns out, getting things done over here is not as straight forward as it is at home and it took a couple of wee...

11 may 12

Feeling inspired

I have lots of new and exciting things planned for my blog over the next month and I hope to start implementing some of them soon, but the need to secure an apartment and get settled in has rath...

20 apr 12

Looking For A Place To Live

It’s been a while since I’ve done an outfit post.  My clothes have been all over the place the last few weeks.  First they were sifted through and organised into clothes to take to India an...

13 apr 12

Pages From An Old Travel Journal

I’ve been to India before, about 10 years ago when Al and I went travelling after Uni.  We travelled for four months, so not for a long time but long enough to see a little of Australia, Ne...

12 apr 12

Bangalore!

Wow, two whole weeks have passed since my last post!  I said I might struggle to write anything for a while, but I hadn’t expected it would take me this long to get back to my blog.  After ...

10 apr 12

Three ways to wear a cream lace dress

This post was scheduled to be up last week, but Alex and I spent the week driving around the UK saying our goodbyes to friends and family so I didn’t want to spend time blogging on my own when I coul...

26 mar 12 1 person likes this

Three weeks to go...!

If you’re a regular reader of Hip Shapes And Bristol Fashion then you may have read this post where I mentioned that Id just come back from India.  I also hinted that there was a lot t...

15 mar 12

Three Ways To Wear A Dipped Hem Skirt

Ive had such a crazy week this week (I’ve been shopping with clients in the day and sorting out their wardrobes in the evening just so I can fit everyone in!) that I almost ran out of time to do the ...

11 mar 12 1 person likes this

Tribal Tendencies

This is a trend that we’re all getting rather familiar with, it’s around season after season but have to admit I love it. You must think I love all the trends this season, but that’s really not the c...

08 mar 12

Luscious lace

Lace is a fabric that I always lust after, I don’t know why, but whenever I see it in a shop I just have to go up and touch it.  I got married almost four years ago and my wedding dress was made...

02 mar 12 1 person likes this

Three Ways To Wear A Printed Jacket

My last post was all about print so I thought that for my next ‘Three Wasy To Wear’ post, I’d carry on from this and pick something in a bold print.This jacket is from Zara…I have a kind of love hate...

01 mar 12 1 person likes this

Prettiest In Print

I’m a textile designer at heart so I have a bit of a soft spot for prints and am delighted to see them making such an impact this season.  They’re bold, and I mean BOLD!  From tropical to g...

01 mar 12 1 person likes this

Three Ways To Wear a Simple Black Lace Dress

Lace dress from Oasis.I meant to post this last week, but I was in India for the week and didn’t manage to get round to posting it…I’m not sure that the Wi-Fi in the hotel would have coped any w...

01 mar 12

Spring/Summer Trends 2012

I’ve spent most of January and half of February sorting out clients wardrobes for spring/summer but up until a couple of weeks ago, I’d been putting off taking them shopping.  I refuse to take c...

27 feb 12

Its Time To Shake Up Your Wardrobe

The sale stock has almost disappeared (well except for a few sorry looking items lingering at the back of the stores) and the spring collections are starting to make an appearance.  I love this ...

25 feb 12

A couple more shots from yesterdays post

I just wanted to share these with you.  Hendrix is so much more photogenic than me...He also likes kisses!

22 feb 12

Have you been to Bath lately?

I know this blog is called Hip Shapes and Bristol Fashion but sometimes I can’t help blogging about other great places to shop.   Bath, is only a 15 minute train ride from Bristol and it of...

08 feb 12

Three Ways To Wear...

This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a while now and I hope it will become a regular feature on Hip Shapes and Bristol Fashion.  I came up with the idea when I was pulling together the p...

03 feb 12

Have I missed wearing leopard print?

I hoped that I’d end this challenge feeling inspired and looking forward to wearing my leopard print items again, but I’ve come down with a horrid cold - my throat feels like it’s been sand papered a...

30 jan 12

Im, spinning around...

Things have been a bit rushed this weekend, so I’ve only just got round to posting my outfit from yesterday.  I’m wearing the maxi skirt from this post and have teamed it with a simple white jum...

30 jan 12

Colour and print.

Days in the office are the perfect excuse to experiment with my outfits a little, but I’ve got to be careful as I can get a bit carried away and I’ve got loads to do today.  I bought this vintag...

27 jan 12

Day four and Im trying out some different shots

I’ve been getting a little bit bored with taking my photo in front of a plain white wall so today I took the tripod around the house and tried out a few different locations.  I really want to st...

26 jan 12

Chunky knits

I know this isn’t particularly stylish, but this is what I wore today.  I had the wardrobe report to do for my client from yesterday so this, along with my next column for Folio magazine and pul...

26 jan 12

Fall back outfit

Well day two of my challenge is nearly over.  I had to remove all my leopard print items from sight this morning, to avoid the temptation of wearing them.  I had a lovely new client booked ...

24 jan 12

My name’s Niki and I’m addicted to leopard print

No really I am.  Look….And these are just the items Ive got with me, theres more in storage.  It’s got to the point now, where if I’m not wearing any leopard print, friends ask me...

23 jan 12

Winter wedding in the Lake District

Regular readers will know that last week I wrote about what to wear to a winter wedding as I was heading to one myself.  If you missed it, you can read it here.  I talked about reviewing yo...

23 jan 12

Winter Wedding

I’m going to a wedding in the lake district this weekend, (Im actually writing this in the car on the way there)  I can’t wait! I love weddings. I love the romance, I love the dressing...

19 jan 12

Vintage shopping in Frome

I had the afternoon off yesterday, so I took the opportunity to go to Frome. My job is quite seasonal so I like to make the most of my relatively quiet January. I’d heard great things about the ...

12 jan 12

I found a bargain...

I don’t normally go anywhere near the sales.  I spend so much time in the shops with clients that when the sales finally come round I’ve seen enough of the stock and know that the best has ...

10 jan 12

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