Floral Trend on the High Street

As you all know on Saturday I carried out my first shoot as part of my course with London School of Styling. The brief of the shoot was head-to-toe floral look for editorial styling. I had to think bright, bold & colourful! I was so excited for this challenge and quickly started carrying out plenty of research, all of which is shown on my styling instagram page @styledbysaraelizabeth 

I found plenty of references to floral inspiration on the runway. But unfortunately the runway price tags was not something I could afford in order to dress the models for shoot, and so I took to the fabulous British high street. Here are a few of the outfits that I found that I believe covered the “head-to-toe flora” brief….

Zara

Missguided

Boohoo

Asos

Gold Plated

The gold plated trend has become one of my favourite trends this summer. Being shown mainly on shoes and belts, it transforms any plain, simple outfit into a very sophisticated, glamorous look. Originally seen on the runway from designers such as Giuseppe Zanotti and Balmain, the gold plated trend has made such a huge statement. Don't worry you don't need to fork out a fortune either to gain this look, I managed to pick up these sandals for £6 and this belt for £3 both from good old Primark! (Excuse the state of the shoes, I have worn these to death!)

I've had so many compliments on both these items, with many people assuming they are from Zara or Karen Millen....not on this student budget! Personally I think the look works best when worn with black, I've tried it with a black midi skirt and top as well as a maxi dresses and going out dresses. Add some dainty jewellery and you are set to go. Honestly, I currently swear by simple accessorising...it's the way forward!