T H E  F I R S T  D A Y  O F  S P R I N G

by Tori West

Lookbook for www.Pumpkinsoup.co.uk
All items featured are for sale.

Shoes - Dr.Martens, Beanie Hat - Carhartt WIP, Hoop earrings, Lipstick - mac, Cameo rose black stripe top, Mid-blue Denim short Dungarees. 

001. It's way too cold for this outfit but I can't wait to start wearing denim dungarees for festival season!

And I'm a goddamn coward, but then again so are you.

Jacket & Grey Shirt - My boyfriends, Renwal Shirt £12 from www.pumpkinsoup.co.uk, Shorts - a friends, Bag £1.50 from a Charity Shop, Glitter Creepers £24.99 from the Schuh sale.

001. I'm currently still living at peoples houses in London, so taking outfit pictures is still a bit of a nightmare. Me and my boyfriend went to Kingston town today and had a little walk in the park before he started work. Luckily he was happy enough to take some shots so I could blog, even though most of these clothes are his haha! I've spent most of today doing uni work and reminiscing about Bestival and festival season on youtube. I got my email a few weeks ago about putting my name down to work them all again. I actually can not wait! I had the best summer last year and worked around 8 festivals in total. I'm hoping to do even more this year! I've also just booked a trip to Paris for next month, I'm so excited about it I dont think it's even sank in yet, I might watch some parisian films tonight and try and plan out the trip :D  

Baby gone pink.

001. I decided to dye my hair pink, just cause a friend of mine had a bottle of it lying around. I'm excited for it to go baby pink :D 

My new blog - DAUGHTER OF LEON.

001. I'm not sure if many of my readers know that aside of fashion, photography is one of my main interests. On that note I thought it was about time I started my own photography blog :) And here it is.. Daughter of Leon.

Goodbye old England, covered in snow.

Shoes - Dr.Martens, Jacket - Vintage (gift), Disco Pants, Black - American Apparel, Hat - UO, Jumper - Topshop

Images by Perry-James Sugden  

001. My first look photographed in film, I'm not sure I'm gunna keep it up because the overall  quality of the images aren't too good. But here is an outfit I wore the other day on my walk to Kingston town. 

002. Thanks to all the emails I've received from my readers about helping me promote my shop, we've got a few giveaways/reviews lined up in the next few weeks thanks to people getting in touch with me. I didn't expect to get such a good response! The shop is also being featured on the homepage of indie minded today. So check out that article here if you fancy a little snoop :) 

21.01.2013

I got up early this morning and went for a morning stroll with the boys to get some pretty pictures of Kingston in the snow. I took everything on film and love love love the pictures I got :) 

BLOGGERS WANTED - Pumpkin Soup past promo images

001. I love being able to work with other bloggers on behalf of my shop, Pumpkin Soup. I love getting images back and seeing how they styled/photographed them. I'm currently on a massive hunt to look for bloggers to work with for the shop, so if you're interested please dont hesitate to contact me at tori_elizabeth@yahoo.co.uk

002. If any of my readers would like to get involved to help spread the word about Pumpkin Soup here are a few things we do when we work with bloggers... 

1. Giveaway collaborations

2. Interviews with bloggers on the shop blog

3. Lookbooks (feature bloggers as models)

4. Shop reviews

5. Badge Swaps

6. Sponsorships  

with thanks to RedBrickLipstick & Kook 

Here is a quick list of just a few bloggers were currently/have worked with...

KB at What Now, Being little, Ella Masters, Red Brick Lipstick, Kook & Strawberry Fields jewellery, Raffles Bizarre, Annarack 

My favourite Polyvore sets

 001. Spent this morning at the office and decided on my lunch to browse through some of my old polyvore sets. I haven't used it in so long, but I could literally spent hours building up outfits on there!

  002. I love love love printed garments, I find it difficult putting outfits together some days from my wardrobe because most of it is printed. I've tried to start buying more blocked/basic items so I can get ready a little faster in the mornings! I'm an absolute addict to macs red lady danger lipstick and wear it most days. I'm currently trying to vary my lipstick shades, I've bought an aubergine one from mac recently which is pretty cool, its just super hard to pull off as it's a deap shade of purple/almost black.  

003. I wish I had the guts to wear bralets, I have a few but I sometimes feel quite self conscious in them, plus it's way too cold to wear them this time of year. Another thing, I wish I could wear heels. Considering I worked in shoe shops since the age of 16, I probably only have about 3 pairs of heels, which I practically NEVER wear. 

004. I always seem short on classic white blouses, I also find it really difficult finding the perfect one. I might be too picky but I always have to buy them with the following things in mind - collar style, length, material (not too thin and creases easily). I find lots of decent shirts have style features that ruin them - like tacky buttons and finishings. 

FOLLOW MY POLYVORE 

Soft skin, you were never in love to begin with.

Shoes - Schuh, Coat - A friends, Jeans -Topshop, Socks & Bag - Urban Outfitters,  Jumper - Pumpkin Soup, Hat - My 90 year old grandmothers.

001. Sorry I haven't done any look posts recently, I've actually part moved to London for an internship with the skate brand Carhartt and haven't found much time to take pictures. Luckily I'm staying with a friend now who has agreed to take outfit shoots of me every morning! yay :) That aside, I am actually looking to living on the move for a few months, meeting loads of new fresh faces and managing to put new outfits together by not buying new clothes (I'm way too skint as I am not a paid intern and had to quit my job to work in London) and somehow living out of a suitcase.

002. So anyway, expect a lot more outfit posts from me for the next few weeks. I'm hoping to do a daily post for you guys and get this blog back on track! :)

Christmas via Instagram

Instagram @ToriWest

001. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! I've got so many lovely gifts I can't wait to blog about and share with you :) For those of you who follow me on twitter/instagram, you may have noticed I've changed my hair. Again I know. I felt a little inspired by Grimes, and cropped the sides of my hair :) Like the second photo in. Its going to take so long to grow back but I dont mind so much atm!