YouTube: Behind The Scenes Of Blogger Outfit Shoots

Hello there huns! After a mini YouTube hiatus, today I'm back with a video that is a little different - a behind the scenes look at fashion blogger outfit shoots. Recently, ANNA one of my best friends was visiting from Paris and as she is also a blogger, we decided to take a whole day to shoot a few looks each and I vlogged it. I really like this video because it is a mix of a haul, a lookbook and a general vlog all in a short and sweet video of 4 minutes and 19 seconds. I absolutely loved creating this video with ANNA and I hope you like it too!
Happy Sunday!
Izzie x
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My Fashion Photography And Blogger Love

Today's post is all about introducing you to two things - my fashion photography and my best friend and blogger, ANNA. You will all be used to seeing me in front of the camera, not behind it, so what's going on? 

I have always been passionate about photography and I even studied it at A level for which I did projects such as fashion and live music photography. The imagery on this blog is just as important for me as what I actually write so when posing for outfit photographs, I am quite a hands on and talkative model because I often already have an image in my head of how I want the photos to look. 

When Anna started her fabulous blog PRETTY GIRLS MAKES GRAVES about a year ago now, we started taking photos of each other on our lunch break (we worked together in Paris). It is super fun to collaborate with a fellow blogger, understand their vision and produce some amazing content together. So, when Anna came to visit recently, we took a whole day to shoot loads of outfits and I realised that I had really missed being the photographer. Anna's style is really quirky and fun so it important to get that across in the photos, which I hope I have.

So here are just some of the photos that I took of gorgeous Anna - I hope you like them! I miss girly photoshoot days so if you are interested in collaborating (for free!), please get in touch. FYI, there'll be a blogger behind the scenes video of our photoshoot day up on my YOUTUBE CHANNEL on Sunday!

All styling by Anna Rundberg

All photography by Isabelle Hardy

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Seventies Pyjama Style Shirt And Gold Hoops

Shirt - secondhand (SIMILAR) | Jeans - MONKI | Boots - ASOS (SIMILAR) | Scarf - ASOS | Sunglasses - RAY BAN | Earrings - PRIMARK

Location: Redland, Bristol
Photos by ANNA

I have previously written about PYJAMA STYLE and my love for this season's comfiest trend. However, today is all about this seventies pyjama style shirt, rather than loose fitting, patterned trousers, which the trend generally focuses on. I picked up the shirt in a charity shop for just £3 and I knew instantly that its slouchy shape and bold print would be the perfect 'throw-on' piece with some simple skinny jeans and boots. Next I just needed some accessories to finish off the look and I was good to go.

Recently, I have been getting more and more into accessories - I rarely leave the house without some form of neckwear, especially when the neckline is low or the collar is open and today I'm wearing a simple skinny scarf tucked down into the shirt. So, with neckwear sussed and having finally purchased these Ray Ban Round sunglasses that I keep banging on about, it is time to up my earring game.

On shoot day for this outfit, I was in Primark so I took the opportunity to pick up some super cheap gold hoops that I had been craving for a while. Wearing big hoops again makes me nostalgic for my mid-teenage years, pre carefully thought out fashion choices, and my first festival fashion attempts. Of course, gold hoops can be tricky to wear well but I thought that these would be the perfect boho accessory for this seventies style pyjama shirt - and I was right.

The gold hoops, round sunglasses and skinny scarf match the shirt's colours perfectly and really bring the shirt into its own. The fact that this outfit requires minimal effort but is suitable for casual daywear, dinner or a night out means that it is a total winner in my eyes.

Are you reverting to any nostalgic pieces this season? Or are you firmly sticking with new fashion choices?

Je vous ai déjà parlé du STYLE PYJAMA et le fait que j'aime bien cette tendance super confortable. Cependant, aujourd'hui je vous montre une chemise du style pyjama plutôt que un pantalon ample pour lequel on connais normalement cette tendance. J'ai acheté cette chemise seventies dans un magasin d'occasion pour £3 et j'ai su immédiatement qu'elle serait parfait pour enfiler avec un jean skinny et des bottines, grâce à sa forme ample et son motif vif.

Récemment, je porte des accessoires plus souvent - c'est rare que je pars de chez moi sans une accessoire de cou, surtout quand le décolleté est bas ou le col est ouvert et aujourd'hui je porte une écharpe skinny rentrée dans la chemise. Alors, j'ai pigé les accessoires de cou et enfin j'ai acheté mes lunettes de soleil ronds de Ray Ban, maintenant je me concentre sur des boucles d'oreille. 

Le jour de ce shoot, j'étais chez Primark du coup j'en ai profité pour acheter des grosses créoles dorées. Ça faisait longtemps que je les ai voulu et en portant les grosses créoles, je deviens nostalgique pour mes années adolescentes. C'est sûr qu'il est difficile de bien porter des grosses créoles dorées mais j'ai pensé qu'elles seraient l'accessoire bohème parfaite pour aller avec cette chemise pyjama seventies - et j'ai eu raison.

Les créoles dorées, les lunettes de soleil ronds et l'écharpe skinny vont super bien avec les couleurs de le chemise et la chemise devient mieux grâce à ces accessoires. J'aime beaucoup qu'il ne faut pas penser trop pour mettre cette tenue et on peut la porter pendant la journée, pour un dîner ou même pour sortir entre filles!

Vous mettez des pièces qui vous donnent de la nostalgie cette saison? Ou vous n'essayez que des tendances neuves?

Izzie x
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Frilled Sleeve Top

Top - ZARA | Skirt - old URBAN OUTFITTERS (SIMILAR) | Shoes - DR MARTENS | Socks - old TOPSHOP (SIMILAR)

Location: Redland, Bristol
Photos by ANNA

Look, it's another one of those pastel coloured, frilly Zara tops! I am sure you are sick of seeing these kind of tops everywhere but when I popped in recently to check out their huge sale (where I also picked up this amazing COLD SHOULDER DRESS), I just could not help myself.

As those massive frilled sleeves really just speak for themselves, I kept the styling pretty simple with a button down denim skirt, frilly socks whose colour matches the pastel blue of the top and my Dr Martens. I think that this top will be a great transitional piece into autumn with some tailored trousers or jeans, depending on the occasion.

So apparently I am already thinking about autumn when it's only July! Perhaps that is due to my summer starting earlier than usual (April) because I was in Barcelona and now in England I am fed up with this weather that taunts us with 33 degrees one day and a colder, breezy day the next. Come on England, sort it out!

Regardez! C'est un autre haut pastel à froufrous de chez Zara! J'en suis sûr que vous en avez marre de voir ce genre de chemisier tous le temps mais quand je suis passée chez Zara pour regarder leurs grandes soldes (où j'ai acheté aussi une ROBE FLEURI), je n'ai pas pu partir sans l'acheter.

Vu que ces manches à grands froufrous suffisent, la reste de la tenue est simple avec une mini-jupe boutonnée en jean, des chaussettes à froufrous de la même couleur du chemisier et mes Dr Martens. Je pense que ce haut sera une pièce géniale à mettre entre été et automne avec un pantalon costume ou un jean, selon l'occasion. 

Vous lisez bien que je vous parle déjà de l'automne en juillet! Il est possible que vu que j'ai commencé mon été plus tôt cette année (en avril) parce que j'étais à Barcelone, j'en ai déjà marre de ce temps bizarre en Angleterre qui nous donne 33 degrés un jour et un jour plus frais et légèrement venteux le lendemain. Il faut que Angleterre décide l'un ou l'autre! 

Izzie x
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I Love Bristol | Flour And Ash Restaurant Review

Flour And Ash, a pizza and ice cream restaurant ideally situated where Bristol's famous Gloucester Road meets Cheltenham Road, is a firm family favourite of ours so I just knew that this had to be the next stop on my culinary tour of Bristol. In fact, we like it so much that since I took the first batch of photos for this blog restaurant review, I have been again! I tried a different (and much better pizza) the second time this month so I am going to talk about both experiences in this one post.

Just by looking at the menu, you can tell that this is no ordinary pizza restaurant. Flour And Ash certainly experiment with their pizza toppings and as their menu changes regularly, there will never be a lack new flavour combinations. On my first trip to Flour And Ash this month, I went for the Marinated Aubergine, with mozzarella, basil and ricotta, which admittedly is not the most adventurous choice but I just love ricotta on pizza. 

The pizza as a whole, was delicious. Flour And Ash pizzas unusually have a sourdough base, which makes the dough super spongey and light and the whole pizza experience just quite different. Due to my personal taste of not liking vinegar, I was a bit disappointed with my choice of Marinated Aubergine. I know, I should have asked the waiter what the aubergine was marinated in so that is my fault and not a reflection on the pizza itself. If you love vinegar and aubergine then this pizza is for you! Luckily the ricotta was lovely and creamy so that made up for it.

Round two at Flour And Ash was the highly rated taste experience that I had been yearning for, made all the more lovely by the company of two of my favourite girls. This time I got what my sister had ordered on our previous visit - Severn Project Kale, with buffalo mozzarella, garlic semi-dried tomatoes, ewe's curd and extra tomato sauce (because a pizza really is not right without it). I was extremely impressed with this pizza. The chewy and bitter kale was the perfect contrast to the creamy ewe's curd and sweet tomatoes and I would definitely order this again!

Finally, you simply cannot go to Flour And Ash without sampling one of their divine homemade ice creams. Once again, the selection does change and the flavours vary from classics such as chocolate or rum and raisin to bizarre combinations such as lavender and honey or basil! After my disappointing Marinated Aubergine pizza, I played it safe and ordered chocolate. Flour And Ash chocolate ice cream is certainly no ordinary chocolate ice cream - it is indescribably on par with the best chocolate ice cream I have ever had (the other one being at The Lido Restaurant in Bristol). As a big golden syrup fan, I just had to try their ice cream in this flavour that my mum had ordered. While feeling refreshing, you could also taste the thickness and smoothness of the golden syrup come through the ice cream - it was just excellent!

I would certainly recommend Flour And Ash if you fancy a good old fashioned pizza and ice cream binge. There is something for everyone - a simple margarita pizza and chocolate ice for you play-it-safes (Lewis I'm looking at you) or some unusual taste combinations for those of you that like to be taken out of your comfort zones. 

If you would like to got to Flour And Ash, call ahead because it gets booked up quickly, even during the week!

FLOUR & ASH | 203B Cheltenham Road, Bristol, BS6 5QX

Izzie x
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Cold Shoulder and Florals

Dress - ZARA (in store), Boots - ASOS (SIMILAR), Cap - secondhand (SIMILAR), Lipstick - MAC

Location: Redland Station, Bristol
Photos by ANNA

You may or may not have noticed that, despite being a trend popular with many bloggers and high street brands, I have not yet "got my shoulders out" (if that can be such a saying) this season. Of course it is fine not to follow a trend, however I genuinely love the off the shoulder trend but thanks (or not) to my slightly round shoulders, it just does not suit me. Whenever I have tried on bardot-style tops, I get self-conscious that my shoulders look just enormous from the side.

Enter this amazing cold shoulder floral dress that I found in the Zara sale (for just £13!) and I have found a way to tap into the trend. The high neckline and the floaty sleeves mean that you don't see a big chunk of shoulder, just a cheeky peak, which works perfectly for my body shape. Better still, this dress adds a much needed update to the floral section of my wardrobe - I mean, just look at all those different prints together! As the dress pretty much speaks for itself, I kept the accessorising simple with a sixties baker boy hat, red lippie and my usual black chelsea boots (yep, sassy non-black boots are on my 'to buy' list, don't worry). 

Are there any trends that you wish you could wear but feel self-conscious in? What are your tips for tapping into tricky trends?

Vous vous rendez compte que je n'ai pas "libéré" mes épaules même si cela est une super tendance que beaucoup de bloggeuses et magasins suivent? Bien-sûr qu'on peut choisir de ne pas suivre des tendances mais j'aime bien sincèrement ce style, cependant elle ne me va pas à cause de mes épaules un peu rondes. Quand j'essaie des hauts "bardot", j'ai l'impression que mes épaules sont énormes!

Donc, j'étais super contente de trouver cette robe fleurie dans les soldes chez Zara (pour £13!) qui a des trous pour les épaules (on l'appelle "cold shoulder" en anglais - dites-moi la bonne traduction s'il vous plaît!). Grâce à son décolleté haut et ses manches légères, on voit un peu de mes épaules, mais pas trop, et cela marche très bien pour ma forme. En plus, cette robe ajoute une bonne mise à jour fleurie à mon placard - regardez tous les motifs fleuris ensemble! Pour accessoiriser,  j'ai mis simplement ma casquette sixties, un rouge à lèvres rouge et mes bottines noires (oui, il faut que j'achète des bottines plus intéressantes, je sais et je suis désolée!).

Il y a des tendances qui ne vous vont pas que vous avez envie de mettre? Vous avez des conseils pour porter des tendances difficiles?

Izzie x
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