ELLE at London fashion week...

image via Vogue.it

Bag: Phillip Lim

Skirt: Alexander Wang

Bootis: Calvin Klein

Socks: H&M

Jumper: Uniqlo

Sunglasses: H&M

London Fashion week has been so crazy this year, the shows have been amazing (Preen have completely upped their game. I was breathless!) 

The street style has gotten even more eccentric- I actually saw a shoe worn as a hat... a. shoe. worn .as. a. hat.

Gaga has a lot to answer for! 

I wore heels for the first day and have been subjected to flats ever since (I have a blister the size of China on my heel!)

And I finally got to take my new Wang skirt out for a spin, wins all round!

Autumnal tones have been my pallet of choice (if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!) with yummy maroons, Olives and a pop of yellow thrown in for good measure! 

It was all going well until I decided to wear a Polo neck on day two and it turned out to be 22 degrees (I had to pretend that sweating unceremoniously was part of my "look")

One more day and then I'm away for two weeks *smug 'booked my holiday after everyone else' face*

ELLEuk are doing amazing coverage of all the shows, partys and streetstyle along with our very own "ELLE assistants blog" check it all out here.

You can also follow me on instagram @madeleienbowden22 and Twitter @madeleinebowden to see my instant updates from the shows and street!

See you on the other side!

Details...

Denim smock dress: Topshop

Denim shirt:vintage

Necklace: accessorize

Shoes: ASOS

Bag: Valentino

There comes a time in every girls life when she is looking for a smock.

I know this is a sweeping statement to make, but I urge any lady, of the sartorially inclined, to defy that she has once, or currently is, on the market for a good old fashioned smock dress.

They're so perfect in their form; versatile, chic and just so darn cute.

I have been on obsessed with the perfect denim smock ever since my twelve-year-old self took a permenant marker to my favourite dungadress that bared an uncanny resemblance to that Stella McCartney denim romper.  

For me, what makes the smock so chic is the details that accompany it...

 Too little and you become a sort of uncomfortable, adult looking child.

Too much, and you're verging on try hard/ overkill territory.

I found double denim (a firm favourite) neck jewels and a discrafully perfect Valentino bag to be my perfect balance.

The hem line needs taking up an inch, but we will ignore that for now and just focus on the details.

That extra half inch...

 

Jumper: H&M

Trousers: Zara

Shoes:Valentino

Bag: Tila March

Every season there is a 'shoe' - I am very aware that this sounds both completely obvious and ambiguous at the same time, but stick with me here.

A champion shoe, like a cult tote, is that one garment you just cannot get away from. 

Every fashion ed or fashion girl worth her salt will own said garment and the whole of the fashion world will be awash with these heavenly pieces leaving the rest of the world floundering in a pool of their own lust/ drool.

These be such shoes.

Currently the protagonist of my sartorial love story, (along with Celine, well, everything!) 

They're all a girl could ask for from her winter formal...

1. Midi heel (apparently that sounds better than 'kitten') 

2. Shiny enough to check your makeup in-  always have to have a back up! 

3. Perfect day to night shoe with just the right amount of business at the front, party at the back

4. Investment piece... When is Valentino ever NOT an investment

I do feel, however, (after I have conviced myself that theyre worth a months rent?!) That I may get the slip on version as there is something about 'slipping on' a pair of beautiful shoes that touches you in a special place... Laces kind of take the magic out of it,  don't you think? 

Double denim...

Sunglasses: H&M 

Top: Vintage

Jeans: Zara

Bag: Zara

Shoes: Topshop

Rockin' a bit of double denim on a drizzly Monday. 

This is an old fail safe of mine, I love the double D...Traditionally reserved for extra's in Footloose and 80's builders, I find solace in the simplicity of the smart/casual bi-tonal garms.

The search for the perfect ripped jean has been a battle of mine for quite some time (many a pair of jean have perished in my bid to perfect the ripped/ denim ratio in a DIY fashion)

In the midst of all the searching I bypassed an old faithful... Zara! She has never let me down before so quite why she was not top of my list I will never know!

The shoes; a little gem I spotted in the sale which, after some teething problems in the way of an offensive blister, have now become my new most comfortable pair of flats.

Yellow bag... standard.