A Note from Be Inspired basement HQ

This week we are going to start producing weekly blog features. We want our blog to act as an easily accessible and FREE mini student fashion magazine (of sort) that you can read on a daily basis just by typing in our web address

www.beinspiredfashionblog.blogspot.com

We are going to start with the following key features.

'How Stylish!'

Walking around uni we are constantly looking out for interesting styles and surveying what everyone wears. Each week we are going to take a photo of someone who we have soptted as having their own innovative and individual style and interrogate them about their style and where they like to shop etc. We will then publish their fashion profile on our blog. With over 30 000 students in Leeds there are thousands of different styles to be seen and we want to snap some of the most edgy, individual and creative for you to see.

'Get the look'

This post will be a follow on from 'How very stylish' as we both know how annoying it is when you see someone wearing, say, a coat that you absolute love yet have no way of finding out where it is from LE creepy!). We will take the place of the middle fashionista and hunt every shop on the high street for items similar to those featured in the 'How very stylish' post so that you can then go and make a purchase if you want.

'Vintage Find'

As we have already announced, we live just around the corner from two brilliant vintage stores, 'Best Vintage' and 'Retro Vintage,' so we thought it would be a great idea to photograph our favourite Vintage find each week. We go in and scour around basically every day so we won't miss any new items that come in-we hope!

Vintage shops are gold mines for finding classical, key pieces that will remain timeless in your wardrobe and, everything is affordable, which is good news for students. On top of this, the feeling you get when you DO find something is unchallengeable!Being ecclectic is key to being stylish, so we want to find vintage pieces which will look great teemed with both high street and designer items. We will try to trace back the items we photograph and give you an insight into the history of different trends, such as houndstooth. If you are lucky, the items will hopefully still be in the shop for you to buy!

'On the Mannequin'

We have a new member in the basement! Our recently purchased MANNEQUIN!

Each week we will shop (such hard work) until we find an outfit that relates either to our 'How very stylish' feature or our 'Latest trend feature.' The outfit we chose will be styled by yours truly and modelled by our mannequin.

We will also post up fashion news and details on different, 'must-have' trends that hit the fashion scene.

Please comment on any post that particularly interest you or that you enjoyed reading! We really want to know what you think!

Sophie and Emma