Jean Paul Gaultier At The Brooklyn Museum

Hello my darlings! I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
Today I wanted to show you lovely people some of pictures I took of the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum we visited while in New York (which seems like ages ago!). It was a really good opportunity to see pieces from lots of his previous collections first hand and realise just how stunning some of them truly are.
As we all know, Jean Paul is no stranger to the insane and outrageous, he has become iconic for his heavily structured and provocative pieces which spice up Paris Fashion Week every year. I'm a huge admirer of his work but obviously I have not seen all of his collections and to see hundreds of garments all in one space and their beauty only made me love him more! When you watch the catwalk shows on the internet the craftsmanship of the garments is lost in the pixels but to see them close-up with you own eyes was truly magical. There was a dress towards the end of the exhibition which was made out of crocodile skin which had been crocheted together (I know, crazy!), and another dress which was decorated with a gazillion feathers and each one had been individually hand stitched to the dress. The exhibition was very exciting and an honour to behold, the mannequins were plain in their faces however there were projectors beaming moving, and at times, speaking faces onto them which all made us all rather spooked and giggly. As well as this, some mannequins were placed on a converter belt while others appeared from curtained booths above our heads!
The exhibition really was amazing and I'm so glad we went, I feel like I understand Jean Paul Gaultier a lot more now and because he is such a unique designer I think it made the experience even more special. If any of you ever get the chance to go see an exhibition on him or anything related, go because even people who are not huge fans of designer fashion can at least admire his artistic flare and attention to detail. He truly is a fashion legend, and here (finally) are the pictures: enjoy!

As you can see from the pictures, the pieces displayed in the exhibition were beautifully bonkers and I have a whole new appreciation for Jean Paul Gaultier now. If I was ever lucky enough to go to one of his catwalk shows I don't think I would ever recover. What an inspiration.
I hope you liked this post guys and there will be more soon, I think the next few may be videos as I still need to show you all what I bought in New York and the video diary I made of our trip although I am still having technical difficulties with this one. But, more posts soon so keep your eyes peeled!
Love Holly x

A Day In Durham With Emma

Hello my lovelies! I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine! I certainly am and on Monday I caught the train down to Durham for a fun day in the sun to meet my best friend in the entire world, Emma. (You might remember her from my Christmas photo diary).
To call Emma my best friend would be a colossal understatement. I have known Emma pretty much my entire life, we often struggle to describe how we know each other and our relationship because I have always seen Emma as a sister. Her whole family I see as an extension of my family and they mean so much to me. I can't count the number of summer days I spent at their house playing sardines in their garden or the number of Saturday nights our families would cook for each other and then all sit down in the lounge, snuggle up and watch a film together. Emma knows me better than anyone I know and I can safely say I would be a very different person without her in my life.
I haven't seen her since Christmas because we have both been at university and so Monday was very exciting for the both of us and we had such a lovely day together. She actually ended up coming back to Newcastle with me and staying over because she didn't have any lectures today and so we ordered pizza and watched a Disney film just like we used to. I had a truly delightful day, the weather was beautiful and I got to spend a relaxing afternoon with my sister. I took some photographs of Durham and what we were both wearing and here they are, enjoy!

So as you can see, Emma and I were clearly on the same page yesterday. When we thought about it later that day it was almost embarrassing how similarly we were dressed. We were both wearing skinny jeans, denim jackets, white shirts, rucksacks and Vans. I don't even know what to say about that.
We started the afternoon with a walk along the river, then visited an adorable little cupcake shop called Be Tempted (which if you're ever in Durham I would highly recommend) where Emma had a fruit scone and I a snickerdoodle cupcake which was so delicious. Then we had a little nosey around town in Scorpio Shoes and a bunch of charity shops and stores with hundreds of vintage records. We then headed up to the cathedral before returning to the train station and coming home to Newcastle.
I was sad to see her off today at the station as she returned to Carlisle where she's studying but we had such a lovely two days together and I'm so grateful for them. I hope you guys liked this post and there will be another coming soon, maybe at the weekend, on the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition we visited whilst in New York at the Brooklyn Museum and I'm also going to do a post showing you lovely people all the things I bought while I was there so keep your eyes peeled. I hope you all have an excellent week and I shall see you all soon!
Love Holly x