Over Style

If you saw my  previous  post on the amazing Blogger Brunch I attended with La Moda, I mentioned briefly how beautiful the goodie bag was and that it deserve its own post due to how incredible the contents were. I got round to taking some photos of everything inside it as it’s such a perfectly put together gift bag for everyone who attended the wonderful day in Manchester!

A lot of you may know if you follow my Instagram or Twitter   that I was kindly invited by the amazing girls over at  La Moda   to attend a Blogger’s Bruch in Manchester on April 16th – well, I went and it was incredible.

Since I came back from Japan, I have noticed a huge change in myself as a person, my family and those closest to me have as well and all the positivity surrounding my newly born self is such a liberating thing to hear. I like to think I have changed my own perspective on everything from the smallest things to huge things drastically in order to be a better person. I took inspiration for this post from re-reading two of my most opened-up blog posts “ So I Travelled to Japan… Alone ” and “ Beating The Fear ” which are both rather word heavy but also took me a lot of courage to truly open up and let people know the real person behind the blog and Instagram. I want this to be another opened-up post where I let my own personality, struggles and triumphs shine through. As I type this, Halo by Machine Head is currently blasting through my headphones and with that I have a sense of achievement and inspiration which is always a plus, right?

There’s no denying my love for Harry Potter. Pretty much everyone I know and have ever known would agree and say I’m one of the biggest fans they could ever know. With a tattoo etched on my skin at 14, owned rarities and memorabilia, I am still hugely in love to this day. On my second visit to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in London, and with my new camera in hand, I managed to photograph some of my favourite things in all their beauty and how they should look. I mean, the second visit could never top the one on my 18th birthday when I was treated like royalty and had the opportunity to open the Great Hall doors, but it was still ever magical. You learn so many more secrets and small things you overlooked if you go twice. It was a memorable experience yet again.

Back to Japan, and being a Harajuku Girl for the day. Although the mythical Harajuku Girl doesn’t actually exist, we all know the lyrics to ‘Rich Girl’ by Gwen Stefani, where she sings in her best voice about the hoods of Japan and Harajuku Girls; it was the sassy song of our childhoods and will always be a classic. The idea of the ‘Harajuku Girl’ always attracted me to visiting Harajuku as it’s the place where you can see many of the different style sub-cultures Tokyo has to offer. I had a lovely stroll around the streets and shopped a little bit after visiting  Meiji Shrine. 

Back to another one of my many posts on my trip to Tokyo! One of the places I visited on a really warm day was Meiji Jingu (Meiji Shrine). This was one of my many must-go places whilst visiting Tokyo as I stumble across so many stunning photos of the shrine and the walk to the shrine and it looked like my sort of paradise. I fell in love with Meiji Shrine; the walk to the shrine itself was one of the most beautifully calming walks I have ever been on especially with the warmth emitted from the sun that day. I could walk about with a thin jumper and jeans on and it felt like heaven to me. Here is a collection of some of my favourite photos of Meiji Shrine.

Akihabara for me was essentially the ‘gaming district’ of Tokyo; it was filled with walk-in gaming arcades but amongst all that was the most wonderful and crazy cosplay outfits you could ever imagine. It was like going to an all day, outside ComiCon and it was my absolute paradise. Here is a compilation of photos I took from what I can say is the most crazy, colourful and wonderful place in Tokyo. Akihabara is also home to the elusive Maid Cafe… I guess you could say I had a fantastic time.