Yesterday I traveled into london to attend the
Dahlia Christmas Blogger Event. I say travelled like it took hours, it was only one train on the underground for me. I love living so close to london.
I wanted somthing that was easy but still looked good but then not too over the top becuase it was only an afternoon event. I wore my
White Midi - ASOS
I finally found the shop after wandering the wrong way down carnaby street for a goot ten minutes. Canaby Street is a great location, right in the heart of London's (and maybe the world's) best shopping arena, just behind
oxford street. I was one of the first there. This was intended so that I was able to see the shop and all the lovley clothes properly before it got to crowded and gave me a chance to talk to all the important people of the day!
As I walked in I was greeted with a glass of bubbly
which is always very nice. I then spent a little while speaking to the owner, Tracey, before everyone else got there which was a great opportunity for me! She told me how she started up the brand ten years ago with her sister, Leigh, selling their designs at Portobello market. Sounds like it was a lot of hard work but in my eyes, it had deffinatly payed off for them! Tracy Looked amazing dressed all in Dahlia, she wore the
Denim Open Shoulder Embellished Collar Blouse with a beautiful sparkely pleated skirt (which I cant find on the site hmm)
I also had a chance to speak to the PR girls, giving them my new homemade buisness cards (which I am very
proud of) then had a couple of polariods taken by the DAHLIA signs, they took photos of everyone who came and then clipped them up on a piece of string all hung up together. A lovley touch.
As more and more bloggers arrived, champagne flowed and we all looked around the lovley little boutique shop. The
clothes sparkeld as we looked though them. They consisted mainly of sequins, glitter,
floaty material and lots of peterpan collars all very feminine and
pretty but then we had some leather, some feathers, some studds for a few edgier pieces.
We were treated to our own customeised collar clips!! We had a choice or three chains and whatever
charms, I chose spikes with stars! They also held a raffel
and I won 10 store credit which I'm very excited to put towards somthing in the store. I'll be
spending the next hour on the website!
It was lovley meeting bloggers
that I already follow and some who I hadn't met before. I spent most of
my time at the event with Maya and Carmen who i met there, they were great, very quirky characters with amazing dress sence! We went out
for a bite to eat at pret afterwards, checked out our super goodie
bags and chatted about the event. I think we could become good friend in
the future!
The one thing I would change about the day, is taking a real camera and not just my phone. Im sorry for the horrible quality photos and promise to get a camera sorted for any future event posts!
All in all I had a great time looking at all the beautiful clothes and met some really cool people. Thanks Dahlia!
