H.S. by Hayley Scanlan 'Tropicanamania' Pop Up !

After interning for Hayley Scanlan for around 5 weeks, I found out I got the job I had been interviewed for at Harvey Nichols!!! Can you imagine my excitement!! Unfortunately this meant cutting my internship short but I had a great time working with Hayley. This weekend is Hayley's pop up shop event held at Gallery 48 in Dundee to give you the chance to buy her fabulous new pieces before the shop takes a break for the month of July. I was lucky enough to be invited to the launch night of the pop up last night and the place was (obviously) bursting with fashionable faces and well dressed guys and girls. I also purchased a G&T which was presented in a glass the size of my head :) 

The above pics of me were taking the day after because I completely forgot on the night but this is what I wore! I of course sported my H.S. snakeskin biker skirt and a new Saint Laurent bag which I *may* have purchased from Harvey Nichols with my staff discount - ITS A REALLY GOOD DISCOUNT DO NOT JUDGE ME FOR BEING WEAK. Also, I can justify (ha) this purchase as I teamed it with this ridiculously affordable pair of platforms from Public Desire. I purchased these boots due to my extreme love for Vetements and extreme lack of money to afford Vetements. Public Desire has in fact (almost) ripped off the entire Vetements shoe collection...  But 0 guilt from me because I am not fishing out £1000 for a pair of shoes I can barely walk in, amiright? Full links and outfits deets at the end of this post!

Unfortunately I didn't get many good quality pics from the night but here is a pic of me n Hayley and my giant G&T. If you are in Dundee over the weekend or can make it through - I highly suggest heading to Gallery 48 for a good look/shop of this amazing collection. 

Top - ZARA

Necklace - Are You Am I

Skirt - H.S. by Hayley Scanlan

Bag - Saint Laurent

Rings - The Great Frog

Boots - Public Desire

**side note: DO NOT purchase anything from the Hayley Scanlan website throughout July as it is closed! Also, I paid nowhere near as much as £950 for the YSL bag due to the Harvey Nichols sale and staff discount. I tried to find the match for this bag somewhere else but this is the closest I got!

Sale Picks - Highstreet and Designer

Sales - where do you start?? There are so many websites to cover and so little time. I'm constantly checking up on the usuals like Topshop, ZARA and ASOS and designer hubs like FarFetch, Matches and Avenue 32 for some serious bargains so I took the liberty of searching out a few of the best bargains I could find for you! NOTE : They are selling out fast so if you like 'em, don't wait around!

DESIGNER : I find Selfridges and Avenue32 winter sales are better than everywhere else but you must act fast!! Harvey Nics isn't bad either, especially if you go in store for your sale shopping. (I just got myself an amazing pair of Charlotte Olympia boots which I would have put below but they are completely gone!!) Below, all the pieces are in the sale at under £200 and some are stupidly good deals you actually won't believe it. I just spent about 2 hours hunting all these down and picking the ones with plenty sizes left (although that Charlotte Simone scarf is low in stock!). I hope you find something you like! 

Designer Sale Picks (all under £200) by georgiakategordon featuring canvas handbags

(L to R, top to bottom)

Anya Hindmarch Clutch : £198 (down from £395)
Alexander Wang LBD : £186 (down from £620)
Toga Pulla boots : £145 (down from £290)
Charlotte Simone Candy Striped Cuff : £45 (down from £150)

Joshua Saunders orange hat : £51 (down from £170)
Shrimps 'Jerry' key chain : £35 (down from £70)
Stella McCartney leather belt : £84 (down from £280)

Alexa Chung for AG Jeans top : £48 (down from £120)
Alexa Chung for AG Jeans skirt : £70 (down from £175)

Moschino iPhone 5 case : £5 (down from £45)
Anna K Crystal Dress : £158 (down from £395)
Isabel Marant leopard booties : £158 (down from £395)
Stella McCartney flares : £178 (down from £255)

HIGHSTREET : Now here are some of my absolute favourites from this year's high street winter sales!! Again, I picked pieces that were still available in a range of sizes but I would act fast! Never say you'll 'wait a few days' to buy a sale item because, from personal experience, it will only end in disappointment.

The left column of this mood board is ZARA, middle two pics are American Apparel pieces, top right section is Topshop and bottom right corner is ASOS. 

ZARA (top to bottom) :

Combined Dress. £25.99.
High Heel Boots. £39.99.
Shiny Gold Booties. £39.99.
Paisley Blouse. £17.99.

American Apparel (top to bottom) :

Velvet Off The Shoulder Top. £22.
Juilliard Top in Grey. £16.

Topshop :

Faux Fur Hooded Coat by Kendall and Kylie. £65.
Biker Gloves. £7.
Super-Soft Glitter Tights. £3.

ASOS (right to left) :

Stone Cold Fox romper. : £153.
Snake Print Wedges. £17.50.
For Love and Lemons SKIVVIES velvet bra. £69.50.

Happy shopping! ;)

G

moonchild

moonchild by georgia-peaches featuring a chloe coat

Freda form fitted dress, £85 / Chloé chloe coat, £6,860 / Chanel sneaker, £585 / J Crew knuckle ring, £31

(Jungle) Fever

(Jungle) Fever by georgia-peaches featuring crop pants

Proenza Schouler crop shirt / Filù Hats rabbit costume, £585 / MM6 Maison Martin Margiela crop pants / Giuseppe Zanotti wedge ankle boots, £335 / NARS Cosmetics lips makeup / Moisturizing lipstick

Alexander Wang X H&M & How We Are Wearing His Pieces...

Like most designers collabs for H&M, King of Sports Luxe, Alexander Wang's collection for the famous high street brand was pretty huge. A sporty, simple and colourless (aside from the flash of neon yellow in one highly lusted over sports bra) collection, it was totally gym friendly (bonus!) and easy to wear. I myself was stood outside H&M in the freezing cold 45 minutes before opening time in eager anticipation. We were given wrist bands with time slots to shop the collection and just 15 minutes to enter the enclosed AWXHM area and get the hell out with as much as you could physically grab. It was chaos. 

I was lucky enough to get my hands on the following pieces -

pic: @georgiagordon on Instagram

And here's how I wore them outside of the gym -

pic: @georgiagordon on Instagram

Here I'm wearing the WANG sports bra with a By Malene Birger leopard print jacket, H&M trousers and Topshop mules. 

(And here's how I would wear it if I took kickboxing classes but sadly, I don't) -

Another successful H&M collaboration been and gone in the blink of an eye. If you were lucky enough to get your hands on it or have the money to pay for the over priced pieces that are now selling on eBay, here's how some of my fave people have been wearing it.. 

Long time friend of the designer, model Erin Wasson looking 100% original in a cropped knotted long sleeve tee and AWXHM boxing shorts sitting neatly above her belly button, accessorising with her signature boho jewellery and tousled beach locks. I will be copying this look as soon as the temperature is bearable again. Curse you Wang for selling us summer pieces during the winter!

It took me a while to come around to these particular pieces but these girls make them look effortlessly chic. Well, it's not that hard when you can afford those Balenciaga boots....

The beautiful Jourdan Dunn in the sold-out-in-seconds WANG jumper, waxed skinnies and a pair of Timberlands.

Jourdan again backstage at the AWXHM catwalk show in the V cut bralet and mens baseball shirt, sleeves rolled and buttons undone. This is also a great example of what hair & make-up should be teamed with this collection - black lips and slicked hair. All black errrthang.

So what did you think of the collaboration? Overrated? Or brilliantly sport luxe? I know I have no followers as of yet but if you are out there and reading this - comment below! 

G

(If you are looking for more inspiration on how to wear your pieces, look no further than my Pinterest board!)