Micro Trend: Lace trim ankle socks

This trend is seen everywhere, worn girly with heels or grunge with dr martens, these socks are incredibly y popular. The style was seen all over Tumblr and now has been taken up by some the biggest high street stores, e.g Topshop, Primark etc.

Whether you love them or hate them, these are the most fashionable socks you can buy at the moment.

Topshop do a great selection of pastel and bright colours (see below) but Primark is still the best for value:

My favourite pair that I have seen have to be the ones from Bitching and Junkfood (also a great 'indie' shop) but are a lot more expensive. 

Celebs are also jumping on the bandwagon:

A few fashion finds

This week I thought I'd share a few of my favourite independent brands with you. I love finding these small, unknown stores as they are usually reasonably priced and homemade, meaning that you always end up with a completely unique item that no-one else has. A couple of the best places to find a collection of these brands are Etsy and Big Cartel.

I love 'Be Street' for incredible Ian MacCarthur prints on t-shirts on jumpers (see below). I recently discovered his intricate designs and think they work so well with the simple cut of the clothing.

For jewellery and accessories, try Regal Rose. They are constantly bringing out new, bang on trend jewellery. You will probably see their designs all over magazines and its worn by celebrities like Pixie Lott but the actual brand is relatively unknown.

Yayer.com offers fashionable vintage and modern clothing for really reasonable prices. Its really a cheaper, more flattering Urban outfitters. I only discovered it the other day and already have a long list of must-haves.  They have a really great selection of shirts and loads of little details, like cut out sides on dresses. I would say that it is more than worth taking a look through, unfortunately because they are small the most popular designs sell out quickly.