by Hannah Louise of Hannah Louise Fashion • February 1, 2016
Romance is in the air and British blogger Hannah Louise of Hannah Louise Fashioncaptures its very essence in her own smoldering and fiery sense of style. Her looks are inspired by elements of Parisian taste, goth, animal print and of course — plenty of velvet. She elevates the street-goth look to a smart-casual level with thoughtful layering and careful accessorizing.
Hannah dresses up her fast fashion pieces — coats from H&M are her favorite — with luxe items from Comme des Garçons and Burberry. Smart and stylish, she recently graduated from the University of Manchester with a first class law degree and is now blogging full time. She’s been shortlisted for Best Personal Style Blog in Company Magazine’s 2014 Style Blogger Awards and has been featured in numerous regional, national and international online and print publications.
Check out her personal blog for more thoughts on high street, designer and online store collections, make-up and beauty products, fashion events, travel, food and music — or below for some choice looks to try during the month of love!
It's never okay to wear a onesie out in public, but make it velvet and call it a jumpsuit and you're good to go! This velvet jumpsuit by The WhitePepper is very luxe. Worn belted and with a pair of boots it's the perfect smart-casual piece.
Here I mixed black with a chocolate brown colour, a combination which I'm a big fan of, in spite of the fact that it may be a bit unorthodox. This outfit also features my newest purchase — chocolate faux suede boots from ASOS, which I bought as an alternative to my usual black.
A lot of my winter wardrobe is just my summer wardrobe, but with more layers (unlike some others, I'm not a huge fan of coat and jacket weather). This means short dungarees, but with a turtleneck top, opaque tights, leather jacket and a coat.
I'm happy I can carry on wearing v cute dungarees into the winter months. Wearing them with a slightly smarter looking coat helps make them look a little more grown-up.
As you might have noticed from my recent posts, I've been wearing a lot of velvet recently. Though this green velvet dress is particularly festive, it's also suitable for wearing outside of the 12 days of Christmas (and green is a colour I'm quite fond of).
To tone things down a little, I layered it over a white turtleneck top (black works, too). Sans the extra layer, it is super sweet and just as attention-grabbing as any other party dress.
I really like this 'minimal' sort of outfit. Though I lost or misplaced my favourite American Apparel trousers, this recently acquired 'paper bag' style pair from Urban Outfitters has served as an excellent replacement. They're also available in burgundy, pinstripe and a floor length version.
I accessorised this relatively plain outfit with two of my more 'high end' bits — my beloved Burberry scarf, and Comme Des Garçons Play Converse.
This outfit is the epitome of how I imagine all Parisians dress (though it's not even close to how they actually do). Do real French people even wear berets? I don't think it's something I've ever seen, despite having visited France a number of times. Nonetheless, I am currently a big fan of the beret.
I went through a big midi skirt phrase about two summers ago, which resulted in me overkilling them a little. I'm over it now (I'm sure you will be pleased to hear) and am on the look out for more midi skirts to add to my wardrobe.
Here, I wore a lightweight white midi skirt with a good solid winter basic in this tight fitting H&M jumper.
I love a good teddy coat — specifically this one.
It goes with basically any casual outfit, and I'll be over-wearing it to death until summer comes around.
I wore it over a tight fitting black jumper and leopard print skirt, belted with a faux suede belt that is conveniently the same colour as my coat.