ModeMeseé does : Googley Eyes

Hello beautiful people of the world!

Sosa here, at your service.

I am super super excited to finally share this post with everyone. These shots are from a collaboration I did with the gorgeous and multitalented Jae (londonsfashionblogger on instagram, check her out!) as a part of her L’ete Noir series .

Every now and then I like to push things a bit further than ‘your everyday blog post’ ; I like to inject a little more creativity, make it more fun for everyone. So this is me looking super pink.

Enjoy!

This shirt I have on is a fab recent buy from Lazy Oaf (on sale YAS), its called the ‘eyeliner’ shirt, I love that. I love how quirky and cute Lazy Oaf as a brand is, everything from the names of the pieces to the advertising campaigns screams creativity… and a little weirdness, but good weirdness. I admire people that have no fear of being a little silly sometimes.

I paired it with a simple Topshop skater skirt and my go-to white Chuck Taylor’s. I’d never seen this shirt styled as an actual shirt; only ever seen it worn as a dress so I decided to try something different and it worked out pretty cute.

I shot the shooter.

Everyone say hello to Jae; the lovely lady behind the lens. Be sure to check out her instagram page (LondonsFashionBlogger) for the rest of her L’ete Noir series and loads of other cool stuff!

If you follow me on instagram you’ll notice that I got my hands on a polaroid camera recently. If you don’t follow me on instagram… YOU SHOULD, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? HeyItsSosa. 😀

By the way, I RAN INTO SHAKKA IN NOTTING HILL AFTER WE SHOT THIS. He was so nice and down to earth, it was incredible to meet him. If you don’t know who Shakka is then you really need to check his music out and update your playlists, trust me, you won’t regret it.

This is us being cute with Shakka in our lovely Crown Ivy floral headbands. You can probably tell how excited we were.

Fan Girl Mode Activated.

Thats all folks!

A massive thank you for reading, feel free to leave cute comments below and see you next time!

Outfit details

Shirt – Lazy Oaf

White inner top – H&M

Skater skirt –  Topshop

Shoes – Converse

Sunnies – LaModa

Floral Headbands – Crown Ivy

ModeMeseé does : Summer Shades

HEATWAVE ALERT!

Ladies and Gentlemen, London officially was hotter than Athens and the Caribbean! It has been an incredibly hot week here in the big city and I don’t mean just a little bit hot, I mean very hot. Hot enough for the fans to be pulled out of the attic and every window in the house opened as wide as possible. The day after we shot this was the hottest ever day recorded in England; thank goodness we chose the day before otherwise we may have melted into puddles and this post never would exist.

Anyway I guess we should get on with it…

SOSA

Peace

Hey hey hey!

Being from a country where its hot all year round, I feel right at home in this heat and I am taking advantage of every moment; I’ve whipped out the flip flops! I love summer; sunshine, ice-cream, milkshakes and positive vibes.

These days I’ve unconsciously had a bit of a hippie thing going on, with my brightly coloured hair, clothes and circle frame sunnies I feel very 60’s.

Now lets talk about this Kimono. This was yet another lucky find off Depop (originally from Primark), what I love about it is the fact that even though its sheer, the colours on it are still so bold and bright.

(Follow me on Depop! @heyitsosa)

Summary – Kimono: Depop, Cropped Cami: Primark, High waisted pants: Asos, Flip flops: Asda, Sunnies: LaModa, Floppy Hat: Topshop, Rings: Boohoo, Bag: Nine West.

MADI

wassssup!

Feeling the summer sun vibes but still fearing the fickleness of British weather I decided to wear long sleeves but roll them up. This way if clouds swooped in unsuspected I’d be one step ahead.

My button up shirt is from Liberty.  Liberty is an old department store right off Carnaby street and oxford street. It is in an old tutor style building and is so beautiful inside. You feel almost transported to another realm, it is an experience. They have their famous prints that they design and come out with different collections of which is very cool and I love them. This shirt I was lucky enough to find at a local charity shop. My backpack is a classic maid charity shop find. If you’ve been following out little blog for a while you would know that I hardly ever wear heels unless they’re boot heels. I am a comfort kinda girl and heels to be frank are just not comfy. I know they can be cute and make you taller and make you look better blah blah blah, but my converse and other general flat soled shoes give me the power and ability to walk without fear. However on this particular day I had the sudden desire to put on so summer heels to give my outfit a  little more power. These shoes are from H&M and I got them on sale for a fiver! Bargain! 

Shirt – Charity Shop
Jeans – Thrift store
shoes – H&M
Backpack – Charity Store
Sunglasses – Romancing the stone

Thats all for today folks! Massive thank you for reading and stay tuned for more cool stuff!

Peace! Xx

ModeMeseé does : Amethyst

Hey Hey Hey! Sosa here.

I don’t know about you guys but I am so excited about summer and all the sunshine and ice-cream she has to offer. It has finally gotten warm in England and theres positive vibes everywhere. I love how people just get generally happier during the summer.

As you may have noticed, my hair has changed colour yet again! Not what I originally planned on having but this is so working for me right now. I’m loving being a bluey-purple head.

Sosa = Nün and Justine Skye’s love child

Unicorn Vibes

On the the fun stuff.

What I have on today is a thrifted oversized mens shirt. I fell in love with this the moment I saw it, it needed a little fixing up but it was totally worth it. The print reminds me of one of my dads old shirts from when I was younger and I really love the colour palette. It’s awesome because it can be worn in so many different ways; as a crop top, dress, wrapped around the waist or as a Kimono.

This is the first none-handbag I’ve gotten in ages, I felt like there was a void to fill in my bag collection, i wanted something a little more masculine and I found this lovely New Look bag. I love the shape of it and the fact that its leather, you don’t see that everyday; a pouch shaped leather bag. 

I really wanted a plain black midi dress to wear on this printed shirt but I didn’t have one so I improvised with a cropped cami and a pencil skirt.

Thats all folks!

Again thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Summary

Shirt – East End thrift store

Cropped Cami – Primark

Pencil Skirt – New Look

Bag – New Look

Jewellery – Forever 21/Topshop/Urban outfitters

Shoes – New Balance

Sun Glasses – New Look

Watch – Fossil

ModeMeseé does : Squeaky Clean

Ola! Sosa here. I hope youre all having a fabulous bank holiday. I sure am!

Today on ModeMeseé I shall be sharing with you a simple, cute little outfit I put together last week. As you probably already know, I have a thing for the colour purple; oddly enough I don’t own many purple items of clothing. This is something thats going to change gradually, starting with this turtleneck dress.

I scored this dress for £3 (along with the same dress in red for £3 as well) in Whitechapel. Now is that a really really good deal or is that a really really good deal?

B-A-R-G-A-I-N

I paired the short dress with tights and my handy new balance trainers to make it a little more casual.

Plus new balance = comfort central.

I’m currently in the hair extension dying process, preparing for my next weave and I’m super stoked and pretty nervous about it. Its something I haven’t tried before but YOLO (I’ll give you a hint; Its Sosa + Madi, try and figure it out 😉 ).

In the mean time I have had a double braid in and it has given me the opportunity to show off my ears and my faux ear cuff. Now you all know what my ears look like. BOOM.

I love the double braid look, its so ghetto fabulous. We all need a bit of ghetto fabulous every now and then.

The return of the F.A.B apparel hoodie

Thats all folks! Thanks for reading and see you next time!

– Sosa

Summary

Turtleneck dress : Whitechapel (originally boohoo)

Cropped Hoodie : F.A.B

Shoes : New Balance

Sungasses : LaModa

Ear Cuff : New Look

Colour and Character

Hey guys! Sosa here.

Do you remember that show Mr. Men from when you were a kid? The one were each man had a main trait and a colour? Like Mr happy was Yellow and Mr Noisy was Red. Well, as a result of my new love for colour, I did my Final Major Project on colour and character. In this post, I will be sharing my Pink with you.

Long story short, the whole project is about how we unconsciously associate certain colours with certain thoughts, moods, personalities and situations.For example red being danger, love, passion, anger etc.

With this I paired a colour with a person.

Just think of this shoot as a telescope looking into Madi’s brain.

Everyone say hello to my Pink! Co-Blogger; Madison Marie Pelley.

In conversation with Madi

‘I think I am pink because it’s kind of a childish colour,

I think that I have a childish nature to myself.

I’m very impulsive and when I’m excited it usually resembles the excitement of a little girl getting a pink pony.

I wouldn’t say I consider myself childish in a negative way, more like in a free way.

I don’t have a fear of being silly or crazy for fun’

‘…I feel everything super strongly.

If I’m sad, I’m distraught.

If I’m happy I’m jubilant.’

I hope you liked my brief look inside the mind of the Madison Marie Pelley.

If you like this then you might want to keep an eye on my Tumblr page. I will be posting 4 other colours everyday this week!

Thats all folks! Don’t forget to subscribe here

And think, ‘If I was a colour, what would I be?’

Creative Direction by Sosa

Photography by Sosa

Styling by Sosa

Model – Madi

ModeMeseé does; Jedi

When I was a kid my folks always told me ‘you can be anything you want to be in life’.

So I chose to be a Jedi.

This is me using the force to make my hair look all dramatic.

Having seen the trailer for the new star wars movie I had to make my childhood Jedi dreams come true. I found this Jedi-like hooded cloak in H&M over the Easter break and we had an instant connection. I knew she would be mine; it was love at first sight.

I usually don’t like tops with slits on the sides because I never really know what to do with the long piece of fabric just hanging in front of me, I really don’t dig the whole ‘tie the front into a knot’ thing I see people do. But this particular slit side top caught my attention because its not so long. Perfect!

Luke…

…I am your father.

I’m sorry, I had to 😦

Here’s a bit of information that has nothing to do with Star Wars, Jedi’s,  flowey cloaks or clothes.

‘Be more excited about your progress than you are depressed about how far you have to go’ – Joyce Meyer.

This is something I heard recently and found incredibly useful, I hope you do too!

Thats all folks, stay tuned for more cool stuff.

-Sosa

Shots by Keenan Joseph, you can find him on Tumblr and Instagram. 

Summary

Cloak – H&M

Turtleneck slit side top – New Look

Pants – Topshop (Joni)

Shoes – Forever 21

SuperColour Sosa; Outfits of the week

Hey!

Before I bought my supercolours I had a brief conversation with a friend that went like this;

Friend: you can’t wear these everyday

Sosa: *dramatic hair flip* Watch me!

I’ve always wanted to do that. *ticks dramatic hair flick off bucket list*

I took up the challenge and wore my Ray Purple Supercolours everyday of the week (well, everyday that I had to go in to Uni).

*Student ID peeping through mesh Tee*

Colour can be a bit overwhelming sometimes, when I feel this way I like to play it safe and do a classic all black look. I like this look because it really shows off the shoes; its like black black black black then BOOM! POP OF COLOUR . 

I walked around for the whole day feeling like a modern day Star wars Jedi.

This is my ‘I’ve run out of poses’ pose

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Have you ever loved an item of clothing so much that you refuse to let it go even after it starts to rip apart? Yeah thats me and these Topshop Joni jeans. I’m in love with Joni jeans; best fit on high waisted pants ever. When mine started to rip at the back I decided it was time to own a new pair of ripped jeans; I completed the rip job.

Summary

Cloak- H&M, Mesh Top – Depop, Pants – Topshop (DIY Ripped), Sunglasses – Blitz Vintage store Brick Lane, Shoes – Adidas Supercolour.

Day 2 of my supercolour challenge was less black and more grey. I had on a simple cropped jumper from F.A.B apparel; a street wear brand by a friend of mine that hasn’t lunched yet but hopefully will do in the nearest future.

I fell off like two seconds after Madi took this photo 😦

Circle sunnies are it for me right now. I got these off new look recently and I am so obsessed, I love how big they are and the fact that they have a bit of a purple tint.

Summary

Sunglasses- New Look, Cropped hoodie- F.A.B apparel, Pants – asos, Hoop earrings – Select, shoes – Adidas supercolour.

Quick hair update:

My hair has morphed into this. I’m not entirely sure what to call it; Purplish, greenish, greyish blue?

It looks different depending on the lighting. I am SO glad it did this, I wake up in the morning and am startled at the fact that the front is now green. Madi and I are twinning now.

I am the human Eggplant 🍆

Anyways, back to the outfit. On the last day of my challenge I decided to ditch the greys and blacks and go more blue-ey (eventually I’ll be daring enough to try brighter colours, stay tuned!).

Summary

Denim Jacket- EastEnd Thrift store, Jersey shirt -Primark, Jeans – Gap (DIY Ripped), shoes – Adidas supercolour.

Shout out to Chantelle Hibbert for my Day 1 photos.

Thats all folks! Thank you for reading and see you next time.

Sosa

Whats your colour?

Hi Guys! Sosa here. In recent times I’ve been so aware of COLOUR, its as though I just discovered colour. Perfect timing for that as it is getting warm, flowers are blooming and there are leaves on trees. Leaves on trees = happy days. Perfect timing because Pharrell Williams (aka Bae), our first ever icon of the month and a man I look up to, has teamed up with  adidas to create the new adidas Supercolours. 50 different shades of the classic adidas superstar design but in fabulous block colours. This is a dream come true for many people and the Supercolours have made a wave that has swept through London like a hurricane on steroids. They’re amazing and they come with a message; ‘All colours are equal’, its an amazing way of celebrating equality through diversity; something I think the world is in great need of. So…whats your colour? PURPLE Purple, my childhood favourite colour has come back for me. I loved the colour when I younger but I didn’t really know why. Now that I’m older and I understand things better, I have figured it out. Purple is such a mysterious colour, it can be dark and happy depending on how its portrayed. A mix of red and blue; RED the colour of love and danger, BLUE the colour of the sea and sky; calming. Purple is versatile and can mean so much. Purple was the colour of royalty back in the day. Purple is the colour of a healing bruise. Purple is the colour of my hair right now 🙂 (with a bit of green) The most amazing thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago, the I AM OTHER instagram page liked MY photo of my purple super colours! (And you should too! Follow me on instagram – Heyitssosa ) That doesn’t happen everyday! I still am in shock about it but it is extremely encouraging and reassuring. Thats it for now folks, watch out for my ‘how I style my supercolours/outfits of the week’ post next week. Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and Tumblr for interesting stuff that don’t make it to the blog. Also, I’d love to hear what your Supercolour is and why so please leave me cool comments below. Bye! Xx

Windswept

EastLondon is a mysterious magical place when West London is all you’ve ever really known. It is almost like being transported to another world entirely. Who would of thought a city could change so much from one end to the other. We met at Pontoon Dock and shot in the Thames Barrier park. This was my first ever experience on A DLR! I stepped on board super excited because I read somewhere that sitting in the front is like being on a roller coaster. The windows are large and you can see the tracks in front! SO COOL! I traveled from Bank towards Lewisham zigzagging through the city, it felt like I was in one of those simulator rides. Once I arrived at the station I was hit with a massive gust of wind that was certainly an omen for how the rest of the day would go…WINDY!

Next most important thing to mention would be the fact that Sosa and I are now both rainbow unicorn mermaids with our hair! Probably one of the most exciting developments in world history.

    

Summary (Madi)

Skirt – The East End Thrift store 50p guys 50p Shirt – Old shirt found in my drawers that I painted on when I was 15 and going through a hippy phase Jacker- Farah Charity Shop Denim Shirt – Dillards

Ah yes..

Unicorn life is blissful! For some reason my hair only stayed completely purple for about a week; shortly after, it started turning grey/blueish and now green at certain parts. I have NO idea why but… I LOVE IT! Its safe to say that it has a mind of its own.

I went on a little girls night out with a couple of my friends and this is what I had on, I got a number of compliments so I decided to re-create the look for Mode Meseé.

I feel like if Sherlock Holmes was a black woman, this is what she’d look like … perhaps with less coloured hair.

          

I am fairly excited about it being spring; leaves on trees and blooming flowers = happy days. I’ve whipped out my handy trench coat; perfect for this weather and it makes me feel like Sherlock Holmes as a black woman, we all need one of those.

 

Summary

Turtleneck dress – Forever 21

Fur Collar – New Look

Silver Bangles – Primark

Trench Coat – Laura Petite

Stiletos – Asos

Massive thank you for reading and see you in our next post! Xx

– Sosa

Special Shout out to Keenan Joseph; our wonderful and talented photographer follow his instagram here

Somerset Violet

Heeeyyyy Guys!!

As you all probably know, London fashion week took place last week and I was able to make it on the last day to do some networking.

I love the atmosphere at Somerset House during Fashion week, its just so exhilarating and full of opportunity. As a matter of fact, it was at fashion week last year that Madison and I decided to collaborate and create Mode Meseé!

Anyway, on to the cool stuff..

First things first – I have officially joined the Unicorns! Violet Head Sosa at your service 😀

I’ll probably Blog about my DIY process on our beauty page next week. I had been DYING to have purple ages for a while now, literally (<— see what I did there?). I’ve decided that life is too short to be afraid to try; being experimental payed off for me in this case. Being a violet head has been pretty awesome so far.

Depop strikes again! A pop of colour added to my wardrobe;  this yellow flare skirt was a ‘YOLO’ buy for me. This is the only item I own that is yellow… or is it green? I cant really tell, I think I might be partly colour blind 😦

With my purple hair I decided to be daring and go for another bright colour, hence the yellow.

Random Sosa Fact : I love Rihanna, If you walk into my room right now you’ll be welcomed by a couple of stunning Rihanna posters.  

The top half of this outfit was inspired by Rihanna’s outfit in the music video for ‘Four Five seconds‘ ft Paul McCartney and Kanye West. I loved the styling for that entire music video.

Having an oversized denim shirt cinched in at the waist is genius! It creates a lovely feminine silhouette.

Don’t be deceived by all this luscious sunlight, it was relatively cold that day and I had on skin coloured tights to keep me from freezing. I’d been on the hunt for skin coloured tights in my shade for a really long time and I finally found the perfect pair; random buy from a random hair shop in woolwich.

Thats all folks!!

I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing. A big fat thank you to Eugenie MacDonald for the photography in this post.

See you next time! Xx

– Sosa

Summary

Sunglasses – Blitz Vintage store (Brick Lane)

Black turtleneck – Boohoo

Body chain – River Island

Denim shirt – East End Thrift store

Skirt – Depop (don’t forget to follow me on Depop – heyitssosa)

Boots – Forever 21

Hoop earrings – Arndale market Manchester

Purple belt – Somewhere in Nigeria 🙂