Heya! 

So I am back again for my weekly post. This time it is all about the clothes show. So some of you may already know I went to the clothes show in Birmingham. There are actually a couple of posts I want to do on it so I may be back more than once this week! Anyway for those of you who don’t know the clothes show it is held in Birmingham at the NEC and it is on for around a week. It has been running for many years and is a place where you have a chance to do lots of shopping but also get to attend catwalk shows and find out all about fashion.

So let’s get started. Firstly I would like to say I had a really great day! I’ve been going to the clothes show for the past five years roughly, so I’m very familiar with how it works. Because of this I got there really early so I could go in as soon as it first opens and do my hardcore shopping whilst no one is around and avoid the hassle.  I had premium tickets which basically mean you get better seats for the show and a free goodie bag. I went straight to pick up my goodie bag. This year the goodie bag came in a tote bag (which if you know me you will understand that I was super excited about this)! Anyway inside our goodie bag there was lots of free bees, such as makeup samples, magazines, chocolates, and all sorts. I then did a spot of shopping. I won’t go into what I got because let’s just say there was rather a lot. So instead I’ll let you know all about that in a separate blog post in a I guess a kind of clothes show haul you could say.

Anyway what I will tell you about is the kind of thing that is at the clothes show. So firstly there are lots and lots of different brands all in a display hall set up just for you to shop. Some of these are independant brands which are not very well known and some are very well known. There is a variety of stalls to suit everyone ranging from vintage, beauty, designer and market fashion.  Some of the more well known brands that were there this year included Barry M, Rimmel, Lee Stafford, Pringle, Religion, Glamorous, and ASOS as well as many, many, more. It’s not only a great place to shop becasause all of the stores in one place but also there are fantastic promotions and offers which mean you get loads of bargains and even free bees! I mean who doesn’t love a freebee? But I’ll get onto the kind of deals I managed to grab myself in my other post!

At the clothes show in and around all the stalls there are also lots of smaller catwalk shows, master classes, talks and workshops being held. This year there was fashion gradates work being displayed on the image catwalk as well as fashion talks from industry pros such as Hillary Alexander. One of the workshops I attended this year which I really loved was run by the Fashion and Textiles Museum in collaboration with Liberty. Here you had the opportunity to be taught and make a flower broach and collar made out of Liberty fabric. Oh my gosh the Liberty fabric was of course heavenly! But not only this workshop was really helpful and the people were super lovely. I have been going to the clothes show for years but have never really had the chance or been aware majorly of the workshops, but if you are going to the clothes show not just for leisure and to shop but you do genuinely love fashion or textiles I would defiantly recommend attending a workshop they were all brilliant and free!

Now onto the main catwalk show. This was held in the NEC still but in a separate area to the shopping which was set up with chairs and staging etc. The main performance is a fashion and dance show. They first showed current trends and then went on to the high end fashion and had a theme for each walk. Personally my favourite theme was rebel because the clothes in this one were bright and daring kind of what I love in fashion to be honest. The fashion show overall was very good and after this was finished I grabbed a spot of lunch as they also have a huge food hall at the clothes show which is very confident. I then went back to the main hall to do even more shopping.

I also forgot to add if you’re a celebrity fan then the clothes show is also the place for you! There is lots of celebrities promoting their brand and whilst doing this they hold lots of signings and appear lots presenting the catwalks and there is a lot of opportunity to meet them if this is something you are interested in. The celebrities differ each year, but this year some of the big names were Ella Eyre, Charlie XCX, Joey Essex, Charlotte Crosby and Binky.

 As well as celebrities, shopping and workshops there is also a lot of added things to make your day extra special, for example fun photo booths so you can remember your day!

Overall the clothes show was super great, although this year I felt like it was smaller than normal but never the less it was still good. It’s a great day out. But if you haven’t been before and are thinking about going then I defiantly recommend you start saving your pennies because if you are a shopaholic like me then you just won’t be able to resist!

I’ll be back soon with another blog post on more details about what I brought if you would like to also hear more about anything about the clothes show imparcialr then let me know in the comments. Thank you all for reading hope you have all had a fab week!

 I’m actually starting to feel quite chrimasy and I hope to be doing a lot more posts in the holidays so I’m looking forward to that! Anyway thanks for reading! I’ll be back soon!

Jodie x