DUME DUME Part 1

Let's get straight into this and talk about this amazing label Dume Dume!

We recently came across some of their beautiful pieces on Asos Marketplace. They were so inspiring and the models looked so beautiful and natural! We were so inspired that we wanted to be part of this empowering movement. Dume Dume is passionate about women and introducing diversity which is a great ethic to have which we feel a lot of brands lack as they normally go for models with the same look.

Jacqueline Ntephe is the Creative Director and Designer of Dume Dume. She has done an amazing job and continues to inspire with her unique sophisticated, Nigerian inspired pieces.

This is Part 1 of our collaboration with Dume Dume and we decided to combine two outfit choices in one post just to give some diversity with looks.

It's time to let the photos do the talking!

Which look would you rock?

Dress: Red Velvet Halter Dress

Turtle Neck: One Boutique

Glasses: Depop

Shoes: Public Desire

Top: My Lips T-Shirt (Coming Soon)

Skirt: Missguided

Shoes: Missguided

One Year Hairversary Giveaway!!!!

CELEBRATIONS ALL ROUND!!!!

It has officially been a year since I started my Natural Short Hair Journey and I have never been so happy and confident.

September 2016 I looked in the mirror and noticed how thin my hair was. It was a mess! And I was so distraught because previously I had made a conscious effort to have healthier hair and my hair was gaining length. I got to know my hair a lot in 2016 and figured out what it liked and didn't like.

Now, I have always wanted to cut my hair but was too chicken to do it. This time last year, I was going through a lot and I was beyond the point of caring. Hair was hair. It will grow back. The way I saw it was if I cut my hair, would that make me any less of a woman? Would that magically make me a bad person? Undesirable to society's standards?

NO!

I ended up doing a lot of research and came across Cut Throat London salon in Peckham, called them, booked and appointment, showed up and VOILA! Haircut A LA FLEEK!

If you would like to find out more about my experience, I did a post called 'BRUH MY FADE IS BETTER THAN YOURS'

A year on I feel more empowered, confident and beautiful because I defined my own standard of beauty!

NOW I AM GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO DEFINE YOUR OWN UNIQUE BEAUTY!

Clothes Over People has decided to team up with Cut Throat London Salon to give one lucky winner a free haircut at their Peckham or newly opened salon in Brixton.

You will also receive a gift box full of my fave hair products.

This giveaway is for any and everyone, whether you are just looking for a new do or starting a healthy hair journey. Confidence is key!

What's the catch?

• You have to follow both @clxthesoverpeople and @cutthroatlondon on Instagram.
• Comment your Instagram username (via Rafflecopter app below)
• Leave a comment on the bottom of this blog post explaining Why have you chosen to go on a Healthy Hair Journey?
• FOR EXTRA POINTS YOU CAN REPOST THE GIVEAWAY POST ON MY INSTAGRAM (this is optional)

Can't wait to choose a winner! 

Your journey starts below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Bad&Boujee

If this post doesn't scream *BAD&BOUJEE* to you, I don't know what will. All I know is a "Bad Chick" doesn't have to have a PHAT ASS, SLIM WAIST, WEAR REVEALING CLOTHES, NAILS DONE, HAIR DONE, EVERYTHING DONE....Sometimes it's just a good woman with great dress sense ;)

Disclaimer: there is nothing wrong with the above qualities but there is no set definition for that term

Women come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and WE need to start embracing that because if we body shame ourselves and fellow females, we are giving males permission to body shame us even more. 

Think about it SIS!

Outfit Deets:

We decided to do a lot of Colour Blocking with our outfits this summer. Co-ordinates are great and making your own co-ordinates is even more fun. Try it!

We recently went Thrift Shopping in East End Thrift Store and Tarina got her hands on this bomb red vintage Bomber Jacket and that set the tone for her whole outfit. She paired the look with a Bikini Top she got from Missguided last year and a bodycon skirt from Primark that she got from my hand me downs.

What staples this look are these sick red tinted glasses from Asos, the shape of the frames are just....Boujee. And there you have it, Bad & Boujee.

Does it look like she was left off  Bad & Boujee?

Jacket - East End Thrift Store

Bikini Top - Missguided

Skirt- Primark

Shoes - River Island

Glasses - Asos

Blue Ivy

Hello Beautiful people! 

Welcome to the post that is Blue Ivy! I will be doing a lot of vintage streetwear over the duration of this month. Can you believe we are in August already and summer is nearly over?! Let's make the most of it and express our style however we want to!

As we all know, track pants/jogging bottoms ESPECIALLY the popper/snap off ones are a massive summer trend right now. You loyal readers are also already aware I (Thanai) choose comfortability over fashion anyday so the opportunity to be lazy but look fabulous is something I can't miss. I got these Navy Adidas Three Stripe Popper Track Pants from an amazing seller on Depop called Leanne Kirby and I absolutely loved them when I got them. Go check her out guys!

I stole some style tips from Kim Kardashian when she wore a pair of old skool Adidas joggers with a lace body. Now I am a big fan of  colour and co-ordination and also wanted to be different so I paired my joggers with an old bralet I got from Missguided ages ago. The two worked a treat and gave a sexy sporty type look...."get you a girl that can do both" they say!

To accessorize, I added two chains I got from Dixie Graze. I always buy my jewellery from there as Hanna always has some beautiful pieces. I also threw on some hooped earrings, and anklet and blue tinted glasses from LaModa(all stolen from my sister's wardrobe). Last but not least, I rounded off the outfit with some heighty flatforms just to elongate my legs as flared or wide leg trousers tend to drown me out and make me look really stocky.

I hope you enjoyed this post, please continue to follow us and interact with us on social media. Share, like, comment!

Have a lovely day guys! xxx

iSSA ViBE

ISSA VIBE, ISSA VIBE, ISSA VIBE. Oh it's a Vibe, yeah yeah!

Your favourite Bald Head Scallywag is back and ready to give you the slayage of the summer..with no hair! ISSA Look!

We have as a collective neglected the blog for a little while and we apologise as we have had a lot of things to sort however, we are back and better with a lot more diverse content. We would love to have you guys feedback on whether you like the blog and reading the content or would your prefer just pictures and videos? Should we stick to just Instagram and maybe bump up our content on Twitter also? Leave us a comment below as this is for you guys, our lovely readers.

Now...ISSA DEETS (can't stop saying ISSA).

I found two cute Shirred Bardot Tops from Pull&Bear on Asos. One in white and another in yellow and I just had to get them! I specifically love them because of the frilly sleeves and they just gave me Rihanna vibes from the Wild Thoughts video. Fun fact: the material is stretch yet compact so you can wear it with no bra and not have to worry about gravity tryna ruin your life. Amen.

I paired the top with some Chiffon type material culottes with frills at the end that I got from Missguided. Let me tell you...these trousers are comfy and free. Perfect for summer. I then paired the look with something a lil different/ unpredictable/ unorthodox...yes, I paired it with nude croc print heels to give the look an edgier side.

For the shoot, we threw in some plants (they are real and they ARE my babies) and did the Damn Thanggg on the balcony and....

ISSA VIBE!

Hope you guys like this outfit/vibe! More to come! Don't forget to follow us specifically on the Gram, link in sidebar.

Until next time xx

The Color Purple

And now...for the most anticipated post of the blog.....

*drum rolls*

Here is The Color Purple!!!!

*crowd goes wild* *screams*

Welcome back to the Clothes Over People blog guys. We have had such great reactions on our instagram about this outfit and we must say, we are feeling the love most definitely so thank you all.

Let's get into the deets!

Tarina decided to go for a 70s disco inspired look. Yes, we're talking bell bottoms, flares, afros, bright colors & everything disco! Ready for Soul Train!

The Lilac/Purple tones gave the outfit a nice dynamic as well of the mixture of textures featuring Knitwear and Satin. The knitwear was layered well as there is always that risk of  unwanted bulging when tucking any type of top into trousers with a thin material. Tarina executed this seamlessly!

LaModa, the plug for all accessories! Both earrings and sunnies are from this fire brand. They brought the outfit together perfectly without overpowering the look.

We hope you guys enjoyed this post! Don't forget to follow us on our social media platforms.

Until next time xxxx

Jumper: Asos

Satin Trousers: Missy Empire

Shoes: Asos

Glasses: LaModa

Nightride

Hey everyone,

I'm really excited to share this post today. A lot of the shoots we try to do and share, although mainly focusing on style, does try to highlight a lot of different aspects e.g. beauty, hair, lighting, photography and editing to name a few. I want every picture we take and every outfit we show you to be different, not just me walking down the same street with different clothes. Every outfit I put together for the blog shows a different aspect of my personality and tells a different story, therefore I want the pictures we show you to represent those differences.

So without any further ado, lets get into this outfit post. The Dungaree dress I'm wearing in this shoot is from a brand called 'Daisy Street' -which I'm slowly falling in love with. I love this this dress mostly because of the little slogan near the bottom that says 'Sorry I'm Late, I didn't want to come'. I think its so funny and absolutely 100% true when it comes to me. I paired this look with a black cap and one of my new favourite lip creams from Nyx in the shade 'Moscow' which is a really dark blue.

Top: Asos

Dress: Daisy Street

Shoes: Missy Empire

Hat: Asos

Dark Florals

Hey everyone!

This is our first post of the year so yayyy! We've made it through another year and we will definitely continue to bring you guys great outfit and beauty posts this year.

Hopefully this year we'll be bringing you guys more high quality photos on a regular basis and maybe even a new website...? Recently I've gotten back into using photoshop so I'm hoping that some editing will help our photos to look better on screen, however we're not really about that over editing life so although we will touch up and add filters and effects we're still gonna be keeping our real bodies and faces so don't expect to see any Nicki Minaj butts or Kylie Jenner lips anytime soon! 

Anyway I hope you've all had a great start to the year and are planning some exciting things for the year to come!

Onto the actual outfit post now...

Many of you will recall a few posts back we talked about some winter trends we saw at London Fashion Weekend that we loved. One of those trends was dark florals which my jacket really embodied so I decided to make it my statement piece for this look. The rest of my outfit was pretty minimal with a black and white colour scheme so not to draw too much attention away from the jacket. I also love a white shirt as it can easily be dressed up or down and they're so many styles to play with. This shirt particularly stood out for me because of the embroidered collar which I thought was really cute! 

Cutie Pie Shirt - Daisy Street via Asos

Jacket - Missguided

Jeans - Missguided

Shoes - Public Desire