Irregular Choice X Cinderella

The newest collection released by Irregular Choice, a unique and innovative shoe/accessory brand was a Cinderella collection! The collections that Irregular choice have made previously to this one, in collaboration with Disney, are the Alice in Wonderland and the Stsr Wars collections. These are both amazing collections that are completely gorgeous but I decided that the Cinderella collection would contain the first Irregular Choice shoe I would be purchasing. Generally these are quite expensive purchases which is the main reason I've not gotten any pairs before but after seeing this collection being released I decided to save up for a pair. 

On release day I decided that I would go up into London to see if I could get a pair I store rather than online, I have weird feet (tmi) and my shoe size varies from brand to brand so I decided that my best bet at getting a pair of the shoes (that would fit) would be going in store. Originally I was going to go to the actual irregular choice store but intend I decided on going into Schuh once I saw they had the majority of the collection in store on passing, including the pair I wanted in particular. The staff in Schuh were lovely and couldn't do enough for me! I was able to try on a different pair of irregular Choice shoes to find out what my size would be and they even went to find out if they had my size in the new Cinderella collection which was lovely of them! If you're ever in Oxford street I highly recommend the Oxford Circus store. However I wasn't allowed to purchase my pair until 12 midday as it was a new collection.

The display they had in the window at Schuh was a lovely one and it is what initially let me know that they had the shoes in store as we passed by.

The pair I decided on getting was Lucifer & Gus which was actually my favourite pair, as much as I thought the heels were gorgeous too I am not one for walking in heels, or even standing in heels..so I decided a pair of flats was the best option! In my opinion these shoes are absolutely amazing, the detail on them is fantastic and the soles are even a work of art, I've been purchased a set of adhesives from Irregular Choice to stop them scuffing. These shoes were £115 which is a lot of money it they are amazing, I feel like I'm hooked now. I just want to stare at them all day! 

Did you manage to get anything from the collection? If so what did you get? Also if you like Irregular Choice what Disney Themed collection would you want to see next? I'm hoping for an Aristocats collection!

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TTFN 

Lauren 

Where there is kindness, there is goodness...

On the 27th of March I went to see the new live-action Cinderella film that Disney have come out with. Now there had been a lot of hype around the film which made me pretty skeptical about it as usually, hyped up things tend to not be as good as they're made out to be however, Cinderella was absolutely magical!

Now, most of us know the story of Cinderella, the girl who is made into a scullery maid by three women who need to work on their personalities. I am a Disney fan through and through so I thought that the film would be no where near as good as its cartoon predecessor but I'm happy to say it was an incredibly beautiful film and lived up to all the hype that was surrounding it.

The film in total was absolutely beautiful and the cinematography was absolutely insane, the beautiful colours and costumes were cartoon like in themselves with the contrast high the whole film caught my attention. Credit to Kenneth Branagh who did an amazing job with a fairytale so beloved by so many disney fans and many others all alike. The music that is used within the film is just beautiful and fit the film perfectly, Patrick Doyle composed the pieces of music perfectly and it gave the film such a nostalgic feel to it as it definitely took inspiration from the 1950 classic. Doyle, who is famous for doing soundtracks for films such as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has worked with Disney before on the 2012 Pixar animation Brave. He handled the whole of the soundtrack well and the addition of Lily James (Cinderella) singing 'A Dream is a Wish' on the soundtrack made me tear up.

Through the opening 20 minutes of the film I didn't stop crying, even though I knew everything that was about to happen the way it was acted and shot made it 10 times more emotional and I had to try and stop myself from sobbing throughout the whole film. I'm an emotional wreck throughout most Disney films and this one certainly didn't disappoint in that department.

Lily James as Cinderella was such a perfect choice and I couldn't think of someone that could do a better job, the fact she isn't a Hollywood starlet made her more endeering as a character as most people hadn't seen her in much before, other that her most famous role in Downton Abbey. The way she played out 'Ella's' innocence was lovely and how she killed her enemies with kindness was something that made her a very endeering character.

Richard Madden who played 'Kit' or 'Prince Charming' as hes more commonly known was certainly charming. He gave more depth to his character than I can say the cartoon Charming did. Best known for his role as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones Richard Madden shows his variety of being able to play a more regal Prince that the 'King in the North'

Now, Helena Bonham Carter is more well known for her darker characters and using her 'magic' for evil as she does with Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series, yet she fits the role of  'Fairy Godmother' surprisingly well and although the song 'Bibidi Bobidi Boo' wasn't used for the 'creating the coach' scene I feel like this was the next best thing with her natural humour coming out in the character.

Kate Blanchette was a wonderfully wicked Evil Stepmother and I feel as though the way she played the Step-Mother was very similar to how Glenn Close played Cruella De Vil in the live action version of 101 Dalmations. The way she degrades 'Ella' in an indirect way is more scalding that if it were direct because Ellas kindness even prevents her from seeing the most obvious of evils in the beginning of the film.

The supporting cast including Derek Jacobi, Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera brought the film to life and the twist including the Grand Duke and the Step-mother was something I didn't expect and also gave the film a slight twist to the cartoon couterpart.

Overall, the film was what Disney does best, absolutely magical. I defy anyone, whether you're an Adult, Teenager, Parent, Grandparent, to not feel the magic in the room as Cinderella's tattered dress magically transforms into a ballgown. I highly recommend this to anyone with children and also just...anyone! Anyone that wants to escape into a fantasy of beautiful colours and a classic fairytale for just under 2 hours then this is your film!

PS - Follow me on Instagram! I post there more frequently and love sharing Disney stuff with likeminded people!! My Instagram is @shereallyisafunnygirl

Also, have you seen Cinderella? If so, what did you think? I'd love to hear peoples opinions!

TTFN

Lauren
xx