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When I'm researching posts for my blog, or for British Style Bloggers, one of the first things that I always do is search my "buzz word" on We Heart It, because visual inspiration is so much more wonderful; a picture, after all, is worth 1000 words. One of the first things I noticed, then, was the prominence of the Paramore lyric "she lives in a fairytale", from the song Brick By Boring Brick... which lead me to research the message behind the song, in case it might happen to inspire me... which it did.

Now, what Brick By Boring Brick teaches us is that, no matter what happens, you can't let your fairytale dreams run away with you; you can't believe in that... because it just won't happen. Until recently, I'd have shut up, nodded, and accepted that; I've never been the "fairytale endings" kind of girl, and as the person whom the phrase "once bitten, twice shy" was invented for, I've never really held much esteem by the idea of "true love", either - despite my love of romance novels (that's romance novels, mother, not smut), and rom-coms, and all of those kinds of things...

Lately, though, some things that some people have said, and one particular song, and one wonderful book, and a fan-fiction story (I know, I know; sorry!) have changed all of that. They've made me realise that fairytales can happen in reality... but that you have to make them happen, and that you have to fight off the evil-doers yourself. A fairytale, in the traditional sense, is a boring old moral tale; a fairytale, in the modern sense, is a life lived to its fullest, with dreams achieved and bad times overcome with the help of the people you choose to share it with...

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And, as this is, after all, supposed to be a style website, what better way to get your very own fairytale started than to dress like you belong in one? All that tafetta might not quite be your style - it's not mine! - but, let's face it, the princesses always look the most beautiful because they have the truly beautiful clothes to show themselves off...

Everyone deserves a fairytale, so now, live yours; be a Princess for a day...

- have the most beautiful dress, and jewels, and tiara...
- have your glass slippers, because you SHALL go to the ball
- have true love, everlasting, if only on a ring
- have the prettiest scent from the coolest designer
- and make sure you have your red apple with you, so that you can beat every wicked witch who comes your way at her own game!

...and they all lived happily ever after!

LoveLoveLove

- Amy -

PS - the set embedded above is my submissions for Gala Darling's birthday competition