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The 20,000 Outfits WIWT Burrito Party

Yeah. Last week we partied. It wasn't so raucous that it's taken a week to recover and upload the photos, but it's been a bit of a whirlwind since the party and we haven't had much chance to breathe or, more importantly, blog.

So how does a fashion community celebrate reaching 20,000 outfit uploads?

With burritos! And cider! And cognac! And chocolate!

We've tried to carve ourselves out as the relatively 'normal' people in the world of fash-un, we know our palazzo from our capri but we also like carbs and booze. And we smile and stuff.

More than 100 shexsy WIWT-ers descended on London's best burrito joint last Monday - Chilango on Chancery Lane.

Chilango looked after us very well indeed - they proved what I already knew, that all you need to be happy is a DJ, guacamole, hot sauce and well dressed people.

An alarming number of attendees had NEVER had a burrito before, so it was quite the honour to indoctrinate them in the way of Chilango.

We had free flowing booze in the form of the ever so delicious pear and apple cider from Rekorderlig (you are all converted) and we had a truly scrummy punch that was more punchy than fruity thanks to our naughty friends at Courvoisier.

Suitably oiled and fed it's safe to say the night was a hoot. It was very weird (nice weird!) to see so many WIWTers in one room, it was literally like the website IN A REAL LIFE ROOM. Everyone was as gorgeous, lovely and immaculately turned out as you'd expect.

I was very proud indeed to see so many people there.

I also got lots of lovely cards and presents, so clearly I should hold events on my birthday more often. (Thank you for them!)

50 of our top users were lucky enough to get their manicured paws on our very limited edition goody bags which had treats from Cadbury (Bubbly is THE BEST), Boux Avenue, LOVE, Burt's Bees, Kleenex Cleanse, Compeed, iwhoretees and Chilango.

Pic stolen from Rosalilium

Here are some photos. There are more here thanks to the iwhore laydeez.

Thank you for playing!

More WIWT events soon...one is very soon actually. Watch this space!

xxx

Tan-tastic at Strip

Tans make us happy. I believe that anyway. I feel healthier when I have one and generally slimmer and more awesome. I suppose that's in part because you usually only get a tan when you're on holibob somewhere sunny...and obvs being on holiday is everyone's favouritest.

But self tanning/fake tanning products have become a huge industry, I don't have any stats because I haven't bothered to research it...but if you're a girl and you haven't ever used fake tan then I don't believe you.

A lot of people hate fake tan and stay away, fearing tell-tale streaks from applying it themselves or fearing the oompa-loompa orange look that would make even TOWIE extras tremble in horror.

I've used sunbeds in the past, but always feel guilty. It's not cool to use sunbeds knowing what we know about them. But spray tans I can get behind, they're pretty much guaranteed to be streak free (as you're not bloody doing it yourself) and if you have a decent therapist they can advise you on getting the right colour for your skintone/event. A few years ago spray tans could still be pretty dodge, but they've come on a lot in my opinion. They don't even smell that biscuity any more.

I went to my new favourite waxing chain - Strip - for a spray tan last week ahead of going to Manchester for WIWT party times.

They use a tan by South Seas and I'd never used it before but was suitably impressed. I was also intrigued by the fact you can have just a half body tan (£16) or just have your face, arms and shoulders done (£12). Whilst the weather isn't amazing (although it's trying to be today) I'd be very tempted by this cheapie face/arms option.

But I knew I was gonna be in a short skirt last weekend so went for a full body.

I was actually sprayed twice in two thin layers, which I've never had done before, rather than have one thick layer which can be more of a pain to dry.

I put loose dark clothing on after and headed home, avoiding showering til the next day which is where you wash off the guide colour and the tan that's developed underneath becomes evident.

My tan lines were impressive pretty quickly :)

And I was a lot darker than I expected (which is what I'd asked for, but didn't think would be achieved) and I LOVED how tanned I was for going out in Manc.

It has really lasted and faded nicely and relatively evenly, the only problem is where my bra wires sit...but that always rubs fake tan off first. The funny thing is that the tan looks more natural now when I'm nekkid as I have white bits a la a real sunbathing sun tan!

A few days on and I look a bit yellow in this towel pic, but that's the lighting!

And the tan lines were still really evident days later...

I tan very easily in the sun and am naturally quite dark (due to my disputed ethnic heritage) so I love, LOVE being tanned. Spray tans are addictive so I recommend them with caution, but Strip do currently have a 2 for 1 offer running til the end of March on their full body spray tans (usually £30 each) and you can buy 1 and give your free 1 to a mate, so that's quite cool.

I am trying to decide if I need another one before the party on Monday. Hmmm. HMMMMMMM.

You can't currently get spray tans at Strip's Chelsea salon, but you can at Soho, City (One New Change) and at Harvery Nichols in Bristol. Deets here.

All things shoes at London Fashion Weekend

Vodafone London Fashion Weekend may seem like a while ago now, but I'm certainly still thinking about all the shoes I saw there with Compeed.

And as my foot is currently taped up in most of the Compeed blister plaster range (don't ask - I'm bruised in flip flops and full of shame) I am certainly appreciating comfort and longing to be back in heels.

I saw SO MANY awesome pairs of heels at Vodafone London Fashion Weekend, it was kray kray.

Here I take you behind the scenes and interview the best dressed girls I could find, have a gander!

WIWT does Manchester

Manchester is WIWT's second biggest city (and our secret number one fave) so it made sense that for our first official WIWT meet-up, we got smashed there on porn star martinis.

It was raucous fun and effing hot to see so many girls wearing iwhore in one bar!

Our bar of choice that night? The Alchemist. Do work your way through their cocktail list if you're ever in that neck of the woods.

The iwhore gals took loads of pics which are up on FB here, but here are some of our faves...

A huge thank you to everyone who came and makes this website as awesome as it is, WIWT loves you xxx

P.S

excuse our drunkenness x

Wanna have a drink in Manchester this Saturday?

All WIWT users will have now been sent their WIWT party invite for the 20,000 outfit shindig that's taking place in London on March 19th, but we know London isn't the heart of everything...it really isn't! So we're gonna make an effort to travel a bit more around the country this year for community events....and hopefully that will include some exciting international playtime too!

It makes sense that this first little round of informal drinks (and maybe dancing?) takes place in WIWT's second city - MANCHESTER.

There's no fancy plan, as this is admittedly quite last minute!, but if you want me to buy you a drink (me being Poppy, I can't do this third person bollocks) and you're a WIWT fan in Manc then come out this Saturday - March 10th - and say hey.

The iwhoretees gang are also travelling up from London, so it should be a raucous eve.

I'm going to suggest we meet at The Alchemist at 7pm, but email me if you wanna come down and I'll make sure you get all the deets if anything changes etc etc. As it may do depending on numbers. All deets will obvs be on the WIWT Twitter account too if we move on to another bar and so on.

Like I said, it's informal, but come get some gin down your neck and celebrate all things fash-un and Manchestery. Meet your fellow WIWT users, bring some mates etc etc. I won't make you wear name tags. It'll be a laff.

So yeah, email me if you wanna keep in the loop on the Manc plans!

xxx

Win Polaroid Sunglasses

Yeah yeah, it's rainy in London today. But the sun WILL come out eventually...and our Australian friends are enjoying it already (as we keep seeing from their gorgeous sunny day outfits which we're not jealous of AT ALL).

So we're giving away a pair of super stylish Polaroid sunglasses. Yey!

We let you choose which Heritage style we should give away from two pairs (as modelled by, errr, me)....

And your tweets showed a clear winner, the retro cat eye pair! This frame - 'Marilyn' - has been re-released as part of Polaroid's 75th anniversary Heritage Collection...that's a long time they've been making sunnies. And yes, this design was orginally released in the 1950s!

So! For a chance to win this fabby pair just retweet this tweet by 1pm tomorrow (GMT - Thursday 8th of March 2012) and make sure you're following @WIWT and @PolaroidSun on Twitter. We'll announce the random winner tomorrow at 1pm.

Good luck!

xxx

The winners of the VVIP Competition

Our friends at Vodafone VIP kindly gave us three of the much sought after Mulberry London Fashion Week goodie bags for a comp here on WIWT. And if that wasn't good enough, they chucked a £500 Jaeger voucher into each one. Amazing, huh?

Understandably, you wanted the prizes! We had loads of #VVIP tweets and 260 outfits were entered into the comp.

But who won?

Most Starred (at midnight on March 5th 2012)

It's JennyW

Editor's Fave (chosen by me - Poppy - couldn't choose myself sadly)

It's Ailbhe in a dress I can't believe is from Primark!

Random Lucky Choice (chosen by random.org)

It's MissLee

Congrats ladies! I'll be in touch later today asking for your postal address - you'll have to upload your Jaeger outfits so we can all envy you!

Thanks everyone for entering :)

xxx

Wondering why Vodafone VIP are being so kind to us WIWT lot? Well Vodafone VIP is all about rewards. All Vodafone customers can sign up to Vodafone VIP to access exclusive offers and competitions across fashion, festivals and Formula 1. It's their way of giving something back to their customers.

Win one of three Mulberry LFW goodie bags - each stuffed with a £500 Jaeger voucher!

Enter by uploading an outfit and tagging it 'A VVIP Competition Entry'.

As you are probably well aware from my tweets, videos and blog posts, I've just had an AMAZING time at London Fashion Week thanks to our fashion forward friends at Vodafone VIP.

But whilst we may be back to 'normal clothes' and hanging around in places that aren't exclusively Somerset House, the LFW love needn't be over just yet. Not when there's prizes to be had!

Our friends at Vodafone VIP have kindly given us three of the much sought after Mulberry London Fashion Week goodie bags (I think they're one of the best designs yet)... and if they're not a good enough prize for ya, they've chucked a £500 Jaeger voucher into each one. Amazing, huh?

And yes, this is a prize boys can enjoy too. Jaeger menswear is beyond hot.

To win one of these THREE amazing prizes, you just have to upload an outfit to WIWT and tag it as 'A VVIP Competition Entry' (you'll find that tag at the top of the drop down choice of situation tags).

One winner will be drawn at random from ALL the entries, one winner will be the outfit with the most gold stars and the final winner will be the outfit that the WIWT team deem to be the most stylin'.

You have until midnight on Monday the 5th of March to enter and you can enter every day if you wish! Ya know, if you want to up your chances and all. If you tweet a link to your outfit and include the #VVIP hashtag then you'll also get an extra name in the hat.

The small but important small print

We will only accept entries uploaded between Tuesday the 28th of February 2012 and 11.59 pm on Monday the 5th of March 2012. The person with the most gold stars at 11.59 pm on Monday the 5th of March will be deemed one of the winners, if there is a tie then the WIWT team will choose their favourite outfit from the two (or more) tied outfits and choose the winner this way. The same user cannot win more than one prize, so the top outfit in terms of stars and the top outfit in terms of style (as judged by the WIWT editorial team) will not be entered into the random prize draw. There is no cash alternative to the prize. The winners will be announced on the blog and via email (using the email address they registered with). The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to.

Unstoppable with Compeed at Vodafone London Fashion Weekend

LFW may be over but Vodafone London Fashion Weekend has officially begun. I was at the Vodafone VIP launch last night with Tinchy Stryder and I'll be uploading pics and video from that over the weekend, but the main thing you need to know is that LFWEnd is officially open and officially AWESEOME.

I'll be working with Compeed (my shoe saviours) in The Shoe Studio all day today, so do come and say hi! There are TEN designers showcasing their shoes in The Shoe Studio so come and rest your feet, have some champagne (natch) and have a gossip with me about all things fashionable footwear.

I am very excited and will be doing lots of filming so hope to share the videos with you soon.

The only difficult thing now is choosing which shoes to wear!