I’ve been prepping my outfits for my birthday trip to New York, with Mango and Zara being my first point of call. If I am ever stuck for new outfits then these are my two favourite high street retailers to go shopping at first. Despite the above photo including a sassy pair of Miu Miu dupe shoes – that you can get here for  £24.99 – and my Gucci belt. The t-shirt and earrings taking centre stage in this shot I took for my Instagram – follow me here @lurchhoundloves – are from Mango.

I filmed a haul at the weekend ft my new in items from Mango & Zara with a styling section trying them on. You can watch the video here or in the embed below.

To shop items in the video, view the description box on the video’s YouTube page here.

On a more personal level, I don’t know about any other bloggers new to YouTube, but I am still finding my feet and tend to find I suddenly feel tense when I hit record on my camera. So, in my latest video above I have tried to be more relaxed, at ease and myself. So hopefully my personality can come through in my future uploads. I also find that fashion videos work best and are what I enjoy filming the most: don’t you? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated and if you noticed a difference!

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