UEA - My Life

I consider myself a real 'home girl', they say the home is where the heart is and I like to think that I have accumulated a few homes over the years. My true home is in Reigate, Surrey, just outside of London with my wonderful family although currently I am living in Paris studying and working on my magazine. My main base for blogging however is neither of these two gorgeous areas, it is instead the lovely city of Norwich!

 I go to university at UEA in Norwich in the east of England and it really has became a second home to me. Most of the blog posts I write will be from Norwich as it is where i am based in term time. I have previously lived in Halls of residence on campus which are built in huge glass pyramids but next year I will be moving into a gorgeous house with my classmates.

For now, I just wanted to introduce you to my blogging home.

Welcome to my second home...the home that I will be writing from...

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The creation of Gibson Girl

#Gibson

Hey everyone and welcome to my blog, Gibson Girl.

My name is Jen and I am a 22 year old student, writer and style enthusiast. I am probably as British as they come, I drink English tea in cups and saucers all day long, say 'bloody brilliant' on a daily basis and LOVE the royals (especially Harry), but more of that later. I am in my final year of university at UEA, England where I study French with International Development. I have many homes, my real home is just outside of London, my university home is in Norwich, but for the last year I have been living just outside of Paris on my year abroad where I created and became editor in chief of my first ever magazine, The YA Handbook.

It has been my dream and ambition from a young age to become a magazine editor. ALL magazines fascinate me but my favourites are those that concentrate on fashion, home-ware and travel. I have been fortunate enough to have had a number of internships and experience in that sector but you can never have too much experience so this blog is really another place for me to write, share my magazine journey and blog about my thoughts on beauty, fashion and lifestyle, here in Paris or at home in London.

I named my blog 'Gibson Girl' after the beautiful Gibson Girl illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson that were even featured on Vogue in the Belle Epoque, they represented beauty, femininity, class, style and allure. 

A Gibson Girl - 'The personification of the feminine ideal of beauty'

The aspect of the Gibson Girl image that inspires me in day to day life and that has motivated me to create this blog is style. The Gibson Girl style is timeless, classic and always elegant and reminds us that style is always constant.

'Fashion passes, style remains' Coco Chanel

My friends have often referred to me as a Gibson Girl, this may be partly due to the fact that my hair is constantly in an elaborate, high topknot but mostly because I believe that style and elegance are the only aspects of beauty that never fade and that no matter your size, age, looks etc you can always have elegance and style and you can always be beautiful.

So stay tuned for blog updates and thank you so much for taking the time to read my little old blog.
Love,

Your Gibson Girl

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