My 2016 Fashion Blogger Bloopers and Outtakes

Drum roll please: It’s the annual Not Dressed As Lamb fashion blogger bloopers and outtakes post, featuring the very worst (rather than the very best) of my blog!

And before I forget: Happy New Year, you lovely lot…!

It may be only once a year but I love this post above all others, usually because I sit laughing my head off whilst writing it (and yes, I know that’s pretty much like laughing at your own jokes but I do that too, so I guess I’m allowed).

As always you will see that fashion bloggers – or at least definitely not this fashion blogger – are not the elegant, sophisticated, photogenic creatures you think they are… I couldn’t be further from that description, judging by these pictures.

I’m mostly pulling hideous faces, or gurning, or standing in the most unflattering way, or battling bad weather – or all of the above. I have the usual photobombers who try to outdo themselves each year. All in all I think it’s safe to say this was a vintage year for Not Dressed As Lamb: I may have won a blogging award in 2016 but they didn’t see the hard work I put into getting these bloopers just right for your entertainment each year. My dedication amazes even me 😉

Be warned: This is a photo-heavy post (32 bloopers!), but boy are they worth it – like any Marvel film you have to stick around right till the very end…

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1. The one where the wind was being an a***hole

All fashion bloggers know this: The wind is an a***hole. It’s official. Original post >>

2. The one where I got my groove on

I think I was in my own little world, playing funky music in my head whilst waiting for my cue to pose. Original post >>

3. The one where my hair looked like horns

Told you the wind is an a***hole. I’m supposed to have a fringe in this picture, not a quiff. Original post >>

4. The one where my five-year-old great nephew made me laugh

This happens several times a year – because of his devotion to his great uncle (my husband), he’ll insist on accompanying us on a photo shoot with us when he’s around. He ended up wanting to do some leaping shots with me so we usually do a set of those just for him. Bless 😍 Original post >>

5. The one where I’d lost my teeth

I was so annoyed when I got to the location and realised my teeth were still in the glass of water next to the bed…! 😜 I really don’t know what’s happening here except for that pesky wind rearing its ugly head again – it’s the only explanation for that look of pain on my face. Original post >>

6. The one where the wind changed and my face stayed like it

If your mother ever told you not to pull faces because the wind will change and your face will stay like it, she was right. My face stayed like that over the course of three photo shoots (proof coming up). More evidence to show the wind’s tendency to be an a***hole. Original post >>

7. The one where a stone got me in the rear

Trying to find a comfy spot on that pebble beach was not an easy task – more than one pointy stone got me in the jacksy. Original post >>

8. The one where I thought I was in West Side Story

Give me a large empty space between some industrial units and I’m dancing like the Jets and the Sharks are going out of fashion (which, of course, they never will). Original post >>

9. The one where my hair did an impression of a helicopter

My hair often has a life of its own – here my bob is demonstrating its aeronautical capabilities. Original post >>

10. The one where I was really, really fed up with the weather

Not sure I could look any more miserable than I did here. Windy, raining, cold. Roll on summer. Original post >>

11. The one where the husband told me to try some new poses

Apparently my poses were becoming a bit “samey”, so I tried some new ones. Cara Delevingne had better watch out, her job is at risk. Original post >>

12. The one where I’m NOT saying what you think I’m saying

Hand on heart, this is NOT what it looks like. We were discussing the camera’s aperture settings, and I was shouting “f2! You need f2!” Honestly…! Original post >>

13. The one where I had to Photoshop out a couple of things

Although I don’t use Photoshop to ‘alter’ my appearance per se, there are occasionally times that those rules have to be broken. Let’s just say I was shooting a Spring outfit in February/March and I was freezing. Original post >>

14. The one where my finger got stuck in my ear

Why is it when you get an itchy ear you can’t scratch it without pulling a face at the same time? Original post >>

15. The one where I took “Look surprised!” too far

Drama was never my strong point. Subtle as a brick, me. Original post >>

16. The one where I really wanted to finish and go home

My face says it all: I’m cold, I’m wet, I’m fed up, I want to go home. No more “one last shot”, thank you very much. Original post >>

17. The one where I confirmed I was okay

Yep, my enthusiasm knows no bounds. (There’s that face again when the wind changed.) Original post >>

18. The one where the midges were trying to kill me

I’m at a wedding, I’m all dressed up, I’m even wearing a hat(ish), and the damn midges won’t leave me alone to do a quick photo shoot. I already looked weird to most of the guests who were looking over (why does she get her own photo shoot as well as the bride)? – this didn’t help. Original post >>

19. The one where I defied gravity

I have no idea how I managed to look like I was leaning this far over. And yes, I did eventually fall over. Original post >>

20. The one where I didn’t see the cat photobombing the picture

This lump of gorgeous feline fluffiness is the cat that visits my husband’s place of work, otherwise known (to me) as his “work wife”. She’s determined to monopolise his attention the whole time. Original post >>

21. The one where I tried a new style of walking

This photo shoot turned out to be a bit of a diamond where outtakes were concerned: We decided we were bored with my usual “walking across the frame” shot so I tried something different. Continuous shooting was made for creating GIFs, right? Original post >>

22. The one where I just didn’t know

I don’t know what I didn’t know here. Except I do know that the wind had made my face stick for a third time. Original post >>

23. The one where the stinging nettles got me

Stinging nettles, brambles, they all got me that day. I’m just amazed I didn’t fall head-first into them, I’m that clumsy. Original post >>

24. The one where the wind was REALLY scaring me

This one makes me laugh… You know when the weather is so horrible it just makes you go What the WHAT at it? That. Original post >>

25. The one where I felt something stuck in my teeth

Ooh, I looked so glamorous. And then I felt some food leftover from lunch in my teeth: Not so glamorous. Original post >>

26. The one where I was helping the husband with his focusing

I was really trying to help, honestly. Look at the concentration on my face. Original post >>

27. The one where my feet looked ridiculous

I have to be careful when photographing these ghillie shoes so that they don’t look like long weird clown shoes or pied piper shoes (😱). In other words, don’t stand like this. Original post >>

28. The one where my nieces thought they’d do lunges in their slippers

As I always say to friends and family: If you don’t want to be in my annual bloopers and outtakes post, don’t photobomb the picture. Unfortunately it’s now backfired and it’s their aim to actually get on the blog on January 1st. Original post >>

29. The one where I looked like a lunatic

I. Have. No. Words. [Pause.] None. Original post >>

30. The one where I was getting really bored

I don’t know if I was bored while waiting for the husband to get the settings right on the camera or if I was just boring myself with my poses, but I was bored. Original post >>