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Catherine Murphy

11 women who upped the style stakes at the British Style Collective

Day two of the British Style Collective is well underway and visitors are certainly raising bar when it comes to style.

The sunshine has led the way for bright colours and loose fitting summer dresses.

We've been down at St George's Hall this afternoon where ticket holders are being treated to catwalk shows by Liverpool designer Phillip Armstrong, in-depth talks with Kimberley Walsh and Jamie Laing, plus plenty of prosecco.

There are three bars spread across the iconic venue all which include outdoor seating which visitors were enjoying today.

The British Style Collective arrived in Liverpool yesterday, for a huge three-day fashion and beauty event.

The event itself also runs across Liverpool's Exhibition Centre, the Albert Dock and the ECHO arena.

Previously running under the name The Clothes Show Live, organisers revealed last year that Liverpool would be its new home.

We're not surprised, as Liverpool is known for its style and great fashion sense, so where better to have an event based around this than right here in the city.

Molly Sutcliffe , 18 is from Huyton.

She is a fashion design student, so was looking forward to testing out her new camera at some of the catwalks during the event.

Molly said: "I'm here with my mum, we only decided last minute to come because some of my designs are on display in Camp and Furnace so we wanted to see them.

"I'm looking forward to using my new camera too."

Her jacket and top are both from high-street favourite Zara, while her trousers are from online retailer Missguided and her trainers are from Adidas.

Fiona Cumbo is visiting Liverpool for the weekend with her friends.

The 31-year-old is from Portsmouth and was a regular visitor to the event when it was based in Birmingham, so has came to Liverpool to see how it compares.

She said: "I'm a teacher, so I'm used to bringing kids to Birmingham's NEC, so I wanted to come up here this year to see what it was like in a new city before I agreed to take my classes.

"It's great so far though, I'm impressed."

Her dress is from Select Fashion and her top is from New Look. Fiona's shoes are from bargain retailer Primark.

Krysia Johnson is 39 from Formby.

Her playsuit is from an online boutique, while her shoes can be found at Liverpool's Kurt Geiger store.

She said: "I'm here with my mum, we don't have a plan as such for today, but we are both looking forward to seeing the shows."

Sam Taylor, 28 from Hightown was sipping prosecco when we spotted her.

Attending with her friend this afternoon, her dress is from online retailer Pretty Little Thing, while her shoes are from office.

Her necklace is from Groupon.

She said: "We've bought VIP tickets, which gets us access to a lot of places and areas so we are looking forward to this."

Grainne Keating is 35 and lives in Huyton.

Attending with a group of friends today, Grainne was enjoying the sunshine when the ECHO spotted her.

Her jumpsuit is from Warehouse and shoes are from LK Bennett. The bracelets are from Chlobo Jewellery.

Melissa Hopkins , 25 from Waterloo has dressed for the sunshine today.

Her dress is from Topshop and shoes are from Office.

She is taking a break from her 'exhausting' job and enjoying the event today.

Hannah Dobson , 29 has travelled from Durham to attend the British Style Collective.

She said: "We arrived last night, so we've been able to make a whole day of it today, which has been great."

Her top is from ASOS and her shorts are from Zara.

River Island is the place to head for anyone after her shoes.

Louise Duffy travelled down with Hannah last night.

She is 29-years-old and is wearing a dress from Topshop and has a bag from Zara.

Her shoes are from online website Public Desire.

Erin Tisdale , is 21-years-old from Wavertree and runs a fashion blogging site.

Her dress is from free people while her hat is from Missguided.

Erin's boots are from Dune and her bag is by designer Karl Lagerfield.

She said: "My blog is focused on fashion, beauty and events happening across Liverpool.

"So I've been looking forward to seeing what today's catwalks were showing."

Abbie Whitehead, 21 from Liverpool, is wearing an outfit which has to be our bargain piece of the day.

Her pink suit is from Primark (It looks similar to one from Topshop) her tights are also from the bargain store.

Her silver boots are from Topshop and Top is from Fan Club.

The bag Abbie is wearing is from Aspinall's of London while her sunglasses from eBay.

Julia Mazzei, 25 is visiting Liverpool for the day with her boyfriend.

She is wearing Zara trousers and converse trainers.

Her jacket is from Sisley.

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