Lilyella Stevens (@lilyella) • Collective gay friends app

Lilyella Stevens @lilyella

22 💖💖 costume designer on the side - any cool queer events in london lemme know!!

new bed set-up!! my bears came out of the closet and i’m so proud of them 💅 i love not worrying about bringing people back to a bed filled w stuffed animals - bc my fine shyt (@searchingforglendower ) is hella autistic too 🥰

when u best friend so hard u accidentally get matching hair??

man on a mission

some gorgeous fabric draping that shall be gracing the runway this sunday 👀

PINK HAIR PINK HAIR Y’ALL (big deal 4 me bc we used bleach on my hair for the first time) feeling my abril lavigne fantasy and it was soo free bc we’re doing a trade!! i’m trading her some crochet sleeves, so if anyone else is interested in trading, hit me up

beading choices for my pre-London Fashion Week show!!

custom upcycled strap incoming 👀 ITS HEART SHAPED by @the_big_strap_project on insta and they’re holding london workshops in sept + oct!! please go and support - you literally get to make your own strap from upcycled leather materials, sustainable queens unite 💅💅

THERE WERE DUCKS!! @searchingforglendower

“looking gay fr”

my mum and sister ^ they are not allowed to give up coffee for lent again for everyone’s sanity

👀👀 i finally have my dream gay af nails

the result from our planning!! we literally were rearranging little bits of paper with the design for each to get this result

the cherry bikini makes a comeback!! 🍒🍒

nail set planning 🥰🥰 i love having artsy friends

just a melon girl, living in a melon world 💅💅

okay gay people i seek advice: what are mantras or affirmations you have for yourself when you face a lot of off-hand comments and criticisms from family? i now say out loud ‘that’s okay i like it!’ or ‘isn’t it great you don’t dress like that’ etc. i’ve done so much better w saying this out loud! that feels like step 1? moving out would definitely help, but living in a lovely area in london + savings call my name louder ☎️☎️

reading a book that i HATE that i LOVE - i’m so caught up in the storyline smh

my mother: “what are you wearing, you look like a man?” me: “PERFECT” (this isn’t even that adam sandler tho)

just me and keith the emotional support chicken - on the 14h drive to france, with my mother and brother YAY

my beautiful partner and i 👉👈 peep our matching clay mushroom earrings i made us 🍄 AND our necklaces (i gave them the girl kisser one)

THEY’RE MY PARTNER Y’ALL - I AM BOOD UP AND SO SO HAPPY 🥹🥹

y’all things are going so well w the person i’m seeing, i think we may become partners this weekend, we shall seeeeeee ahhhhhh!! i got them a lavender plant :)) and mini clay pot, and adorable mini clay spoon bc this local clay studio was selling a bunch of things for £2!!

knitting topless in the sun, a true delight

lots of fun slogan-tees and slogan underwear incoming moving these letters around made my friends and i cackle so much hehehe

my first weaving! mixed textures made from acrylic yarn, wool roving, 2nd hand ribbon

this is snuggled up in their lap, i pulled out my crochet sensory chicken, then they went ‘omg wait a sec’ and pulled out their fox toy 🥺🥺 this was before they braided my hair and we listened to girl in red and feeling fantastic from arcane 😁😁

i went on a really cute date last week y’all, and i think it’s really going to blossom into something beautiful :)))))) they brought us watermelon, and we ate it with two spoons til we met in the middle 👉👈

my baby nikolaj 🫶🫶

when u accidentally batch cook like 5 portions of pasta (stonks 😎)

i went to a sapphic strip night, so the tassels felt suitable for the affair!

cheeky tassels 💋💋

eating my overnight oats on the way to the function (+ sticking gems + bows to my face) my trousers say ‘love girl kiss’ btw 💅💅

the cutest lil fit for gay school today: it was so so interesting!! different masters students shared their research: a fabulous movement workshop, + they led convos about bodies, and queer bodies in spaces not built for us - and of COURSE bc the bodies theme, there was a funky DJ set at the end

am thinking of getting my first tattoo maybe sometime soon/in the future 👀👀 and want to get a lil beanie baby tat of my childhood teddy bear in this style🥺🥺

I HAVE A MELON PLUG YALL (they’re a cutie 👀👀)

when i was baited 2 months ago ab them removing my braces cuz they DIDN’T

first lil photo shoot without braces 🥹🥹

I GOT MY BRACES OFF Y’ALL after a spring in the roof of my mouth, two surgeries, and 3.5 years of braces we’re DONE

pattern drafting for someone else 👀👀exciting things occurring, stay tuned (i may or may not be involved/assisting with a designer’s collection for London Fashion Week!!!!)

handmade queer 👀 club fit 😇😇

✨garden mirror✨garden mirror✨ (i carried this for so far and it was so heavy - it was in someone’s trash, now it’s in my garden!! was too wrecked to save for inside/i never ended up finding time for this project)