Monday, 25 January 2010

Alice in Wonderland





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Whilst I was doing some internet research the other day, I came across these photos. They were taken for Vogue Italia with Amanda Seyfried. I love the surreal images and the clothing choices. It also got me very excited for Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland in March.

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Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Such a gentleman...

My favourite photo from the golden globes had to be this one:

This was of Diane Kruger on the red carpet. Her boyfriend, Joshua Jackson, took the role of holding the umbrella over her while he gets wet. How cute!

I also love the bright pink of her dress, she has good style.

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Friday, 15 January 2010

my new favourite thing

I've fallen in love with this dress:

I love the colours of it and the ruffles and I also have a thing about really opaque black tights with dark shoes at the moment. The dress is by Diane von Furstenburg. It was worn by Park Jin-Hee at The women who still wants to marry premiere in South Korea.



It's actually amazing!

(photos stolen from Red carpet fashion awards)

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Monday, 4 January 2010

Trends that I hope don't continue in 2010

Happy new year everyone! hope you all had good christmases.

I was thinking about the fashion trends that have happened over the past year and some came to mind that I really hope don't carry on this year.

1. Ugg boots and Ugg boot rip-offs

This photo of Paris Hilton proves everything for me. What is the appeal of Ugg boots? They're chunky, in weird brown colours. Most of the time when I see people wearing them, it's been raining and half of the boots are soggy and they're squelching in them. Other times, the boots don't even fit the feet of the wearer and they're just walking on the side of them. Fair enough, they're warm and comfy, but if this is the case, why do people wear them with short skirts/shorts and no tights? it just defeats the object of warm boots. I really don't understand!

2. Large hoop earrings
I've had a problem with these for a few years now, and somehow people seem to keep wearing them and thinking they look good. I saw a girl wearing some today and they were made from some cheap metal and it had left a black smudge on each side of her face. Hoop earrings just look weird, some are so big that they rest on the shoulders of the wearer. I don't see why a pair of nice, beaded dangly earrings wouldn't do.

3.Leggings with short tops/ wearing tights as leggings

Now while I am a fan of leggings and do wear them often, one thing I can't understand is why people wear them with short tops. You can see pant lines, bum shapes and if the leggings are a bit old can sometimes see the person's underwear. When did we become a culture that doesn't have anything to hide? Women should want to wear clothes that make them look nice and leggings are not the way to do this. It just gives sleazy men more opportunity to make creepy comments. One guy told me he liked my ass the other day, and I was wearing trousers so what comment would I have got if I was wearing leggings or even worse tights as leggings. Tights have always been worn under things not so you can see the top of them. They can't be warm to wear and they show even more than leggings do. Not good.

4.Men's genie pant jeans

I really don't know where this trend came from, one day I suddenly noticed that lots of guys were wearing jeans that had baggy crotches and became really tight around the ankle. Usually paired with black or white sneakers, revealing a nice hairy ankle for everyone to see. How are these attractive? They make the wearer walk in a weird way and they can't be comfortable to wear or easy to get on or off. I just don't understand, with their slouchy hats and pierced ears, they are one step from looking like this:

Sorry if anyone has any of these items, this is just my opinion, not fact!

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Saturday, 26 December 2009

Other favourites of this year

A few more of my favourite things that has provided inspiration and kept me going this year.

Favourite designer piece: Louis Vuitton dress as worn on Vanessa Hudgens for Instyle magazine.

It doesn't first strike you as an amazing piece, but it stuck in my brain for ages. I love the different parts of it, and she looks amazing in it. It's also shiny which is always a good thing.

Favourite high street piece: the bear hat!

The bear hat from River Island is actually amazing. It has been worn by Katy Perry and many others. It's so warm and snuggly, I always feel lost without it, if I leave it in the house on the way to uni.

Favourite films: 5oo days of summer and New moon





















I know New moon is predictable, but I love the books and think the films have been done in a good way, and with Death Cab for Cutie on the soundtrack, how can it not be good. Although the Twihards do irritate me. 500 days of summer is great. Zooey Deschanel is just fascinating on screen. The fashion and styling of the film is great.

Favourite TV: Gossip girl, True blood and the Vampire diaries.














Gossip girl is just great, as much as I want not to like it, as it is quite unrealistic and cheesy at times, I can't not watch it. I never thought I'd get into True blood or Vampire diaries, but again, they're quite addictive.
Favourite music: Friendly Fires and Florence and the Machine





I saw both of these at the NME tour at the beginning of this year. I'll always remember Florence getting on stage and start singing, and the whole crowd just went silent in amazement at her voice. That hasn't happened to any other support I've seen all year. And her cover of Halo in the live lounge was one of the best in my opinion and was voted 3rd best live lounge ever by Radio 1 listeners. Friendly Fires are amazing too, I loved seeing them and really want to see them again. Their songs make me cheery every time I hear them and the lead singers dancing is so good.
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Thursday, 24 December 2009

My best dressed in 2009

Blake Lively - She wore this versace dresses on one of her many tours on the red carpet. I love the colour and the daring split, she has amazing legs.

Emma Watson - Emma has really grown up with her fashion sense. I like how the flower vinatge Ossie Clark dress is so summery even though it was tipping it down at the premiere.

Katy Perry - I'm actually obsessed with her song done with 3oh3, it's so addictive. This Marchesa gown has so much going on, but it really works.

Leighton Meester - I think her style has been amazing all through the year. But my favourite was this Louis Vuitton outfit, I love the colours contrasting with the black.
Olivia Wilde - her style has also grown so much this year, I love how dramatic and daring this dress is, it reminds me of a mermaid and she looks amazing in it.

Sienna Miller - This Jonathan Saunders dress is a bit of a love/hate, but it was one of the most memorable for me. I love the colour, pattern and shoulders, and think it really works well on her.


Ashley Greene - I think she is going to be one to watch in the future. I love the simplistic nature of this dress, but think it works really well and I like the metallic waistband.


Kristen Stewart - I love how bold she's becoming with her fashion sense, and this Balenciaga dress really stood out, as it wasn't just monochrome like the majority of her choices.

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Monday, 7 December 2009

Chanel adverts

Well it's getting to be christmas time again, so therefore there is a new chanel perfume advert. Now perfume adverts are notoriously weird and have no relevance to the perfume, however, there is something alluring about the chanel adverts.

It started a couple of years ago with Nicole Kidman, and then there was one with Keira Knightley and the most recent one uses the beautiful Audrey Tautou who actually played Coco Chanel in the film this summer.

There is something magical about these adverts, whether it's the scenery, lighting or music but it always inspires me and gives a romantic feel. I think it's quite refreshing to see an advert that's not cheesy or in your face which can usually be the case with most products.

Another perfume advert which I like is the Boss orange advert with Sienna Miller, it's cheery and fun and I like the fact that it's simple and to the point. I love the music in it too, which is Drive my car by the Hot Rats.

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