Job interview chic

 Job interview chic from Oasis. I don't feature them often or praise green clothing. But somehow I am doing both in this post. The dress, as always with Oasis - its completely over priced and available somewhere else on the high street that doesn't cost a fortune for something relatively plain. €81

But if it floats your boat then buy it here

River Island sleeveless shirts

River Island is continuing its love of sleeveless shirts  with a new selection of Spring Summer shirt/dresses. This one replaces the black and white version that I bought before Christmas. These shirts are easy to wear and only really need leggings to go with them.
This one seems more expensive then my plainer version at £40 but still, they do look nice on
shirt dress

What 14 million worth of apartment will get you.....

 Daphne Guinness has placed her apartment on the market for a cool $14 million. It is on fifth avenue however, so that's worth a fair bit!!!! I like the layout and the design but if I had 14 million - I still wouldn't buy it - reason?

 The amount of mirrors - could you imagine how much of a bitch it would be to have to clean all those?

 Anyway, 14 million gets you four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, a huge kitchen, fancy decor and a view to kill for. Not to mention there is a studio alongside the apartment which houses the staff. No seriously, because if you have 14 million to buy fancy apartments like this - then you clearly don't pick up your own damn mess! But if you want the other flat its going to cost you - 1.5 million alongside the 14 million.
Oh and watch out for the added extras - the building charges residents $17, 950 a month to live there. So not only have you got the worlds worst morgage ever  - it's going to cost you roughly 215, 400 a year to live there. Nice....

Still, tis the life really isn't it????

Does anyone buy LOVE magazine?

Issue 7 of Love is due to hit stores in a few days and I have to ask - is anyone bothered?

I ask because Love is currently riding in our poll of magazines with no votes and I don't know anyone who actually buys it. I know people who flick through it from time to time in shops - I was that person until the 6th issue when the beautiful covers were enough to convince me to buy it - god was it all downhil from there!!!
The tax on things like that in this country meant I spent ten euro on the magazine which weighed the same as a small donkey.
So anyway in this issue it features Kate Moss pretending to be a cat and Lara Stone, a vampire. I'm sure once the interesting photoshoots hit the blogsphere - there wont be much reason to buy the thing anyway!

If you feel differently then give the magazine a vote on the sidebar at the top - since they currently have none!

A polite word

Can whoever is responsible for Katy Perry and her irritating hair color changes please stop? Either that or please do her roots as well as the rest of it. Thank you.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH US....MMMM

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and there is a random picture of Kate Moss from years ago with an ice cream....

Did this actually happen?

Is this for real?

An image has been circulating of Kristen Stewart giving Karl Lagerfeld the finger. This cannot be real....no one would have that much of a death wish or want to have themselves removed from the Chanel Christmas card list....

Beth Ditto for MAC

Hurrah - Beth Ditto for MAC will officially hit stores in June!

Okay, we've all had our fun, now can we please move on and discuss something else now?

I am so glad I don't wear fake tan.

I can give a million reasons why I don't.

1 - it smells
2 - if you get it wrong its clearly fake
3 - streaks
4- I am proud of being pale and see no reason to pretend to be another color
5 - the orange shade that most people go
6 - the cost of keeping it up
7 - I don't think anyone really cares if your tanned or not
8-  Christina Aguileras recent issue

So it took a few days but Christina's 'people' finally got back to the press about what actually happened at the funeral for Etta James last week. Basically as Christina began to sing 'At Last', something began running down her leg which looked a little bit like she'd just got her period. Live. On stage. At a funeral.

I didn't post anything about it because it was just awful to see how many people made fun of her and plus, its the stuff of nightmares really. But apparently it was to do with her fake tan which streaked under the hot lights and began to run. The late response from her people meant that the rumors about it being period blood actually took over the internet.

Either way, that poor woman. That is really mortifying and rather then people going on about how funny it was and calling her a whale (I am not joking, I saw that insult this morning) should take a moment to think how they would have felt in the same situation.

I'm the last person to stick up for someone whose made a career of taking her clothes and singing about getting dirty, nasty and a whole other variety of man pleasing disgusting things nor am I the type of person who passes up the chance to take the piss out of someone famous for doing something embarrassing - but this was a little bit too far.

DEAD TRENDS : Mukluk boots circa 2004

 Searching for images of Kate Moss in an old Westwood campaign in the 90s, I came across these images of her in mukluks and wanted to ask if anyone remembered them? Unlike uggs, which people recycle season after season for no apparent reason - mulaks were around for a season and then vanishing into the murky depths of fashion obscurity. Kate Moss however was one of the people 'credited' with bringing the mukluk craze to the UK. Great, so I have her to blame for looking like a twat in 2004 then.

Basically the boots (if you paid out for the real thing) were made of rabbit fur and based on Native American designs. However, as with most things that Moss wore over the years, once the high street got wind of it - it got ripped off everywhere from Topshop to Primark to market stalls the world over.

And once a trend gets onto the stalls, it's time for the celebrities to stop wearing them  - which means the trend dies and then we stop wearing ours. Occasionally trends like this get recycled but thankfully the Mukluks never did.

I had a pair in 2004 and I thought I was the shit. Honestly, I thought Kate Moss was crap but it didn't stop me stealing her style though. I've since made my peace with Moss by becoming obsessed with her old 90s campaigns which I raid for style inspiration.

But those boots.....oh my god...grey, faux fur with huge pom poms the things were never off my feet. They were comfortable like wearing slippers all the time, but if you walked over stones, you felt every last bit of it. If it rained, you were screwed as the shoes soaked easily. Not to mention that if UGGs were bad for your feet then these were worse. They sagged under the heel, gave no support and hung off your feet. Long story short, I am so happy they are gone!

Wee Broon Bag

It's not quite a bloomingdales bag - but this wee broon bag from hunky dory home has made me smile in much the same way....
Do check out the website - its always good for things to make you smile

We'll Take Manhattan is actually good!!!

I finally got to see 'We'll Take Manhattan' tonight. The made for TV movie about Jean Shrimpton and David Bailey in the 60s.

I loved it.
I'm not entirely sure how accurate it was, how the actual Shrimpton would feel about how she was portrayed but I think they did a great job of capturing Britain prior to the explosion of youth culture in the 60s.
David Bailey is portrayed as a married womaniser and Shrimpton is a naive innocent country girl according to the BBC - although I have to give them credit where credit is due for their great knowledge of Vogue history. They got it spot on!

Vogue US would have been under Vreeland at that point, just - she had literally just left Harpers Bazaar for Vogue in 62.  The images which I have featured in this post instead of bloody Karen Gillan (the only downside of the whole thing) are from the shoot, 'Young Idea Goes West' which covered 14 pages. A big risk for Vogue since Bailey was a relatively unknown photographer and this was a massive shoot.
The shoot was a complete success the photos have gone on to become legendary.

Shrimpton went on to become the world's first supermodel - sorry Dickinson but she was! She also became an icon of the swinging sixties along with (but slightly before) Twiggy. 

Sigh, I really was born in the wrong era  - I would have loved to be alive in the 60s....

*This is why when you make films like this you have to be really really careful to get everything right - because you get obsessive nerds like me sitting at home waiting for one detail to be wrong. I literally stopped the film and started researching the date Vreeland left Harpers because I was convinced it was 1963. Turns out, I was wrong - just- and the film were right - just!!!!! Nerd!

Headband

This headband has gone down to £7 on the Miss Selfridge site! Beats paying a fortune for the Nicole Ritchie version doesn't it? here

WHEN BAD CLOTHES HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE : Helena Christensen

Okay, so the dress I recognise as Stella McCartney SS12 which is great for her - however it does nothing for her frame straight on. It takes a lot to make a supermodel look frumpy - but this dress has managed it.

Moving on to the tights - what the hell did she think she was doing?!??!?! The only good thing I can say is that the stripe leads the eye and makes her long legs appear even longer then they are - but holy christ talk about print overload!!!! This would have been better with plainer tights or maybe if the dress wasn't a full size too big for her.

Then there are the 'hello I'm from New Look' shoes and the bag which are not remotely involved in the color scheme. I get that she's going for a clashy look but the over all effect is one of total outfit meltdown and panic. It's as if she woke up and let her children dress her - blindfolded.

Which makes it worse when she stands next to the man in the suit and the girl in the black dress. Who manage to make her seem almost casual somehow...

..nil points to Denmark....

MARNI FOR H&M FIRST LOOK

 I just caught a feature on Russian Vogue out of the corner of my eye - and boy am I glad I did because it's full of the Marni for H&M collection!

 This is the second time Russian Vogue has had the scoop on a H&M collection - the first was Versace a few months ago. It seems the store and RVogue has worked out a deal! Still, who cares if it means that we have access to all the pieces ahead of their release date?

 I have to say that I'm not really bothered by the whole thing. I wasn't a huge Marni fan before this collection was announced and I am certainly not bothered now that I can afford it. I'm just a bit meh about the whole thing. I'd much rather wait for the next collection which will be Katrantzou for Topshop. The whole Marni thing goes live on March 8th anyway!

I will add this though - I may not do print and therefore have little interest in the clothes - but the jewelry is a different story. I quite like it. Wonder if that is part of the collection too.....

Really? Nicola Roberts?

Nicola Roberts and Rihanna will team up to present a new TV show for Living TV which will air this summer.

It will take the form of a project Catwalk/Runway style show in which contestants will compete to make an outfit for Rihanna's performance in Hyde Park at the end of the summer.

Rihanna I understand, but Nicola Roberts? She's not exactly urban chic is she???? Not to mention that both girls and their 'look' are heavily controlled by stylists. I love Rihanna's clothing - 9 times out of 10 - but I have to ask again, Nicola Roberts!??!?!?!!??!! Guuuurrl please!

OPINION : Fashion and weight and skinny bashing

Just as I posted a rant on Tumblr about skinny bashing - Diane Von Furstenberg announced today that she is going to make sure that no underage models walk in the next load of fashion weeks - not only that but she would be paying close attention to how many of them were a healthy size.

It seems that fat is not just a feminist issue - its a fashion one too. I am fed up of hearing about how all models have eating disorders and go to extreme lengths to stay thin - some are naturally skinny and eat like horses! However just as there are healthy models - there are unhealthy ones too.

I think its great that someone is trying to change the negative parts of the industry for the better. I think models should be made to carry cards to prove they are over 18 and they should be monitored to see if they are healthy or not.

However, as I complained on Tumblr, I am sick of this skinny bashing trend that magazines and advertisers seem to be going through at the moment. This trend of labelling only curvy women as 'real women' - erm, am I not a real woman just because I am not a size 16?

I am a size 10. I've not always been a size 10 but I am now and I'm happy with that. I am really tall which means I do not carry weight on my stomach or my boobs but I do hate my thighs! (I also hate my feet but that is a separate issue for another day) I am sick of being told that because I'm tall and skinny - I'm not real. That I have to be a size 14+ to qualify for being a woman. I thought having ovaries made me female!?!?!? Still what do I know?

Women come in all shapes and sizes.

Magazines are sick of taking shit about their choice to feature only thin models - here is how this works. Magazines are essentially advertisers. They feature clothing that advertisers have paid to be there. Say D&G take out an advert for their RTW collection, chances are you will see their clothes crop up in the photoshoots because its been paid for.

The magazine has to sell the look and sell the dream - it does this by projecting an image.

The designers are also responsible for calling the shots by sending sample sizes. It costs a designer twice as much to make a size 16 dress then it does a size 8. This is why sample sizes are small and one of the reasons why the models must then be small.
In magazine logic anyway!

The magazine in order to make up for featuring smaller women in their photoshoots - balances this out by talking about real women. By making reference to how they can't refuse sweets, by using as many reader based stories as they can and doing reader make overs. But the meantime the message is that them and us. Them being the tall skinny model types who represent something that is not attainable and the US being the rest of the world.

It's an arguement which is not likely to be settled anytime soon. Weight is just one issue that fashion cannot agree on. It's been the case since the days of Twiggy when thin chic became Vogue and carried on in the 90s when Kate Moss brought in heroin chic.

Again I will stress that women are all shapes and sizes but the industry isn't likely to change anytime soon.

Badger bags

 I found these cute bags on the Motel Rocks website as a result of bored trawling through websites. I couldn't shake the feeling that the fox and badger prints remind me of something.......a book or a film or something...

Then I realised what it was.....

What color does this dress look like to you?

We've have had all varieties of the mullet skirt and here comes another one! This dress is from River Island and is described as light beige. Maybe its one that you need to see in person, but to me this is off white.
Any advances on off white? dress

dress love

 I love this dress. If I had a spare €730 then I would totally buy it. It looks so simple, but yet so beautiful. It's something about the neckline and the folds - I like folds.....

It's available from netaporter.com and it's by Rick Owens. Who I seem to be becoming a fan of day by day....dress

H&M new trend report involves a lot of pencil skirts

 There was a time where I swore I would never wear a pencil skirt again. I considered my hips too wide and my general style a little too wild for the conservative style that a pencil skirt demanded. I swore as I recycled my collection from the late 90s that I would NEVER ever go back. I gave in to the simple lifestyle of maxi skirts with their flowing and flattering layers and the ease of styling they gave...

 Then something happened, and I was innocently stalking new collections from various outlets and I found myself reconsidering the pencil skirt. I bought a black one from River Island for work and swore - no more! This would do me! I had given in. But it was not to last. I added print and then I added color to my collection. I intend on adding more. I discovered that you could still make a statement with them and be alternative. Pencil skirts did not mean pearl necklaces and dainty cardigans and the type of woman who collect kitten calenders and thought afternoon tea was a basic human right - I could still wear them to gigs and be comfortable and better yet, they looked awesome with ankle boots!

 While I still consider my hips a little bit too big for them - I wear them with pride and am looking forward to a high street riddled with them. I intend on collecting more as I moved away from the complicated layers of maxi skirts past. So I was delighted to see some of the new pencil skirts and indeed those blue pastel cropped trousers from H&M this morning. I think cropped trousers could be another style trend for me to try.....

 Or maybe houndstooth - a print I have always hated with an intense passion....

Still, I wish I could look even half as good in one as the model does....Pencil skirts. I'm sorry I gave you a hard time - can we be friends?

Campaigns SS12 : Stella McCartney

 I always like Stella McCartney campaigns - and this one is no exception.

QUOTAGE!

“In the Summer I remove the mattress from my bed and use it for sunbathing on my neighbor’s roof–such a special feeling!”

- Roberto Cavalli revealed on his blog today that he enjoys sunbathing on his neighbours roof. Could you imagine if you suddenly got it into your head that you wanted to go out on your roof, opened the door and found Cavalli tanning his cheeks out there?? 

EVENT REMINDER

REMINDER that today the Closet Clear Out is happening at Andrews Lane Theatre! It's on from 12 until three today, so you still have loads of time to check it out!

Have a gander at the facebook page here

Not everyone was happy with the Gaultier collection

Oh dear.

It seems not everyone was delighted with the Gaultier show this week in which models were dressed like Amy Winehouse. Her father, Mitch has spoken about how he felt the show was too soon and it was disrespectful.

"To see her image lifted wholesale to sell clothes was a wrench we were not expecting or consulted on.”

“We’re proud of her influence on fashion but find black veils on models, smoking cigarettes with a barbershop quartet singing her music in bad taste.

“It portrays a view of Amy when she was not at her best, and glamorises some of the more upsetting times in her life. That’s upsetting for her family.”

Mind you Gaultier responded with: “To me the scandal is that no fashion magazine did an Amy Winehouse cover. She was so exceptional in her style; how she held her body; the way she dressed, mixing pieces from different decades.”

Marni for H&M

The first image of Marni for H&M is out! Enjoy! The collection hits stores on the 8th of March.

Nose rings...not make-up

Remember how I said I was interested in the make-up at Givenchy?

Well it looks as if the make-up is not actually make - up but nose rings!

WATCH THIS : Shit Fashion Girls Say

I know we are all getting a bit sick of all the shit girls say videos which are doing the rounds right now - but I found two more on my travels which gave me a horrific insight into the shit I say! Especially the stuff about bangs - which is the American for fringe......





Totes Wang!

SS12 LOOKBOOKS : Marks and Spencer

 I can't believe I am about to show this but, these clothes are actually from Marks and Spencer! I have unbelievably bad luck with M&S, every time I go looking for something from their lookbooks - I wander into the food hall and come out with lemon buns and cranberry infused cheese. I know I should be more strict with myself since my ass is not one that can take the calories of cranberry infused cheese washed down with lemon buns, but I just can't help it.

 Their SS12 look book hit this week and its filled with gorgeous dresses, mint green trousers and bold printed pieces. In fact I would go as far as to suggest that those mint green trousers would make a great alternative for a summer wedding instead of the usual Coast dresses we see littering photographs - coast, now there is a brand I don't think I've featured here ever!

 The pieces which are all due to hit stores in the next few weeks have some of the summers biggest trends covered like the sportswear trend, maxi dresses - because we can't do summer chic without them and bold print - some of them, like the above trousers have more then one trend going at the same time!

 M&S even have your cropped top notions covered - although I don't care what D&G say or Topshop - its just too damn cold over here and I am too damn pasty to make this trend work. END OF DISCUSSION! But if you fancy it then make sure to team it with a high waisted skirt of either full or pencil varieties to avoid it looking tarty!