An open letter to Hayley Williams...

Ok Hayley we get it.

Yes, you're a little quirky, you don't conform blah blah blah.

I know boys like you because you seem attainable, like the kind of girl who'd be on their level and a good laugh.

I'm sure you are.

But REALLY can we talk about your style for a second because this really is a concern for me.

Sure you look cute in your H2O hoodie and your baseball jerseys and even in that dress in the Brick by Boring Brick video you look lovely. It's just when left to your own devices to do the "girl" things seem to go pear shaped.

I mean really do you want to go downt the Avril Lavigne red carpet road? Cuz that's where you're heading Hayley. It's all pink eyelashes and mini kilts from here.

Even Lavigne got it right a couple times like here

see? Quirky punky style without looking like a dog's dinner.
Now lets look at some of your red carpet choices...

I mean REALLY??? THIS is what you chose? You look like a gift wrapped grandma NOT a cool role model.

Now i feel like you're just taking the piss. WTF is this?!

This doesn't look so bad, until.. oh hi i wondered where my dad's socks went. Thanks for finding them Hayley!

Ok actually i'm not going to lie, i was hating this outfit, but the more i look at it the more i'm actually a little in love with it. So score one to you Williams, but a better fitting tshirt wouldn't go a miss.

xoxo

I must have...

This dress from Pearl Lowe's new collection at Peacocks arriving November 2nd.

Perfect party dress for a certain best friend's birthday and the Boyhalf's birthday next month!!

However i'm guessing i won't look half as smoking hot as Daisy Lowe does in it !!

xoxo

Paris Fashion Week Mega Post Part one!!

So i misbehaved and never did get round to posting a LFW blog, my new job has had me swamped. I'm super tired lately but i'm hoping my body will get used to it soon. Since by now EVERYONE has blogged LFW i thought i'd skip right to the Pièce de résistance and blog Paris Fashion Week. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Paris Fashion Week as it combines my two all time loves.

Paris is always great for the classic look and Christian Dior Cruise collection didn't disappoint. This is definately my favourite collection of the week.

Here are a few more of the shows that caught my eye!

John Galliano

Chanel

John Paul Gaultier

Karl Lagerfeld

(Look how cute the girly version of Lagerfeld's outfit is!!)

Vivienne Westwood

I will post my next batch of favourites soon !!

xoxo

WWII Style.

Inspired by Quentin Tarantino's BADASS new cinematic adventure ' Inglourious Basterds' i thought i'd take a look at the fashion of my favourite era the 1940's.

Some of my favourite looks and hairstyles come from the ladies of the war effort, such as the Victory Rolls and and Pomp.

Women like Rita Haywortgh, Ava Gardner, Vivienne Leigh, and my personal idols Betty Grable and Veronica Lake were at the height then and regular women, just like now wanted to emulate these women they saw on the silver screen.

I just adore the cut of the clothes in the 1940's. The glamour and the class. I think this era will always appeal to fashionistas out there because the combined class and seductivity is something you really can't get elsewhere. Hemlines got shorter to save on material and nylon stockings were so popular that women were drawing on the telltale seam on their leg to give the appearance of stocking and to drive the men wild. And it worked. Red lipstick and waspies became commonplace to go with the tight waisted dresses and the femininity of the look.

Of course in 1947 an unknown french designer called Christian Dior launched his first line, and we all know where that story goes.

Fashion Week Day Three.

So the final day of couture week was yesterday and what a week it's been.
My favourite show of the final day was definately John Paul Gaultier. Drawing inspiration from Hollywood glamour and the space age films such as Barbarella.

I really love this collection a lot. It's not by any means what i go for but Gaultier always delivers something fresh but still identifiable as his. I especially adore the little sailoresque outfit with the red and white striped top (given my sailor obsession, i would!) Gaultier is one of those designers who is so recognisable and i love that, when you can just look at an item and know whos work it is.

Elie Saab went for a minimalistic view, similar to that shown by Chanel the previous day. An extremely bridal looking collection but since Galliano already took care of my wedding dress issue on day one not a lot to interest me here.

In an almost defiant move, Valentino's collection was a complete contrast to Saab's, preffering gothic imagery and shades of blacks and nudes to the virginal feel of the other collection. I am completely enamoured with with the fourth outfit down. I really really love it.

So that's Couture week for another year. Done and dusted and i was pretty impressed with what was on offer. My piece of the week is most definately this baby here from Chanel. I would KILL to own this, and i view it as a wearable piece of couture as well, something i WOULD/COULD wear as opposed to a lot of the designs this year.

Although honourable mention does have to go to my darling of the week John Galliano, because while Chanel stole my favourite piece, Galliano for Dior stole my heart with his collection. In my eyes the finest line of couture i have EVER seen. i love that man i truely do.
I'll leave you with this picture i found from the Givenchy show which made me laugh.

xoxo