Posts Tagged ‘pastel beauty trend’

fashion mathematics // Candy floss with three scoops of ice cream on the side

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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Photo credit: Cotton candy/candy floss images from Ebay and ice cream image from Getty images .Images in collage from Style.com

What do you get when you cross baby soft coloured ice cream, candy floss and candy?

Spring/Summer 2010′s pastel filled collections, that’s what!

From Christopher Bailey for Burberry Prorsum’s draped young sophisticate collection, Valentino’s elegance right through to Viktor & Rolf’s surreal line up.

I like that soft shades have been used in varying moods from the girly ingenue, glamorous to the strong.

For this look I will re-shopping my existing closet. We all have some soft hued garments hanging in our wardrobes somewhere.

The trick with this trend like all others is to make it work for you.

An unapologetic girly girl? Well make like a piece of candy and shimmy into head to toe pastels. Keep it interesting like Luella’s girl and pair different candy floss coloured garments together. Do not be afraid to throw your baby blues with those coral, soft yellows and so forth.

Wear a pastel hair or an ombre hair shade seen here.

Think pastels are for 6 year old girls and younger? A peek of baby soft wont hurt you. I promise! Join the party by rocking a small piece in your outfit or accessories.

A soft nail shade is also a great pared back nod to the trend. See here for great nail varnish options.

Be inspired by the looks from Burberry Prorsum, Versace, Charles Anastase, Valentino, Viktor & Rolf and Luella (as featured in collage) and dip into your inner pastel girl.

Catch up on the rest of the Fashion Mathematics segment here.

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Dreaming of silver blue pink ombre hair

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

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Image of Anna Piaggi from sabaliauskaite.com and image of Katie Shillingford by Tommy Ton/Jak and Jil blog. Images from the Proenza Schouler, Giles, Commes des Garçons and Chanel Couture shows respectively all from Style.com

Years ago when my hair was longer, for an epic but brief phase, I rocked streaks of silvery blue.

I have been majorly fantasising of having blue hair again and I am not sure why.

Maybe it is nostalgia, something about that creative phase of me and my blue hair in college…

Maybe it’s that 90′s meets metallic meets neo punk feel that silver, pale blue or cotton candy pink and ombre hair conjures up…

Maybe it’s Anna Piaggi’s delightfully surreal blue curls…

Maybe it’s Dazed and Confused Editor, Katie Shillingford’s epic blue and black ombre hair…

Maybe it’s thanks to the hair at Spring/Summer 2010 catwalk shows like Proenza Schouler, Giles etc…

Maybe it’s due to the safety pin and cane-rowed pink cotton candy(candy floss) hair at Rei Kawakubo’s Commes des Garçons Spring/Summer 2010 show…

Perhaps it is down to the streaks in the heart shaped up dos in the Spring/Summer 2010 Chanel Couture show earlier this week…

I cannot put a finger on what is causing it, maybe it is all of the above. What I do know is, I am majorly dreaming of silvery/blue/pink and ombre hair. It is haunting my every fleeting thought.

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