Currently Crushing On // Paisley Print

I’ve always had a soft spot for the good old paisley print. As a teen I wore a battered paisley print shirt to shreds. If I could wear any paisley today as an ode to that beloved shirt and my teen self, these would do nicely. Somewhere along the line paisley grew up and got pretty rad if I may say so myself.

J.W Anderson
This designer is one to watch and is it just me or is there a pretty punk feel about this shirt. He had me with that abstract paisley meets amoeba print.
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Jil Sander
Nothing cooler than a traditional print modernized by a fresh colorway. The contrast of the pink and green keeps this memorable.
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Miu Miu
I am enamored with this bag! Adorable mini bucket shape meets zany print combo (paisley is joined by a joyful Elephant print) in an irresistible bag.
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J.Crew
These pants are giving me Bali by way of Phuket. Named ‘Capri’, could that be more apt?
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Past crushes.

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What Say Thou? // Platforms

Prada | Louis Vuitton | Miu Miu | Images in collage via Style.com

Fashion’s love affair with the past has been an ongoing saga. This symbiotic relationship has seen current trends borrow elements from bygone eras and given modernist direction. In recent seasons, decades such as the 20′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s have taken an almost permanent mainstay on major catwalks.

For fall platforms (giving a nod to the 70′s) clumped their way down runways. Are you a platforms girl? What are your thoughts on fashion’s preoccupation with the past? Is it creating a sense of ‘deja-vu’ with certain trends stuck in on a wheel going round in a rut?

What say thou?

 


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Link Line // 42

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Fashion Etc shares on the best bright lips pucker up in this spring here.
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Red Carpet Fashion Awards asks who your best dressed was at the American Country Music Awards 2012 here.
Net-A-Porter takes a closer look at the spring 2012 Yves Saint Laurent footwear here.
Business of Fashion shares their daily digest here.
Into the Gloss dishes on Vogue China spring beauty here.
30Inspired takes a look at 3D wallpaper here.
Style.com Print offers a peek into the second issue of the magazine here.

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I’d Rather Be Wearing // Navy Chic

There is something rather grown up about the fall 2012 palette. The naive sugary easter egg pastel hues are replaced by berry hues, rust, ochre and etc. I particularly like the inclusion of navy blue. It can render rather somber but it is always put-together, always sophisticated.

What would you rather be wearing?

Carolina Herrera fall 2012 | Zac Posen fall 2012 | Images in collage via Style.com
 
More looks I’d rather be wearing.
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Plastic Twisted Fantastic

Photos by Tokyobanhbao

What

Manoush sequin & beaded knit | Nicole Farhi sheer plastic & leather jacket | Theory check pants | Cos oversize check scarf as head-wrap | KARL, Karl Lagerfeld sequin collar | Preen x ALDO Rise heels | gifted Wendy Brandes silver boleyn M necklace (not seen in above shots) | gifted Maria Francesca Pepe gold plated oversize M necklace | vintage silver cross

Why

I had no idea that the sunshine was in full-blown-glorious-summer-territory in Milan before landing there midweek. Those rays made the gold tone beads (each flanked by two gold sequins that jut like butterfly wings) bedecking the cheerful Manoush knit seem that bit more reflective. 
 
It was the the same sun dance played by the bright rays on the Nicole Farhi jacket.  Like the plastic fantastic glisten of the foil wrapping of candy bathed in sunshine.
 
It was lust at first sight when I first the spring 2011 blue jacket. The  frenetic mix of semi sheer blue with accents of  plastic (seen in details such as around the cuff and the belt) and leather had a bedlam spirit that felt ‘so off – that it was completely and totally on’. To me I see certain elements of that same spirit in Marc Jacobs’s spring 2012 collection.
 
The Theory pants are a favorite, as are most checks (including the re-purposed here as a turban meets head-wrap). Checks remind me of regimented institutions and uniform; schools, hospitals and so on. That theme has always intrigued me. Not the normal conventions of what they represent but rather the twisted unexpected elements harbored under the surface. There is unlikely fascination in the displacement of that which seemingly connotes normal or ‘safe’.  Subjects that are fairly pedestrian and PG friendly in their conventional environs but swiftly take on new form when the bubble wrap is removed and they are taken out of the safety proofed nursery walls.
 
Interestingly that same mood is what I get from Farhi’s jacket. The unassuming trench blueprint is perverted with unexpected fabric and material. It goes from being a simple mid season cover up to offering a voyeuristic peer-through-me experience.
 
The addition of the temporary sequin collar is just what the doctor (or would that be shrink?) ordered. As a stylist translating my personal daily outfits is primarily led by an unconscious mood that I translate visually via garments and accessory. The darkness of the black sequin Peter Pan collar lent further to the twists on the naive. There is a certain craziness about wearing two collars at the same time that has always appealed and helped me visualize further the mood of the outfit.
 
Bedlam met try-me-out-of-my-usual-boring environment with this outfit and I could not resist its lull.
 
More dates in the style diary.
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Featured in Metro News New York newspaper.
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Stefanel Milano Video


Video via Stefanel on YouTube

Passion is very important. I think it is important to write about what you naturally like. So for example with this collection if I was writing about it, it is so easy to because I naturally relate to it so and that is the biggest thing I’ve learned from everyone that even though we have very different blogs, it is all about passion and being true to your unique self.

I shared the above thought on camera as captured in the above Stefanel autumn winter 2012-2013 blogger lunch event video.
 
More on the 28th March 2012 Stefanel Milan blogger event here.
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Rihanna BBC Radio 1

Photography courtesy and copyright of Matthew Hinchliffe of Flyer News

What

Singer Rihanna visits BBC Radio 1 for interview.

When

Thursday 29th March, 2012.

Where

BBC Radio 1, 152-156 Great Portland Street, London, W1N 4DJ.

Rundown

Rihanna stopped by BBC’s Radio 1 studios for an interview with Scott Mills. She was snapped by Matthew Hinchliffe of Flyer News. attending the radio call on the promotional trail for Universal movie, ‘Battleship’.

Based on the Hasbro computer game of the same name, the feature film sees the singer take on her first acting role. She plays a naval officer alongside Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker and Alexander Skarsgård.

 
 
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Object Of My Affection // Burlesque Wedges

Wedges are like that fun dependable friend. Enough spark to keep the good times rolling but with a solid ‘you can lean on me’ base.
Spirited but comfortable or at least generally more comfortable than the average high heel.
 
Stumbling on this happy-go-lucky velvet situation was one of those more is more moments. As if the velvet and gold patent were not enough, channels carnival meets showgirl meets ringside circus with that wedge heel design, tassel and flower.
 
The Burlesque (yes that is the name of the design, could it be more apt?) by Miss L Fire is on sale for £60.
 
Those and more purse friendly on-trend wedges for the new season .
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