Musings of a Mentalist

I've Moved....

2011-11-25T18:53:00.001Z

After great consideration, I've decided to move Blogs! Unfortunately I feel I have outgrown musings of a mentalist, it was created 3 long years ago remember. I've loved writing (a lot of crap) on here and filling everyone in on the rather psychotic things I've gotten upto, but I've decided I'm far too adult (*ahem*) for such things and have created a more grown-up blog. Think of it more like, moving from a dingy student apartment to a swanky new apartment (that isn't that swanky, and needs a lot of help...but has potential) and you're ALL invited.

So without further ado (click the name)....

The Sartorial Splurge

now come play with me there...oh, I forgot, it's a grown-up blog and grown-up blogs don't play. OK, maybe we'll play a little bit...

I'm really going to miss it here *wanders off to cry in corner hysterically*

Back Back BACK

2011-08-18T19:50:00.000+01:00

Exam done. Fashion show attended. Articles (nearly) written. Things are almost returning to their banal normal, which is disheartening at most, especially as I had such a great time feasting my eyes upon Laura Sheriffs' provocatively placed feathers and Jaime Johnston's spiked heel-less platforms, but more on that later. To look forward to however, There is the S.T.A.G pop-up shop on saturday and I have the great joy of helping out the Vauxhall Fashion Scout award winners backstage at LFW, So I am ecstatic about that and only have to wait about 3 weeks until that all gets underway. Then after that, back to uni.

Here's a set that kind of resembles what I wore to the apocalyptic gothic style of the Laura and Jaime fashion show in Aberdeen on sunday.

This song is something i'm currently listening to as one of my friends is heading to Berlin to intern for a year, although I hope she has a lot of fun I'm really going to miss her!

Robots in Disguise - I live in Berlin

I'll be back

2011-08-10T14:06:00.000+01:00

BLOG HIATUS

until 18th of August.

Ok, so I promised you designer profiles in the lead-up to LFW, and in the absence of that it seems that I have lied. However, I’m here to tell you that I am not a big fat stinking liar, I have been caught up in personal shmehminameh and hoo haa, I’ve been awkwardly dancing as an extra for a movie shot on redchurch st and I’ve been studying for an exam coming up that’s ready to recklessly violate and stretch my minds perimeters. So please excuse me this and I promise I’ll be back upon the completion of the evil examination.

Anyhow, heres a quick set based on outfits ive been wearing wondering round Shoreditch (I’m pretty sure my lazy approach to dressing has culminated in me looking homeless) before the riots which made me shut myself in at home praying for the youth of today and the safety of Londoners.

Track:

Baths- Lovely bloodflow

p.s. I accidently deleted my bloglovin' account (feel sorry for me, please!) so if you feel so inclined to follow me there again i will be so pleased. Drop me a message/email/comment/tweet etc. when you do, I like knowing who you all are and what you're all upto! Is anyone on tumblr or flikr as well? if you are, pop your web addresses in the comment box!

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2011-07-27T17:17:00.000+01:00

I’ve got something I would quite like to introduce to you. Bloggers and blog readers, meet fashion156.com . Definitely in my top 5 online magazines, fashion156 produces sublimely styled and innovative shoots monthly and delivers brand spanking new coverage on emerging designers, photographers and the (fashionable) like. It really is a go-to source for anyone with an interest in fashion. I recommend it for the simple fact that there are many people with an interest in fashion without any knowledge of the industry, its imperative that anyone intending to go into fashion is acquainted with what that entails. I think we all know its not all Vogue and Chanel, yet there seems to be an oversaturation of people trying to get into fashion who don’t quite know what’s going on. Its so important that you have a comprehensive knowledge of designers, photographers, exhibitions and even musicians and artists. Trust me this is the wealth and education of anyone in fashion because not only does it allows you to develop your tastes and hone your eye, it also makes you employable! so take a moment to bookmark fashion156.com and let your fashion education begin. And that brings me to the point of this post.

Recently I have become quite disillusioned with the idea of higher education, the degree I’m doing had, I thought, no relevance to the grand visions I had for my future (I’m studying English and film culture). Strangely, as troubled thoughts of dropping out and interning till I had a palpable knowledge swirled around in my head, Fashion156 brought up The Debate . Basically, it’s a post on the fashion156 blog discussing the benefits of experience in fashion vs. the benefits of a degree, so I thought I would be of use to people reading this whether you’re still at school, in uni or have finished a degree. Wade in and give your two cents, you never know who your opinion might help!

Ps. As not to end my recent (egotistical and big-headed) trend of putting music in my posts here’s my current favourite track.

Givvers – Up up up

Countdown to LFW.

2011-07-21T13:09:00.000+01:00

So on Saturday, the 2 month countdown to LFW began. I am terribly excited, being a born and bred Londoner I get excited about any sort of international focus on my beloved city. I’m like a proud and pushy parent wanting to show off the many talents of my child and LFW is definitely a chance to showcase London. We natives get an even greater creative license to go all out with our sartorial dress, (as if night outs in Shoreditch weren’t enough!) and get a chance to reveal our many raw design talents and our eccentric style in front of the world.

London really is the multi-cultural melting pot of style and design when it comes to renowned fashion weeks. New york is sophiscated urban minimalism, Milan embodies glamazon goddesses in sexualised tailoring, paris presents gamine and androgynous chic, whilst in London, anything (cool and eccentric) goes! So with that in mind, I’ve decided that once a week in the coming months until fashion week, I will post on my favourite designers past and present that show in London and embody that true brit insouciance and cool. What are all of your favourite British designers?

P.S. this is my new favourite song. (sorry, I keep shoving music into my posts, it probably comes from some deep seated egotism that makes me believe i have superior music taste, and for that I apologise.)

Lykke Li - Love out of lust.

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Before I move off....

2011-07-14T17:34:00.000+01:00

I've just sort of been obsessed with this, its Mount Kimbie 'before i move off '. Just wanted to share it with y'all, beautiful collection of images in the video too (check out the video here). They're also playing Field Day, so get on it and book your tickets 'cause its gonna be amazing (i assure you, noone paid me to say that). I don't even know what genre of music this is...ambient hip hop maybe? I've been really getting into it though, this and Flying Lotus, SBTRKT and The weeknd. You should also click on those links 'cause i just spent too much time picking my favourite songs for you not to check them out, they're good, I swear!

On another note, I’ve been doing absolutely nothing, I don’t have a job at the moment so I’ve been lazily lounging on my sofa popping grapes into my mouth and gallantly munching on chicken drumsticks, looking all Romanesque and awesome as I do. Was wondering round spitalfields today (before I managed to get caught in-between the closing doors of the central line tube-embarrassing, and may or may not have broken my wrist in the process) and saw a whole bunch of things I would have bought if my current financial situation was not so abject, you cannot even imagine how my heart broke at the thought of not acquiring the beauties I discovered, delicious kimonos for £20! Well at least my eyes were sartorially fed and I have suitable leather dresses to vamp in at home.

P.S. I want/need/covet/lust for a pair of patent Doc Martens, so I can pair it with sheer (slutty) dresses, leather jackets and oxidised silver spangly jewellery…good look?

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Is This Real Life: STAG Aberdeen

2011-07-11T15:12:00.000+01:00

Dead on The Sidewalk
A S.T.A.G studio shoot featuring a collection by Jaime Johnstone.

S.T.A.G (Scottish Talents And Graduates) Studio is a new Scottish fashion company focused on promoting the Scottish fashion industry. I’m tremendously interested in this as although I live in London, I study in Aberdeen, Scotland and can see such great potential for the city to develop a notable cultural hub BUT I also see the lack of significant promotion and platforms for talented creatives to have their work noticed and that really is a shame to me! That is why I am very very happy to post that S.T.A.G is bringing Aberdeen its very first pop up shop on Saturday 20th August at Korova Klub from 1pm-6pm (put it in your diary!) giving you the opportunity to buy direct from designers on the day and get an insight into the varied designing, modelling, styling, photography (the list truly does go on) talents that Scotland has to offer.

I’ll be dragging myself there, to have a good look and pry (hopefully with a brand new SLR-hopefully!) Really do hope to see some of you there!

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The Herschel Supply Co.

2011-07-03T16:42:00.000+01:00

The Herschel Supply Co.

The Herschel Supply Company is a brand I've recently started looking at. They make backpacks, bags and all sorts of accessories. Never really thought I was particularly into backpacks until I saw this and I began some sort of ridiculous frantic search and came across this brand. To be honest, I think its the lookbook that sold it for me, its so beautifully shot.

Looking at these images makes me want to take a road trip really badly too, which would be easier if I could drive. Should hopefully be travelling a lot over the next year, mostly just through Europe to see a couple of friends who are studying/interning/working abroad this year and up and down the UK for Is This Real Life?, so I'm excited at the opportunity to get away from my university town as I hate staying in the same place for too long, I start to feel stagnant.

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Roberto Cavalli Spring/Summer 2012

2011-06-28T10:26:00.000+01:00

Roberto Cavalli

Word of advice, never blog beside a man. I've been going over the 35 simply amazing looks that were shown in milan for Roberto Cavalli and my boyfriend has been mumbling beside me about what he does like (pretty much nothing) and what he doesnt like (pretty much everything) and it's really irritating. We finally decided (/i bullied him into allowing me) to post this video and these images. I love it. The bright colour on colours are my favourites, it brings a clean and sophisticated air to the playfulness of summer brights. However, i do have a penchant for clean white on white lines, i feel it it such a youthfully adult way to dress in urban setting.

Anyway, here are a 2 outfit sets inspired by this menswear collection....

Also I will be at The 1234 festival , if you're making your way there I'll be definitely catching the babeshadow show, so come say hello.

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Versace x H and M designer collaboration

2011-06-21T10:16:00.000+01:00

'Leather and gold studs, very sexy.'
I am sold already. This frankly AMAZING collection will be hitting a h&m near you on november 17th. It will incorporate women, men and homewares. But, really all im thinking is 'high street D&G DRESSES?!?!?' and 'Will christopher Kane be involved in the design, because if he is i may just die....and if i do, pop my corpse in one of those leather dresses and make sure its a goddamn open coffin!'

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get your BRIGHTS out.

2011-03-31T17:39:00.000+01:00

light colour blocking by Miss Daisy Chain featuring glass rings

BLANK skinny jeans, 39 GBP TopShop silver shoes, $120 Yves Saint Laurent glass ring, $250

very happy with my new blank jeans from glassworks (click the lnk above), theyr so comfy and less than £40 and my new topshop creepers! im also on a MAJOR white blazer search. was going nuts for them last summer and didnt find one, but this year, THIS YEAR! i shall own a white blazer, because im not going to give up!

heading back to Londonium tomorrow (sans camera, ive lost it :( ), very excited to be back home!

*i've got some things from Burberry to post....im just taking my sweet time.

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Mickey by Jolijn Snijders

2011-03-17T18:55:00.000Z

Erm, hello Cole Mohr.

*salivates a little*

So, I'm...I'm like in love with you.

That's really all I came to say.

OH!

and the cowboy junkie's cover..

of my favourite song ever.

Sweet jane by velvet underground,

it's pretty sweet.

YEAAAH...

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Carven A/W 2011-2012

2011-03-15T20:49:00.000Z

style.com

I am obsessed. And rightly so, look at this! Guillaume Henry, you must stop giving me heart palpitations of this magnitude. How gorgeous is that mustard coat with huge fur sleeves? And the final dress? Simone De Beauvoir was cited as a muse for this presentation (read ‘the second sex’ and let French feminist philosophy transform your life), and rightly so, she would approve. The look is intellectual, sexy and unquestionably wearable. The hip length blazers and pea coats in particular make me swoon.

This whole thing is so me, (if you dont believe me consult my i'm a liar post outfit ) I would wear everything. A friend once told me I was the Anna Dello Russo of minimalism, because I somehow happen to maximise all my basic pieces, this collection is the maximalist of minimalism! Its so simple, so traditional yet so modern. So falling-in-love worthy! I’m loving the navys, mustard and oranges definitely colours I shall be working into my wardrobe this autumn winter. The styling of the collection should also be praised the preppy tailoring clashes delightfully with the john lennon-esque shades giving it an almost clinical sci-fic feel that works so wonderfully i think. This collection hits store in July i think, im more than a little excited to have a good rifle through

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Deadly Ponies

2011-03-11T16:06:00.000Z

Ok, so these are beautiful right? Yeah, that’s what I thought too. GORGE.
Now, let me tell you the story. I spied a beautiful Australian willowy figure in the bathroom of whisky mist carrying this cage-like slashed bag, and after pawing over her bag and touching its supple leather and generally keeping her captive in the loo for half an hour she told me she’d purchased it from Deadly Ponies a New Zealand brand that hand finishes all their products, yes that’s right, hand finishes ALL their products. So, a Google here and e-mail there and the very nice people at Deadly Ponies sent me these shots of some their current collection called ‘Egg white and blue’.

The royal blue bag, called the Mohawk sling, although not my style blew my mind and my flatmates, (I still have the scratch marks from where she dug her nails into me and shouted ‘where? Where can I get that?’) it has such a cool urban yet boho Navajo feel that I can see easily working its way into several wardrobes in the east end of London. And the camel, oh the camel bag. It’s just the representation of my style and I truly believe I deserve it so I can strut with my camel coat on dreary days, and at such reasonable prices (seriously, I’m even talking student loan affordable) I think…I know I have to get one, and you can buy them here and they are currently taking pre-orders! Oooh and look at the Mr bone Mailman bag, Delicious!

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NYFW streetstyle

2011-02-21T18:04:00.000Z

style.com x Tommy Ton

Looking at these shots just makes me want to cry.
It's official next fashion week, I SHALL BE THERE! I refuse to sit at home and look at pictures, i shall be taking pictures and strutting and seeing shows, because the melancholic feelings darkening my heart and coursing through my veins is destroying me!

Don't you just love all the colours in this shot though? I don't know why but it gives me a really carnival feel, which is quite the opposite of F/W collections, maybe its something to do with the fact i had been watching the BBC FOUR Reggae Britannia season and feeling a desperate need for summer, bright colours and dancing to this song!

Robyn- No hassle (Dancehall Queen)

S&M

2011-02-11T15:36:00.000Z

I don't know what it is about this track but it gets me all 'RA-ARGHGAHHAHARAHRURGHGA'

if that makes no sense im not surprised.

all you need to know is that 'chains and whips excite me' apparently.

I'm in desperate need of night out though, where I will wear skimpy clothes and my new MAC girl about town lipstick and sort of just strut. I have too much fun on those nights and but I cant really do them when I'm not in london/ brighton/ leeds/ manchester/ newcastle because people look at you funny. I am trying to get over it and become more daring in other places than my hometown but being in a small university town leads to lots of talk, even if im going for a Pheobe Philo minimalist look I hear a lot of backchat.

I'm sort of thinking of a new blogging concept I will run alongside this one that addresses that matter head on, I might even let my uni friends see it!

But running on the S&M theme, heres a kinky sort of shoot with Lara Bingle.

Is it just me or or are maximalist sex-driven shoots hard to find nowadays, everyone seems to be afraid to get models naked unless its done 'artfully'. Where's Terry Richardson when you need him? with Anna wintour behind the bike shed...? go figure. (you know where to go for those images)

Lara Bingle x Stephen Ward+Georges Antoni

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OOOOH-LEE-AAH

2011-01-23T23:42:00.000Z

tfs

That's how i say her name now...

ooooh-lee-aah

shes so gorgeous she cant just be called simply julia!

it has to be sexualised, personaified, brought to life!

OOOH-LEE-AHHHHHH!

damn.

Business news on a SUNDAY?!?!?!?

2011-01-23T18:49:00.000Z

mahiki by Miss Daisy Chain

It’s been a delightful day, despite the mind numbingly great scores of revision I’m having to do for tomorrow’s exam. Have received awesome news from two companies about internships! This is of course excellent news for me and I am so beyond content it’s unreal, I am however having to contain my over animated excitement to settle down and mill over Shakespeare! It’s all good though I shall be grooving and grinding once the exams are over to celebrate the good news!
Also whilst in London has some really cool opportunities to bump into some really talented artist, namely Jessie J (who I’ve got an ace picture of), Drake and Florence Welch. The set above is a wee look at the rather abject outfit i was wearing the night i met Jessie, who is so petite and gorge in real life. Tis all for now! I’ll probably be back in a couple of days yelling about something new

p.s. this is 'chalices of the past-2Rude' and 'Star slinger-baby mama' ....Enjoy!

I'm a Liar...

2010-12-27T02:05:00.000Z

gallery opening by Miss Daisy Chain featuring louis vuitton handbags

I'm a liar because i promised i was back and well i havent posted in 3 months! i feel so bad about it, i love posting here, so i'm going to try more often, honestly there is not a lot to post about, my life has been sartorially disturbed by cold weather and my mental delinquency which has made me sit in the the house for the past 2 months moaning at my coupled up flatmates about how miserable my life is. But the outfit i put together was for one of my first nights out in TOO long, i wondered along to the TATE to look at the turner nominees an then onto a friends for a rather sparse plate of food and a great dal of wine before heading to (mindblank...somewhere east, i was drunk and cant remember) where i got extra excited and grinded on hot models and got them to give me piggy backs til we could find a taxi back to hampstead. i'm actually really glad i went out, finally felt like me again after being the depressing bore i have been of late!

geek chic..? by Miss Daisy Chain featuring a proenza schouler handbag

Havin bought myself a great pair of new frames from colette in paris and had them filled in with my usual prescription (i'm actually very blind) i've embraced my love of tailoring to all new heights. Before it was all about sexualising officewear despite the fact i dont even work in an office, i wanted billowing sheer shirts unbuttoned low to expose lace bra straps (intentionally) and tight grey pencil skirts with fitted black blazers and sky high heels with a smal studded suff or a bib necklace, something to give it a modern and quirky edge. Now, i just want my comfy ballet flats or brogues, with knee high socks whilst i hide behind my glasses and berets. IVE BECOME AMELIE (plus optical lenses). However i cant deny my love of leather and high waists that runs with me everywhere.

this has sort of become a usual look for me, i blame american apparel, having always been a fan and being holed in one for an hour and half in a snow storm whilst i was in glasgow (i could leave but i was enthralled by the city shorts) i literally spent my whole monthlywage in that place. now have a plethora of button down shirts, a myriad of high waisted cord, cuffed and high waisted shorts, denim pencil skirts, cable knit sweaters, pastel cardigans and deep v neck tees. i literally had enough shopping to drown the city of glasgow.

love it though, fits all my wonderful gap basics!

its late nw so got to shoot to bed gonna try and see the llusionist tomorrow! been waiting fr it for ages!

2010-09-07T20:09:00.000+01:00

luxury IS camel coats and studs...you heard it here first by Miss Daisy Chain featuring christian louboutin shoes

In my honest humble opinion, luxury is about comfort. If acquiring something makes you uncomfortable financially, physically or emotionally, it sure aint a luxury! (this is relevant to shoes and men!)

The set above is an example of my personal style, I take risks with my style whilst trying to play it safe. It's an interesting place to be, like i'm teetering around the edge in stillettos with a rusty harness. I'm currently wearing the look right now minus celine bag-like i have that kind of money! and minus christian louboutin louis shoes-soon, i shall own those beauties soon! and minus azzedine alaia platforms-again-like i have that kind of money! i have replaced the sweet studded hi tops with my beat up converses, i love the contrast of my ugly shoes with my brand spanking new ankle length camel coat courtesy of very.com (thanks twiggy) and ive been rubbing the waxy chanel rouge coco all over my lips over the past couple of days as though i were some sort of crusty old harlot vying for customers-but i like it.

the turban(-inator) was a little thing i picked up on my second trip to new york this year and i decided it was someething i would be working into my personal style, y'know, just because. I enjoy it muchas.

is there anything you guys are wearing this new season thats a rework of the typical trends?

I wanna know...

I'M BACK....(i promise)

2010-08-25T20:27:00.000+01:00

Please ignore the fact I look like a pig in this picture, and the fact i am wearing legwarmers and converses..and the fact my outfit is slightly ridiculous (a group of my friends got drunk and decided that we should have a 'MASSIVE CHILLAAA' -i dont know what that means either- and go to a club dressed like this) however revel with me in my purchase.

Balenciaga Part-time baby! yeah!

i truly enjoy it, im sitting here stroking it right now. mmmm...

Anyways i have been away for a LONG time, i apologise, have no decent excuse just feeling less than expressive, but now i'm back in my home town of LANDAN TOWN and it feels good.

I went to new york in my blogging absence and i must say, Londoners are better dressed.

HA USA HA, i said it.

of course there are a many impeccably dressed new yorkers who's style surpasses the average, but there just seems to be more Londoners who give a damn.

So very glad to call this darling city my home despite the fact its currently raining like a ***** .

oh and did you guys hear zara online shopping starts on sept 2nd

im considering becoming an escort to keep myself in chic blazers and versace-inspired hankerchief skirts, thoughts?

n.b: I do not endorse prostitution.

Unless of course you're trying to afford Balmain...

2010-06-03T00:17:00.000+01:00

net-a-porter

I'm not even going to use this post to explain my near 2 month absence...

instead im just going to bemoan this...i mean honestly WHAT THE FUCK?

£440 bejewelled guiseppe zannotti CHE purse?

im no socialist but i am riled up by this...

it goes against everything he stood for...

guiseppe i am disappointed.

Yes mr Zannotti i am talking to you

Please dont do something this ridiculous again

because what this does is make all the pretty fashion girls that buy this look vacuous (which they probably are if they buy it-unless of course they are making an ironic statement) and that doesnt help the way our subculture look does it?

people think fashion is ridiculous enough without a bejewelled che clutch to shimmy its way across the streets and go and prove it

nuff sed

An absence coerced by stylized alcoholism

2010-04-03T22:48:00.000+01:00

fromtheold

EUGH! i feel disgusting, i have had a 3 week bender, started with my flatmate bringing round an attractive american male to stay for 5 days, so i showed him a good time by getting him routinely drunk and introducing him to my friends...lets just say after he left, the party didn't stop there...

Gigs, boys in bands, booze and leather doth not a good girl make... i remember 2 rather harrowing moments, the first is where my i volunteered to let my new 'friends' take shots off my leather cladded ass-don't judge me! the second actually truly disturbs me, i somehow found myself on my own walking the streets totally out of my mind and i sat down on this random marble bench opposite some bins. on the floor beside the bins was vomit and a pair of boots, ok and this is were it gets bad, these boots looked pretty cool, the sort of flat boots every fashionista would like in her wardrobe sort of like frye boots, basically they were hot. so i picked them up, carefully bypassing the vomit and shimmyed back to my bench in my denim cutoffs and inspected them closely, they were my size and smelt a little funky, and i kid you not, i went as far as taking my shoes off....but i didnt put them on because at this point my friend, Dan came along and was like 'WTF? lola i hope youre not gonna wear some bin-vomit shoes..' and now he hasn't let me live it down.

but thats youre girl, still on the hunt for wardrobe staples @ 4am drunk on jagermeister...

im looking forward to the next couple of weeks where i shall run from alcohol, feast on chicken wings and watch dexter-its sooo good

'If i'm so evil, why are you satisfied?'

2010-03-12T20:33:00.000Z

This week has been tough, i've moved and written what i think are two decent essays, yay! I'm also incredibly single-individually wrapped to f***.

I'm actually sort of miserable about it, after moaning about my 'need for space' and how i enjoy 'time on my own' and blah blah 'i shave my legs but im sort of a feminist' blah de fucking blah The Boy and i decided to have a chat, we wanted two different things, him- a relationship, me- a flighting sense of freedom. Neither of us were getting what we wanted from our relationSHIT so on monday-POOF! and it was gone...

and now i have noone to eat buckets of kfc and watch superbad with on friday nights, or drink beer and 'whisper' audibly rude remarks about people who are standing next to us at the bar, or who can enjoy my leather dress/trouser/skirt/hotpant fetish with me without looking like a leering perv....but such is life.

did anyone see Tom Ford's A Single Man? it was fricking excellent, and theres this guy from madrid in it who is PHWOAR!!! and he says 'mother always said lovers are like buses...theres always going to be another one' and im going to take that advice rather than bemoaning about how incomplete i feel.

im going to get very drunk tonight-in fact im drunk right now...a bowl of coco pops and one-okay two- bacon sandwiches should not be mixed with half a bottle of red wine...

i swear wine and beer arethe only decent drinks worth drinking....cocktails are like juice i have no time for them.

Les tricolore et Mug Gateau

2010-03-05T20:11:00.000Z

Recently i've been bumming france, I'm talking breton stripes, berets, ballet pumps....THE WHOLE DAMN LOT.

and i cant help it, those stylish europeans just know how to do it, and i'm trying to do it with my distinct london thang rather than just imitating and i think i've got it down slightly, sometimes i put on all my clothes and i feel sort of like 'hey girl-you gots it going on!'. but enough of my sartorial egotism and to what i actually was going to talk about

MUG GATEAU (or mug cake)

you take

4 tablespoons of flour,

4 tablespoons of sugar

3 tablespoons of milk

3 tablespoons of oil

1 egg

mix them up in a mug and microwave for 3 1/2 minutes and voila!

CAKE IN A MUG.

THIS IS WHY I LOVE MEN BECAUSE THEY TEACH YOU THINGS LIKE MUG CAKE

Jacque

2010-03-04T01:11:00.000Z

fashiongonerogue

Jacqueline Jablonski, my what a beauty. Her face is the first picture...such strength.

i've recently been dabbling with make up to try and give myself that sort of look. i'm really quite unfortunate you see, i have strong features but something about my face makes me look somewhat...jolly. so ive been trying to define the strength and eliminate the sort of hapy-go-lucky sort of aura i have haha. my attempts were futile mainly because the only make up i own is mascara and eyeliner (does lipbalm count? its a cosmetic). i have literally been berated by all my friends who think my lack of makeup is poor show of feminity from someone whose been wearing heels since 11 (got my first 3 inches then...ahhh), and i sort of agree.

i've always envied girls with overflowing make up boxes, full of eyeshadows, lip sticks, nail polishes and blushers. whilst i sort of stood alone with my solitary eyeliner pencil and a tube of mascara. the only thing i have to compete with is my chanel nail polish collection, but most of that remains unused. oh welll make up just makes me look like a clown anyway.

but moving onto more pressing matters, like my life.

i have been doing the most useless crap this week. i have been acting like a child, or rather someone in their mid-teens...and i usually pride myself on my maturity,but i've gotten up to some nonsense recently that makes me question that.

i'm going to blame it all on one man

one man.

i cant remember if i mentioned him before. its been a while since i spoke of men in depth here. But i've been seeing him as a friend/lover/annoying meanie since sept and he wanted to be with me, and i, generally being the damaged and destructive soul i can be when love is concerned, ran away and then sort of offered myself in every emotionally unavailable way to him. however he rejected these impalpable offers and went after what he actually wanted....which in this case, is me.

i'm not quite sure where i am with him, im certainly not ready for a relationship, but i dont not want to have one.

i guess i like the way we are now.

even if where we are is (for the most part) a sartorially challenged mess of pyjamas, chinese take aways, tekken 6 (on xbox 360...no, i am not a teenaged boy) and aqua teen hunger force (a cartoon, no, he is not a teenaged boy). i find it quite refreshing. we have bouts of acting our age too. he'll come meet me all dressed up and take me to dinner or we'll swing by a creperie for vogue (me), the Times (him), cigarettes (both of us) and breakfast (mainly just me, hearing 'wow you can really put away those breakfast muffins' is never comforting).

so i really don't know where we are now. i voiced my mad crazy concerns to him about the validity of our relationship and he told me that we should just take it slow.

so...

slowly...

it...

goes...

Philip Lim

2010-02-20T14:20:00.000Z

style.com

Philip Lim A/W 10-11

I adore this collection. So far, i'd been thinking that winter was going to be all black/white/grey....philip lim has proved me wrong. I loved the flashes of purple and yellow he had on the runway. The fur and the tuxedo jackets are beautiful and I've totally convinced myself that i MUST have a sheepskin biker jacket for september. Yum yummy!!

Double cuff and diamante hot pant glory

2010-02-13T19:42:00.000Z

Jacket Topshop, striped sweater Topshop, Hotpants Topshop

checked shirt vintage, grey cardigan shawl Elizabeth and James, cuffs Primark

I was especially snap happy in the topshop changing rooms as you can see...i already own the big fluffy thing but wanted to see how it went with the diamate shorts....which i love and now possess whoop!...and the striped sweater was nice too but strangely enough i didnt feel the urge to buy it...damn. i took a close up pic of my double cuff obsession here too. Literally if i see a nice cuff i say 'i'll take two'. it was proving to be quite expensive especially when i saw a gorge fendi cuff priced at £163. i did stand and think about it for a while and then thought is it fair that because of your need for fashion you have to multiply the price by 2? i realised i was being stupid and left and found these primark ones for 50p each!!!! £1 studded silver and leather double cuff-ness..perfection

my new sparkly hotpants and some 'fuck-off' heels are going to dragged about town tonight...with my darling Jordon. who is splendid...i once affectionately asked him if he'll be the Lambert to my Gaga...he said yes.

I actually had a date this evening.....

2010-02-12T23:43:00.000Z

unknown

But i blew it off. Why? Because I was going through this blog and was astounded by how I've changed. This used to be riveting and funny (if i may say so myself) and i couldn't wait to tell you all my stories, I would literally have to restrain myself from posting 8x a day, and now...well I'm lucky if i post that much a month.

And that's sad. Blogging is probably one of the best things i've found to do and when everything around me is sort of crap, well i love offloading on here knowing there's a bunch of lovely fellow fashionistos who can relate... and can dress too-I tell you, there's nothing more refreshing than people with style, i've met to many people who just don't know how to dress, its absurd, surely my eyes shouldnt be raped by your futile attempt of pairing animal prints with florals....but less of that the better.

So here i am now....blogging. i found this wonderful picture of Daria Werbowy for Chanel A/W 05 in my blog folder and thought i would share it with you. And I promise to continue sharing with you....I'll never neglect you again.

p.s. I'm quite bummed i blew off the date. It was with Hot australian Eli, I made up some crap about it being weird because it was valentine's weekend, so he said 'no worries...monday good?' in his hot australian accent. Naturally i said 'Yes'.

RIP ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

2010-02-12T23:40:00.000Z

To a visionary,

you shall be sorely missed

The Denim Tuxedo

2010-02-09T19:48:00.000Z

fashion gone rogue

Boy, do i love Noot Seear. Shes just ridiculously hot, and in the second to last picturue she looks a bit like raquel zimmerman, anyway i posted a video 'in her closet' last year, which is basically in Noot's closet and you can see it here.

man life for me has been WHACK! I have 4 draft post that i have been meaning to publish but ive just been too indecisive. Being indecisive is of no hope to anyone, let me tell you that. where work and men are involved one has to know exactly what they are doing or....well it can get quite exasperating. Also be firm, or you could have some midget man texting you for 2 months (like wtf? i dont even text back!!! hes having a conversation WITH HIMSELF) or you could have a wonderful german photographer who buys you gifts but fears any form of commitment, or you could meet a nice australian guy called Eli (what a nice name) who laughs at your fashiony-ness and thinks youre 'cute' (ive never been called cute before) and you could find yourself really liking his manly-ness and brisk attitude but because you dont know where you stand with photography man-who youre not even sure you like anymore (maybe it was just the gifts?) because hes being a twat- you cant commit to hunky australian Eli.

I'm rambling/ranting.

And work's a bummer too....me and my boss had a 25 minute meeting where the ONLY thing that was said was..'erm just come back to me and tell me what you think'.....25 minutes of my life! i dont know why i keep moaning...there are good tings in my life too..i promise haha

this just happens to be a really bad time of year for me...

2010-01-30T19:12:00.000Z

skullset

Not quite sure why...but im slipping into the january blues and im not quite too bothered about anything..and ive not had to work for ages and dont go back until next week, so my self worth has dropped too, and im being pursued by a midget man....yes really all 5''5 him. He keeps texting me and i honestly only reply to 1 in 3 of his texts and even then they are 1 word answers! But he doesnt give up. so im losing my confidence i the srt of men i attract...until of course wednesday night, when whilst dancing like a prat to dubstep i eyed (and preyed upon) a very attractive stranger...we got talking, he bought all my friends tequila, laughed at my impressive and lethal shapes i took to the dancefloor ( :/ ), and then he took my number. I WAS ECSTATIC. i'd met someone normal who could dress and didnt look like he was on any form of non-prescription and thus illegal drugs. so i waited for him to text me..

and waited....

and then PING! it cam upon me a whole 3 days later-way too keep a lady witing you sexy engineer man you! (yeah he doesnt work in the arts...a definite first for me) and i was glad it was such a cute lil text that was flirty-enough- and funny and just cute and in my happiness at his perfectly funny and witty text i pressed delete rather than reply...

only i hadnt saved his number yet...

so now hes probably sitting there thinking there was something wrong with his perfect text whilst i literally am throwing a tantrum about how the 1 perfect guy i meet, i managed to fuck it up by not taking his number.

oh and did i mention the photographer who i went to paris with and he bought me a LV damier azur neverfull? i didn't. well hes an ass and IM KEEPING THE BAG

and my flatmate has decided shes going to paint our really cool red bathroom white...i am furious about it and because its her mums flat i cant say anything about it...im just not gonna help her...im writing this instead haha

ive decided i need to get away (and move out-my flatmates a nice girl but i hate her tastein clothes and men and if i see her ugly,stupid gargantuan boyfriend again im going to stake him-what sort of idiot doesnt know what the haiti disaster is?) so me and my friends are going to LA hence the picture...i need to get out of here.

2010-01-17T17:53:00.000Z

just continuing my fascination with this absolute beauty...the song is a spot by the french DJ Louis Lebee

who funnily enough Mother and sister i met a couple of weeks ago and kindly plyed my drunken ass with copius marlboro lights and banter on the raffles dancefloor and bathroom

mmmmm...

2010-01-17T14:44:00.000Z

( my MANy bags)

I'm a HUGE fan of Bottega because i think its so understated chic. It isn't at all tacky like some other brands can be (I'm not a big fan of heavily logo-ed products) and like designer pieces to be awash with a luxurious look rather than an ill fitting highly uncomfortable 'LOOK AT ME I HAVE MONEY' aesthetic. i think designer goods should be comfortable and use the finest materials available to create something that is worth its price tag in forms of practicality and style and Bottega Veneta is one such company that is both luxurious and practical.

In saying that, i have always found Bottega's campaigns to be slightly lack lustre (apart from one in 2005-i think, where its in the back of a car and its all white-i'll try and find a pic somewhere) but they have products that far outrun their boring campaigns so they keep selling (did you know they source they're leather from the same tannery as Hermes?) so flipping through my Elle, my Tatler and my Vogue i found the bottega s/s 10 campaign and other than sexy Sean O'pry smouldering in the background i found something really raw about it, raw and humanistic.

I LOVED IT.

I had no idea why (other than sean o'pry) but after a quick google i found that none other than Nan Goldin shot it. bring on major photographer crush...I ADORE NAN GOLDIN...growing up i had nan goldin's self portrait of her bruised and battered face beside my bedside table and naked lithe figures sprawling in bathtubs and beds all shot by Nan plastered my walls amongst pictures of ward and stam-my mother thought i was psychotic....

so there you go thought i would just share that with you....

sorry i haven't posted in a while....have been exceptionally busy with evil classes and work and from wednesday i am free and have a month off work...was thinking of putting my pennies together and going to Goa but i think I'll settle for a weekend in Sheffield and some London madness instead.

and my cameras not working....boo

my intentions were ruined...

2010-01-07T12:32:00.000Z

We are a week into the new year!!

For the past 3 years i've compiled a list of rules and 'tips' for myself in the first week of the year that I have to abide by, I never take them seriously of course but it's good fun. This year i have kindly have decided to share them with you, theyll be in the next blogpost because i have misplaced the notebook with my 'tips'..whoops.

I am supposed to be heading to paris today but due to feeling unwell (since late august) i'm not sure if this is going to happen- i had to take 'urgent' blood tests today and am now on antibiotics and some weird spray pill thing but i love paris so may go anyway am curently listening to I love Paris- Ella Fitzgerald which in my opinion is the best version of the song. Paris other than London (swoon) and New York (ahhh) is my favourite city and i go there whenever i need a break and can get some cash together, I love that place with all my heart, it has proper seasons so you can wear cute summer outfits and then layered winter outfits- lots of fun all round... not really a big fan of places which are hot all year long especially if they are without decent shopping districts.

i really want to go to paris *weep weep* . Perusing Net-A-Porter and saw these gorgeous Guiseppe Zanotti's for £264 and because the ashish leopard shoes didnt fit, i think i deserve these now to satiate my desire and make me feel better about (maybe) not going to paris and the fact i feel to ill to prance into town and buy THAT silk shirt from zara.

Net-A-Porter

mmmm...

Happy new year

2010-01-01T03:41:00.001Z

I'm gonna try and not make this any usual fashion and lifestyle blog post about 'happy holidays' or whatever...but I'm tipsy (drrrrunk) so no promises.

It's about a year since i actually took control of this blog and started posting regularly, or sort of regularly, and its kind of weird to read about my life a year ago as it all feels like yesterday. that's something i like about blogging, being able to put aside a moment of my day just to reflect and put down how i feel is a great way of helping me understand myself.

I don't know why i started this blog, maybe i just felt some form of grandiosity and felt like everyone needed to know how i felt or maybe i just wanted to output my self expression, whatever the reason, i enjoy it.

Fashion is a big part of my life. i truly enjoy it. I think most people outside of fashion don't understand those who revel in it and believe we take it too seriously or find it amusing that a bunch of fashionistas are running in uncomfortable footwear around contemporary building screaming their heads off about swatches and tailoring as if its life and death. But its all just a caricature of what fashion is.

I love the way in which there's so many ways to be well dressed.

i love that in this industry people are accepted regardless of where you come from, its all about what you re doing now and the chances you make for yourself, there's not many parts of society that can say they are that open. here the people with drive, ambition and talent succeed and work their way up from scummy jobs to editing international selling magazines and collaborating with some of the biggest design houses.

fashion is a celebration of the aesthetic and hey, some people think that its 'superficial' but i don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to show who you are through clothing, or for appreciating the intricacies of physicality or someones handiwork. fashion is an art form.

this year i think its really important for people to celebrate their body and their confidence by wearing things look good on them and make them feel good.

i think the past decade hasn't really done much for the confidence of ordinary people, and although the whole size zero ordeal seems to have long since gone with beautiful non-stick thin people gracing us with their formidable refinery (e.g. Julia restoin-roitfeld, Crystal Renn. ) alongside some of the more traditional stunners like lily d (i have so much love for that girl) i think people still need to find courage within themselves to not be afraid of fashion, to not be afraid of showing who they are. The 'popular kids' in fashio are the ones who express themselves through their style e.g kate lanphear (i really should add pics to this post). it just shows beauty comes in all shapes and sizes-but you knew that already and I'm just being patronising by saying it again- but I'm soo happy right now... because beyond everything i really think this is a year of change.

really i have hope...

i sort of want to believe that the years of the topshop/new look clone in weird coloured jeggings and floral tops has gone but i doubt that... but i have hope!

as for being cruel to men (apparently rejecting their advances but still taking the gifts is 'unacceptable conduct'- damn!) I'll try to stop that....but i do enjoy it.

i'll be nicer to my friends...the male ones too, a little understanding goes a long way after all.

I'll learn to save a little too...i want more Chanel!

but sending all my best wishes to you all this year, i hope you all get to where you deserve and have fun on the journey.
Love, kisses and my best wishes (i didn't mean for that to rhyme),
Lola

2009-12-21T19:24:00.000Z

leather dresses dont always equate to dominatrix by Miss Daisy Chain featuring Planet jackets

Items in this set:
H&M Leather Dress
Planet Tuxedo Jacket, Ivory, Size 12, 49 GBP
Yves Saint Laurent Tribtoo patent leather pumps, $795
ASOS Iridescent Feather Clutch, $42
Halston Stud-embellished cuff, $597

So i totally bought that H&M leather dress in the polyvore set...it is literally the best thing i have ever owned bar the ashish leopard print booties....that were too small *weep* so i had to take them back, that was depressing.

i made myself feel better by buying lots of cuffs, ive started buying 2 of the same because i quite like having one on each arm....i dont know if i made the identical cuff look up in my head or i saw it somewhere but its a great look. i have a whole bunch of studded ones and gold ones with semi-precious stones and as my friend johnny pointed out...'its kinda fetish'.

i think fetish is the look ive been going for subconsconciously,i have a penchant penchant for leather,i now own 2 leather skirts, a leather dress, leather corset-ann summers hahah-, leather trousers, leather hotpants and a fringed harley davidson jacket, all bought within one month and i ADORE studs...studs everywhere please.

i cant help myself for underwear for outerwear either, or 'ounderwear' as my lil sis calls it. i shimmy-ed into work on monday with leather pants and 'fuck off' silver matallic heels (fuck off heels = VVVVVHOT AND HIGH HEELS) with a white shirt nowhere near covering my sequin bra underneath....so what if it was snowing? i had my gorgeous new fur moscow hat and fringed harley davidson leather to keep me warm...my boss told me i looked 'hot and very rock and roll'...im now considering how inappropriate that is...but i suppose the compliment was balanced with an insult when he said that my unbrushed purple hair made me look like a troll (oh yes its purple now...my hairdresser said i was too unadventruous with my hair and dyed a whole bunch of it a ridiculous purple hue-i quite like it) my boss then introduced me to his sister as the girl that 'only dates models and boys in bands...sort of a groupie'....and thats incredibly untrue i date moneyed men, writers and photographers too...

well theres lot to be said about the men in my life especially one particular midget man (hes like 5''5 whereas im 5''9) who wont leave me alone...but ill leave that for another time as im currently drinking my favourite rose which has tasted slightly odd these past few nights but i dont care im drinking to get drunk...and need to wear something that wont have me freezing to death in the snow just because i want to look beautiful. theres nothing hot about a girl clad in leather smoking marlboro reds and standing out in the cold...or maybe there is?

SHOE PORNAGE!!!

2009-12-11T03:20:00.000Z

I saw these a couple of months ago and nearly cried because my lack of pennies meant i could not own them....

and then i saw these ashish for topshop beauts and knew i should own them...so i ordered them today...

so i was off acquiring goodies on the interweb and in actual stores...purchased myself a zara winter coat and embellished clutch (pictures soon), couldnt resist a louis vuitton wallet...argh i couldnt help myself

so i made myself a promise no more things

well maybe 1 or 4 pairs of shoes

(i have exactly 46....47 including leopard print wedges, i cant go into the new year with out a solid amount of shoes...50 is a solid amount right?)

and then i saw these 2...the grey 1s are gorgeous but they dont have my size :( and theyr soo givenchy (note studded wonders below)

and then theres these, grey seude strappy thingys and @ £35 i think they would satiate my desire for something grey but im getting grey trib toos (thanks to my terribly well connected stepmother) for christmas so are they necessary?

help me guys which ones do i buy argh?

since when have i been frugal and rational about purchasing shoes at half 3 in the morning?

julia restoin roitfeld

2009-12-02T10:09:00.000Z

ITS BEEN A WHILE!!!

i apologise?

i've been so busy, i've had HUGE work commitments and events. And those that work hard...

let's just say that i've had horrible drunken nights and i dont get hangovers but....god LORDY LORD LORD ive had some splitting headaches and on one occasion i was still drunk on the sunday and ended up with a hangover on the monday!

AND

why is it i keep attracting crazies?

anyways JULIA RESTOIN ROITFELD

i find myself just loving her recently, the way she uses her clothes to celebrate her body.

shes just so damn sexy!

chanel &sweats

2009-11-08T01:53:00.000Z

chanel&sweats by Miss Daisy Chain featuring Forever21

Items in this set:
Whistles.co.uk skirt, 150 GBP, Forever21 hoodie, $18, Ashish shoes, Chanel bag, John Hardy bracelet, $1,995

I wish i owned that bag. ive just bought the shoes and skirt though WHOOP WHOOP

and jewelled cuffs from accesorize yummy :D

i also just want to put out here in the blogosphere to sellers of givenchy nightingale bags...reducing a $1085 bag to $1063 does not constitute a sale with that $22 difference converted into GBP i can barely buy lunch...but then again givenchy ppl you probably dont want me munching and making my fat ass fatter right?

i am very drunk with swedish model, bebe and im currently blogging in a strangers house on a randoms laptop...hes letting me do it because i told him i was looking for porn.....bag porn

chanel coco cocoon

2009-11-03T11:32:00.000Z

I love daul kim, she looks so cute in this.

i totally hated this line of bags until i saw them in this video and instore, prices are ridiculous though. had a bit of a hissy fit when the SA tried to tell me it was around a £1000

''FOR PUFFY BITS OF NYLON??? FOR A BAG THAT DOESNT EVEN CLOSE?''

i currently have a balenciaga fund, but i can buy balenciaga anytime right?

im getting some taxback soon so might purchase it and live off tuna and wine (of course) some more....at least ill be skinny

RIP Daul.

the crappest halloween yet...?

2009-10-31T20:52:00.000Z

I'm currently sitting at home, alone, off my face on rose spritzers. the two friends i was supposed to go out with (and im gna nae and shame here cus im pissed...off) tori hs bailed from sickness-and the worst thing is she is actually sick so i cant complain- gina has bailed due to research proposal ness and im like you finished your masters in july surely work would have finished now research proposal ness is an excuse out of watching me get drunk and dance like a lunatic and face rape overattractive males with inabilites to speak english...

RUBBISH

very angry indeed and im wearing a orticia addams costume and lying on the floor and listening to snoop dogg

its not even 9pm....argh what a night...im off to bed.....or maybe not.

2009-10-26T02:24:00.000Z

tfs

Beautiful. Isn't she just so?

Eugh i don't know what it is about this past week that's made everything shitty but i would really enjoy for it to return to normal. Firstly, i haven't had a cigarette since Thursday morning which is depressing enough without considering its been 4 days since. AND on top of that because of lack of fags, I've been eating like a fatty...bacon rolls and almond croissants...what?!?!? i hate them for tasting so good!!!

Secondly, MEN.

I don't like them. this week I've had a dodgy Italian fellow and an overwhelming good looking (like 'phwoar' good looking) man rub me up the wrong way, thankfully no literal rubbing has occurred.

The Italian. beautiful, suave, intelligent and smouldering and then he became aware of his effect on me and tried to play up to it and it all became rather icky and a little too Italian and smoooooth for a British girl who usually likes things quite quintessentially English and edgy. when The Italian realised i was quickly rejecting his advances he became scary... like Halloween scary. for instance he waited outside my flat in the pouring rain for 2 hours because i didn't text him back that morning,he thought he was being romantic, little does he know id rather chew off my own leg and beat myself with it than be 'romanced'...i refused to let him in when i arrived whilst also trying to spare his feelings (he was clearly without his full senses) and he didn't get the message, wedging his foot in the door and telling me how much he wanted to whisk me away to some place 'cut off' from everyone else-i quickly imagined him dismembering my body and from this point have stayed clear. think black trench coat and black trilby- v.chicognito

Ridiculously good looking man is exactly that,ridiculosly good looking. he has a body sculpted by angels and a face blessed by God. and one afternoon over an impromptu lunch date he told me that I was the beautiful one...and was sanely obsessed with me (not like the Italian :/ ) so a few months pass and we had a couple of drunken-and sober-fumblings, on one such a occasion he bit me, i wont go into that but i didn't like it, and hes become a little...too much for me. incessant texting, facebooking, voice mails...and the run ins are the worst.

'how have you been? I've been texting you and calling i was worried'

' well i doing the same as i was last night *nervous laughter, looks around for any sort of get away*

'so i was thinking maybe we could-'

*interrupts* 'oh I'm sorry I've got to go....my erm...ah. MY WATERS JUST BROKE*

'but you're not pregnant'

'no I'm not...my mother is...shes giving birth to me...so i guess i better go get born ha ha' *runs away*

. And hes still called me all this weekend. He thinks I'm 'funny' and i fear that my odd display of behaviour has made him like me more..its a shame really if he wasn't so persistent (and if he hadn't bitten me) i would so be all over him.

I'm gna go pour myself some peach absolut and raise a glass to all the crazy men in the world.

to persistent scariness, the single adult male.

i remember this, can you?

2009-10-22T03:25:00.000+01:00

Awesome.

It's late...It's also a school night...soo if your still in school i hope youre in bed, whilst the rest of us are drunkenly blogging and texting farcical italian smouldering men who have crossed the line of smouldering and turned out creepy... and stupid

such a shame really, i had high hopes on his smoulderingness' ability to pull me out of spinster mode.

lesson learnt: some men were looking for their marbles when God was handing out common sense. Unfortunately nice shoes and attractive faces don't make up for asinine behaviour and crazy talk.

and you should have heard some of the crazy talk.

from henceforth, I lock my doors at night.

2009-10-21T02:49:00.000+01:00

mmm yummy, such beautiful wedges from Kurt Geiger but £230??? seeing this rather unsaintly price reminded me of this cigarettesandhighheels post

but just look at those chains...im going to think about them for a week and then decide if i deserve/need them

2009-10-20T00:10:00.000+01:00

Totally want to own this whole wardrobe, and is she not wearing make up? Just unnaturally beautiful...NOT FAIR

Went to see 'Up' in the cinema today with some guy.it was ok, he's cute and exhilarating amongst the sea of banal and insipid men that seem to be lurking around these days but overall just nice...no sparks...'Up' was the same as him, original and lovely but didnt leave thinking it was the most perfect thing ever, perfectly pleasant to sit through though.

There are things i am very good at....

2009-10-15T22:58:00.000+01:00

such as moaning and being, in some men's opinion, 'the funniest woman to walk the earth' (if one meets me, it takes only a few seconds to realise i have a very dry, sarcastic and sardonic humour which most people find hilarious, when they realise I'm not mean on purpose-it just comes naturally to me).

So, despite my obvious charms I've been wondering why i seem to not only have no romantic inclination to anyone (asexuality?), but why noone has a romantic inclination to me (countless hours looking in the mirror, am i ugly?) when only a couple of years ago whilst still at school i was fighting boys off with sticks-i suppose they all just wanted to get laid and realised i wasn't the one that put out easily...

But, staying on subject, i had an alcohol drenched skype dinner with a good male friend where we talked about my inability to ensnare a decent man (well not ensnare but...well you know). Perhaps dumping my last boyfriend (who was ridiculously good looking(just got scouted by VNY in new york), intelligent(turned down VNY because he's studying at Yale) and kind to me) was my downfall...i couldn't see a good thing when it was right in front of me.

well at least that was my suggestion

the good male friend had another idea.

''funny women are intimidating, a woman with a sense of humour is intelligent and confident to be relaxed, no man wants that..we want low self esteems and ineptitude we want flailing damsels and insecure banshees not some sparkling siren, wielding spears and sarcasm.''

I tell you what, I've been thinking about that all day, he's says he was joking but it sure does sound like theres more than an element of truth to it.

Explains why after a conversation the men that are still interested in me are the arrogant ones (AKA ridiculously good looking potential model ex boyfriend), oh well, i like ridiculously good looking arrogant men paying me attention...but why are there so few of them?

speaking of ridiculously good looking...

Cole mohr anyone?

2009-10-13T20:14:00.000+01:00

Please ignore messy hair, lack of make up, boobs bursting out of shirt and chipped nailpolish i was having an off day.

I love this jacket from kate moss topshop, £120 of yummy.

quite enjoying the shirt,bodycon and fur jacket number all i need are some YSLs and i'll be happy.

really really old

2009-10-11T02:16:00.000+01:00

whenever i have no idea what to wear, i watch this.

When im feeling down, i watch this.

when im happy, i watch this.

i basicall spend all of my life watching this. It just spells out how my style has been for the past 3 years. Its about simple chic-ness and and sexiness...i sort of think this should be every woman's capsule wardrobe (but then again variety is the spice of life right?). i believe everyone should have great basics with fabulous stand out pieces and statment jewellery.

this The Row video just wins, right?

How do you tell a friend you just want to be friends?

2009-10-09T14:14:00.000+01:00

I'm pretty sure everyone has that friend, the friend that truly believes you are closer than you actually are. I currently have one of those friends, she means well but when you're a person like me, you need space.

And space is a concept she cant necessarily grasp.

so Monday night...i receive a call.

'are you going to ______'s tonight?'

'yes i am'

'would you mind if i go with you? its just i don't have anyone to go with...'

i can't exactly say no it's like an hour till I'm supposed to arrive at the party and shes ready and I'll just feel mean so i invite her along to the pre-party even though I'm sure she wasn't invited but oh well she's saying she is SO....she comes along.

At the party...

i hear her telling people of all the fun we have together, all the lunches and dinners we have had, the boys we've ensnared together and all the hilarities we've shared whilst 'vegging out'. i even heard her accept an invite on my behalf with 'WE will definitely be there'

i was mildly confuzzled. i met her about a year ago and was formally introduced to her about 6 months ago through a friend and we catch up and see each other around, she got really drunk at 2 of my house parties so i let her stay over because i couldn't really shove her in a cab (she's not exactly incredibly small). but OK...I'll let this slide i thought.

'she's my best friend in the whole world I'll do anything for her'

OK wow. erm OK....it was at this point i decided that i was going to avoid her for the rest of the night and focus my attentions on the tall drink of water in the Valentino suit. halfway through my fabulous conversation with incredibly sexy Valentino man she bounds over full of southern hospitality and declaring what good friends we are. she actually stroked him about 16 times in the 2 minutes before he decided i wasn't worth the trouble of enduring the stumpy loud midget friend and made his excuses.

it was at this point i was feeling less polite-when it comes to attractive, decent, well dressed men i turn into the power bitch. its ridiculous to 'salt one's game' in the day and age where everyman thinks he's Hugh Hefner and every woman is a Bridget Jones-sad, lonely and waiting.

so i stomped off and ignored her for the rest of the evening, however she didnt get the message as when it was late and i was very much ready to go home she appeared again.

'taxi home?'

Again i felt it would be cruel if i said no.

so we arrived in front of my flat and i paid half the fare and shut the cab door behind me and trotted up the stairs only to realise she was behind me....

'errrm are you OK?'

'yeah'

'what are you doing?'

'I'm staying at yours tonight'

'.....'

'yeah i left my overnight bag here before we left'

'oh'

again i felt to mean to be like 'get the fuck out of here crazy' so she stayed and chilled in my flat. i was more than a little uncomfortable. the next day she took my Chanel 2.55, my converses, my shell drop necklace, the bangles my grandmother gave me, my Chanel perfume and my ELLE, made 3 calls from my sidekick and broke my samsung(hence the picture) and waltzed out my flat.

i was left fuming, fine about all the other stuff but don't start prancing around with someone else's Chanel bag.

ridiculous much?

oh and I've just discovered an extra toothbrush in my bathroom, apparently its hers

'just for the next time i stay over impromptu...'

trust me, bitch there won't be a next time.

weeks of blogging to catch up on.....

2009-10-04T10:46:00.000+01:00

Firstly, i would like to apologise for my rather disgusting hiatus. I have been ill, for about a month. Not quite sure what is wrong but currently i have this weird chesty cough which is toning my stomach muscles and a head cold and the common cold.

I am in some distinct amount of pain.

However back to the good stuff,

life and fashion...

currently as you know it's like fashion MONTH

new york was fantastic (thank you 3.1 Philip lim)

and London SMASHED IT

Burberry was my favourite show not just because they had finally come home.

NOT just because it was the last show but because i believed it.

I believed it AND fell in love.

It was meant to be.

It reminded me of a lot.

Burberry definitely was my past, before all the Chav connotations i was all over it. Being an anglophile (despite being born in Britain) it is the most British brand i know. I like to career around in tweeds and riding boots and burberry has the British edge that i insist on being part of me.

My first designer bag was burberry it cost £110 and was an incredibly small sort of square shape covered in check with 'burberry' embossed on the metal plate in front. I loved it.

Anyway moving swiftly on here are a few of my favourite looks from the runway.

Ok so i know its like nearly al the looks on the runway....but IT ROCKS. I love chanel iman's look and all the trench coats...TOO HOT.

the man himself, Christopher Bailey.

I LOVE YOU.

A wont stop making me want things..

2009-09-20T11:48:00.000+01:00

Navy converse, fendi twins tote, leather biker jacket, aviators.

I want it all...thats not fair, right?

im still looking for a wretched leather skirt....its all her fault

just abreak from the usual...ITS FASHION WEEK blogging..

2009-09-20T11:30:00.000+01:00

anyone for an intensely sexual creature instead?

hold on what is up with the sandals?????

my search for peep toe wedge booties is OVER

2009-09-12T19:15:00.000+01:00

What an attractive pair of boots, as soon as i get enough shiny pennies to pay my bills and buy some more attractive booties....i am getting these.

This sexual leather construction can be purchased here.

Make them give me leather.....

2009-09-09T15:10:00.000+01:00

I don't care how old this trend is...

I want to own a leather skirt.

sexual.

GOT MONEY IN THE BANK..

2009-08-30T09:32:00.000+01:00

There's something so grown up about getting paid and although it's my birthday on MONDAY (oooh im gna be older!!) you would think i should have began feeling a lot older a while ago. I mean this year i moved away from home OFFICIALLY officially. no more boxed up crap still at momma's crib-no way! i pay my own bills and have only gone crying to mummy and papa for their pocket change once this year! ( :/ ) i buy my own clothes and do what i want when i want without feeling guilty (thats a lie my older sister still scares the crap out of me despite only a 2 year age difference) and it kinda got me thinking about being young and the habits you grow old with. Don't worry i'm not gonna go all deep and heavy on you and start asking about the meaning of life but i just want to question the idea of choices and where we think we are going. i love it when i see kids with plans, they know who they want to be, where they want to go and when they want to be there. I look at my little sister sometimes (shes 13 on weds AHHH) and i think shes so much more wiser than i was at her age. she sat my mum down and told her she'd chosen the school she wanted to spend the rest of her school years in it went like this:

*lists pros and cons of the 2 possible school choices and dispelled her current school as one*

''so its really either BLAH (some random school in connecticut, USA) or BLAH BLAH (some boarding school she will be attending in sepetember)

and needless to say we kind of had to give it to her i mean a 13 year old has chosen her future and is carving it as her own, can you really stand in the way of that? damn i'm envious of her zeal and determination- i dont evenhave that sort of attitude now. I'm just plodding along and blogging along. So i've made a promise to myself to try and be more assertive in this new year of my life. Heck knows i won't be fully sucessful and will falter more times than i would care to admit- but that's life and that's ok but there's no harm in trying, right?

onto less pressing matters than self,

clothing?

New clothing?

DRESS (brand spanking new) h&m, bag (new) chanel, scarf (new-ish) h&m, shoes (old) primark

'The thing about music- when it hits you you feel no pain'

2009-08-30T09:07:00.000+01:00

I honestly couldn't decide which of these videos to post (YES! i do know i havent posted in ten days SPANK ME if you dare! i was ill is my excuse, possibly with swine flu, perhaps with bird flu or if the child of swine and bird flu was to mate with SARS and then produced a mutatedly evolved child with a resistance to calpol-thats what i had). i was kinda feeling a post about SIA us shes is sh*t hot and this track has been saturating my ear drums for a couple of months with its melodic beauty. SIA also happens to be the most amazing export since 4th and bleeker. and going to stalk on her blog today, this fine morning i noticed the second song playing and i wasnt familiar with the desert sessions cover of QOTSA- but i love it!

GG withdrawals

2009-08-21T03:39:00.000+01:00

Its 3:41am.

I have work in 5hours 19minutes.

I really ought to go to bed.

Only i went to this crap party tonight,

Drank to much whiskey,

was frightened by some man who 'wanted me',

and said it was 'OK for me to squeeze him whenever'.

He was creepy.

I miss gossip girl.

after a night like this i would return and watch a new delightful episode.

But no, theres no Blair manipulating and scheming in Tory Burch

no Serena attempting kindness in Herve Leger

and Nate just looking hot in Brooks brothers

and

Chuck Bass.

Mmm.

I scream Alexandra Carl when i masturbate...

2009-08-19T14:23:00.000+01:00

Just a little bit of beauty to calm the nerves of people who are receiving A level results.

Good luck Guys!

and whether you get 5A's or DDE

don't listen to the reports tomorrow which will duly come

saying that A levels are being dumbed down down.

I did IB and i know how hard i tried and if someone told me that IB was getting easier i know I'd want to give someone a slap

hey and enjoy whatever you do next! whether its uni, a gap year or a job...I'm sure you'll have a blast

Don't hate me....

2009-08-09T11:03:00.000+01:00

i haven't blogged in ages.... Honestly I've been milling around scared shitless about failing my exams (yet not opening a book) and fraternising with a very HOT stranger i met at the gym, the HOT stranger chat has however fallen to pieces as after numerous coffees, lunches and a 'follow-me-around-while-i-shop' I found out he has a gf thus i am not impressed and have backed well off (most men= scum)

i have however made a couple of purchases i will post pics later when i haven't got an hour and a half to get to work and am still in my silk nightie (Ooh!) but I'm totally feeling things that are sheer right now. i bought this gorge long black sheer blouse that i cant stop wearing through it over a racy bra and jeans for daytime sexy (I've long since stopped dressing for women not to call me a slut) or over a tiny little tight black skirt for that 'I've covered my flesh but you can still see it' night time feel. i also purchased this cute floral sheer blouse with an elasticated waist and cute little buttons but it look stupid buttoned up so i wear it over deconstructed tees and leggings and it looks hot in that 'it has no purpose because it doesn't keep me warm or keep me cool, it just useless and pretty' sort of way.

also bought too many shoes.. a cute purple suede pair, a black stiletto heeled shoe boot thingy, a cute pair of wedges that i got for £3!!!!!(river island sale-I never go in there, so glad i did that day!), and my booties from new look not worn them yet....haven't had time and all my tall friends have been away so i would look like a tool at 5''9 wearing 4 inch heels (thus 6''1) next to my 5''4 Aussie mate who is in flats- you know what i mean?

OK so last but most definitely not least.....i have the jumbo black lambskin Chanel 2.55....it came mid week and i nearly died, the leather is SO soft its crazy I've been scared to take it out but went out on weds with it and this girl nearly stampeded me ooh-ing and aah-ing as she caressed my leather i wasn't best pleased nearly screamed at her to get her greasy paws off (she obviously didn't know how many years I'd pandered after this-5, how many months it had just been out of my reach-11 how many hours i sat at home that day waiting for the postman-7 how many times i went into the Chanel store and just breathed in, inhaling coco's legacy-countless)

ah anyhow must dash have work...I'm really starting to hat my life where work is concerned...I'm feeling it stifles me sartorially. always having to wear their new collection rather than my glorious new booties and sheer tops. I'll annoy my boss by wearing my converses with my kaftan....i think he quite enjoys my outfit mix ups...he once said i was very ''urban hippy marries into English royalty'' but that was probably because i was rocking tweed with wet look leggings headbands feathers and oversized tees....trust me-it worked.

2009-07-29T01:23:00.000+01:00

mourning glory by Miss Daisy Chain featuring La Perla

my desperate circumstances have driven me to drink once again...god do i need those boots

bring winter!

2009-07-19T23:06:00.000+01:00

i'm sick of summer already... by Miss Daisy Chain featuring Louis Vuitton bags

bring on winter and open fires and snow and cute bootsthe cute boots part is what im really waitng for and the winter scents...my best friend is big on perfume and is always bringing me various perfumes to try Rochas Femme is one of my favourites... its emotional, sexy and fearless and these are the traits any strong woman has and i hope i embody....i ADORE this scent...always feel so powerful when i wear it

i really love the way different perfumes conjure different parts of peoples personalities...

Hetrosexuality....

2009-07-18T21:47:00.000+01:00

Is long, tedious, drains my ability to think straight and causes me to have inane fixations with male forms who are truly unsuitable. And then there's the urge to analyse every single word.

And you simply cannot escape the humiliation once you realise you've got it ALL wrong

I'm thinking about giving it up

Any thoughts?

A peek into Gossip Girl season 3

2009-07-18T18:52:00.000+01:00

EEEE!

Chuck always looks delightful. Do you think he would happily walk beside me in my shredded tees and skinny jeans? Or should i don my GAP chinos, ralph lauren and escada sports to attract his attention....hmmm.

I used to simplyhate it when men wore double breasted suits but this is too beautiful and delectable for one to be disappointed. (i'll ignore the fact that blair-leighton meester- is wearing flip flops)

The new york Observer

Wonderful Walls....

2009-07-13T21:50:00.000+01:00

trawling through pictures i found one of my old room (before i moved out of the obligatory square uni accommodation deemed acceptable for habitation) and i miss it! I've been living in my new place for a month now and i still haven't plastered it with pictures of stam, Lowe and werbowy trawling their various dais' in Paris, new york and London...which is of course strange for me....

i did however find this picture below which when my friend tori moved out we realised after ripping down her pictures of Audrey, Marilyn and Vivien Leigh she only had this quote left....

Mildly depressing right?

Gluttony

2009-07-13T21:40:00.000+01:00

i've been feeling less fat because a size 12 is not fat...im going to stop being pro-anna because it is wrong and damaging to myself and publishing it on ablog is very irresponsible of me so please accept this apology if anyone read it and hated me for saying that a healthy eating 5''8 size 12 girl is fat...shes not she just spends too much time wishing she'd won the genetic lottery and could eat a gorgeous homemade bbq pizza without it sticking to her hips....OH WELL

it was soo good though

BROWNIE CHEESECAKE ANYONE?

Envy

2009-07-10T19:16:00.000+01:00

We are all human, (welli'm simply assuming) thus we are all prone or suceeptible to it.

Envy.

It's quite painful to feel that sort of chewed up, damaged feeling inside of you. Especially when you feel like you truly deserve something, that you've tried hard enough to have earnt it, or perhaps you know you don't deserve it and that makes you question your self worth ''is there any point to me at all?''

Envy is a misunderstood emotion.

the mention of it projects discontent, insecurity and resentment, But these are human feelings and shouldnt it be acceptable to vent ones discontent, to affront one's insecurities and to address one's resentments?

we live in a society where people are lauded for their successes and then berated at a single turn or flicker of misdemeanor. surely this must be envy?

hmm who knows....

frankly i think its unfair to villify people for experiencing an emotion that is commonplace and key to humanity-if we didnt feel envy what would push us to succeed?- surely one cannot deny this?

SKINNY AND SOBER....WHOOPS I LIE

2009-07-07T19:38:00.000+01:00

I don'tknow where i got this from had it for ages...but kudos to whoever made it

I'm drunk right now unfortunately, Drunk and on my own and listening to....i dont know

but seeing as i've only eaten a muller light and a stir fry without any noodles (*unhappy face*) and ive only been drinking vodka straight (thank you belvedere) so i am F***ED

HAPPY FACE

HAHAHA

2009-07-07T19:34:00.001+01:00

I wrote this when i was 16....

How relevant

Jonas Bresnan

2009-07-07T17:36:00.000+01:00

quite simply a fabulous photographer

models.com

Ive been having a fat week...

2009-07-06T21:16:00.000+01:00

Such a FAT week so i haven't blogged properly because whenever I've began writing a post I'm interrupted by my stomach which wants more cheesecake or haggis or something else ridiculously calorific and tragic (thus ill edit those saved posts and put them up soonish)

So, I've decided i should live off ribena and these calorie challenged vanilla protein shakes which they make down my road. (calories burnt whilst walking to and from shop=probably like 75 YES! thin thin thin) i however majorly failed when i DEVOURED and INDULGED evilly in 10 chicken dippers-TEN!!

food is evil and eating is cheating....

this has all been brought on by beautiful 25 inch waist model best friend, THE WAIF who said she looked chubby in a picture ....ooh its not fair so now i wont be content until i am an 8-10 because its my chanel/gucci/louis-toting mate's bday on Oct 3 and I've narrowed my dress choices to these two

the long length one is Carlos miele and the short one is Antonio berradi and I'm sure they don't stock size MORBIDLY OBESE!

the Carlos one is to die for and is all wishy washy which isn't me at all I'm all studs and spikes and shredding that's why the berradi number comes in and also because if the party is a cocktail dress theme rather than a evening ill have that to wear in a size splendid and skinny of course.

theres nothing wrong with being a size 12 except that i have a huge ghetto bootay and mountain breasts thus can never 'slip' into things like my waif like bestie...

plus all the money i save on food can be used to buy new shoes like some yummy louboutins!

DISCLAIMER: i am in the full knowledge that my butt will still look huge and my breasts will still look ungraceFULL in a shift dress when i finally achieve my coveted skinniness but at least then i could consider them ASSets rather than god damned things that are trying to put me into a size 14 skinny jean!

God do i want a Maryland cookie...

boys cant live with 'em...

2009-07-04T19:40:00.000+01:00

I love this clip from What happens in Vegas.

its exactly what i want to do to all my friends shitty ex boyfriends!!! or current boyfriends (not gonna name names *cough* COL *cough*)

''Love is a grave mental disease''

You know THAT episode of SATC....

2009-06-23T00:04:00.000+01:00

The one where carrie needs a place to live...

and is like ''' i have 40 manolos at $400 each and i cant afford a place to live...''

thats how i feel right now

i have 7 designer bags ranging from £650-£1600

an ugly escada couture dress (it is ugly i just cant sell it cus ...its couture dahhhling!)

escada shoes, gina shoes and gucci shoes all £350+

tooo many ysl cosmetics
and 7chanel nailpolishes at £18 each

5 of which i dont use

why God?

Why would you not make my income match my lifestyle?

understand that i like to look shiny whilst i get shiny

How will i flirt with attractive men in my local old mans pub drinking frosty jacks and wearing combats and flip flops?

understand that i love sequins and well tailored blazers....

im living off cranberry juice and oreos oh oh ohoh ohhhhh

the eleventh commandment

2009-06-22T23:59:00.000+01:00

There are only a handful of people alive today who are aware that when the Lord was kicking it on Mount Sinai with Moses, She actually passed down Eleven Commandments – not ten as stated in the Bible.The Eleventh Commandment was: “Thou shalt always dress with tremendous amounts of style and be furiously good-looking”.Having received the Commandments from God, Moses took the Eleventh Commandment as the most important and dressed with a great deal of class and style from that day on.Because he was such a snappy dresser, Moses began to get a whole lot of love from all the babes who were impressed by his quality threads.Unfortunately this angered the rest of the men who were still looking frumpy in their tattered loin cloths and sandals.The unfashionable men (referred to in Deuteronomy 21:4 as ‘Bogans’) were so jealous that they arranged for the Eleventh Commandment to be completely omitted from the Bible.They then chased Moses into the desert where he was forced to wander around with his babes for 40 years.He wouldn’t have survived the ordeal if it wasn’t for some super sexy premium jeans that protected him.Moses passed on the secret of the Eleventh Commandment, which has been handed down through generations of stylish people until the time was right to unleash it upon the world.
The time is now…

........................................................................................

theres like a million reasons why i love not just a label

this is certainly one of them

when lust turns to LVoe...

2009-06-22T14:57:00.000+01:00

This heavenly beauty name the My Deer Enigma is indeed my new mystery...

From the LV 09/10 cruise collection...

I am IN love. all that smooth embossed deer skin in just piercing right through to the centre of my heart. it should be out in august IN TIME FOR MY BIRTHDAY its meant to be!

its funny i love whatever Marc Jacobs does for LV in terms of bags but I'm not to keen on his own line...

apart from the clothes ooh i love the clothes

but his bags don't surpass the joy Maryland cookies give me...i mean the stam....

i love stammy

i love Jacobs

but....the stam? all that quilted leather and heavy chaining...i only expect to see that on a 2.55 or a topshop rip off...

the Robert Jennifer is cute though...

but again with the quilting and chaining

hes not coco resurrected is he?

I don't want a boyfriend....

2009-06-18T11:23:00.000+01:00

I just don't have time for one between listening to obscure music, eating egg fried rice with a variety of meats and blogging.

It would just be unfair to me to sacrifice my routine...

Good morning Kori, Good morning Dree

I havent been on polyvore for TOO long

2009-06-15T23:30:00.000+01:00

Work is compromising my style... by Miss Daisy Chain featuring Kenneth Jay Lane jewelry

I'm soo obsessed with my Chanel mascara and ruby and Millie blusher right now its the only thing i want to wear...

I need that litter body jewellery too...

I need it more than Maryland cookies...

SHINY and SEXUAL

2009-06-07T18:48:00.000+01:00

Those above are pictures from my Friday night at Minival. Note the random red ball I'm holding...yes i did steal it from a golf course...i cant wear my converses either because they are soaked with marsh water and my wet look leggings are covered in sand and memories of a guy called Euan...mmhmm.

Naturally in my prudish unhappiness only kisses were exchanged :(

However tonight because of much inspiration from my new fave blog CigarettesAndHighHeels (http://www.cigarettesandhighheels.com/) i am going out with my sister and her dance crazy lot for some SHINY and SEXUAL (i just love the girls @ c&hh) outings

thus i shall be wearing this pink strapless number (new look thank you) and cropped tuxedo jacket (primark thank you) with either my snake skin shoes and studded over sized clutch (thank you new look and thank you Giles deacon for new look) or my studded shoes and gold bag (thank you primark for my Gucci wannabes and thank you mummy for realising a girl needs seasonal Louis vuitton in her capsule new look, H&M and primark wardrobe)

think I'm going for the studded bag and snake skin shoes tonight

with of course my gold bangles,multiple ring and super king Richmond's

I'm going to look like a hippie gladiator with no ashtray...

nothing out of my ordinary there.

YAY YAY

shiny shiny!

Still So Relevant

2009-06-03T17:14:00.000+01:00

V magazine august 2008

Still Oh So relevant

ELLE states its the return of the Blouse...

Its the return of strength in femininity.

What a wonderful year to be alive.

Fashion Algebra

2009-05-31T11:46:00.000+01:00

LOVE this...

With the Late Isabella Blow RIP&LOVE

When I grow up I want to be...

ANNA PIAGGI

She's quite the fantastic creature isn't she.

I just want to see her wardrobe...just a little bit.

Converstion

2009-05-17T02:07:00.000+01:00

Boy 1: ''aww man freddy (what they named some flower they were growing) doesn't seem to be growing anymore. ''

Boy 2: ''it must be the combination of all the smoke it's surrounded by and the lack of light.....also its either sopping wet or bone dry.''

Boy 1: ''i love that you talk about it in relative terms to weed...''

Boy 2: ''...or women.''

HAHAHA

That made me laugh soo hard.

2009-05-17T01:58:00.000+01:00

the weather was beautiful.

At the start of the weekend, so i wore a floral dress with my Louis vuitton Vernis Thompson street and then i took this photo.

The Joy.

2009-05-17T01:52:00.000+01:00

its been too long.

I got the digital camera and spent a shitload on crap.

Things however that are not crap are my Miami Peach, my blue satin and my Vendetta chanel nail polishes.

Yummy.

Miami peach is my current fave as it's sooooo summer and yummy.

The violence in the silence

2009-04-09T20:24:00.000+01:00

I'm in a cavalier yet depressive mood. Have been for quite a while.

On Easter holidays so have spent it sitting in a passive-aggressive silence, Lucky Strike-ing out my window, over-eating and reading Roth, Oh and how can i forget the copious amounts of work I've been doing-I'm making paper so i can afford Chanel. God bless my diligent soul.

The prospect of being paid in 20 days is overwhelming to.

i desperately need to buy a digital camera especially since mine is broken :(

The boys wanna be her

2009-03-19T23:59:00.000Z

Isabelle McNally.

I really do think she is insanely hot and her stye is on an excessively amazing form.

She's bum chums with Corey Kennedy but i chose against puting up those pics because i think shes on a different level to the grungy gogginess of dear Corey. Maybe its the sad eyes or the nonachalant and cavalier attitude she seems to ooze from every orifice.

The boys wanna be her.

Living Venus (LV)

2009-03-06T12:46:00.000Z

i was going to post about Balmain.

but everyone already has.

Feeling slightly despondent of late and finding the only way i'm happy is with sunshine pouring through my window, red wine at my lips and my richmond sparked up between my fingers.

i somehow feel that somewhere amidst all this, all that i've been through and am going through that i've lost something, something that may or may not be impalpable and insignificant.

In fact i sort of miss my ex, who IS a fantastic guy.

i certainly miss his company.

Maybe thats what it is.Male company.

company with someone you care dutifully about and you know exactly where you are with them.

I think thats a perfectly normal thing to miss

Aside from that i want a Louis Vuitton Speedy. I used to think they were soo expensive but at just over £400 theyr not at all. i have a tiny Tod's bag and a small Escada that are more expensive. And god knows that my chanel (which i only have to add another £100 for eee!) is a damn sight FAR MORE expensive!

this one is hot but last years s/s collection i will have to search and search to get a hold of it.
the classic.

Beautiful. but its made of a canvas material which could probably get dirty easily...this upsets me

Which to get?

2009-02-22T17:39:00.000Z

Mischa is just soo fricking cool in my opinion. Like a mainstream Erin wasson don't you think?

2009-02-22T17:36:00.000Z

eschewing elegance... - by Miss Daisy Chain on Polyvore.com

Bad boys, Great style

2009-02-22T17:30:00.000Z

Coupling

2009-02-21T06:23:00.000Z

I kind of really want to be half ofa really cool couple right now, oh I shan't ever be?

Now thats a shame.

I like to change but i'm wicked...

2009-02-19T18:49:00.000Z

You tame and inflame my wicked ways.

Jupiter rising.

(those studded converses better find their way into my wardrobe.)

Mary jane...

2009-02-19T18:22:00.000Z

The cannabis museum

Paris Hilton's purse.

Paris Hilton

Lily Allen

Kristen Stewart

Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz

Charlize Theron

Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton.
Again.

looks like my obsession for seeing people smoke has moved to an obsession of people smoking weed.

currently listening to lily allen's 'everyones at it'
because it looks like everyone is.

Email / Twitter / Tumblr / Bloglovin'

W-w-willa Love you?

2009-02-19T17:26:00.000Z

This girl is too amazingly, insanely cool for me to write more than two sentences about.

Come to a Garden party with me, please.

Pre-Fall, I-Fall, Post-Fall

2009-02-08T14:25:00.000Z

Louis vuitton pre-fall 2009
Lanvin pre-fall 2009

Alexander Wang pre-fall 2009

Alexander Wang pre-fall 2009

I'm loving these looks. the relaxed tailoring is still very much in for me, regardless of what anyone would like to say.

I like it because it always looks a little grunge yet classic and refined.

It's ageless.

Anyone can pull it off.

2009-02-08T14:05:00.000Z

I saw this on 'because I'm addicted' (amazing blog, check it out) and fell in love.

There is something in the bright and quirky aesthetic that just appeals to me.

There's definitely a relationship with order and chaos here, a melange of bright prints and clutter justapose the clean, the organisation and the shiny surface.

I love it.

I also just want to lay on that sofa with pink lame leggings and knitwear.

Just so effortlessly cool.

I don't think I ever was a normal girl, whatever that is...

2009-02-07T00:42:00.000Z

So Chloe Sevigny.

My friends have mixed opionions on her, frankly i like her style.

And frankly that's that.

These are her boots from her collaboration with openeing ceremony (yeah, i know it's old news give me a break i just happened to be thinking about it.) and i hate these boots...but for some beguiling reason they intrigue me.

They really do.

Save me the stress...

2009-02-06T00:52:00.000Z

So here is the darling MK in her ever faithful plaid and fabulous FABULOUS chloe pythonskin paraty. I actually LOVE this bag after the classic 2.55 that i'm saving up for (not long to go) this is the bag im going to get i have a strong focus on this peice of hand sex.

Here it is in all its close-up and focused glory....hmmm, yummy.

and sorry for not consistently blogging have major laptop issues and uni fiddle faddle to have deal with.
bish bash bosh.
till next time.

Demise of exams and resurrection of my insistent blogging

2009-01-29T20:42:00.000Z

my exams are over so ive of course had numerous gins and tonics and got royally wasted...eugh! horrible embarassing things have ocurred in my life in the past few days yah disgusting... shopping has of course taken place.....

this fantasic lace dress (modeeled on taylor momsen in gossip girl) i bout for £15 i plan to snazz it up a little and may head to the haberdashery for various threads and ribbons and the like..

i also had hopes to buy this beautiful marc jacobs eugenie clutch at £173.50! (wow i hear you gasp) but funds are especially low

i did however manage to buy numerous shoes, well 4 pairs one studded suede number, one gucci inspired strappy studded model and a snakeskin warrior pair of heels that are fanatabulous, and a simple pair of black courts

i bought my turqouise ring which i've been wearing everyday for just under a week on my pinky finger and i bought 6 other rings that shall be adorning my fingers for many timews to come.

i also bought a gorgeous pink tulle number from topshop thats so pretty and feminine i can't wait to defile it with something edgy (i have not yet invested in a leather jacket!!!) perhaps my snakeskin warrior heels or studded gucci-inspired numbers will do the trick.

i also bought a wonderful lipsy number which i question if its me or not but i shant be taking it back as there are a fine fair few number of ppl im sure will love to borrow it.

i have also had a penchant for negligee recently and bought many silk numbers.

ahh that reminds me i also bought a fantatsic pair of red satin 5 inch ankle strap shoes...delightful

i'm sure thats it...

i really have spent a lot recently eeek...

no more clubbing for a week...simply pubbing.

exams=stress stress=RETAIL THERAPY!

2009-01-14T13:12:00.000Z

Haven'tbloggedfor a while as exams and revision have got in the way ARGH... however the stress of this has caused me to do some major damage on the debit card...have spent approxiamately £650 in 4 days!!!argh (theres something about the studious mind that suggests to one that buying a printer is a smart smart move) but here are 3 of my favourite purchases...

This is the rather gore jacket i bought from joules (joulesclothing.com) for a rather tasty £95

im totally loving the tweed and quirky preppyness of it, happy eek!!

this wonder is from american apparel, and i bought both the skirt and the top...but note i bought the top in 'white' and the skirt in an 'almost black'. i thought it would accompany my tweed blazer splendidly finished off with a great pair of loafers of flats for day and a basket weave tote or the iconic chanel 2.55 swinging from my shoulder...ahhh just the thought..

this may be my last post for a little bit...

WILD

2009-01-07T20:22:00.000Z

This is probably oneof the most astronomical pieces of clothing I have ever seen.

Balmain Rocks.