Orange Delight

Heres a collection of pictures of the great model that is Karen Elson. I love how different some of these pictures are. Like I just don't see the model as being her in the one below, she looks like an anonymous woman from another age, and thats what models should be able to do. She can recreate her identity in an instant. As soon as she walks down the catwalk she makes you forget than shes from Manchester (I was so surprised when I learnt this!) and that she shares a bed with Jack White!

Are Miu Miu and Li.Lo heading for a crash and burn?

It has been revealed the Lindsay Lohan is to be the new face of Miu Miu for their spring 2007 campaign, which I find pretty insulting!

I love Miu Miu, and even more I love them for the fact that their adverts feature interesting celebrities and models who have individual styles and unique looks. They're featured lesser known stars and big personalities, and I think its great that they featured models with a 33 year age gap in last years campaign. (eg, the Kim B and Camille B ad below).



So the fact that from all the talent out there, they've settled for Lindsay (who in my opinion these days is just another tiring LA It girl, who is overpaid, overfeatured and over-revealing her desicion to go free in the pant department!) is such a shame. (But PS, the "Paris is a cu*t" thing was funny, watch the video here. what. an. idiot.) http://perezhilton.com/topics/lindsay_lohan/lindsay_paris_is_a_cunt_20061109.php

Wonder if she'll actually turn up for the shoot? The photographers are the duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott who have been responsable for the photos used in campaigns for Louis Vuitton and covers for W and I:D, as well as taking photos of Kate M, Madonna and Kylie. See below and you'll probably recognise their work.



Have Miu Miu made the wrong choice? and has Li.Lo entered the "crash and burn" stage?

Heres an extract from L-Lohan.com about her bad experience at the World Music Awards in London this week.

One of the worst things that could happen to someone is getting booed off stage, another would be falling.
...Welcome to Lindsay Lohan's world.
Lohan had jetted to London to host the 2006 World Music Awards in London only to find an audience that wasn't too thrilled with the redhead.
Apparently, Lohan was booed off the stage!
What?!
However, despite the cold reception from the audience, Lohan smiled her way through several clothing changes and hosting scenes until she fell down the stairs.
Talk about the last straw...
As Lohan was walking backstage, reports claimed that she fell down the stairs (though not injuring herself).
"Lindsay was devastated," a source said. "She came off stage and fell, and so she had to give up. It looked incredibly painful."

Theres no sign of a clip on Youtube...

The Size 00 frenzy continues...

The size 00 debate (well...its not really much of a debate) was sparked over the summer after the death of model Silvia Bitaeres died of anorexia and skinny models were banned from various Fashion Weeks.
Now Brazilan model Ana Carolina Reston has died from her anorexia. She was just 85 pounds when she died (thats about 6 stone).



Lindsay was the curvy redhead that everyone loved...but as her weight pumeted in 2005, so did her popularity...

As hopefully everyone knows, skinny is not a good look. The likes of Nicole and Kate B need to take note, and take their responsabilies as role models seriously. I can understand that models for the catwalk are generally skinny for the purpose of modeling clothes, but when crash dieting and displays of ribcages become to norm, its bad.

Awareness about Pro-Anorexia sites was promoted after Peaches Geldof fronted a report for the Trevor McDonald show a couple of months ago, its so sad that girls of our age aspire to the lifestyles of the "LA It girls".

so...following these thoughts. These are the girls who need to watch out, they're talented and fashionable women, but they're letting their body hang ups get out of hand and letting them dominate them. Ever wondered why it ended for Kate and Orlando and Nicole and DJ AM?...


Before: Kate looks happy and healthy and she has a radient glow. After: Wheres she gone? Skin and bones and dull skin. mm, desirable.


Before: Nicole seemed happy with her size although admited to putting on weight after coming out of rehab. After: This infamous picture was shown all around the world. Its shocking how skinny she is just look how much older she looks too. Her skin in prematurely ageing...

please let me know what you think about the size 00 issue...

London kids

Whilst flicking through the photos on the style.com website, I came across some very well dressed people indeed. They were guests to the launch of Exceptional Youth, which was an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery and was hosted by Teen Vogue editor Amy Astley.

mostly relatively unknown on the fame scale (or people with Rich Dads), and unsurprisingly from london, I thought it would make a special post, and a change from posts about well known people.

Lily Maguire and Tiger Chadwick


Joanna Natasegara and Henry Holland

Henry Holland is the designer of the fantastic humorous designer slogan tees. The catchphrases include "Get Yer Freak On Giles Deacon" and "Do Me Daily Christopher Bailey"



The tees are dirt cheap for what they are and you can find them at houseofholland.com.. knock yourself out!

Edit 2007: Don't even think about it...look away from the House of Holland tees. They're not to be considered anymore, understand?

Leith Clark and Erdem designer Edrem Moralioglu.


stay tuned for a post of some of Erdem's spring 2007 designs...



they did good in the dress department didn't they? those londoners...

Fashion Icon(s): MK vs Ashley

(pheww..this is a long bitch of a post!)

Each of the twins may be yet another example of a skinny american it girl, and they may be billionaires at the age of 20, but unlike the LA gang (Mischa, Nicole, Lindsay) these New York girls like to let their creative juices flow when it comes to fashion.( ahem, what an odd phrase) and anyway... lets ignore all of their wealthy and take a look at their fabulous wardrobes!

I think if I could choose to steal the wardrobe of any celebrity I'd definitely consider these two...but what about if you had to choose between them!?

So here are six pictures of the creme de la creme of the twin's fine moments to help make a decision about who got the style chromosome! (if thats possible...!)

Ashley Olsen

On the left: Keeping things simple on a night out, but she still looks fantastic. Shes kind of gone down the school girl route. The polka dot blouse hangs well and I love her satchel style clutch. On the right: Don't the Olsen twins have such great street style? She looks a bit Kate Moss here, working the waistcoat and skinny jean look, but without going down the tacky Victoria B look. Thank god for that!



Left: Despite the teeny looking legs, she looks like she just flung on this attire without any second thought! Right: This is one of my favourite "Ashley outfits" this is her at the Troy premiere in a little girly crochet dress. She looks very "Olsen" with her babyface features and vintage look.

Left: To me, this picture represents the change from over the last year in Ashley's style. She's grown up, and the classic bold lipstick, and sophisticated use of all black adds to the glamour of the outfit. She tops it all off with a "big girls" bag, and... a plaster on her foot! Right: If you saw Ashley walking through the streets of New York like this, she could just be a normal person; a very well dressed normal person! (Minus the fact shes got on some Sienna style Ray Bans and an It bag.)

Mary Kate Olsen


Left: This picture always triggers a debate with myself about whether or not this Micheal Kors dress is flattering? I don't like it with the red shoes, and she looks too thin and lolly popp-y, but the gold compliments her summery glow and maybe if she'd had her split ends cut off it would have been more well polished. Right: This is one of my favourite dresses that MK has worn. I don't know who the designer is though, and I love it! (Although its possible Zac P, as she wore it to his show..) It looks like she found it after rummaging around her grandmother's vintage dressing up box (thats a good thing!..)

Left: Va va voom! Out and about in Paris during fashion week, Mary Kate puts a humorous spin on things in these quirky Chanel shades, and goes all french on us with the woolly beanie. Right: More street style from an olsen. Looking rather grunge chic in a FRANKIE SAYS RELAX tee and large vintage cocktail rings crammed onto her fingers. hawwt.



Left: Not keen on the shoes, they just make her feet look really big in those skinny jeans, but I like the jumper with the jeans and shes reworking that classic scruffy olsen look. Right: Damn girrrl. I hope she won the Hottest Supermarket Style award for this. A boyfriend shirt, scruffy demin shorts, and a fendi spy-a like spell a recipe for some checkout romance!

Verdict: ooh thats hard, but I think MK works the street style look better (but only slightly!) whereas Ashley looks fantastic when she goes for the classic glamour look, eg blong hair, red lips and some fantastically girly emsemble.

but its hard...any opinions anyone?

Don't you wish your glasses were hot like mine?

So okayy, I know its winter, but sunglasses are still possibly one of my favourite things...apart from Krispy Kremes, Live Music and Fashion...not forgetting mix tapes, Keith Murray and Indie flicks.

okay...they're up at the top somewhere...

and especially during this spell of perfect autumn weather we've been having (veery cold air, but beautiful cloudless and hazy sun filled skies, a combination perfect for big scarves, rosy ceeks and smug smiles) , its been very nice to be able to wear my beloved shades!

Take a leaf out of these girls books when it comes to their eye candy!



Nicole looking in my opinon, great in these cute little shades.



London designer Carrie Mundane reworking the 80's with her Deirdre shades.
gurl, she knows where its atttt.



MK + chloe sevigny worthy specs + McQ skull scarf + chanel handbag + scary biker jacket gone good = HAWT



Some unknown model at some unknown catwalk (sorry about that!) pulling off some toffee coloured sunglasses. Different to the cliched hawge LA it girl shades, and I love them for it.



An anonymous myspace girl, who I thought looked like a fashion It girl! Doesn't she look fantastic! Sadly I saved this picture a while ago, and lost her URL in the mean time.

CHANNEL THESE BITCHES!




It's all about eBay these days.. its full of little gems, like the 2 pairs above, and the pairs all below for a mere $12.99. and you know what that means don't you...they cost even less in sterling. alrighht.




beard not included...

and if you're feeling particularly daring how about some lens free retro NHS presciption glasses. I bet all those poor kids who got their heads kicked in for wearing them in the 80's would never of dreamt they were being sold on eBay to the style conscious.

http://stores.ebay.com/Smash-Vintage

if anyone has any pictures they want to contribute of sunglasses your way...let me know.
would be interesting to see the results, no?

Lily Allen

So went to see Lily Allen playing last night. It was actually a very good gig, although she didn't come on stage for ages. The crowd were really up for it, and that created a great atmosphere.

Also, Mikita Oliver was backstage, watching the gig which was a bonus. (For those who don't know, she used to present Popworld with Simon Amstell. She looked great, and after the gig my and my friend Lily (thats another lily! The one who I wrote about in my Japan post) met both of them. Got a picture, but sadly Mikita's got a bit of a mardy bum" on in the background!

Anyway, I'll stick to the reason for this post, and that was the fashion sightings from the evening. Saw a girl, who had great style but unfortunately very rude manners. She was wearing a long pink t shirt, which was reminisent of the stella mccartney chain tops, she was wearing it with a little brown battered leather jacket, a dark denim miniskirt and leggings and little indie kid boots.
Sadly, I didn't get a picture, as I thought she wouldn't have appriciated the question!

The second style staple of the night came from Lou who plays the keyboards for the support act New Young Pony Club. Their music was overshadowed by their individual get-ups, in my opinion, but thats not nessecarily a bad thing!



She wore a sweet little belted red trench coat, with matching cherry lipstick and paired with grey tights and a girly ponytail, quite appropriate given the name of the band.

Other stand-out pieces from the rest of the band included a neon slogan tee from the bassist, a schoolgirl style dress (worn over a shirt and starting under the bust) worn by Sarah on the drums, the scandinavian looking guitarists bright red skinny jeans and the lead singer's amazing afro hair.

and for the star of the show...Lily wore one of her trademark vintage dresses topped off by her infamous bling dripping around her neck. Her dress comprised of lots of gold glittery safety pins... but don't let imagines of Elizabeth Hurley in that Versace dress.



If you look closely, you can see the individual gold safety pins...very clever!



All in all, it was a great night out, and next time, I'll pluck up the courage to ask the dancing girls for a picture of their ensembles!