T

Have you seen the Cobrasnake store? They have some pretty cool t shirts, on the pricey side for vintage but HOW MUCH DO I WANT THAT JURASSIC PARK T?! I am obsessed with JP, I think watching it when I was younger psychologically affected me in some way and I have dreams about being hunted by raptors a couple of times a week.

Source: Cobrasnake

Spiky Black

How amazing do those patent boots look with the dress?

Source: Vogue Nippon January 2009

Party Time

Source: Glamcanyon

10 DAYS

Ten days till Christmas...OH DEAR! On saturday I made the silly mistake of leaving my house to go to topshop in apocalyptic weather conditions. I can't deal with the UK's weather any more, it is constantly rubbish. Wet summers, wet winters, wet hair, wet clothes. Grrr.

Friday

HAPPY FRIDAY!
I am all sniffly and ill so will probably hibernate in bed away from the freezing cold weather this weekend. Perhaps I will do some baking on Sunday too...banoffee pie om nom nom.
I still haven't bought any Christmas presents, partly due to laziness and partly because I am sure most stores will be starting their sales next week. I want to spend money on other people but only at half the recommended retail price :)
Anyway, enough of my miser ways...I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Award

The lovely Chloe from Heart-Shaped Morning has given me my first blog award! The award says
'This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement'.

How sweet! My blog may be charming, however this is not a word ever used to describe me! Ho ho ho. Anyway I am supposed to award another eight bloggers but if my boss sees me on the internet for any longer he may end my life, so I have chosen...

Margault at I Love my Marc

and

The lovely Cleo

Both have such an eye for beautiful images and to me their blogs serve as such an inspiration board for everything I want to wear, have and be.

Some Pictures

Source: fffound

'Word on the Street'

Contrary to my usual criticism of UK Vogue, I am actually loving this ed - it's refreshing to see cruise collections presented in a more urban, street-style, subcultural way. It reflects the fact that it is no longer the mature cruising generations taking advantage of transitional collections, and similarly shows the change in designers' loyalties - away from traditional pre-collectional practicality and neutrality and towards outrageous desirability. Yes, i'm talking fingerless leather gloves and Les Chiffoniers leather zipped leggings. Please be mine!

Source: Vogue UK January 2009 / tFS

Confident Stride

This makes me want Louboutins and a beige trench so bad.

Source: fffound

'You Go Girl'

Some more shots from Jan 09's Vogue Nippon. I think many women would find this styling so relatable in the sense that its quite practical for work/daily business - simplistic yet luxe, and I love the use of chunky gold, eighties accessories.

White Trumpet

I only came across White Trumpet on the weekend when the black dress in the bottom left image (from their AW08 collection) was featured in the Observor magazine - it is constructed by triangle pieces of material held together with poppers, and is pretty much my perfect dress. A visit to their website brought the news that Topshop will be stocking their SS09 collection from Feb 09 - this excites me greatly! US stockists include the lovely Opening Ceremony :)

Source: Whitetrumpet.co.uk

Pondering

As per every month, I am in love with Vogue Nippon. And with Freja and those shoes!
Yesterday I read NYC Art Style's post about the differences between Italian and Chinese Vogue and it got me thinking about the cultural differences between East and West - personally I favour Nippon and Russia over the more traditionally 'high class' Italian and UK Vogues. I find them a little more directional and experimental. I would love to know what you think though...

Source: Vogue Nippon January 2008

I <3 Chloe

Source: Fashion Spot

Cloudy

I feel like a less glamourous version of this image today i.e head in the clouds...wishing for my bed, trashy television and probably some doughy cookies :)

Source: Numero 91

FRIDAY

I hope you all have a great weekend - I have nothing too exciting planned, think I might battle the crowds to do some Christmas shopping and then hit the town on saturday night. Ooh and maybe I should actually make good on my resolution to buy some studs and revamp some of my old horrible clothes :)

Love

I used to be obsessed with Courtney Love when I was younger, and I am still really intrigued by her, in a 'grunge-britney' kind of way. Elle have done a great job with the styling on this shoot, I especially love the silk and crystal Louise Goldin bodysuit in the bottom pic.

Source: Elle UK January 2009 / tFS

Oh Alice

Thought I might be over studs, but turns out im not. I want studs on everything more than ever.

Source: Fashion Spot

3 Christmas Wishes

Strap boots - Peacocks (they are only £15!)
Fingerless Gloves - Ebay
Heart Bag - ASOS

Like your Shoes

Source: Yen

On the Street

This is some hott street style!

Source: Super Fantastic Picture Time

Maribou

Siri Tollerød by Karl Lagerfeld!

Source: Numero 91

Girl Crush

I have had quite the girl-crush on Zippora for the last couple of days and so have been furiously searching and saving any images of her I can find on tFS/google. I'm sure this will not be the only pic you will see of her this week! There's plenty more where this came from, baby...

Source: tFS / Doingbird 13

Berry Lips

This girl is stunning and I love her lip colour.

Source: Glam Canyon

Grungy Girl

I covet all of this - its so comfortable and grungy.

Source: Stockholm Street Style

Zippora

For The Cassette Society campaign. Her eye makeup is amazing, how do you get that wet, smudgy, glossy effect?

Source: Fashion Spot

Lily A

I have thought long and hard about this and have decided that if I could look like any model, I would want to look like Lily Aldridge. She has one of those beautifully refined, timeless faces that you know will age really well. I bet when she is 40 or 50 she will loom pretty much exactly the same as she does now.

Source: Cobrasnake (pretty old shot!)

Stephanie de Monaco

Mert and Marcus's ed of Princess Stephanie is typical Mediterranean decadence. This is without doubt my favourite shot, and she looks incredible for a woman in her forties.

Source: Vogue Paris Dec 08/Jan 09

'Live Forever'

Source: Russh 13

DM-ing

Ok so I guess this image represents a bit of a blogger cliche right now: DMs, Erin Wasson...you get the picture. But anyway, I am in two minds about DMs - I really like them (and I like Wasson too!), but only on people who are not me!
I also am not sure about whether to purchase some because they are one of those tricky classic, iconic items that also date quite quickly. Hmm.

Source: Australian Vogue