Une Etoile Est Nee

Here are some shots from the different Lara Stone eds in February's Vogue Paris. She looks stunning, and what a career-maker! This is probably the holy grail for models. Check out Fashion Spot for the pre-publish scans.

Source: tFS

Model Me on You

Model style (with a cheeky Kate Lanphear inclusion)...
Oversized grungy t shirts, acid wash denim, leather jackets, Martin Margiela. YES PLEASE.

Source: tFS / Hudie

<3

I had to pinch this image from Knight Cat's blog as I really love Chloe Sevigny and I think she looks pretty fine in this pic. I like how she mixes grunge with preppiness and never looks overstyled or uncomfortable.

IN OTHER NEWS, in an attempt to beat the credit crunch and do something I enjoy more than sitting at my desk moaning about my employer, my housemate and I will be opening an ebay store soon!
I will get it linked here once its up and running but expect lots of flirty fifties and eighties dresses, cool vintage band t-shirts and studded denim. I am excited!

She Kissed a Girl

Katy Perry is so clearly styled but I like her cute fifties outfits anyway. It is all very girly though - I find it hard to wear cute feminine clothes as I don't think they reflect my personality that well (eek! I am a man!). My housemate is the total opposite though, she has lots of sweet dresses with peter pan collars and polka dots, and I often have this weird desire to dress her up like a little doll. Actually that sounds a bit creepy...!

Source: Dazed & Confused

Bodysuit

Ever since I saw Louise Goldin's crystal-adorned mesh bodysuit on Courtney Love in last month's Elle, I can't stop thinking about how much I want one, but how bad one would look on me. This Alexander McQueen one is so HOT but I don't see any hope for me in trying to replicate this look...the world isn't ready for my lumps and bumps yet!
If you haven't already seen my original post with Courtney in the Goldin suit, see the below pic!



Source: UK Elle February 2009 / UK Elle January 2009

Skeletal

This is a pretty awesome t shirt.
Hope you guys had an excellent weekend...yesterday I think I actually had the best beef roast ever made! It was ina local pub, and it had home-made yorkshires, really beefy gravy, mustard leeks, red cabbage, cheesy broccoli, carrots and some well crispy roast potatoes. Om nom nom I am practically dribbling!

I also read a hilarous interview with Peaches Geldof in the Observer Woman magazine over the weekend, which I would like to share with you here as she appears to be cropping up more and more on Cobrasnake and Skullset. I recommend that you read it - her precocious bad attitude and lack of understanding of the workings of journalism are sure to make you laugh!

Source: Cobrasnake

Alt-LBD

Why have a Little Black Dress when you can have a Crazy Black Dress?

Source: Vogue China February 2009 / tFS

Friday

Happy friday, I hope you have lovely weekends :) I hope it warms up a bit here, I have the chilly willies constantly!

Isabelle

Source: Fashion Spot

Taylor

The other day Knight Cat posted some pics of Taylor Warren...I had never heard of her before so checked her out on tFS and she is stunning! I had been looking for a new alt-'it' girl for a whole and she slots in perfectly.

Source: NO. Magazine / tFS

Rock

Nothing better than a band t shirt and some destroyed denim. My favourite t is a mid-nineties, huge, sleeveless Meatloaf one. Actually I am going to try find a picture of it now...

Ok I have found one...this is me and my two housemates at New Year. Please note my bad hair and weird big arm!
I love this Meatloaf t, I wear it pretty much every time I go out. Part because it's comfy and part because I just love Meatloaf so god-damn much.



Source: Cobrasnake /own pic

Teenage Romance

Source: Teen Vogue Dec 08/Jan 09

New Cowgirl

I never thought I would say this but...I need to get me some fringed stuff! I love the contemporary styling of cowboy fringeing: especially when its in creams and greys, made with soft, buttery leathers or on distressed, ripped jeans. Yum yum.

Source: i-D January 2009 / tFS

Zoo

Source: Zoo 20, tFS

Ohh MK...

I wonder if the Olsens ever wake up, look in the mirror and think 'oh dear, I look rough today'. Probably not, as they are inhumanly perfect.
I have been a bit rubbish in replying to you lovely people and checking out whats going down in the blog-world...but now i'm back in the office I have a whole 8 hours a day to shirk my workload and look at gorgeous blogs! Whoop whoop :)

Source: Nylon

Resolutions

Happy New Year to all of you...I have spent the past few days recovering from NYE, but I feel a lot better now. Does anyone have any new year's resolutions? Mine are to cut down on eating so much bad food and to stop being so jaded and pessimistic! I expect these resolutions to last around 1 week :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hope all you guys have a happy new year! I am going to a clubnight that some people I know put on and then hitting the parties hard. I will probably be comatose tomorrow...maybe I should stock up on berocca and other great hangover cures before I go out...hmmm. Anyway, have yourselves a great time! :)

Plaid for you

I know everyone wears plaid shirts right now or whatever, but thats because they look SO GOOD.

Back

Hellooooo! How was your christmas?
Mine was ok, it was nice to see my family and eat some excellent christmas dinner but cabin fever sets in after 2 days and so does the realisation that I have turned into my mother! Eek. I also ate more chocolate than I thought could ever exist and watched an unhealthy amount of crime dramas. Good times!

LoveMore has tagged me to list 7 random things about myself...thanks lovely LoveMore! So...

1. I love Meatloaf...not the food, the man! When I was a kid all I listened to was Meatloaf and Michael Jackson. Ive got rid of Wacko but meaty still remains.
2. I am really obsessive compulsive and drive my housemates crazy when I tidy and organise around them.
3. White Russians are my favourite cocktails.
4. When I was younger I had a near-death experience in a poorly supervised upside-down fairground ride and so now I am distrustful of the carnie people!
5. I have a degree in art and design history but I kind of wish I had studied economics.
6. I want to live in a foreign country
7. I am really really really lazy :)

Oh and I think this picture is a perfect visual description of what I have done for the past few days and how I feel now:

Crying into a packet of crisps and a carbonated beverage. HAHA!

Merry Christmas!

Tomorrow I will be making the long, trecherous journey back to my parents' house in the West Country tomorrow and probably will be gone from the world of internet for a couple of days...so I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas! I hope you get everything you want and have a lovely few days :)

Grunge

Source: Cobrasnake

American Dreamin'

This is one hot ed, and not only because its an Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin shoot! There's something I find really sexy about Americana eds. I think this is based in the contrast between the casual plaid shirts and jeans under a bright blue sky and the seductive, almost trashy tone of jewelled, thousand dollar gowns against the strip malls and neon lights...the latter being a luxe paradox that I am completely in love with.

Source: W December 2008

6

Woo three days away from a computer...madness.
The lovely Chloe from Heart Shaped Morning tagged me to reveal 6 things that make me happy so here they are!

1. White chocolate mochas. Mmmmmmmm yum yum.
2. Vogue Nippon/Vogue Russia
3. Black: I appear to have sold all my non-black clothes on ebay and am left looking like a funeral director. I like!
4. Dinosaurs: I went to the National History Museum on friday,, I had never been despite being obsessed with dinosaurs since I was about 8. It was AMAZING!
5. Conspiracy Theories: suspicious of everything....
6. Trashy telly: yeah im talking about rock of love, flavour of love, the lot

Recently I have become quite addicted to fffound. I could trawl through images on there allllll day and never get bored. Its like a treasure trove of inspiring bits and bobs...definitely what I need in the midst of employment misery!

Source: fffound

Mossy

Source: Fashion Spot

Weird Wednesday

So today is a half good/half bad day in the land of Blood Roses, in that my employer has told me and my colleagues that our jobs are at risk and redundancy will occur in Jan. MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS! Redundancy is obviously bad but I have been looking to leave for a while so this is a convenient forceful hand to push me. Maybe if I am lucky I can get a few quid out of them too! Eek.

Anyway here are some lovely legs.

Perfection

I am in love with this outfit. The coat is to die for, everything is just perfect. She looks so cosy and cool!

Source: Garance Dore