It's So Stylistic

Oh yes...yes I did

2010-07-29T21:19:00.000+01:00

I am officially in love with Edward! Go team Edward go!

Fierce Friday: Diva overload

2010-07-10T01:49:00.003+01:00

Diva Overload!!!

Pout Perfect and Retrochic

2010-06-15T01:16:00.007+01:00

this is beautiful.

Buster Keaton from Plug Research on Vimeo.

my best friend MJP and i love this video

this is retro:beautiful.

Cheeba feat. Bilal from Plug Research on Vimeo.

i loves it.

When art and sports collide: Afrikan Bazaar

2010-06-08T21:49:00.004+01:00

http://papillionart.squarespace.com/

for more info click here

'Vogued': hello this is 1980

2010-06-05T09:18:00.008+01:00

...we'd like our Vogue back.

style by queens tagged me asking when i was 'Vogued'. By that they were asking when I entered 'fashionhood'. in plain speak, what was the vogue issue of the month/year i was born, plus 1 month as Vogue publish a month in advance.

this of course requires me to divulge my age but i don't mind, i like to believe i am like old episodes of SATC, fabulous and enduring, so here goes:

Happy Birthday Mummy

2010-05-26T13:41:00.004+01:00

LOVE YOU MUCHLY!!!

and to Esther bunny (a dear old friend) happy b-day too!

the Hello Lover tag

2010-05-24T23:34:00.015+01:00

i'm not the type of girl to play favourites with my shoes whether Prada or Primark they get the same treatment. truth is I am an equal opportunity offender. my beloved babes all get left in random places at random times and all get a little bit 'forgotten' when the next 'great' pair of shoes come along.

but like a mother, I love 'em all- in different ways.

So to be forced to choose my 7 favourite pairs, which New Favourite thing made me to do (by way of this tag), is akin to asking the Queen to chose her favourite corgi - mean and terribly unfair.

So it is with pistol to head I have selected my 'not-favourite' favourite shoes.

In no particular order, they are:

hot molten Louboutin wedges: Because everyone needs a little CL in their lives.

silver and perspex Fendi peep toe platforms - my little striper shoes

Patent moc croc brogues - i love i love i love.

gold and black wedge peep toe shoes

there's a story behind these shoes. it goes, i saw em, loved em couldn't decide which ones to get and in a mega EUREKA moment I 'got it' and realised why the fashion fairies had put in me such a quandary and I bought both for the single purpose of wearing them together. To which one of my bezzy mates flatly supplied "you're such a fashion victim"

Victim schmictim I say, I have had plenty of fun nights in these bad boys (the recent grand vintage ball being one of them - pic coming soon) and the return in investment in flattery alone have made them well worth it!

I have pair, New Favourite Thing has a pair. 'Ugly/pretty' shoes - everyone should have a pair.

Oh if you knew how much I love these cow/snake print platform heels from Office. I ummed and ahhed about buying them so much but I am soooo glad I did. these too have paid for themselves in compliments alone.

Ahhh my Chloé's! Uncomfortable but beautiful to behold.

My faux DM's; pink, shiny, heeled and comfortable. What's not to love!?

and on to:

art is my hustle

OH OH

yummy

forgive me fashion...

emmalouiselayla

fatfashionassistant

and double tagging sartoriology

Fierce Friday: A tribute to the Pointer Sisters

2010-05-21T09:04:00.000+01:00

if like me you grew up in the 80s Fridays are inextricably linked with Cadburys' cruchies - that milk chocolate bar with a "honeycombed" sugar centre. i loved the TV ads, chocolate tumbling and morphing to the sounds of the Pointer Sisters' "i'm so excited". CLASSIC.

And kudos to the girls. not only could they blow, they had a pretty wild sense of style that saw them in any and everything from prim '40s dresses to some pretty ghoulish 80s designs. not all looks should be replicated mind you, there are as many misses as hits but I take my cap off to them for being experimental, eclectic, extra fly and for singing one of my very fav. 80s choons "Automatic"

May I?

2010-05-18T00:32:00.003+01:00

if i ask reeeeeeeeeeeeeally nicely will someone buy me one of these Jean Boggio rings? i don't mind which one.

thanks!

Inspiration / Ode to Fela

2010-05-12T08:07:00.003+01:00

sonically beautifully / visually impactful

visually impactful / sonically beautifully.

@ 1:34 is a startling beautiful woman. if i had my paints I would paint her - i think i'll do a shoot instead.

via allroundgyal

Image of the day + Words to live by...

2010-05-10T07:55:00.000+01:00

Fierce Friday: In Retrospect

2010-05-08T10:24:00.008+01:00

Have you seen Beyonce's new video? it's too too much! I love it - I love the styling! then again i would. i am still in a Mad Men haze and everything 50s-esq is rocking my world right about now.

my obsession with the show had me running out of my bedroom - laptop in hand, screaming at my cousin 'you can't believe what just happened in the first episode of season 3' at 3 am this morning. nuts. yes, i am a little behind = yes, i have a lot to look forward to!

Back to Bey, packed in this video is EVERYTHING i love about fashion - the fun and frivolity, how it makes multiple statements about everything and nothing all at the same time but mostly how it transforms the ordinary to the EXTRAORDINARY even if it's just for a second or 5:01 as is the case.

Hats off Ms Carter.

"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.

Directors: MELINA & Bee Z
Executive Producer: Beyoncé for Parkwood Pictures
Producer: Dina Ciccotello
Editor: Clark Eddy
DP: Paul Laufer

PSST!

I'm going to The Grand Vintage Ball & Vintage Attire Pageant tonight

maybe i'll channel Bey, Joan and Betty and go all fifties glam.

Pretty.Freakin.Hot: A Fashion Story

2010-05-06T17:52:00.000+01:00

PRETTY>FREAKIN>HOT!

what does one do on a quiet Sunday after soaking up the sun in the park? You go home, shove your tomboy cousin with

to-die-for legs into a pair of too-small shoes, and a barely-there dress and coax her into your stairwell for a 'fun' shoot.

suffice it to say it was more 'fun' for me than her, but someone's got to suffer for art and today was her day. Thankfully, she and her killer legs were willing and able despite being

very a little dubious of her pop pink lips.

**watch this space for more impromptu mini shoots**

top - topshop tracksuit pants - random, sunglasses - yves saint laurent head scarf - random pvc gloves - glovedup

leopard print hat - LaLoLa

mohair jacket - vintage

sunglasses - yves saint laurent

black dress - rick owens

belt - vintage

shoes - mango

leggings- topshop

cropped denim jacket - vintage

earrings - mickey

specs - bik bok

jacket - vintage sunglasses - yves saint laurent shoes - mango socks - falke

as before

jacket - vintage sunglasses - yves saint laurent bustier dress - topshop mirror mosaic bra - LaLoLa shoes - mango socks - falke

leopard print hat - LaLoLa

mohair jacket - vintage

sunglasses - yves saint laurent

black dress - rick owens

belt - vintage

shoes - mango

jacket - vintage sunglasses - yves saint laurent bustier dress - topshop mirror mosaic bra - LaLoLa* watch - michael kors socks - falke

shoes - mango

as before

#the end#

Here's a Snoop

2010-05-04T12:10:00.003+01:00

Ever wondered what lies beneath your average Fashion Editor's desk? Here's a snoop...

Black ankle boots - Alexander McQueen

Gold wedges - Christian Louboutin

Hot Pink cutout sandals - Givenchy

Petrol blue strappy sandals - Chloé

Silver crossover platform sandal - Jimmy Choo

BEYOND AMAZING

2010-05-02T22:47:00.008+01:00

This BEYOND AMAZING shoot from Vogue Germany, shot by Patrick Demarchelier makes me feel like sticking a big ol' weave on my head with immediate effect!

I must say Vogue Germany have been doing some amazing shoots of late (I say that like I am a regular subscriber - I'm not but maybe I should be!?). In the same issue, they do a make over job on VB that is nothing short of miraculous! A feat and a half truth be told.

Hippie Yeah!: Vogue Germany May 2010

VB in this month's issue of Vogue....the brows are BEYOND!

VB pics courtesy of The Very Simon

Because saving the planet is So Stylistic

2010-05-01T19:59:00.001+01:00

Fierce Friday

2010-04-23T07:52:00.003+01:00

Worship Worthy

2010-04-21T20:46:00.003+01:00

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! sang in a breathy angelic tone.

These glorious boots are the handiwork of Jody Parchment, LCF MA graduate and winner of The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers' Bursary 2009.

Yes please!

When art and fashion collide

2010-04-07T18:24:00.006+01:00

I love colour, I also have a penchant for prints - so naturally I would be drawn to NIKKI FARQUHARSON's work. Her mix-media pieces fuse fashion and art in the best possible way - it's all so Stylistic!

happyEaster

2010-04-04T17:52:00.000+01:00

I cannot believe it has been a whole year since I posted the picture of Sasha P in bunny ears - taken from Louis Vuitton's AMAZING FW09 collection. How time flies!

Well, a year on and a LOT has changed but I am still a little enamoured with the bunny ear as a bona fide fashion accessory - that is despite some *major* over publicity and at times serious misuse.

So once again, I bid you a happy Easter - now hop along, get off your laptops, go play with the other kids.

Enjoy!

Fierce Friday

2010-04-02T13:00:00.001+01:00

It's Fierce Friday! Ms. Jones we salute you.

2010-03-26T18:31:00.008Z

and it don't get any fiercer than the doyenne of fierceness...

...Ms. Jones we salute you!

Photog: Jean Paul Goude (Ms Jones' ex)

The Magnificent Seven

2010-03-21T21:53:00.013Z

Swatch celebrates the launch of its 80s inspired Colour Codes Collection with a 6 page shoot by 7 of the best fashion magazines.

POP, Nylon, Another, Wallpaper, V, i-D and Dazed and Confused go head to head in a shoot out showing how to rock the multi-watch look.

Hands down, V magazines is my fav - by a long winding country mile.

What's yours?

Vote here.

Oh Suno! how I love thee

2010-03-16T17:27:00.008Z

SUNO is badass

SUNO is cool

SUNO is afrocenteric

SUNO is my new label love!

SUNO was formed in 2008 by Max Osterweis after more than a decade of collecting textiles on visits to Kenya. The prospect that Kenya's recent post election turmoil might keep foreigners from visiting or investing in a country overflowing with natural resources, talent, and good will became the catalyst to actually do something with those collected fabrics. Building a successful and visible company that employs local Kenyan talent, treats workers fairly, and showcases some of Kenya's artistry, could potentially affect positive and lasting social and economic change. From press release

http://www.sunony.com/

SUNO is sold at NY's hippest boutique.

Shop here Open Ceremony

Mad Men: Immortalisation by Plastic

2010-03-11T00:42:00.010Z

If you are not addicted to Mad Men already then what are you waiting for!? 'Get tucked in' as my brother would say. If for no other reason than that the fashion is impeccable, the women beautiful and the men dashing.

If you haven't watched it you absolutely must do It may not change your life but your fashion know-how will go up a notch and you'll know where Marc Jacobs got inspiration from for the LV AW collection. As they say, imitation is the best form of flattery.

Need more proof that Mad Men is must see TV?

There's nothing like immortalisation by plastic to let you know you are on to a winner!