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Meg**
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Dare to be Different
From Lady Gaga to Taylor Momsen, Katy Perry to Bjork, Madonna to Courtney Love... who is taking their trend setting to extremes? And is it helping their or career or damaging it...?
Obviously the first celebrity that comes to mind with regards to wacky fashion is Lady Gaga. Although she is undoubtedly the most famous artist in the world right now she is bound by her style and essentially "forced" to dress up all the time - her identity as an artist is dictated by her outward appearance. We can't deny that we love her creative and outlandish style but I just wonder how much longer the star can keep it up for
Some of Taylor's ensembles...
Obviously the first celebrity that comes to mind with regards to wacky fashion is Lady Gaga. Although she is undoubtedly the most famous artist in the world right now she is bound by her style and essentially "forced" to dress up all the time - her identity as an artist is dictated by her outward appearance. We can't deny that we love her creative and outlandish style but I just wonder how much longer the star can keep it up for
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| Lady Gaga in some of her more memorable outfits |
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| Gaga in her controversial "meat dress" |
Taylor Momsen has literally grown up in front of our eyes, from little Jenny Humphrey in Gossip girl to teen aged rock star in The Pretty Reckless. She has a sensational voice for a girl her age but are her clothing choices age-appropriate? Many of her younger fans barely recognised the actress turned singer when she made her first appearance as the lead singer of her rock band. She seemed to go from wholesome tween sensation to hard core rock chick in a matter of months...
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| Girl next door |
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| Rocker chic |
Some of Taylor's ensembles...
Katy Perry seems to be getting the "different" style right with her quirky looks and hair. She is by no means defined by her style yet we love watching out for what she does next
she is somewhere between pin up girl and cartoon character and we love it!
And she has great red carpet style too...
Will you dare to be different? ;)
Terri*
Friday 27 January 2012
Valentino Spring Haute Couture Collection 2012
Valentino designers, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli had big shoes
to fill with the retirement of Valentino himself and they filled them with ease
at this years showing..
They chose the likes of Marie Antionette to inspire them for their Spring showing at Paris Fashion week yesterday with floral prints and pastels being the main theme. Long flowing dresses gracefully entered the runway on tall slender models bursting with old fashioned femininity, each piece having its own sense of romance. When asked to comment on their Haute Couture collection, Piccioli simply said "Fashion needs culture or it becomes empty."
Alongside these gorgeous, weightless dresses were tailored pieces consisting of trousers, skirts and blazers with not a single ounce of stiffness
It was revealed that a total of 3050 hours of labour went into this collection. This number reflects just how much time, energy and passion goes into putting together a top class couture collection. Their workmanship was incomprehensible with stitching so fine it seemed non existent.
They chose the likes of Marie Antionette to inspire them for their Spring showing at Paris Fashion week yesterday with floral prints and pastels being the main theme. Long flowing dresses gracefully entered the runway on tall slender models bursting with old fashioned femininity, each piece having its own sense of romance. When asked to comment on their Haute Couture collection, Piccioli simply said "Fashion needs culture or it becomes empty."
They used eighteenth century ideas and created twenty-first century shapes with their high necklines, raised waists and slight puff sleeves.
Alongside these gorgeous, weightless dresses were tailored pieces consisting of trousers, skirts and blazers with not a single ounce of stiffness
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Thigh High Slits
READ ALL ABOUT IT:The new trend that has hit Hollywood by storm is the oh-so-very-sexy thigh high slit. Be it Emma Stone or Victoria Beckham, everyone has grabbed at the opportunity to adopt this very chic and sleek style.
Now, we all know that those mid calf dresses make us feel like a granny, or that we residing in the 20's. Or those maxi dresses are just not showing off you best qualities. Fear not! This new trend has allowed us females to spice up those old frumpy frocks and turn them into daring dresses that will turn heads and make jaws drop!
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| Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart, Grace Potter, Jennifer Lopez, Nikki Reed, Irina Shayk |
Maxi dresses with those sexy little slits makes those boring long dresses a little more daring and interesting.
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| Gwyneth Paltrow |
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| Jennifer Arniston |
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| Selena Gomez |
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| Megan Fox |
Get those legs in shape and slit those dresses girls! Because I cannot see this trend disappearing anytime soon!
Meg**
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Oscar Fever
With the announcement of the nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards yesterday I found myself getting quite excited - it's Oscars time again and this means one thing: snuggling up on the couch in my pj's with a huge bowl of popcorn watching the A-listers strut their stuff on the red carpet. I am always glued to the screen for the arrivals but my attention tends to dwindle when the show actually starts, as im sure is the case for most people... It's an incredibly long winded ceremony with all the good bits like best actor and best picture spaced out few and far between.
That aside, its an annual event that I rarely miss and if I do, i flip through all the channels the next day looking for the red carpet hit's and misses and they never fail to entertain me.
I have put together some of my favorite and some of my absolute worst dresses over the years
My favorites...
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| Penelope cruz in Versace at the 2007 oscars |
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| Julia Roberts in her Valentino gown at the 2001 ceremony |
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| Michelle Williams in a gorgeous Vera Wang design at the 2006 awards |
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| Halle Berry in one of the most famous Elie Saab gowns at the 2002 Oscars |
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| Charlize Theron walked away with a best actress award in this Gucci gown at the 2004 Academy Awards |
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| Angelina Jolie in Marc Bouwer at the 2004 event |
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| Rachel Weisz wearing Vera Wang at the 2007 Academy Awards |
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| Cate Blanchette in a yellow Valentino dress at the 2005 ceremony |
The worst I have ever seen...
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| Whoopi Goldberg wore this shocker to the 1993 event |
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| Cher at the 1998 awards show |
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| Everyone remembers Celine Dion's backward suit she wore in 1999 |
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| Demi Moore thought it was agood idea to wear shorts to the prestigious event in 1989 |
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| The infamous swan dress Bjork wore to the 2001 awards |
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| Uma Therman gets it very wrong at the 2004 Academy Awards |
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| Gwyneth Paltrow had no support in this number at the 2002 Oscars |
Terri*
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Jessica Lowndes
As her character, from 90210, has experienced the great advantages of being a down right diva, and the terrible disadvantages of cheating to get yourself up onto the A list of Hollywood, we are fairly certain this beautiful and talented young girl is going to make it in the tough, high society life.
Keep a look out for her new single, that was released just recently - Nothing like this, and here are some links to her other songs on youtube:
"I wish I was gay"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlkeVW5rkso
"Fool"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjNAnGD8alM
Her fashion taste is impeccable,
Rubbing shoulders with A List celebs like Jake Gyllenhaal, etc.
This is definitely a young lady to keep your eyes on!
Megz**
Fashion Inspiration: Dita von Teese
The porcelain skinned, burlesque beauty epitomises femininity in her pin up 40's style clothing. Born Heather Sweet, this stunner was a performer from the start, joining as many acting and dance classes as she could. At the age of 16 she became obsessed with fashion, particularly lingerie- then and there she decided to pursue a career in erotic entertainment. She also attended classes for historic clothing design.She began her career at the tender age of 18 in a strip club and by her early 20's she was already a renowned party entertainer with Palyboy showing great interest. Hugh Hefner had her pose in over 30 different issues and she fast became known as the "Burlesque Fetish Queen"
It was Dita's transition into international live performances that got her the most attention, especially her stints with the Pussycat Dolls. She became a household name instantly, men loving her for her erotic beauty and woman adoring her impeccable taste in clothes. Her relationship with the highly controversial musician, Marilyn Manson kept her in the spotlight for even longer, with them attending many awards shows and red carpet events together. The relationship eventually evolved into marriage, albeit a very short lived one.
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| The controversial couple |
Dita has her own clothing line "Muse" which is a capsule collection, comprised of only five pieces including her famous vintage inspired dresses
Now, we love Dita for her glamorous berlesque acts but we love her more for her retro-fabulous fashion sense, with her combination of vintage fashion and gorgeous colours. Here are some of my personal favorite looks for the burlesque queen
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Terri*
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