Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas!

XMAS GREETINGS FOR EXCLUSIVE FASHION STORE ILLUSTRATED BY RICHARD MERRITT
27.11.2008
Making a white Christmas come alive! Browns store is an THE fashionista heaven in London and they have chosen Richard Merritt to illustrate their card for Christmas,To view more of Richard's divine fashion illustrations please click on the link below.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!! :D

Although this was designed 3 years ago I thought it was nice and in the festive spirit but with the touch of fashion illustration :)

Source: http://www.organisart.co.uk/news.php?news_id=22

Festive Shop Window Displays

Many Christmas themed window displays are of course a must around this time of year and telegraph had an article about it and some pictures of several displays around the world and out of them my favourite is the Parisian department store, Printemps, displays miniatures of designer Karl Lagerfeld in their adorable window display. I thought it was cute, slightly different and quirky from the rest ! well Paris is one of the fashion capitals of the world for a reason.
Also luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co's windows depict a miniature snow-filled, woodland scene with a carousel, complete with elegant rides in the form of reindeers, lions and zebras is pretty awesome display too and there are many other so check it out at: http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG8913638/Christmas-window-shopping-the-best-of-the-festive-windows.html (SOURCE)

H&M and Versace Dress

With the limited edition Versace hitting H&M stores you saw it coming!...SOLD OUT in no time! although I didn't buy these my auntie brought them so I told a peek and took some pictures...Although i m not a big fan of Versace because always that it was 'too much' but have to say this cute LBD dress is really nice and definitely good for the Christmas party season ! For £80 this is a affordable and gorgeous Versace create I m sure flew of the selves !

Keep Warm Winter Skate Wear

I saw this on Vogue.co.uk and thought was cute as I like ice skating and will definitely find the time to go soon but how do you go ice skating while looking 'fashionable' vogue gave some tips :)

Check out more winter ready items at http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/favourites-of-vogue/2011/11/ice-skating-wardrobe/gallery

GRADUATION !

Finally officially graduated ! Was a great day and beautiful weather luckily :D

Winner is.......

Anya Ayoung-Chee is the winner for PROJECT RUNWAY Season 9!
I think she did a good job even though she doesn't have as much sewing skills as the others and I was actually really surprise she won, not that she didn't deserve but I just didn't think the judges would choose her but well done to her !

Image from insidetv.ew.com

I Knitted a HAT ^.^

Although its not made very well or how you should traditionally knit a hat but no rules are set in stone as a friend once told me :) ...hehe

Project Runway Season 9 Final

Three pieces from Kimberly Goldson's collection (left); three pieces from Joshua McKinley's collection (right)

Viktor, Joshua, Kimberly and Anya are the final four for this season project runway !

Three pieces from Viktor Luna's collection (left); three pieces from Anya Ayoung-Chee's collection (right)


I think all four designers have a different view and aesthetic to their designing, Kimberly a urban edge, Josh with a unique use of materials, daring and boldness to his clothes, Viktor has pure class and elegance while giving a stong vibe ! I love and I mean love that white leather jacket ! Its amazing ! Finally Anya has cool easy flow and stunning use of prints in her collection. I can t decide which collection I personally like the most as there are pros and cons to each collection which i liked and disliked. I think its between Viktor and Anya's collections. Who will be the winner?..(although I already know, I leave it for my next post.)

Images from Starpulse.com

Selfridges Christmas Window Display !

The selfridges window displays are normally amazing but they have make it a very cool Christmas display with an all white and winter inspired windows of elegance! Make many people walk past to stop and stare and even to capture photos of this great artist display!

Photos taken by me

Happy Halloween

Hehe ..Happy Halloween !

Source: Pearypie Make-up Artist-Theatrical Artist

Versace For H&M

Another designer collaboration with H&M! Its really smart how H&M always join forces with high fashion designers and brands to create a more affordable collections ! and they always sell out in no time ! Although I ve never really been a fan of Versace they have unique and bold designers and this is the same for their collaboration with H&M! Bold colours and prints bursting at the seams!

Images from Look Magazine

Mod Squad Trend

Tunic dresses and boxy silhouettes are in trend for the fall ! Funky and classy at the same time !

Images from ASOS facebook

ANTM carousel runway !

I thought this was really cool on a beach and carousel ! Making a fashion show more fun and exciting, they also did a carousel runway for a Chanel show last year. Also the clothes looked nice and chic as well by the Kardashians sisters for American department store SEARS

Autumn /Winter Heritage Trend

British heritage is trending for this coming autumn/winter with the warm colours too tweed and plaid you'll look classy and elegant as ever !

Image from ASOS facebook

Snood snood!

Hehe...another snood done! This one is also for a friend :)

Autumn is coming...

For her latest photoshoot with ‘High Cut‘ magazine, T-ara‘s Hyomin set aside her sexy image for a whimsical Autumn-themed pictorial.

With deep gazes and minimal make-up, Hyomin showed off a charismatic look that brought out the natural warmth of October through her style. Her dark brown knit is by ‘Rick Owens‘ while her checkered fringe cape is by ‘Stefanel‘.

The pink and peach gradation knit top is by ‘Missoni‘. Dolled up by make-up artist Lee Ji Young, her hair was styled by Kim Seung Won of ‘Rene Furterer‘.

Hyomin stated, “It’s my first time taking on such a clean concept since my debut. It was quite the different photoshoot for me.”

Her photographer added, “I tried to bring out Hyomin’s inner innocence, which was always hidden behind thick, sexy eyeliner. Her lovely image transferred straight into the camera.”

The full photoshoot can be seen through the 62nd edition of ‘High Cut’.

Source + Photos: Sports Donga via Naver

Knitwear is of course super popular for the Autumn/Winter Season !

Another Snood !

I just finished this snood but I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to my friend!...but he really like it :) The wool was slightly thicker than the previous ones I did so this one will be even warmer I think ! The maroon colour is really nice and rich!

Chanel Goes Underwater !

Karl Lagerfeld and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine after the Chanel Spring/Summer 2012 show. Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

At Paris fashion week, "going back to the DNA of the brand" is code for "get lost, upstart designers – we are a blue-chip name and we're not going to let anyone forget it". Although, naturally, Karl Lagerfeld makes the point rather more elegantly than that.

Of all the codes of the great house of Chanel, the pearl is the most enduring. The classic images of Coco show her in a little black dress, toying with a string of pearls; over the 29 years Karl Lagerfeld has helmed the label he has kept the pearl front and centre of its image. He has designed shoes with pearls around the platform and the heel, and once kick-started a high-street craze for multiple strings of pearls when he featured the look on his catwalk.

For this Paris fashion week, he took the idea one step further, going back to the roots of this most potent symbol of Chanel. In other words, Chanel went underwater. The vast Grand Palais, where Chanel's biannual catwalk extravaganzas are staged, was transformed for the event into a seabed dreamscape. Glossy white sculptures of coral the size of oak trees loomed above a catwalk covered in white sand, while the high iron walls were draped in undulating sheets of glossy polythene, so that the light had the refracted quality of sunlight underwater.

This was a dazzling display by Lagerfeld. In lesser hands, the pearl conceit might quickly wear thin, but his 360-degree talent in ensuring every detail is executed to perfection, every idea pursued to its conclusion, is second to none. To help the spectacle fill the stadium-sized venue, he enlisted Florence Welch, who sang live during the show and accompanied the designer on his lap of honour.
There were pearls pinned into the models' chignons, pearls as the pull on the zipper of cardigans, pearl belts around cocktail dresses and pearl buttons on boucle jackets.

Boucle tweed suits and dresses came in the sleek, collarless shapes fashion currently adores. Soft, puffed-out volume at the back - along the shoulders of a tweed jacket, or above the gathers at the hip of a silk dress – served to show off the superb quality of fabric and workmanship at Chanel.

This was a show which, as it was intended to, reminded the fashion world that Chanel is pure class.

Source & Images graziadaily.co.uk

Really just breathless and amazing show Chanel always puts on with great elegance that no one can beat !

Chiffon skirt :)

Made a long chiffon maxi skirt (which are in trend at the moment), seeing I m petite buying one would normally mean too long and I think they over charge like costs £30 in Miss selfridge and I just brought 2 metres for £6 and made it myself in an hour! Was fun to do and easy :)

Shiny MIU MIU shoes :)

Took the pic of Grazie Magazine !...but they realy caught my eye !.think they are soooooo cute ! :)

Knitting A Snood! :)

Decided to start knitting and I knitted a navy blue snood for my handsome friend Jai as his birthday present ! So glad he liked it and so he's a little more prepared for the cold winter to come :)

Mary Katrantzou Spring/Summer 2012

Mary Katrantzou, Nature versus Nurture, a spiral gown whirls a pattern around the body Jo Jones

Carnation catwalk carpet at Mary Katrantzou.

Designer name: Mary Katrantzou

Origin: Athens, Greece

Design background: Mary attended Rhode Island School of Design and then completed both her BA and MA at Central Saint Martins. She has previously worked for Sophia Kokosalaki and freelanced for Bill Blass, amongst other designers. She was awarded NEWGEN sponsorship for six seasons (spring/summer 2009 - autumn/winter 2011).

Design signatures: “A hyperrealist aesthetic, bold graphics and industrial jewellery."

How would you describe the Mary Katrantzou woman? “She has a liberated spirit and a strong sense of style.”

Trademark piece: “A dress inspired by the filtered beauty in design, mapped around the female figure.”

Three spring/summer 2012 inspirations: “Industrial fabrication versus formal beauty in nature.”

Source: London Fashion Week.co.uk

Image from guardianfashion.tumblr.com

Michael Van Der Ham- Spring/Summer 2012

Designer name: Michael van der Ham

Origin: The Netherlands

Design background: Michael graduated from the MA fashion course at Central Saint Martins. He has worked at Sophia Kokosalaki and Alexander McQueen.”

How would you describe the Michael van der Ham woman? “Someone who's not afraid to wear something a little more bold.”

What is your trademark piece? “Knitwear with chiffon tops and multi-fabricated dresses.”

Three spring/summer 2012 inspirations: “Very special textiles and unusual prints as well as intricate pattern cutting. I can’t give too much away!”

Source: London Fashion Week.co.uk