Out of Action

Having been noticeably absent from my blog for the past two months after having been away and having no access to a computer, it has made me incredibly nostalgic for blogging. I have missed collecting together my thoughts into post upon post of a mishmash of all that is going on in the fashion world and commenting upon current fashion related affairs.

Being without my computer has made me reconsider what type of writing I would like to take this blog in the direction of. I hope to choose a less directional way of blogging and instead of talking about just current trends I would like to focus on other matters (still fashion related) but things that can be approached with a broader mind.

As for now, I'll be back to normal blogging from now on.

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Would you dare?

We've had henna tattoos by Chanel which were largely popular if slightly tinged by the price tag but for many fashionistas one-off by-products of fashion, they have no limit to the cost of the newest trend or style. Dior has attempted to take the concept of affordable and noticeable designer fashion and rework it to make it available to the general/high-st consumer at more reasonable prices. Copying the tattoo concept of Chanel would be flattery at its highest, yet slightly pushing the boundaries of 'cheating by stealing anothers idea'. Next stop: contacts. Contacts?!

Christian Dior has made the bold move to create contacts which can be worn by anyone at a low price for affordable fashion. In a range of up to 3 colours each contact has gold lining with a small CD in the corner of the contact. But, look carefully or you might just pass them by. Can you imagine photographing Alexa Chung wearing these on the front row? Hm...

Interesting, makes food for thought.

Miu Miu

My love for Miu Miu has always been expressed deeply in my blog and this seasons collection is no exception. From the moment I saw Carey Mulligan sporting that gorgeous lilac flowery dress in May at the Met Costume Institute Gala before the collection had even been previewed I knew I had fallen in love with Miu Miu...again.

She looked so chic and cute with her pixie-cropped hair that I automatically knew I had to see more of this collection even if it was just on her.

AND to top this collection off, it has featured on 2 July covers can you believe it? Well I can and I'm not surprised. This months Elle features Lily Allen wearing the purple dress as seen:

I cannot believe they have featured Lily twice this year as their cover star, but she pulls this dress off well and as soon as my Elle arrived last week I was thrilled they had chosen this dress for her.

W magazine also features the yellow/mustard coloured dress on the gorgeous Eva Mendes as shown:

Why are you so amazing Miu Miu?!

ACNE

ACNE (slight gasp and the following sound of ahhh), the cult swedish design studios of ACNE continue to astound me with their perfect clothes, furniture, shoes.. the list goes on.
Having a slight mad obsession with ACNE as we speak and obsessing over their latest SS10 and AW10 collections. I went to Harrods last week and upon spotting ACNE's section I tried on all the clothes and the shoes as I had seen on Elin Kling of Style by Kling blogger - http://stylebykling.tv4.se/

So upon seeing them I immediately had to try them on and also screech squeals of delight at the fact that they were in the sale from £570 to £342!! BUT no I couldn't have them. Must get a job first...

I am also obsessed with ACNE's jeans with 3 cleverly placed metal plates over the jean leg.

They don't yet have the jeans up on the website but this is a similar pair found online at http://www.acnestudios.com/

I am now a transformed ACNE lover. They are opening their London store this July 15th and I will be blogging all the way when they open the store which will contain clothes and furniture.

My top 3 favourite pieces of this collection have to be:

1.

Maxi skirt - £380

2.
Sheepskin jacket - £1140

3.

Tie-dye jeans SALE £153

Untill the 15th July, you can buy online at http://www.acnestudios.com/ or http://www.net-a-porter.com/

Portobello Market

On Friday I went to portobello market with my best friend lauren. It took a while on the stuffy, claustraphobic underground but we made it and ventured out for the day into the exciting world of portobello.
I discovered some amazing shops and stalls and spent the afternoon haggling down prices and buying items that I loved.
My favourite food shop was of course Hummingbird bakery where lauren and I bought a cupcake each which in my honest opinion were so amazing they could have been better than Lola's!

I bought a ring which was originally from the 70's its gorgeous. I also got some john lennon circle sunglasses for... £5 - bargain! and a crop top from american apparel and lastly a vogue from 1993 - the year I was born!

My favourite store was 285 where they sold tonnes of vintage clothes as well as a huge amount of vintage Vogue's from the 70's onwards for low prices.

Balmania at Outnet

If I said you could buy Balmain for 85% off would you believe me? I wouldn't believe it myself, but I opened my emails this morning and it seems the Outnet - the website for discounted designer clothing is having a pop-up sale for the next few days only and is selling Balmain at 85% off!
Check out http://www.theoutnet.com/ and click on the pop-up sale to purchase some amazing Balmain. However, even at 85% off it still seems to stretch my budget and even though some dresses are about £4000 from about £15,000 I definately wish I could buy some of it!

Items from SS 09 and AW 09 collection are on sale and prices start at about £300.

Items available include:

Hurry and check it out because it is selling out so quickly!

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