WEEKLY NAILS

After buying two nail pens, one black, one white i have become a little obsessed with my decorating my nails in navajo patterns, polka dots or most recently and my all time favourite, little animals. I have attempted the much lusted after banana nails but they looked nothing like the picture i was copying so i was pretty fed up. Will try again soon though. For now enjoy by bunny nails that had many coos from amirers over the past weekend, pretty cute eh?

BACK, I PROMISE

 So, to start with an apology. Not that anyone will probably read this apology as i have not posted for almost year, a very poor show on my account i know. But, i promise this will change. Who exactally am i saying this to? Myself quite possibly... that i am definately going to start posting on a more regular basis. I have lots of ideas for posts and am now on my summer holdiay from my first year at university. This is pretty mad and pretty embarrassing as i made it clear back in august that i was definatley going to post all of the time and they were going to be good posts to. Didn't really happen did it?

Still, it will now. So yes, ive just finished my first year at uni, i'm at UCA in Epsom studying fashion promotion and imaging, specialising in promotion and marketing. Its a good course and im enjoying it, but uni has had its ups and downs of course. Its been a massive change and im still trying to come to terms with the fact that im pretty much an adult now and have to get a proper job etc in the near future. Still, thats all dull. Oh! And i must not forget to mention my weekly parcels from my ma and dad whilst being at uni. Its fair to say that they are the best parcels in the world, and were the highlight of my week. Each was decorated by my parents, and inside included a letter, articles, chocolate, sweets and then something fancy on special occasions like an amazing hat and so on. The photo is of the first parcel i was sent, with me looking a little too much like a frog? And i HATE frogs. 

Anyway, at the moment  i am super excited for the summer, i literally cannot wait its going to be amazing. I have lots of plans and ideas but as im a broke student not sure how realistic any of these are? Still, im sure that macaroon making with my ma and bleach tie dye are within the budget. Over and out. (Swear not for the best part of a year this time)

Scarlett Phoebe

This is me.

It's not my favourite photo and i don't like my fringe but i think i needed to put one up... lots more to come i promise. I'm wearing a cardigan which i found in a charity shop in bath the other day, its a size 16 so a little big but i've come to really like its fit and its the perfect colour for the autumn. I'm carrying a snakeskin clutch bag i got a car boot sale and a yellow ring from my boyfriend. I'm also wearing leggings and wooden clogs from Topshop. The t-shirt is the best bit. I got this Live Alive Concert t-shirt when i saw them on style bubble and knew instantly that i had to have one. Only to read further and realise that they were long gone. I kept a watchful eye and nabbed one up when i saw they had produced more, all proceeds from those limited sales going to the Medecins Sans Frontieres' efforts in Haiti. It was a ridiculously hard process sending emails back and forwards to the Brachfeld Gallery in Paris to actually get one but i finally managed to sort it out with my boyfriend's paypal at the ready and chose the Rodarte t-shirt... this was a pretty hard decision but i think maybe the right one... I don't actually wear it that much as i think its better as a dress but its too short to wear with no tights so im waiting for the -'s before i crank it out with tights and boots and a nice winter coat (It also has weird sleeves)

Here's two more...

TURBAN TIME

Yes, i have bought a turban after days, months, years and centuries meaning too but never quite getting round to it. I have bought a perfect black turban. Black may seem a little boring but my thinking is that i can wear it with anything all of the time. Since i saw a photo of my Mama (grandmother) wearing a pink velvet turban years and years ago i fell in love, and that love has  grown more and more every time i see one. I used to wrap a blue scarf round my head and tie it into a turban but it was always a little too small and would come undone so today i searched eBay and made my purchase! Hooray! I think i might try and buy some gingham fabric from town too and tie that into turban, making sure that its big enough this time though. Its WOMAD next week and i need outfits bad. 

Dazed & Confused has arrived, bought to me by my green wigged brother Gabriel so i must dash. 

 Turban Candy...

Source http://www.swingfashionista.com/tag/hat/

BE BRAVE ALEXA!

I don't know if this is just me, but i am damn right bored of Alexa Chung's predictable outfits. I get that she is a fashion icon to millions of people across the globe for her effortless English style, and don't get me wrong i love a Breton top as much as the next person; but she just seems to be going over and over the safe same things again and again. And i don't know why! Her tiny frame could pull off multiple looks yet she still seems to fall into girly mini dresses with black chunky heels. She looks good. There's no denying it, but i am desperate to see her in something different.

Here are 5 predictable outfits which i have picked out of the A/W 10 shows which i think Alexa will choose to wear at some point or another. I wish i did but I just don't look forward to seeing what Alexa is wearing anymore as it never surprises me. She would look good in the Christopher Kane embroidered dress and the tweed Chanel dress too, but would look so much more refreshing if she wore something just a little bit different to the norm. ie. short dress, chunky heels, minimal or no accessories...

Source All photos taken from style.com. Dries Van Noten A/W10,  Chanel A/W10, Christopher Kane A/W10, Dries Van Noten A/W10,  Proenza Schouler A/W10.

HAHAHA this made me laugh, lots! I was thinking of using this Marc Jacobs dress as a 'Predictable Outift' that she might wear, that was until i found out she had already worn it! Its looks pretty but is SO obvious, be brave and do something different Alexa please!

 Source Fuckyeahalexachung.tumblr.com

Any of these would do nicely...

 Source All photos taken from Style.com. YSL A/W10, Burberry Prorsum A/W10, Sophia Kokosalaki A/W10,  Celine A/W10, Dries Van Noten A/W10.

Because i think she would look so good in these outfits they might not look particularly unusual for her to wear but if you actually look at them you will see they are completely different.

The sea through YSL Play suit with the long gold chain would look incredible on her but instead she tends to wear shorter necklaces or nothing at all. The Burberry Prorsum fur coat would look snug and with tussled hair would be divine. The Sophia Kokosalaki dress is obscure but still beautiful, and the Celine outfit is just perfect. Just picture Alexa in this. Man oh man, it would be a glorious sight. And then the trousers with the elastic bottoms! WOW! I hope some of you can agree with me, i know shes ridiculously popular and she does look nice, but nice doesn't really cut it for me, she can pull of something with some edge, so be bloody brave Alexa and branch out!

COLOUR SHOCK

Yes Please Balenciaga, i want your shoes.

 

 

 

 Source Fashion Gone Rogue.

THE SUPER STYLISTS

These three black and white photographs were taken from 'The SUPER Stylists' in Industrie magazine. 

(There were four, but Karl Templer didn't scan so well)

"Over the past 15 years, the status and influence of the stylist has grown from glorified dresser carting clothes about in bin liners to all-powerful visionary with an army of assistants: not just creating powerful fashion images but directing ad campaigns and guiding the catwalk." 

Taken from Industrie Magazine

"There is something about looking at an image with a light source behind it which makes it so much better than something printed"

"I ended up doing styling, which i consider to be the bottom rung of the ladder in terms of creativity"

"Styling has changed tremendously. I have contributed to that change, because i have always tired to push the role of the stylist"

Source Indsutrie Magazine.