I learn so many good things from TV. I was watching 30 Rock (NBC) when I first learned about the One Minute Dance Party and it just sounded like the most fabulous idea. Crank up your favourite tune, step away from your desk and just let loose for a minute. Just go for it, be as silly and nuts as you can be. After a minute is up go back to work and you’ll be surprised how productive you’ll be!
We saw Christopher Kane’s fun and bright animal print cashmere sweaters on the catwalk for Spring/Summer 09 and now we’re going to be seeing more of it on the high street this autumn. Leopard print goes in and out of fashion but never really goes out of style. This is an image of Scarlett Johansson’s autumn winter campaign for Mango.
Fashion icons have always indulged in animal print. In 1947 Dior’s silk-chiffon African gown is a fabulous example of the post-war return to glam and the rise of the femme fatale. I think it’s interesting how modern this gown looks and if someone was to wear it today it just wouldn’t look dated.
Marylin Monroe wore a lovely leopard print scarf during her 1954 honeymoon in Japan with Joe DiMaggio. During the 1950s all the movie stars wore leopard print. Love this image of Ava Gardner!
Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein are the creative team behind this delightful accessory brand called Timo.
Weiland was born in Nebraska to artistic parents but moved to New York to study and pursue a career in investment banking. Finally after a few year years he decided to follow his passion and started Timo. Alan Eckstein is a former FIT student who, while still in college, started streetwear label Epic Firm. Rumour has it they are showing a men’s and women’s ready to wear collection at New York Fashion Week!
I love these bows – I think they’d look great in fashion shoot but they would be so wonderful just to wear!
Today at work we got on to the subject of the opposite sex and what we look for when it comes to looks. I thought about this long and hard, hmmm, eyes, clothes, wallet? What do I look for? Obviously a good sense of humour is a must but in terms of the aesthetics… Ahh yes, teeth, that’s it – a boy with a perfect smile is my kryptonite.
I wanted to write about this but I did worry, I don’t want to be Stylist Stuff’s version of Bridget Jones, no thank you. Though for the record I don’t smoke, I don’t wear big pants, and I’m not constantly on a diet (actually that last part was a lie – I just always fail miserably much like Bridget does). I wouldn’t go for Hugh Grant and nor would I go for the other one, the posh one. I do hope that when Renee Zellweger does the third Bridget Jones they choose someone a little hotter to be her love match though I suspect not.
Due to my love of celebs, and wanting to stick with this subject I began to wonder who my favourite celebrity love match are, we all know Katie and Peter are over, so who’s left? I did contemplate Kate Moss and Jamie Hince, they do look great together, both rough around the edges but cool in a ‘I know it’ kinda way.
No, my favourite by a long shot is Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson, just look at this couple and tell me they’re not super cool and super gorgeous? What a fab pair they make. Whether they’re sitting front row at a fashion show wearing his and hers Ray Bans, or whether they’re at a red carpet event laughing and joking they both look picture perfect. Some girls get all the luck.
It really is not fair, I’m off to the 1234 festival in Shoreditch on Sunday, and I shall make it my goal to find the best Joshua Jackson lookalike there is. Wish me luck girls.
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Here is the official trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, with Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen.
The costume designer is Colleen Atwood, who has won 2 oscars for costume design: one for Chicago (2002) and one for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). She did the costume designs for Sweeney Todd and Edward Scissorhands as well. She started out as a fashion designer, graduating from the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle.
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