It’s offical! I’m addicted to headbands. I just can’t help it, every shop I go in I immediately head to the head-gear searching for my ultimate quick fix.
Shopping in Topshop at the weekend I shrieked with joy as I discovered a pair of Louis Vuitton style bunny ears and, I’ll be honest with you here, for a fleeting second I had my store card at the ready. But then, well what can I say? Common sense kicked in and I put them down.
I’m not exactly sure where my love for headbands derived from; I blame my magpie esque tendencies and love of all things sparkly and I think Blair from Gossip Girl has a lot to answer for too. Now I’m not talking any old boring headbands here, no plain jane alice bands for me; mine are big, boisterous and ostentatious. I like bling, I like jewels and the bigger headache they give me, the happier I am.
My most recent headband purchase is from River Island and it’s covered in feathers, diamonds and jewels. Another favourite in my headband collection is covered in hard metal studs, another is cream and embellished with jumbo mirrored jewels. I now have about 15 headbands and I just keep wanting more. I need help.
I’ve decided this shall be my signature look. I once met a lady who wore purple every day of the week. Head to toe she was covered in her favourite colour and even her hair had a hint of plum. Whilst I shan’t go crazy I will, from this day forward be known as ‘the girl in the fabulous headband’.
I’m deliberating whether I have the confidence to sport the A-list headband of choice – the bunny ears. First seen at Louis Vuitton (or Minnie Mouse I guess), they looked amazing on the models, on the Olsen twins and even Cheryl Cole rocked the look. But a mere mortal like me? Hmmm the jury is out on this one…
I told you I’m fickle, when it comes to my style girl crushes they tend to change like the weather. And while Cheryl was yesterdays girl crush, today there’s a new girl in town; and this one means business.
If you don’t watch The City (spin off TV programme from The Hills) you might not be familiar with Olivia Palermo but she is the frenemy of Whitney Port and they both work for Diane Von Furstenberg in her New York offices. Even though Whitney is the star of the show, Olivia is famous for being the office bitch, however she’s one stylish bitch and that’s why I love her.
Ok, a little bit of info on my new girl crush, Olivia is a New Yorker who grew up in the City and now studies there as well as working in the Publicity department for DVF. She is a self-confessed socialite and word has it she inspired the character of Gossip Girls Blaire Wardorf (and we all know what a bitch Blair can be).
What I love about Palermo is her polished appearance, I wish I could mix it up like Agyness Deyn or Pixie Geldof but the reality is that I can’t. I’m one of those matchy-matchy girls; I like styled outfits in magazines and I like looking to celebrities for inspiration, at the end of the day I like to know that a look works.
Palermo is a master at blending inexpensive pieces, high-end designer items, and vintage articles to emphasise her sophisticated style. She keeps things interesting by trying several different shapes and lengths. At the moment she is loving Topshop, seen here wearing a black sequin hero jacket which she wore to the Serpentine Garden Party in London last month.
Now I regard myself as a career girl (University is starting to feel like a long time ago these days) I feel that Olivia is the perfect inspiration for the working girl that I’ve become. Fear not though, I’m definitely no office bitch.
I’m feeling great at the moment, not that I’m usually in a bad mood but today I’m in a marvellous mood. I think it might have something to do with the gorgeous weather, the fact that it’s a bank holiday and that this is my first official post for stylist stuff.
So, whilst catching some rays I started to think about what I wanted my first post to be about; I pondered all day just to come to the conclusion that this would only work if I just rolled with it, so here goes, may the rolling musings commence…
So I may as well confess to you all now, my name is Leanne and I am a celebrity addict. For the record I am a little bit ashamed, it’s not exactly ‘cool’ but I’m no crazed stalker; I don’t wait in hotel rooms or have posters on my wall. I just like to know what’s going on that’s all. It doesn’t help that a big part of my job at Elleuk.com is to follow celebrities; I work on the Picture Desk which means I’m always looking at hi-res images of various celebrities with their hair perfectly coiffed and their teeth dazzling and white.
From time to time (ok, more ‘from week to week’) you have your favourite girl crush, someone who gives you a severe case of envy-itus with every outing. Last week it was Diane Kruger (well it was Cannes after all and she did wear a pair of fabulous Chanel heels) this week it’s a regular favourite of mine, Gossip Girls Leighton Meester.
Leighton, aka Blaire Waldorf from Gossip Girl is my newest girl crush; with her newly blonde locks and effortless style she is really upping the ante in terms of style. Ok, I didn’t particularly love what she wore to the Met Ball Gala event, I thought she looked a bit of a state if truth be told but then so did everyone that night.
But last Wednesday at the CW Upfronts Party in NYC Leighton wore a chic Jil Sandler shorts and jacket combo. Her hair sleek and straight, her make-up minimal, she really did look fantastic but simply because it all looked so effortless.
Whether she’s at a red carpet event or walking the streets of New York Leighton Meester always gives me wardrobe-envy.
I know she won’t last in my affections, they never do, what can I say, I’m fickle. But for now, well she’ll just have to do.
I never watched The Hills until one of my work experience assistants said she wanted to work in fashion because she was inspired by The Hills. I know lots of fashion people have a love-hate relationship with TV but I’ll watch any fashion-related programme. I think I’ve watched most episodes of The Hills so I feel pretty up-to-date. I think you can actually learn quite a bit about fashion from the show but of course everything on TV is 100x more glamourous thanin real life. Whitney’s my favourite character.
So who’s your favourite and why?
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It’s offical! I’m addicted to headbands. I just can’t help it, every shop I go in I immediately head to the head-gear searching for my ultimate quick fix.
My most recent headband purchase is from River Island and it’s covered in feathers, diamonds and jewels. Another favourite in my headband collection is covered in hard metal studs, another is cream and embellished with jumbo mirrored jewels. I now have about 15 headbands and I just keep wanting more. I need help.
