A/W 2012 – New York
It feels like I was only just doing these for S/S 12 and we’ve only just had the March issues. But it’s February which means the new season shows are here!
Jason Wu is one of my favourite designers now. I loved his A/W 11 dresses and lace masks and his S/S 12 outfits with that amazing red/orange lipstick. And now he’s done Chinese inspired clothes with beautiful reds, tassel earrings, teardrop necks (or whatever they’re called) and thick fur too! And I absolutely love the beauty; smoky grey winged eyeshadow and hair pulled tightly back into a ponytail. Now this I can do. Now where can I buy earrings like those…?
Theysken’s Theory is a more wearable everyday option. Grey and black jackets, trousers, jumpers and skirts. I love it!
Altuzarra has practical warm clothes, fur and woollen jumpers, colourful trousers beneath knee high boots. Very cool.
Guess who…
I like drawing. And I like fashion. Here’s them colliding. You have to guess what shows they’re from!
The Prettiest Dresses (in my price range anyway…)
Cream Lace Belted Skater Dress, River Island, £35
I was passing River Island when this dress on the mannequin made me freeze. It was the prettiest dress ever so I went in grabbed it, tried it on, loved it even more and bought it. Shame it’s winter and there’s still snow on the ground here so can’t wear it yet. Even though it is called a skater dress…
Laguna Niguel, Hollister, £50
I could buy every single skirt and dress from Hollister. I simply love the white lace! I bought a skirt from there a while ago, in the sale, it was over half price!! My favourite skirt ever now, white lace tiers. And this dress? And the others in the shop? Beautiful!
A Little Bit Of Fashion
Currently, I have pale, ice blue nails. The colour of the dress on the left. It’s Model’s Own ‘Blooboo’ which I bought yesterday because of my sudden new love of pastel colours. It went on really well and didn’t need two coats. It dried relatively quickly as well. Now everytime I see them, I’m reminded of Louis Vuitton!
Read All About It!
So here are some of the March UK magazine covers:
Vogue – Lana Del Ray (what!? Who is she really? I’m thinking this is a bit too soon for her, especially if she may fade away)
Harpers Bazaar – Georgia May Jagger (not a fan of her’s but this cover looks especially bad..)
Elle – Alexa Chung (again!? But I actually love this cover – new pastel Louis Vuitton!)
Glamour – Reese Witherspoon (glamorous and very pretty)
S/S 12 – Pretty Pastels
I used to hate pastel colours. But then this season arrived and suddenly they’re all so pretty! Louis Vuitton’s pale cut-outs, Balmain’s amazing light blue and gold, Erdem’s pretty shoes and dresses, Isabel Marant’s casual outfits…
S/S 12 – Jazz Age
It’s crazy that just because Baz Luhrmann decided to make a new version of The Great Gatsby this December, everything has gone 20s mad! But as I like that era, I’m happy. I loved Gucci’s flapper dresses and Ralph Lauren’s hats, beads and feathers were amazing! Another 2012 trend I love!
Book Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi – 5 Stars
I picked up an Advance Readers Edition of this in a charity shop as its not yet out in the UK and I’m very glad I did.
Basically, it’s about Juliette who has been locked up because her touch kills. Enter Adam. And so begins the dramatic action, romance story set in a dystopian world. To begin with, the strange metaphors and fancy way of saying things annoyed me but I got used to it and its get less and less throughout the book anyway. I found I couldn’t put it down and was zooming through chapters to find out what happened next. Juliette was a realistic character who – although annoyingly good at the beginning – starts to fight back.
A bad point however is that Warner – the villain – and Juliette’s conversations all tended to be exactly the same every time they met. There are also bits near the end which are so typical and you would have thought the author could have come up with different ideas.
But overall, I really liked Shatter Me and I’m looking forward to a sequel.
Book Review – Supernaturally by Kiersten White
Supernaturally by Kiersten White – 3 Stars
The first one in this series (Paranormalcy) was a good, fun read with an interesting plot and a new take on supernatural things. However the sequel seems to have the tiniest amount of plot and a couple of flaws. Like many other reviews I’ve read for this, I thought not much happened in the book and, with a couple of things not answered, it looks like its probably setting it up for the last one (Endlessly). There’s a new character named Jack who seems to pop up in every conceivable location for no apparent reason plus you kind of don’t want Evie’s boyfriend, Lend, to show up as they’ll do is shout about trust to each other. There are some pretty random action plot ideas too.
However, I gave it three stars instead of lower because I still like the characters and – even though it got pretty annoying that she was so darn good and moral all the time, not wanting to hurt anything – Evie was a very realistic protagonist because of this.
