Illustrated People are my type of people...♥♥♥

Recently, attracted by my sale radar, Illustrated people has been added to my mental wishlist. Yes, the whole shop. All the products. They are not that different- mostly grey or black or white graphic print tees- but boy, are they the nicest of their kind you will find. I am currently lusting over the grey triangle print crop top that will prove eternitally versitile when I layer it over some crazy print dress or just slap it above jeans and lace ups, and that I also cannot find a picture for....

 

Images from Asos.com

Nice aren't they? Pretty much the ultimate festival top you can get your mitts on, me thinks.

Nina Ricci A/W 2012/2013...♥♥♥

Looking through the Vogue Catwalk videos, I was completly hooked by Nina Ricci's latest. Inspired by -I quote from here-
'a young girl who discovered and explored the wardrobes of her mother, grandmother and past generations of her family'

Okay, it A/W 2012/2013, but there are DEFINITE nods to the textures and 20s swing of todays fashions. The music (With just one glance-Nicholas Jaar) is somehow haunting beside the tweed, detailing, and intresting, quirky proportions that reminds us we are in modern day, and also of the theme- a little girl trying on beautiful clothes with a history that swamp her. She is the luckiest girl I know!

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Spring was supposed to be here...♥♥♥

Lately, what with the rain and gloom, and the long three weeks left until the break of, I think everyone has kind of shied away from any fashion evidence of springtime. Shied away under umbrellas, tired faces, groans and bad postures. There are only a few things (fashion wise) that can be done to cure this...

Image from Instyle

Florals!!! Yes!!! Pretty, graphic type ones that, if you spotted them on your way to work/school/ wherever, you would sniff them gingerly without sneezing, and think of them when rain floods your shoes or the coffee machine dies, and smile at the sweet memory...One of my favourite eye candy blogs ▲▲Lacing up▲▲, has some great examples of outfits.

Fashion field trip...Ballgowns at da V&A.. ♥♥♥

I am currently lusting over a certain exhibition I saw featured in some magazine of my mothers. Ballgowns: British Glamour since 1950, at the Victoria and Albert Mueseum, V&A to its mates.It feautres dresses worn by royalty and stiched by the best. I think a good example is this beauty by Erdem...

Images from V&A website

The V&A has been a friend to me in the past when we have gone culture hunting. When I say we, I mean me and my mum. My dad is far too lazy, my sister nine years old and much more into Moshi Monsters than Vivienne Westwood dresses. Reasons why I ♥ the V&A...


1.The giant glass bouble in the entrance never ceases to amaze me.


2. I am often so flubbergasted by the BLATANT GORGEOUSNESS of the cafe I often forget about my prawn and lemon mayo baguette (oh lala indeed) and ginger beer.


3. It attracts some arty types, and is a central for people watchers while you are pretending to take in Balinese Etchings.


4. The gift shop. I ADORE gift shops. Last time, I brought the cutest little pocket mirror, my mum a print, and got a FABULOUS plastic bag printed with all thesse vintage type flowers which I use for P.E...


5. I also feel admittedly cultured and arty when my fellow classmates ask what the V&A is. I answer all loftily, ''Oh, just this gallery. You should check out the *apply lastest exhibition*''

6. There are  all these cute little tea shops around there, if you are STILL hungry after the delicacies on offer in the V&A.

So, for a fashion field trip to culture yourself in lovely dresses, high standard people watching and yummy baguettes, tis DA Place to be seen

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