Victoria's Secret and the most expensive bras in the world

Each year since 1996, Victoria's Secret presents the most creative and expensive piece of its collection. It is indeed a jeweled bra, the world's most expensive one which can not be bought. Claudia Schiffer was the first to wear it, and this year Alessandra Ambrosio will be the lucky angel to wear it in the highly anticipated annual show of the famous lingerie brand Victoria's Secret to be held November 7. Retrospective!! 

Chiara for Louis Vuitton Speedy Bag

Last week the international blogger Chiara from The Blond Salad Blog shared several photos of her new project/collaboration with the French Maison Louis Vuitton. This project is three different shootings ...

of the iconic speedy bag with three different inspirations and looks: LifeStyle, Vintage & Fashion where Chiara took place enjoying a dream come true!

Feature Of The Week 2 - The Fashion From Harry Potter

It may not be your typical fashion article, but the wardrobe from the Harry Potter series is not to go unnoticed! From the many cloaks and uniforms of the students to the magic and charm of the ballgowns, each piece is a wonder of its own. Above, you can see the outfits of Bellatrix Lestrange, Dolores Umbridge and Fleur Delacour... along with some other snaps from my visit to the Warner Bros. studio tour!!

Style Icon Of The Week 2 - Azealia Banks

She's fierce, fiesty and downright fabulous... the rapper from NYC has taken the UK by storm with her music, as well as her taste in clothes. From wearing Underground Creepers to turtlenecks with braces (and the odd horns made out of her own hair), there is no telling what we will be seeing her in next!

(below: taken at her latest Cambridge concert on 09/10/2012, The Junction)

Style Icon Of The Week 1 - Marina & The Diamonds

Marina provides a breath of fresh air for the British fashion scene, successfully taking her quirky, kitsch appearance to the U S of A. Credit has to be given to her for single handedly making wearing over-sized animated animals on trend!

(taken at her latest London gig on 11/10/2012, HMV Forum... with me as well!)

Quotes Of Fash-piration

Like many other wannabe fashionistas, I am always on the lookout for words of wisdom and inspiration to keep me motivated.... I found these whilst watching Ugly Betty (top) and The September Issue (bottom)... I hope you like them as much as I do!

Outfit Of The Week

Inspired by the Gothic/Victorian fashions I saw in Camden Market, I decided to dig out an old photo of one of my most prized possessions - the cream lace floor length skirt (Urban Outfitters, £89). This was on my 17th birthday, going to a tribute Fleetwood Mac concert channelling my Stevie Nicks vibe.... I have to say, I definitely felt the part!

Feature Of The Week 1 - Camden Town

(First of all, let me just start by saying how sorry I am that this post is so much later than expected!)


If you are an avid vintage seeker, thrive on spotting the next big bargain or just like browsing a scene of diverse culture, Camden Town may be the place for you! Containing a never-ending labyrinth of kooky clothes shops in every nook and cranny, along with a vast selection of global cuisine and, ornaments and other such wonders... This is not a sight to be missed!
 (The people there are just as quirky too!)

Model Karlie Kloss’ ribs airbrushed out of Numéro magazine photo

The original photograph of Karlie Kloss, taken by Greg Kadel, showed the model leaning back with her hands behind her head - her prominent ribs, collarbone and sternum clearly visible. In a bizarre reversal of what usually happens, the image that appears in the October issue of Japan's Numero magazine has been airbrushed to remove all bony protuberances with Kloss’s bones and waist neatly smoothed over with an inch or so of digital flesh. Even in Numero’s image, Kloss looks too thin by healthy standards. 

Full Story...

Most writers used the incident as a springboard to discuss the objectionable practice of Photoshopping models in fashion magazines. Some were annoyed that Numero airbrushed Kloss’s “banging body,” and said that Kloss looked “strong and sexy” in the original shots. According to the Daily Mail, the decision was not made for aesthetic reasons but to avoid a repeat of the scandal that broke out the last time Kloss appeared naked - in a shoot for Italian Vogue in December. The obvious problem is that standards imposed on models – that they must be stick-thin, at any cost – by the fashion industry are irresponsibly embraced and exulted on designers’ runways, in the media, and by advertisers. Everyone knows that images of waif-like models cement unattainable ideals of perfection in the imaginations of girls and women around the world, and can lead to dangerous and tragic consequences. In fact, Karlie Kloss is a beautiful girl. She’s also a beautiful girl who is extraordinarily thin. Regardless of whether or not she is naturally built this way, she appears unhealthy by any reasonable standard. Yet, Kloss says her slender frame is the result to years of ballet, which she gave up after being told she was too tall to be a dancer.

For now, models will still wobble down the runways on boney knees, folding into themselves and weighted down by the garments they display. But if more journalists stopped acting like cheerleaders for the fashion industry, and more advertisers owned some sense of social responsibility, photo editors might not have to airbrush frighteningly prominent hip bones, ribs, clavicles, and sternums out of women’s bodies anymore and we could end this argument once and for all. 

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