Micro Trend: Stripes Below the Waistline

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The Cherry Blossom Girl

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I think I need some stripy tights/socks in my life. Also saw a girl wearing some wonderuss stripy tights during the sale at Liberty's - she tried some red shoes on with them and its looked freaking awesome!

Overtired

Sorry for the lack of posting recently but I've started a work placement at a magazine (more on that later) and have been ill every other week for 2 months now, so I have hardly had time to READ other blog posts let alone write me own. I did manage to sqeeze in styling a Pierrot/circus inspired photoshoot during that time though.

Photography by Emma Gibney
Make up by Anne Flink

Im feeling...

...pastel candy colours, especially in music videos at the mo.

LIGHTSPEED CAMPION - "Galaxy of the Lost"

LILY ALLEN - "The Fear"

JAMES BLUNT - "Love, Love, Love"

Alice Outfits

Inspired by my two previous posts and this awesome shoot from the September 2007 issue of SO-EN magazine I found on Flickr, I decided to come up with some alternative Alice outfits (also I wanted an excuse to spend hours on Polyvore).

*DAYTIME ALICE*

Daytime Alice by Stylistique

Bow headband - Forever21

Cardi & skirt - Marc Jacobs

Paris umbrella - ebags.com

Shoes - endless.com

Bag - Chanel

Tights - Plasticland

*MEET THE PARENTS ALICE*

Meet the Parents Alice by Stylistique

Dress - Lover

Black bow - Topshop

Clutch - Phillip Lim

Tights - Gaspard Yurkievich

Earrings - Kath Mandu

Shoes - Loeffler Randall

*PUNK ALICE*

Punk Alice by Stylistique

Dress - Vintage

Belt- Dorothy Perkins

Lipstick - Lulu Beauty

Gloves - labefana.com.au

Tights - costumehub.com

Hat - villagehatshop.com

Shoes - Alexander McQueen

Tim Burton's Alice Update

The fact that Tim Burton was going to direct a film version of Alice in Wonderland has been on my radar for quit sometime now and I've managed to find some sneaky peek pics on the internet. 

I must say, I'm a little disappointed with Alice's outfit - I was expecting/hoping for something more Gwen Stefani like. Also the dress underneath reminds me of the cut out jeans from House of Holland's latest collection - thats never a good thing right?

But apparently, this is an early make-up/costume test for Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, which is more like it but don't quote me on that!

Links à la Mode: The Independent Fashion Blogger Roundup

(My First) Links à la Mode : January 1st (Yay!)

• Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog - A little New Year’s bling…
• Consume or Consumed - Gabriel Brothers Shopping: A Retrospective with Tips!
• Couture Allure Vintage Fashion - Couture Allure looks at an evening gown produced from a 1954 sketch by Valentino.
• Dogmom’s Dish - Review of the Thakoon for Target collection
• dramatis personae - Lime Crime Review & Tutorial!
• fashion in my eyes - To Russia with Love from Natalia Vodianova
• Fashion Ivy - The Best & Worst Dressed For 2008
• Fashion Pulse Daily - We gave the latest Norma Kamali for Wal-Mart collection a test run - read on to find out what we thought about it!
• Fasshonaburu - Some tips on how to avoid going nuts on all the post-holiday “OMG we didn’t sell enough stock” sales
• Hello, Lover… Shoe Daydreams - A thwarted obsession leads to a shoe customization project.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - The 2009 Calendar of Fashion Events
• Mademoiselle Robot - Shoes vs trainers
• only style remains the same - only style remains the same gets dressed for five different kinds of dates.
• SMG - Keep your eyes on a new fresh faced model from Helsinki, Finland
• Solo Lisa y Nada Mas - Lisa receives a delightful parcel in the mail a week before Christmas.
• Style Discovery - Have you been to Shanghai Tang?
• Style Symmetry - Eyeliah wants you to check out Fluffy’s Blog.
• Stylistique - JOLIBE: New American Based Designer Crush
• Summershoes - Preparations for the last night of the year, grooming yourself to be extra fabulous!
• Technology Starlet - When Robot USB Memory Storage Behaves Badly
• THE COVETED - They might be resolutions…
• the musings of ondo lady - Ever wondered why Kate Moss is such a genius when it comes to fashion?

JOLIBE: New Designer Crush

I came across Jolibe whilst watching an episode of Stylista and you could say it was love at first sight (and I don't even believe in love at first sight).

JOLIBE designer Joel Diaz is Dominican Republic born where he spent most of his adolescent years in art school. At 14 however, he began learning dressmaking techniques from his mother. This is obviously when he discovered his love for fashion as he then went on to study fashion design at the Altos de Chavon School of Design in the DR. After receiving a scholarship to study at Parsons School of Design he moved to New York. He then pursued a career in fashion, and worked with several designers before landing at Helmut Lang and you can see the strong Lang influence in his work. In 2007 he opened JOLIBE with his partner, Christina LaPens, a photographer and art director. The Fall 2007 Collection marked the debut of JOLIBE during Paris Fashion week and has since been shown in New York.

Jolibe is everything I could ever ask for in a designer - strong structured looks that can take you from day to night, gorgeous shades of fabric that will never go out of style and although the overall silhouettes are quit classic, he adds little quirky details that make the outfit stand out and really do make you feel like you've spent your money on something you will love every time you wear it. Also its hard to find new designers that have a strong sense of their own style and a vision of what they want their collections to look like for the next couple of years but I think Jolibe has delivered from the very start.

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