The Styling Forecast

Thursday, 14 March 2013

Tartan it up.

Anyone else noticed the mini trend for tartan this AW?

StreetStyle, Southampton

StreetStyle, Edinburgh

Friday, 1 March 2013

Show Studio are best known for their fashion films but they also have a shop which will make you squeal with delight when you discover it. It boasts exclusive one offs with price tags from as little as £30 shooting up to tens of thousands.

The objects fall into many categories from art, photography and sculpture to jewellery, apparel and home wares.

Here are a few of our favourite clothing and jewellery items.

Broken Obelisk Necklace by Fraser Hamilton

£540

Light Blue Stone Held Ring by Fraser Hamilton

£160

Luna Tee by Mother of Peal - SS11 Collaboration with Jim Lambie

Petal by Claire Barrow

£1500

This jacket was created during Claire's first LiveStudio.

Go to ShowStudio Shop

That to That!?

Anne Hathaway's Prada dress blew me away. Classically beautiful, this gown is timeless. It was definitely my number one dress from the day (even despite the nipple problems)

However, how on earth did she go from that to this..

I actually can't describe how much I despise this dress by Armani Privé. The colour makes her look washed out, her breasts look saggy, the tiered effect does nothing for the stunning Miss Hathaway. There is actually nothing I enjoy about this dress. Why?!

And At The After Party...

All these dresses are from the Vanity Fair Oscars party.

Leslie Mann in Andrew GN.

I love the vintage feel of this piece very much reminds me of an Ossie Clark dress Billie Piper wore on the Jonathan Ross show in 2011 (pictured below)

Maria Sharapova in Amanda Wakeley Atelier

This look blew me away. Solange Knowles is certainly giving her sister a run for her money in the style stakes. She wears an Emilio Pucci sequinned dress

Top 5 Oscar Dresses

So, I couldn't narrow it down any further than these six dresses in the end. Enjoy.

Salma Hayek in Alexander McQueen

Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Haute Couture

Naomi Watts in Armani Privé

Anne Hathaway in Prada with Tiffany necklace

Amy Adams in Oscar de la Renta

Fan Bingbing in Marchesa

Thursday, 21 February 2013

Love Wu.

Totally in love with Jason Wu at the moment.

Here a few pieces from his SS13 collection

Also take a look at his bags!

So sumptuous.

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Iridescent Adolescent.

Iridescence is set to be a big trend in Spring / Summer 2013.

This is a trend, that I believe, has developed from the metallic a/w colours.

It takes a similar shiny, jewel effect and injects that boost of bright colouring we all need in the summertime!

It was seen all over the catwalks. I particularly enjoyed the following.

Mary Katrantzou SS13

Viktor & Rolf SS13

Anne Valerie Hash SS13

Iridescence means that the colour you see can change, this gives a fantasy element to the material.

Take inspiration from:

Please take a look at my pinterest board for this trend.

Monday, 4 February 2013

Shine On.

Just a quick one.

This skirt is from Viktor & Rolf's Spring Summer 2013 collection shown durning Paris Fashion Week.

I have only just seen it. I am in love.

Available for just £1255

From: ShopStyleUK

Could be a while till I get my hands on one. I will have to be happy with my Miso gold skirt. I got this in the Republic January sale for a bargain £15!

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Gold Rush

Is it just me or can we all just not get enough of gold at the moment.

I feel like i've been a girl obsessed with the colour all season (A/W 12)... gold nails, gold jewellery, gold dresses I literally just can't get enough of the metallic colour.

That's me, on the far left, in a gold and black Zara dress ready for a night out in early December.

I'd love a pair of these to finish off the season

Aldo McNeary Healed Ankle Boots

From: Asos

£80

and a pair of these to start the Spring / Summer season

Vans Gold Glitter Trainers

From: Asos

£55

Back To The 90s

I have personally always had a nineties crush. Born in the mid eighties I have fond childhood memories of the era, discovering music and creating radio stations and my first discovery of fashion - i distinctly remember a teenage plaid skirt obsession, wearing a dark green and black one in this picture!

Plaid, and the grunge style of the nineties, was a look that was much favoured by Mary-Kate Olsen in recent years.

Gladiator sandal boots are an optional extra, on trend in 2010, personally I'd switch these for a pair of dm's.

Anyway, as you can imagine, my love for the era means that I am thoroughly pleased that the nineties were having an on trend moment in 2012 and am hoping this continues well into spring / summer 2013.

Opening Ceremony's collaboration with DKNY, launching tomorrow, is a promising indicator that this trend is not going to stop anytime soon.

The collection will reintroduce a small selection of nineties archived piece. My favourite is this cropped puffer jacket with logo. (£425)