TFS

I don't know about you but I've never been a Tatler fan. It's such a stuffy and old fashioned fashion magazine with such a bad commercial point of view.

Their last cover, see here, had a Pippa Middleton picture in black and white surrounded by colourful flowers. Even to this day I'm still horrified by the sight of it.

Now, don't ask me why I would go an revisit the issue online but I did. And I'm actually glad I did because that's how I came across the "Don't you know who I am?" story shot by Robert Trachtenberg.

I think what's great about it if the fact that because of the f/w11 trends, it was easy to play with 60's and 80's references that are quintessentially British.

The shoot is far from flawless but I absolutely loved the pictures of the orange Burberry coat with the famous British Vogue 60's cover, the Twiggy shout-out in Prada and Lady Di's anglomania in Fendi.

Thoughts?

I normally don't have too many nice things to say about Eva Mendes' style. I can't quite put my finger in what it is that makes a lot of things look just not right. But when she makes a good choice it's spot on!

This on the right is one of those moments. Not only the yellow camisole is perfectly chic (it reminds me a little of this Versace collection) but the shoes and bag are s great match for it. I would've said she was heading to a boat party in Cannes if I didn't know she was in LA. My favourite of the outfit, though, are the huge round sunglasses and stunning gold earrings.

The way she wears it all and how she's done her hair is so 60's and reminded me a lot not only to Sofia Loren's iconic style from that epoch but more especially of one of her looks from the film "Arabesque" in which she starts alongside Gregory Peck. If you haven't seen it you must as it's, in my view, one of the most stylish movies I've ever seen and Loren changes an insane number of times.

PS. Yes, I do realise I posted a lot of videos as of late. We live in a multimedia universe! Got to take advantage of it!

Oops, it's Kate again

Kate is, once again, on the cover of the June/July issue of Vogue Paris. I know many people are still keen on pointing out how every Vogue sticks to the same models and even the same designers over and over again but I suppose we all have our preferences. This is mine. Kate Moss looks stunning on the cover as part of the inside editorial shot by Mario Sorrenti and styled by Emmanuelle Alt in a (surprise, surprise) 60's revival of the pin-up movement very much á la Raquel Welch of back in the day. There is nothing very exciting about the shoot, some nice Versace and, of course, Marant that looks great on a slightly sweaty Kate.

I'm off.

[Pictures: TheFashionSpot.com]

let the sunshine in

On Wednesday night I attended the opening of the musical Hair in London. I came intrigued and left excited, astonished and utterly inspired. It seems shocking how the hippies, a sociological movement that happened so many years ago can feel so current and still inspire fashion nowadays. The Broadway cast, which showed the reason why the show is still so popular, strolled around stage in the most fun combination of flared and patched-up denim, tasseled suede and tie-dye colours.

Clockwise from top left: Chloé SS10 poncho, Vanessa Bruno Athé denim dungarees, Sass & Bide crochet vest, Chloé SS10 patched-up double denim, Jimmy Choo tasseled suede bag, Citizens of Humanity sleeveless denim jacket, Proenza Shouler sandals, Catherine Malandrino fringed dress, Halston Heritage slouchy bag, Acne fringed suede jacket, Lover cotton shirt.

[Pictures: Style.com, Net-a-Porter, Hairthemusical.co.uk]

I left the show as happy as can be and waiting for the moment to get home and put together a collage like the above that, to be fair, doesn't so much justice to the theatrical experience. I encourage you to get yourself tickets for the show asap and, in the meantime, to enjoy the soundtrack. I will be surprised if you can stop singing "Let the sunshine in" for even a minute. I know my flatmate can't.

I'm off.