Showing posts with label Lily Allen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lily Allen. Show all posts

Friday, April 8

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LilyluggageI have mentioned a couple of times in the past about how big a fan I am of the so called 'airport chic' style. There is something about dressing up or down or wearing odd clothes combinations that simply fascinates me. I have a lot of fun doing it myself and I even go as far as buying things I will only wear to fly (i.e. my Lanvin x H&M merino wool bottoms). I also keep a good folder of celebrity airport look pictures. My absolute favourites are Charlize Theron, who always looks so effortlessly stylish, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who will literally wear everything and anything paired with anything from a furry puppy to a vintage Kelly bag. I'm also quite keen on some of Victoria Beckham's and Rachel Bilson's looks as long as they're not too dramatic. And it's because of this that I'm fascinated with Lily Allen's latest look. She was recently seen at LAX carrying a Pegase 65 Louis Vuitton suitcase with the initials L.R.C. and one of Prada's Mexican delirium totes from this season. So I obviously went looking for my favourite travelling bags on line right away and this is the result.
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1. Personalised Pegase 55 trolley @LouisVuitton.com , 2. Trussardi 1911 ethnic print bag @ Yoox.com, 3. Lanvin quilted leather suitcase @ Net-a-Porter, 4. Prada striped tote @ Saks.com, 5. Mulberry hot pint fold-up bag @Net-a-Porter, 6. Missoni travel bag @ Yoox.com, 7. Alexander Wang leather back pack @ BrownsFashion.com, 8. Personalised Keepall 55 @ Louis Vuitton.

Monday, July 12

The Sound of Pre-Fall

I have a weird fixation with music videos I can't really explain. When I like a video I go in a kind of trance, as if I were hypnotised. Needless to say, this phenomenon is strengthened if the styling in the video is particularly good. Well, that was exactly what happened when I watched 'Just be Good to Green' the new Professor Green single featuring Lily Allen. The track is a cover of the 1983 S.O.S. band 'Just be Good to Me' song and it's not very good but quite intoxicating and catchy. The video seems overly chic for someone like Professor Green (who is, essentially, a chav) but it all works mixed with Lily's flair.

You can watch the video in higher quality here.
Lily looks absolutely beautiful in the video. The short hair and the dar eye-shadow look stunning on her. And the fashion is quite remarkable as well. She first wears the super cool Pre-Fall Louis Vuitton cape Kate Hudson wore a while ago. It looks much much better on Lily (like so many things) because she wears it a casual way instead of dressing it up too much like Kate did. The she changes into one of my favourite sheer Chanel dresses from the Pre-Fall collection. The dress looks so much more flirty on Lily than it did on the catwalk and she combined it with lime green platform shoes very similar to the sculpted 'Imperiale' YSL pumps she wore last year to the V festival. She just keeps getting it right.
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I'm off.

[Pictures: Screen captures from video, Style.com]

Tuesday, June 29

Celebrity Summer Essentials

Every new season we make predictions of what the biggest accessory hits will be based on what we like best. As the season comes nearer we start seeing some of them on our favourite fashionistas and it's then celebrities who take the lead showing what they want better. Some of them, the more stylish, opt for classics or designer staples they can reuse. Others rush to purchase the really bang-on trend ones.
Glastonbury started a few days ago and we've already seen Alexa Chung, who's dressing better than ever, using the ever-famous Céline bag from SS10 as a traveling bag. Lily Allen chose the über-cool but very overpriced Louis Vuitton leopard scarf for a touch of colour.
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Emma Watson, who has also been dressing very well as of late, wore a Louis Vuitton corset from the FW10 collection that I found to be a bit of a miss. If you don't mind coping with the rigidity of it, go at least for a brighter colour with a cooler print. That autumnal green looks very sad with the dark denim and the black bag and shoes. And then we have Sienna. She has been looking her best ever since she got back together with Jude. She looked absolutely stunning in high-waisted suede shorts with a slightly sheer baggy tee and the great Chloe Sevigny for Opening ceremony Top Shop wedges in white. She also seems to finally have grown her hair (from The September Issue) and is looking mighty beautiful.
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In the guy front, we have a guy whose style was firstly famous for his lack of personal hygiene. But he  now seems to be trying a little harder. For the  premiere of 'Eclipse' in LA. Robert Pattinson wore an amazing marron suit by Gucci. I think he is a very cool guy because he doesn't think so himself. Which is why he wears things with the simplicity that actually makes the clothes look so awesome on him. He has recently trimmed his locks for a film, going for a 50's look that works quite well with the scruffy hairstyle he likes for himself. We might just be witnessing a style icon in the making.

I'm off.









[Pictures: JustJared.buzznet.com, Zimbio.com, OpeningCeremony.us, BlueFly.com, LouisVuitton.com, Style.com, Vogue.com]