Best dressed of the weekend: Jessie J

I spent a big part of my Sunday night watching videos of Jessie J on youtube. I didn't know who she even was until I saw her perform on Graham Norton a couple of weeks ago. On Saturday she was SNL's musical guest (a very big deal!) and she was incredible on stage. I really like her music, kind of a vintage R&B, and her style. She combines a kind of cabaret/pin-up aesthetic with very contemporary clothes that are often extremely tight or see-through —e.g. leotards or bodysuits— and yet she looks classy and cool unlike Nicki Minaj, whose style I simply don't get. Her fuchsia leotard look for SNL reminded me a lot of Versus famous FW10 line and Louis Vuitton's FW11 one, of which I hated everything apart from the corset shorts. And I liked how it was combined with patterned tights that I thought to be thigh-high boots very similar to the amazing Patternity ones I saw a while ago at Selfridges and. And it works as a bonus that she has this amazingly straight and shiny bobbed hair, which is 100% natural!

You can watch her SNL performances here and here. Are you a fan?
I'm off.

[Pictures: YouTube Screen caps, Style.com, patternity.co.uk]

a PATTERN for life

If I were to choose only one out of all the great aspects of the Christmas holidays, it would definitely be carefully going through all my magazines over and over again. Whether I read Vogue, GQ, Bazaar or i-D surprises come to the surface once you've had the time to see beyond the images and read the quick notes and dig into the first pages' details. Well, it was this favourite treat of mine that brought me to discover Olivia Rubin. January's Vogue UK issue selects her as the "need to know" for the new year, a refreshing proposal of a St. Martins graduate who excelled in pattern making and was selected to participate in the college's annual catwalk show. The key to her success is in the simple way she creates patterns and includes them on cotton, chiffon and silk taking anyone who dares to stare to an alternative universe where Calvin Klein meets Pin-up girls.

If you're already looking of the perfect way of investing your extra Christmas pay, this is it. Something fresh and new that will never cross the door to enter the old-fashion world.

Click here for contact details and more information on her.

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