au Printemps

HOORAY SPRING IS HERE!! After months of cold and awful dreary weather, we are finally getting some sunshine! As my fellow Brits will testify, there was no summer last year. So it wasn’t comparable to “the” year without a summer, it was just rubbish. May: wettest in 100 years. June: coldest in history. July: similar. […]

Real vs Steal | Isabel Marant vs Various Contenders

Sooo I have sneakily borrowed (erhem) a photo from Chiara’s latest blog post on Coachella. Aside from the Constance bag, which I absolutely love and will (eventually) own, the other item that I liked (oh and aside from the Cartier love bracelet. Again, sooo going to get me one of those) are those suede boots.

Patchwork Denim Shirts | Real vs Steal: Isabel Marant vs Lee Jeans

Somewhere between browsing street style photos and runway shots on ELLE.com, I came across a feature on 100 picks from the High Street for Spring/Summer 2013. One thing that caught my eye was this: When was the last time you saw a patchwork denim shirt? These were (something of ) a hit in 2011, and […]

Monochrome Stripes

My previous post on the Isabel Marant trend seemed to go down well, so I’m continuing the theme with a post on another hit trend this season: monochrome + stripes. Stripes are one of my favourite trends – always a classic and there are so many ways of wearing them. The header image uses looks […]

An Embellished, Embroidered, Floral-print Bohemian Rhapsody

A what? So I started off trying to think of a name that encapsulates the looks seen on the Isabel Marant Spring 2013 runway. (Rhapsody has no relevance, just seems to follow from “Bohemian”.) And ended up with that title. (You can check out the photos of the collection here – tell me if you […]