A Lesson in Owning it



Lake Bell wearing a Versace A/W 09 dress at the Whitney Museum Gala, last night. Time and time again Lake kills it on the red carpet. When someone outshines Chanel Iman, Alexa Chung and a nutty looking Lindsay Lohan you know they've got something sepcial.

And thinking about last weeks Miu Miu post, it just clicked - Lake would make a perfect Miu Miu ad girl, don't you think?

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The Little Boxy Bag

Rachel Bilson watchers will have noticed that throughout the summer she was constantly carrying a little boxy green bag. The bag in question was Chloe's Hunter. Whether she was on a date of grabbing lunch her Chloe bag stayed by her side, and looked right in every situation.



Over the past couple of weeks I've started to notice lots of boxy bags in stores. The best highstreet option has to be the orange M&S bag, which looks like it costs a lot more than £30. I'm very tempted to buy one (I'm sure they're going to go fast) but I find it impossible to narrow the contents of my bag down to such a small size.
If I had the cash I don't think I'd be able to resist the blue velvet Chloe. I hope Rachel adds this one to her Chloe collection for the winter.

What do you think of the little boxy bags? Cute or much too small?

Also I would just like to say a big thank you to my 1001 (at the moment) followers and everyone else who keeps coming back.

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Classic Armani/Classic Nadja

I found these old Giorgio Armani adverts from (I'm guessing) the early 1990's featuring supermodel Nadja Auermann. Nadja looks phenomenal and there is something really inspiring about the simple silhouettes of Armani's designs right now, no?









If anyone knows the exact season these ads are from and who shot them please let me know and I'll edit the post.

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Hit and Miss of the Week: Floppy Week

It's been a bit of a floppy week for fashion. Sienna slipped up in a weired jumpsuit at the David Letterman show, Blake Lively wrapped herself in ugly lace courtesy of Marchesa and Demi Moore wore a gorgeous Lanvin dress that somehow didn't quite work on her. Such a shame. It gets even more depressing when one of the few hits is held by Kristen from The Hills. What next? Audrina looking better than Diane Kruger?
Oh, and then there is Jessica Simpson, bless her style soul. She doesn't look great but at least she tried! I'll always be a Jess fan.






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I am not a Plaid Shirt

Though I love plaid shirts (particularly a red Topshop one that is oh so warm) I don't think I can bring myself to wear one again. Last A/W it was plaid overkill, by everyone, me included. It's understandable because plaid shirts are nice, and they're cosy. But I couldn't be more bored of plaid if I tried.
This Autumn I have another long-sleeved shirt in mind, sadly I can't really find it anywhere. My ideal A/W 09 shirt is red, printed and silky. Exactly like the one Miranda Kerr was wearing this week.

I went shopping yesterday and my dream shirt was nowhere to be found. My-Wardrobe has an Elizabeth and James top that sort of fits the bill.

Do any of you clever people know if there's anything similar on the highstreet? Because the only shirts I can find are plaid. And I'm not going down that road again...

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The November Issues

I only read i-D magazine every now and then, so it's taken me about a week to look at the three covers for their Fall issue. I love the Linder Sterling cover, so creative. It's definitely one of my favourite covers of the year.



There seem to be a quite a lot of fantastic covers this November, actually. I love the Frida Giannini/James Franco i-D cover (the third cover in the i-D trio features Shakira - kind of random), and Lily Cole on Dazed & Confused. W's November cover is the best they've had all year, you can't go wrong with Linda Evangelista, can you?



And then there's the 'controversial' Vogue US cover. I have to say the photoshopping is bad, but what offends me most is the presence of Nicole Kidman, for some reason I just find her hugely annoying. I blame Nicole, not Anna!

I'd love to know what you think is the best Novemeber cover. And let me know what you think about the Vogue cover...

My favourite November cover is...
	i-D, Linder Sterling
	i-D, Frida and James
	Dazed and Confused, Lily Cole
	Vogue, Nicole, Marion, Pen and Kate
	W, Linda Evangelista
pollcode.com free polls

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On the Red Carpet With: Rose Byrne

This year I have fallen in love with Australian actress Rose Byrne's style. Best known for her roles in Damages (which I haven't seen) and movie Adam (which I want to see) she only really got my attention this year. The yellow Marc Jacobs dress she wore to the Met Gala this May is one of my favourite red carpet moments of the year, and I'm still loving the Christian Cota she wore to the Adam premiere.
She is definitely one to keep an eye on.

For the Emmy awards this year Rose wore her hair straight for a change and a romantic pink Valentino. She was rocking pink feathers last year in a Christian Cota Fall 2008 dress, and looking very Emmy Rossum, no?


Rose looked amazing in this white Clavin Klein Spring 2009 dress. I love how she takes the minimalistic Clavin look and mixes it with glamorous hair.


While Rose looks great in minimal designs she can also pull of cutesy prom styles. Like this fabulous floral Marc Jacobs Resort 2010 dress that she wore to the MTV Video awards this summer.


I adore Rose's long-sleeved silver dress. Worn with black pumps, minimal makeup and her perfectly blown-out hair she looks so chic.


My favourite ever Rose looks have to be this amazing lace Christian Cota dress - the shoulders are gorgeous - and the bright yellow Marc Jacobs Spring 2009 dress that she wore to this years Met Ball.

Do you have a style crush on Rose too? And who do you think has had a great red carpet record this year?

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