Kristen Stewart's ELLE UK Cover

I always look forward to the moment my copy of UK ELLE drops through the letterbox (or simply gets left on the doorstep - depending on how lazy the postman is feeling that day) but this month I am literally itching to get my hands on the new issue. Fingers crossed it arrives tomorrow.
I'm not a fan of Twilight, Robert Pattinson or anything remotely vampire themed, and up until today I didn't really like Kristen Stewart much either. You know how I feel about her red carpet style, and even though I liked her recent spread in US Vogue I still remained iffy about her. Until now. Look how beautiful she looks on the subscribers cover of ELLE. I'm obsessed.



The newstand cover is also beautiful - you can see it HERE - and I actually want both copies. The last newstand issue of ELLE that I bought had Natalie Portman on the cover, and I love Natalie Portman, so this is a huge deal! Matthias Vriens McGrath's ELLE photos of Kristen are definitely her best yet, don't you think? Her hair looks clean, she doesn't seem grumpy and the styling is perfect. I want to see more of this Kristen. Now I just wish the postman would hurry up with my copy...

What do you think of Kristen's ELLE cover?

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Katie's Great Maxi Moment

Last night Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise attended The National Movie Awards in London, and I think Katie looked amazing. It's been ages since Katie's made a real statement on the red carpet, so it was a lovely surprise to see her looking like her fabulous self again.
Although realistically Tom's hair was so bad last night that Katie could have worn a bin bag and still looked gorgeous next to him. But I'm pretty sure it was the dress, not Tom's creepy hair, that made her look so fantastic.
The striped maxi is from Katie's own line, Holmes & Yang, which she designs with stylist Jeanne Yang. The collection also includes children's clothing, so perhaps we'll be seeing Suri in a mini-maxi soon. I would love to see that as I'm oddly obsessed with Suri's style.
At the moment I'm really into maxi dresses and skirts. Apart from the fact you have to strategically plan your underwear, as most styles are really sheer, they're so easy to wear.


For the day I love the basic tank-style dresses (Topshop's grey dress and River Island's printed design are both fab pieces) and the Ossie Clark dress, which is currently discounted at The Outnet, would look beautiful in the evening. Acne's stiped maxi, available at Net-A-Porter, is easily one of the best pieces of the season though. It kind of out-maxis all the other maxis, if that makes any sense at all.

What did you think of Katie's look last night? And who else is loving the maxi dress look at the moment?

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Kirsten Dazzles in Louis Vuitton

Last night was the opening of the New Bond Street Louis Vuitton flagship store. While I was doing my work experience at Glamour magazine I walked past the boarded up LV store a lot, as it was being finished. But I haven't seen it in all its glory yet and it seems like the perfect excuse to do a spot of window shopping on Bond Street.
As you all know celebrities love Marc Jacobs - they appear in his campaigns, attend his parties and fight to sit in his front rows - so unsurprisingly there was a great celebrity turnout last night. Thandie, Gwyneth, Alexa... they were all there. But it was Kirsten Dunst who stood out from the crowd. She looked amazing.



I actually squealed this morning when I saw the pictures of her in the A/W 2010 Vuitton dress. It looks like it was made for her! And I thought Gemma Arterton looked fantastic too. I'm starting to really get into her style; she's definitely one to watch.


When I first saw the Louis Vuitton A/W collection I did wonder how it would translate onto the red carpet, as the dresses are at the awkward in-between length and the look isn't as flash and attention-grabbing as Vuitton can be. But the collection has gone down a treat. Rachel Bilson and Maggie Gyllenhaal both looked gorgeous at the Met Gala this May (it's been Rachel's best look of the year by a long run) and a handful of Vuitton frocks popped up in Cannes too.


I'd really like to see SJP in a Vuitton A/W dress, but between her promise of wearing a McQueen piece to the CFDA awards this Friday and her relationship with Halston it looks unlikely at the moment. Still, a girl can dream...

Did you like Kirsten and Gemma's Louis Vuitton looks last night? And who is your number one Vuitton lady? For me it's between Kirsten and Rachel.

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The SATC Story That Never Ends

I'm sorry if you're completely bored of reading about Sex and the City by now. I am a little bit, and the film isn't even out yet. But on Monday I was invited to try the SKYY Vodka SATC cocktails at the Waldorf Hilton and they were very yummy. The five cocktails all have SATC themed names, from "New York Star" to "Park Avenue Princess" - but favourite was "Blonde Ambition".
The SATC/SKYY Vodka collaboration came about as Patricia Field has designed a limited edition SKYY Vodka Sex and the City 2 bottle, which is available at Harvey Nichols.


I must admit I'm sick of all the SATC collaborations hanging about at the moment (yesterday I received an email telling me I could 'get the SATC look at Sainsbury's - urm no thank you) but the SKKY Vodka collaboration sort of makes sense, as Field says, "so many of Sex and the City’s most stylish moments have been when the ladies were out in Manhattan, dressed to the nines, bonding over fun cocktails.” So if you're going to see the sequel with a group of girlfriends you may as well have your own SATC moment.

And in other SATC news (lets get it all into one post, hey?) Sarah Jessica Parker was on the Letterman show last night. She always gives a great interview on Letterman, and here's a cute little clip of her talking about James Wilkie last night. I still love the name James Wilkie.



Are you starting to get excited about the Sex and the City movie?

The Sex and the City After Party

I wasn't overly keen on any of the looks the SATC ladies wore to last nights NYC premiere, but the after party brought out some interesting dresses. Kristen Davis, who I think was the best dressed at the actual premiere, changed into a a vintage Balmain dress and Sarah Jessica Parker slipped into a lace Elie Saab number.



I feel like SJP could definitely have pulled off a shorter hemline, this dress looks a little too long, but the Nicholas Kirkwood's were a great choice of shoe. They seem to be her favourite pair at the moment - she was spotted wearing them last week too.
And Kristen simply looked beautiful in her sequined Balmain dress. This is the second time Kristen's worn a vintage Balmain piece to an event this month (see her first dress HERE) and I'm becoming very envious of her vintage collection. I can't wait to see what Kristen will wear to the London premiere, she's on a roll at the moment.

What did you think of the SATC red carpet? And who do you think had the best after party look, Kristen of SJP?

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Mission Shearling Jacket

I woke up this morning thinking I'd post about the Sex and the City premiere, yet all the red carpet dresses left me feeling completely uninspired, so I scrapped that plan. In an effort to cheer myself up I had a flick through the HOBBS A/W 2010 lookbook and somehow stumbled across what I've been searching for since February - a great shearling biker jacket.
I'm not normally the kind of person who plans my wardrobe seasons ahead, but I fell in love with the chocolate shearling biker jackets on the Autumn/Winter runways, and I knew I had to find one before Autumn arrives.



The N.W.3 shearling jacket from HOBBS (above) is the best highstreet shearling I've seen so far. It will sell in store for £349, which is rather pricey for highstreet but it's still a lot cheaper than Burberry's gorgeous jackets, which at £2,195 are totally out of the question for me. The N.W.3 jacket looks like it could possibly be the perfect investment piece for the A/W season.


The jackets at the Wunderkind A/W show were also deliciously covetable, and I loved how the pretty little silk dresses looked worn underneath. The mixture of delicate dresses and tough jackets always works a treat, don't you think?

Will you be looking for a shearling jacket this Autumn too? And what other A/W pieces are dying to get your hands on?

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Kate Beckinsale's Cannes Makeover

The Cannes Film Festival has finally come to an end for the year, and surprisingly the red carpet wardrobe I've been most impressed by belongs to Kate Beckinsale.
I've always quite liked Kate, but her red carpet choices are sometimes much too pretty and fluffy (see the Marchesa dress she wore in the first week of Cannes) and she does wear an awful lot of white.
Kate was in Cannes to act as a member of the jury (possibly the most stylish jury duty ever) this year, and once the Marchesa dress had its moment the really exciting frocks came out to play.


The Chanel dress with the sheer skirt was one of my favourite looks throughout the whole festival. I love how she's worn her hair loose and wavy, the relaxed vibe really compliments the dress. I also think she had managed to get the best Gucci Première dress, which I'm pretty sure was the only time she wore white at Cannes. Now that's a Kate Beckinsale record...


If the Chanel was my absolute favourite dress on Kate then the Nina Ricci gown is a clear second favourite. I'm obviously very drawn to black sheer dresses at the moment. I also love the asymmetric Gianfranco Ferré dress, mostly because it's such a treat to see Kate wearing anything black but also because it has that Halston vibe to it.

Kate is usually styled by Rachel Zoe, and I haven't heard anything about them parting ways, so I think it's fair to congratulate Rachel on putting together such a great selection of dresses.
There may not be much colour in Kate's Cannes wardrobe but she's looked fantastic time and time again. A great bit of red carpet styling.

What do you think of Kate's Cannes wardrobe? And which of her looks was your favourite?

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