DANS PARIS

I subtitled this for work and haven't seen it since, but I'd kill to watch it right now. Potential next dvd purchase. Stunning film - Youtube the trailer... Trust me.

..The end of a love affair, but not of love...




Did you know my darling
The most brilliant loves tarnish
The day’s dirty sun in the day
Subjects them to torment

I have an irrefutable idea
To avoid the unbearable

Before the hatred, before the blows
Of hissing or lashing
Before the sorrow and the disgust
Let’s break up now, please

No, I kiss you and it passes
You can see
You can’t brush me off like that

You thought you’d be able to
By leaving me hanging
From the mighty love which must die
But you see I prefer
The inescapable storms
To your measly idea

Before the hatred, before the blows
Of hissing or lashing
Before the sorrow and the disgust
Let’s break up now, you say

But you kiss me and it passes
I can see
You’re not brushed off like that

I can’t avoid you at the worst

But the best is yet to come

Before the hatred, before the blows
Of hissing or lashing
Before the sorrow and the disgust
Let's break up now, please

No, I kiss you and it passes
You can see
You can't brush me off like that

You're not brushed off like that

LANVIN LOVES H&M

Lookbook pics from the Lanvin collaboration with H&M available from 23rd Nov.

Photos courtesy of Nitrolicious.

Can't really make up my mind about this - favourite look I think is the red dress/pink necklace combo but not sure about the rest. Maybe it's cos I just don't like Irina Lazareanu...

Thoughts?

MOSSY

So, the long-awaited release of Kate Moss' final collection for Topshop finally landed today. After her last few collections I was expecting a bit of a mixed bag from the Moss-meister, and yes, that's exactly what we got.




Firstly, The Good:

The iconic panther dress - can anyone remember what season this is from? Pretty damn hot, if you are a flat-chested leggy model of course!

The limited edition embellished dress. Love this. Possibly my favourite from the collection. I can practically feel how heavy it would be to wear and how deliciously it would hang. Nice one.

The limited edition glitter velvet playsuit. Very in keeping with Mossy's whole sexy boudoir vibe and I love the tie waist and deep v-neck. Casually elegant, this could be a contender for this year's Christmas Party Dress.

The limited edition beaded playsuit. Firstly, dusky pink is NOT my colour at all, but I had to include this rival contender for CPD. Reminds me of Clemence Posey's character in Gossip Girl. Exquisite - nuff said.

The limited edition crochet-lace hem hippy dress. Catchy! This is another one I would be unlikely to actually wear, but I couldn't overlook it. Just gorgeous, especially the peter-pan collar and sleeves. Actually, I maybe would wear this with gothic jewellery, killer heels and maybe a dark plum lip... hmm...

The limited edition paisley-print poncho. Only 100 made of these beauties and they are all GONE online. I shudder to think how much they'll be going for on eBay! Everything about this is right. Want!


Next, the Not So Good:

The oriental slip. Generic and overpriced at £55. This is literally all I could muster up to say about this - never a good sign.

The scallop-detail leather jacket. Just... Wrong! Buttons? Broderie? Cropped? No thanks.

The rib panel jumper dress. I know the same could be said for any of these pieces, but this more than the others could literally be from anywhere. Moss, are you having a giraffe?

The limited edition diamonte shift dress. Blah. Boring. Snore.

The iconic heavy beaded dress. Didn't like this the first time, like it even less this time. Looks cheap and tacky somehow?

The slash panel swing dress. OK, I'm literally asleep.

Like I say, a right mixed bag. I was really excited about the "iconic" pieces but got to be honest - most let down by them. There were so many other amazing things to bring back - like the faux-fur coat from a few seasons ago - remember the one? I thought I'd recognise more but the only ones that stood out were the red pansy-print wrap dress and the sequined number above (not for the right reasons either).

I guess the penultimate collection from Moss has followed suit with the others - a couple of stand out gems amongst the rest -generally over-priced and bland.

Thoughts, lovelies?

ME, KEN?

I realise I've never actually posted a picture of myself on here, not for any reason other than I'm fairly camera-shy and suffer from a very low cringe-factor threshold for things like oufit posts etc - though I do enjoy them on other folks' blogs.

Anyway, for those curious (ha!) this is me.

(The hot blonde is my friend Kirsten who lives in Edinburgh. Miss you pal, see you soon like.)

Please excuse the wacky camera angles and shinyness of skin. Taken on a very hot summer evening during the Edinburgh festival.

SHOE PORN

I missed halloween this weekend because of my STUPID broken toe. Grrr. Spent Saturday night in bed with Xfactor instead, lamenting Treyc's outfit shoice (Oh Grace Woodward, what were you thinking?!) and appluading Cher and Katie Weasel. NEVER thought I'd hear myself say those words, but I loved the eyelashes!

Anyway, it sucks because I had the David Bowie outfit all planned out - it was going to be all kinds of awesome and amazing. Alas, it'll just have to wait till next year...

As a result of what I'm now referring to as The Toe Saga I've been kind of obsessed with finding shoes that I can fit my deformed foot into this week, and only one pair of Toppers boots would really suffice.

THAT IS until I ventured into Primark for the first time in literally forever and came away with some pretty little black chelsea boots which, dare I say it, are none too shabby.

Here follows some other hot black shoes and boots I've been lusting after/purchasing recently. Deep breaths people:
Topshop. NEED. Topshop. GOT.

Topshop NEED RIGHT NOW!

Urban Outiftters. NEED.

Urban Outfitters. ARRIVED YESTERDAY :)

Melissa for Vivienne Westwood. NEED.

Sam Edelman - ASOS. NEED.

Kurt Geiger. NEED.

BROKEN TOES AND JAMES FRANCO - DUHHH

So today I broke my toe getting out of bed. Only me...

At the hospital I was kept waiting for over 2 hours in total and after my xray (which clearly no one looked at) they said I was fine and to go home and take some paracetamol. THEN they phone me an hour later, like, "Oh, shit, sorry - actually you have fractured your toe, so, like, we probably should have bandaged it or something?" Great going guys.

Aaaanyway I had other more exciting things to blog about tonight but frankly all the codeine I downed earlier has made it hard to concentrate for long on doing anything productive SO instead I'll leave you with the revelation that James Franco makes a very handsome woman. NO, REALLY:

Defo still would, you saucy minx.

(by Terry Richardson )

ONE NIGHT ONLY

Last night I went to see Plan B at the O2 Academy in Glasgow, who by the way was AMAZING, especially when it looked at one point like he was going to nut his drummer for missing the cue for The Recluse...

HOWEVER the highlight of the night for me was meeting George Craig from One Night Only in ABC!

Don't get me wrong, this wasn't because I fancy the guy or anything... *cough* butheistotallycutethough *cough* ahem...

No, it was the highlight of the night because he was wearing this £2,995 Burberry shearling aviator jacket!!

And I (almost) TOUCHED IT!

Literally giddy for a good ten mins after being in such close proximity to this jacket. Is there something wrong with me? In fact, don't answer that...

YOU SAVED ME FROM THE KOOK

This achieves the impossible and makes me hate Courtney Love a bit less. I'm sure you've all seen it already, but please, I invite you to enjoy again...

(The bit with Michael Stipe is proper hilarity!)





In other news, despite only having a handful of followers (*WAVES FRANTICALLY* Hi guys!!!) FORTY FOUR SUNSETS has now been viewed over 2,500 times. Which gives me the warm n fuzzies big time.

If you're reading it and you like it, please follow me :)

Shameless plug done, video watched. Back to effin work yet again...

NOW OUR LIVES ARE CHANGING FAST

On repeat at the moment.

(Not literally of course, as I am in work AGAIN - I mean when I'm not here, or at uni, or sleeping. Which doesn't leave much time.)

I used to write,
I used to write letters I used to sign my name
I used to sleep at night
Before the flashing lights settled deep in my brain

But by the time we met
By the time we met the times had already changed

So I never wrote a letter
I never took my true heart I never wrote it down
So when the lights cut out
I was left standing in the wilderness downtown

Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last

It seems strange
How we used to wait for letters to arrive
But what's stranger still
Is how something so small can keep you alive

We used to wait
We used to waste hours just walking around
We used to wait
All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown

We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait
Sometimes it never came
Sometimes it never came
Still moving through the pain


I'm gonna write a letter to my true love
I'm gonna sign my name
Like a patient on a table
I wanna walk again gonna move through the pain

Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last

we used to wait
we used to wait
we used to wait
Sometimes it never came
Sometimes it never came
Still moving through the pain

We used to wait for it
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again
We used to wait for it
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again

I used to wait for it
I used to wait for it
Hear my voice screaming sing the chorus again

Wait for it

KATERINA LAMBROU COLLECTION REVIEW

CLOWNING AROUND - SS 2011. Finally!

Pictures first, words after.

Stunning, I think we'd all agree. Not just the pieces themselves, but when you consider how much effort has gone into this, it's quite amazing. This is Glasgow-born designer Katerina Lambrou's graduate collection - inspired by "early 1980's carnivals and a free-spirited attitude towards capturing the world and surroundings."

Fun, free-spirited, playful... these are all vibes I can get on board with. I've said time and time again that this is what I want to see from spring/summer collections, and this is why I so often don't like this season, as it tends to be predictable and safe. Boring almost. I think Katerina has got it totally right here.

The pieces are bright, and printed with this gorgeous colour-splash print - the likes of which is tipped to be everywhere come next summer - but daring and edgy at the same time. Like the purple jumpsuit with the printed panels on the torso... that's pretty out there. You'd have to be really confident to pull that piece off! And ankle socks - she certainly has her finger on the pulse of what's going to be hot next season. But ultimately though it makes an impact, it's still totally wearable.

My favourite pieces are the pink cardigan with the puffy printed sections on the sleeves and the last asymmetrical dress with the ruffled neckline. I'm a sucker for volume and texture - basically anything to stop things looking too safe and pedestrian - and this collection has ruffles, prints, pleats, you name it!

What makes me really love this though is that it so completely comes from the heart. Katerina has designed a collection embodying fun, youth, playfulness, and as a result the whole collection has a kind of party atmosphere about it - and if you knew Katerina this would make so much sense!

Rarely have I seen someones bubbly, infectious personality so well-expressed through design. Helped perhaps by the fact that the stunning model is Katerina's double!

I challenge you to wear something from this collection and be in a bad mood. I'd bet it was just about impossible. This is EXACTLY the vibe I what for summer 2011.

Two thumbs up from me, but what do you all think?

* Katerina is currently looking to start stocking pieces from this collection in boutiques, so if you like what you see, drop me an email and I can pass it on to her.

**Katerina Lambrou is an accquaintance of mine, however I have chosen to review her collection because I genuinely like it and have done so honestly. Anything I am ever asked to review will always be done so objectively.**