Thursday 31 May 2012

Music Video/ Florence & The Machine - Spectrum

Florence & The Machine released the video for their new single Spectrum yesterday, and it is my favourite video from Florence to date. The video was directed by famous photographer David LaChappelle, who Florence always dreamed of working with from a young age, and from the moment Spectrum was written she fantasised that David would direct the video for the song. Choreographer John Byrne produced routines for the ballet dancers in the video. This is one of my favourite songs from Florence's Ceremonials album, and the video hasn't disappointed, it's really beautiful and reflects the beauty and power of the song to perfection. Magnifique.



Tuesday 29 May 2012

H&M Autumn/Winter 2012 Lookbook

H&M have released their lookbook for their Autumn-Winter collection, and I have to say honestly, every picture I looked at I fell in love with every single item in this collection I mean, I really want everything they've showed us here! What I love about the items in this lookbook is something that I look for in anything I buy- that whatever it is, it's a good individual piece, making it easy to wear over and over in multiple different ways with multiple different things whether it's an accessory, shoes or clothing. So looking at these pictures carefully it's pretty obvious that everything is mix-and-matchable (YAY!) which is what H&M are great for, and why I love shopping there. There's a perfect A/W mix of neutrals, metallics, embellishments and beautiful jewel colours. So I shall stop right here and let you enjoy what we have to look foward to this A/W, it's looking good already! The collection is modelled by Ava Smith.


LOVE this dress and I love the top worn underneath, the long sleeves really make this dress look so unique.
 


LOVE this skirt.
 


LOVE the colour of the roll neck sweater peeping out underneath this leather jacket. I also LOVE the leather jacket.
 
LOVE this jacket. Oh that lush burgundy colour...



LOVE this tweed coat and that clutch bag.

LOVE this embellished t-shirt.




LOVE that necklace, statement piece or what!?


LOVE this jacket, i'm pretty much wanting and needing it in my life.


LOVE this coat, it's definitely something on my wishlist for this AW.


LOVE this cardigan, something that is also on my wishlist for this AW. That colour is perfection. 


Saturday 26 May 2012

Cannes Film Festival 2012 - Cosmopolis Premiere Best Dressed

The premiere of Cosmopolis yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival brought out my favourite looks of the day. My absolute favourite was the beautiful Liya Kebede wearing a custom Proenza Schouler mini dress, with influences from their FW12 collection, she stole the show for me because she was unique in the fact she rocked up wearing a mini dress when everyone else went for full length gowns therefore she stood out from the pack, and there's the little fact that I LOVE her custom dress quite a bit and it has to be one of my favourite red carpet looks from Cannes this year. Two other ladies stood out for me both happened to be wearing red, Natasha Poly wearing a sexy Roberto Cavalli dress (Resort '13 collection, not yet previewed) and Kristen Stewart wearing Reem Acra (Pre-Fall 12 collection).


Liya Kebede wearing a custom Proenza Schouler dress, Dolce & Gabbana shoes and a Louis Vuitton clutch.



Kristen Stewart wearing a Reem Acra gown.




Natasha Poly wearing a Roberto Cavalli gown, Jimmy Choo shoes, Alexander McQueen clutch and Boucheron earrings.


I love her makeup, it looks like absolute perfection and I also love love love those Boucheron earrings. Gorgeous






Photo credits: Zimbio
                    Vogue Paris
                    Natasha Poly Twitter
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Cannes Film Festival 2012 - Nicole Kidman & amfAR Ladies

So, I have more than one favourite look from yesterdays happenings at The Cannes Film Festival. The amfAR annual Cinema Against Aids had quite it's usual stylish attendees, a few of them serve as my favourite looks from Cannes, the only one not from the amfAR gala was that of Nicole Kidman who was attending the premiere of The Paperboy. So here we go...


Nicole Kidman wearing a Lanvin gown and Cartier jewellery.
 



amfAR Gala


Karolina Kurkova wearing Roberto Cavalli (from the SS12 collection)





Natasha Poly wearing an Emilio Pucci gown (from the FW12 collection), Emilio Pucci clutch and Azzedine Alaia shoes. 





Lily Donaldson wearing a J. Mendel gown (from SS12 collection), Jimmy Choo shoes.


Isabeli Fontana wearing Versace.





Doutzen Kroes wearing a Versace dress (from the FW12 collection), Azzedine Alaia clutch.



Nina Dobrev wearing an Elie Saab dress (from the SS12 collection), Jimmy Choo shoes, Bulgari jewellery.





Even though Nina looks absolutely gorgeous, I can't help but dislike those silver shoes with the dress, I feel it makes it look a bit showgirl. A coloured or neutral sandal would have been much better I would have chosen either one of these...


The colours in this Jimmy Choo sandal would compliment the colour of Nina's dress without attracting away was from it, and jewellery or a clutch bag of similar tones could have been chosen to pick up the colours in the shoe.


Or I would have chosen this neutral Giuseppe Zanotti sandal which would also flatter the colour blue of the dress, I just feel the silver is cold against the blue, and doesn't breathe any life into the overall look making it look old fashioned and dated. Just saying!




Photo credits: Zimbio,
                    Vogue Paris
                    Modelcandids
                    Bellazon
                    Celebutopia
                    Style.com
                    Zappos