The Sartorialist.

Fashion photography has always caught my eye but it's never been my most desired aspect of the business. I prefer the wittiness but also the brutality of some fashion journalists writing. However, new to blogsville I started to follow the more popular fashion blogs. Bryan Boy I think is great, Tavi is unbelievable for her age but not really an interest for me, and Style Bubble has a style of writing I find amusing. Then I saw The Sartorialist. The photography of Scott Schuman I fell in love with. Not only is his photography amazing, so is the way he finds his inspirations. I'll definatly be following him on a more regular basis.

My favourite photo's from his blog, "MotoChic - Milano & New York".

The Love of Last Week.

I HATE Mondays. DESPISE them even. I'm a weekend person, always have been, always will be. So as I sat in my lecture this morning, I began to wonder about the better parts of last week. It wasn't very eventful to be fair, but I did mark an important moment of my life. I bought vintage. Never have I before in my life bought vintage, so for me this was a proud moment. Prying myself away from the commerciality of Oxford Circus's Topshop, I decided to venture into Urban Outfitters instead, (okay I know it isn't that less commercial but it's a start). Pleasantly surprised, I'd been into the store before but only briskly. This time I explored and I loved it! From the clothes to the retro household items and even the collection of fashion books, I wanted everything! Then I met the vintage section, where I picked myself up a lovely little leather mini-skirt! I was looking for leather hotpants, only so I could steal the Frankie Sanford look, but I was distracted by the next best thing! And at £45 I was pleased with the bargain I found, and I fitted in a size small, another excuse to buy it! After that it was wrong not to make the skirt an outfit, so I found a white and black casual tee emblazoned with "Friday, I'm in love with". I told you I was a weekend person. Finished with some black lace and frilly ankle socks, I headed to the till with the content Friday feeling.

My Love of Last Week:

URBAN OUTFITTERS

The Blogger's Bookazine.

Circus. The best £12 I spent over this weekend. The bookazine full of bloggers post's from all over the world, sharing their experiences of the fashion industry. Who know's maybe one day when I grow up and take this seriously, you might just see my post's in there!



Armani Goes Gaga!

With her Monster Ball tour fast approaching the UK, excitement hasn't stopped building for Lady Gaga. Everything has been very "hush hush" about the tour so far, so there is no idea of what she'll pull out of the bag. After all this is Gaga. One thing for sure is the multi-million dollar partnership of Lady Gaga with Giorgio Armani. The legendary designer has signed up to design the costumes for the forthcoming shows. Roberta Armani, his niece as well as head of VIP relations within the company, said how "A huge company like Giorgio Armani has the duty to always be alert to trends and what appeals to young people". With no doubt, Gaga is the way to do so. Love her or hate her, everybody knows her name. Perhaps this is why Gaga is the only artist Armani has specifically designed a gown for, which she wore at this year's Grammy's. Every other celeb has been left to choose from existing collections. Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, has also wore designs of Armani in her "Alejandro" video as well as at MTV's VMA's, where her voluminous black dress and matching spiked head piece was made to look rather normal, in comparison to the infamous "meat dress", she was sporting not much earlier in the evening.

Lady Gaga in Armani Prive at the Grammy's.

Lady Gaga in Giorgio Armani at the VMA's, alongside Giorgio Armani's sketch.

Street Style - Ted Polhemus

Friday just gone I took myself down to the Shoreditch ways to view the Street Style Exhibition taking place in "The Book Club" on Leonard Street. Never being a visitor of "The Book Club" before I was curious to know what the exhibition was to consist of anyway. I hate to admit I was disappointed. The revamp of Polhemus's style bible I expected the exhibition to have a bit more atmosphere. The harsh reality was it was just a few pictures scattered around a busy cafe, which therefore resulted in me awkwardly appearing to stare at a handsome man's delicious looking Ceaser salad, rather than the photo behind it. It couldn't be doubted that the photography taken of such a variety of fashion innovators wasn't fantastic because I'd be lying. Perhaps it was just I had visited the exhibition at the wrong time. The night of his actual book signing would of been a better time to go.

One of the images that really caught by eye was this. A bunch of psychedelics outside Regal clothing shop, hanging out on Newburgh Street. The idea of the original innovators.

Lanvin for H&M

November 2nd is only the preview of the collection and still that is too long to wait! In this teaser we see Alber Elbaz sketch dresses for the much anticipated Lanvin for H&M range. Model Nastasha Poly wears the (highly unfair) censored designs and talks exclusivley to the camera.

My Idol.

I don't do fashion. I am fashion. - Coco Chanel

I think it's her arrogance that makes me an admirer.