Everyone's a writer

This year seems to be the year that fashion takes over all areas of the media. Everyone is aware of the fashionable films Coco before Chanel and the soon to be released The September issue, I recently posted about the theatre production of Breakfast at Tiffany's, and now fashion books seem to be the hottest thing of the season. Last year, fashion stylist (and the lady in my header) Rachel Zoe released her first style book Style from A to Zoe, and Mary Kate and Ashley also released their fashion book Influence.

This September books by Louis Vuitton, WhoWhatWear, The Sartorialist, and Teen Vogue are all being published and I'm excited to buy the books because I think they'll all be pretty informative and great fashion coffee table books. I'm defintely getting the Teen Vogue hand book and the Who What Wear book.

Best for: Fans of the magazine and those who want to get into the fashion industry. £16.70 or £13.31 on Amazon.

Best for: Fans of the blog and street style across the globe. £19.99 or £11.04 on Amazon

Best for: Fans of the Whowhatwear.com website and celebrity style. £10.99 or £7.14 on Amazon.co.uk.

Best for: huge Louis Vuitton fans. In book stores on 22nd September 2009 approx £65 upwards.

Which books are on your wish list?

Meet Moises

Oscar De La Renta has always been well known for his amazing Haute Couture creations and being a hit at the Oscars with his gorgeous well made designs. However, his son Moises De La Renta has decided to put his own personal style out into the world of fashion by creating his own collection: MDLR (which stands for Moises De La Renta).

The images below are my favourite pieces from La Renta's collection. The collection in general is small with about 20 pieces, but its all about quality not quantity.

When being interviewed by Blackbookmag.com Moises described his collection here: "...its definetly for the girl who likes to have fun, for the girl who feels like a rock star even though she may not be. My clothes are just about having fun and being comfortable with oneself". To catch the rest of the interview click here.

The collection is under $1000 but still most likely out of my price range. Visit here for more on the collection.

What do you think of Moises' collection?

The September trousers

The arrival of the September fall/winter magazines always gets me excited for the new season. Despite it not even been mid August and the sun is only now starting to come out in London, I'm ready for winter clothing. I think I like fall fashion better than summer because there is more variation whereas in the summer its just gladiator sandals and nautical style.

Anyway, the trousers I'll be purchasing by the end of the week in preparation for the winter are these Chinos by Gap.

They look really soft and the white pair have this luxe feeling about them, that I'm tempted to get that instead of the safe colours I was considering like camel or navy blue. Apparently the chinos are already selling out fast which doesn't surprise me because they look great. I particularly like how they were styled by Glamour magazine (scroll up) and how Teen Vogue styled them really simply on Taylor Momsen (their September issue cover girl) and went heavy on the accessories. I decided to take a different approach with no accessories and let the sparkly tops shine.

From left to right: Blue top 'poppy scream tea blouse' £35 Topshop. Ivory Flower Sequin top £45 Topshop.

Bottom Row: Charcoal rose Body £18 Miss Selfridge. Ivory Cardigan with silk corsage, £118 Diane Von Furstenberg Matchesfashion.com

Chinos, The Gap £29.50

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Every magazine/newspaper seems to be writing about the latest fashion film: Coco Before Chanel and creating spreads of timeless classics invented by Chanel.

However something that's been overlooked (perhaps because its not out until September) is the theatre adaption of Truman Capote's novel and the film that made Audrey Hepburn an icon: Breakfast at Tiffany's. The leading role of Holly Golightly is being played by Anna Friel, I think this is a good choice and I hope she does the film and novel justice. The Costume designer for the film is Anthony ward, who has also worked on Oliver!, so we will see how he does.

Anyway I've recreated the famous image that everybody remembers from the film. Hepburn dressed in a gorgeous long black dress, dazzling diamonds and every superstars accessory: Starbucks coffee.

Don't forget your Starbucks.

Check out other images of Anna Friel as Holly Golightly here, here and here.

What do you think of the theatre adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's? Is is a good idea? Or should they leave the classics alone?

To be Sienna Miller on a Monday

Most people claim they don't function well on Mondays and preparing an outfit for the day always proves a challenge. However, Sienna Miller is clearly not one of those people, as she stepped out in 4 great outfits yesterday and I loved them from head to toe.

Sienna was really popular around 2006/07 for her boho chic style but I wasn't a fan of the whole trend and ignored it completely until it died down. I never really liked her style but that's changed now that I've seen what she's been wearing whilst promoting her new film G.I Joe in New York.

Last week Sienna was getting great publicity for her outfit choices whilst promoting in London so it will be interesting to see where she's going to go next.

I love the Silver top she's wearing in the image on the left it goes really well with the draped skirt, and those metallic heels are a brilliant pick they compliment the outfit so well. The length of the floral dress in the middle is really unexpected but it looks good and she's really limited her accessories to let the clothes do the talking, also, the neckline on the red dress is great and looks almost sophisticated and womanly. I'd like to know whose being styling her (if she has used a stylist) they definitely deserve the credit.

What do you think of Sienna's G.I. Joe promo style.

Be back soon!

Hey sorry about the lack of posts, I'm on work experience at the moment but you'll definitely have something good for tomorrow!

Nasty Gal Vintage

I was introduced to Shopnastygal.com by a whowhatwear.com post and have been hooked ever since. The selection of vintage and new finds are amazing and there really is something in that online store for everyone. Even if its just tights. On Thursday I got a message from Nasty Gal telling me they had a new load of amazing designer goodies. I took a look and the stuff is gorgeous. I urge you all to look. I picked out some of my favourite pieces, and some vintage dresses reminiscent of whats just been shown by current designers. So... take a look.

The dress to the left is 1970s Givenchy and I love love it, if I could buy it I would... but its not cheap, on my budget anyway. It's $1,200 so if you can afford, I'm highly jealous of you but I wish you well. There is only one dress and I'm very interested to see how long it will stay on the market. On the one hand its beautiful but on the other we are in the middle of a worldwide economic crisis.

There are some other goodies on sale in store that remind me of some looks on the S/S 09 runway. Such as this pink frilly dress which reminds me off Luella's S/S 09 collection. Checkout the website for more goodies.