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flare | vogue españa

i want all of this. bad.

Daydreaming

I am wearing a H&M sweater, blazer and sunnies, an Alexander Wang bag, Isabel Marant boots and a skirt from Houseofmaryannevintage.

OBAKKI F/W 2011

ph: my own

crazy to think it's been a month since i was in vancouver for the OBAKKI show!
gahhh i loved every look! i mean pink fuzz? ombré? can it please be fall already?!
the location served as the perfect backdrop- a gorgeous church, lit by glowing candles.
it was great to be there on such a high energy night for vancouver fashion.
i ♥ obakki.

Chanel Mimosa

I finally found it, the Chanel Mimosa nail polish! This is definitely going to be my new favourite nail color for this season!

SUGAR/SPICE

elle | frankie han

i'm always drawn to the really delicate or the really edgy.
sometimes hard to mix, so i love finding that perfect balance of both.

DIFFERENT DENIM

russh

styled perfectly. that silver cuff!

WHAT A WEEK FOR BRITISH DESIGN!

Posted by Fashion Junior at Large

Earlier in the week, we noticed two of our London based designers had been making an impact on the red carpets of international celebrity soirées, but little did we know that that was just a precursor to a brilliant week for British designers!
When Mr and Mrs Obama touched down on British soil on Tuesday, they kicked off a celebration of some of the our brightest and best fashion talent. Indeed, from the second Michelle O stepped off Air Force One in this dazzling (next season) Preen number, we knew this was the start of something big. (Have we mentioned how much we love her? Whether shaking her thang in a school hall to get kids dancing, or being the coolest First Lady in the history of time, Michelle Obama officially rocks our world.)

Michelle Obama in Preen AW11, looking sensational.

The original catwalk look Preen AW11

 Next up, SamCam continued to wave the flag for British fashion as she welcomed the Obamas to Number 10 in a beautiful - and borrowed - Peter Pilotto SS11 number (some of you will remember Paula Reed carrying out her royal fashion correspondent duty for the Beeb in this very same style). It's a fabulous dress, managing to be unusual and elegant at the same time.

Samantha Cameron in Peter Pilotto SS11

Peter Pilotto SS11

Of course, it wouldn't be a British fashion parade without the now uber-tanned K-Mid, freshly returned from her royal honeymoon and creating yet another high street mania in the 'Shola' dress from Reiss. No doubt the £175 number has already sold out, it looked great on her, with her waist still waspish post-wedding and the neutral colour set off her tan wonderfully.

K-Mid - Sorry, the Duchess of Cambridge, in the Reiss 'Shola' bandage dress. She's creating her own trend bubble. 

Back at Number 10, SamCam showed that you can accessorise Jonathan Saunders with salad tongs as she served up potato salad at a barbecue for servicemen. The dress was the perfect choice for an almost-summer sunny afternoon.

That's one garden party we would have liked to have been at. Pass the ketchup!

Jonathan Saunders SS11

Finally, it was only a matter of time before one of the First Ladies busted out some McQueen, and Michelle Obama chose the suitably dramatic setting of Oxford University to wear her Sarah Burton-designed outfit. 
















All in all, British designers did us proud this week, and it was fantastic to see their incredible designs being worn by suitably inspiring people.
Images: Daily Mail, Catwalking, Style.com, Getty

Dark Autumn

H&M Fall 2011 Lookbook

GIOVANNA BATTAGLIA

ALTAMIRA

giovanna kills it every time! always so polished + put together.
plus, she always knows how to add a the perfect amount of edge...
i mean did you see her vintage sprouse dress at cannes?!
i posted it on the whowhatwear blog -- to die for!

Leopard cross

I am wearing a cross top from Romwe, shorts from New Yorker, H&M blazer, ASOS bag and hat and Swedish Hasbeens for H&M shoes.

Live It Up

Two gorgeous and talented young women, who also happen to be my favorite fashion directors. 

Let's take a peek into their chic yet filled with stylish decorated apartment.

Elin Kling from StyleBy,

and

Taylor Tomasi-Hill from Marie Claire,

One day I'll have my one place to decorate of my own. Until then, gotta keep working and saving. 

images source: Refinery29, Sketch42

UNIQLO’S CHARI-TEES SAVE JAPAN!

Posted by Bethan Holt and Fashion Junior at Large

Charity t-shirts are not always the coolest – harsh but true. However, everybody knows the place to go for cool t-shirts is Japanese wonderbrand Uniqlo. So it makes perfect sense that Uniqlo have teamed up with Vogue Nippon to help Save Japan. Unveiled at the brand’s AW11 press day yesterday, this latest t-shirt project is one we feel is worth investing in, not only for the cause but because they are very good T-shirts. The creatives behind the T-shirts include Queen Gaga and everyone’s favourite Uncle Karl. The 10 tee designs will be available in store from 25th June, and Uniqlo have pledged a donation of 100 million yen (approx £750,000) towards relief efforts in the areas most affected by March’s earthquake and Tsunami.

We were really impressed by the unique designs, the common thread in all the designs is the message of love, solidarity and hope. Some are more fashion-y others are more conservative. Weirdly, one of the coolest is by 80s icon Cyndi Lauper (LOVE her). It’s bright and cheery, embodying her inimitable personal style. It is perhaps a little known fact that Ms. Lauper is a huge fan of all things Japanese and visited Japan in the wake of the recent disaster. 

Karl Lagerfeld’s design is somewhat of a departure from the formal Chanel aesthetic; he has fused the Japanese flag design with a sunny, happy landscape, and written the simple message ‘Love’. Meanwhile, Alber Elbaz has added a little Lanvin fun to proceedings with a his sweet personal message decorated with cute hearts.

UN goodwill ambassador Nicole Kidman’s expressed her inner Picasso with a beautiful design featuring an outreached hand offering love and support to Japan.

Blake Lively, Charlize Theron, and Orlando Bloom also leant their scribbles to the project, along with Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow. Nicola Formichetti (who worked with Uniqlo pre-Gaga, and still styles their seasonal lookbook) posted a picture of himself wearing his customised Gaga for Uniqlo design.

The tees will be on sale from 25th June 2011 at £12.99 each.

Images: Uniqlo/Nicola Formichetti

Rag & Bone Beach Hat + A Fishtail Braid

ph: my iphone + instagram

it's decided. these will be my summer staples.
ever since seeing the fishtail braids in the obakki f/w show, i was hooked.
the rag & bone hat is a given... i mean their hats are perfection!

ps- my promised obakki f/w pics will be up this week! you'll love/die/drool/want everything ♥

Readers art

Thank you Natalie of Skippinginheels for making this amazing drawing of me! You are really talented! I love it!

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Live life in full color

Still lots of sunshine in the Netherlands so it was a good day to wear some color! My look of the day; I am wearing a cape dress from Betweenthebuttonsvintage, a bag from Romwe, H&M sunnies and Jeffrey Campbell's Lita's.