B is for Ben Foden?

The steam is rising from their bodies, the fire is blistering behind their eyes, the profanities are flowing freely from their mouths....thats right, the rugby is on. Therefore it has been very difficult to not make my B blog (following on from the A yesterday) about Ben Foden and balls....the rugby kind of course. All jokes aside, I often wonder why some of the younger rugby players are never faces of fashion companies. I understand Dan Cole may not be your man of choice unless you work for a facial hair trimming company, but most of them have the body and the height that would look damn fine in an Armani suit. Anyway, I digress...

B

Navy Poplin Dress - Jason Wu for
Target

Fashion Trend: Bargain designers. What I mean by this is designers creating lines for highstreet companies. Most recently we are talking Jason Wu for Target and Marni for H and M. This trend gives us mere mortals the opportunity to tell that lady in the street that asks where we bought our skirt, that it is in fact Stella McCartney. She will walk off trying to work out if youre that one off This Morning and you will quietly mumble "for H and M" and hope she thinks you coughed. The only sad thing about this trend is that those of us who live, breathe and embody fashion are often pipped to the post when trying to buy our new bargain piece because mean wannabe money makers buy up the whole collection and sell it for closer to the price Jason Wu already sells his clothing at. Shops should have a system where you can only buy one of each piece per transaction, making it harder for people to ruin the opportunity for others. (www.target.com)

Beaded Woven Wedge Sandal
Burberry

Fashion Item: Beaded EVERYTHING from the Burberry Prorsum range. The Beaded Woven Wedges and the Beaded Georgette Dress. Wear them together!!!! The dress only comes in the gorgeous yellow, but the wedges come in that colour and turquoise...can you imagine them together. Stop. Its too much fabulous. (http://uk.burberry.com/store/womenswear/dresses/prorsum/prod-44550761-beaded-georgette-dress/ + http://uk.burberry.com/store/bags-shoes/shoes/wedges/prod-38185071-beaded-woven-wedge-sandals/)

Store/Label: Balenciaga. I am choosing them because I LOVE their RTW collection. I am also obsessed with their advertisements in Vogue etc. As I have said in a previous post, the model is not classically beautiful, she has downright bed hair and basically looks out of her depth. But my god does it make me want to own the clothes she is wearing. (www.balenciaga.co.uk) For those of you - and that includes me, who find this a little out of your budget, I am also loving www.boohoo.co.uk at the moment. Its Net-A-Porter for those of us who cant afford the brand new LV bag we want...even though we love it WAY more than those who can, right?!!!!

Celebrity/Designer: Blue Ivy - Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby girl. Whether or not you believe this is their actual child or that Beyonce didnt carried it and used a surrogate, you have to admit you are eager to look into this girl's wardrobe. Beyonce was spotted for the first time at Carnegie Hall on Monday supporting her husband on his double performance. Whatever you want to say, pregnancy definitely agrees with her and she stole the show in a tight fitting red dress...and she wasnt even on stage.

Go out Be Beautiful and have a great Saturday night!!
Becky xx