I Got Them Moves like a silver clad Georgia May Jagger!!

Hello!!

I have spent the day with many little people - not dwarves, actual children. I am not going overboard with this whole Snow White obsession I am going through...don't worry. Those of you who have children of your own, or nieces, nephews, friends with kids etc will have at one point or another realised how lucrative the kids fashion industry is. My niece has more than a handful of pairs of shoes and she is just over a month old. Although I would like to say she is a medical miracle and can walk at such a young age, this is not the case. Instead she is dressed in the cutest 'Sunday Dresses' (the only thing I can think to describe them as) with matching leather cut out ballet flats. Now she looks just gorgeous in them, but they were at least £30 and she will neither walk in them nor in 18 years time call out to her Mum and ask where they are when she is packing her stuff up to go to uni. So what is the point of all this finery? It is because our kids/nieces/nephews etc are an extension of us. People will judge us on what they are wearing. The problem is however, that I see this as a legitimate excuse to spend horrific amounts of money on clothing for my niece and will also do so for any children I have. I bought my niece a pair of Nike Baby Air Force Ones and Converse Baby Hightops - which by the way really aren't that much cheaper than adult ones.... She will be fly, I will be poor. Alas, I currently have no kids of my own, so until then I will have to spoil my niece and continue bringing you advice. And so, on to...

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Marc Jacobs A/W12

Fashion Trend: Metallics and monochrome - these are the new non colours to be wearing. If you go bright in the day, make sure you go silver, gold or monochrome in the evening. Everyone had an abundance of these looks on the runway - I have told you about Gucci's gold extravaganza before. Georgia May Jagger is in head to toe silver on the front of March's Haper's Bazaar....so you know shit just got real. We have all moved on from a full on cleavage showing sequin dress a la Beyonce at Glasto, so if you are going for silver or gold...or even gunmetal as I have told you before...look for unique pieces - jackets, skirts, tops etc. If you are nervous just get a bag, shoes or layer on the gunmetal necklaces. Monochrome works for everyone and we all have black and white pieces in our wardrobes, so get working on that. With it being such an easy trend, try and make yourself stand out by wearing a crisp white shirt under a black evening dress like Marc Jacobs did for his A/W collection. Marc has got it in the bag - do what he does and make the LBD into the LmonochromeD or the LmetallicD - it's just fabulous dahhhhling. [Photo from http://www.littleblackdress.co.uk/trend-style/show-report-marc-jacobs-aw12/]

Sleeveless Maxi Dress
Henry Holland £120

Fashion Item: Maxi Dress - Henry Holland. I will NEVER allow maxi dresses to go out of style if I can help it. I am in love with them. I feel like a princess when wearing one and even though all of my body is covered I usually never feel sexier than when I am in a maxi. They are indispensable during festival season as they cover up an unwashed body - they are also a wedding staple. I on the other hand like to throw a denim jacket over them and go out shopping. However you wear yours, please make sure you have an arsenal of them in your wardrobe this summer because bare legs are so passe....well for me they are anyway and who else are you going to take fashion advice from heh? I am a Henry Holland fan because he doesn't take fashion too seriously, which is the point isn't it? So naturally I am gunning for this sleeveless bone emblem maxi. Not a bad price either... Also...it is sheer, YAAAAAAAAAAAY!! http://shop.houseofholland.co.uk/collections/ready-to-wear/products/pre-ss12-sleeveless-maxi-dress#!gallery

Necklace Marni at H&M
£34.99 

Trousers Marni at H&M
£59.99

Store or Label: Marni for H&M - It is that time of year again...when the designers reach down and pat us little people on the head by creating a capsule collection for a highstreet store. H&M is the daddy of these collaborations with Stella Mccartney, Karl Lagerfeld and Versace being among those to have created designs for them in the past. I am sure Marni will be just as great - especially because Sophia Coppola photographed and created a small film about the collection. Tantalizing trousers, daring dresses and adorable accessories are what is on the menu. Metallic separates, leather tops, detachable jewelled collars and plastic necklaces are all on my wishlist - what is on yours? (http://www.hm.com/gb/marni?cm_mmc=Newsletter-_-20120223-_-GB-_-marni#collection/ladies/1 - all images and collection from here). It is available online and from select stores from 8th March - get your fashion sneakers on girls and get ready to run to your nearest stocking store...

Leather jumper Marni at H&M
£79.99

Mary Kantrantzou A/W12

Celebrity or Designer: Mary Kantrantzou - you all knew I was going to do it!! Especially because I did not write mix prints as my fashion trend - but I REALLY wanted to. I thought instead I would roll it all into one. Mary K is the QUEEN of mixed prints. Not only does she do it by wearing different printed separates, she also mixes prints within one item of clothing - it blows my mind. The entire fashion world is literally raving since her LFW showing at the beginning of the week. She not only has the mixed print trend completely under wraps, she also is a gold medallist when it comes to shapes, different materials and general uniqueness. She has done a collection for Topshop which has naturally sold out online - but you can still purchase pieces in NYC and Vegas from March - TAXIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! If you still haven't checked her out, do so now....or be left behind in a one colour, shapeless dress. http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers_catwalk.aspx?designerid=939&seasonid=27

Right, it is Friday, do you not have a LmetallicD to be wearing?
PS - Congratulations to one of my closest friends Alex Barnard on her great internship offer today!! This lady is going to be the next Rachel Zoe so watch out for her! Get it girl!
Becky xx



I dreamed a dream in time gone by, that hope was high and I carried a fish

Hello,

Today has been one of those exhausting days. The kind of day when you wake up in the morning and know you will be one step behind because you didn't sleep well. Why did I not sleep well you ask? Well I have a lot on my mind with the move to London being imminent - but the finding of a place to stay being not so.... Because of this I have been finding myself tossing and turning until I settle into a dream riddled sleep at about 4am. It cannot just be me who finds dreaming the oddest thing ever. I remember from uni psych classes that in some cases you dream about things you want to happen but know can never - wish fulfilment if you will. This makes perfect sense in some instances. We all have the dream where the love of our life finally tells us he loves us too. We are usually dressed in a ridiculous Oscar de la Renta gown and are a size 0, but nonetheless the important part is the Juliet moment when you find out your lifelong love tells you he digs you too. But then, and often may I say in the same night, you also dream that you no longer want to carry round a bag and so start holding a fish...or you decide to open a microbrewery in Vegas with your highschool history teacher - none of these things are really on my wish list. The brain, she works in mysterious ways. After the restoring one hour of full sleep I have spent the day in B&Q (no one wants to see that much orange when they havent slept), spoken to cockney geezaaaas from London about renting apartments that range from those looking like they used to be a prison, to those you wish were as nice as one (who knew nothing under £1,500 pcm wouldn't get you hospitable living) to finally being left without electricity for a good part of the day whilst my father tries to fix some stuff. This is all well and good except my hair has not been blow dried or straightened and appears to have a family of magpies living in it - they are after my gold earrings no doubt - well the joke is on them because they are from Topshop. Oh and I found a mysterious goo on my top earlier which may or may not have been crushed Skips (the crisps, not something you dump rubbish in) I was feeding to one of my favourite people earlier - a baby, i'm not indulging in another's food fetish.

So without further ado....or mysterious goo, we move onto

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Gucci S/S12 Collection
http://www.gucci.com/uk/category/f/women
_s_ready_to_wear#look2771

Fashion Trend: Gold - everyone from Gucci to DKNY sent glittering gold down the runway this season. It is unusual to see so much metallic in the S/S months as they are more a Christmas/winter essential, but to tell you the truth, i'm loving it! Gucci teamed it with green and black, which they have done before, but have still come up with a host of new ideas. Everyone is trying to get hold of the bags from the new collection because they are just so delicious. The outfit I have shown here is well over £5,000 for the entire thing and is therefore literally worth its weight in gold, but has got to be one of my favourites. I love when people are brave enough to wear every piece in the same colour - which I may add is very in with coloured jeans and matching shirts this S/S. Gucci have tried to add a gold accessory to every one of their outfits though, whether it be a gold corsage to a skinny belt; try it yourself. If you can't afford Gucci then pop to New Look, Forever 21 or H&M who will have something to suit everyone. Remember EVERYTHING that glitters is gold!!

Two Tone Chronograph
Gunmetal - Michael Kors
Approx £200

Fashion Item: Gunmetal jewellery. Pick up anything gunmetal from anywhere and it will be lusted after by everyone else! Gunmetal is the jewellery material of choice at the moment and would look so great juxtaposed against a shiny gold outfit. I am thinking chunky man watch and we all know the only places to buy watches from are Rolex and Michael Kors and seeing as we are just shy of the £10,000 we need for that Rolly lets get the Michael Kors one - it has rose gold in it as well - killing two metal bird trends with one stone!! http://www.michaelkors.com/search.jhtml?No=0&Ntt=Michael+Kors+Crystal+Bezel +Chronograph+Watch+&_requestid=22220&N=0&va=t




Gio Diev
http://giodiev.com/index.html

Store or Label: Giodiev.com. I have followed this designer for a while through his career because he has popped up in fashion weeks and has worked with everyone from Chanel and beyond. His shoes are TO DIE FOR. You can't buy directly from his website, but take a look. He has stores all over the world not England yet unfortunately, but America, Russia, China etc. If we could dream in shoes Gio would definitely be the guy opening the Microbrewery with us. Sigh.

Celebrity or Designer: Georgia May Jagger. Born to be superstaresque, the child of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger was always going to catch the public's eye at some point and now she has. A model of the highest proportions she graces the cover of March's Harper's Bazaar in a way that only a rockstar lovechild can! She has the Madonna gap tooth and the wild-eyed look creating a cross between Lara Stone and Kate Moss. She has been in every campaign from H&M through to Hudson jeans and as the youngest of the Jagger daughters I'm sure she isn't through just yet...

So, go to bed early, it is Thursday and the weekend draws near - almost time to move like Jagger!!

Becky xx