The Style Market

XX LADIES LADIES and GIRL XX

2012-02-28T16:03:00.000-08:00

L'Wren Scott's Glamour Dolls, Beau Monde SS12

2012-02-28T15:19:00.001-08:00

Fashion designer L'Wren Scott's collection looks like it came right out of a film set. Sexy and considered.

"Inspired by the beautiful people of the French Riviera in the Glamour Era. Dressed up day wear to transcend day to night. "

BEAU MONDE.SS12

XX LET IT SPRING XX

2012-02-22T23:47:00.000-08:00

XX LANA XX

2012-02-09T13:03:00.000-08:00

The beautiful Lana graces the cover of Vogue Uk. Check out her video below for some creative inspiration...

XX Will the boho, hippie, libertine in us ever die? XX

2012-02-07T16:50:00.000-08:00

Topless busting, barefoot dancing, sunshine lapping, funny hat wearing, Flowing dresses and sun kissed hair. I try daily to keep away from this aesthetic but I keep going back.

Perhaps its just too much fun...

XX GO CREATE XX

2012-02-07T16:29:00.000-08:00

GO CREATE is the name of the campaign for Superga's spring/summer 2012 campaign staring Alexa Chung. Alexa got together with Guy Aroch in Miami to create these images celebrating the 100th birthday of the Italian brand.

Ms Chung has been chosen as the label's face due to her effortless style and personality. Speaking about Superga's centennial celebrations Chung said that, "I'm a fan of Superga because like anything I love how they're classic, practical and elegant. Happy 100th birthday goys - I hope I'm that cool when I'm 100!"

The Style Market is Loving Alexa in Superga!

XX LITTLE DETAILS XX ON MY MIND XX

2012-01-26T11:28:00.000-08:00

XX BEAUTY CONFIDENTIAL XX

2012-01-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

I recently found out some skin care treatments that put all the hype of the next best 'it' creams to shame. Its not the most expensive creams that are gonna make you look glowing. I've come to find with my own investigation, it's THE SIMPLE THINGS that count.

Big contributors are inside out, having a healthy metabolism and a good lymphatic system. This can be achieved by eating healthy meals and massaging your skin.

However a great deal of maintenance of good skin is just very simple, consistent skin care.
It is important that you wash your face or use a wipe before bed. Then do a light scrub with something called Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant, I recommend this one, because I haven't found a better scrub than this to remove the dead cells on your skin. Finally lay on some good moisturiser and Bob's you uncle.

If you feel your skin needs a little boost make a yogurt and cucumber mask and apply it every two to three days. All you need is to grate three centimetres of cucumber into fresh yogurt and leave the mixture on your face for twenty minutes.

If you can, find a good beautician to give you a monthly facial.... that is definitely the cherry on the cake.

XX NAIL IT XX

2012-01-18T10:07:00.000-08:00

Nails are back. You can wear them as large and as pointy as you like. You can wear them neon, matt black and filled with designs. They are officially back on the map, you just have to watch any Lana Del Rey to see that they have returned with a vengeance. For UK based peeps try WAH NAILS in Topshop or Dalston. For the US peeps, I guess you can go just about anywhere!

Hope this post inspires you to get creative with your nails like your livin' in the 80s.

XX HOME SWEET HOME XX

2012-01-18T09:13:00.000-08:00

This was a shoot that Garance Dore published of Piper Perab's wonderful house. Filled with beautiful things she collected from her travels.

Today is Tomorrow
It Has Happened
You are Here

XX AFTER PARTY XX

2012-01-16T16:47:00.000-08:00

Some of fashions favourite faces at The Golden Globes after party.

XX GOLDEN GIRLS XX

2012-01-16T16:42:00.000-08:00

And the award ceremony season begins... soon it will be the BAFTAS and then the Oscars of course. And who doesn't love this overload of dreamy dresses.

XX STYLISH MUMS XX

2012-01-14T10:32:00.000-08:00

This website, THE GLOW is soo special. It is filled with beautiful pictures of mother's and their kids in their home environments. The photos are taken by co-founder Kelly Stuart. The other founding member is the editor of the site, Violet Gaynor.

The website is filled with tips on how to deal with a new baby and on balancing a professional and personal life. Many of these women are high achievers that are adapting to a new reality. It is very sweet and inspiring.

Here are some of our favourite images, which was so hard to choose with so many wonderful ones...

www.theglow.com

XX OLD SKOOL STYLE MARKET GIRL XX EVE ARNOLD XX

2012-01-13T08:14:00.000-08:00

We are not just interested in the women in front of the camera, but the brains of influential and creative women behind the lenses gaze. Eve Arnolds who recently died at the age of 99. Is one of those remarkable women. She was born in 1912 and shot the likes of Queen Elizabeth the II, Marilyn Monroe, Malcom X and Joan Crawford to name a few.
She also travelled the world photographing China, Russia, South Africa and Afghanistan. No small feat for anyone, let alone a woman in the 50s. This is Style Markets little tribute to Eve. To inspire other women to be strong independent and creative.

1912-2012

XX BE FREE XX

2012-01-11T15:48:00.000-08:00

I just love Free People. It must be one of the best online shops out there. Their campaigns are fun and inspiring. The clothes is sexy and bright. Shopping at Free People this month is sure to kill those January blues! That and cranking up Queen's song, I want to break free! Which is exactly what this collection makes you feel like, breaking and being free!

XX DAILY DESIRE XX

2012-01-11T14:34:00.000-08:00

I know it is WAY to early to be thinking about pre fall 2012, but Derek Lam's collection is just beautiful.

Take a sneaky peek below for some early inspiration.

XX JANUARY 2012 MAGAZINE COVERS & EDITORIALS XX

2012-01-08T14:16:00.000-08:00

STYLE MARKET'S FAVOURITE MAGAZINE COVERS & EDITORIALS

OF JANUARY 2012

VOGUE US

Meryl Streep in her first ever Vogue cover at age 62. A gorgeous role model and beauty. The picture was taken by Annie Leibovitz. Streep looks striking in a Carolina Herrera Dress Coat. With the average age for women on the cover of Vogue being 33, Meryl Streep is the oldest woman ever to grace the cover. This is our favourite Cover of January 2012!

VOGUE CHINA

"Modern Marilyn" features Lara Stone Photographer by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue China. I may be bias as Peter Lindbergh is my favourite Photographer!

VOGUE UK

Welch photographer by Mario Testino for UK Vogue January 2012

INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

Jessica Chastain photographed by Peter Lindbergh for Interview Magazine January 2012

XX BEAUTY CONFIDENTIAL 1 XX

2012-01-08T14:08:00.000-08:00

I REALLY am not one for home remedies. Actually at best you can say I'm pretty sceptic. Usually because I tried them when I was younger and always ended up with a disgusting paste of whatever on my hair. Subsequently having to spend the next two days smelling of mayonnaise or olive oil or whatever I had been told to put on my hair after a summer on the beach. But I've tried so many different conditioners and shampoos and my hair still looks duller than usual so I decided to give home remedies one last shot..
I did a recipe called the Banana Hair Mask
Ingredients:
one banana
one egg
three tablespoons of honey
three tablespoons of milk
five tablespoons of olive oil
all blended together and left on hair for 15-30 minutes

My advice is that you put the mixture through the blender rather than just squashing the banana and mixing it all up like I did. DO NOT do this treatment before you go out. Make sure its a night where you stay in.

XX ENJOY XX

XX JANE & LOU XX MAJOR STYLE CRUSH XX

2012-01-07T17:57:00.000-08:00

Some women set the style and others follow. Everyone knows which one is preferable. Although Jane Birkin had an undeniable languid beauty, it's her seemingly effortless style that captives people. There's a sensuality and softness to her that is undeniable. We obviously have a Major Style Crush on her... Who else as her modern day equivalent but her beautiful and nonconformist daughter Lou Doillon, who at nine already had a distinct appearance, with Indian leggings under short dresses worn with Greatful Dead T-shirts and dreadlocks. By eleven and a half she already had tattoos and a stud in her tongue.

..What a family of beauties..

Jane

Lou

XX OLD SKOOL INSPIRATION XX

2012-01-02T17:30:00.000-08:00

XX OLD SKOOL XX NEW YEARS EVE XX

2011-12-30T03:55:00.000-08:00

NYE 1978 at Studio 54

XX ZOE KRAVITZ XX MAJOR STYLE CRUSH XX

2011-12-29T12:04:00.000-08:00

Zoe Kravitz is an American actress, singer and model. She is the beautiful daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet.

XX IN MY MIND XX

2011-12-29T09:28:00.000-08:00

XX LAST MINUTE SHOPPING LIST XX

2011-12-22T17:10:00.000-08:00

The world is divided by two types of people. The ones who did their Christmas shopping before today and the ones who do it after. I would call the first the Ant and the later the Grasshopper. Ring any bells of that childhood tale, the grasshopper spend all her time playing, singing and sipping expresso martini's while the Ant did all her Christmas shopping in the January Sales of 2011. As much as we hate to admit it, we will probably wish we had more ant genetic make up than grasshopper by tomorrow morning.

Well, 90% of society (you will find when you are in the Christmas queues tomorrow) are indeed Grasshoppers! So I thought I would put together a printable list to help you shop for your last minute christmas gifts.

THE SISTER
Sisters can be hard to shop for... so dont... give them the item in your possession that they most love... As they say, out with the old and into the new. Whats new for her is old for you...

Even your favourite vintage pieces... That silk number you love

THE BEST FRIEND/S
Get them your favourite book! We all know that the most important thing is the inscription inside. Nothing can be more bespoke than kind words...

Alternatively get them Daisy's Chakra bracelets. Choose which one is better suited to each of your friends. A wonderful amulet for the year to come.

THE BROTHER
The everyday watch...

Moncler Jacket

The kicks!

THE BOYFRIEND
This is probably the easiest person you can buy for, with three elements you are good to go...

Music is essential, you must have a soundtrack... Even it it take you all night, make him THE soundtrack

A plane tickets to somewhere... GO WILD

And a promise of fun...

XXX Good luck

XX EVERY WOMAN NEEDS A ROOM OF THEIR OWN XX

2011-12-19T16:50:00.000-08:00

Like Virginia Woolf, I am of the firm belief that every woman must have a room of her own.

A private haven where she can create, plot and dream.

I hope this serves as some inspiration on how mystical it can get.

XX PLAYGIRL XX

2011-12-15T07:27:00.000-08:00

XX FLORENCE WELCH XX MAJOR STYLE CRUSH X

2011-12-14T08:27:00.000-08:00

There is nothing out there quite like her. With her flowing flaming androgyny in couture! She is hugely inspiring with her killer lyrics and killer looks... She broke through in 2009 and she'll be around for a long while, her originality makes her timeless.

Welch has become a bit of a fashion Icon, instantly recognisable for her red curls with a style that has been described as daring but nonchalant. When discussing her own fashion style, Welch said , "for the stage , it's Lady of Shalott meets Ophelia... mixed with scary gothic bat lady. But in real life I'm kind of prim." Her mother is a Harvard-educated Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. This surely rubbed off on Welch as her songs, style and poise are worthy of their own micro Renaissance movement.

This is Pictures of Florence and The Machine performing at the Chanel Show at Paris fashion Week

Gucci designed dressed her for her 2011 summer tour.

Florence has mentioned that her style and music icons and inspirations include the Cockettes, Francoise Hardy and Stevie Nicks.

The Cockettes were a psychedelic queer troupe founded in the late 1960s in San Francisco's North Beeach neighborhood.

Francoise Hardy

Stevie Nicks

Shop the Style

The best place to get the Florence Welch look is at the american online shop Spanish Moss, it has loads of beautiful and dramatic flowing dresses.

We'll leave you with a little song. Thanks for checking out the blog. XX STYLE MARKET

And I'm dammed if I do and I am dammed if I don't

So here is to drinks in the dark at the end of my road

And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope

It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat

Cause looking for heaven, and the devil in me

Looking for heaven, and the devil in me

Well what the hell I am going to let it happen to me

XXX WHY FASHION? ALTER EGOS, ESCAPISM and DREAMS XXX

2011-12-12T15:34:00.000-08:00

Harajuku Street Fashion

Fashion is a lot more than just buying the latest 'it bag' or 'killer heels' that cost the same as funding a small school in Burundi. Whether you choose to embrace it and are likely to be snapped up by a Japonese street photographer or you share the same fashion variety as Steve Jobs. You can't escape it... Fashion is everywhere. I believe not only is it part of our society to decorate ourselves, but it is part of our nature. You can look at the most secluded human tribes in the middle of the Amazon and find that people will be making and wearing jewelry. Wearing it to enhance their beauty, to seduce and show how high up they rank... Sound a bit like New York, London, Paris?

Evolution of Steve Jobs fashion sense

Fashion is playing dressing up... And dressing up is important, because of how it makes us feel and the message we give out. And the healing power of dress up shouldn't be underestimated. I first started questioning the importance of image and individuality in a history class at school when I was told about the story of the red lipstick delivery at Belsen Concentration camp. What seemed like the most useless delivery, boxes of red lipstick to starving people turned out to be one of the kindest gifts. Women who where living in conditions we cannot even imagine, where given a form of escapism and glamour that had been viciously removed from their lives. "At last someone had done something to make them individuals again, they were someone, no longer merely the number tattooed on the arm. At last they could take interest in their appearance. The lipstick started to give them back their humanity." Lt Col Gonin's diary which is kept in the Imperial War museum.

Fashion is a celebration of our complexity. Women can dress as men and men as women...

Grayson Perry

Jule e Jim

Through fashion we create...look at these great alter egos...

Ziggy Stardust

Miley Cyrus who was Hannah Montana with Lady Gaga, the Queen of alter egos, she has millions of followers, people to have found themselves in her fantasy world.. her little 'monsters' they are lovingly called

We say what we believe in...

Vivienne Westwood, I am not a terrorist T-shirts and baby grows...

So I truly believe that some frivolities are everything but frivolous.

XX ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS...... XX

2011-12-12T11:06:00.000-08:00

My true love gave me.... The blues... Although I wouldn't recommend you wear all these items together at the risk of looking like a 70s pimp. I do think it is a beautiful collection of items by Reiss. All in slightly different shades of oil blue and gold finishings, they are stand out pieces that will serve you well throughout the party season onto 2012.

Blue thy art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue? James Montgomery

XX STARVED FOR ATTENTION XX

2011-12-11T06:28:00.000-08:00

Model Freja Beha Erich lends her face and voice to the Starved For Attention campaign, asking h

er fans to help her rewrite the story of malnutrition for 195 million children around the world.

Freja also released a personal message urging fellow models to donate a day's salary to support the work of Doctors Without Borders around the world.

XX YOUTUBE FRIDAYS! GET IN THE MOOD XX

2011-12-09T08:08:00.000-08:00

A little winding up or a little winding down, whatever your mood... Enjoy the weekend!

XX THE PERFECT SUNNIES XX

2011-12-08T21:15:00.000-08:00

Just in time for some winter sun we are on the look out for the perfect sunnies, however this can sometimes be a little tricky if you dont know what the hell your doing! Sunglasses can make or break a face so we put the below together to help us on our way :)

A triangle-shaped face features a narrow forehead that gets wider at the cheeks and chin. Try aviator frames to create balance.

A round face has the same measurements in both the width and the length. A round face looks great in angular, narrow frames like rectangles or geometric shapes because these styles break up the monotony.

An oval- or egg-shaped face is perfectly symmetrical. It looks great in almost any style, but wraparounds often look most modern. They scream “timeless sporty cool.”

A diamond-shaped face has high cheekbones and is narrow at the eye line and jawline. A diamond looks fab in s quare or rimless frames because the frames balance out the widest and narrowest parts of the face.

An oblong face is longer than it is wide, and looks best in frames that are deep from top to bottom or have decorative temple details. Temple details draw the eye to the middle of the head where the ears are and break up the length of the face.

A square face like Cameron Diaz’s has a broad forehead and a very strong jawline. Squares look wonderful in narrow frames like ovals, rounds, or sexy cat-eye styles.

A heart-shaped face has a wide top and tapers down to a narrow chin. Hearts look fab in frames that are narrower on top and wider toward the bottom. Light or rimless shades flatter too

XX 24 - THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS WISHLIST XX

2011-12-08T11:30:00.000-08:00

I have compiled a Christmas List of 24 things, one for every day in December till Christmas. Some would call this indulgent.... but is this not the season for such behaviour! Here are my first 12...

1 Very festivity appropriate footwear. These beautiful Sergio Rossi shoes from thecorner.com

2 An over night plane somewhere warm I have never been before..

3 An engraved flask, so I could potentially have a one person party anywhere. There is an array at the Flask Store, surprise surprise.

4.Sexy Pijamas,Carine Gilson at Net-a-porter

5 Sensible season appropriate Pijamas you will actually wear onepiece.com

6 A very cute puppy (it's a hypothetical list)

7 A great book... THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

8 A Night in the Sky...

9 A pair of Rag & Bone jeans

10 Crochet top from Free People

11 A sick tan

12 A new tattoo...

XX JESSICA HART XX MAJOR STYLE CRUSH XX

2011-12-08T06:50:00.000-08:00

Jessica Hart (born 26 March 1986) is an Australian model who appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was born in Sydney, Australia.^[1] She was discovered in Melbourne and has appeared on the cover of Australian Vogue.

WE ADORE HER

Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams.

2011-12-05T05:02:00.000-08:00

"Kit De Luca: Fifty bucks, Grandpa. For seventy-five, the wife can watch."

Why dont they make films like this anymore! everything about it is just incredible, the story, the acting, the magic and of course the styling.... Personally my favourite is of course her notorious prosie costume but oh god that "red dress" she wears to the opera is quite something and of course the infamous shopping scene....

Vivian: Let's watch old movies all night… we'll just veg out in front of the TV.

Edward: "Veg out"?

Vivian: Yeah. Be still like vegetables. Lay like broccoli.

Edward: Look, I'll tell ya what. I'll be back. We'll do broccoli tomorrow.

"Vivian Ward: Ho man, this baby must corner like it's on rails!"

"Kit De Luca: Yo, Viv, babe. Would ya come down here? The Sphincter Police won't let me through."

XXX IN VOGUE IN THE NINETEEN NINETIES XXX

2011-12-05T01:27:00.000-08:00

Looking over old Vogue covers of the 90s I couldn't help thinking what a fun those supermodels must have had. They where beautiful, wild and the world was at their feet. It was a healthy aesthetic, models looked fit, tanned and healthy. Sporting big hair, nude lips and dark eyebrows. Kate moss dated Johnny Depp and Claudia Schiffer dated David Copperfield. Linda Evangelista famously said: 'I don't get out of bed for less that 10,000 a day.' They where simply EVERYWHERE and to everyone else, just seemed to have it all!!! Including many many vogue covers over the years...

XX I FEEL LOVE XX

2011-11-30T23:00:00.000-08:00

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.

There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.


Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.


There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.


Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you
in time - It's easy.

All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.

I WANT TO BE A CHRISTMAS STAR

2011-11-30T22:47:00.000-08:00

How many Christmas parties can there be!! Serious inspo needed.....

XX FEELING WISE FOR A MONDAY XX

2011-11-28T00:59:00.000-08:00

Be who you were born to be.

You must follow your heart, and be who you were born to be.

Some of us were born to be musicians—to communicate intricate thoughts and rousing feelings with the strings of a guitar.

Some of us were born to be poets—to touch people’s hearts with exquisite prose.

Some of us were born to be—to create growth and opportunity where others saw rubbish.

And still, some of us were born to be or do whatever it is, specifically, that moves you.

Regardless of what you decide to do in your lifetime, you better feel it in every fiber of your being.

You better be born to do it! Don’t waste your life fulfilling someone else’s dreams and desires

XXX FOREVER YOUNG, INDULGING IN THE PAST TO GIVE YOU A SMILE IN THE PRESENT XXX

2011-11-22T10:57:00.000-08:00

Have you ever met some older people and wondered how they stay so young and innocent as they grow older. Our golden girl Goldie Hawn is our prime example of that. Just check out her smile! The sexiest accessory you can have is a killer contagious smile!!!

This got me thinking about how I could reconnet to all the things that made me really happy when I was a kid... the first things that made me smile, all my little first loves. I know we change and mature but why shouldn't the things we first loved as a child not still bring a smile to our faces...

Dressing like an impromptu ballerina everywhere you go.

The wonderful freedom and discipline of learning to ride horses..

Putting fairy lights around your bed, for you and your stuffed teddy bears to sleep in a illuminated nest of love and happiness...

PETS...Buying ducklings....Pet ducks, every summer I was allowed a couple of pet ducks, me and my best friend would name them after Baywatch characters. C.J and Mitch where the first of this long tradition.

First CDs... Mine was pulp fiction, it was promptly taken away from me for being a bit to mature for my eight year old self.

Learning Song Lyrics and feeling like you know exactly what is being said. Cat Stevens songs. Father and Son was a killer and all time favourite. As was MJ's Dangerous album.... ALL of it.

Stickers, where a young girls life! Furry ones, glow in the dark ones, scratch and sniff the list is endless... hours of entertainment and fun...

Ummmmm.... Hypercolor T-shits that would change colour when you breathed on them. I feel a weird revival coming. What about a body con dress in Hypercolor, so every time someone touches you it shows... Christopher Kane?

Pez despensers....

First love...My LOVE and yes I am note exaggerating when I say LOVE for Macaulay Culkin and most of my older brothers friends.

Thankfully most of these items can be purchased on ebay for a more physical interaction with the past.

So to all our Style Market peeps thanks for reading gonna leave you with some Dylan...

"May your wishes all come true

May you always do for others

And let others do for you

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung

May you stay forever young

Forever young, forever yound

May you stay forever young

Bob Dylan xxx

SMOKING CIGARETTES AT NIGHT

2011-11-22T00:48:00.000-08:00

We know its bad for you but isnt everything. Smoking just creates the most gorgeous photography and as for men smoking.......hmmmm

XXX BLACK FRIDAY XXX

2011-11-21T11:11:00.000-08:00

I just recently discovered a little something called 'Black Friday.' It's a day shops traditionally open at 4am with big sales on everything. It's the first friday after Thanksgiving. YES, THIS FRIDAY!!! So if you are Stateside I whole heartedly recommend you hit the shops. I've put together a little BLACK FRIDAY outfit wish list...

Verameat ring... that reminds you how wonderful nature is.

Kurt Geiger leopard booties... fun fun fun....

Etro hat... as a little tribute to the past.

Les chiffoniers... the ultimate leather pants

Lover Bikini that can worn as a little bodice with leather pants with a open shirt on top.

To top it off this beautiful Missoni jacket

XX GOLDIELOCKS XX

2011-11-21T05:24:00.000-08:00

Interviewer: What turns you on? Goldie: People who are inspired & connected to a strong positive belief system

Oh Goldie, what a wonderful incredible woman! An actress, producer, director, writer, jewish buddhist, style icon and loving mother & wife. I read her book "a lotus grows in the mud" a few years ago and found it deeply comforting and inspirational during the time of becoming a women, then as i sat down with a cup of tea she popped up on my screen last night and i just fell inlove with her all over again. When you have a little minute just watch this, she is truly inspirational as a mentor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLimfWaxjmA

XX CHRISTMAS BEACH BABE XX

2011-11-20T23:48:00.000-08:00

There is nothing better then Christmas on the beach. Forget about the snow and take yourself off somewhere dreamy where the hot sun hits yours face, the lovely smell of the salty water and the gentle roar of the waves all combine to create a sense of peace and calm....... oh we cant wait! 

Wait there is one tricky little thing..... BIKINIS.... of course i recommend ebay highly if you are looking for a Missoni or La Perla but otherwise pick up some little gems from www.victoriassecret.com / mycatwalk.com / theoutnet.com and off you go!

XX KEEPING IT SIMPLE XX

2011-11-20T07:24:00.000-08:00

The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life

EBAY IS THE DREAM

2011-11-16T23:54:00.000-08:00

I recently rediscovered the wonderful eBay, how did i ever give this up, it really is the style hunters dream. My eyes have litrelly turned into squares from scanning so many pages of beautiful objects but BOY is it worth it. This year i have decided that all friends & famille will receive their own unique gifts from eBay from me for Christmas and of course i will be bidding on some little bits for moi also!!!

To make everything easier you just need to write down your keywords on a post it and keep it stuck to your laptop at all times. Here are my favourites (VTG means vintage) ,VTG Missoni , Isabel Marant, VTG Silk Chemise, VTG Ghost, Antique French gilt, Antique French Toile De Jouy, Diptique Candles, Retro Lava Lamps, the list could go on & on .......

XXX PHOTOGRAPHY CRUSH, MIGUEL DOMINGOS XXX

2011-11-14T05:11:00.000-08:00

Miguel is a wonderful Portuguese photographer. His work is so sexy... I recently picked his brain a little... here are his answers.

Tell me a bit about yourself?

MD: I am currently based in Paris, after almost 10 years in London when I started my career after graduating from the London College of Fashion. Im currently working on some editorial and advertising projects.

What's photography for you?

MD: Photography for me is a way to express my views on things and make them beautiful and in that sense I'm always looking for ways to do it better.

Belle

What is the secret to happiness?

MD: Do what you love the best you can

The fisherman

If you could wake up anywhere tomorrow where would it be?

MD: Somewhere with my friends, good food and great beaches

Sweat

If you could wear any shoes what would they be?

MD: The perfect shoes are always the ones I haven't bought yet....

Lis dances

MD:If you could fill anyones shoes who's would they be?

Still trying to fill my own

Backstage

As a man what can you learn from women?

MD: Elegance and Tolerance

Karl and Anna

What's your biggest childhood memory?

MD: Travelling by car with my parents and playing geography quiz

Thanks Miguel! Check out more of his gorgeous work at www.migueldomingos.com

XXX BEAUTY XXX

2011-11-14T04:18:00.000-08:00

On a foggy Monday in London. This seems the perfect picture for a little escapism.

XXX INSPIRE ME XXX

2011-11-14T04:05:00.000-08:00

Just a few fool proof sessy looks! Get inspired!

XXX LANA DEL RAY XXX

2011-11-13T07:55:00.000-08:00

"It's you it's you it's all for you. Everything I do I tell you all the time. Heaven is a place on earth with you. Tell me all the things you want to do. I heard you like the bad girls. Honey, is that true?"

Can't get over this song Video Games by Lana del Ray. Loving these debut pictures styled by Johnny Blueeyes

XXX I NEVER MET A GIRL LIKE YOU BEFORE.... ALISON XXX

2011-11-10T02:08:00.000-08:00

Alison Mosshart is one half of The Kills. We love her irreverent approach to fashion, her grungy look mixed with bursts of colour and style. Never contrived always scruffy.

Check out her song Baby Says for inspirations.

XXX PHOTOGRAPHY CRUSH, MAGDA WOSINSKA XXX

2011-11-05T09:47:00.000-07:00

Magda's work seems a throwback to a simpler time. A sort of tough freedom and unconventionality in her subjects. Her work is set in infectiously cool and chilled back atmospheres.

Mayhem in Marroco

Who's Magda Wosinska?
MW: Well I grew up in Katowice, Poland in 1983, and moved to the states in 1991. I started skateboarding with the all the local guys at age 12 and started to purse skate photography years later along with fashion designing. when I was 17 I had to pick one or the other so I went forward with photography. when I was 20 I moved to LA and been here since! Now I play in a stonnerrock band on the side with my good friend and roommate and fellow skateboarder Ethan Fowler and hang with my dog Pickles. Just hangen', enjoying life waiting what cool things are next!

Do you have any cool stories from a recent shoot?

MW: Well not sure if this is cool but the outcome was rad. Sooooooo this summer I flew up to Seattle to shoot a fashion story for Vice magazine. Everything in the first half of the shoot went well until there was an accident. in the middle of the freezing Lake Washington I was shooting 2 models cross from one big house boat to another smaller one while the boats were moving and as I was leaning forward on the railing I stepped like 4 inches to the right to get a good shot and I ended up falling in between the 2 boats. There was a rope holding the 2 boats together that my body fell into, thank god it didn't choke me cause my neck was what came in contact with the rope as it swung all my cameras around my neck off my body. I was trying to save them and me by leaping onto the other boat but instead I hit my head and floated away with 10k in gear sinking to the bottom of the black lake. I was totally in shock so I didnt realize I almost died and just kept diving in the find my long lost cameras. As the boats came to pull me back in a realized I was fucked and I had no back up cameras because they were all around my neck. Soooooo I'm in the middle of a lake with a 20 person crew. What do i do, freak out?! Well i was shaking so much that I couldn't, so instead my friend Megan Delaney was like, "fuck it just shoot it with an i phone" i was like omg how could you dare say that me right now but she was right. I lost my arm. I got nothing else to loose. Soooo I shot it on a shitty point and shoot and an i phone. After some clever retouching no one could tell the difference and they liked the story but better yet I sent it to converse and they loved it and hired me to shoot their next worldwide campaign not knowing yet what went down in those 6 crazy hours on the lake!

Shit happens for a reason I guess and yes, I'm stoked to be alive:)

I never knew I could fly

If you could wake up anywhere tomorrow where would it be?
Somewhere tropical and warm

Madness in Marocco

What's your biggest childhood memory?
Summer family vacations in northern Poland at my uncles house on the lake

What can you learn from women?

How to love yourself

What can you learn from men?
How to be patient

What is the secret to happiness?
Family,enjoying life, and being honest with yourself and your surroundings

If you could wear any shoes what would they be?

No shoes, just bare feet on the warm sand

If you could fill anyones shoes who would they be?

my own are a pretty good fit, anything is possible

Mayhem in Marocco

Summer smells like teen spirit

Lifestyle and Stuff

Magda's Tumblr Magda's Page

XXX ELVIRA HANCOCK XXX

2011-11-02T09:38:00.000-07:00

Although I wouldn't recommend you shack up with Tony Montana, there's no reason you shouldn't take a page from Elvira Hancock's style.

BLAKE & MR LOUBOUTIN - DAMN I LOVE THIS CHICK

2011-11-02T06:17:00.000-07:00

XXX OUT YOUR INNERWEAR XXX

2011-11-01T09:47:00.000-07:00

No need to hide your bras away under thick shirts and sweaters. Get your bras, undies, garters and stockings out and wear your innerwear out!

D&G catwalk

XXX INSPIRE ME XXX

2011-10-27T02:58:00.000-07:00

Dusk till Dawn on a beachside town

Tea Times and Champagne

The dirty laundry game

All take over while you kick back

and play the game.

XXX BACKSTAGE XXX

2011-10-27T02:28:00.000-07:00

There is nothing quite like a good in the mirror shot!

I absolutely love this album cover

ThIs HeArT WiLL StArT a RiOt In Me

2011-10-21T05:20:00.000-07:00

Passionate love in all it's varying forms, whether it's the love for a man, your child, late nights out or a sister. Your heart may start a riot in you!

XXX ISLAND LIFE XXX

2011-10-20T03:23:00.000-07:00

They say "No man is an Island", I say build a house on one and have a party...

eat some fresh coconuts...

Take a nap....

Read your favourite book, see it in a new light...