21 July, 2013

Wishlist: A Child Of The Jago’s buffalo bowler

1 buffalo-vogue

After years of being bodyconned to death, I’m soooo glad to see fashion taking a looser sportier turn. The nostalgia for the 80s/90s buffalo-grunge-androgyny years is certainly helping (although don’t mourn bodycon too much if you’re a fan, it’ll be back in a jiffy for sure).

Alongside the looser, boyish silhouettes, I’m drawn to these Fagin-esque A Child Of The Jago hats. This is the Buffalo Stance shoot in the current Vogue, a kind of buffalo-meets-hard-times-meets-Galliano mash-up in which A Child Of The Jago’s bulbous Wild Bill bowler features in every shot. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 2 Comments Design, Magazines, Shopping, Trends A Child Of The Jago, AW13, buffalo, hats, Patrick Demarchelier, shopping, styling, trends, Vogue

20 July, 2013

A different kind of bag for life

“We were fed up of seeing people carrying their lives in these grubby tatty cotton totes and wanted to offer an alternative,” says designer Rae Jones as I surreptitiously kick my own ‘tatty tote’ under my chair legs away from view. Rae is explaining the concept of the Buckitt bag at a friends and family launch of her Kickstarter campaign. But actually the bags speak very well for themsleves. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 1 Comment Brands, Business of fashion, Design, Online shopping, Retail concepts accessories, Buckitt, Business of Fashion, Cambridge Satchel Company, crowd funding, design, handbags, Kickstarter

19 July, 2013

First drop of Marc Jacobs Beauty has arrived

Oh my! A few Marc Jacobs Beauty products have just gone on sale at Sephora.com three weeks early. Shop shop shop til you can shop no more here! But fast, cos it’s only on sale today and tomorrow (if stocks even last that long)…

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Beauty, Brands, Retail concepts, Shopping beauty, Marc Jacobs Beauty, retail concepts, retail news, Sephora, shopping

19 July, 2013

On royal dressing and fashion rules

If you enjoyed watching Princess Diana’s Dresses: The Auction, you might fancy Kensington Palace’s new summer exhibition, Fashion Rules (sponsored by Estee Lauder Companies).

Showcasing the regal style of Diana, Princess Margaret and HM The Queen, it reveals the ‘rules’ of royal style throughout the decades. My favourite outfits are Princess Margaret’s 1950s gowns. As the most glamorous royal at the time, there was less pressure for her to wear British designers so she fully indulged in the likes of the plunging Dior hourglass gown pictured above (worn to her 21st birthday party in 1953) and the Marc Bohan for Dior fur coat, below… (more…)