14 July, 2011

Hollywood Wives

Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins mini series

A tweet From Jackie Collins inspired me to look up Hollywood Wives on YouTube. Boy am I glad I did. The music! The hair! The clothes! Interestingly all the close-ups of the store fronts are still relevant now (Celine, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Hermes ) and is it me or do the outfits scream ‘Tom Ford ss11’ ? Watch it here.

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IMAGE: Hollywood Wives
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Disneyrollergirl 3 Comments Brands, Designers Celine, Gucci, Hermes, Hollywood Wives, Ralph Lauren, Tom Ford

27 June, 2011

Vans go wild

These YSL Vans-style shoes are all sorts of fabulous. Back in their hey day, Vans were quite often produced in the maddest, campest prints and colours, it all went with the punk-surf territory. But YSL aren’t the first to do a punk-luxe skate shoe – remember the Giles Deacon Bottega Venetas of 2000? Electric pink and black leopard print canvas with clutch bags to match – ah yes, I remember them well. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 8 Comments Brands, Design, Designers Bottega Veneta, Giles Deacon, Hermes, shoes, Vans, YSL

2 June, 2011

Natalie Rich-Fernandez for Laurence Dacade

Day one of my Browns/Club Monaco styling extravaganza ended with me sneaking off next door to the Laurence Dacade press preview. On show were these show-stopping shoes, a special project of twelve* one-off, handpainted shoes by artist-photographer Natalie Rich-Fernandez (left) in collaboration with Dacade. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 1 Comment Art, Design, Designers, Events Browns, Hermes, Laurence Dacade, Natalie Rich-Fernandez, shoes

7 May, 2011

Oh for a rummage through the fashion archives

Some of my favourite twitpics from the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty Met Ball:

Madonna in Stella McCartney. This reminds me of a very similar gown I have by Stella McCartney from her Chloe days, in black with short puff sleeves. The cut is incredible and I think Madonna looks beautiful here (more…)