19 August, 2011

Ella Ella Ella

VINTAGE HAT AND SUNGLASSES, ROKIT (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 8 Comments Designers, Online shopping, Photography, Shoots, Styling Ella C, models, photo shoots, styling, Valentina Vos

10 August, 2011

FOUND! The detachable collar that wont swivel!

Thanks to Keep It Chic I have discovered a new fashion term. A ‘topping’ is apparently the name of these switcheroo collars that have a bit of extra fabric to keep them in place. The word ‘topping’ came from CeCe Toppings‘ founder Jamie Turquie; “it’s the top of the shirt. The word ‘dickey* was so unattractive that it automatically put off so many people. Topping sounds so much prettier, don’t you think?” (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 10 Comments Design, Shopping, Styling, Trends accessories, CeCe toppings, Peter Pan collars, styling, trends

18 June, 2011

Firenze4Ever Part 3: Ready, steady, shoot!

A bit like a fashiony take on Ready Steady Cook, the concept of the Firenze4Ever Style Lab is you get given your ingredients – the team (model Seo, photographer Gianluca, assistant Carlotta) plus a delicious spread of the AW11 collections for you to whizz up a (hopefully) delicious, sartorial concoction. Against the clock, you prep, style and art direct your shoot before editing down to a final selection. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 4 Comments Bloggers, Brands, Designers, Events, Menswear, Photography, Shopping, Styling Burberry, Fausto Puglisi, Firenze4Ever, Ioselliani, Jil Sander, luisa Via Roma, Nobody Knows Marc, shooting, styling

6 June, 2011

Quote of the day

“I started putting girls in men’s clothes. Yves Saint Laurent had just produced the tuxedo, but who could afford Yves Saint Laurent? So I went to Moss Brothers, where they had a great second-hand department. It didn’t have to fit, just put a gold belt around it and then wear high heels.”
The inimitable Godmother of Styling, Caroline Baker on styling the 70s*, 10 Magazine

*It all sounds very French Vogue…