Prada is the reason to get older

Has anyone read the aug. US Vogue? The age issue. I recommend (if you don't subscribe) to stock up on aug. & sept. issues of Bazar, Teen Vogue, Vogue, etc. because it's the start of fall and back to school and they are usually my favorite issues, especially with all the new fall ad campaigns. So anyway I must admit the Vogue age issue is not one of my favorites and I groaned a little more when I saw who was on the cover (sorry Winnona) even though she did look really fab, but all in all this issue was pretty good, and one article in particular caught my eye.

It's called Talkin' 'Bout my Generation ( I love how Vogue tries to be I guess more hip and uses 'bout and talkin' haha), in the article Vogue picked eight teenagers ranging from 14-19 to talk about what it means to dress your age, and how every generation has its pros and cons.
Why it's good to be young
Whats good for our generation is that the rules are endless, messiness is beautiful (think um cory kennedy), It's O.K to show off your figure (short shorts, mini-dresses, lets just not get skanky), and this one was my favorite: you can wear designer clothes. Like, Stella McCartney, Chloe, but they have to be worn with lower budget things, think H&M/Urban Outfitters, and vintage finds like raiding your grandmother's closet for an accessory.

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Why it gets better with Age

In the article they also stated whats acceptable for when your older. Like, heels trading in your London sole flats, and your Marc by Marc Jacobs sneakers for heels, pumps, stilletos, more on a regular basis. Also they say you know your getting older when you buy Prada. I won't complain. Mixing things will still be O.k also, like fusing some younger trends but still looking appropriate. Also, dressing becomes a lot easier when your life gets a lot more hectic.

So the article inspired me to raid my grandmother's closet and I came up with a few things...

This Louis Vuitton messenger bag circa 1991, O.k so it kind of resembles a baby's diaper bag or something, but I plan on using it for my video camera (I make short stories, film alot etc.), it was actually my mom's although it was at my grandmother's house.

I also found this vest, I'm in love with it. It looks better on than it does on the floor obviously but I was so suprised my grandmother had something that I would actually wear in public besides her old pearls or something. So you should all give it a try raid your sisters, mothers, grandmothers, closets who knows what you will find.

Viva La Italia!

I feel like such a bad blogger, and well I guess I should since I haven't posted anything in ages! But its not all my fault, really, my internet has been acting pretty physco the last week. Anyways I totally wish I was bilingual... in Italian, I bought the Vogue Italia with Gemma Ward on the cover only because she looked so gorgeous and the editorials were amazing and would be a great edition to my wall. (I cover my walls in editorials, some covers, ads, etc.). But who really cares about reading the articles, its really all about the pictures which tell a story themselves (plus I barely read any articles in US Vogue). Cool Like Chloe has inspired me to write this because as she was noticing how much more intriguing French Vogue is I couldn't help noticing the simplistic quality of Vogue Italia covers.

Covers I feel like say a lot, I mean it is the first thing you see and this one is absolutely breath taking, its model Doutzen Kroes by the way.

This one I is probably one of my all time favorites, it doesn't have all the messy words around the gorgeous picture (model Angela Lindvall) and it just has one statement, minimalism=perfection.

Heres an older Vogue Italia with Gemma Ward, so simple and beautiful and one statement that basically tells what the issue is about.

Come on US we went from iconic covers like this, nice and simple...

To completely blah covers, with the same washed out celebrities and who really reads whats on the outside of the covers, too messy and too much going on.
So which do you prefer the busy, covers of US Vogue with the O.K celebrities, or the simple breath-taking models on Vogue Italia?

Flick yer beans for Agyness Deyn

Aggy looks mad hot on the cover of June UK Vogue.
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My Obsessions of the Moment

Hello darlings, so I have many obsessions with different things and they change from day to day and well at the moment they are a bunch of random things that I wanted to share with you guys, because you care so much.

Scarlett Johansson on the cover of April's Vogue, she looks absolutely amazing and she is so perfect for their 'body' issue.

Naomi Campbell looking so fabulous for community service, We've all heard about Naomi and her abusing her housekeeper or whatever and to pay the price she had to do 5 whole days of grueling community service, thats no job for a supermodel! But I have to admit it was ever amusing to see her come to work with a goofy grin and a fur coat.

Nanette Lepore for Keds! Nanette gives the shoe brand a cool, edgy funky twist and they really update the Keds with cool stripes and bright prints but hurry and get your pair because, “Gwen Stefani and Mischa Barton were pictured in them and they sold out less than a week after hitting Office in the UK - we had to double the order immediately!” a spokesman for Keds told Vogue.co.uk."

That Silver, Gold, Metallic eye! So chic and so so glam for SS07!


Oh and well this isn't totally an obsession it is still really cool, its called Fashion Camp NYC and it's to show teens in Manhattan an inside look at making it in the fashion industry and the business behind it and all that, kind of similar to Teen Vogues weekend thing back in the fall? Anyways, its for teens ages 14-18 and it's for 5 days in the middle of August it sounds extremely cool, too bad it conflicts with things in my summer :( but for all you other teens check it out www.fashioncampnyc.com

And last obsession Agyness Deyn- love her.

Kate Moss for Top Shop!

So many of you are anticipating Kate Moss' collection for Top Shop later this spring (collection arrives MAY 2007) well more details have been revealed! The collection is said to be an 80-piece collection based on many of Kate's own clothes, there is a pretty blue and grey poppy print short silk dress (£45) inspired by Moss's vast collection of vintage dresses. A yellow and black striped busboy jacket (£65), waistcoat (£35) and micro-shorts (of course) (£30) are typical of her taste for turning masculine clothes into something incredibly sexy.

“Yes dahling, it’s sell, sell, sell,” Kate Moss says of her new apparel collection for Topshop.UK Vogue have snagged an exclusive with Topshop and Kate to unveil the collection in a 10-page exclusive feature in which Moss also dishes on her inspirations for the collection. “I thought it should be a bit more edgy. Just because you’re wearing a pretty dress, it doesn’t have to be all pretty-pretty,” she says. “I’d just gotten this book of photographs about that club Studio 54 and I wanted it more like that.”

There is also a steel grey pinstripe blazer (£65) with matching boy-cut trousers (£45) and a white shirt scrawled with her friend's names that was inspired by Moss's own school shirt. There is also a few dressy peices such as evening gowns and things of the like.

Moss may not have actually designed the collection personally (she has taken her own clothes and other vintage finds into a design team for "inspiration") but there is a very clear Kate Moss signature throughout the line. While some pieces may not look extraordinary, Moss's selling power is well-documented. She has a talent for kick-starting fashion trends, popularising everything from a Balenciaga handbag and Diesel denim hotpants to Wellington boots by Hunter.

Pick up April's British Vogue which comes to newstands Monday March 12th for all the juicy details!
Oh my god I can't wait, even if I have to buy the clothes online.
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DreamGirl

First off let me say I have been sucked in by the American-Idol ex. Jennifer Hudson. And I think the rest of America has as well. Dream Girls was an amazing movie and Jennifer was ah-may-zing as well. That movie alone has made her a star overnight! She's the 3rd African-American woman to be nominated for Oscar- ever and while thats phenominal I think the biggest achievement for her is being a curvy woman to grace the cover of VOUGE.




I never really knew who Jennifer was until Dreamgirls and maybe the best thing for her was the fact that she didnt win American Idol because who where she would be, just another American Idol with a crappy CD? And the fact that she is soo humble is probably why she has also been so successful I mean have you heard any Diva-ness from her? (well not yet but hopefully never).



So Yes, you heard me the magazine that's infamous for its waif thin, pixie faced models is featuring a curvy African-American woman on the cover...




and its wonderful.