AHH I HAVE BEEN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A PAIR OF LEATHER DUNGAREES FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR NOW.

MIROSLAVA WEARS HERS SO WELL.

TOMMY TON / STYLE.COM

ASOS shoes

HAVING THOROUGHLY COMBED JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE FASHION E-COMMERCE WEBSITE THAT IS OUT THERE THIS JANUARY DURING SALE SEASON.. I NOW FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVE A LIBRARY OF RAILS AND SHELVES OF ALL OF THIS STOCK STORED IN MY HEAD AND FEEL AS THOUGH I KNOW THEIR SALE STOCK LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND. I DIDN'T INDULGE TOO MUCH THIS YEAR, INSTEAD I INVESTED IN A VERY SENSIBLE (WORK?) BAG FROM JAEGER CALLED THE TRAFALGAR TOTE WHICH WAS £199 FROM £299. VERY HANDY TO PUT MY NEW IPAD IN AND TAKE TO MEETINGS ETC.

ASIDE FROM THAT, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OTHER KEY PIECES THAT I FEEL MY WARDROBE IS LACKING IN.. SENSIBLE STAPLES AND THE ONE I AM TALKING ABOUT IS A FLAT BOOT. BEING ONLY 5'3 IS FANTASTIC SOMETIMES BUT PROFESSIONALLY, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I NEED TO BE WEARING SOME KIND OF HEEL OTHERWISE I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM KNEELING ON THE GROUND. I ACTUALLY FOUND A PAIR OF GREAT SUEDE CHELSEA BOOTS IN URBAN OUTFITTERS IN SEPTEMBER WHICH I HAVE BEEN WEARING TO ABSOLUTE DEATH BUT THEY HAVE A HEEL OF ABOUT 3 INCHES. ALBEIT IT'S A BLOCK HEEL, BUT STILL, BY THE END OF THE DAY MY POSTURE IS SUFFERING.

ASOS, £85.

AFTER A GOOD OLD WINDOW SHOP/ONLINE SESH ON ASOS.COM SHOE SELECTION I CAME ACROSS THESE CHELSEA BOOTS WHICH YES, STILL HAVE A BLOCK HEEL BUT DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE CUSHION OF A RUBBER SOLE! I AM NOT SURE IF I AM A GREY SUEDE KIND OF GIRL BUT I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP MY EYE ON THESE TO SEE IF THEY DECIDE TO PRODUCE THEM IN OTHER COLOURS.

ASOS, £35.

CELINE

ASIDE FROM A BOOT OPTION, AND HAVING SPRING IN MIND.. I HAVE FALLEN HEAD OVER HEELS FOR THESE CELINE-ESQUE KITTEN HEEL SLIPPERS WHICH COME IN A HELPFUL 3 SHADES. THEY REMIND ME SLIGHTLY OF SHAKESPEAREAN THESPIAN SLIPPERS.. CAN YOU IMAGINE THEN WITH KNEE- HIGH WHITE SOCKS AND A GOLD SHOE PIN! NO, BUT SERIOUSLY I AM THINKING OF PURCHASING A PAIR OF THE BLACKS FIRST AND THEN MAYBE THE LILAC? NEVER DID I THINK IMAGINE MYSELF BUYING LILAC SUEDE HEELED SLIPPERS!

ASOS, £50.

ASOS, £150.

FOR SOMETHING EVEN FLATTER AND THUS MORE SENSIBLE.. THESE TWO ARE FUN RESPECTIVELY.

VERY REGAL AND JUBILEE APPROPRIATE IN THE NAVY SLIPPERS AND MANLY IN THE TASSELED LOAFERS WHO ARE PERHAPS A NOD TO BURBERRYS BEAUTIFUL MEN'S PAIR WITH THE THICK WHITE RUBBER SOLE.

Burberry

THE IMAGE THAT STARTED IT ALL OFF WAS THE ABOVE ONE.. FOUND ON STOCKHOLM-STREETSTYLE.COM OF A VERY TANNED EUROPEAN LOOKING MAN DRESSED IN A LIGHT BEIGE SILK SUIT.. LOOKING SO ATTRACTIVELY AT EASE WITH HIMSELF. I CAN ALMOST IMAGINE HOW LIGHT AND AIRY THAT SUIT MUST FEEL.

THEN THIS WEEKEND, I STUMBLED UPON THIS SUIT BY WHISTLES FROM THEIR FIRST RESORT COLLECTION IN THE FT'S STELLA MAGAZINE. SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN LIKE A WOMAN POSSESSED TRYING TO TRACK DOWN SOME OPTIONS TO SATISFY MY CURRENT SUIT OBSESSION.

I ALSO CAME ACROSS THESE IMAGES, THE FIRST FROM ANYWHO.DK, SECOND OF SWEDISH MODEL FRIDA GUSTAVSON IN AN EQUALLY BREEZY SILK SUIT AS THE MAN ABOVE FROM STOCKHOLM STREETSTYLE. THE FINAL IMAGE IS ANOTHER SUIT OPTION FROM WHISTLES.

I CAN SAFELY SAY THIS WILL BE MY ATTIRE OF CHOICE THIS COMING SPRING.. PERFECTLY COMFORTABLY FOR RUNNING AROUND TOWN FOR MEETINGS AND APPOINTMENTS BUT STILL VERY PROFESSIONAL. I CANNOT WAIT TO DITCH THESE SKINNY JEANS AND GO FOR LOOSER FABRICS! LET ALONE DITCHING THE TIGHTS UNDER JEANS,, BRR..

FOR LATE SUMMER, A SHORT SUIT OPTION WILL BE MORE SUITABLE. SEE ELIN KLING IN THE BEAUTIFUL DENIM ACNE RESORT SS11 COLLECTION. ALSO, COS HAS THIS LITTLE MINT NUMBER UP IT'S SLEEVE FOR SS12.

COUNTING DOWN THE DOWNS TILL WARMER WEATHER..

HURRRYYY UPPP!!

NOWADAYS, WE ARE PLASTERED WITH HUNDREDS OF STREET STYLE FASHION BLOGS AND DURING THE FEW WEEKS A YEAR OF FASHION WEEK, MANY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE GOTTON INTO A SCUFFLE WITH THESE STREET STYLE PHOTOGRAPHERS AS THEY PERFORM AN ALMOST MILITARY LIKE OPERATION TO SNAP THE STARTLED PUBLIC. WE NOW KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING IN STOCKHOLM, NEW YORK, BERLIN.. IT MAKES YOU WONDER IF WE HAVE LOST SOME OF OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY WHEN IT COMES TO DRESSING AS WE CAN BE SO INFLUENCED BY WHAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD ARE DRESSED LIKE.

ONE 'STREET STYLE' BLOG THAT I ADMIRE IS ADVANCED STYLE BECAUSE IT FOCUSES ON THE OLDER GENERATION OF MATURE WOMEN WHO HAVE RETAINED THEIR STYLE WELL INTO THEIR 80'S AND 90'S.

A WOMAN WHOSE STYLE I THINK IS SOMETHING TO BE ADMIRED AND WHO I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND HER CLOSET IS CARMEN DELL'OREFICE- THE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MODELING FOR 60+ YEARS!

SHE IS THE ULTIMATE CLASSIC WOMAN WHO KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO DRESS FOR HER SHAPE AND ACCENTUATE THOSE FEATURES THAT ARE STILL AMAZING ABOUT HER, HER LEGS AND HER EYES. I ONLY WISH WE COULD HAVE MORE PICTURES OF HER OR EVEN A VIDEO OF HER CLOSET.. I BET SHE HAS COLLECTED A FAIR FEW NUMBER OF DESIGNER TREASURES OVER THE YEARS!

LCF IS CURRENTLY EXHIBITING A SHOW ABOUT HER CAREER IN FASHION CALLED:

'CARMEN: A LIFE IN FASHION' UNTIL JANUARY 14th.

I SPOTTED THESE BEAUTIES IN THE MISSONI PRE-FALL 11 LOOKBOOK ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO AND THEY HAVE FINALLY APPEARED ONLINE. NET-A-PORTER, £725. IT'S A SHAME I WILL NEVER OWN THEM!

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I HAVE CERTAIN BLOGS THAT I FOLLOW AND CATCH UP ON SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. MANY ARE FASHION, SOME ARE ART AND A FEW ARE FOOD BLOGS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW BLOGS OUT THERE THAT SUCCESSFULLY MIX ALL THREE AND THEN SOME.

I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE BLOGS OF ASHLEYROSEHELVEY AND MONMARTE FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AND I THINK A LOT OF THEIR APPEAL IS THAT THEIR LIVES SEEM SO DIFFERENT TO MINE. WHEREAS MY LIFE IS OCCUPIED WITH CITY LIVING AND LOTS OF WORK RELATED STRESS, THEIRS SEEMS (I MAY BE WRONG!) SO IDYLLIC AND TRANQUIL POPULATED BY DINNER WITH FRIENDS AND PICNICS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. VERY MUCH HOW I WOULD LIKE TO BE LIVING MY LIFE IN A FEW MORE YEARS.

ALL ABOVE PICTURES FROM ASHLEY & MONMARTE

ONE THING THAT PARTICULARLY APPEALS TO ME IS THEIR POSTS ABOUT MEALTIMES AND FOOD AND THE HOME. PERSONALLY, I AM A BIG FAN OF COOKING AND MAKE A MEAL FOR 2 FROM SCRATCH EACH NIGHT FROM A RECIPE FROM ONE OF OUR COOKBOOKS OR FROM SOMEWHERE I'VE SEEN ONLINE. AS I SPEND ABOUT AN HOUR COOKING EACH NIGHT, I HAVE REALISED THAT I DON'T PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF OUR TABLE SETTINGS. ASHLEY AND MONMARTE HAVE THEIR TABLE SETTINGS DOWN TO A T WITH A RELAXED, COSEY AND RUSTIC FEEL. THEIR IMAGES ARE REALLY INSPIRING ME TO INVEST IN SOME NEW CROCKERY AND PLACEMATS ETC. ALSO, I LOVE FLOWERS BUT LIVING IN ZONE 2 OF LONDON MEANS THAT THE CLOSEST PLACE FOR ME TO BUY FRESH FLOWERS IS AT THE LOCAL TESCO EXPRESS WHICH DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THE SAME APPEAL AS HAND- PICKED BABY'S BREATH.

I AM NOW SETTING MYSELF A TASK TO IMPROVE THIS PART OF MY FLAT AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ON MY WISHLIST NOW:

WOODEN SALAD BOWL AS FOUND ON ETSY

SOME KNITTED PLACE MATS- OR MAYBE I SHOULD JUST LEARN TO KNIT?

I'D ALSO LIKE SOME HAND MADE OR SECOND HAND MUGS. NEED TO GO THE HAMMERSMITH FLEA MARKET LOTTIE KEEPS TELLING ME ABOUT. GOD, GIVE ME A SUNDAY OFF!

I MAY START POSTING ABOUT FOOD ON HERE- WHAT DO YOU RECKON?

Paisley

PAISLEY PAISLEY PAISLEY. I HAVE HAD A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS INSATIABLE PRINT SINCE I FIRST GO IN TO VINTAGE CLOTHING AT AROUND THE AGE OF 14. I STILL SHUDDER AT THE THOUGHT OF ALL THE 'INDIE BOYS' I USED TO HANG AROUND WITH WHO USED TO WEAR A SLIM FIT BATTERED SUIT JACKET WITH A PAISLEY SILK GRANDDAD SCARF THROWN OVER FOR THE COOL EFFECT.

HAVING SAID THAT SINCE LAST SEASON WHEN J.W ANDERSON DISPLAYED HIS FULL ON PAISLEY LOOK (LONG SLEEVED SILK TOP AND MATCHING TROUSERS), I DECIDED TO CUT THE PRINT SOME SLACK AND LOOK INTO IT.

I'VE FOUND THAT IF THE PRINT IS IN FUN COLOURS (NOT JUST BROWNS AND BURGUNDIES) IT CAN LOOK BLOODY AMAZING.

I FOUND THIS TOP ON EBAY AND IT WAS SHIPPED OVER FROM AMERICA TO RID ME OF MY PAISLEY BAN. WEARING IT HERE WITH ONE OF MY FAVOURITE COS PIECES, STIFF NECK/COLLAR VEST. BTW HAS EVERYONE CHECKED OUT THE NEW COSSTORES.COM E-COMMERCE WEBSITE? SO EXCITED THAT IT'S FINALLY HERE.

SHIRT FROM EBAY, VEST FROM COS, JEANS AND BOOTS FROM URBAN OUTFITTERS.

SOME MORE OUT TAKES FROM THE SHOOT WE DID FOR HUSK MAGAZINE, ISSUE 3 OUT NOW. WITH THE AMAZING ALINA KRASINA @ PREMIER.

GIMME GIMME GIMME! £605.00, CARVEN @ BROWNS

NEW THINGS

IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TIME TO SHOP SO HAVE BEEN RELYING ON WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL A CAPSULE COLLECTION WITHIN MY WARDROBE CONSISTING OF BLACK JEANS AND VINTAGE OR THE BF'S SHIRTS. ON A HOT DAY, I WOULD HAVE SWAPPED OUT THE JEANS FOR ONE OF TWO SHORTS. NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS GETTING A LITTLE COOLER, I REALISE IT'S TIME FOR ME TO INVEST IN SOME NICE AUTUMN PIECES.

HOWEVER, I OBVIOUSLY AM NOT READY TO GIVE UP ON SUMMER YET AND WITH THE PROMISE OF A DECEMBER HOLIDAY FOR US IN THE PIPELINE, I AM STILL BUYING SUMMER WEAR. HAS ANYBODY BEEN ON HOLIDAY IN DECEMBER? WHERE WILL STILL BE REALLY HOT?

WEARING: TOP BY TOPSHOP, SILK SHORTS AND SUEDE CHELSEA BOOTS FROM UBRAN OUTFITTERS, HAT- BOYFRIENDS.

I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THESE BOOTS ALL AUTUMN. THEY ARE JUST THE PERFECT SHAPE AND A GREAT HEEL HEIGHT FOR ME AS I AM A SHORTASS. I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I NEED A BIT OF A HEEL WHEN I AM GOING TO MEETINGS ETC SO THESE ARE PERFECT AS THEY ARE STILL UNDERSTATED.

BOOTS FROM URBAN OUTFITTERS £120

WEARING: SAME TOP AS ABOVE, NEON ORANGE SHORTS FROM COS AND SILVER SHOES BY TOPSHOP

I HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY ABSENT FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS BECAUSE A LOT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

I WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED THE POSITION OF FASHION DIRECTOR OF THE BRILLIANT BI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE HUSK AND THEREFORE HAVE LOTS TO PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING ISSUE. THEY HAVE JUST LAUNCHED THEIR NEW WEBSITE THIS WEEK AND IT IS REALLY A FEAST FOR THE EYES.

I ALSO SHOT A STORY THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PIPELINE FOR ALMOST A YEAR (!) SO AM EXCITED TO REVEAL THAT NEXT MONTH.

A FEW WEEKS BEFORE FASHION WEEK, I WORKED WITH MARTINA SPETLOVA ON HER SS12 LOOKBOOK AND I HAVE FINALLY UPDATED MY WEBSITE WITH THE IMAGES SO WANTED TO SHARE THEM HERE.

THE NEW COLLECTION SHOWS HOW FAR MARTINA HAS COME SINCE HER LAST COLLECTION WHICH WAS FANTASTIC IN ITSELF. MARTINA WORKS WITH END OF LINE FARBRICS, LEATHERS AND YARNS TO ENSURE HER COLLECTION IS AS ETHICAL AS POSSIBLE. I MAY BE BIASED BUT I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS A DESIGNER WHO HAS ETHICAL PRINCIPLES WITH SUCH EXCITING DESIGNS.

HER KNITWEAR TECHNIQUES ARE INCREDIBLE AND COMING FROM AN AMATEUR IN KNITWEAR, I HAVE TO SIT AND STARE AT THE WEAVES FOR A WHILE BEFORE I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW SHE DOES IT.

SHE IS UNAFRAID TO USE THE BOLDEST OF COLOURS WITH DISREGARD TO WHAT PEOPLE NORMALLY THINK OF AS CLASHING COLOURS. HER USE OF PATCHWORK IS AS MUCH A DESIGN FEATURE AS A REMINDER OF HER ETHICAL IDEAS AS EACH PIECE OF FABRIC SHE RECEIVES AT HER STUDIO COMES IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHAPE AS THE OTHER AS THEY ARE END OF LINE FABRICS.. THE REMAINING PIECES OF OTHER DESIGNERS FABRIC PURCHASES.

I LOVE WORKING WITH MARTINA BECAUSE SHE IS SO FULL OF PASSION AND VISION AND ALWAYS WANTS TO GET GOING WITH THE NEXT SEASON AND HAVING WORKED WITH HER FOR ALMOST A YEAR, I AM THRILLED THAT SHE IS NOW GETTING SOME OF THE RECOGNITION SHE DESERVES.

LN-CC WILL BE LAUNCHING HER ONLINE AND IN STORE SOON WHICH IS SO SO EXCITING!

WE ALSO WORKED ON A VIDEO THIS SEASON. REALLY WANT TO WORK MORE WITH FILM.

JWA SS12

JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY INSIDE ENGLAND'S CAPITAL KNEW IT WAS LONDON FASHION WEEK LAST WEEK- I EVEN SAW MANY A BUSINESS MEN ON THE TUBE SLYLY READING ARTICLES ON THE EFFERVESCENT OCCASION AND THE SOMETIMES EXTRAVAGANT (FOR WANT OF A BETTER WORD) CATWALK SHOWS. YES, I SAW YOU!

WHILE NORMALLY, I TRY TO CRAM IN AS MANY SHOWS AS POSSIBLE AND SPEND A LONG A TEDIOUS DAY OR TWO THE MONTH BEFORE SENDING OFF NUMEROUS SHOW INVITES, THIS SEASON I HAD TOO MUCH WORK ON TO ATTEND ANY! SHOCK HORROR. I DID WORK ON THE DANIELLE SCUTT SHOW THOUGH- MORE TO COME OF THAT LATER..

I STILL HAVEN'T PROPERLY CAUGHT UP ON STYLE.COM BUT ONE COLLECTION THAT IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT ME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WAS THE ONE AND ONLY JW ANDERSON.

MY GOOD FRIEND RORY VAN MILLINGEN WAS ON HAND BACKSTAGE AS JWA'S BTS PHOTOGRAPHER AND SO FROM HIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURES, I TOO CAN FEEL LIKE I WAS CLOSER TO THE COLLECTION THAN IN REALITY.

ALL IMAGES BY RORY VAN MILLINGEN

I AM SO EXCITED THAT JONATHAN'S NEW WOMENS COLLECTION WAS JUST AS GOOD AND DEFINATELY EVEN SUCEEDS HIS PREVIOUS BUT FIRST WOMEN'S COLLECTION.

I THINK HE REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE MODERN WOMEN WANTS OUT OF CLOTHES AND DOESN'T PUT EMPHASIS ON BODY SHAPE WHICH IS A WORD THAT MAKES ME CRINGE ENOUGH AS IT IS. HIS WOMEN'S COLLECTIONS ARE UNDOUBTLY MORE MASCULINE THAN MOST WOMENSWEAR BECAUSE HE STARTED AS A MENSWEAR DESIGNER. HOWEVER, HE UNDERSTANDS OUR APPRECIATION OF GOOD QUALITY MATERIALS (THE LEATHER LOOKS OH SO SOFT, DOESN'T IT?), STRIKING SHAPES, GOOD SHOES AND.. HOW CAN US GIRLS DENY IT- A BIT OF GLITTER!

WITH PERFORATED LEATHER, GLITTER PANELS, LEATHER CHAINMAIL, PAISLEY PRINTS, PLEATED SKIRTS, TAILORING WE WERE REALLY SPOILT FOR CHOICE IN AN INCREDIBLY UNDERSTATED WAY.

THE SHOES, A COLLABORATION WITH ALDO WERE SUITABLY SPECIAL WITH WHAT SUSIE BUBBLE HAS COINED THE 'LOAKER' (HALF LOAFER, HALF SNEAKER) AND POINTED COURTS WITH FUZZY HEELS.

NOT ONLY DID THE GARMENTS IMPRESS ME IN THIS SHOW, BUT DID THE CASTING OF YOUNG AND FRESH FACED RISING STARS SUCH AS MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE OF THE SHOW, ELINOR WEEDON OF TESS MANAGEMENT.

AS SOON AS A COLLECTION SUCH AS THIS COMES OUT, I HEAD STRAIGHT TO EBAY WITH A FEW KEY WORDS, THIS TIME- LOAFER AND PAISLEY AND HERE ARE SOME OF MY SEARCH RESULTS:

NOT EXACTLY THE SAME POLISHED EFFECT BUT HEY HO.. ALL MY BANK BALANCE WILL ALLOW UNTIL THE SAMPLE SALE!