Putting on the Ritz...

It seems that everywhere I look at the moment, clothing, shoes and accessories are all covered in sequins. My inner pirate maiden does love a bit of glitter so I cannot resist this trend. Let’s face it – who feels glum when wearing something glitzy and glam? Not me!

I was looking at pictures of celebrities wearing sequin embezzled clothing on the Elle website. I think Carey Mulligan looks amazing in her head to toe sequined dress (and I am so in love with her at the moment anyway. She could wear a potato sack and I would still be raving).

Chloe Sevigny looks amazing as always in her Miu Miu ensemble (who else could wear that outfit?)

Christina Ricci plays it safe with a simple diamante brooch. I had to include this picture because she looks so classy and her makeup is pretty great as well.

Eva Mendes looks stunning in her glam sequined number. She is such a hot lady!

I now feel inspired to head out shopping and buy this cute sequinned bag from Urban Outfitters and this gorgeous sequinned rose coloured shrug from Topshop. They are both just so pretty!

Plastic Fantastic!

At the moment I am really digging a band called the Plastiscines. Let's face it - they are stylish French gals who play pop-rock. What is not to love? They are truly perfect.


I cannot wait for them to play a gig in London. I have such a girl crush!

Could these girls get any cooler? Sigh...

Tell me why? I don't like Wednesdays...

It has been a horrible day... I woke up this morning and my right ear was blocked. I have been deaf for the entire day. I feel like a Nana. I keep saying 'what?', 'who?', 'sorry - can you repeat that?' It is so frustrating! People at work have stopped speaking to me because I yell my responses at them. I am spending my evening at the Doctors surgery. Doh!

I am also really disappointed to see pictures of Leighton Meester at the opening of the new American Eagle Outfitters flagship store where she performed her new single.



I love Leighton because she always looks super glam and polished. I really don't understand her outfit choice here. She looks like Lady Gaga gone wrong (and that is saying something!)

Does it look like she has had a horrible accident in those leggings to anyone else?

Dog Day Afternoon

I am madly in love with pugs and French bulldogs. Their bug eyes and funny little ears are just so adorable. I was hunting around on Etsy for some Xmas pressies and came across these amazing photos by Christine Edwards of pooches wearing ties and bowties. They are so hilarious I couldn’t resist making a post about them. The pug photos are my favourites.

Hope you enjoy!

Gypsy Fortune Teller

Last night the weather in London was so icky. It was grey, miserable, damp and the rain just wouldn’t stop pelting down. I really wanted to spend the evening indoors cuddled up in my jim-jams watching Grey’s Anatomy and the Hills, however I forced myself out into the wet and dreary weather.

I met up with the girlies for dinner, gossip and drinks on the Thames. I decided to wear biker boots, my new black bodycon skirt (note - sitting down or eating are not beneficial when wearing this skirt), a black cami and my lace waistcoat got another outing (and there was me thinking I would never wear the thing!) I have decided that if I wear my lace waistcoat with loads of necklaces I feel like a gypsy fortune teller. I don't see that as a bad thing though.

I am off to grab a coffee and see An Education soon. Hope you are all having lovely weekend’s xoxo

Kyoto Gardens

I was tidying up my hard drive (jeez my life is thrilling – I cannot believe I started a sentence like that!) and I found some pictures from my birthday which I wanted to post. My birthday is in May, so these pictures are from quite a while ago. I spent the day eating cupcakes and wandering around Holland Park. There are these gorgeous Japanese Gardens (the Kyoto Gardens) in Holland Park. They are so pretty and tranquil.

It is miserable and rainy in London today and I would like to be magically transported back to May where the weather was gorgeous, I could wear pretty sundresses and my weekends could be spent wandering around the beautiful Kyoto Gardens (instead of locked indoors watching Grey’s Anatomy season 3). Sigh.

There is also this great sculpture of a turtle in Holland Park. Turtles are one of my favourite animals so I totally love this picture!

The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips are one of the best live acts I have ever seen. They are like watching a decadent children’s birthday party. Balloons, streamers, people dressed up in animal suits (or in last nights case – yetis), puppets, confetti, giant hands, lead singers running around on top of the crowd in bubbles, video projections and elaborate back-drops. There is no room for boredom during a Flaming Lips show. They are so wacky and wonderful, one is mesmerised at all times.

I also really love their music. Wayne Coyne has an incredible voice and although their live performances are fun-filled, their songs are really heartfelt and a tad melancholy at times (I get a lump in my throat every time I hear ‘do you realise?’)

Last nights Flaming Lips gig was really amazing. I had such a great night – I came away feeling all happy, loved up and euphoric. Sorry my gig pictures turned out a bit blurred (why does my camera do that every time I take pictures at gigs?) There is really no way to capture the awesomeness that is the Flaming Lips.

For the gig I decided to channel my inner Stevie Nicks. I bought a black lace waistcoat a few days ago from Topshop which I decided to wear with a black mini skirt and my howling wolf tee-shirt. This outfit makes me feel a bit like a gothic hippy. I felt a bit out of place at the Troxy though (the gig venue). It is an old bingo hall painted in a pastel palette with tacky Art Deco fittings.