GUEST POST: Style Icon: Paloma Faith

This week's Style Icon is brought to us from Franca of Oranges and Apples. Franca's blog is filled with colourful photos of her charming outfits and of her surrounding environment; she lives in Edinburgh. She describes her style as "dressing like a fruit bowl" and so it is, as colourful as any exotic fruit that would tempt even the most fussy fruit eater. Not only does Franca write her blog but she also handknits many a fabulous fashion goodie to sell in her Etsy shop. I am currently much taken with her Charleston knitted turban headbands. Enough of me, now, and over to Franca to introduce you to this week's Style Icon:


I first became aware of Paloma Faith when she appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in an outfit covered in multi-coloured pompons, and I've not been disappointed by her stylistic choices yet.

She's a girl after my own heart: Her truly original style is one part colour, one part vintage, and one part oddball, and always amazing.

She can do (almost) straight vintage glamour:


Sources, clockwise from top: photo #1; photo #2; photo #3; photo #4; photo #5; and photo #6.



But also rocks contemporary outfits: 

Sources, left to right: photo #1; photo #2; photo #3; and photo #4.

She's not afraid of colour:



Sources, left to right: photo #1; photo #2; photo #3; and photo #4.



Or outfits that are a bit mad:



Sources, left to right: photo #1; photo #2; photo #3; and photo #4.

And she has the most amazing hat collection:

Sources, clockwise from top left: photo #1; photo #2; photo #3; photo #4; photo #5; and photo #6.

What do you think of Franca's choice of Style Icon?

If you have missed the previous style icons featured on the blog, check them out here.

Tell me, who is your style icon?

I am still looking for bloggers who would like to write a guest post for this series, about their Style Icon, so if you would like to join Franca as a guest blogger, please get in touch if you would like to get involved. You can find out more here.