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Add some colour to your feet

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Spring 2011 is all about colour blocking and citrus brights. But if you're like me and like your wardrobe an "explosion" of neutrals rather than colours, there is a way to incorporate this trend into your looks without compromising your favourites. Add some colour to your feet:

For April (or February or March!) showers, brighten your day with a pair of lemon-hued wellies:






If (!) the sun comes out and you're brave enough to do away with your boots for a day, make your feet happy in a pair of lime-toned ballet pumps:


Or these fabulous neon pink moccasins:


And you can quickly add a splash of colour to a night out with these choices:



What do you think of these choices? How will you be adding colour to your Spring look?

Fashion Fairy Godmother

Sometimes events occur that make you believe there is a fashion fairy godmother watching over you. Take this one:

A few weeks or so ago, I spotted these très chic A.P.C. bottines over at Dead Fleurette.

Then, just days later, I spotted a pair of equally (or a little less, but still nonetheless) chic tan leather bottines in Oasis with a price tag that made resistance futile:


These are all that my feet have wanted to wear ever since space was made on my shoe rack for these beauties. What do you think? Aren't they prefect for the winter-to-spring transition?

Fashion Mags vs Fashion Blogs: Do fashion blogs pose a threat to fashion magazines?

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I had been musing over my next Fashion Mags vs Fashion Blogs post for a little while, as I didn't want to just write for the sake of it. I knew eventually something would happen to inspire me. And so it has:

Last week, Franca Sozzani - the editor of Vogue Italia - chose to publish her views on fashion blogs and their bloggers on her blog.

The opening paragraph hints a little at an underlying jealousy that some bloggers are being treated the same – or better, even – than established editors of established publications:

“Why are they so credited? Why do they sit in front row? Why does the Chamber of Italian Fashion thinks so highly of them, so much as to provide them with a driver during the shows as it's happened during menswear?”


Perhaps this sentiment is justified, after all Sozzani herself, like many editors, has been at the helm of her magazine, Vogue Italia for over 20 years while many of these bloggers have been writing their blogs for little over 20 months.

But if this was Sozzani’s point the post on her blog she quickly loses it again.

Whilst dismissing bloggers as “a trend and like it happens with all trends in fashion, it gets blown up out of proportion and creates many followers”. But unlike other trends in fashion, this trend seemingly comes with a threat to journalists.

However the tone of the post changes at the halfway point – from comments like, “ they are so worried about what to wear to get noticed that my eyes only see a crowd in the end” and “There (sic) comments are naïf (sic) and enthusiastic. They don't hold a real importance in the business.” Sozzani goes on to acknowledge that, in spite of this, “it's an interesting phenomenon because it changes the approach to fashion”.

Indeed, fashion magazines have to change their approach to fashion and to the way in which they “report” it and comment on it. In a column in the Telegraph just over two years ago, Kate Finnegan pointed out, “Grazia, the weekly fashion title, which has thrived on our fixation with celebrity style, now has a page called Stylehunter, featuring stylish young women photographed while out shopping or on their lunch breaks”. Grazia’s fashion news director, Melanie Rickey admitted that the Stylehunter feature came about because, “We were totally influenced by Facehunter”.

Franca Sozzani concedes in her post that bloggers “change the approach to fashion” and bring “a new point of view and not just rely on journalists "who have been doing this for thirty years!" Not being biased at times helps to see what people who work in this industry miss.”

And so it is. I believe that bloggers can bring a lot of the fashion table: many of us do not have any formal fashion training except for the years and years spent shopping and dressing and standing in front of our bedroom mirrors. But we are the people for whom women like Franca Sozzani write their magazines and the women who have lived it and dreamed it.

Fashion magazines and blogs are perfectly capable of co-existing alongside each other; they just need to learn how to respect the other medium and to use it to complement their own.

What do you think of the debate? Is there a place for both fashion magazines and fashion blogs? Do fashion blogs pose a threat to fashion magazines, do you think?

Further reading:
The report from a the Royal Academy of Art's Storytellers of Fashion discussion
Franca Sozzani’s blog post
Kate Finnegan’s column for the Daily Telegraph


Hooray for Edina Ronay!



Back in the eighties, Edina Ronay's designs were a regular feature in all the glossy magazines, and a young That's Not My Age was the proud owner of one of her vintage-inspired-hand-knits in a lovely shade of primrose. Sadly, I've absolutely no idea what happened to that gorgeous cotton cardigan but I do know that the knitwear designer has launched a fabulous new website featuring bespoke cashmere pieces.

Here are some archive pictures and some new designs:






And here are five things you need to know about Edina Ronay:


1. She studied at Central St Martins and RADA and has worked as both an actor and a fashion designer.
2. Her knitwear is worn by the likes of Nicole Kidman, Jerry Hall and Kate Moss.
2. The first thing Ronay knitted was a brightly coloured jacket and Peruvian hat for her baby daughter, Shebah.
3. Edina Ronay's work is inspired by forties films and impressionist painters.
4. She is the daughter of restaurant critic, Egon.



The website currently sells sweaters, cardigans and scarves but accessories and homewares will be arriving in autumn/winter 2011.

www.edinaronay.com

Furry Fellows in Yellows

Yellow is  my new favorite color



See Through - Labyrinthe






Labyrinth - Numéro #120 February 2011
Photographed: Greg Kadel - Model: Julia Saner

Monday Morning Pic-Me-Up

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Top Picks This Spring 2011

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Top Picks This Spring 2011
Top Picks This Spring 2011 by T-Shirt and Tails featuring a leopard print bikini

Here are my top picks for this spring from leopard print to zebra print, statement jewelery to minimalist sandals.


On the run


So flowy. Italian Marie Claire February 2011. Photographer Taki Bibelas








Gangs of New York

If these gangs really live in NY? I want to move back. 
For Vogue US February 2011 Photographed by Mario Testino, Styled by Grace Coddington

Close to the wedge



Got the maxi skirt, got the flared jeans, now all I need is a pair of tan leather wedges and my modern-day seventies wardrobe is complete. These leather espadrilles are Canvas by Land's End, cost 60 English pounds and are available online in March. Get behind me in the queue.

Valentino

My favorite - Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2011














Easy Breezy Chanel

Chanel Spring 2011 Paris Haute Couture