It's one of my favourite outfits from the AW12 show. Note the clothes under the coat could easily stand on their own as an outfit - and none of them are very heavy. Perfect.
The best way to treat the schizophrenic weather is to wear something warm and fluffy like a sweater. When things get heated you can just pull it off. It's the perfect item for the season transition.
From left: Stella McCartney, Rodarte, Missoni.
At VARSITY, the official student newspaper of the University of Cape Town, I have been given the unofficial title of Web Fashion Coordinator. This means that I'm in charge or producing all the fashion related stories for the paper's website. I've got some really cool projects in the pipeline at the moment, but until they're ready for public consumption here are my works so far.
First, a review on London Fashion Week, AW12. My intense enthusiasm for LFW is no secret... so click HERE to feel the love.
And then there is the winter fashion TREND GUIDE: the the lovely Alicia Okeyo wrote the article about how to wear an outfit to suit your personal style, and I edited the fashion part. Although my name isn't actually on this one, it really was me. I'd swear it on a Prada SS12 shoe. (and if you've read this blod at all you'll recognise my tone on the image captions)
I do hope you enjoy them. I'm working on more - and loving every second of it.
This season there aren't any shoes with leather flames on the back, but lightning doesn't strike the same please twice either. AW12 has produced some seriously loud statement heels, many of which are so meticulously crafted you could simply display on your mantlepiece... But what would be the fun in that?
My relationship with womenswear shoes is doomed because I can never wear them. Of course, it never hurts to look. These are the shoes worth looking at.
Images: vogue.it
I was right! You're looking at the first solo male cover star in ELLE history. The other options were all pretty good, but when you're thinking of a British icon who's making his mark in fashion, Beckham seems to be the perfect man for the job. And seeing as the issue will be a celebration of the Olympics in London, it makes him even more suitable.
If you can't wait till May 30th (the cover release date) then you can follow @ELLEUK on twitter today for shoot updates and check out the ELLE UK website for more.
My previous post about the May cover of British Vogue was incorrect: it was only a supplement. The real cover star is in fact South Africa's very own Charlize Theron. Down in our corner of the woods she's covered Rooi Rose, Sarie, and Woman's Health all the in past couple of moths. For me, this cover wins by default. I mean it's Vogue, she's photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, and she's wearing Versace. And then there are the very beautiful images inside. Makes me feel rather patriotic.
This is without a doubt the most groundbreaking cover news of the year. UK ELLE has announced that it is breaking its 26 year tradition and doing an all-male cover for the July 2012 issue.
The good news is, we won't be waiting much longer to find out who it is. Elleuk.com will announce his identity on Tuesday, and until then they've given us 32 options to speculate over. See the full story HERE.
I've managed to narrow those options down to 9, but I'm pretty sure I know who it's gonna be. Keep reading to find out.
I was rather flattered to be snapped by one of UCT's street style bloggers last month. Check out my outfit below.
http://www.jammietart.blogspot.com/2012/03/bees-and-sunshine.html
Exhibit A: The David Beckham for H&M underwear campaign has narrowly escaped a UK ban as reported yesterday by UK VOGUE. Apatantly there have been three complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority saying that the images are not appropriate for children to see and quote 'offensive.' The ASA replied by saying the images are mildly sexual at best, and left it at that.
Exhibit B: The Marc Jacobs 'Oh, Lola!' campaign starring Dakota Fanning was banned because it was seen to sexualise a child. I've just recently done a 1800 word analysis on this ad (don't ask) and I must agree. The ad has a strong reference to the iconic novel 'Lolita' which is about a man who has a sexual relationship with his wife's underaged daughter. So we can safely say they had reason to can this one.
Exhibit C: Hold on your seats people... This Miu Miu AW11 ad was banned in the UK becuse it placed a child in a potentially dangerous position. The argument goes that because 14 year old Hailee Steinfeld is sitting on a train track and wiping something (perhaps a tear) out of her eye, that she is going to commit suicide. Now, I'm sure I don't need a 1800 word essay to prove that's being a little redicilous. Fact remains, it's banned.
So, if you were king or queen of the world, which of these would you ban?
The February 2012 UK ELLE Dakota Fanning collectors' cover is arguably my favourite ELLE cover of all time. I thought it was the magic of Team Elle that made Dakota look so great, until I discovered some more utterly awesome Dakota covers. It seems she just has that something which, when combined with a great creative team, makes a stunning cover. Feast your eyes on these!
The only bad thing about these covers is that I don't own any of them. Pft.
