on a break

Just to say that there won't be any posts for about a week or so, since I'm off to Barcelona for a work thang. All very last minute, and should be a lot of fun. Cheery bye in my absense!

its arrived!!

My 100th post, and it's nothing to do with fashion. The Toyota Prius has arrived in the UK. No excuse people, let's get green.

stylin advisin

Over the last couple of years, personal shoppers on the high street have proliferated. Making fashion and style accessible to everyone is a good thing (hey, I support democracy!), and this weekend, I'm actually getting to try it out. I'm taking lil sis to topshop for an hour of personal shopping to celebrate her finishing university. For all we know, we'll end up with nothing, but at least we'll know if it's a good service.

summer is fun

How I wish I had access to Forever 21. I constantly try and plan how I might get access to their too cheap for words dresess. However, since I haven't ever tried anything on there, I'm not even sure of sizes. Anyways, for those on the other side of the water, isn't this dress cute? Slouch it down with some minnetonkas, a la Kate Moss.

young doctors get a helping hand from the strangest of places

My little sister has just finished her medical finals. Trying to learn how to save zillions of lives is a stressful ordeal, but luckily for wee sis, she had a helping hand in the form of the cozy relationship her credit card developed with online shop asos. Lil Sis firmly believes that money spent during exams online quite simply isn't real money, hence the fairly regular packages getting delivered to her door. And quite frankly, if she passes her exams, having a fab wardrobe and hellish credit card bill is worth it!

See below for my choice picks from the fab asos.


This blue dress is just so cute.



How to be Lindsay Lohan? Though why she's snogging Callum Best, Ireland's favourite playboy is beyond me.



I love this bag!! Mischa Barton does too. What's not to love?

everyone loves rachel b

Especially me. And who wouldn't want to steal her shoes? Luckily we can, thanks to this great pair from asos. And best yet? They are just 40 quid!

mind the gap

Style Bubble has picked up the most interesting story of the week for me: European Gap and US Gap are basically going to be separate beasts from now on, with their clothes not crossing over. Euro-Gap will be more fashion forward (think those cute summer dresses that are in store right now - I have one in grey), and the US will, well, continue on in the same vein. I know that Gap's been in trouble for a while, but surely sticking to what it knows hasn't worked out well for it in recent years, and with the most profitable section of the company being Banana Republic, which has a lot more in common with Euro-Gap, surely it would make sense to use some of the great pieces there in the US? There are only so many blue jeans, white t shirts, grey hoodies and chinos middle america can buy.

public service and all that...

I checked my blog stats this morning, and saw that they had gone out of control. Why were so many suddenly checking out this little no-name blog? Well, I left a comment on the wonderful Fashionista saying if people wanted to look at a real-life person wearing Kate Moss Topshop clothes, they could. Basically, a demonstration of how fat and un-modelesque I am. I can say it was in the name of public service, but now I wonder if it was just humiliation... Anyway, thanks to everyone for dropping by, and hopefully some of you will come back.

is this too fashion for me?

I got this dress from topshop yesterday after lusting after it for a week. It's just so fun and light to wear. However, it is sooooo fashiontastic and potentially unflattering I just can't decide. Do I throw caution to the wind, and go with my instinct of loving this?

socialite rank r.i.p

Thanks to teen fashionista for alerting me to the fact that socialite rank is no more. Although I wasn't an avid reader, I know it will be missed in the style and rank spotters online. End of an era. Will we ever know who it was?

last ever kate moss topshop post, I promise

I promise, no more posts about Kate Moss after this one. But I have been trawling the blogs a little, and no one has put up anything about how the clothes look on real life peeps. Because that is a little disturbing. I may have mentioned before that I think Ms Moss might have a little pot belly, because of the mad gaping round the stomach on all her dresses. Actually, I've realised its because of her rather small chest, and if the space in the chest increases, then the waist does as well. Makes sense, but if you start too small, then things go awry.

I've also realised something else about models in general. It is a skill to make something bad look good. I have much greater admiration for Ms Moss et al after putting on her dresses - badly designed, but how does she make them look good?? In the essence of public service, I've posted comparison pics of her and me in the same dresses. Eek. Don't say I'm not good to you.

i heart rachel bilson too

Okay, I have a few celebrity crushes: Kirsten Dunst, Keira Knightley, Scarlett Johannsen, and Rachel Bilson. All of these girls (with the exception of Scarlett), I not only adore how they look, style, and the random rubbish they spout in interviews, but I can imagine have a silly time with drunken cocktails. Yes, I know that is random. But you know, when you're lying in your bed with period cramps, random thoughts do some out. Anyways, if you do feel like stylin yourself a la the super cute Rachel, FabSugar can tell you how to do it. Oh, and digging those aviators.

i heart kirsten dunst

I do. I've loyally stuck by her, drawn to the fact we're the same age adn have the same slightly drunk eyes and small mouth - she somehow manages to look beautiful and sexy, I'm more piggy and tired. I adore her sometimes grungy, sometimes glam style, and understand that showering is sometimes a pain in the ass (especially on Sundays). Don't know why she's no longer with the fabulous Jake Gyllenhall, and is now with Johnny Razorlight (whom I couldn't point out in a lineup, worryingly. I used to care about music). So, in honour of the lovely and random Kiki, and the fact she's all over the media at the moment with Spiderman 3, I've put together some random links to help you get your fix.

Get Kirsten's pale face, red lips look over at Steal the Style. Breakfast At Tiffanys have made her their Fashionista Du Jour thanks to her uber-stylish picks for her Spidey 3 appearances. Stylish Thought have put together a nice montage of her recent outfits, where our pictures came from today, and finally, Fashion Indie has some clothes inspired by Mary Jane. Just a few somethings to keep you occupied on a Sunday.

transatlantic imports

I've mentioned the Gap white shirts before, from Rodarte, Thakoon, and Doo.Ri. What I didn't know, is that they are already available in the UK. Thanks to Catwalk Queen for the tip-off. I have to admit to not actually going into Gap very often, because I get so disappointed by their clothes. I also, for some reason, expected much more of a campaign around these fabulous shirts, but they haven't even made it to the window of my Gap. Maybe worth a trip into town tomorrow to check it out.

teenage kicks

I saw a very stylish teenager wearing this dress from Topshop the other day, and I really want it. However, a couple of things are holding me back, and not just my bank balance.

1. She was a size 8; I am a size 12. Something tells me that will make a difference between "fun" and "pregnant".
2. She teamed it with white jeans and a cute grey, antiquey cardigan. Effortless. Me and white jeans are never going to happen.
3. Teenagers just have great style. I don't think I'll be able to get back to that.

Having said all that, I keep thinking maybe I can team it with the grey jeans I don't own, or my big brown belt, and get away with it. It just looks so much fun!! Please?

kate moss topshop.com further problems

First, I receive an email that my order is not being fulfilled. Then, I visit the website and I see that the stuff I ordered is available. Confused? Just a little. Not sure what is going on with the technical team, but I know I'm not the only one this is happening too. I haven't ordered again, unsurprisingly.

I'm news!!!

I dropped the lovely Faran at Fashionista.com a note about my topshop woes, and she made me into a post. I'm almost famous!

Will these non-apology emails from topshop drive up ebay prices further? Most likely, despite most shops saying stock will be flying back in again.

topshop.com falls apart under pressure

After encouraging shoppers to use topshop.com as alternative to braving the stores for the new Kate Moss collection, the website completely fell apart under pressure from shoppers at 4am this morning. Whilst I was using it, the site crashed an innumerable number of times, although this was relieved when new shoppers were banned from loading it up. However, much more annoyingly, the orders that my flatmate and I put through have just come up as cancelled, due to "factors beyond the control" of the administrators of topshop.com. Just how is not being able to match up warehousing and shopping baskets beyond the control of the online shopping team? The team behind topshop.com are going to have some serious questions to answer as this demonstrates that quite simply, their technology solution was not up to customer demand. If I was Philip Green, I'd be pissed. Because, quite frankly, he's going to have a lot of pissed off people on his hands.

kate middleblah

So, Kate Middleton is rumoured to be heading off to New York to do something with Tom Ford. I wish I could be happy for her, I really do. I mean, it must suck to have given up your dreams for your bloke, and then breaking up with him, but it just doesn't seem right that someone so dull should get such a job. Then again, maybe she does love fashion, she was just not allowed to have any character as princess in waiting.

fantastically 20s

Thanks to The Fashion-y Blog for pointing out this beautiful headband availably from Etsy. Absolutely divine. I'll have to think about what to do with my crap hair (I have the worst, much rubbish hair ever, worthy of its own, "how bad is my hair" post), before making the purchase.