WHAT A GIRL WANTS

Friday, 30 October 2009

30. 10. 09

A Girl Wants...

More people to start wearing Juliette Has A Gun - Lady Vengeance. Possibly the sexiest scent ever.

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I discovered this fragrance about two summers ago whilst interning. Definitely the highlight of my call-ins. Lady Vengeance and Miss Charming are both gorgeous scents with underlying tones of Morrocan Rose, Patchouli and Vanilla. Sounds like it could be a sweet note too far but both are very wearable. Lady Vengeance has got to be my favourite - it has a devilish disobedience about it. I like my scents to say something about who I am, its all very well wearing Mother Dearest's Chanel No. 5 simply because it is "Classic", but what has Classic got to say for itself when you start smelling like an old woman with holes in the back of her stockings and a hair net secured with an off taupe scrunchy?
That's no put down to Chanel No.5 and I can't deny that it claimed its seat in scent heaven as soon as it was produced in 1921, but if you want a perfume that turns heads and provokes smiles, then Lady Vengeance is more than appropriate, after all, naughty is supposed to be nice - isn't it?

Thursday, 29 October 2009

29. 10. 09

A Girl Wants...

An Elie Saab inspired christmas.

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A christmas with frost, icicles and snow. Is that too much to ask? Perhaps it is. But in the land of fashion, weather is no restriction. Since when did comfort compromise couture?
The Elie Saab A/W 09 collection glistened with winter whites and silvers. Beaded bodies and feathered jackets added a romantic edge to classic pieces.
Maybe if it doesn't snow we can all wear Elie Saab instead - it might mean sacrificing our extremities to the chill of Jack Frost, but it would make christmas perfect.

29. 10. 09

A Girl Wants...

Centre partings to make a comeback.

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Centre parted hippy fringes, dishevelled centre cut crops and chignons with a centre bias...I love them all and want to see more people sporting them on the streets of England!
When someone says centre parting, the mass response is, "But that would never suit my face" or "Centre partings are for geeks". In all fairness, the Geek has done the centre parting no favours. Traditionally envisaged with acne and braces, the Geek's battle with beauty is only emphasised by the centre parting sprouting somewhat repulsively from greasy roots and a flaky scalp.
BUT! this isn't how it has to be.
Centre partings are gorgeous when done right. With a bit of volume at the root, the days of lank cheek slapping hair flanks are long gone. Even better, centre partings actually suit a plethora of face shapes and, just for the record, circular faces look adorable with a longer cut, chunky fringe and long locks to subtly lengthen the face and extend the neck.

Monday, 26 October 2009

26. 10. 09

A Girl Wants...

To make high socks the new thing.

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I've already started wearing my cream thigh highs over bare legs with a too-cute navy jumper dress.

26. 10. 09

A Girl Wants...

To work for Tara Jarmon.

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I fell in love with her collections when in Lille, France. Her store breathed femininity and classic Parisienne style. Her pieces won me over instantly. Dreamy, rosy and hazy. Approximately two hours later I waltzed out with three new pieces. Yeh it broke the bank, but it was totally worth it.

On that occasion I wanted it, and I got it.