This is about fashion, gossip and trends...sometimes it is more about travel,good food and where to eat it... but most of all,it is about humour with a pinch of sass.
I have loved fashion since I was old enough to wield a pair of scissors and start a collection of scrapbooks.I also love to write...hence this blog... about my take on fashion and trends and people in fashion and how I feel about them and it and...well,enough said.
But this isn't a fashion blog like any others as it isn't only about fashion. It is about having fun and laughing and having views and sharing them...as I share The Chronicles of The Dad Hatter with you...and he has absolutely Nothing to do with fashion!...but more to do with laughing. Get the picture?
Well I never! I am not averse to tattoos, I in fact was the first in our immediate circle to get one....or 3 ...little stars on my shoulder... I felt like a BAD ASS..and that was about 20+ years ago... Then in '97 on a trip with friends to Maui, we all piled into a tattoo parlour before hoping on our extremely long flight home. For the want of knowing what to have and wanting to stay small and within my 3 stars...I asked for a Chinese symbol for : Life....I got : Light....then again it may well be : sandwich for all I know. The tats have not faired well..I actually forget I have them. As for feeling BAD ASS...my sister has more tats than I and she now wears the Bad Gal crown. So....if you like the idea but haven't the cojones to go for it...here is a wonderful alternative : a Sharpie Tat! 1) Prep the skin with baby powder 2) Draw your design with a Sharpie 3) Set with a blast of Elnett hairspray once it is dry... Et Voila!
I haven't been a fan of Victoria's like....ever. But! I also know when to concede.... I watched the 73 Questions for Vogue with Victoria Beckham and...as you will see....She had me at: DUH! I liked her...she really came across as someone "real", away from the frozen,pouty,posy personae she has adopted to hide behind. I believe that she keeps the "real" for home and family and friends...and then dons her outer exterior in front of the camera. Call it self preservation, call it arrogance? I call it the Humanisation of Victoria Beckham...and in my old age...I get her and am growing to like her. Growing being the operative word,so lets not get too excited here.
I also find her collaboration with Nails Inc to be "finger licking good"...(see above photo..) The 2 colours: Judo (orange/red) and Bamboo ( white-ish) are for her "Victoria Victoria Beckham line. I like! What are your thoughts....
Valentino Garavani's New collection is called and I quote: Psychedelic Plexi 1973...... Now Valentino sold his company in 2012 to "a company controlled by the Qatari royal family ..." for a shed load of money. Now I understand this shift in the Valentino Look..... one that baffles me immensely. Of late nothing appeals to me in Valentino...I am a firm believer that if someone wants the true essence of Mr. Valentino they better hunt down his original lines that would now quite possibly be considered as" Vintage Valentino" and what a regal ring to that. Getting back to the "Psychedelic"...it is more Schizophrenic.... or even a tad Psychotic or in laymen's terms quite simply...Horrific....
I don't get it...I don't want it and after having seeing his Multi Coloured Camouflage collection in Harvey Nichols...I felt a migraine coming on. Oh Fashion...you can blindside me at times....
Ain't it a beauty! With Nicolas Guesquiere at the helm at Louis Vuitton; we are being quite literally spoilt for choice in the handbag department. And just when you think there are no more variations on the monogram theme...in comes: La Petite Malle... ....and it blows everything out of the competition pool. It is inspired from Maison LV's trunks and it had me at " the 3 xxx"s....size truly doesn't matter when it comes to this mini "trunk" .
Want to hear some terrific news? Louis Vuitton has opened it's 1st airport store in Europe within London Heathrow terminal 5's roof!!! Do you know how exciting that is???
...Huh? Do ya? We fly out of there almost monthly and we are HUGE FANS of LV...next to Chanel and Hermes,naturally.
So we stormed in there like Stormin' Norman during the invasion of Kuwait with the firm intention of hopefully baggin' a bargain!!! No can do, sisters!!! There is no price reduction if you are travelling within Europe!!! I was ready to hop on a flight to Bangalore ...but common sense prevailed. The store is fabulous and glamorous and bling blinging in every corner....but the brakes went down on any shopping from there... Oh Poop! More on the Terminal 5 front ,which is undergoing a major face lift....Bottega Venetta has opened its doors there as well as Smythsons and Fortnum and Masons...with their first ever airport store.
And to top that...and this is a shout out to my friend Janet in Houston: "Jahhhhh-net!! Can you hear meeeeee???!" ...she was inconsolable when her beloved Prunier closed down...well Fortnum's has opened their own bar food area...and it is bigger and better! As Fredrik Ecklund would say when closing yet another gazillion dollar deal: WEEEEEEEEE !!
What we have here is a predilection of Kim K's: denim on denim but without the ample boobage. Just like the years that fly by in a blink of an eye, so does fashion come around in circles and before you know it you are faced with a dilemma: Do I repeat this fashion performance?... I am of course talking about the "sailor pants" be they in denim,linen or cotton I have been twice around the block in these already. But I guess if you like a style twice already....why not a third? Fabulous denim "sailor" jeans by GUCCI: £535 Denim shirt also by GUCCI : £490..... (Side bar: splurge for the pants, I would but the denim shirt? We all have one in our closets be it Levis, Gap or ....whatever and save that £490 for something else...Agreed?) Barely seen but by no means negligible: Rope and leather sandals by PIERRE HARDY : £482.... ...aren't you happy you didn't buy the denim shirt from GUCCI....
I mean what's not to like? Maxi strapless dress: £380 BOSS ....super dress,excellent price.... Bandana/scarf: MARC by MARC JACOBS ...Pop Art meets Biker chick...amazing! And at £40 a steal!!!
Who has the starring role in this image? The gorgeous white eyelet dress by ZIMMERMANN....£1,144 If you are interested in the sweater: & DAUGHTER :£250 Ankle boots: GUCCI £655 Looks like we are heading for a fun and fancy free summer...not there yet tho'
