The Perfect Cream Blouse

Yes, another thing I am in search of.

When I was trawling through Net-a-porter in preparation for this post the other day I spotted a few, but they're completely out of my student price range.

It's something I'm quite fussy with as they can very easily look cheap and tacky, which is probably why I was so drawn to these higher quality garments.

They're perfect for the transition from Winter to Spring (even if Spring seems impossible right now) going perfectly with a good fitting pair of jeans, and trench coats for chillier or rainy days.

Georgette ruffle blouse (£255) Diane Von Furstenburg, Cutout leather sandals (£525) Burberry Prorsum, Kex smooth skinny jeans (£180) Acne, Propaganda cotton-blend mac (£355) Vivienne Westwood.

Cotswolds silk-chiffon tunic (£235) Leaves of Grass, Fantasme trench coat (£470) Paul & Joe, The Super Slouch skinny jeans (£250) Current/Elliott, Caparetto leather ballerina flats (£305) Chloe.

Silk-chiffon pussybow blouse (£740) Oscar de la Renta, Cotton pleated skirt trench (£850) Burberry, Bardot high-waist skinny jeans (£195) J Brand, Titi 120 Panama straw pumps (£470) Christian Louboutin.

I did finally tick the maxi dress off my wishlist, however. I purchased a jersey black number about a month ago, and most recently a multi-coloured printed maxi in the sale for when the sun comes out. I will post pictures when it becomes more appropriate to wear these outfits. The black one is more practical, but I haven't stepped out without my boots on in forever due to the arctic temperatures taking over the UK.

London Fashion Week

Starts tomorrow!

EXCITEMENT!

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I'll be attending the Ioannisdimitrousis show tomorrow evening, with an actual invite this time as oppposed to just hanging around hoping to get in - though I will probably spend the next few days afterwards doing that. I love going to the shows. They're so short but so exciting, even if the collection itself turns out to be nothing special.

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Apologies for being so god awful at posting. I've been working a lot at Aldo and whenever I'm not working I celebrate by turning super lazy - not good. I'm working on another post for tonight though. It is the calm before the storm.

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I won't be covering fashion month in so much detail this time around as my photoshop needs sorting out again and with all the projects coming up I will hardly have time. Maybe I'll select some snippets of my favourite shows when it's all over. My coverage has nothing on Style.com, let's be honest.

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Just to close this post I have to post some images on the wonderful Vivienne Westwood posing outside her first Red Label show this time last year. Who needs to age gracefully anyway? Not our Viv...

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First image from Eley Kishimoto S/S 09, all photos taken by me.

Round Up #1 - Go Grunge?

The gloomy economic climate has certainly been reflected in the latest Autumn/Winter '09 collections. Gothic and grunge seems to be the big 'trend' to invest in, going from New York Fashion Week and the latest from the London shows. It seems Ioannisdimitrousis definitely knows what he's doing.

I've collected some pictures from Style.com that I think best reflect this fashion mood

Max Azria, Marc Jacobs & Rodarte.

Betsey Johnson left & right, Vivienne Westwood Red Label centre.

Charlotte Ronson, Herve Leger by Max Azria & Preen.

Topshop Unique left & right, Diesel Black Gold centre.

Marc by Marc Jacobs, Diane Von Furstenburg & Rodarte.

Apologies for the quality of the pictures! My Adobe software has completely died on me, so this is courtesy of Paint... and Blogger uploading my images too small.