Kittens, Borat and Oyster Cards: Why I Love Alice Dellal

Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass begins: ‘One thing was for certain, that the white kitten had nothing to do with it- it was the black kitten’s fault entirely’.

There is more than a touch of the black kitten about a certain miss Alice Dellal. Yes, her mother is a model, her sister an up and coming designer, her grandfather Jack Dellal of property fame, and her godfather Mario Testino. Yes, she is the face of Mango Jeans and Agent Provocateur. But despite being seen on the catwalk for Vivienne Westwood and the books of select models, Alice is only a 5’5 21 year old girl perhaps most widely known for a recent incident involving an oyster card, a DVD and a substance looking remarkably like cocaine. Alice then, like Kate, is fallible, which is perhaps why I like her. There is something- for want of a better word- ‘cool’ about someone with such a strikingly beautiful face deciding to shave half her hair into a leopard pattern with a complete disregard for the theory that models are to be blank canvases.

There’s this photo of Alice on the select website. She is practically naked, wearing only a Borat style body suit, ‘screw me’ heels and an expression which challenges the viewer, says ‘so what?’. It is this brazen attitude which to my mind raises her above the ranks of the ‘it’ girls which have become so inextricably linked with the fashion scene.

It's all over now, baby blue

On Sunday, summer time officially ends, and in London, the chill has set in with a vengeance. No more can I prance around moins coat, jacket, scarf, hat, gloves or even substantial jumper.

Being a bit too much of a sunshine lover, I heavily lament this seasonal change, however, I can’t stay there isn’t just a little bit of me that is slightly thrilled at the prospect of winter wear, particularly when I logged on to stylebubble to be confronted with a veritable array of knitted beauties from Etsy’s Yokoo.

Hats! Snoods! Even knitted chains! It is heavily unfortunate that with all my spending for next years travels, I don't have enough money to buy a decent pair of winter boots for this season, let alone a $135 piece of knitwear.
I think it's time I gave my Granny a call for help.

That Charming Man

Hedi Slimane once declared 'I have no nostalgia'. Yet nostalgia, or at least a feeling of longing for something intangible, is an emotion inextricably linked with Slimane’s photos.

Slimane is renowned for possessing the ability to raise skinny androgynous looking boys from obscurity in the same way that Jean-Jacques Picart and Pierre Bergé had noticed him. The Paddingtons. The Libertines. The Rakes.
Indeed, at times it seems that the entire look that Hedi Slimane seeks to encapsulate in his collections is that of Byron-esque romanticism, in whatever form it appears.

Today I've been looking at some of the latest shots from Hedi Slimane's 'diary'. It is an interesting juxtaposition of the inevitable fashion shots- think a skantily clad Kate draped over a bed- whilst others range from light fixtures to boys skateboarding. Eclectic, certainly, but wildly compelling, and achingly beautiful.

http://www.hedislimane.com/diary/

Why you all in my grill?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D_LOr6E_uRI&feature=related

Anti-folk? Anti-soul? Who cares- Missy's got nothing on these girls.

I don't like Mondays

Um so it's only Monday, but I'm feeling pretty tired. I was ill all of yesterday, which wasn't so nice especially because I had lots planned to do yesterday, and it was so sunny!
Anyway, as I said, it's now Monday. Back at work and the weather is frankly dismal.

Dirt Off. Dirtster.

I NEED MY DIRTY 30S!
One Day Only? One hour only more like...
I have been hitting the website hard, first i couldnt even get the webpage, now it will get me put them in my basket but NOT BUY THEM.
I want to cry. Daisy Lowe's got them why can I?

What I Wore Today

Sleek Geek 'Chic'

Vintage dress worn as skirt
Topshop Racer Back Vest

Vintage gold chain

Faith Shoes

Urban Outfitters Glasses

American Apparel Bandeau