New Look . New Hippie

Uma reintrepretação da icónica fotografia do New Look de Christian Dior dos anos 50, onde voltou a mulher feminina e elegante depois dos tempos de guerra.
Adaptando o movimento urbano hippie e o folk, levando-os a um hippie chic, reintrepretamos o new look de Dior, mantendo o ar etéreo, romântico e delicado e a estrutura da fotografia.
E, o resultado final foi este.

A reinterpretation of Christian Dior's New Look iconic photography from the 50's, when there was a return to a feminine and elegant woman after the war.
Using the urban movement of hippie and folk, taking it to an hippie chic style, we adapted it to Dior's New Look, keeping its ethereal, romantic and delicate mood and the photography's structure.
And, the final result was this.

Photographer . Agenes Deer

Stylists . Lau Figueiredo, Marta Fonseca, Mafalda Sistelo, Meritxell Tous and Tam Ribot

My name is Cat and I'm a shoeaholic

It was 4.17pm today when I realised I had a problem. "I think i'm gonna go to the River Island sale and see what the shoes are like." I said to my sister-in-law. She texted me back asking why I needed to buy more shoes. "For the 3 weddings i'm going to this summer", I replied. "What about those black ones I bought you last Christmas that you've only worn once" came her reply.

....

"What black ones?!!" I thought. I racked my brains trying to think of the shoes she'd bought me. And then I remembered. I'd seen them in a boutique at home in County Cork. I'd drooled over them, but being a smalltown boutique I felt they were overpriced for what they were and I somehow, magically, decided not to buy them. Four weeks later and they were in my hands, all wrapped up and pretty! And now, here I was 6 months later and I couldn't even remember that they belonged to me. I was a shoe traitor.

I blame my addiction somewhat on my favourite choice of tv show as a kid. I'm sure you'll all remember this.

Margot the ballet slipper was my favourite, FYI.

In the end I didn't go into River Island. I took a long, hard look at my finances and realised i'd been shopping far too much recently and, rather than buying more, I needed to get rid of lots! (To whit, I'll be having a blogsale soon, just to see how it goes, so keep your eyes peeled!)
I came home & emptied out my shoes. From the bottom of my wardrobe, from 3 large bags, from a weekend bag and from a large IKEA carrier bag - you know, the ones that are used to carry FURNITURE?

And this, this here, is the damage. Eeeks!

Pump up the jam

Hoots Man! there's boots loose about this hoose!

Heeling in the years

Booty and the Blowfish

The Brogue Warriors

Sneaking around

(yes, I am somehow missing one of my Missy Elliot Adidas Respect:Me hi-tops...they're somewhere here!

To be honest, I didn't really feel too bad when I looked at all these shoes. And then I rang my mum and recounted part of the story to her. "But darling, there's 2 tea-chests filled with shoes here at home aswell!" came her retort. 

Tea CHESTS?!!! TWO?! Oh dear, I need to sit down. I didn't realise it had quite gotten this bad. If you want me, i'll be reading Imelda Marcos's life story. 

La gira europea de Glee se termina

La gira europea de la famosa serie musical "Glee" pone fin el 3 de julio en la capital de Irlanda, Dublín, en "The O2". Tras más de una semana de conciertos por UK el cast se despedirá el 3 de julio ante miles de fans de la serie. Los eventos han tenido lugar en Manchester, en el M.E.N Arena y en el impresionante estadio "The O2 Arena" de Londres.
Los conciertos comienzan con un vídeo de Jane Lynch, o lo que es lo mismo la entrenadora Sue Sylvester, seguido por el famoso, podemos decir himno de la serie, "Don´t stop believin´", pasando por temas como "I want to hold your hands" de "The Beatles" cantado por Chris Colfer(Kurt) o "P.Y.T" de Michael Jackson interpretado por Kevin McHale (Artie) en silla de ruedas, entre otros. Además el evento se asemeja a uno de los episodios de la serie en el que incluso podemos encontrar lo que ellos llaman "duets" y canciones tanto de la primera como de la segunda temporada, sin olvidarnos de la esperadísima actuación de "The Warblers" presentada por otro vídeo de la entrenadora Sylvester. El show termina con la canción de la primera temporada "Somebody to love" de "Queen" interpretada por todo el cast de la serie. Sin duda es un espectáculo totalmente impresionante y que jamás olvidaréis, tanto si sois fans como si no, o al menos esa es mi opinión.
¿Habéis estado en alguno de los conciertos o vais a asistir a alguno? Si habéis estado o si solo sois fans de la serie dejad aquí vuestros comentarios y opinad de la serie que está triunfando en medio mundo.

Newsround #8 - I Link I Love You

Some of my fave blogposts over the last week or so. Enjoy!!

Dreaming Spires - Not really the capsule type..  (because, deep down, who WOULDN'T like a capsule wardrobe of some sort?)
Disneyrollergirl - Vans go Wild
Red Lemonade - Flight Club (interesting look at some oldschool air hostess uniforms)
White Rabbit - Photo of the day #500 
StyleScrapbook - Worst Day (I don't even know where to begin..)
Inner Space - Dublin for Design Capital (breaks it down nicely, for those of us not cultured enough to know, ahem)
A Cup of Jo - Deepdish Cookies (Sorry!!!)
Rose Tinted Uncertainty - Yummy...
Save Our Shoes - Hot damn, summer in the city Part 9  (a little interesting musical project, a bit like speed dating...but with music)
Fashion Pearls of Wisdom - HOw to look cocktail fabulous in 5 minutes
Fashion Copious - 33 ways to stay creative
Ringo, Have a Banana - Switcheroo
Fashion Hayley - Small Apartment Living
Style Scrapbook - Round My Wrist

and finally,
Say Your Right Words - My other blog - losing a parent to cancer  - I think this is an important blog to highlight. Last year I lost my brother to cancer. He was 30 years old. He was diagnosed 6 months previously and left behind a beautiful 2 yr old son. Cancer is something that has, or will, affect us all in some way, big or small. It's important for those affected by it, not only the sufferers, to get support and encouragement wherever they can. Even just knowing that someone else is going through the same thing as you, feeling the same way as you, can give you some small bit of comfort. Talking about it and sharing our feelings won't bring the person back, but it will help us to turn our stories into memories and to eventually be able to remember those that we've lost with fondness and happiness, rather than sadness that they're gone.

Sexy Chloe.....

xxx

all bagged up

House of Harlow 1960 - Nicole Richie's line - has a new addition come fall: handbags! It will contain 14 pieces ranging in price from $150 for a hard, red crocodile clutch to $625 for an ivory and taupe burn-out pony hair hobo. 

In addition to using materials like vintage leather and young calf hair, she incorporated elements such as fringe, studs, velvet, toggles, and crystalized jaguar-head hardware to give her pieces an unusual mix of luxe and casual. 

Richie is starting her handbag collection small because she "wanted to make sure that each piece is special and then be able to grow it slowly and organically season after season." 

The handbags will be available mid-July at Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom, and Shopbop. Can't wait to see the full collection!

source: wwd

Love Vintage on Asos-Marketplace......!

Love Vintage now on Asos https://marketplace.asos.com/seller/loveofvintage/collection

xxx

Fast Fashion - The Debate Rages On...

Having read these 2 pieces on 'fast fashion' and making ethical shopping choices, I wanted to write a piece giving my views on this issue. But then both Pearl, from Fashion Pearls of Wisdom, and Jen, from Little Bird Fashion, wrote pieces which put it far better than I could.

Alongside recent reports of the BBC Panorama show having faked scenes of child labour for retail giants Primark, are reports of one of the world's biggest fashion icons, Kate Moss, wearing a Primark poncho on her hen weekend to the Isle of Wight Festival. 

Kate Moss is one of the most respected modern fashion icons and one of the highest earning models of our time. She is often sported wearing Chanel and Louboutin's and can well afford not to have to shop in Primark just to stay on trend. 

So what does this tell us? For one thing, I think it's pretty certain that Primark is here to stay. Gone are the days when telling someone that your dress is from Primark is done in hushed tones and with a hint of embarassment.

 There's a strange sense of pride with some people in letting someone know that they've paid a lot less for a dress that they might only wear a handful of times before you bore of the style, colour, or even size! Does this mean that we are being unethical in our choices? Or does this mean that we want to have the things that we see others have, but we don't necessarily have the means to invest in these pieces? 

Has it even got anything to do with our sense of style, or is it wanting to be seen with different pieces all the time? 

Image via Primark.co.uk

I often felt guilty buying in Primark, feeling that I was going against what morals I have.

For me, personally, I shop in Primark for the odd essentials. The sizing on most of their clothes simply don't suit me. I used to blame this on the cost of the clothes "oh well, you get what you pay for", but then I realised that sizing is an issue in a large number of shops, all in varying degrees of affordability (another post to come on that one!). 

However, as my previous post shows, I won't shy away from buying a whole outfit in there if the need arises. And perhaps, was I different shape or size, and the clothes fitted me better, I would buy whole outfits in there as often as I buy elsewhere. But the frequency of my purchases in there is irrelevant. 

As was stated by others, sometimes we simple don't have the funds to be able to invest in high quality pieces.

Sometimes shopping in Primark is the only option someone has if they need an outfit for a job interview, or a wedding, and don't have the funds to shop elsewhere. 

Perhaps now that Primark has made clear it's stance on ethical trading we can start to see some positive progress with retailers being honest with where their clothes have come from. As Pearl says "I will be blunt though, what I would like to see is some facts and figures from Primark and all the High St retailers as to how they can afford to sell things so cheaply whilst paying everyone in the chain a fair fee and still make a profit."

Maybe the way forward isn't to just avoid one store altogether, after all, this will do nothing to change the culture of 'fast fashion' and unethical trading. If one chain closes, another will see an opening in it's place. 

Maybe the way forward is for there to be some transparency in where our clothes come from. For clear legislature to be put in place so that WE, the consumers, can ask the questions about where our clothes come from, without having to pay through the nose for designer gear because we have been urged to equate cost with ethics.  Or without being made to feel guilty because we mightn't have the same income as someone able to buy somewhere slightly more expensive. 

After all, do we know where those clothes have come from either?

Versace for H&M

Tenho andado sem tempo para vir aqui, entre entrega final de mestrado, sessões fotográficas e São João aqui em Barcelona.

Passo hoje aqui com a noticia da nova colaboração para a H&M, depois de Karl Lagerfeld,  Stella McCartney, Jimmy Choo e a última Lanvin, entre outras, é a vez de Versace.
A 17 de Novembro vai estar nas lojas a colecção, criada especialmente para a H&M, de Versace. Esta consiste na reinterpretação de peças icónicas da marca desde os anos 70 até aos dias de hoje.
Eu mal posso esperar.


I really didn't have the time to come here these days, between my final work for my master, photo shoots and San Joan here in Barcelona.

So, today I finally post again and with the news of the new H&M collaboration, after Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Jimmy Choo and the last one by Lanvin, among others, it's time for Versace.
On November 17th the new Versace collection, created specially for H&M, comes to the stores. This collection is a reinterpretation of iconic pieces of the label from the 70's until today.
I really can't wait to see it.

Saturday! What a day!

*scheduled post*

Right now I am sitting in the (hopefully) sunshine enjoying a 'decades' themed fancy dress wedding party. The theme of 'decades' extended to the 50's, 60's and 70's. After an unsuccessful order of a 50's style dress online I was forced to find an alternative on a budget  and with a very small timescale.
Eventually Penneys (Primark to all you guys outside Ireland) saved my bacon and the outfit below is what i'll be wearing along with a 50's hairstyle to boot. My boyfriend's outfit has been influenced by Buddy Holly. Mine? Oh, I guess Mary Tyler-Moore or Betty Draper. 50's housewife, woo!

Apologies once again for the sideways photo.

All clothing from Pennneys/Primark.

Hair Inspiration

¿Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera?

Prepárate para viajar a Planet Pit.

!!AL FIN!! Ya tenemos con nosotros el nuevo album de estudio del divertido cantante Pitbull.

Este segundo album de Pitbull ha sido en su mayoría lanzado en forma de singles y singles promocionales con los temas [Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer), Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) [feat. T-Pain], Love International (feat. Chris Brown), Pause & Rain Over Me (feat. Marc Anthony)] (en orden de lanzamiento).
Este disco compuesto por 15 canciones y un bonus track ha tenido una gran aceptación por parte del pública, con unos ritmos que incitan mucho a la fiesta.
Cabe destacar que Pitbull es un cantante que comenzó haciendo remix a canciones famosas, y de ahí sacó su fama, donde llegó a la cúspide de su éxito con "I Know You Want Me (feat. Calle Ocho)", y tras esto, temas de irrebatible éxito, tales como: Bon, Bon, On the Floor, All Night Long, Kamasutra Egoísta, Boomerang, I Like It, Turn Around [Part. 2], Smash the Club, Now I'm that Bitch, Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes, Maldito Alcohol, Shut It Down, Girls, Culos, Hotel Room, One (Your Name). Colaborando con artistas como: J. Lo, Adassa, Alexandra Burke, Belinda, Dj Felli Fel, Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida, Kardinal Offishall, Livvi Franc, Calle Ocho, Livvi Franc, Afrojack, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Akon, T-Pain, Ke$ha, Nicole Scherzinger, Swedish House Mafia... entre muchos otros.
¿Os habeis abrochado los cinturones?, Muy bien pues agarraos porque viajamos a Planet Pit para deleitarnos con sus sonidos.

Sugababes resurgen con fuerza.

Tras el lanzamiento de su último single, tenemos con nosotros el nuevo tema de Sugababes, "Freedom". Un tema que lleva unas semanas dando vueltas por internet, y que hasta el momento el preview que ha salido del tema ha tenido una muy buena aceptación, con unos ritmos que incitan a bailar y quizás con más posibilidad de sonar en discotecas. El tema se ha lanzado "oficialmente" en la página oficial de nokia en youtube, donde han puesto este preview de 46 segundos (aprox) acompañado de una muñecas que las representan a ellas y patrocinando el nuevo modelo de la empresa, Nokia N8 Pink. Estamos ansiosos de oír el tema completo de esta britanic girl band.

Enrique Iglesias, Usher - Dirty Dancer ft. Lil Wayne

Tenemos de vuelta al probablemente más afamado cantante español, Enrique Iglesias. Que ha sacado su nuevo single titulado Dirty Dancer (feat. Usher & Lil Wayne) Un tema que en un principio salió sin la colaboración de estos dos artistas. El video consiste predominantemente en una especie de strip tease en barra privado, en la que estos 3 artistas cantan mientras unas bien dotadas chicas bailan derrochando sensualidad. Un videoclip "con poca ciencia" pero que al ser acompañado de esa canción tan buena consigue una muy buena nota. Como crítica de la canción, a pesar de que es muy buena, y que promete mucho en las discotecas, podemos notar esa retocada voz del cantante español.

Selena Gomez & The Scene ¿Ganando puntos?

Pues sí, aqui tenemos el nuevo videoclip de la "ex chica disney", Selena Gómez, y su grupo el cual... parece que nadie conoce. Tras su último single "Who Says" el cual habla de quererte como eres y no tratar de ser igual a nadie (algo muy usado actualmente en artistas como Lady Gaga o Katy Perry). Probablemente una imagen propuesta por la discográfica.
Pero volviendo a este nuevo tema, Selena Gómez & The Scene, han logrado un videoclip un tanto simple pero muy divertido. Comienza con la aparición en un karaoke asiático, de un aficionado, el cual, tras finalizar la canción sale del escenario dando paso a la presentadora, aquella que llamará a Selena Gómez al escenario para cantar el tema "Love You Like a Love Song", una canción que trata el tema del amor. A lo largo del videoclip se hace un uso de ambientes muy variado, dango imagen de algo similar a un sueño, donde podremos apreciarla con una variada indumentaria que no le sienta nada mal.
En conclusión, un videoclip bastante sencillo y "flojito", pero una canción magnífica en nuestra opinión.

¡Estoy de vuelta!

Hola seguidores de la fama, tras mucho tiempo sin publicar noticias, he vuelto para sacar los trapos más sucios de los más famosos artistas del momento, asi como felicitar los cumpleaños de nuestras estrellas opinar sobre las nuevos singles de los artistas más afamados, daros a conocer algunos nombres de cantantes que podría tener una buena carrera musical o incluso comentar las entregas de premios con mayor repercución del planteta.
Besos... de uno de los redactores de esta página: Jose Murders.

Le Pliage

I think we all recognise these iconic Longchamp bags. My mother has one that she's had for years and my grandmother had one before her.

Until recently I pretty much associated them with mums, aunts, granny's. Basically anyone but a twenty-something year old. That was until I went to Paris. (Did you know? I went to Paris the other week! Have I spoken about it? No? Sorry. I'll shut up...soon)
Established in 1948 Jean Cassegrain, Longchamp was first established to make leather covers for smoking pipes. In 1955 they started to produce small leather goods and this naturally extended into handbags. Longchamp are now an established luxury leather handbag and leather goods company and have recently enjoyed collaborations with Kate Moss, and more recently, Jeremy Scott.

In Paris I noticed that women of all ages were carrying Le Pliage, in all shapes and sizes and the majority of them coordinating with their outfit. Ever since I have been obsessed. 

This evening, whilst sitting inside and dodging the torrential rain I found myself browsing on the Longchamp website and discovered that, not only do they deliver to Ireland (trust me, quite rare for a brand's own website) but  they also have a facility where you can customise your own Pliage, even engraving the leather with your initials! 

I've designed mine with a black body, red stripe and my initials on the leather. All of this for only €80!

Along with the standard colours and collaborations available it's definitely worth a look on the website to see if you can find your own Longchamp bag. 

Stuff and Things

First off, I can't seem to rotate my pictures & I really was just too lazy to throw them up  via Photobucket or anything. LAYZEEEEEEE. 

I thought i'd try my hand at an outfit post, it might become a regular feature...if I can count on my resident photographer to follow me around the place! (i.e. my housemate)

What I wore to work yesterday. Stripes & leopard print. I like the clash, thousands others don't. 

Oversized jumper - Vero Moda | striped bandage skirt - Material Girl @ Macy's | boots - Kurt Geiger

Wristy Cuffs. 

From L2R: Watch - Marc by Marc Jacobs | Tiffany's | Marc by Marc Jacobs | Tiffany's | Isabel Marant

Twiggy necklace from Camden Market, London. 

And now, we move onto the 'What did Cat buy on her overdraft, the silly cow?' segment. 

2 x rings from Topshop - €6ish each

Freckles - since birth

Pink Blazer from Zara - €49

Twiggy Dress from Littlewoods for a wedding later in the year. 

Also from Littlewoods - pearl embellished peter pan collar tunic

Slouchy handbag from Zara for €12.99 - a STEAL!

Cos Jumper (which I discovered can double as a cardigan) BT2 - €24.50

But LOOK!! They left the security tag on it :( I wanted to wear it over the weekend but as i'm going away for a wedding in the morning I don't know if i'll get a chance to return for them to remove it. DISASTER. 

There's still loads of sales on - please GOD don't let me go near them again. Oh shit, I'm agnostic, I'm screwed. 

Glee renovará cast

Sí, como lo leéis, la exitosa serie musical "Glee" renovará su elenco en 2012, al parecer para dar más realismo a la comedia que está triunfando en EEUU y medio mundo. Según Ryan Murphy, la idea es que el cast se gradúe en la tercera temporada, que sería el último curso escolar, y no mantenerlos "ocho o nueve años". Entre los personajes que se graduarán, se encuentran Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Mark Salling y Dianna Agron, o lo que es lo mismo, Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Puck y Quinn. Sin embargo, aseguran que Jane Lynch y Matthew Morrison no abandonarán la serie, sino que seguirán manteniendo sus personajes de la entrenadora Sue Sylvester y el profesor de español y director del club "New Directions", Will Schuester.
Después de estos cambios, ¿mantendrá su creciente éxito la serie?

VOTE OR DIE

No, really. I have connections.

Please vote for me in this here Fashiolista competition to win a €500 Asos shopping spree. Oh, yes.
I'll love you forever.
And, if I win i'll do some outfit posts. Maybe. Ah no, I will. But you need to vote NOW. It'll take 2 seconds. Just 'LOVE' it. Click on this here lil' link and do it.

I'd wear the tshirt tucked into the pants, with the blazer and the shoes and the bag and the bracelets and the rings. How's that for a badly constructed sentence? I literally cannot contain my excitement!

My favorite ASOS outfit | Fashiolista

LoveVintage Campaign photos......

Model: Crystaline Lukman
Photography : Narya Abhimata
Styling : Me


Love Vintage is my new project, soon on our new website...! so excited!!!
You can find all the products for purchase on our Ebay shop within the next few days. Will keep you updated as soon as everything is ready.
Handpicked Vintage clothing for those who just Love Vintage.......

Love ! xxx

Stella McCartney Resort 2012.......

LOVE!!!!!!!!!!! Stella's Resort '12 prints!
Favourite is the 1st one and 2nd, colourful stripes with big tropical flower  prints .....hmmmmm so cute.
In the search for a look like that!

xxx