paris xxx

Just got a fab new dress, with a Eiffel Tower print on a American Apparel t-shirt dress, from PrettyRaccoon's on etsy for 26 euro including postage and packaging . so I’m well chuft with it. I’m going to team it with opaque tights and a black cardigan, and then I will be dressed for any occasion

london baby!!!

I was over in London visiting my sister during the week, it was my first time their, one of the thing that I love about London is their shops, they love the specialised shops and being from Dublin, it is the place to go for fine chocolates, a good hat or some quality perfume.
So hears a little taste of what I discovered in London!!




Paul. A.Young. fine chocolates
An adorable little chocolate shop in Camden passage, Islington, where their make all the tasty chocolates in the shop and you can buy homemade hot chocolate to go, prefect for these cold winter days








bloch,
I stumbled upon a ballet shop called Bloch in Quality Court, near the Royal Ballet. This was like haven to me, as a child the most wonderful place in the world to me was Dance World in ranelegh , when we made our annual trip to get new ballet shoes. One of my fav looks is the warm up gear of ballet dancers; maybe it steams from being a child and being in total aw of the seniors in our ballet school, and wanting to grow up and be just like them!.





The next day we went to the Tate Britan and I got to view the original pre Raphaelite works, but to tell you the truth after following the BBC serious Desperate Romantic last summer, I kept giggling to myself about Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his boldness and as I looked at the sumptuous women, I was wondering what kind of fun they must have got up too!!!



Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Venus Verticordia




Desperate Romantics – Aidan Turner plays Dante Gabriel Rossetti


Next on the list was the Tate Modern, the building is so imposing, but one little gem in the collection really captured my imagination, Dali’s, Forgotten Horizon. I just love the whimsical nature of this image.




tate Daili Forgotten Horizon

'I decided i was beautiful, for the simple reason, that i wanted to be'
from Eva Luna, Alenda

the veil

The veil has always held intrigue for me. And I was delighted, to see as I was flicking through this months fashion mag’s, that the veil has yet again recaptured the imagination of the designers. I do hope the trent will trickel down to the mases, so i can don one and make myself O, so mysterious!!



and in the words of G.V Dariaux. 'a full veil adds a lovely air of mystery and distinction to the most ordinary features, so that even the most humdrum housewife gives the impression of being on her way to some romantic rendezvous'





William Klein (American, b.1926)
Smoke + Veil, Paris [Vogue], 1958/

so sexy!!




style 08/11



christian lacroix





US Vogue September 2007 "Paris, Je t'aime

love it!


happy day's

fun fantasy adventures!

as i was delving into this months British vogue, the article 30 ultimate fashion adventures really captured my imagination

So hear are some of my fun fantasy adventures!




to run through a field at dawn, on a mid-summers morning in a full length Dior gown with a beautiful boy in toe





Go to Rome, and buy as must la perla underwear that I could possible want



Dance the tango in Buenos Aires






Take the orient express, solo. with a full set of matching luggage





Carol Gillott print


Get the euro star to Paris, and have hot chocolate for breakfast in Angelina. and then stay the night in the George V Paris

when women were women xxx

With the party season fast approaching, and with all things glitter a must, for any self respecting party girl. I looked back in time, to an era that defined high glam.

The ultimate beauty, who felt most comfortable in her bath rope

Ava Gardner

The sultry temptress, who broke Sinatra heart, and who had a love for Spanish bullfights

rita hayworth








jean Harlow
The strait talking starlet, with the platinum blonde hair I would die for!




Clara Bow,

Are not those lips to die for!







betty grable,

And now, who would not want those legs!

White, navy and red

One of the colour pallets that always cheer’s me up is white, navy and red. I don’t know is it because it reminds me of old seaside villages in the south of France or is it because it invokes an image of a old cottage by the sea with a big fire and being rapped up in a over size jumper and listing to the wild sea. But what ever the case the fashion world never seams to tire of these colour arrangement from Coco Chanels French sailor top to D&G spring summer collection 09. So long, may this love affair last with all things nautical




So i pulled our some nautical images that took my fancy




Audrey Tautou in "Coco Avant Chanel." Photo: Courtesy of Sony Pictures




D&G spring summer




Tutti seaside print




model wearing Jean Paul Gaultier on the cover of Russian vogue may 09




and now one of my own, Inspired by sunny days paddling in the clear waters of the Atlantic sea , as a child in west cork

Dogs in fashion xxx

I Was very pleased to see the new coffee table book, Dogs in Vogue a century of canine chic by Judith Watt published by little, as it brought my two great loves together dogs and fashion, both which brighten up my life daily.










From French vogue, You got to love the French affair with their pooch, someday I dream of being 70 and living in Paris with my little dash hound drinking coffee in a chic coffee houses and still being romance by beautiful boys! As only the French do .




the ever lovely kate

winston resting
Originally uploaded by by aisling, fashion inspired designer jewellery

I can’t leave out my hairy bundle of joy, Mr Winston

A trip down memory lane

When wondering down Henry St, I pop into the bodyshop to treat myself to something nice and I was pleasantly surprised to find all the classics from the 80s back on the shelf. So I had a good mooch and as I smell some of the classic such as ice blue shampoo, dewberry and banana I was flooded with childhood memories. Dewberry was to my ten year old self the height of sophistication and I just want to grow up so I could afford all these wonders, so now they are back and on special for the next two weeks at 5.99 euro.

women I love xxx

This is one of my favourite images by Robert Capa of Picasso and his lover Francoise Gilot. I love the colour contrast of Gilot dark hair and pale skin, and to me she embodies a very natural beauty. After reading her book living with Picasso, she inspire you with the potential strength and creativity of women

Picasso by Robert Capa
Originally uploaded by pboomerx

I love burlesque and I think Dita von Teese really captures the glamour of it, so I was delighted when I stumbled across Dita Von Teese new wonderbra line, and I want it all!! They are very structured sets and really add some glam to these cold winter days .

red x x x

his season, red lipstick is going to be the hottest look in town, and there is noting better to get your spirits up and transform yourself into a femme fatale, than a crimson dash across your lips.
So went on a search, on how to wear red !

Nadine - ID Sailor Party
Originally uploaded by merkley???

tip
As a lover of red, (a chanel red, rouge allure which is my secret weapon!.) One of the most important parts of the application is to use lip liner to define your lips and remember that the line should match your lip stick. And then, with care fill in the rest of your lips with your chosen colour.


A red, for any skin tone is the Mac aptly named ‘lady danger’









ladies that made it a classic

The vivacious Monroe

Marilyn Monroe
Originally uploaded by myvintagevogue

the sultry Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner
Originally uploaded by myvintagevogue

november wish list

Tea @ Laduree
Originally uploaded by kayinkc

A trip to a thermal spa in Auvergne, which is located in central France and the home of Vichy . And after my spa experience to spent the night in one of the fine chateaus in the region . however if that plan does not work out, i will treat myself to a box of ladurre macaroons from bt mmmmmmmmm

Cantal Auvergne France
Originally uploaded by  photopade (Nikonist)

L'Auvergne médiévale...
Originally uploaded by annieclic