Backstage Beauty:

Have a look at the beauty trends taken from Fall RTW 2011 Fashion Week and what the professionals have to say about it.

Chloe:
"FRECKLES! A smattering of freckles, “where the sun would hit”, by Charlotte Tilbury at Chloé. Tilbury used MAC lip pencils in Cork andStone to dot them on one by one. She referenced Anita Pallenberg and music festivals, and the girls did have that free-spirited, slightly rock-chick look, especially with their cakey, jet black top-and-bottom lashes. Cloggy lashes: definitely a trend…will you toss away your eyelash combs?"

Proenza Schouler:

Diane Kendal (MAC): "The boys were influenced by the American West—sun, sand, Indian fabrics—and they wanted to keep that influence in the face. So we’re doing really warm skin tones, very blended, with eyebrows brushed out and slightly feathered. The eye is a taupe-y stone, blended out—I actually used a lip pencil, in Stone—and lips are toned down. This kind of bold, strong, ‘no makeup’ makeup look has definitely been a trend so far this season."

Marc Jacobs:
Francois Nars (NARS): "We’re doing 1970’s glam updated to a more modern version, but still taking all the codes from the 70’s, like no eyebrows, greasy, very lacquered eyes, with a twist of making it look a little more ‘today’/2010 by doing transparency in the skin—a little glow—and very matte lips."

Thanks Into the Gloss for the pics and info.

Its Camel dear, not beige.

It pleases me to see that out of the eight magazines I spent my Sunday dissecting, six of them insist that camel is back for the new season. Why is this good you ask? Camel is for library teaches you say? Its high time you update your fashion understanding.  Camel is rhe way of the the future.

Everyone suits camel and beige tones and its easy and cheap to layer them in different ways to get ultiamte wear out of them. Its also a great tone that traverses seasons easily. You can feel as much at home in Camel in winter as you can in Spring. This is jut one example of how designers are finally trying to make their collections work on and off the catwalk this season. So its also bang for your buck.  Yeah team camel!!!

Its easy to spot where this trend has evolved from. Firstly, as I mentioned previously and as you may have noticed yourself the seventies is back and this colour tone is an off shoot of this new direction. Secondly, the nudes and pastels wave being enjoyed by all recently has encouraged even the most fashion shy people to shun the safe haven of the figure friendly all camoflauging dark wardobe. Black is not back. Also the global financial crisis may appear to be dimishing in its fury but it has definitely left a bitter taste in people's mouths. We aren't able to spend like we used to or how we want to. If we are going to drop some coin we need to know its going to be worth it. Camel can be for day or night and work or play. Bargain!

Finally, do i even have to spell it out? Dahhhhh its thanks to Phoebe Philo. Its on everyone's lips all the time. C E L I N E! The house's most recent collections have thrust us into the burning desire to be well manicured and overtly sharply dressed in neutral tones, ahhh yep, all the time. You are what you wear and if you wear Celine you are the creme de la creme.

I have pictured my fave Camel looks. What do you think? Nowehere near as boring as reputation implies yes?

This is not a drill people.
x

R.I.P

My Chloe bag is no more. Don't Cry for me Argentina it was my own fault. I didn't pay it off in time and David Jones cancelled the lay by. You will be pleased to know however that the hefty some i had already smacked down was refunded to me in its entirety because i lied through my teeth and said i recieved no notice of the impending cancellation. I don't ordinarily encourage such Pinoccio styling but this was a lot of mollah.

I was so depressed that i wondered around aimlessly for a minute... then dropped the earnings in one fowl swoop at the corner shop. Yeehaaaa i lassooed some Lover Pants, a Therese Rawsthorne shirt and some delightgful but obsecenely tight lilac coloured Cheap Mondays.

Moi, a label whore? No way Jose!

Ps... Could David Jones use this as evidence against me for their label?