the ambassadors

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Bedecked out in the latest Chanel fashions, nary a hair out of place, the chanel fashion and beauty ambassadors sit sandwiched between a rock and a hard place - namely, between the conservatism and institutional tim blanks of style.com and the, well, slightly more seedy Olivier Zahm of purple magazine - just where they belong. Because this is what these brand ambassadors do, they inject vibrancy, vivaciousness, and a much needed dosage of cool to chanel with their biker boots, euro trash upbringing and their lips red, baby, red. And what do they get in return for lending their hipster cred and god-given good genes to this veritable fashion powerhouse? Not a lot, really, front row seats, invites to all the cool parties, a firm handshake and a couple of words with Kaiser Karl, a library of 2.55s. Oh and clothes. Lots and lots of free clothes.

Now, where can I sign up?

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you look lovely today... just today?

I have no internet at home... quel horreur... anyway i've been scavenging what little internet i can, but i don't think i'll be able to post this weekend. :( hopefully come monday the problem is fixed.. otherwise... well i think i'll go crazy. ahh!!!

Yasmin Sewell

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How does she do it? I mean really, how does she do it. I've been trying to recreate that infuriating effortlessness of hers, but i just come off looking scruffy. It's all in the details, isn't it, the fact that that dress is slightly sheer at the top, and a little suggestive. That gorgeous cropped denim vest that smarts just a pinch of country western (my favourite kind of western). Those beautiful calf-grazing ankle boots, the shoe of the moment, and one that i am whole heartedly embracing. And that bouncy, flouncy hair of hers. I see girls like Yasmin, and i wish fervently that i could have curly hair. The grass is always greener...


Lily Allen

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Don't ask me why, don't ask me how. but i LOVE this outfit. (har har). I really can't deconstruct it. She just looks good.


Dasha Zhukova

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Oh simplicity. How I adore thee. No, really. I know it seems i can be a bit mellifluous with my prose, but deep down i'm a simple gal. Give me a tweed shift and flats anyday. Oh, and belt it over my baby bump. Don't you just love this? She looks so chic. And that can't be easy when you're pregnant. I think when I'm pregnant you'll probably find me in roomy smock dresses, leggings, and converse. And some huuuuuge jacket to hide away in when it all gets too much.


Caroline Sieber.

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Oh yes. Oh YES. trust Caroline Sieber, to throw together everything that is trendy and hip in fashion right now - from thigh high boots to trench coats, via little itsy bitsy chanel tweed dresses. Sure, we're not really sure what she does... Sure, she's a chanel brand ambassador without doing very much at all (except being the ex-girlfriend of Andrea Casiraghi and the ex-stylist of Emma Watson), but oh, she dresses so well. You can excuse a girl anything in thigh high boots. Even it-girl status.


TGIF!
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you look lovely today... just today?

this week has been very tiring, but filled with varying degrees of loveliness. the best thing about this week has been my purchase of the christopher kane for topshop studde/eyelet sweatshirt, i seriously can't stop talking/thinking about it, and can't wait or it to arrive. I'm so excited! ahhh!!! Also lovely has been the last moments of freedom house sitting for my uncle, making my last 'single gal living on her own' bowl of pasta (for the moment anyway) and packing up all my stuff. I've also been hatching a few plans for the future and sitting on them, all will be revealed in the future, as it were (hehe). Anyway, onto the celebrities. Apparently it's been london fashion week or something, not that i've been paying attention or following slavishly or anything.....


Leighton Meester


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The Emmy Awards are always belittled in America, for the australian readers i suppose they're like the logies, a little superfluous. But you can always count on the young stars of television to pull out all the stops and make an impact. Blake Lively's in your face 'sexiness' is not really my thing, but this Bottega Veneta gown is that kind of old school glamour that really works on the creamy alabaster skin and classic features of leighton meester. White is such a tricky colour for pale people, and she pulls it off with marvelous aplomb, and i love the shoulder detail. I love how she doesn't dress like Blair off-set either. Blake and Serena are practically interchangeable with their sexy frocks and hip accesories. Leighton, however, is all fashion, all the time, unlike Blair, the preppy queen bee.


Alexa chung

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Laying aside the fact that wearing shorty denim cut offs with a coat is a little incongruous and begs a few questions about the weather. But, that not withstanding, i love how alexa mixtures textures and silhouettes in this outfit. Sheer shirt, thick woolly coat, fraying denim shorts and that shiny patent leather on the bag (incidentally the mulberry 'alexa' bag) and boots, love that she matched the two. It's a little hipster, but it also has those quirky british country/prep that we know and love with alexa's style. Like how that coat is printed with a charming floral applique pattern, and the little socks that she has folded over the tops of her boots.


Yasmin Sewell

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Oh Yasmin. How do i love thee? let me count the ways. Is it your beautiful scrunchy trench coat, rolled up way past your elbows, way past your upper arm, right up to tee shirt level. Is it your graphic printed shirt that provides a welcome amount of fashion detail? Is it your perfectly tailored trousers with the pleated front that is so flattering. Yes, they're all nice, and they're all why Yasmin is the favourite of street style photographers and fashion week watchers, and why Liberty of London is doing so well at the moment - it's been bathed in her midas touch, she's got impeccable taste and she knows what people want to buy. Better than all this, though, is her beautiful hair. Those corkscrew curls are vivacious and effervescent, just like her. And she's Australian too, and we all like a little patriotism!


Caroline Sieber

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It's been a long time since I wrote about Caroline Sieber, but since she's styled Emma Watson she's kind of dropped off the radar. One way to get back on that radar (and then some) is with gloriously mis-matching fashion trends. The spotty shirt, (im)perfectly turned up and undone, the tiered mini peplum skirt, flirty and fun, the snakeskin and grosgrain bag gripped oh so casually like all bags should be gripped nowadays, and the lace up nude sandals that elongate legs and slim ankles (not that she needs it). It's one of those outfits embodying that laid-back casual elegance that you never see anymore with fashion editors.


Emma Watson

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Wow. You think you know a girl... There's only been two times that i've been truly blown away by what Emma Watson has worn, the first was in a skin tight, nude, drapey dress with a studded belt at the Vanity Fair Portraits party last year. The second is now. Both times those dresses have been Burberry. She's a very pretty girl, and she always dresses a bit old for her body, but with dresses like these she can remind the world that she's just a 19 year old girl who loves a party dress like anyone else. It's sparkly, it's tight, it's very short (a little too short, but eh, what can you do?), and it's paired with super high, danger danger heels. She looks resplendent, and not just because the dress is so golden it's almost it's own light source. And she's only just started uni! how does she do it?


TGIF!

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it's just like magic!

i have been pleasantly surprised, but not disappointed, on the contrary, very happy, that emma watson hired a stylist. She is a gorgeous girl, with access to millions, and with good taste. But she is unable to put things together in a matchy-chic way. This is not a post, however, on her style, which has taken a turn for the better recently, but about the woman that she hired as her stylist; the lovely and impeccably atired Caroline Sieber.

She used to date andrea casiraghi, which makes me instantly jealous, and the fact that she is reed thin, seriously, a body that couture would love, and has a wardrobe consisting almost entirely of party dresses from the main designers (YSL, balenciaga, lanvin, burberry... *sniff*) and her shoe collection is equally as covetous. Even more than the clothes, however, i am struck by how striking and confident she is. She does not have a conventionally 'pretty' face, but the way she carries herself and the way she wears clothes is in the manner of someone who is supremely comfortable in their own skin.

I have blogged before about how i don't really think i have style icons per se, and that the way i dress is just how i am, eccentric and mish-mash. But even if my style is not like Ms Sieber's i can admire it greatly. I don't wear that many dresses, i'm more of a skirt girl, but i'm saying that if i had the money (and the legs!) then i don't think i would pass up the opportunity to slip into a slinky mini dressed couriered over from yves saint laurent with high high heels. Although i may not wear that kind of thing myself, i can appreciate that in Ms Sieber i see a real effortless chic that manages to also be bang on trend, nay, ahead of the rest of the fashion pack, purely based on her own personal taste. That is truly admirable. 

Apart from Emma Watson, i don't know exactly who her other clients are, but if she can manage to keep emma on the straight and narrow sartorially wise, and get her to dress age-appropriate and chic, then she has my vote. Oh, and provided that she continues to strut around london in leather leggings, margiela blazers and killer heels. That, is of the utmost importance. 

[the fashion spot]

I was given a lovely little gift by the tea drinking english rose; 

thankyou so so so much! it was so sweet, and the best cure to pre-exam blues and freak out mode. i would like to pass the gift onto FeedMeBerries with her amazing designs and her ability to see celebrities all over New York! 
To celebrate i made some lovely raspberry cupcakes and one of my dearest friends came over from her house to have tea and chat. She brought around a huge block of dairy milk filled with chocolate fudge brownie chocolate, for exam courage, she said. It certainly made me feel much better. I had my first exam today of my leavers certificate (the dreaded HSC as it is known here) and it was alright. not great, but that's my fault for not studying enough. i just hope that i go well and get into the university courser i want to do, advanced arts, which is all about writing, history, art and languages, my favourite things in the world!

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