Crop Tops

They're back! 

Yes, it's true, Fashion has a way of reappearing and re-injecting itself into our wardrobes. 

The Crop Top is back and is being donned by the brave. This look was a huge hit in the 80's. Back then it was a case of anything goes. This attitude was firmly stamped out during the 90's and the early 00's. Slowly but surely we are, however, getting back that relaxed liberal outlook on fashion. 

The key to this look is to keep it simple, and try to keep it as masculine as possible. If you start mixing this trend with a pair of short shorts and gladiator sandals, the danger is you've gone too far are people are going start asking you 'how much?' 

Get it right, and you have the most on trend look for the season. 

(Jeans: Topman, Tee: Handmade, Accessories: H&M and Topman)

Donatella takes YouTube

So I have started a brand new YouTube Channel in conjunction with the blog. 

I will be reviewing fashions, interviewing artists, models, designers etc. 

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See you there.

More posts coming soon

BRB

Art by Matt Skingsley

Please bare with me. 

The blog is going through some technically difficulties after my hard drive crashed and burned.

I will be back soon. 

Hold Tight

xxx

Water Water Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink

 I love the ocean. 

There is nothing I find more enticing, fascinating and mysterious all at the same time.

In all honesty, I am a bit of a geek when it comes to science and nature. I get so excited by the natural world and what it can create. 

The ocean really forces me to stop and take a look at the world. Its so big, but yet so small. The fact I can drive 30mins and be dipping my toes in the Atlantic Ocean blows my mind entirely. 

Fashion comes from all over the world and with it brings its own individual cultures and trends across the oceans. 

A lot of people get so distracted with everyday living and fashions within the confines of their life that they forget that the world has so much to offer. Sometimes you just need to go and sit by the ocean, take a deep breath and open your mind to what the rest of the world could offer you. 

Dive in! What have you got to lose?

(Shirt: Topman Designs, Jeans: Topman Accessories: H&M) 

Lost

Sometimes, life throws you a curve ball and you don't know how to react.

My life over the past year has thrown about 20 curveballs, someone in the universes gym class really must have it in for me. Maybe its my karma for not taking PE at school.

During this sudden upheaval all I have to cling to fashion for stability. 

Although fashion is ever changing and sometimes can be very unpredictable. It's always there. It can change, evolve and grow but it bends to your will. You control your style and your fashion so it changes with you rather than against you.

It provides an escape for me, as long as I can look good the day is going to be OK. No matter what happens in the day I can handle it knowing that I look good. Fashion becomes confidence, a security blanket to deflect any drama.

You can lose yourself in fashion and not feel lost. 

Top Topman, Trousers Zara, Shoes Jeffery Campbell, Hat Nike. 

Double Exposure

I have recently come to terms with wearing an item more than once.

I used to hate doing this, once I bought an item and wore it once, that was it, gone. However, unless I'm about to win the EuroMillions it is an highly unrealistic outlook. So, because I still stand by my never wear the same thing twice precept, I have had to find a way of giving an item a new life.

Fashion, is a way of life yes, but life is about having fun. Therefore we can afford to have some fun with fashion. Don't be so strict on ourselves when it comes to what is right and wrong.

These new sandals for example, I love them and you will struggle to get me out of them. So I have had to find a way of making them different with each outfit. An outfit is head to toe, so the combination of everything you are wearing truly defines that look.

Giving an item double exposure isn't the end of the world. Its a reinvention. 

The Selfie

Artwork by Matt Skingsley 

We have entered a new phase of the human race. A new generation.

The Selfie Generation.

I for one must say that I am been sucked into this phenomenon.

The Selfie is a fad that has been amplified by the surge of social media that has hit us over the past few years. Now every moment of our lives can be documented at any given time, and what better way to document a moment that with a selfie.

It’s said that ‘A picture says a thousand words.’ Well if this is true then the selfie generation will have endless memories to reminisce over in the years to come. The downside however, which was lovingly pointed out to me by my sister as I was taking selfies in the garden just last week, is that these memories that we are creating are no longer of places and of things but of just your face. We have stopped documenting our lives and now only document ourselves. Not to mention that it has been reported that The Selfie is causing body dysmorphia and other forms of depression as people strive to take the ‘perfect’ selfie.

The Selfie has evolved. Pictures of people standing in front of a mirror with their iPhone are really very ‘old school’. With the amount of photography apps on phones and tablets these days, the options really are endless.

The Selfie has taken over the Internet so heavily that we are now able to categorize them.

OOTD:  A quick snap of the outfit you are wearing. Used mainly by fashionista and followers of fashion.

#NOFILTER: Now this is either a hot mess and should never be allowed or a completely lie and whoever it is has spent an hour in Face Tune, and has used about 6 different filters outside of Instagram.

The Topless Selfie: Because sex sells.

The Classic: A standard head and shoulders portrait.

The Arty Selfie: Where we all think we are shooting for Vogue on a Canon 5D. The Self Timer comes out and things get serious.

And many more.

I’m all for the Selfie and for all the problems that it has I just cant bring myself to hate it.