Fashion from the heart

I just thought I'd take a moment to explain to you what my passion for fashion involves. I may seem shallow talking about clothes, accessories and shoes like they are the most important thing in the world but believe me this is not the case. Fashion over my 21 years has become a love affair not my life. I also think the industry has so much to offer - there is nothing like the thrill of opening your first Vogue or Elle and being transported to a world of fantasy mixed with reality - a world were to express your emotions is okay, were there are no restraints. Or to buy your first pair of shoes (in my case heels) that make you feel all grown-up, to wear that 'lucky' item of clothing until it is falling apart and still get comments on it, to feel your something unique in a world were we are all expected to act the same. To a look at another person with admiration for there uniqueness (for the record money doesn't buy style) and share in the love of that jacket that is falling apart, those cute bargain booties or an old necklace of a deceased grandmother. This is why vintage has become so powerful in recent years regarding fashion - fashion ultimately should be a love of clothes and most importantly life - and what better why to express a life than through clothes or possessions that have had a life before you. Fashion is a movement, we are the people that make it and to do that successfully one must 'love thy neighbour' and their ''uniqueness'' because we're all in this together.

All tied up

The Philip Treacy killer heels might be the sexiest shoes right now but these Viktor & Rolf bow heels are definitely the shoes I want if 2010 becomes the year I own my first pair of design footwear. They symbolise what in my opinion the perfect (if it existed) woman represents-feisty (5inch heel) yet feminine (the gorgeous bows). I think this shoe is definitely a keeper-I can't see it ever not be fashionably appropriate.

Photo link: http://www.designershoespro.com/new-collections/viktor-rolf-shoes-spring-summer-2010/

Lacy Racy

Is it just me or are these Valentino heels designed by milliner Philip Treacy (who created SJP's hat for the Sex and the City movie Premier) one of the sexiest shoes in fashion that has been around in a while?

http://fashion.elle.com/blog/2009/10/philip-treacys-first-foray-into-footwear-.html

Flying high

I don't know whether the cold weather has created a temporary insanity but reading my current copy of Grazia which is poignantly titled the 'size you' issue it is not the fashion or positive body images that have stuck in my head but the fact that Sadie Frost does trapeze. Is it the inner pole dancer in me or does dangling upside down on a rope sound quite appealing?

Raiding the dressing-up box

Many critics of fashion in the recession have claimed that designers are just raiding 'the any trend will do' style box in the sky. Whether this is true or not (I believe it isn't) I think this present moment in the fashion world is giving us a chance to reclaim our youth and raid our metaphorical style boxes. I for one at the moment have a passion for hats and an extreme longing for a certain feathered topshop cape. When I would have an 'appropriate' occasion to wear them is another matter but if there are any rules to style they are made to be broken so if you ever see a random girl walking down the street in her 5-inch-heels, feather cape and bowler hat don't panic it's only me.

P.s. Despite having a craving for the pink feathered topshop cape I also think this one at asos is pretty funky.
http://www.asos.com/Asos/Asos-Black-Feather-Cape/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=831983&cid=7339&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Black

A little tweet

I have changed twitter accounts due to not remembering my previous password so now I am fashion_revival at twitter!

Don't call me baby just call me elle (my new year list)

1. To learn and hold a basic conversation in french
2. Start up a savings account and put money in it!
3. Visit friends in Scotland, England and Wales
4. Learn how to play the drums
5. To not always act sensibly (take risks)
6. Travel to Paris
7. To never forget who my real friends are
8. Have a fancy dress party
9. Try a (virgin) cocktail
10. To look after my body (eat healthy and have toned arms ,tums and bum)
11. Learn something new every day
12. Achieve or do something out of the ordinary that I could never predict
13. Pass my driving test
14. Sing karaoke

Please note - there may be more things to add to the list