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J'adore Dior

2011-09-09T16:16:00.000-07:00

Charlize

Self assured and successful, without sacrificing one drop of sensuality, Charlize Theron is the incamation of Dior in the new J’adore opus.
She is goddess amongst legends: contemporary, blending harmony and character, she is one of the few stars today who can rekindle the golden age of Hollywood. Through this absolute feminity, she is woman, as celebrated by J’adore.

Marlene

“No Dior: No Dietrich”
This tit for tat phrase that Marlene Dietrich snapped at the boss of Warner studios has become famous around the world. For when Marlene agreed in 1950 to star in Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Freight, it was on the express condition that her wardrobe be made exclusively by Christian Dior, Whether on screen or off, Marlene was the most fervent star in Dior.

Grace

January 6, 1956, the Waldorf Astoria, New York,. A glowing Grace Kelly chose to celebrate her engagement in a white satin dress by Christian Dior. Three months later, one of the most beautiful princesses inn Hollywood was poised to marry rainier III of Monaco, and preparing to bring stars to our eyes through a fairytale come true. Blessed with inimitable elegance throughout her life, Princess Grace made Dior her Couture house of preference.

Marilyn

1962, in a suite at the Bel Air, Los Angeles. When young Bert Stern photographed the star for US Vogue, she posed with infinite grace, dressed all in black, all by Dior.
“Marilyn was not yet famous and everyone was looking at me in horror.” – Christian Dior.

http://Dior.com/

Fetish Falls

2011-09-03T18:43:00.000-07:00

Excuse me, but when did wild sex come back in style? - Stanford Blatch

Whips and Flails and leather clad females is what comes to my mind when I look through several shows from Fall 2011.

Bondage Fashion!
These two words are the single trickiest two words in the fashion dictionary. Immediately my mind gets occupied by cheap PVC thigh high boots, corsetry made in china and plastic wigs from ebay! But think again.

You don’t necessarily see paddles and collars in Hakaan or reigns and shackles in Heider Ackerman, which you would see in a typical bondage armoury. It all depends on what you think ‘Bondage’ is??
Restraint. Not restraint in just a kinky way, but in a sense of authority, austerity and the elegance of refusal. Something you assume to be a comparatively dark desire which you are anxious not to judge or dare to ask.
Or it could be that moment when you think ‘Dare I? but what would people think?’

Junya Watanabe

Mugler by Formicheti

Christian Dior

Anne Demeulemmester

Alexander Wang

Gareth Pugh

Haider Ackerman

Rick Owens

Of Human Bondage.

2011-06-20T06:14:00.000-07:00

T from Topman
Jeans by DiorHomme
Dr Martens

"Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed" - William Blake

2011-06-16T16:15:00.000-07:00

Some beautiful pictures I found in a vintage editorial from the 90s.
Starring:
Naomi
Christy
Claudia
Stella
& many more.

Loves ♥

The Original...

2011-05-24T12:21:00.000-07:00

Aggy looks breathtaking in this Photoshoot by my favourite Menswear designer, Hedi Slimane for Man About Town Magazine.

For Me, apart from David Bowie, she is the original Agrogynous beauty.

What do you think?

GaGa 4 V-Magazine

2011-05-16T12:20:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the long absence guys. Been so busy with uni work and work events.
But I promise I'll be on here full time soon.

I will leave you with this for the time being

Le pouvoir des fleurs

2011-04-13T16:03:00.001-07:00

So I am sick of colour blocking.

I want to throw up on it.

It's everywhere and it is so in, it's OUT!!!

So I have decided not to follow trends this season as personal style trumps all over trends.

But I am feeling the floral trend so I have designed this to get it printed on a Tshirt for myself.

What do you think?

Untitled

2011-03-30T17:23:00.000-07:00

I think Kate is taking over my life. Completely.

Shirt by Dsquared2

T by Hype Means Nothing

Kate is an Addict.

2011-03-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

"A girl can't make an entrance without her lipstick"

Be Iconic

Starring Kate Moss
Music by Duran Duran
Directed by Jonas Akerlund

666

2011-03-07T12:10:00.000-08:00

A dash of rock n roll a hint of Tim Burton and a sprinkle of Lucifer and there you shall find Julien MacDonald’s fall 2011 winter collection.

Time to embrace his infernal majesty in MacDonald’s immortal underworld this season. What’s not to be missed about the Gothic glad creations is the sex and glamour behind the grunge, the cobweb like lace dresses poking under the designers signature knitwear makes the MacDonald girl half rock chick and half call girl.

The colour palette a mix of dark smoky grey and dusty charcoals sets the perfect graveyard backdrop.

Needing inspiration? Think The Cure, Edward Scizzorhands and Sleepy Hollow....The Devil is in the details.

Piece by Guest Editor of DarkBlueJeans, Faye Resina.

Check her out on twitter @FayeResina

as you will be seeing alot more of her.

We R Who We R

2011-03-02T16:02:00.000-08:00

Last week we went to see Josh Beech at the arty Northern Quarter area of Manchester where he was also shooting his new video for 'Lead the way'.

Josh is a British model. His first shooting was for Burberry. shortly after bookings followed by Dazed & Confused, Vogue Hommes International shot by Hedi Slimane, Levi's 501 Jeans, John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood to name a few.

Before a model, Josh is a Singer. He started singing at the age of 16 and wanted to start his own band.
Josh's musical influences are rooted in rock - he names The Deftones, The Beatles, The Chariot, Poison The Well, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Ray Charles and Nirvana as sources of inspiration.

Follow him on twitter @iamjoshbeech

I wear:
Tank top by Dior Homme
Topman Jumper
Them Atelier Jeans
Dr Martens

Faye wears:
Topshop Leather shorts & Denim shirt
ASOS Rain Jacket
Vintage Belt
Office Boots
Alexander Wang Bag
Low Luv Jewellery

Bye!!
♥

Run Kate, RUN!!!

2011-02-24T14:27:00.000-08:00

During a London Fashion Week dinner for Topshop, Kate Moss announced her wedding gown will be designed by the Creative Director of Christian Dior Couture (and his own label), the great John Galliano.

The video above from the 90s, shows just how close John and Kate are.
I read an interview with John and he said when he was starting out he would pay the models with dresses as he had no money. And when he got to the top he needed an archive of his designs and he didn't have any because he gave them all away and Kate contacted him and gave him all his dresses back that John had given to her over the years.
He also always wears a cross around his neck which Kate gave to him in Paris.

This is Fashion Royalty for me.
John + Kate
4ever

That friendship reminds me a little too much of this friendship :)

♥"

Born this way!

2011-02-17T13:49:00.000-08:00

I'm such a fashion whore. I fall in love with a different label or designer every week and get obsessed with getting a particular piece from their collection.
This week it's the grungy L.A. based brand Them Atelier.
Their clothes are so my style. Subtle & edgy.
You can have a look at their look book on the website.

You should also check out their magazine them Rag.

T shirt Maison Martin Margiela
Jeans Them Atelier
Waistcoat Dsquared
Boots Dr Martens
Sunglasses Rayban
Cap Fox
Bag Givenchy

It feels like yesterday...

2011-02-10T14:19:00.000-08:00

... When I heard the sad news about Lee McQueen passing away.
Today it has been 1 year since this ledgend left us.
A true british pioneer.
Rest in Piece.

Pictures of my favourite McQueen Show.
This show left me breathless.

i-con: B O W I E

2011-02-01T17:42:00.000-08:00

I think I am a little in love with David Bowie.

THE man of the 70s.

And the original trendsetter.

He did it before you!

Rebel without a cause

2011-01-24T13:24:00.000-08:00

I know it was Men's Fashion Week and now it is Couture Week and every blogger is posting about those happenings.
So I decided to be different and post a picture of me that my friend took.

Photography by Steven Mark

T from Topman
Jeans by Dior Homme
Cigarette Marlboro light

Roitfeld's final cover

2011-01-21T17:33:00.000-08:00

Carine Roitfeld's final cover for french Vogue.
I'll miss you :(

What do you think?

Living in Colour

2011-01-19T15:40:00.000-08:00

Photographer Tommy Ton shoots the scene at the Menswear shows in Milan A/W 2011.

Photography by: Tommy Ton

Boys Boys Boys

2011-01-17T06:50:00.001-08:00

As you all know Mens Fashion Month has started.
And to celebrate this much anticipated (by me and many other boys) event I have decided to post my favourite pictures of some favourite boys :)

Please be over 18 to see inside this post

I hope you like.

Celebs for Fashion

2011-01-13T05:25:00.000-08:00

Rumer Willis for Badgley Mischka

Natalia Portman for Christian Dior

Leighton Meester for Missoni

Katie Holmes for Ann Taylor

Watch out for Blake lively & Chanel too :)

Which one is your favourite?

LAAAANDAAAAAAN

2011-01-09T03:15:00.001-08:00

Just a quick post to say I won't be posting anything for a week or so as I am going to London for a week.

Going daaaaaan saaaaaaaaaf :D

I will be at Christian Dior HeadOffice so will return with alot of cool & exclusive pictures.

Please do leave me comments and I will reply from my BlackBerry.

Love

Ali x

P.s. check this
http://offtrend.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-darkbluejeans.html
My friend's blog. She's Amazing :)

Tom Ford Womenwear in Motion

2011-01-03T11:23:00.000-08:00

Here is Tom Ford's highly confidential Womenswear S/S 2011 on film.
The starstudded cast included Beyonce, Julianne Moore, Lou Dollion, Daphne Guinness to Supermodels Freja Beha, Abbey Lee, Stella Tennant, Karen Elson, Daria Werbowy, Liya Kebede, Lauren Hutton, Natalia Vodianova... and the list goes on.

I spotted Grace and Anna at the front row and Terry Richardson taking pictures.

What do you think?

Best Dressed 2010

2010-12-29T12:41:00.000-08:00

2010 definitely was a year for controversial fashion with M.I.A.’s Burqa, Taylor Momsen’s ‘Hooker chic’ style and the infamous ‘Meat Dress’ worn by Lady GaGa to the VMAs. But none of the above made it to my Best Dressed of 2010 list.
So here are the winners, I hope you agree.

Giovanna Bataglia (fashion editor at L'Uomo Vogue)

Sofia Coppola (film director, prodcer, actress,designr. Most famours for Miss Dior Ad and designing for Louis vuitton)

Yamin Sewell (Retail fashion consultant)

Milan Vukmirovic (From L'Officiel Hommes, Jill Sander and Tom Ford)

Anna Dello Russo (Ful Time Fabulous and 2nd Madonna to Gays)

Emmanuelle Alt (Fashion Director for French Vogue)

Carine Roitfeld (Editor in Chief French Vogue and Better than Anna Wintour)

Michelle Harper

Agyness Deyn & Freja Beha (Androgynous Supermodels)

Hedi Slimane (Ex creative director of Dior Homme)

Kate Moss & Jamie Hince

Androgynous Beauty

2010-12-19T14:31:00.000-08:00

Andrej Pejic is a croation-born male model.
Paris was taken back by his andrgynous beauty during the S/S 11 shows as he walked for Galliano, Raf Simons, Paul Smiths and dressed as a modern day Betty Catroux at Jean-Paul Gaultier Ladieswear.

I think he is a breath of fresh air to the fashion & model world.

Vintage Vogue Aug 1989

2010-12-15T06:47:00.000-08:00

My friend gave me an early christmas present, it was a vintage issue of Vogue from August 1989, which is my birthday (7/8/1989).

I think it is so thoughtful and interesting to see what the fashion was like when I was born. To be fair it was quite chic and some of those trends are very NOW.

The models had no name, this is before the rise of the supermodels.
And there is no trace of Kate Moss. =(

Find out your cover. And do tell me what you think of the fashion.

Gold Fendi Watch = £175
Tatianna Patitz.

Tatianna & Linda.

1989 article.

Cindy & her mole.

Christian Dior Couture by Gianfranco Ferre.

Baby Naomi.

What do you think?