Frocks & Finery

TEEDRA MOSES- LUXURIOUS UNDERGRIND

2011-07-28T20:52:00.000+01:00

So I have clearly been living under a rock lately coz the amazingly talented Teedra Moses released her latest mixtape over a month ago and I didn't even know. I haven't listened to it yet but I can guarantee that it's gona be on repeat for a solid week. Get involved here, and if you didn't get her Lionhearted mixtape then you can get that here. Thank me later.

SPOTTED IN NEWCASTLE

2011-07-28T20:40:00.002+01:00

ADVANCED STYLE

2011-07-28T20:35:00.000+01:00

Ever looked at your Nana and thought 'fuck looking like when I'm75'? Those BHS polyester A-line skirts and M&S embroidered t-shirts just wont do. Well lucky for us Advanced Style Blog has traveled the world to bring us the most stylish Nana's around. Take a lil inspiration from these silver foxes, in fact it probably wouldn't do you any harm to take notes from them now.

CHILDISH GAMBINO- FREAKS AND GEEKS

2011-07-25T23:32:00.000+01:00

I ain't fucking you in the club, now put your clothes back on.

UNITED NUDES

2011-07-01T13:51:00.000+01:00

Ooohh look at these sexy shoes from United Nude. They've only been going for 8 years but have already become an iconic shoe brand. You can snap up a pair in one of their 40 stockists worldwide or go to their website.

VERSACE FOR H&M

2011-06-22T19:54:00.000+01:00

This has to be the most exciting high street/designer collaboration to ever take place. As Donatella explains below it's gona involve lots of leather, prints and studs!

And after seeing one of the dresses on Donatella at this weeks Versace show, I know this collection is gona be a banger.

LADY GAGA- EDGE OF GLORY VIDEO

2011-06-22T16:11:00.000+01:00

So Gagagogo's new video is not at all what I expected. The video is extremely bland, I understand not every video can be 'Bad Romance' but this is bland by any artist's standard.

The only thing that does save it is the amazing vintage Versace she wears, the pieces are from my favourite ever Versace collection. What I would do to get my hands on them!

VYBZ KARTEL-BRITISH LOVE (ANYTHING 4 U)

2011-06-22T15:54:00.000+01:00

Ooooohhh ma damn, this ma jam! New favourite summer tune- reeeewind! His accent is jokes- you reckon this is how all non-British people think we speak?

ALEXANDER WANG- RESORT 2012

2011-06-17T00:59:00.001+01:00

Ahhhh Mr Wang I see you have tap danced your way back into my heart? Honestly I am LOVING this collection, it's just beautiful! Mr Wang has just surpassed himself, as usual he has merged sporty and high fashion but for some reason this collection is just killing it. The last 3 collections were a bit of disappointment for me, but this is just so much more shiny and polished, it has a really glamorous feel. So er in conclusion I fucking love it.

DOING IT THIS WEEK

2011-06-16T23:00:00.002+01:00

This week I've came across some pretty hot gals! First up is the ever stunning Shingai Shoniwa, attending the Keep A Child Alive ball. We'll not comment on the likeness to a Quality Street and just focus on how fun this outfit is.

Next up is some random girl from the Vice Do's and Don't section, who despite having a HORRENDOUS weave, has a killer outfit that is partially compromised of the worlds smallest shorts, well done lass.

And from the CDFA awards at the Garment Centre, New York we have the gorgeous Chloe Sevigny in Opening Ceromony and Bergdorf Goodman's Linda Fargo, in Jil Sander. Both looking proper clush like.

VERSUS WEBSITE

2011-06-14T21:12:00.000+01:00

If you haven't already hop over to the newly launched Versus website. I'm loving that everything is on one page and it all runs together so smoothly. I think Christopher Kane must have been involved with the design, coz it's very urban/modern for Versace, makes me wana get some Versus up in this bitch.

STYLE ICON- NENEH CHERRY

2011-06-14T21:05:00.000+01:00

Nenah is a total BossLady, not only did she have a successful music career she was also a part of Ray Petri's Buffalo crew, she's British (well she was born in Sweeden but spent most of her life n the UK), a wife and mother and she sang Buffalo Stance- BadGal!

No money man can win my loveeee, it's sweetness that I'm thinking of!

J COLE COVERS TUPAC 'I AINT MAD AT CHA'

2011-06-13T21:01:00.002+01:00

Loving this cover, J does it with so much passion and strangely sounds like Pac in parts.

DONATELLA VERSACE & M.I.A W MAGAZINE

2011-06-13T19:04:00.001+01:00

Firstly apologies for the lack of blogs lately but we're back in full effect. So you seen this pic from W Magazines July issue? I would love to know what these two talk about. I know from a few people who have came into contact with M.I.A that she is pretty much a spoilt brat and something tells me Donatella is a bit of a Diva, imagine the egos on this shoot-
'Nah you can give me a backer'
'er jog on Don, nee one wants to see your owld face anyway'.

BENOIT OLLIVE

2011-06-01T22:12:00.000+01:00

Mr Ollive is a French artist currently residing in London. He does all sorts of crazy shit including graphics, graffiti and print making. Check out all his work on his website. Think this guy may be one to watch.

ZAHA HADID

2011-05-27T10:13:00.000+01:00

I am a great appreciator of beautiful things, but I have the amazing nack of never being able to remember/pay attention to an artist's name. I seen this building during my stint in Berlin.

My mate mentioned Zaha Hadid last night and after looking at her website I realised she was the BossLady who designed this beautiful building. The Iraqi wonderwoman has been making the world a better place for over 30 years. She has worked on all sorts of projects from sports arenas, products to residential. buildings Here's a few of my fave, but for the full magnitude of her works hop over to her website.

SECRETS OF THE SUPERBRANDS

2011-05-27T09:47:00.000+01:00

If like me you get excited about branding, marketing and general consumerism then check out Secrets Of The Superbrands on the BBC iPlayer, particularly the second programme which is all about fashion brands. Presented by Alex Riley, it gives a frank and clear overview of how brands market their selves with their clever trips to make us, the consumer, need it ALL. If you work in the fashion industry it's no big shocker but it does make you sit back and think how much of a sucker you can be.

WE HEART VICKY MCCLURE

2011-05-26T14:11:00.000+01:00

I fell in love with Vicky when I first saw This Is England, then I became completely obsessed with her when This Is England '86 came out. I'm not gona pretend I've seen any of her other work which includes Five Daughters, A Room for Romeo and Filth & Wisdom. But are seeing her accept her BAFTA on Sunday for Best Actress (for her role in This Is England '86) I have decided that she is just splendid. She seems like a proper good lass and hopefully with this recognition we will see more of her on our screens in the future.

If you haven't seen This Is England here's a clips, but to see Vicky at her best you have to watch the fight scene with here Dad- tissues necessary. Oh and watch the interview below to fall more in love with her.

BEYONCE THE SWAGGER JACKER- COPYS LORELLA CUCCARINI

2011-05-26T13:21:00.002+01:00

So I said I wasn't gona address this issue but I'm a lil disturbed by it all. I genuinely LOVE Beyonce, with all my Diva, teenage, wana be a black Goddess heart but she's making it damn hard to keep up this unshakable love. First it was the Single Ladies video that was a blatant copy of a Bob Fosse routine and now the Billboard Awards performance. So the Italian performer Lorella Cuccarini did a very simlar performance last year at the Sanremo Music Festival, watch the video for the comparisons-

Beyonce has addressed the situation by saying "My makeup artist showed me the performance of Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much". As Lady Gagagogo told us so eloquently in her V magazine column, its OK to take inspiration from other's. But I think this is what we call Swagger Jacking not just being inspired. She worked with the same team that produced Lorella's performance so part of me kinda thinks they are to blame as they should have switched up the graphics more. What do you think? Swagger Jacker or inspired artist?

TOPSHOP- SECRET STORE

2011-05-26T13:03:00.000+01:00

So Topshop have done what they do best, some more amazing collaborations with the best young design talent from London and New York. The Secret Store sees them working with Meadham Kitchhoff, Nasir Mazhar and Emma Cook to name a few. Here are some of my favourite pieces, that are not only reasonably priced but also limited pieces. So no chance of running into any one in the same outfit, something I have fell victim to twice in the last few months (fuck shopping at H&M man!)

BILLBOARD AWARDS- NICKI MINAJ/BEYONCE

2011-05-26T12:56:00.000+01:00

So our girl Nicki turned upto the Billboard Awards in this crazy, sexy, cool Mark Fast number. Personally lovin it.

Ri Ri went for a more toned down look in a white pant suit-

And the DC girls were all looking hawt!

So we laid into Beyonce the other day about the Run The World video but man did she shut us the fuck up! She killed it with this amazing performance before accepting her award Billboard Millennium Award (we'll just ignore the rumors that she stole the idea from Italian artist Lorella Cuccarini)-

TRIBES BY RENE HABERMACHER

2011-05-24T16:09:00.000+01:00

From now on I will only date guys who look like this. I want's me a Warrior King.

WE'RE BACK!

2011-05-24T16:05:00.000+01:00

OK so after playing around with our new websites blog application, we realised that this was actually a hell of a lot better. So we're stayin here, nice to be back bitches.

SWAGGED OUT

2011-05-19T21:25:00.000+01:00

BEYONCE- GIRLS (WE RUN THE WORLD) VIIDEO STYLING

2011-05-19T17:43:00.000+01:00

So B is back! As I said before I'm not a fan of the new tune, and apparently I'm not the only one. The song has been selling pretty slowly and rumor has it that after a private album listening event last week, B & her pep's had an emergency meeting about the bad reception critics gave it. So the pressure was on for B to deliver a killer video and did she? Well kinda, a little bit, the video has some pretty sick parts and the styling is pretty good (not amazing but are B's videos ever?) but overall its, meh for me. Like meh don't really need to watch that again. After the teaser I was dying to see the video but it's just not quite hitting the spot. I like the fact that her choreography has taken a different direction but I also think that may be the problem, it's not as hard and fierce as we're used too.

I do enjoy this lil army she has going on, but I wish they would have fought the evil boys, instead of rolling around the floor using their sexuality to weaken them. Not very empowering really.

This bit of the dance works well but is a little predictable and a tad boring. Dress by Pucci, boots by Sergio Rossi.

This bit and the one below are my faves- she looks strong like a BossLady and the styling is on point! The Gareth Pugh (a fave of B's) dress and shoes are incredible and work so well with the video theme.

The nails are bad meaning good. Loving that all the celebs are stepping up their nail game- its giving me plenty of inspiration.

The Givenchy dress is an absolute beaut, it's from one of my fave Spring 2011 Couture collections. And it looks smashing on B! Not a fan of the Hyena's, not up for wild animals being used in music videos (don't like the lion they have in the vid either) even if they are scabby hyenas.

Those dudes are fit- thanks B! Outfit by Norma Kamali.

So even with all these amazing elements the video still falls a lil short. Come on now B, we hate to think you're getting too old for this malarky?? Only kiddin girl, we got you! but your gona have to get your swagger back on point. These ladies might be able to give you some tips.