Thursday, March 6, 2014

Best of AW14 Fashion Month

Fashion month is finally over so it's time to quit sobbing into my bank account and do something productive with my life. Before doing that though I wanna show you six favourite looks from each city. Originally it was going to be just five from each but I couldn't squeeze everything in - there were too many wonderful outfits! 

New York

Marc by Marc Jacobs, Calla, Karen Walker, Vfiles, Tanya Taylor, Clover Canyon
New York fashion week somehow seems like it was thirty thousand years ago and also just yesterday at the same time. The highlight was seeing rapper babe Angel Haze strut her stuff at the DKNY show. 

London

Holly Fulton, Matthew Williamson, Marios Schwab, Ashish, Meadham Kirchhoff, Louise Alsop
Ashish delivered my favourite show this year as the models looked like pixie princesses on a casual day at home in the cloud palace. I need to start saving my pennies up as the light-up Buffalo platforms they were wearing will be available in Topshop sometime soon.

Milan

Moschino, No. 21, Fausto Puglisi, Gucci, Emporio Armani, Dsquared
The McDonalds inspired Moschino looks this year were incredible - I'd love to get my hands on one of the happy meal handbags but I'd have to look into selling a kidney in order to do so. Next time you're in Maccy D's scour the bins for a discarded box and attach it to some string for a #DIY #highfashion #accessory

Paris

Miu Miu, Maxime Simoëns, Christian Dior, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Olympia Le-Tan
Paris fashion week was definitely the most difficult to filter down to just six looks - there were too many amazing colours, textures and silhouettes. I'm feeling a bit sad now that it's all over but the SS15 shows later on in the year will be spectacular.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

February Favourites

Hey - I know it's technically the first of March but I felt like I couldn't publish this whilst it was still February just in case something amazing popped up at the last minute. 

Penelope Gazin's Illustrations

See more here.
Penelope became one of my favourite illustrators pretty much the second I saw her grungey and humourous style. She's previously made work for VICE and FOXADHD.

Holly Falconer's 'FANGIRLS' for Diva Magazine

If you follow me on Twitter - you would've seen me retweet this photo series a couple of times. I love how you just know who the models are supposed to be portraying from a quick glance.


 MEAT Clothing's AW14 Video


Everything MEAT does is on point - including this new video for their AW14 range. They make me wish that all my clothes were made of latex.

Charlotte Rutherford for mysuperheromag.com

See the rest here.
Originally I was going to post Charlotte's music headshot series but then I saw this series and my eyeballs nearly fell out my head. This was my favourite shot of the lot as she's bringing out the space outlaw vibes.

Eleanor Hardwick's 'Hothouse Flower' for Rookie

See the rest here 
I went beserk when I saw Yasmine tagged in these photos on Facebook - she looks absolutely amazing and I wouldn't be surprised if she was secretly a moth all along. Eleanor Hardwick's photos are perfect and I know from experience that she's a great photographer to work with.

First Dates with Hatti Rex and Paul Kindersley


Ironically this was actually the first time I had ever met Paul in person so it literally was our first date, so to speak. I know it's a bit cheeky to put something I've made in my favourites list but I really do love it. Click through to watch part two.

Lazy Oaf Store Reopening

I thought taking photos would make the queue go quicker.
Queueing isn't really anyone's favourite thing to be doing on a weeknight - or ever- but when the new Lazy Oaf garms are at the other end along with goodie bags and complimentary prosecco I'm not going to complain.
Picture nabbed from the Lazy Oaf instagram.
This was the dress my heart was set on grabbing at the launch but it turns out that 1, it's actually a top and skirt set and 2, it's not being stocked until Summer. I probably should've emailed ahead and asked before becoming obsessed with it and planning shoots around it in my head. Pretty sure that's not normal behaviour. 

Look how cool everything is!
=^._.^=
This sheer jacket is nice.
Anna luvs clothes 4eva
Shouts to my friend Anna - she's the junior print designer at Bill + Mar who recently got their designs stocked in the Oxford Street Topshop. She has worked very hard and I'm very proud of her. I bumped into her at the tube station and convinced her to come along with us. 

Dat hat
Friendly chap
As always, the prints were friendly and fun - I especially liked this happy chap. I love how the bold black lines contrast against the bright materials.

Nerd alert
Here I am - looking like a twelve year old on school picture day on the Lazy Oaf stairs. School photos would be a godzillion times better if the backdrops were this cool.

Telecommunication device wraps and foot sacks
Unfortunately "never for money" seems to be the phrase I constantly tell my Mum whenever she asks how much I'm getting paid for my creative endeavours. She isn't pleased. Also kudos to anyone who manages to have a food related iPhone case without feeling constantly peckish.


After battling our way out of the crowd we decided to grab some Korean food at BiBimBap, play Lords of War at Loading Bar and obsess over Miley. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Liebster Award

Carrying on a chain-quiz reminds me of ye olde days of MySpace so obviously I'm not going to say no to the Liebster Award tag. It's designed to find new blogs to read and for people to promote the newer or lesser known blogs that they are interested in. Thank you so much to Emily of Fantasma Velvet for tagging me!

There are different rules and variations but I'm going to stick with the way the people before me have done it. I'll be responding the the quiz Emily set, will propose my own questions and then select eight blogs to carry on the game.

1. First thing's first: list three random facts about you.

I'm allergic to wasp stings, drink four to eight cups of jasmine green tea a day and currently work part-time at Urban Outfitters. 

2. When did you start blogging and why?

I've had blogs for as long as I can remember because I lived in the middle of nowhere and wanted to reach out to people with similar interests. Chronic Sans was born from finishing a social media internship at a screen printing company where part of my role was to write fashion-based blogposts 

3. What's your favourite thing about blogging?

My favourite thing about blogging is that I have a place to store all my outfit ideas as a sort of styling scrapbook whilst getting feedback from others. 

4. What's your least favourite thing about blogging?

I always want to post my own outfits but it's difficult to find people who are free to take photos of me. It's also difficult trying to get fun complete outfits together if I'm working with press loans, eg. if I'm borrowing an item from one company and something else from another and one arrives after I've already had to sent the other item back it can be quite annoying. I'm always thankful for people willing to loan me things though!

5. What are your favourite type of posts to read?

I love seeing bloggers post their self-styled outfits featuring either brands I already love or brands I haven't heard of yet. It's good to follow people who have similar tastes in trends.

6. List five of your favourite blogs.
Those were just the first five that came to mind - love all their visual styles.


7. What's your favourite beauty brand and why?

Urban Decay were always my favourite but after hearing that they test on animals I'm slowly trying to switch over to Illamasqua. I'd love to get my hands on some Limecrime lipsticks - hopefully soon they'll be big enough to be sold in UK stores. 

8. What's your favourite clothing shop/web store and why?

Dolls Kill sells amazing clothes but I hate having to pay for international postage. Maybe ASOS actually because they have some really cool brands such as Freak of Nature and Evil Twin in stock and you can get things delivered for literally the next day.

9. List three of your favourite movies.

Jurassic Park, Blade Runner and Jawbreaker. 

10. List three of your favourite bands/singers.

My music taste varies a lot depending on what mood I'm in. Recently I'm listening to a lot of Danny Brown, Angel Haze and ASAP Ferg. 

11. List three celebrities (dead or alive) that you wish you could have dinner with.

Pete Burns, Grayson Perry and Willam Belli. 

And I nominate:
  1. Opaline Queen
  2. Linabugz
  3. Fashion Scholar
  4. Ceedling
  5. Velvet Daisy
  6. Candy Coated Fashion
  7. Heychubble
  8. Nashbag
The questions to answer:
  1. What's the meaning behind your blog name?
  2. What's your current favourite style or beauty trend?
  3. Do you prefer shopping online or physically on the high street?
  4. Which fictional character are you most similar to style-wise? 
  5. How did you get into blogging?
  6. If you could meet any blogger - who would it be?
  7. What was the first pair of shoes you ever bought?
  8. If you could bring back something to wear from your childhood - what would it be?
  9. What's your favourite magazine?
  10. How would you react if the internet was to disappear forever?
  11. If you were invited to a fancy dress party with no specific theme, what would you like to go as?


Deep Dish

Hi, I'd like to order this to be delivered ASAP please.
  • Candy Mesh Dress from UNIF, approx £77
  • Pepperoni Pizza Slice Choker from NYLON shop, approx £15
  • Yummy Pizza Earrings from Phalange, approx £10
  • Light-Up Buffalo Platform Sneakers from ASHISH, coming soon to Topshop
This was the best way I could combine both pizza and clothes without sewing some slices together and making a bikini.
A group of hip young youths living the 90s dream
Make mine a 15" mushroom with a thin crust please. I'm not sharing. Yes, I know that's a lot of pizza for one person but if I don't eat it all to myself I'll be hungry again in 15 minutes.

Monday, February 10, 2014

I Put A Spell On You

 
I've always been the sort of person to buy clothes to customise but then never gets around to it. Not this time. I transformed a crappy pink floral dress I bought for £1 into something I would actually wear and all I had to do was summon the Dylon Demon. 


A photo what the dress looked like before - photobombed by Rexy.
The innards of the fabric cauldron.
Dying the dress what fairly easy - I just followed the instructions on the packet and hoped for the best. I had to dye the dress twice though because the first time I clumsily made a noticeable black patch, oops. 

My favourite part of the dying process was washing out the dye afterwards - such cool splash patterns!

Moody witch looks 2k14 
Luring you into an alley in order to rob your wallet.
Hiding from the fashion police.
All photos taken by the lovely Opaline Queen. Makeup, styling and modelling by meeee! 

Shouts to Ivory Jar for lending me the amazing harness.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Hologram Angel

Does anyone else plan fancy dress outfits even though they have nowhere to wear them to? Is that weird? To be honest I'd totally wear this to a non-fancy dress event too.


  • Holographic Crop and Skater Skirt set from Etsy, £50.25
  • Silver Hologram Metallic Knee-High Boots from Overstock, £72.12
  • Small Feather Wings from Amazon, £6.82
  • Holographic Nail Polish from eBay, £1.89
  • Mint to Be Lipstick from LimeCrime, approx £10
  • Lava Lamp from Debenhams, £18