Necklace Dreams

It has been a very busy run up to Christmas for me with a lot of work and some incredibly early call times. But in between my lust for jewellery has found time to look through net-a-porter’s necklace section and come up with some very un recession priced jewellery. These pieces can go on my perpetual Christmas Wish List and hopefully, when I’ve made my millions in the fashion business, I can pick up some of these lovely things.

I love this statement piece from Erickson Beamon, the swarovski crystals are beautifully folded onto the gunmetal chain. I like the irregularity of the three shapes, almost as if they are scrumpled. £785

I always like multi chain necklaces, this one from Lanvin is £765. It is a little bit ghetto and I think you would have to be careful what you wear with it so that it looks theatrical rather than tacky, but I think on a simple t-shirt this does look great.

I love this short Giambattista Valli geometric piece, £550. The mix of gold and mirrored silver looks great, it’s satisfyingly chunky with a setting of big jagged teeth, making it almost  like armour.

As I said before multi-strand necklaces are always something that draw my eye and this one from Oscar de la Renta, for a mere £1,405, is lovely. The bronzey amber stones would go so well with a multitude of colours and I like that it looks like a vintage piece of jewellery, some family heirloom that could be passed down from mother to daughter to mother to daughter….to me.

I have featured this design in the earring form on my ‘Wish List’ before, but this dramatically long pendant reminds me of all those reasons I loved it before. Roberto Cavalli’s crystal piece is sharp and dangerous looking. I love the flash of blue, almost like the irridescence of a beetle’s casing. £550

And finally not only a ridiculously priced piece of jewellery, but also a pretty insane shape as well. Aurélie Bidermann’s 18karat gold collar is quite a statement and potentially a health hazard too, but I love it. It looks powerful and has a hint of S&M to it. It’s crazy, but you know you’d want to go talk to the girl that had it on! As I said, crazy price though. £9,750

Source: net-a-porter

Can You Guess Where I Was?

I was working on a job yesterday, my last before Christmas, but can you guess where it was? That wall should be pretty familiar, specially for an Oscar winner.

Cover Try

This cover is taken from Numero China’s December edition and shows a sexy Doutzen Kroes in Louis Vuitton, shot by Tiziano Magni. I like how simple this cover’s lay out is, just a hat and not much other styling. It works well because of the different textures on the hat, the contrast against her skin, and because the make-up is strong and her face so focused. She looks like a classy call girl disguised as a bellboy. It’s a highlight from the December cover offerings.

Fashion getting it Seriously WRONG

These pictures are taken from Vogue Italy ‘Body by Kloss’, shot by Steven Meisel.  They have been circling the internet for a while now and each time I see them I get more and more incensed! The model, Karlie Kloss,  is nineteen years old and is offically hitting the big time, but for me these shots are promoting a totally negative body image. Having worked with Karlie myself over a year ago I can tell you she was not this thin then and was a lovely sweet girl to work with. It looks as though she has since lost weight and l feel she should not have walked for Victoria Secrets this year as I thought she looked far too thin for VS ‘curvy’ girl type. Surely no one believes these photos promote the next ‘Body’, that coveted title given to Elle Macpherson all those years ago? If this is the body that we should be impressed by in 2011, then I could never eat a normal meal again. To suggest that jutting hipbones and a pronounced ribcage is the sexy new look just fuels the condemnation of the fashion industry’s presumed obsession with the scarily thin. The rest of the editorial, showing a laughing relaxed Kloss fully clothed, is so much sexier and more relatable to as a young woman, so why mix them with the more naked images. Is this a shoot about her body or a fashion story?  Of course a lot of the stark angles on her body are accentuated by the lighting and no doubt there has been a certain amount of retouching to create all the shadow, but in a way isn’t that worse? This isn’t beautiful, artistic or fashion forward.  These images have been found on pro anorexic websites and Vogue Italy have had to remove some of the pictures from their website. Franca Sozzani who campaigns against these websites should have been aware that this editorial is no help.

Source: Fashionologie

The Countdown to Christmas begins….

Two days into December already (I’ve been busy shooting about which more to later).  Happy Christmas Month, I hope everyone’s not too stressed with festivity planning and present buying.