is it obvious i don't like twilight?

july 2010 elle, subscribers cover

july 2010 elle, newstand cover

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND

i have an undying love for elle magazine.
i've always bought it every month without fail and it has my full respect.

but this month that respect has somehow doubled after making kristen stewart look on some level glamorous! (extra kudos to anne-marie curtis - love her.)

how?

just... how?!

it's not that she's unattractive.

but it's hardly like she's in anyway attractive either!

and believe me, i've tried hard, on every level, to see her 'beauty'.

i know she doesn't have that conventional pretty look.

so i looked at her as edgy and grungy instead.

didn't work - in that case she just has greasy hair and resembles a boy.

i then of course looked to her personality, maybe she has a beautiful character?

no. she's just moody and cynical as far as i've seen, calling acting 'professional lying'.

reasons are therefore obvious as to why i thought kristen stewart was a strange choice for the front of this month's elle.

natalie portman, kylie minogue, kate winslet.

those are the kind of queens i want to see on the cover and then read about.

not some moody teenager from LA.

although this might just be because i don't like twilight.

despite all this, i will naturally look forward to july's issue popping through my letterbox in the next couple of days.

i can't believe i've just spent this whole post ranting,

what has come over me?!

i promise my next post will be sunnier :)

PD x
listening to: wait 'til you see my smile - alicia keys

images: photography by matthias viens mcgrath courtesy of uk elle magazine (via cocosteaparty.com)

a little mk

a reminder of how much i love her slash love rankin's portraiture


i also found this awesome snap of her in all black on a street corner surrounded by whole foods grocery bags - love this look.

how i wish i was an olsen!

PD x
listening to: dreams - fleetwood mac, a classic!
image: rankin.co.uk; cocosteaparty.com

breath-taking gowns galore @ cannes film fest

cate blanchett, leading lady of the new 'robin hood' remake, in alexander mcqueen

kate beckinsale in a frothy tulle marchesa gown

eva longoria-parker wore a trailing emilio pucci gown, coral drop earrings & a chic chignon hair-do

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the jennifer lopez shoot from this month's marie claire uk has to be featured. how b-e-a-utiful is this shot of her in this stunning mark fast dress?

mk olsen posted an adorable tweet recently:
'i always just have to try on the pretty jewellery before i put it away'

and with the above twitpic of her dainty hand in tons of elizabeth&james rings,

i love their originality!

PD x

listening to: cheater (demo) - michael jackson
images: elizabeth&james twitpic; marieclaireuk

identity

my heart skipped a beat when i checked out the amazing new designer sales on cocosa.com
i love all the hippy style we can expect for this summer
and you just HAVE to check out these beautiful boho treats:

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when i began making this dress, i loathed it!
and even when i'd finished it, i still didn't like it much.

but then i put my sister in the dress and took some photographs for my portfolio and these were the result - now i pretty much love it!

as my grandpa always said, "this girl would make a binbag look good!"

it's purely an artistic piece on the theme of identity so i perhaps won't be planning on wearing it!
it's just taught me to always use molly as my model if i want to cheat and make my clothes look good.

PD x