It's all because...

...we live our lives in fashion.

read the dress...

My sister, Molly wears : dress - made by me ; black patent heels - new look ; fake pearls - topshop ; anchor neck scarf - primark

This is the result of my AS textiles coursework project. I made the dress from scratch and the inspiration was from tartan obsessed Vivienne Westwood, Tracey Emin and the significance of the fashion industry.... (sincerely don't suggest you take that on as a project topic - bottomless pit!)

As soon as i cut the last loose thread I put the dress on my sister and snapped these pictures of her in my garden.

Next week i'm onto the next dress... OH yes. The joys of AS exam stress.

PD x

ps. Apparently the UK's gonna have a long, hot summer, whey! This calls for extreme summer shopping. ASOS.com here i come...

listening to: stephen fretwell - new york

Unlikely Icon.

Gucci, Fall 09

Boy George

I think i missed something... either that or I'm about 30 years in the future.
Maybe this means we'll be wearing coloured ropes and ribbons in our hair! I'm up for that.

listening to: Halo - Beyonce

'The New Modesty'

Long gone are the days where we stare at a snapshot of Lily Donaldson strutting down the D&G catwalk in head-to-toe tartan and think ‘That? Really?’ and proceed to desperately try and conform to a maddening trend. Let’s be honest: there’s only so much clueless-Mum-In-Law-at-the-Scottish-wedding one can stylishly get away with.

Yes. The times are a-changing and following the recent London Fashion Week it’s clear that your regular fashion house can no longer afford to send blindingly elaborate attire down the catwalk – the global recession has officially taken its toll on fashion planet.

So what does this mean? Well, for us that are deprived of throw-away money (aka everyone normal), we can ACTUALLY chuck on a white t-shirt and leggings and not feel like regular victims of the Primark Sale rail. In the modern day, this makes us have taste. Hoorah!

If you just can’t consider it, then get on to some websites (I recommend www.style.com) and witness the catwalk colour deficiency and the complete lack of print and pattern.

However, if you just can’t manage the thought and need some sheer brazen up-ness in your style life then look into Kenzo and Blumarine who shone in this season’s Fashion Week and clearly didn’t let the economic climate swallow their ingenuity.

I’d personally take style advice from the experts whilst we can, when such a thing doesn’t empty our bank accounts. And with Karl Lagerfeld, overseer of creative direction at both Chanel and Fendi, dubbing it as ‘the new modesty’, you can’t really go wrong. ‘We are entering a phase of reality fashion’, he declared. ‘Bling is over.’


























'The New Modesty' at Fendi
























A minimalist LWD at Giorgio Armani

listening to: T-Shirt(Remix) - Shontelle ft. The Dream

tweet?

Seriously... how cool are these?

Infact the whole McQueen skeletal collection is ironically good looking.










And where is twitter in my life?? The college network keeps flashing 'access denied' in my face... annoyinngg





twitter.com/georgiatakacs... for those of you who can social network as you please... damn you.


I'm really feeling the need for some wise words from Mr. Karl Lagerfeld(That's right... the big guy tweets :) ... how sweet!).

GO AWAY TOPSHOP.

I took an impulsive lunchtime stroll around Topshop on Friday... and (surprise surprise) i walked out with a dress and three hairbands... really weren't essentially needed in the grand scale of things. And eventhough i did bound back in to college with a beaming grin on my face at the utter joy of some new beautiful things, i do now realise that it ate in to my fund for this Summer. Lord help me.

Benicassim ticket : £175
Return Flight to Valencia: £250 .. And going up at about a tenner a day...

At richer times i could have cheered myself up with these...
And yes, they're from Topshop. (sshh.)



listening to lucky soul - ain't never been cool

Fashion on TOAST.

For my sunday breakfast...

















............http://www.fashiontoast.com/ - CHECK IT OUT NOW.


The gorgeous girls, Caroline and Camilla, got me reading this cool cool blog and gosh is it ever addictive...

With some beautiful photography, oh-so-chic styling and splashes of fashion advice from Rumi herself.. what's not to love?

The way the editor mixes vintage and designer, individuality and commercialism is really spot on. And after reading her lastest post, that Mary Quant black velvet skirt i almost threw out doesn't seem like such a bad idea!

It's a blog you've just got to follow. And when you're done reading, check out her endless list of other fashion blogs you can check out.

Doesn't look like that English essay is getting done today... I'm tracking down a pair of those Sam Edelman boots...



















.............Note To Self: Actually USE your gym membership (woah.) and achieve legs like those of Rumi's ... I'll start using it again on Monday... (maybe.)

EGYPTOMANIAC.

You'll be proudly claiming yourself as one of these after you check out this new, elaborate micro-trend that Spring 2009 has in store for us.

Forget Anglomania this season... it’s time for the royalty of Egypt to rise again and take to the streets. Hieroglyphics are the new tartan. Ropes are the new leather accessories. Giant gems are the new oversized pearls. This season we’re to forget big bold pieces and pay more attention to elegant detail.

Autumn/Winter saw us parading the streets in head to toe tartan a la Westwood. The colour palette was small. Neutral greys, browns and slick, chic black occupied our wardrobes. Well it’s now time to clock an extra 1000 years in the flux capacitor, break all colour boundaries and look like a walking tomb of ancient riches.

Think lavish gold and silver; turquoise with forest green; royal blue and metallic bronze.

Still need convincing? Then just take a look at what this season’s catwalks were effortlessly teeming with. Hemlines were high, necklines were embellished and limbs were weighed down. Zac Posen tainted models with bank busting bejewelled accessories with gigantically glamorous earrings. Elegant, arm hugging gold cuffs were seen at Ralph Lauren. ‘Nefertiti Chic’ empowered hairstyles at Christian Dior with sleek, ornate top knots and crimped detailing.

But how, you say, do I achieve the 'look'? Well here are the key pieces you need:

• The Gold Dress (try http://www.fashionspace.com/shop/view/17507/)
• An Embellished Neckline
• Bejewelled Heels (check out these Jimmy Choos: http://www.fashionspace.com/shop/view/8269/)
• The Rope Belt (try this statement version: http://www.fashionspace.com/shop/view/17068/)
• As many gems that your body may carry. (try these http://www.fashionspace.com/shop/view/17507/)

As for beautifying, it really couldn’t be simpler: Tie up that hair, Slick on the black liquid eyeliner and bronze those cheeks. It’s time to really Walk Like An Egyptian.

A Contemporary Cleopatra at Zac Posen
Photo: Marcio Madiera

Nefertiti-Chic Ornate Top-Knots at Christian Dior
Photo: Greg Kessler