Pink makes the boys wink

Ugh... I don't know what is wrong with me recently, I'm getting so.... so.... so GIRLY! I am sooooo excited about the launch of Laura Ashley's collaboration with Uniqlo.  As a child of the 80s I spent a lot of time being dressed in long, floaty, ruffley, frilly, ribbony princess dresses by my mum, she just adored Laura Ashley (aspirations above her station to be honest but if ever there was an era for a bit of social climbing that era was the 80s).

 This is probably why now I tend to favour an androgynous or gamine tomboy kind of look now.  But all of a sudden I'm getting all hot and bothered about pink and florals.  I blame the lack of sunshine.

This t-shirt is coming to a wardrobe near me soon (6th Feb) to be worn with pastel trousers and as much acid yellow as I can find.

Think Pink

My new found obsession with pink for the upcoming season is becoming so overwhelming that even my terminally fashion unaware boyfriend commented 'you're really into pink at the minute aren't you' which is a level of observation previously unknown.  My newest bubblegum crush are these babies

I'm picturing them with  rolled up jeans, pastel cashmere and my boy's over coat or alternatively with black opaques and a little black mini dress.

I WANT!!!

W.E or M.E M.E M.E?

I  love Arianne Philips' work.  A Single Man was styling elevated to art, her recreation of June Carter's look in Walk the Line made my heart go howdy and Andrea Riseborough's costumes in W.E have to be seen to be believed... but if today's Oscar nomination leads to a win on the big night I can just imagine Madonna trampling long time fash pal Arianne to the ground as she runs to collect the statuette babbling about how she stitched every last seam herself with her freaky, veiny monkey-talons.  Ugh.

 Anyway, to take your mind off that, here's a gorgeous picture of the most stylish king-stealing upstart of all time, Wallis herself.

Drool... This lady gave seriously good collar, eat your heart out Alexa Chung!

Still it is reassuring to know that even one of the most stylish women of the 20th century had an occasional 'circle of shame' moment... even if this is one of the most inventive methods of covering your nipples on a frosty morning I've ever seen

"David Darling, they'll never suspect we are international peanut smugglers now"

"Well done Wallis, but what I really want to know is can you spin those badboys?"

Chanel Joins the Mile High Club

Wow.... From the sleek sophistoluxe lines of the outfits to the picture perfect plane interior set,  Chanel's whole runway show today appeared to be some kind of Avant Garde protest against ABC's alleged cancellation of trolley dolly drama Pan-Am.

Could it be Karl's balls that Miss Ricci is so smug about having in her tote?

Justify My Love

The ubercute Paddington Bear style bags produced by The Cambridge Satchel Company are almost ubiquitous accessories amongst bloggers.  With their wide range of colours including neons and metallics and their collaboration with high street fashionista one-stop-shop Urban Outfitters they can help anyone add an easy dash of eccentric British schoolgirl chic to their look.  Personally I'm partial to a satchel but it's the sleeker simpler lines of The Music Bag that truly sets my fashion pulse racing and this season I am lusting after this candy pink bag...

Ok, so the bags are well made from good quality leather and thereby a worthy investment BUT this colour is so of the moment I can't justify this purchase to myself in those terms... except my wardrobe consisting mainly of autumn/winter colours - navy, mustard, burgandy and grey - could really do with a splash of colour to bring it up to date and this would definitely be a better use of cash than blowing my pennies on a pile of pallor draining pastels in Primark...

What I really need is a sugar (pink) daddy to take the decision out of my hands!

Beauty Review - L'Oreal Sublime Mousse

Having been blonde for quite a while now I have decided to give into the siren call of red hair once again and hit the bottle.  As I spent at least half my teenage pocket money on Wella Colour Mousses I was quite excited to try the Sublime Mousse which I bought in Flaming Copper.  


Once mixed the dye comes out of the pump action bottom as a nice light foam but this becomes liquid far too quickly, soaking in to the hair almost immediately.  I was surprised by how tricky this then became to spread, instead of the normal section by section colour application the instructions recommended massaging the foam into your hair gently like a shampoo, but this just was not possible!


So now I'm a little torn,  the application and coverage was awful but the colour is so pretty I think I am willing to risk giving it a second chance.  Next time I will treat this as a standard home dye and apply section by section rather than attempting the application as advised. Hopefully it won't turn out like this again.....

I like it - what do you think?

Disclaimer: Image is for representation purposes only.  The 'used to be with' It Girl would like to clarify that Geri Halliwell is not, and has never been, a With It Girl.