Boating

Well a straw hat!  This is what me and Frankie wore to go to Liberty Sale a couple of weeks

 back to get the Celine shoes in the sale - already loved and well worn!  x

Celine wedges, bag, skirt and cuff, 

Market hat, Zara Blouse

DIY - Breaking News

Not my forte but (i think!) even i could attempt these - soooo cool!!

(True Love!!)

Straight from the menswear shows courtesy of Streetfsn

Clutch Bags - the Options !

I loove a clutch bag but are they the easiest - i mean how to hold - when to wear - oooh the decisions!

The its so precious clutching it to my breast Clutch

( Balenciaga)

The is it a clutch but i am holding it as such Clutch

(Louis Vuitton)

The I have a handle so I am an easy clutch Clutch

(Prada)

How do you wear your clutch?? and do you wear it in the day ?? x

Images Vogue.com

Big Blue Sunnies

What a top weekend - the sun shone and shone and shone !  Boating with friends in Hyde Park -
a date with Mr Fashion and Frank - it was all just top!

Now i would love to post the pics i took but in my hurry to return to the country I left the camera in London.  So you will have to put up with a post I prepped a couple of weeks ago the last time the sun came out to play!

 I was so delirious with joy i put on a very large, very blue, very old pair of sunglasses!  These are not my normal more sophisticated inoffensive choice but hey i always go with the fashion flow! 

Top Fashion tip - a twilly to hold up your jeans if they grow or you shrink!

J Crew Shirt, Hermes twilly, Notify jeans, Celine Bag, Old DVB glasses

Christopher Kane Resort

Uno más que se une a la tendencia de colores brillantes es Christopher Kane, el diseñador muestra su colección Resort para este año, en la que predominan colores neones con brillos y cortes muy rectos.

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Helena Bonham Carter for Marc Jacobs

Helena Bonham Carter in the new campaign for Marc Jacobs.

Wanna be in my gang!

Now this is Teddy Boy Chic I can relate to! 

And then Teddy Boy meets Glam Rock and i wanna be in your gang x

 
Fashion felicitations for the weekend xo

Dolce and Gabanna Fall campaign - images Fashion Gone Rogue

Peter Davis Interview

I once read that the life you dream, someone is already living it. Could it be Peter Davis the life I want to live? Perhaps. At a very young age Peter got his first paying job writing for Vogue, he was 22. In less than a year he was already writing for Vanity Fair as well. His passion for fashion has led him to become a very succesfull man and an Upper East Sider like no one. So classy, so elegant, so Peter. Nowadays as Editor in Chief of Avenue Magazine I interviewed him to tell us more about what does fashion represent in his life, his favorite latin american designers and why fashion needs less celebrities and more Naomis.

Fashion and About: What is your first memory in terms of fashion?
Peter Davis: My mother used to buy me APC clothing for Christmas when I was about 10. I became obsessed with dressing "French" and wearing lots of black which made me stand out on the Upper East Side where I grew up surrounded by my fellow preppy WASPs. I've always known what I like when it comes to clothes and can walk into a store and find what I want in about five minutes flat.

F&A: I once read your first job in fashion was writing for Vogue at age 22. How was writing for them at a very young age?
PD: My first article for Vogue was on Birkenstocks which Marc Jacobs had brought back into fashion. I compared the sandals to Jesus Christ and Fred Flintstone which got lots of angry letters from religious Vogue readers, but my Vogue editor loved that the piece caused a stir. I was a painting major so I didn't know how to type - I paid a secretary to type the article on a computer for me.

F&A: How do you become editor in chief of Avenue Mag?
PD: I started by launching the website AVENUEinsider.com and a few months later I was made Editor in Chief. I love being the Editor of Avenue as we are focusing on who and what is next, while not losing our core audience on the Upper East Side. People say Avenue seems younger now, but I think everyone these days lives a younger life - people who are 50 live as if they are 30.

F&A: What does fashion and clothes represent in your life?
PD: Clothes are a way to express how you feel and I love getting dressed every morning and then again to go out at night. I have pretty much had the same style since I was a teenager - punk meets preppy. Fashion is important because the way people dress says a lot about the mood of society at that moment in time. I am also a bit of a shopaholic and have  so many shoes that I really should become friends with Imelda Marcos.

F&A: Is there anything you hate or would like to be change in fashion?
PD: I'd like to see much less focus on celebrities on the covers of style magazines and more models. There needs to be a re-birth of the supermodel era - girls like Chanel Iman and Jessica Stam are primed to be personalities and not just catwalk and campaign mannequins. Too many fashion magazines look like InStyle: a movie star dressed up in clothes by a stylist that she would never wear. Bring back the Naomis and Lindas and Ambers!

F&A:What are the 5 musts in a man´s closet.
PD: A black tie, preferably made by a tailor (mine is the genius Timothy Everest in London), a pair of cool evening slippers by Stubbs & Wotton (I have a few pairs but my leopard print ones go with shorts, jeans and black tie), sunglasses by either Oliver Peoples or Cutler & Gross (one can never have too many shades), anything by Michael Bastian who finally won his much deserved CFDA award - a plaid dinner jacket I have by Michael is my favorite piece of clothing and finally a black sweater - APC makes great ones - it is the "little black dress" for dudes - a black sweater goes with everything and never goes out of style.


F&A: What do you think of designers from Latin America?
PD: I love all of Latin America and have been to Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and also love the work of Christian Cota, Carlos Campos and so many other Latin American design stars who are also friends.

F&A: Do you know anything about mexican designers?
PD: I've been to Mexico many times and feel so at home there. I'd love to see more of the work of Manuel Cuevas, Eduardo Lucero and Mario Moya.

F&A: And last, can you give any advice for the young people that want to become a fashion editor?
PD: Always be nice to everyone from the Editor in Chief to the receptionist. You never know who will end up where and being friendly to people makes work and life so much easier and more fun. And just start at the bottom and work your way up with hard work. I began as a high school intern at Paper. I had blue hair and wore combat boots every day. And Paper's founders Kim Hastreiter and David Hershkowitz discovered me. I would never be an Editor in Chief if they had not encouraged me to write and then they gave me my own column in the magazine right after I graduated from Bennington College as a painting major. I didn't know how to type but in less than a year I had written for Vogue and Vanity Fair so I could not have asked for better mentors.

Follow Peter in twitter: @PeterDavisNYC

Shoes!

Comfy shoes!

Tim Blanks in Prada

We have seen this shirt in Grace Coddington and Bryanboy, but Tim Blanks seems to like it as well.

Burberry

I´m loving the details in Burberry´s last collection.

Style this Fall

When i started this blog i did it to meet others who wish to discuss my favorite leisure topic - 

fashion and style in all its forms and of course my love of our favourite fashion friend the pooch!

  

We all have styles that we are familiar with and feel relaxed in - 

a side effect of my blogging has been that i have been exposed to so many different expressions 

of style that it has made me more and more willing to experiment. 

 I am more classic in my style particularly when it comes to colour and pattern - 

being a brit - black and grey are winter staples!  Well this winter i am bringing it all out of the closet - 

mixing, matching and accesorising to the nth - or at least in my fantasy fashion head i will be - 

you will all be my witness as to what i finally achieve!  

The Story below is utterly inspirational in my new found fashion endeavours xx

Interview Magazine June/July 2011

Images courtesy of Fashion Gone Rogue

Prada Fall 11

The new campaign of Prada for Fall 2011 by Steven Meisel.

Inspector Gadget

Now i call these a columbo mac but had a comment that made me smile so from now on it will be an

inspector gadget mac!  Again the weather was pretty pants - here's hoping for better this week! x

Top Cos, Jeans old Notify, Mac Golden Goose, Old Chloe Bag, Austrian Hat,

Chloe wedges Net a Porter Sale, Necklace as seen recently Liberty! x

Susan Tabak

If there is someone that can represent the word "chic" in person is she. Susan Tabak, one of the first in Fashion to start tweeting in the shows what was happening on the runways at the moment. She is pioneer and was named the #1 twitereer in fashion shows. Also, now as CEO of SusanTabak.com is launching her first fragance, in order to become an entrepreneur. You can easily find her in the best boutiques of Paris, or partying with Bryanboy, she is just the kind of person you want to be. I find Susan a very passionate woman that really embrace what the word fashionista means. She tell us what is the most memorable experiencie she ever had during all this years of fashion. Find out more in this interview.

Fashion and About:  How did you start to get involved in the fashion industry?
Susan Tabak: I've always loved fashion, but my business began about 10 years ago when I started Paris Personal Shopper, taking clients on shopping trips to Paris. Then I wrote a book called CHIC IN PARIS, which became an international success. It's been an an evolution–one thing leading to another–to the point where I'm now the CEO of SusanTabak.com, a growing, global media company.

F&A How important is fashion in your life?
ST: What can I say? I love fashion and never tire of it!

F&A: Define style.
ST: Style is about personal expression. Don't be a fashion victim–stay true to yourself.

F&A: What inspires you when choosing your outfits?
ST: I love to travel so most of my inspiration comes from shopping in other countries.

F&A: What is the best thing about fashion?
ST: One of the best things about fashion is how your choice of what to wear really affects how you present yourself, and how people perceive you. Your clothes are the first thing people see. And I love discovering new designers who see things differently. I'm always looking for the exceptional.

F&A: Which has been the most memorable experiencie for you in all these years of attending fashion shows?
ST: Probably the most memorable experience was attending John Galliano's last show.

F&A: You were a pioneer on Twitter to write about what was happening on the catwalks at the moment. What made you start tweeting at the fashion shows?
ST: Yes, I was named the #1 fashion twittierer by the London Times. I love sharing what I see with my readers and followers–and with Twitter, it's instantaneous! My followers love it.

F&A: Tell us about your fragance and how you decided to launch it?
ST: My fragrance came about through a chance encounter. I met the owner of Quintessence Paris at a cocktail reception for Claude Lalanne candles in New York. She and I hit it off, met again in Paris and decided to work together to create a fragrance. It's been a fabulous partnership.

F&A: What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear Mexico? Do you know anything about Mexican fashion?
ST: I've only been to Mexico once, and that was a long time ago–but I'm going back this October for a wedding. I really don't know much about the country's fashion industry, but would love to learn.

F&A: To finish–what advice can you give to young people who want to become fashion designers?
ST: My advice to young designers is to always follow your passion. That's what I've done, and it's been rewarding. Hard work pays off!

Follow Susan in Twitter : @Susan_tabak

B B B Balenciaga!!

I truly love you!! x

Balenciaga Resort 2012 - images Style.com