The Whole Lecture’s A Fashion Show!

Posted on October 23, 2011 by coco

There’s no such thing as a fashion student turning up to a lecture in an Abercrombie tracksuit. It just wouldn’t happen, unless Anna Wintour had been spotted rocking the get up days earlier (can you imagine?!). If it did ever happen the chances are that you’d end up with a Facebook page dedicated to your fashion faux pas (don’t believe me …?). So rather than subject myself to eternal international humiliation I scour blogs, magazines, newspapers and people on the street on a regular basis simply for early morning inspiration. If you’re anything like me you forget far too quickly what you have and what you don’t have in your wardrobe and I find that using these sources to inspire an outfit really helps to jog my memory of what I have lurking behind those wardrobe draws.

These are my favourite places to steal outfit ideas in order of my favs … let me know what you think?

1. Dolly Daydream (Facebook Page) Bit biased on this one …

2. The Sartorialist (Old Faithful)

3. Chictopia – Pick out the best, display them in their gallery, and ask their visitors to vote (available as an iPhone app which is a total god send first thing in the morning – quick fire inspiration!)

black Factorie shorts - dark gray Topshop boots - ivory Factorie cardigan

image: www.fashiondistraction.com

4. On The Racks – Like most blogs it’s starting to get a lot more commercial which is a shame because it’s a really great blog for inspiration! Stunning photography and absolutely beautiful editor!

Teal Blouse, Gold Lame Skirt, Snakeskin Clutch, Jean Michel Cazabat Booties - San Francisco Street Style and Fashion Blog

image: ontheracks.co.uk

5. The Scent of Obsession – Just OUTRAGEOUSLY Fabulous!!

Rinascimento, Sarenza.It, Chanel

image: thescentofobsession.com

CK xxx

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Kristin Davis Adoption: Liberating or Lost Cause?

Posted on October 21, 2011 by coco

Probably spend at least 90% of my time wondering how I’m going to live my life single and alone forever. Perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration, and a tad wishful thinking; I wish I had 90% of time to dedicate to such a worthless exercise (exaggerating there, I really don’t), but no matter how fruitless these thoughts may seem, think them I do. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to learn about the reasoning behind Kristin Davis recent child adoption.

Proud mother: Kristin Davis with her new adopted daughter Gemma

Usual Friday morning spent in Starbucks with my oldest, and most fabulous, best friend. Flicking through the pages of Grazia, after slating Bernie Ecclestons daughter (drip.) and Demi Moore (Demi, I don’t condone Ashtons ‘alleged’ bad bahaviour, but really, are you surprised?) we came to Kristin Davis. “Why has she adopted?” I ask, expecting an answer such as “re productively challenged” or “Refuses to form a baby bump” the usual celebrity crap. The last thing I expected, or wanted, to hear was that “she’s just never found Mr Right” followed by … “but she’s the happiest she’s ever been”. We’re currently being pushed into more Critical Thinking at Uni right now, so with my Critical Thinking head firmly on my shoulders I must ask, “say’s who?!” right before “where are the adoption papers …” may as well cut to the chase, I hear this adoption mallarky’s a long and slow process. Pass me a pen.

Although on a more optimistic note I’d rather be filling in adoption papers than divorce ones … Kim K?

Rings on show: While Kim Kardashian and her husband Kris Humphries are said to be headed for a divorce the couple were showing off their wedding rings as they left a restaurant in New York

CK xxx

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Prada or Pride

Posted on June 17, 2011 by coco

There’s nothing like pointing out the obvious; More Magazine have just tweeted about how they’ve just spoken to Elen Rivas and apparently she’s not at all happy about Frank and Christines engagement.

It’s got me wondering, what would be more cringe worthy Elen being overly enthusastic about the whole scenario and getting papped shopping for a hat (in which case I’d recommend using the Telgraph’s coverage of Ascot as inspiration starting point) eagerly anticipating her invite or slating him all over every national weekly gossip mags and using a fascinator to rake in the cash. In the fascintor doubling up as a rake scenario I’d like to suggest this one (man peeping up ladies skirt (bottom left hand corner) as an optional extra): 

But in all seriousness, what single woman is ever going to be happy after hearing ex-fiance is getting engaged? A prime example of how silence is golden. But we all know that just isn’t the Ex WAGS and SHAGS Way… is it Imogen Thomas. Prada or Pride … Prada or Pride.

Coco Kate

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The Glamorous Life of a Single Gal

Posted on June 12, 2011 by coco

The life of a single girl: glitzy, glamorous weekends in the city sipping champagne and dining out in exclusive restaurants. Yes? Not quite.

This weekend I was invited to a potato convention. It’s the sort of thing that you’d expect to be dragged along to when you’re trying to impress the parents at the start of a new relationship, when it turns out to be depressingly boring you sink yourself through endless bottles of Pinot and end up doing more damage to your rep than you would have done had you used the famous “I can’t make it I’m washing my hair” excuse.

However despite expecting to be stood in a field (I took my Hunters as a precaution) I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be more of a social gathering in a marquee with lots of homemade curry, chilli con carne, lasagne and hundreds of delicious homemade cakes. There was also lots of wine however my driving duties would not permit so I stuck to the Lemo after one plastic cup full of Rose. Ah yes, the glamorous life of a single gal …

CK xxx

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Lost YSL Shoes Will Pay Good Money For Their Safe Return

Posted on June 2, 2011 by coco

So after losing the will to live queuing up for Cloud 23, losing our dignity in Rev’s, and then losing it again, at least three times over, in Panacea I decided that losing all of these non-tangible attributes was, quite frankly, for losers and I’m much cooler than that. So I decided to lose my YVES SAINT LAURENT TRIBUTES, (a generous twenty-first birthday gift from the hand waving EX) and with them my will to live, IN. A. TAXI. IN. A. TAXI.

So after a few days mourning the loss of not just a pair of shoes (as much as I hate to admit this, given the root of their existence, there was a certain degree of sentimentality built into these jaw dropping patent pumps) I decided to take a trip to Harvey Nichols.

Imagine that you’ve just split up from the love of your life and your friend takes you to a male-dominated bar, full of hot, sexy young men; despite their gorgeousness (I didn’t even realise that this was a word, however Word has failed to correct me …) none of them compare to the man that you’ve just lost in a taxi. A trip to Harvey Nichols has never been so heartbreaking in all of my life.

So if you live in the Manchester area, happened to take a ride in a taxi around 2am, and found a pair of Grey Yves Saint Laurent Platform Pumps in Patent Grey, do a distressed, deeply upset gal a favour and send them back home. They’re deeply, deeply missed. CASH REWARD FOR SAFE RETURN.

Coco Kate xx

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