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This Tom Binns silver-plated Swarovski crystal safety pin necklace looks kind of familiar…
Except mine’s more interesting, ha.

I'd been wanting to see it for ages and finally watched it tonight. At first I thought (and tweeted): the perfect romantic comedy. It didn’t follow the lame mainstream chick flick structure; it was exactly what I’d hoped it would be.
Then I thought: yes, it was good and it was different… but exactly in the way I expected. The film wasn’t full of usual rom com clichés, but it had plenty of those that cute indie films have. Refreshing (if you’re used to mainstream), but not surprising.

I don't mind that she decided to wear a dress that had LED lights in it. Fine, I lie, I actually applaud it. But it's everything else about the dress that I don't like. It just looks like a bunch of melted marshmallows stuck together. And such an amount of them is enough to make anyone sick. Even multicoloured lights can't save that.

I like Alexa. And I like Phillip Lim (who designed her outfit). And I like the idea of going in the masculine direction when everyone else is wearing predictably similar dresses. And I like it when ribbon is worn as a tie.
But there is just something wrong with this outfit. I’m guessing the trousers. And/or the braces. I’m not a big fan of the shoes either. But good effort.

The dress is interesting and quite lovely, but I wish she’d have left the gloves home. And the blue eye makeup is just all kinds of wrong with this look. Pictures from justjared.buzznet.com

Chloë Sevigny looks a bit underdressed, but the dress is cute and quirky and I’d actually love to own it. To wear on a much less formal occasion, though.

Watching pictures from The Coachella Festival made me really want summer. And to go to a big music festival (I’ve never been to any!). But the outfits weren’t very inspiring. Ray-Bans, fedoras, hippie dresses, short shorts with boots – even on the best dressed lists most people looked the same. (Then again, what was I expecting from a music festival held in the middle of a desert?)
Out of the celebrity looks I only liked Katy Perry’s and Solange Knowles' (from the neck up mainly).
And Agyness Deyn looked alright, I suppose. I do like her new haircut. Here are some nice looks from random festival goers:
Pictures from socialitelife.celebuzz.com x3, style.com x3

Agyness Deyn recently launched her first design collection I Am By Agyness Deyn for Barneys Green in Japan. I for one am disappointed. It’s almost as bad as Emma Watson’s line for People Tree. By bad I mean boring, because what's worse than boring? And while you could expect something like that from a goody two-shoes like Emma, I believed that Aggy was capable of more. I mean, look at her quirky style: I don’t see the point in creating a line of clothing that looks completely safe and average. Example:

This is not a design as such, is it? It’s just a shirt. It’s not her. It’s not anyone really. If you’re gonna do something, do it your way. Do something new, something different. That’s my philosophy anyway. That’s why I never get the same haircut or colour twice and why I barely have any regular shoes, jeans and shirts. What’s the point in spending my money on boring clothes when I could get several sparkly bracelets or massive earrings for the same amount? Not the most practical approach to money, or indeed life, but so far I’ve got by just fine.

Pictures from tokyofashion.com, vogue.co.uk x3, popchampagne.blogspot.com x3, agynessdeyn-online.blogspot.com x7, vogue.co.uk

This Lanvin dress is gorgeous and I love the diamond roses by Stephen Russell. The only thing that annoys me is that her Neil Lane hair clip doesn’t really match the rose brooches on her dress. But I know me and my neuroses are most likely at fault here.

I first saw her Atelier Versace dress from the side and thought, this silver hedgehog on her shoulder is a strange choice, but I don’t hate it. It’s actually pretty interesting.
Then I saw that she has another one crawling on her hip, and that’s one too many for my liking. The dress itself is gorgeous though.

This dress is too shiny and interesting for me to be able to say a bad word about it. I’m not too sure about the shoes though. They’re a bit “Help! Somebody please untie me before the pirates return!” I think she should have chosen more futuristic chains to go with this dress.
Pictures from justjared.buzznet.com

I did my French presentation today. The subject could be anything as long as it was somehow connected to France, so I chose haute couture.
I think I managed to pull the attention away from the fact that I had almost none of my text by heart and the presentation didn’t fill an entire ten minutes, not even after I stuck this video at the end, by choosing a subject so thoroughly interesting. At least for two people in the room.
When I’d finished the teacher asked why I'd chosen this subject and I explained how amazing I find haute couture, that it’s so much more than just fashion, that it’s art. Then we talked about differences between couture and prêt-a-porter and high street fashion. Then she asked what my favourite fashion house is and I said that when it comes to haute couture, of course Dior is the best with its incredible creations. And that the couture line of Chanel, for example, is too wearable, too simple, almost like normal clothes. Then she revealed that Chanel is in fact her favourite and that she thinks that John Galliano is a crazy person. I said that haute couture is all about original one-of-a-kind pieces and that at least he always keeps things interesting.
Then she turned to the rest of the class who had been sitting quietly this whole time, and asked what their favourite maison de haute couture is. In a tone that suggested that every normal person obviously has one. Some people mumbled something based on the photos I’d shown, and then she jumped to the computer, allowing me to return to my seat.
She showed us the works of her favourite designers Vanessa Bruno and Isabel Marant. And some of the pieces from their collections made her sigh, “Oh! C’est trop belle!” and that she needs to fly to France and buy them immediately. But honestly, I wasn’t that impressed. Still, it was truly an educational lesson!
The next post will be about haute couture. I’ll make a summary of my presentation, in English. You might know all that it includes already, but I sure didn’t, and I really want to show you all these gorgeous outfits I found while researching.
Talking about gorgeous outfits, here are some pictures from the A/W 2010 haute couture shows of Dior and Chanel. Just to prove my earlier point and show you that the teacher isn’t always right.

Christian Dior Couture:
Stunning, right?

Chanel HC: