Lanvin for H&M...TOMORROW!

Tomorrow is the day we've all been waiting for! Fashionista's all over are ready...oh yes its the launch of Lanvin for H & M!

 With cute tee's, stunning dresses and fabulous shoes the collection is guaranteed to be SOLD OUT. So start queuing ladies... miss it and you'll definitely miss out! xxx

X Factor Fashion Week 7

Week 7 of the the X factor and we're down to the final 7! This week was Beatles week and unfortunately Dannii lost her 3rd boy; Paige. I'm not the biggest Paige fan but I am outraged that somebody with actual talent has been booted off AGAIN and the Brazilian pervert Wagner is still in. I can still see the funny side of keeping Wagner in but is getting to the point where he needs to go before any of my favourites are kicked off!

Got to shout out to Katie and her hair cut - LOVE IT

 Shes gone from Gaga wannabe to a Classy looking tinker-bell - That is a step up for sure!

Style Showdown

Saturday

Love Love Love this dress Cheryl! The straight hair is definitely a good look!

Brown, long and ill-fitting. What were you thinking Dannii? On the plus side the hair and make up looked LUSH!

Sunday

This Grecian Bodyamr dress oozes elegance but Cheryl had to go on ruin it by taking hairstyle tips from Whitney in EastEnders... Trying to go back to you Council Estate roots Miss. C?

Another beautiful black dress from Ms Minogue... but so so so boring!

Cheryl's dress on Saturday is my favourite of the weekend for sure! Her gown on Sunday was fabulous if only her hair was too! Cheryl seriously needs to re-evaluate her hair stylist. Last week Minnie Mouse and this week a Chav?!

Dannii this week you were a bit of a let down - Cheryl's still in the lead at 4-2! 

X Factor Fashion - week 6

Sorry for the delay guys! As you can probably see from my previous post, the last few days have been CRAZY!

Let's cut to the chase.

Katie was in the bottom 2 AGAIN. Simon made the wrong decision AGAIN. And Aiden was booted off!

As it was my first fashion show this weekend I was unable to watch the episodes so my judgement on the outfits is purely at a glance!

Saturday

Danni looks like a Grecian Goddess in this Carla Zampatti gown. 

Cheryl shines in this gold Roberto Cavalli column dress.

Sunday

Cheryl aka Minnie Mouse. Enough said.

Leopard-print Emilia Wickstead jersey dress and Christian Louboutin pumps are a bit cas but Dannii still looks good!

Saturday night was a good night for out 2 lovely ladies. Both looked fabulous in their gowns. However Sunday was a different story all together, Cheryl's Mrs. Mouse look does not work and although Dannii did look a bit under dressed, she has proved sometimes simplicity works! The points in week 6 go to Danni so its 3 - 2 to Cheryl but Dannii is definitely back in the game!

xxx

Bella a la Mode's First Fashion Show - The Royal Court Hotel Wedding Exhibition

Its 5 in the morning and my alarm goes off - but it doesn't matter as I've been awake since 4am. Its the day of the Royal Court Hotels wedding exhibition and I'm styling the show!

Weeks of preparation in the run up to this one day. Casting models, choreographing, choosing music, picking outfits and matching jewellery. All for 4 minutes and 30 seconds on the catwalk!

I was given the opportunity to style and organise a fashion show showcasing the evening collection of Indian designer Arinder Bhuller. Arinder won the award for Best Wedding Collection at this years IAFA awards.

Her use of eastern design mixed with modern silhouettes is truly inspiring. After seeing many Asian fashion shows with similar concepts I wanted to create something different, with a western couture feel. I decided to go for a Gothic yet glamorous look with a GaGa-esque touch with the make-up. The beautiful and gifted Ritika Kher was the make-up artist for the show. Her creativity when putting together the looks was uniquely astounding - this Girl has an imagination like no other!

Together we were able to bring the vision to life, accessorizing the bold outfits with lace, pearls and lots of bling. Choosing an instrumental version with backing vocals of Lady Gaga's Pokerface was the perfect sound for the models to strut their stuff too (remix done by the super talented DJ Rugrat)

With the help of my amazing team (big shout out to Jasmin Patel, Rammah Sharma and Ashni Parikh) the show was an amazing success :-)

For more pics check out:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=48756&id=272900714&l=9122487cbf

Videos and professional pics will be here soon xxx

X Factor Fashion Week 5

Forget X Factor, Kylie Minogue has the SEX Factor...The 42 year old Australian looked FLAMIN' hot last night as she performed on the results show. Her beautiful Christian Louboutins sparkled on stage and even nearly managed to distract us from her slip up!

Matt was by far the star of the show this weekend, his beautiful version of 'The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face' had everybody gob smacked and in tears! Definitely deserved the standing ovation from all 4 judges!

Cheryl chickened out of choosing between Katie and Treyc as both of her acts were in the bottom two! Treyc was the 5th to be kicked off as Louis and Simon both chose to save Katie. 

Cheryl may have lost one of her girls but does she win this weeks points in the Style Showdown....?

Saturday

Dannii looks like a Christmas tree bauble in the this gold unflattering Philip Armstrong dress

Cheryl in her fail safe black...Again. This Pucci dress is hot but not too sure about the head gear!

Sunday

YES YES YES! love this asymmetrical gold Bodyamr dress on Cheryl

This D&G corset dress is stunning but nowhere near daring enough!

Both judges did tried and tested black on one night and attempted to add a bit of sparkle with gold on another. Dannii's Saturday night dress was all wrong and because of this I have to give this weeks points to Miss C... Cheryl you're 3-1 up!

xxx

Cut it out...

'Cut out' dresses were one of summers biggest trends, and as the party season approaches the style is everywhere. Cut out is one of the trickiest trends to pull of, looking tasteful not tacky is the key!

I absolutely love this trend and wore a red cut out dress from Gorgeous Couture on my birthday back in May! 

I kept the length of the dress pretty long to go with the cut out midriff part - what do you think? (do excuse the blackberry in my hand - I really don't go anywhere without it!)

celebs are loving this cheeky way to flash some flesh too....

My favourite gossip girl Leighton rocks the cut out trend! 

AnnaLynn McCord: black and cut out is HOT

The Hills girls Audrina and Kristin: one sleeved and cut out, two trends in one - LOVE IT!

The Saturdays' Frankie - Not too sure about cut outs on your bum?!

Asos.com have the best selection of cut out dresses, here's my faves...

xxx

Boys and their Toys...

Whether it a PS2, 3 or 4 (is there even a 4 yet :s) or even a blackberry, i-phone or Wii, or whatever the latest, most advanced piece of technology invented is you can be sure your man, brother or dad wants it! 

We're used to the shiny whiteness of a Wii and the polished black finish on a PS3, modern technology is all about straight cuts and sleek finishes... Well that's what you think!

The future is VINTAGE. 

'New technology with Old fashion'

 

Brian Kenney and Jared Martin created 3ryan, a company that restores old, antique radios into docking stages for your i-pod or mp3! I absolutely love their collection; mixing old and gold is the way forward! 

Check out www.3ryan.com for more!