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EDINBURGH- Jamie Allinson, George Square, 15/05/11

JAMIE- Hat, charity shop in stockbridge. Jacket, armstrongs, Socks, Christmas present. Shoes, Jenners.

EDINBURGH- Roxane (me), George square, 15/04/11

 Cardigan, London. Shoes, LK Bennet. Jumpsuit, Flatmates, charity shop. Necklace, brother. Glasses, Cannes.

EDINBURGH- Aki Nakayama, George Square, 15/04/11

Jumper, River Island. Trousers, Uniclo. Bag, Marc by Marc Jacobs. Shoes, Rome. Scarf, Japan.

Coulour Blocking, Tartan Scotland Bunker Black

             EDINBURGH- Julia and Samwise, the Meadows, 15/05/11 
The perfect attire for a walk in sunny meadows.

Julia Coat: Zara, Edinburgh. Shoes, Ben Simon, Paris

Samwise  Coat:Womans Duffle, not sure where from actually.                                                

 EDINBURGH- Sophie and Nick, George Square, 15/05/11
Scottish Students.

Nick Shirt: Italian supermarket. Glasses: shop in Stoke Newington  (Asquarawa?). Trousers: HnM

Sophie Scarf: Frans, Accessorize. Shirt: Urban  Outfitters. Shoes: Beyond Retro Mens Section (Stokholm). Bag: Stokholm 

EDINBURGH- Charlotte, Quartermile, 15/05/11

 EDINBURGH- Fran and Michael, Outside microlabs, 15/05/11

Dark and Dramatic

Charlotte: Dress, Topshop. Scarf, India. Wallet, Osprey. Shoes, Kurt Geiger.

Michael: Coffee, Peter's Yard.

FLOWER POWER

D&G S/S 2011

I just love the flowers!

OLIVIA FLOYER (Aka flowerrrr< get it?)

Culotte or not to Culotte

EDINBURGH- Alice, outside Microlabs (aka the bunker),13/04/2011

Culotte, somewhere uber cool I am sure

EDINBURGH- Hannah, Peter's Yard, 13/04/11

Culotte: Rusty Zip, Edinburgh

EDINBURGH- Margot, The Quartermile, 18/05/11

Culotte: Charity shop.

You can never go wrong with a good pair of Culotte, they never go out of fashion because they were never in fashion in the first place. So no faux-pas here possible, it's not like accidentally showing off the wrong part of your midriff (apparently upper midriff is where its at, smallest part of you body so make the most of it), or worse, wearing skinny jeans when it's all about the seventies wide-legged look. Embrace the CULOTTE, it can't go wrong, although being such powerful statements I am taking note of these two stylish Edinburgh Students and keeping the rest clean and classic with a high-neck black jumper, thick black tights, and sleek back hair.

Trompe L'Oeil

My friend Maddie showed me this blog which became a world-wide phenomenom where you post artistic pictures of yourself. There are some quite phenomenal ones which I cannot post due to copyright reasons but they are worth checking out,http://syntheticpubes.com/, although some of these are quite crude so this website is not for the faint hearted. A lot of these pictures show body art in its brightest colour. I recently got a daisy tattoed on my hip so this is of extreme interest in my life right now. Tattoos were once regarded a criminal affair, but now they have become as standard  as Chanel's Trompe L'oeil back in 2010, where you paid to get Channel literally branded on you, temporarily of course. A pop up shop was even created in Selfridges to furfill the likes of Lily Allen among other Chanel muses with chains and beads.

Steven Meisel  shot some beautifull photographs back in 2007 for Vogue Italia with women covered in temporary tattoos. With Spring coming once again,  its ironic to think this tattoo trend at this time, when you have waited all year to finally bare some skin, to cover it all up again.

Wow Wedges and Perfect Plastic

 Shoes I would buy if I was rich.

Chloe Baby Blue Wedge Sandals

Jil Sander, The perfect Yummy yellow Summer Wedge

Miu Miu Radiant Red Canvas Wedges

Bags I would buy If i could make any sense into their actual practical  use:

Furla Trippy Transparent

K-Way Pocket Practical?

Chanel's Crazy classy... Think I may have gone too far with these

SUMMER

So it's hot outside and I feel like summer has come early. Weird to think it was snowing not even three weeks ago. I doubt I will have the opportunity to go to the beach anytime soon, but it did inspire me to go costume shopping. These photograps from Vogua Italia 2009 are exactly what I had in mind. Its all about the swimming hats.