Christmas

Hi everyone,

I hope your christmas was amazing! I spent it at home, shoving all of the family visits into one busy day. Father Christmas has truly exceeded himself this year-obviously highighting L'artisan parfumeur and Selfridges as the most crucial of stops on his journeys.
American Apparel has reered it's beautiful head in the form of a gorgeous yellow clutch bag-yellow being my faviourite colour of the moment. It reminds me of the minamilistic celine clutch-I will pair it with dark clothing, as the pop of colour will bring drama. However, i also plan on using it to turn a shouting outfit into a screaming one.

I'd also like to pay a well-deserved tribute to my new black, knee-high boots; white faux fur gilet; striped top; yellow jumper and fabulously over the top statement necklace-all currently lying smugly in my bedroom. The necklace has proved it's versatility-seemingly suiting everything it is paired with.
recently, I bought a cold-shoulder black dress (very seethrough at the back-will need to be worn over a slip), a shredded-shoulder black jumper and some much-hankered after ankle boots. The boots will perfectly replace my everyday shoes of suede studded pumps-not ideal for London's current apocalyptic rain-and hopefully a metal belt will cut the dress's shapelessness sucessfully.

Love from Dido xx

p.s: sorry this is such a boring post, I will hopefully make it up to you soon!

Note to self

Hi guys,
I finally got tickets to Hollywood costume at the V&A. the curation was incredible-achieveing the perfect mix of the familiar (fashion) and the entirely unknown (technology). I was instantly drawn in by Holly Golightly's iconic black dress-adressing my current infatuation with thigh-slit skirts. Perfect for girls with long legs, a slitted skirt allows for just a tease of limb to be seen. Teamed with most tops, these are inevitably chic.

-Buy a slit skirt

Many of the featured films were ofcourse, in black and white-dictating the dye with a smothering of grey.

-Embrace colour, your life is not in monochrome

Venturing further into the v&a, there was a photographic exhibiton entitled 'light from the middle east'. The difference in culture inspired me to promote the beautiful embroideries and textiles of other countries-exotic design being a only a rare grace to the streets of London.

-cover each corner of the globe

 Love from Dido xx

The 90's

 

Hi guys,
has anyone noticed that the 90's is having a revival? (if a very controversial one) Take a visit to your nearest American Apparel or the cobra shop and you'll see exactly what i mean. Pink, fluffy keyrings and angora jumpers should definitley not still be around, but somehow they are-and it really works!

 

 

It seems that girls are chanelling their inner Cher Horowitz, reaching deep inside their closets for the nearest kilt and scrunchie. And let's not forget to thank the sudden glow of pink glitter this is bringing to cloudy London! As you may have noticed, i'm not talking about Kurt Cobain grunge (although this too has previously made a comeback); I'm talking about bold, bright, Beverly hills 90210 glamour.

 

 

 

I love the sense of humour in parading your inner tackiness (see bedazzled phone cases and miu miu sparkle) whilst having the reasurement that you're managing to pull it off. After all, there can be no denying that there's an inevitable positivity around those seeing the world through literal rose-tinted glasses.

Saying this, the line between wardrobe humour and of those who simply have never ventured out of the 90's, is very fine.

I don't know if i can be fully trusted, but here are my tips for chanelling your inner cluelessness:

1) Keep it understated by mixing in modern acessories-or by donning a modern centrepiece and dressing it up with fun acessories.

 

2) Choose your outfit wisely-some trends can be really unflattering. show extra caution around aerobic-wear, baggy sports jumpers, dungarees, backwards caps, high-wasted jeans, crop tops, long skirts and high leg swimsuits.


3) know yourself. Although baggy was cool, it can completely hide your figure. 90's bright colours are not for the faint-hearted and the murky, grunge colours can be equally as washing-out.

4) When approaching the scrunchie, take care. It's back-as recently confirmed by Cara Delevinge-but a full on hair scrape-back admittedly doesn't suit many.

5) Take inspiration from Cher Horowitz, Kelly and Donna-90210, Azealia banks, Eliza Doolittle and Riley Keough.

6) Keep fur and feathers chic by choosing minimal makeup and keeping the rest of your look simple.

7) Be able to laugh at yourself-your outfit will scream playfullness, so live up to the expectation! Hold your head up high, believe that you look amazing-I'm sure you will!

Love from Dido xx

p.s: Don't forget to comment your thoughts on the 90's trend and tell me if the tips work!

my christmas wishlist

Today is the 18th December 2012 and i really feel like making a blog.

My name is Dido and i'm 16 years old, i think doing this blog is probably a good idea-i'm always talking about fashion and this can be a new face to bore with all my ideas!

As this is my first post i don't really know what i should be writing, but i think i'll start by writing a late letter to father christmas.

Dear father christmas,
PLEASE could my stocking this year be filled with...



velvet trousers

leather trousers



a cute red dress

some versatile, black ankle boots



fur (collar, coat)

an elegant cut-out dress,
like this alexander wang

a garish, statement necklace



an oversized, coloured clutch

metallic boots-like these opening ceremony ones



mirrored heels

a statement dress

suede over-the-knee boots




a dior-style black dress

a neon knit





a mirrored belt and a demure black dress



rich acessories and a white shirt dress



these raffia zara heels

...somehow i think i'll be finding something more like this...



Love from Dido xx