Mn Vogue vol. 2

[MarshaBrady]

For anyone who likes to talk about style, nice stuff that they've bought and so on.

I love seeing the brand names. Despite the fact that in the most part I can't afford such luxury it gives me ideas, and aspirations! As long as no-one minds when my descriptions are mainly GAP, Zara and the like! I love painting an image of you all in my head.

Thanks for the yoga tips ladies - that gives me some more detail to google! I really want to find a way to clear my mind and I couldn't get the hang of meditation at all.

Hopefully how are the trousers? I'm dying to know!

Gap, Zara, Cos all faves on here too Shop. Mmmm at the cakes on gbbo.

Hi Silk! Yes agree I'd want a space like Hopefully 's.

The 25 minutes work 5 minutes break is a great system,thanks for reminding me Dona

Am mid huge declutter too,am tired of the headspace unworn clothing is taking up!

Wore another wrap dress today as still trying to hide pesky holiday lbs.Next year The Shred is coming on holiday with me.

I need to try the tomato-timer.

Weather a bit cooler today. Wearing indigo skinnies, navy tank and Zara jacket with frayed edges and Cos platform sandals. On my way to an art exhibition. Will change into shorts and T-shirt later to mow the lawn.

Morning all.

Back after an idyllic break away - we had great weather and Whitby/North Yorkshire coast really is stunning in the sunshine. Managed a couple of long runs along the cliff top path that links Whitby to Robin Hoods Bay. Utterly stunning and easily the equal of the other lovely runs I have been lucky enough to do this year in Paris and various locations in Australia. I love exploring new places by going running - it means I can go exactly where I want to without pleasing DH/DD and I get the fitness boost too! Am off to Budapest for a long weekend with friends later this month and will do the shame, although DH has been pursing his lips about it. He visited Budapest last year and was a bit aghast at the number of strip bars etc and seems convinced that some white slaver is going to carry me off.....

Whitby is great for people/clothes watching. Mixture of families holidaying and goth/emo/indy types (of all ages!) Some great clothes on display in the evenings.

Have ordered some new skinny jeans that are supposed to be especially figure flattering (as well as sub £30...) We will see. Will link when I get them. I also saved (for shame....) the Mail on SUnday magazine as I really liked the look of some of the stuff in there. That said, I am not sure when I will get the chance to track any of it down. New trainers beckon, and a trip to Zara.

Late morning all!
Day 1 of school for DD1 and our cleaner came back for her hols. The house is a-buzzing with busy women, and I got sucked in and finished two tomatoes? worth of decluttering! Took the extra clothes from my wardrobe down to the cantina (scary ? I almost got accidentally locked in there by the doorman).

Also had a brainwave: I have an amazing empire-waisted sleeveless silk party dress from Zara in lush moiré colors (raspberries, purples, whites) from circa 5 years ago. The dress has never really looked good on me: the bodice is slightly too loose and empire waist makes me look pregnant, but I love the colors and material. I have admired this Dior skirt many times over and this morning I realized that I can alter the Zara dress by cutting off the bodice and by adding a new broad waistband (aiming for this look). Am excited because would love to have a plissé midi dress but not keen on polyester? (Wonder whether Verity is still reading this thread - she does a lot of things like this.)

Silk I think designer and brand names have been mentioned a lot on this thread because this used to be a shopping thread (pre-Pin we had to link directly to stores and designers). Personally I could easily do without but have to say that through you I have discovered many things that I like ? for example Splendid, Sandro and Maje. I love both street style and runway looks: for me A Wang, Marni and Valentino are shorthand for completely different esthetics. That said, I don?t think the purpose of this thread is to make people overspend or feel bad about themselves! Most of us have a lot of H&M, COS and Zara in our wardrobes and I?m always happy to tell about my thrifting finds. I think the more price points are represented here, the better ? that?s actually what?s lacking from the actual Vogue, how many of us would shell out over 6000 GBP to buy an Edwardian coat or over 3000 GBP for a leather blouse even if we had the money? I think what we all are after is good-quality clothes and accessories that are both stylish and affordable. It's not always easy to achieve this and that's why we keep sharing ideas!

Another thing I love here is that people here do not represent just one cookie-cutter look. Hopefully and Everything and many others have talked about personal style analysis ? we have ingénues, gamines, classic dressers, dramatics and edgy visionaries among us. For me this is eye-opening and something that most fashion magazines seem to overlook.

Pop am happy that you got inside info for your interview. I love the Sandro Ruffus dress but you should ask what she thinks and also try it on with the jacket to see how it looks and feels. Some dresses work with jackets, others don't - you don't want to think about creasing and bunching and lapels popping open the wrong way when you are focusing on the interview. As for whether you want to work there or not, decide that after you've been offered the job You can always start tweaking the dress code from the inside...

NY your vacation sounds lovely - I love mixed crowds and used to love visiting run-down resorts on Jersey Shore.
Like your look Fritzi and love the art exhibition (I must catch an Andy Warhol exhibition before it ends later this week).
Reine I need to get back on track with exercise too. 5k on consecutive nights but Lindsay Brin's Bootcamp2 is still in its shrink-wrapping
Shop mindfulness is another thing for you to Google - I love the approach (am too ADHD for yoga).

Wearing today: sky blue baby bootcuts with a watermelon ruffled tunic and black low-cut satin ballet flats (7FAM, Maxmara Weekend, Zara).

Morning!

Full leather trouser report coming as soon as I have time to play with them, have been too busy, boo.

off for a haircut today, need to look good so they realise I want an interesting haircut, but lacking in clean clothes due to DH neglecting his housewife duties , so wearing TS striped maxi dress, TS gladiators, big pendant and linen biker jacket.

My cleaner is away ? really notice it!

Have ordered 3 dylon dyes and am going to try to dye some things this weekend ? excited!!

Wearing mustard silk slash neck blouse with 3/4 sleeves, navy pencil skirt, double chain belt and blue patent pumps.

Ladies, I started a thread yesterday asking how I can work out what I can put together as outfits, haven't had many replies; I have no imagination, is it worth saving up & getting a stylist to come & rifle through my wardrobe?

Hello all. Back after some loooong days at work plus on calls. Today I am wearing a new Stella McCartney contrast stripe sweater, sloppy and perfect for pulling over my chilly wrists. I am wearing it with a pair of burnt orange wool flannel shorts that I bought from 'Merci' in Paris a couple of years ago, woolly Pointelle patterned charcoal tights and an old battered pair of Miu Miu loafers in a dull burnished gold. DH calls them my 'off duty' Nun shoes. I made a vow to wear more colour and as you can read, I am keeping it.

What do you all think of Mary Charteris's wedding dress? I just do not know quite what to say........ Good job she wasn't marrying Marco Pierre White who said his wife's wedding gown was 'slutty'. It was demure compared to this one......Pam Hogg made it. i don't know whether I am becoming the fashion conservative in my old age but I just do not 'get it'. It looks like it is made out of cheap 'Disney Princess outfit' nylon and god help her if she stands too near a fire......

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These I think, will look great with all those Autumnal bosky trouser

colours...www.clarks.co.uk/p/20352217

and I love this www.anthropologie.eu/en/uk/block-colour/jacquard-weave-skirt/invt/7120404211201/&colour=Black%20Motif

This is a great A/W satchel type bag -

www.mytheresa.com/uk_en/suede-shoulder-bag-168218.html

This shirt may make some of you go 'blind' but with the right trousers, I think it'll work-

www.derhy.com/pull-aurillac-W240059.html

This blouse reminds me of Holly Fulton's designs - www.derhy.com/blouse-jersey-W225010.html

These are my Outnet picks -

www.theoutnet.com/product/324778 - still a good Autumn colour and the stores are full of these little wool jackets

www.theoutnet.com/product/327495

www.derhy.com/blouse-jersey-W225010.html - I have just ordered these for winter walks.

www.theoutnet.com/product/292148 - Pants that will be a real investment

www.theoutnet.com/product/327532 - sorry, another grey sweater! I really really love Vanessa Bruno's two ranges, the eponymous one and 'Athe'.

www.theoutnet.com/product/327527 and a grey/charcoal evening dress that will not date

www.theoutnet.com/product/291617 - a good classic cut as are these too in a fashionable A/W shade - www.theoutnet.com/product/328183

and these I have ordered as I want to move to a looser legged pant - www.theoutnet.com/product/172212

I love a dress with a twist and I cannot imagine any place where this dress wouldn't be appropriate so I bought it-

www.theoutnet.com/product/334359

What do you all think of this Bottega Venetta top? I'm not sure.....

www.theoutnet.com/product/169815

Now for shoes....These will be great for warmer weather...www.theoutnet.com/product/259556

This is a new brand and a cheaper alternative to Penelope Chilvers - www.net-a-porter.com/product/324317

I'm not normally drawn to any of the Versace 'stable' even though I do love Christopher Kane (who designs 'Versus') but I have ordered these as a Winter pop of shoe colour - www.net-a-porter.com/product/317266

I have a penchant for what I call 'Fugly' shoes and these Marni's fall into that category - sort of sexy clerk - www.net-a-porter.com/product/315667

and the ultimate 'Dorothy' shoes - www.net-a-porter.com/product/320440 I have to have these!

I would wear these to the forthcoming David Bowie exhibition at the V&A - www.net-a-porter.com/product/313430

I have a lot of Miu Miu shoes and these are the ones in their press campaign - they have a glitter coated heel hidden on the inside- lovely! These I must have to make work just that little more glitzy -www.net-a-porter.com/product/317968

Has anybody read the September edition of U.S Vogue? It features several pages on Lauren Santo Domingo's Paris apartment. It is very elegant although much of the furniture is loaned and they do not have anything to cook with or eat off which is rather skewed I think. The dark grey stained parquet flooring is to die for. There are some photo's here -

www.enterloop.com/2012/08/september-vogue-lauren-santo-domingo.html

These photo's of her NYC apartment are interesting. Check the Hippo cocktail cabinet out but apologies for the site's musical accompaniment!

loveisspeed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lauren-santo-domingo-apartment.html

Forgot to post discount code for Anthropologie. Enter 'Elle' at checkout for 15% off

www.anthropologie.eu/icat/homefreshcuts/?cm_mmc=Google_London--S-UK_Brand--Anthropologie_KW_Exact--anthropologie_Exact&cm_guid=1--100000000000000016555-_-11176544005&gclid=CI2L2b3fnrICFQfMtAod7CsA_A

I love their home ware.

LOVE the Athe sweater! And the Lam dress mignonette. Not sure about the Bottega Venetta blouse - I think those Victorian collars remind me of trends back when I was significantly younger so I tend to avoid now!
I too thought the wedding dress was v odd and looked cheap - it struck me that she was trying too hard?

Geordie I am very biased at the moment re: stylists as I have just been fortunate enough to have a wardobe edit and a shopping day with a stylist which has transformed things for me. She spent several hours in my home going through my wardrobe and recommending new ways to wear old clothes as well as clearing out things that I have hung onto forever in the hope that one day I might wear them. As a result I have fewer clothes, but good clothes that truly suit me and new ideas about how to style them. I have to say though that if money is tight a stylish friend could help you just as easily and the links to Pinterest boards on this thread should give you lots of ideas about ways to wear things. These MN Vogue ladies have been instrumental in helping me become more confident about my style choices. Good luck!

While I am here can anyone recommend good places to buy belts? I am really struggling. I am looking for a fairly classic tan belt with gold clasp. Something like this
www.aubinandwills.com/en-gb/product/darlaston-belt-014694083
which they don't have in my size.
I went round most of the department stores yesterday without much success.......

Mignonnette please join us on Pinterest - would love to follow you!
Quick commentary:
Love your eye for quirky print mixes and fugly Marnis. And the Derek Lam dress.
The Bottega Veneta top is very dreamy and romantic, would be lovely on someone - perhaps on an Alexa or Frida Beha type, but not me am too pale and pasty.
Like the Balmain trousers (wear crazier Balmain stuff in my dreams). And wear my 7FAM Roxannes nearly constantly now almost abandoning them a year ago.
I like Vanessa Bruno's esthetic, but the Athé line has quality problems! Binned an Athé wool mix sweater yesterday and a white top I bought from them was the nastiest see-through viscose piece ever. So proceed with caution!

Have been meaning to get Sept US Vogue for the LSD story (like her Pins and follow what she wears) - do not generally like US Vogue - UK, Italian and Russian are much more interesting .

School yard style report: narrow bootcuts and serious ballerinas (nude patent leather, velvet with gold embroidery, turquoise silk) and cap-sleeved tops. Isolated skinnies. Great tans.

Feeling frumpy in a wrinkled in jeans and viscose top. Will burn the latter

I haven't looked caught up properly.

But I really need to get some serious ballet flats Dona!

Looked at links yet I mean

Thank you DonaAna for your feedback. I will proceed with caution re Athe.

The worst quality control I have experienced lately was with a black leather studded Michael Kors shopper/tote I bought for a midweek trip to Paris. The straps broke after five days. Outnet were fabulous though in their customer service.
I agree that European Vogues are edgier. U.S Vogue is very WASPY and rarely reflects a non Caucasian aesthetic. If I see one more editorial with black models wearing either a) safari, b) animal prints or native American, c) location shot in Africa/a jungle/ a desert island beach d) other 'ethnic' attire...I'll have a meltdown.

Have vetoed the Bottega top. You are right, I am not in a merchant Ivory film and lack that ethereal character to pull it off. Plus my cat would shred it to bits.

This is my dream dress of the season ......I love it so much that I'd wear it as a wedding dress if I had my time again. I love Kruger's style choices and Kate Bosworth's.

www.thefashionpolice.net/2012/07/gold-star-diane-kruger-in-chanel-at-paris-fashion-week-haute-couture-fallwinter-20112012.html

I have started up on Pinterest but so far I have only pictures of moss, lichens and weird patterns/shapes (I have a thing for their textures and colours and would like to use them as inspiration for an haute jewellery collection).

I will join you all once I have collated my collection of images into some sort of coherency!

The LSD apartment article is sumptuous but I would admire her more if she weren't just born into money/married into money, used connections made therefore to create Moda Operandi. I admire more those who have made their way without such humunguous fiscal and societal advantages.That's not to say she doesn't have great taste! I love the Catroux conceptualised paint finishes in the Hotel Particulier they live in (below super rich MIL!)...

Shopafrolic Try the Outnet....There are some good Acne and Dsquared belts here. Also google leather workers in your area and for a really reasonable price you can design your own. Local design schools may help too, Cordwainers is the shoe design school but is there a leather goods course with students eager for commissions? I attend grad shows for art students and other disciplines such as silversmithing and have commissioned some lovely items. That's how we got our wedding rings!

www.theoutnet.com/Shop/Accessories/Belts?sortBy=price-asc

Geordie did I already go on your thread and bleat about colour and style analysis? totally recommend it for helping put outfits together - a few of us have had it done on here.

Agree Mignongette, the Charteris dress is awful.

The Bruno athe sweater is lovely, shame about quality if that's the case though. Stripey loafers also rather cool.

Have a fun evening ahead sorting the DS's clothes and placing a Boden order for any missing bits. Thrills and spills chez Hopefully tonight

I think it was marsha who bought a pair of those striped loafers too.

yy Mignonette I tried the leopard ones.

But felt a little like I was tipping backwards (I really need that in built inch now)

I did a big clear out today. Felt good. Old jbrand leggings and acne skinnies plus a whole pile of things I just do not wear at all. Out out out!

Hello all,

Been setting up my new office space today, am truly delighted at the space and light, and also the location works well for me. Feeling very motivated.

Have been bossing people around (!) in grey skinny jeans turned up to 7/8 length, flat charcoal grey patent sandals with shiny silver discs down the front; grey vest covered in dull grey sequins over neon yellow vest and a linen loose grey long sleeved top for the commute. Oh, also my grey leopard print oversized cotton scarf.

I think I figured out why Italian women love bootcuts.
Most of they have classic amphora-like hourglass shape.
Bootcuts balance out their proportions - many middle-aged women look very sharp in them, whereas much younger women who wear skin-tight denim or leggings and have Venus of Milo bodies look slightly dumpy. And I saw lots of extra-long bootcuts - just touching the asphalt (even when the wearer wore platform shoes).

Lots of Porsini and Repetto ballerinas - plus a serously high end swirly silk satin type (worn by the socialites) - no idea where from. Hand sewn by great-uncle Valentino??? Plus lots of earth-toned sparkly Converse.

Marsha clearouts feel goooood
Geordie listen to Hopefully! Much easier to proceed when you can exclude lots of things.
Chat love a touch of neon!
Mignonnette loved the belt link - the Alaia is mesmerizing.

Resolutions recap: Spirituality 0. Exercise 0. Books 0. Creativity 0. Exploring Rome: does Euronics count?
Meetup with friends: coming up soon.
Am such a Stepford wife

Exhausted, hitting the red wine.