Posts Tagged ‘feminine’
Affordable Fashions, Celebrity gossip, Designers, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 21st, 2011
Victoria Beckham has revealed that her new collection for her affordable diffusion line, Victoria by Victoria Beckham, was inspired by her “inner girl”. Um, Victoria, you know you actually are a girl, right? Maybe you’ve been around all-boys for too long..
Victoria has turned out to actually be a very accomplished fashion designer – so we’re all for her keeping up the good work with a new collection for her diffusion range, which is cheaper than her main ready-to-wear line. The singer-turned-designer said: “It’s definitely channelling my inner girl. I started this collection before I was pregnant and the doctors told me at first I was having a boy. So mainly I wanted to do dresses that I wanted, that weren’t ‘out there’ – and at the same time show that, contrary to what most people think, I do have a sense of humour.” Yeah, you tell ‘em!
If you’re wondering why it’s taken Madam Beckham so long to create this second diffusion collection after her first one, it’s because she’s a perfectionist and was waiting for the best. She told Britain’s Grazia magazine: “It has taken ages to get this together because it took a long time to find a factory that could deliver the right quality at the right price. Otherwise we’d have done it sooner.”
Tags: baby harper, celebrity gossip, diffusion line, fashion gossip, feminine, New York Fashion Week, NYFW, Victoria Beckham, victoria by victoria beckham
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Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on August 31st, 2011
The French first lady of style, Carla Bruni, has praised her old friend and new editor of French Vogue Emmanuelle Alt for her femininity.
Carla and Emmanuelle have been firm friends since their teens – but while Carla’s look has matured, she insists that her good friend Emmanuelle is still as girlish as ever thanks to her refusal to succumb to plastic surgery and heavy makeup.
Carla said about the Vogue editor: “There is still something of a teenager about her. Emmanuelle has an unaffected way to be feminine. She doesn’t wear make-up and hasn’t had surgery.”
Emmanuelle Alt has taken the helm at French Vogue after Carine Roitfeld’s reign as editor recently ended. As a well-shod expert on the sartorial, Emmanuelle was the perfect candidate to take over at the iconic magazine – and Carla Bruni agrees, saying that the editor knows what French women want from fashion.
She told Vogue magazine: “She reflects how French women are feeling – simplicity is the state we all want to be in. We are tired of useless sophistication.”
Tags: carine roitfeld, Carla Bruni, celebrity gossip, Cosmetic surgery, editor, fashion, feminine, french vogue, make up, Paris
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Celebrity Style, Gallery, Spotted, Trend Alert
By emilyborrett on August 2nd, 2011
Lady Gaga was spotted in NYC rocking the new season's 40s-inspired ladylike trend in a houndstooth skirt suit with matching accessories - we've never seen the singer look so demure
We were happily surprised to see this photograph of Madam Gaga’s take on Autumn/Winter’s 1940s-inspired ladylike trend (pictured above) – she’s been seen spotted out in NYC in a head-to-toe houndstooth Salvatore Ferragamo ensemble nipped in at the waist for a vintage feel. When the first lady of quirky fashion is all over a trend, you know it’s time to get in on the action.
Naturally we wouldn’t recommend you tackle the trend in quite the same way as Gaga, who unsurprisingly added a few of her bizarre fashion twists to make the look her own. She may be able to wear houndstooth sunglasses, but thats because she has minders to walk her everywhere – attempt that particular accessory and you will walk into a wall. The rest of it though is a solid look, and we’ve compiled a gallery of our favourite affordable ladylike pieces on the high street.
This trend is all about the feminine silhouette and opulent fabrics such as silk and brocade – perfect for girls who have a good waist. Belted tweed blazers, silk pussybow blouses and ladylike costume jewellery are an easy way to wear the trend and could be worn either in the day or the night.
What do you think of Gaga’s new look? Do you love it, or prefer her more risqué style? Let us know in the comments below, and check out the gallery above so that you can steal her style.
Tags: 1940s, autumn/winter, couture, feminine, get the look, houndstooth, lady gaga, ladylike, Salvatore Ferragamo, tea dress, tweed
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Accessories, Christmas outfits, Features, Gallery
By Andrea Petrou on November 20th, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
Pink Bird Print Cup and Saucer
This stunning cup and saucer from Liberty is a dream gift for any girly-girl.
Advent is nearly about to start, we’re being bombarded with Christmas adverts all over the place and everyone is trying to sum up the courage to embark on the impending stress-related heart attack that is Christmas shopping. At least, I know that I am.
We at Shiny Style wanted to do a nice thing for those who are feeling a little uninspired gifts-wise this year – I’ll be regularly posting galleries with gift ideas for the loved ones in your life. Whether you’ve got a friend who is impossible to buy for, someone you want to impress or a hapless boyfriend that you need to nudge in the right direction, hopefully these articles can be of use and make your Christmas shopping stress-free.
So, starting with the quintessential, quirky “girly girl”- we all know one. Above are all the trinkets, gifts and surprises a lover of tea, florals and cake could ever need. Get clicking!
Tags: christmas gifts, cute, feminine, girly, present ideas, pretty, retro, shopping, xmas
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Celebrity Style, dresses, Fashion Crush, Gallery
By Andrea Petrou on October 21st, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
Looking pretty and delicate at her Hammersmith Apollo show last night
Credit: (Mandatory) Zak Hussein/WENN.com
Disney darling Selena Gomez performed at London’s Hammersmith Apollo last night, showing the UK that it’s not just Miley Cyrus we should be keeping one fashion eye trained on. Unlike Miley Cyrus, who seems to be favouring ultra-sexy leather, big hair and lace at her live shows now (rebelling against her Hannah Montana past?), Selena looked every inch the wholesome Disney star in her stage performance. But wholesome doesn’t mean boring! Her flirty asymmetric turquoise chiffon dress is a bang on-trend take of the traditional pretty party dress, while her pale tights and delicate ballet flats seemed to give more than a nod to the super-girly clothes seen on the Elie Saab catwalks at Paris Fashion Week.
If you’re not feeling the vampy leather and lace combinations that are on every catwalk and in every high-street store at the moment, then this could be a look that works for you. We found a couple of pretty high-street dresses online that are true Selena femininity – the origami asymmetric teal dress we found at Topshop is a great way to directly steal her style, or if you’re just feeling the ballerina look generally then try the periwinkle chiffon number by Rare that we found on Asos – we promise you it won’t go out of style.
Tags: ballerina, Concert, feminine, floaty, onstage, pretty, selena gomez
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Gallery, Runway to Reality, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on September 7th, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
If you want to stay on-trend this season but are less than convinced by some of this year’s more unexpected trends (shearling and Princess Diana chic, I’m talking to you), don’t worry. You don’t have to go out in Christmas jumpers and yeti boots if you don’t want to – there is an alternative, and it gives me girly, fluttery feelings in my tummy.
Femininity is back in a big way in the fashion world, and you can see this girl-love on the catwalks. The world and its’ wife has a crush on Mad Men pin-up Christina Hendricks, Lara Stone’s breasts are in every ad campaign and waists are at the height of waspishness. But if you don’t have a figure like Marilyn Monroe, that’s okay too – you don’t need a super-feminine body to be super-feminine. It was all old-fashioned romance and nostalgia in the collections of designers such as Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren and Erdem this season, who championed faded florals, dusty blues, greens and pinks and sheer fabrics to show off a cheeky hint of skin. Think high tea, bird cages, china dolls and antiques – all very pretty, very feminine and very, very British.
If you want a little more romance in your wardrobe, it’s a very wearable look that translates easily from the runway to the street. You don’t have to sweep down the road in a floor-length Victorian gown to make the trend work – keep an eye out for dusty shades, smock tops, antique jewellery and wispy fabrics. Check out the gallery below for some of my favourite pieces to buy in the high street.
Tags: A/W 2010, antique, chiffon, feminine, nudes, romantic, sheer, Trend Alert, vintage
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