Today I Have Been...

...well I've been off work with a throat and ear infection, but as always, am crap at resting! So whilst dosing up on medication, drinking shed loads of herbal tea and water, I've been...

Reading... Intelligent Life's article about the ever-wonderful, inspiring and beautiful Grace Coddington.

Such a well worded and written article by Coddington's former assistant Julie Kavanagh, Grace is truly the mother of the fashion industry.

Watching..the preview of Keira Knightley's latest campaign for Chanel 'Coco Mademoiselle' over and over again - who wouldn't want to be wearing a Chanel catsuit on a vintage motorcycle?!

Listening to...Radio 1 for Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave's marathon radio show for Comic Relief! They've just broken the 37-hour Radio 1 record and are now going for the world record. And, they raised over £1 Million which is absolutely phenomenal! Please donate if you haven't already. Txt CHRIS to 70011.

A Special Thank You...

..To Khola's Kloset for naming me as one of her favourite versatile blogs! See the post here

Fashion: Wishlist

I recently inherited some money from my absolutely astounding Granny, who sadly passed away in December. I don't want it to just sit in a bank account gathering dust until I decide what to do with it, so I've decided to invest in some classic fashion pieces, which I will treasure forever.

So I've definitely decided to invest in Chanel - a jumbo classic flap bag in caviar leather with gold hardware, along with a Louis Vuitton/Stephen Sprouse leopard print scarf and possibly a Mulberry/Louboutin's as well. 

What would you buy if you were given the opportunity to buy a classic piece?

Inspiration: Red

I'm obsessed with anything red at the moment. I'm desperate for a red fedora!

1/ Ana Stefanovic 2/ One Blue Pool Road 3/ Apartment Diet 4/ Caroline's Mode 5/ Aubreyrd 6/ From Me To You 7/ Vogue.com 8/ The Sartorialist 9/ Things Organized Neatly 10/ The Sartorialist 11/ Kris Atomic 12 + 13/ From Me To You 14/ One Blue Pool Road 15/ Zara 

16/ Apartment Therapy 17/ Coco & Zaahb  18/ Susanna Joy 19/ One Blue Pool Road 

20/ Cannelle et Vanille 

Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton & Miu Miu

Louis Vuitton

So we've come to the last day of Paris Fashion Week and of the whole A/W 11/12 season. And what a way to end. Marc Jacobs showed us fetish at Louis Vuitton: models handcuffed to their bags, uniforms, leather, thigh length socks, lace-up boots...and all teamed with porters' caps and Forties silhouettes. Oh, and can I have a pair of the high heeled rubber boots for Glastonbury? Thanks.

The set was just fantastic: models came up through the floor via 1930s hotel lifts and made their entrance onto the catwalk via a bell-boy opening the lift door. We also saw the extremely welcome return of Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss (smoking a post-sex fag) to the catwalk. Oh how I've missed the Supers!

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Miu Miu

Forever a Miu Miu fan, Miuccia did not disappoint me this season. Collars, oversized waist bands and the return of the bird-print. The muted colour palette accentuated the structured silhouette and how gorgeous were the glittery shoes & boots? Another thing for my A/W 11/12 wardrobe wishlist.

All images via fashiongonerogue.com