Ranya Rocks

Ranya Mordanova is such a striking model the noir dark eyes, bleached eyebrows and bowl cut make her quite something on the runway, but she hasn't had as much editorial coverage, althought she had a recent Vogue Italia editorial so she is certainly on the rise and I'm so glad to see her getting more attention. I spotted her in the new Dazed & Confused (February) shot by Ben Toms and styled by Katie Shillingford. Ranya's a perfect choice for the editorial with such raw unfinished clothes.




(all images rights to Dazed & Confused)

Julia Hafstrom

I was flicking through the Feburary issue of Teen Vogue, (I'm only just still a teenager but I just adore the fashion coverage and style of Teen Vogue). When I noticed Swedish model Julia Hafstrom. She's an interesting model and had the perfect early start to her career (Prada campaign and Vogue Italia editorial) and I strangely didn't really notice her until I saw the above picture in Teen Vogue.

She's not the most conventional model, and she is on the short size but she suits the cute styling and fiery red lipstick of the editorial so well. Oh, and she's quite something on the runway too:




She has a touch of Lara Stone on the runway, she looks like she is about to break into a smirk in every picture. Oh, and that shock of flaming red hair makes me want to dye my own hair red. I can't wait to see her on the runway again for Fall 2010 - I hope she turns up in London again!

all images from thefashionspot, Teen Vogue images scanned by gossiping at TFS.

A Master Class in Deconstruction

I'll be honest I've been a little nervous about blogging about Lanvin Mens Fall 2010, mainly because I haven't really blogged about menswear before in spite of my interest in it. This show was just too good not to post though, it was so futuristic but not intimidating as futurism can so often be. I can't wait to see it in the pages of Another Man and Fantastic Man because what a collection it was, easily my favourite show from the Fall 10 season,


The emphasis on the waist is an interesting detail, and makes what is quite a layered look look more refined. The slick back hair makes me think of Pat Bateman - after he had safely manouevered the financial crisis he comes back with a harder edge.


The last look has to be one of the most perfect mens coats I've ever seen, the navy blue colour makes it more of a statement coat and the classic cut complete with added zips makes it look so modern.

But for me, what completed the show was the details; the unfinished seems, the cumber band and the heavy utility belt.



allimages from gq.com

Karmen & Abbey

This shot is just perfection, taken outside Elie Saab couture.

from, thefashionspot.

Purple Rain

This has to be one of the most intriguing paparazzi pictures of an outfit ever. It's Ashley Olsen attending a pre-Golden Globes party, and the only shot is of the back of her dress! Purple is so underused on the red carpet, and I love her Chanel Hair clip.
It's such an old school look, and it appears that she is holding velvet gloves in her hand too. I'm sure the dress is vintage, and she really seems to be into prim and proper style at the moment:



For such a petite girl, she really wears this dress well. The purple lipstick stops the look from being too Victorian, and it finally seems like something new on the red carpet. For such a Victorian inspired look, it looks so modern.

Oh, and it's not just Ashley who's inspiring me right now, Mary Kate seems to have regained her knack for choosing perfect street style looks. I love nothing more than wearing all black, and she's bought back the Balenciaga Fall 2006 boots that I continue to dream about and desperately try to find on Ebay (In a Size 7 if anyone is selling!)

Alison Mosshart (Vogue UK Interview)

I just adore her, and this is one of the most interesting interviews about her and Jamie's relationship...

Vogue UK hearts Lara Stone..

Lara is becoming a Vogue UK regular, and when they feature her they usually use such soft styling. I just had to share this shot of her in Christopher Kane S/S 10: