Fearne Cotton: Style Icon

I absolutely adore Fearne Cotton. I basically want to be her and have her career/life. She has been on  my screen for as long as I can actually remember, anyone of the age that remembers the good ol' days of smile? Fearne and Reggie for evz. 

Over the last several years Fearne's style has evolved and she has now secured herself a place in the UK style icon book. Now, you may have noticed I said 'over the last several years'. This, my friends, was a deliberate use of words, because Miss Cotton has not always dressed completely perfectly. See below.

 

 

 Do we remember these days people? DO WE REMEMBER THEM?! 

So young and naive perhaps? Who cares anyway. Because in present day and the 'several years' previously I keep harping on about, Fearne has developed her own amazing style. 

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Do you love her style as much as I do? 

Victoria x

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p.s. None of these images are my own, I have linked to the website where I found the image, this is not necessarily the original source. Also, I'm aware the photos aren't all in line/same size etc but if I mess around with my html and all that any more there may be tears.

my IDEAL festival

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Seeing as its the festival season. Glasto has just gone, T in the park is happening and Reading, V and Latitude among others are yet happen. It's unlikely that your going to like every single artist on a line up at one of these because well there is usually quite a few so I've decided to create my own. This is where my festival comes in, perfectly crafted for me. 

Rules: 5 headliners. 15 other acts. 2 presenters. 1 style Icon.

They can be dead, alive, broken up or still together. Anything goes really. 

Five Headliners:  Beyonce. Queen. Adele. Lady Gaga. Coldplay

15 others: Sweedish House Mafia. Katy Perry. Mcfly. Chipmunk. N-dubz. Ed Sheeran. Example. Tinie Tempah. Scouting for Girls. Deep Blue Something.The Script. Boys Like Girls. Rihanna. Taylor Swift. We the Kings. 

2 Presenters: Fern Cotton. Rick Edwards .. (and me.. obvs) 

1 Style Icon: Karen Gillan

Brief  Descriptions:


Headliners - Beyonce because we all saw her at glastonbury and lets be honest that would be a good thing to repeat. Queen because it would be amazing and the atmosphere would be crazy. Adele because she would play on the last day of my festival just to give a chilled vibe. Lady Gaga because the performance/show would be amazing. Coldplay because T in the Park made me love them.

Others - I've tried to create a varied line up. A little bit of quite a few things.

Presenters - Fearne Cotton because I want her job (and to be her best friend). Rick Edwards because he's hilarious and I'm gutted he's leaving T4!

Style Icon - This was a difficult one. I wanted to stray from the obvious Alexa Chung and Kate Moss. I opted for Karen Gillan because one, she seems lovely and two her style is amazing.

(I can't remember where I found these, usually through google searches but if anyone knows any more specific places please let me know, not mine.)

I want the mud, the rain and the sun. 

And yes, I would definitely want the Rooney's there. 

What do you think of my festival? I'd love to read what your ideal festival would be!

Victoria x

because it is beautiful.

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I'm sure that you heard about the HP 7 pt 2. premier was last night and yes I did have a sneaky watch, mostly the arrivals and the end of the speeches. 

The person who had the dress of the event, definitely Emma Watson in my opinion. 

I may be a little bias here because I love her and Oscar De La Renta is my all time fave designer but just look at it! Ahh, gorgeous!

HP fan or not, that dress is beautiful, no? 

Victoria xx

Style Swap - 90210's Annie

I love 'American teen dramas' - despite the fact all the actors are usually mid twenties. I spend way too much time watching them. A particular favorite is 90210 - the clothes alone are a reason to watch it. In one of the season 3 episodes (being aired currently in the UK) the character Annie (Shenae Grimes) wears an outfit that I love so so much. One scene in which she was wearing it was used in the trailers for the show on E4 meaning it kept appearing on my TV screen - reigniting my love for the outfit every time.  So, I needed to share. 

Via; here - just a google search. 

I've tralled This is not the most flattering picture but its the only one I could find. It's gonna have to do. Focus on the clothes. I love Annie's style (and Shenae Grimes' - hello future post!). I've put together some 'style steals' below. Click to enlarge them. 

Links: Topshop, H&M

 The set above is a slightly more affordable version of the outfit. Below, I have done a slightly more expensive set. 

Links: Mango, Zara.

What do you think?

Victoria xo

espadrille love.

River Island - £9.99 each

I love espadrilles right now. I went through a stage where I couldn't get the name right and kept calling them vespas. However, now having mastered the right name and finding a suitable pair (or three) I think its time to invest. These little gems are only £9.99, from River Island! I hardly ever find anything in river island that I like enough to spend the amount it's being sold for but these, well these are just lovely. They are so perfect for spring (which we are now officially in, i think?). Now I just have to decide which pair I like best..

Alexa Chung
From: Now Magazine 

There are a lot of wedged espadrilles around, like the ones Alexa Chung is sporting above. Even though these wedges are relatively low compared to some I've seen. I, however, prefer the flat ones. But each to their own.

Do you share my love for espadrilles?

Love Victoria xo

Coleen Rooney for Littlewoods

I heard on TV this morning that Coleen's has finished her new collection for Littlewoods, so I Googled it as you do. These are a few pieces from Coleen Rooney's debut collection for Littlewoods . Personally I love Coleen and her style (her style book is proudly sat on my bookcase). I think she and the dresses look gorgeous in these photos, I think the first photo is amazing as well the light lighting contrasted with the bright orange dress is beautiful. My favorites are the second, third and last one. The collection, however, is not released until March of this year. 

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

For Littlewoods. From DailyMail.

Some people seem to have problems with the likes of Coleen and VB designing collections. 

It annoys me when people moan and say that 'WAG's' don't do anything and blah blah blah and then slate them and their work when they release collections and such like. If someone's opinion is that the wag's don't do anything then you have to, at least, view their collection or other works with an open mind. Otherwise, they can't win. But hey, that's just my opinion. What's yours?

What are your thoughts on Coleen's collection?

Love Victoria xo

Who do you want to see in 2011?

Firstly, I hope you all had an amaaaaaaazing Christmas! I'm going to cover all this in another post because I had inspiration from Company magazines 'cool issue' and they said who they thought had been big this year and it got me thinking about my thoughts on who had been, fashion-wise. And when inspiration strikes, you gotta write. ;)


So, overall, I think 2010 has been a good year for fashion and celebrities. Agree? Blake Lively, Nicola Roberts, Carey Mulligan, among others, have held their own on the red carpet this year. 

Blake Lively

Okay, so even though I just watched an episode of gossip girl  three episodes in a row, none stop, and now want to be her more than ever ;). She has caught the attention of fashion lovers everywhere. She has been flawless in her outfits this year. 

Nicola Roberts

This is one of my ALL TIME FAVOURITE looks of this year. Seriously! It's amazing!

Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan always looks stylish and sophisticated. This is a favourite look for me, I love the elegance of the outift paired with these almost electric blue heels. 

photos: Picapp

However.... 

We are very soon to be waving goodbye to 2010 and welcoming in a new year. 

My question:

Who do you want to see more of in 2011? 

For me, I have a little bit of a list of people I'd like to see more of next year. 

                                                          - The three up their of course.

                                                          - Katy Perry

                                                          - Leighton Meester

                                                          - Dannii Minougue

                                                          - Rihanna

                                                          - Kristen Bell ( i love her!) 

                                                          - Jennifer Aniston

                                                          - Lara Stone

                                                          - Cheryl Cole 

                                                          - Zooey Dechanel 

                                                          - The Saturdays (as a group and individually)

                                                          - Lauren Conrad

                                                          - Kiera Knightly

(** and Chase Crawford and Ed Westwick! I know how badly this makes me look but blame it on the box set I got for Christmas! It will cool off when I've watched it all , promise! ) 

 I may end up adding a few names when they come to me but so far there is my list. They are on there for many a different reasons. Some of them I want to make a massive stamp in the fashion world next year, you know, pull out a showstopper. For some, I want to see how their style is going to evolve, others are there because I've really liked a lot of what they've worn this year. And some, well some I just want to see more of, so I wrote them down. It's as good a reason as any, right? 

What about you? I want to know who you've loved this year and who you want to see more of next year. I dont want to focus on who I didn't like or whatever, because it's personal opinion. Focus on what you liked, it's happier. :) 

Love V xo

p.s. I just wrote xoxo for a little gossip girl themed pun but I rubbed out the second xo to try and diffuse the GG obsession I am bringing across in this post. proud ? ha 

Merry Christmas

I've been wanting to share my love for both of these outfits since I first saw them. Admittedly, I saw the Nina Ricci one quite a while before Cheryl's new Ad for L'oreal but that doesn't matter. 

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The advert for Nina Ricci's L'elixir.

This outfit always captivates me, every time I see it in a magazine I stop and end up staring at it for a minute or two. Scanning all the different elements. I love the tights, I think they bring a lot to the outfit. Of course the dress on it's own would look lovely but I think the tights add that little bit of 'je ne sais quois'.

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Cheryl Cole's new L'oreal advert.


Again, I stop what I'm doing when this ad comes on because I want to look at the dress for another time. It's almost as if I'm checking it's still as lovely as before. Ha! I love the shape and tailoring of the dress. And of course, the cute little glimpse of pink ruffles (doesn't seem like the right word?) from underneath. I want this dress so so badly. Santa? ;)

Via here.

We finally bought our Christmas tree today! We had to put it off when it snowed because obviously the roads weren't safe. But it's up now! My brother and I decorated it. We have a unique style, shall we say. I believe you will find a shoe, broken singing reindeer and a cd in the midst of all our other decorations. I love it! 

This will be my last post before Christmas! Hopefully, I'll sneak one in before new year! (I know everyone says it, but seriously! 2011 already!?) 

I really do hope you all have absolutely wonderful Christmases! I hope you enjoy it and have a truly beautiful few days. What are you up to?
Merry Christmas!

Love & wishes! 

Victoria xo 

rock it to the knee.

Hello Lovelies!


I love over the knee socks. I'm getting these for Christmas which I got the other day from New Look for £4.99 and I love them. I'm shopping with a friend on the weekend to try and get all our Christmas shopping done, and I'm going to try and sneakily buy myself some more over the knee's as a treat.
I want some like this or maybe even these festive (kind of) ones.  so I'm going to scout around for some similar ones. I'm not very confident about my legs at all, so I usually feel a little self concious about wearing them but do you know what, they're socks. Anyone can wear socks. Big or small, it doesn't matter. I like them and I'm gunna wear them.


Pixie Lott is often spotted in over-the-knees and she always pulls them off so well.

However, It's not just Pixie that can pull off the over the knee look. Here are some other celebrities wearing them well.  

Lindsay Lohan

Taylor Swift

Agyness Deyn 

Fearn Cotton

I found this look on Get the look - Women - River Island and thought I'd share it with you for a little sock-spiration. 

Do you like over the knee socks? 

Love Victoria xo 

Photos (All except otherwise stated): PicApp

Beth Ditto's clothes line for Evans launched today. There are 23 piece in the line and the sizes range from 14 to 32. I almost screamed with joy when i saw Beth was launching a line for Evans. Beths always in the magazines for her amazing confidence and her striking looks so why not bring a bit o' beth to the highstreet? The collection photos are below, enjoy! :)

See the range here.

V xx

♥

PHOTOS FROM HERE.

GQ awards

I'm feeling a little bit stinted, fashion wise. I'm not entirely sure what it is, but i'll take an eductated guess. So we're back at school and as per usual its all about uniform, uniform, uniform. I know a lot of schools have strict rules about uniform/appearence but I dont understand how much difference nail varnish or a hair braid can make to our education? I havent worn a hair braid since i was about 6, but i'd like to have the option, you know. Anyway, a couple of days ago GQ magazine along with Dunhill held Men Of the Year 2010 awards. As i'm not up for talking too much today (no idea why), I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Daisy Lowe in Gareth Pugh

Gemma Arterton in Viktor And Rolf

Lily Allen in Vintage with Chanel Jewels


Alexa Chung in Valentino


I suppose as it was the Men of the Year awards, so we should include them a little bit ey?



Aaron Johnson with finace Sam

JLS in Armarni

Ed Westwick (Yum) with Lily Allen

Dizzee Rascal in Dior

David Gandy in Dolce and Gabanna

Oh Mark...


Your opinions, best and worst?

Love V xx

PHOTOS: GQ magazine website