ideal prom dress.

here.

This Oscar De La Renta dress is from the Spring 2008 collection also seen on Blake Lively as Serena in Gossip Girl. I think it's so gorgeous and its the material I want. And just ohh. so so beautiful. I found a look-a-likey but wearing white to prom, is that allowed? 

here. 

Prom is quite a few months away though (we're talking the very end of June here) so I've got a while to decide and I haven't tried any on yet. Anyway, I think i've talked about this on here before at some point so I'm gonna finish here. 

Sorry for the lack of posting I had some exams which I needed to study for and if I'm honest I don't know where the time went. I've got a post lined up soon though.

Hope your all well :) 

Love Victoria xo 

white white wedding.

here.

Oscar De La Renta is probably my all time favourite designers and through no fault of my own I ended up on the website. This is a wedding dress and it is out of the 'prom dress budget' by a zillion punds but I love it. It's beautiful!

Love Victoria xo 

American Style?

I was snooping around some clothes store websites. The usual ones for me; new look, river island, topshop, occasionally asos and some others.

To be honest, not many things had caught my eye so this look around was rather swift, until I reached asos. There was a little feature showing/advertising a new 'look' called 'All - American girl". The clothes the model was wearing were really nice, short-ish floral long sleeve and check skirt. I like the stereotypical (?) American style we've seen working it's way into stores all over the country, most commonly through the varsity jackets (love!), but now it seems to be a little less obvious but I love it all the same, possibly more. Anyway, I decided to take a look. I'm glad I did.

Here are some (a lot) of my favourite pieces/styles from the look.

View the whole range here.

asos. 

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The top three and the fifth are particular favourites but I do have a slightly strange love for tops like the one in the penultimate image. You know the whole different colour collar and sleeves thing, I think the love stemmed from watching so much one tree hill.

Overall though, I love the contrast between some of the looks. Being that some are incredibly girlie (not a look I usually go for) and some just aren't. The colours in some are a lot darker and the actual style is different but it still represents the overall style of all-American girl, if you follow? I would completely understand, given the last bit of that sentence.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this style?

Love Victoria xo

all photos from: asos.com

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 

Chiffon & Grecian? ♥

Hello my lovelies!
Soooooo, on Saturday, I mentioned that I'm looking for a dress that I can wear to two parties coming up, one which is quite casual but dresses casual (if you get me?) and then another which is a little bit more formal. Well, I've been haing a nose around and I've found these two little gems. I can't decide whether i 'love' them yet, but they fit the type of dress i want, and they strike me as a little bit grecian stylee (which i do love). The second image of each dress shows how you can make the look a bit more casual, don't you think? I actually prefer the first dress, but then again the second dress is cheaper, so you know.

Click the images to enlarge

Any Opinions/Suggestions?

Hope you've had a good start to the week :)

Love V ox

New Look

Dress it down then up then down then up

Heres the situation: I have two parties coming up (well there in november) and i need a dress. I'm only planning on buying one dress for both parties, because there are different sets of people at each party, so who's gonna know!

I want a dress that is kind of floaty, the second do has a meal involved and who wants to be restricted when you've got a buffet infront of you? I love the dresses Lily Allen wore in her video for 'The Fear' and the video for her and Prof. Green's song 'be good to me'. I think she and the dresses look gorgeous. I'm trying to find a dress under or up to the price of £20 ish, preferably under, ha.

Also, i'm liking this little one shoulder number below from Republic, and it's a lovelyyy colour, i love love love navy. I'm pale and navy doesnt scream that out to everybody, thats the reason i steer clear of yellow. Very draining ;)

£26.99 - Republic

I like this dress because it could be dressed up and down. The first party is a little bit more informal you see, so i want to be able to whack on a thin belt maybe? Swap my shoes. And in turn, be transformed from casually cool to 'something beginning with e' elengent.

ANY IDEAS?!

Love V xo