Thats Tamara Drewe

I've loved Gemma Arterton ever since I first saw her in St. Trinnians. I mean, come on, who did not want to be her when they saw that film?! She's just SO cool!

Gemma is starring in a new film called Tamara Drewe which is out 10th September.

The premier was today, in Leicster Square, London. Gemma wore beautiful white floor length Gucci. She went with a very natural look with her make up, which works really well with the simplicity of the dress.

Image from here

Cannot wait to see the film, im feeling an orange wednesday coming ;)

The trailer:

V xx

It's a must...

After two days, one of which only lasted a couple hours and consisted of just two lessons, of year 11 I'm actually exhausted! So far, my experience of year 11 has not filled me with high expectations for the rest of the year. For example, it's rained both days, neither of which i have had my umbrella with me. As a consequence of this rain, everything remotely resembling paper in my bag is now a big mess of ink and as a matter of face so was my face. Eyeliner half way down my face with hair that could easily have been mistaken for rats tails. Sad, but true. So, yeah, it's not been the best start to the year, BUT rain means COATS, which basically equals love.

As soon as i saw Coleen wearing this on the new Littlewoods tv advert, I came to find it on the internet! It's absolutely stunning! Millitary and glam.

Doesn't it look SO warm, but still stylish. Plus it reminds me of Gossip Girl. One Big Win!

Simple and classy. There isn't much more that needs to be said. Except the fact of the amazingly good price tag.

Last but OH SO DEFINITELY not least.

ME WANTTTTTTS IT! SO SO BAD!

Okay, calming myself down now. Not only is it incredibly pleasing on the ol' eyes, it has a hood! Why is a hood reason to get excited, I hear you cry? I'll tell you. For the days that I will, inevitably, forget to pack my umbrella, again, my hair will have some slight hope of staying relatively dry.

Here's hoping you've had a dryer start to the week than I have.

V xx

an inspiration in itself.

Hello :)

I stumbled across a blog this morning called Silver Lining written by a woman called Sylvie. I love everything about her blog, literally everything. As soon as I'd read a few of her posts i followed and went straight to add her to my blog list. As i said, i only found this blog this morning but i haven't been off of it since.

I've been quite sad last night and this morning, not for very big or particular reasons, but there has been a lot of tears. So to try and cheer myself up slightly I turned up the music and came to my blog. I was looking on the IFB wire for a new blog to read, something to distract myself and then i saw a post by Sylvie. I don't know why but it caught my eye (ooh apparently i rhyme now), so on i clicked and loved it! I started to flick through a few of her older posts, i tend to do this with all new blogs i find - don't know why, and i came across one about a love letter taken from a showtime series called 'Californication' with David Duchovny. It was a really cute post, but not the main thing that made me love this blog! I looked down the page a little bit and saw the label for this post was 'inspiration'. I thought to myself 'Well, i could probably do with a bit of that right now' so i clicked on the label and what came onto my screen? Post after post after post of inspiration. I love inspiration, it has the power to cheer you up (like me for instance), make your believe again, hope again. I have big dreams, school/career wise and personal wise, and i think everyone needs a bit of inspiration every now and again to keep them on track and to help them along the way. In my opinion you can never have enough inspiration.

Her blog has a bit of everything and every post is a good read. I've enjoyed reading the posts that i have already and it really has cheered me up and made my day a lot better. So thank you Sylvie and all i can say is i hope my blog is as good as yours one day!

I look forward to reading more of your posts, it has most certainly become a daily read! :)

Check out silverlining here

V xx

P.S. I think there really can be only one label for this post, don't you?

PHOTOS: WEHEARTIT.COM

snoooods.

Opinions on snoods? Better or worse that scarves? I know they are incredibly similar but, you know, some people have preferences :)

£20 - Accessorize

I'm considering this, instead of the Boden thick knit scarf mentioned in a previous post.

Decisions, decisions!

V xx

Oh So Eva..

I adore Eva Longoria Parker! She always looks flawless, weather it's in skinny jeans, pumps and a plain long sleeve or on the red carpet, she practically radiates elegance! I loved her dress that she wore to the 2010 Emmys, but i didn't feature it in my Emmys post, so i decided to show some of her other red carpet looks, finishing with the Emmy's 2010 dress. Enjoy!

Here she is at the Robin Hood Cannes premier. She wears Emili Pucci, and doesn't she wear it well?!

Eva wearing Diane Von Furstenberg with H.Stern jewels. She is stood next to her hubby Tony Parker, who has Diane Von Furstenberg, to the left of him!

Wearing Marchesa, along with Verdura jewels. This is at the Fantastic Fete.

At the 66th Golden Globe awards, this is my favourite red carpet look of hers! She wears a Reem Acra dress with Verdura jewels and a Swarvovski clutch.

Eva at the very recent Emmy awards (2010). Looking gorgeous as usual wearing Robert Rofreguez with Loren jewels.

Eva suits floor length dresses amazingly, and she knows it. She tends to stick to floor length, rather than cocktail, she does occasionally whack out those pins though. Every girls got to once in a while ey ;)

Hope your having a good day :D

V xx

Photos: style.com

Fabulous - Big Country

On the weekend my dad bought The News Of The World newspaper and immediately handed me the fashion/beauty/lifestyle magazine called 'Fabulous',that comes with it also by NOTW. I was flicking through when i got to the editorial. The theme was chunky knits and tough leather. It was by Tracey Lea Sayer. The photos are absolutely gorgeous AND the clothes they use in these shots aren't designer clothes, the most expensive item in £150. £150 in my eyes is still VERY expensive but when you compare it to some of the editorials in other glossys, £150 isn't much!

The photo above (the left one) includes a thick knit scarf which I am now planning on buying ASAP! It's £20 from Boden. It's in the section called 'Jonny B' which is for Teens but as it's a scarf it means there are no sizes, which therefore means its good for any age! It comes in three colours, Midnight (Navy), Oatmeal (Cream - the one in the editorial and photo below) and Rasberry (Pink).

Chunky Scarf - £20 - Boden


Any opinions :) ?

Click here to go to the Fabulous magazine website.

Love V xx

Photos/Credit to:

Fabulous Editorial: From the Fabulous Magazine Website

Photographer: Gregory Schawger, Hair: James McMahon - Using Paul Mitchell, Make-up: Aimee Adams - Using Lancome, Model: Michaela K at Union, Fashion Assisstant: Nana Acheampong, Photographers Assistant: Alexanda Garratt - With thanks to: Christian at ZproductionZ and Lottie at One Production.

Scarf: Jonny B at Boden

I need to start being productive.

So summer is over in just under a week now, and it will be back to school. And, I think i need to go back to school! Not only to finish GCSE's and whatnot but so I actually have something to do with my day! I think i've spent more time in my PJ's this summer than ever before and slept more than anyone ever has. It's SO bad! Its a lovely day outside, really sunny and just a few clouds in the sky and i'm still sat inside. I have nothing to do! Well, okay. Thats not completely true, i have a few peices of coursework and several homework tasks to do but come on, summer is meant to be fun. I need to excersise aswell! I just go into lazy teenager mode when summer hits. I WILL GO ON A RUN TOMORROW MORNING! .. I will, I will! I'll wake up at 8, go running, be home, showered and ready to meet a friend at 11! (Wishfull thinking!) See i have tomorrow planned and the day after i should be shopping, but today! ITS TEN TO THREE IN THE AFTERNOON AND IM STILL IN PYJAMAS! what is wrong with me?! Okay, Rant over.

So i ruined some shoes yesterday :(. Admittidly it's not much of a loss as i believe they were a £2 purchase, but still, its a sad time. How did i ruin them, i hear you ask ?(Yes, i know you probably dont care a teeny tiny bit, but i'm putting off doing french homework, that i have already attempted twice...) So there was a party last night, it was outside and very very muddy. It was an INCREDIBLY informal affair so i kept it casual with dollies. I'm not going to describe my outfit, because quite frankly I didn't like it. Anyway, staying on track. Everyone else seemed to have chosen sensible footware (what fun is sensible?) like wellies and trainers. I ended up walking to and from the party with various groups of people about four times, which was also a muddy trek, so to cut a very long and dull story short, my once gold and white (they look nicer than they sound) came back BROWN. Safe to say they are going in the bin! Atleast now i have a valid reason to buy another pair of shoes!

Any nice shoes you like the look of? Paste the URL in a comment :)

Ohh, It would have been nice if this post had more of a point to it! I also realise i have used brackets far too often!

Love V xx

P.S. Yet AGAIN my magazine has not come on time, so i am thinking about changing my subscription when this one is over (which is quite soon, i think). Any Ideas? UK magazines :)