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Hailey Clauson from our vampire shoot, 2009

 

Gone Fishin... Natalia Vodianova in a cool, early 1900's inspired outfit

 

 

Just amazing!

Oh gosh how I want this kitty hoodie! Stockholm Street Style :)

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Wanny Di Filippo’s Florence on Nowness.com. Today is a very busy day for Advanced Style. My book is finally released and can be purchased in bookstores worldwide!!!!! My parents came in town to celebrate a great event that I am putting on with NOWNESS.com tonight to celebrate. I also had the wonderful opportunity to interview one of my favorite style icons, Wanny Di Filippo for NOWNESS. Check out the video above and the full interview HERE. I'm about to head to a TV studio to film a special interview with two of Advanced Style's favorite ladies(more about this later) then off to celebrate with mom and dad. Check out what my mom had written on her nails below!!!!

With the Kingdom finally getting a bit of sun, it feels a wee bit absurd thinking about tights, but don't let this bout of sunshine fool you - it'll be back to snow and hail next week, mark my words.

The ombre trend, which started in earnest a few seasons ago, is still going pretty strong, albeit it in a subtler way to when it initially began. It's been a little refreshed since then and we are seeing delicious combos such as white fading into citrus and neon brights.

I haven't found anything in ombre yet that has enticed me to buy, but these BZR tights are certainly coming close to finally making me take the plunge and get some ombre for myself.

I absolutely love them and they have appeared on my Tumblr. They aren't especially cheap, costing around £30 per pair, but the ombre effect is perfectly smooth and executed really well - it can often be done badly resulting in a clumsy and uneven fade - but the transistion from one colour to another on these is just right.

So even though I'm looking outside at some lovely warn sunshine, my mind is cast to cold days when these tights could keep me nice and warm and all ombred up.

Queen Michelle

As of last week, I am now 39 years of age. Crikey, how did that happen?! It only feels like yesterday I was 17 years old, spending summers hanging out with a bunch of friends and playing on skateboards. As you get older, time just flies by and before you know it, your 40th year of life is nearly upon you.

Whilst geting old is never great, there are many benefits age and experience has over youth. For example, the older you get the more things you get to see first time around. For me personally, haven gotten the chance to see my favourite bands when they were new is something I'll forever be thrilled about. I see 18 year olds wearing Nirvana t-shirts, yet they weren't even born when the band were conceived whilst I, on the other hand, was watching Kurt sing Bleach and batter his guitar onstage.

I am so aware that the way I dressed, particularly in the 80's, is much like the way I dress today which, unfortunately, also looks like the way so much of the younger people dress. Creepers and denim cutoffs? Band t-shirts? All things I've been doing for over 20 years, but perhaps come across a little as me desperately trying to appear young.

But I do feel there is a difference between appear young and appearing younger. I'd be a liar if I said I didn't like that people think I'm in my mid-20's. It's bloody awesome! But I would have a problem if people thought I dressed like I was trying to be young, rather than seeming younger.

We all have our own set of brakes we put in place when we dress. If I look at something and it looks like a 6 year old could quite feasibly wear it then that, for me, is a no go. I wouldn't have bunches or pigtails for this reason, yet there is a woman on the bus who is at least 55 who wears pigtails all the time. I personally think it looks a bit odd, but she obviously doesn't. Her brakes are different to mine and she's happy in little girl pigtails.

So when I wore this outfit on Sunday, I had to mentally check myself. Is this too young for me? Should I have outgrown shorts by now? Should I really be wearing stockings like this in public?

For some people the answers are probably "yes, no and no", but for me the answer ended up being, "Who cares?! I love it, so I'm wearing it!"....

When I do reach 40, I think I might actually really enjoy the absurdity of still dressing like this. It's almost horrifying! But, since I am quite twisted, I think I might very well end up dressing even more inappropriately. My fear is ending up one of those 'safe' looking middle aged women you see the world over. The most exciting thing they wear is a spangly top to go with their bootcut jeans. And they love a good wedding because they get to pull out a frock. If I ever turned into that, I would fully expect Prince B or Queen Marie to put me right out of my misery!

And see, I wasn't lying about the hat. Every post.

Actually, it's doubly awesome because when I was 15 I had a hat just like this, which I used to wear over a headscarf and I thought I looked just like a member of Faster Pussycat. My boyfriend at the time was some muppet who definitely did not look like Greg Steele, much to my constant disappointment. And he was a drummer in a band, which just wasn't as cool as a guitarist or vocalist. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, as the saying goes!

Queen Michelle

City Slickers W June 2012 Shot by: Craig McDean Styling by: Marie-Amélie Sauvé Models: Othilia Simon, Marique Schimmel, Marte van Haaster, Laura Kampman & Maria Bradley

So cute!! http://www.cheyennemeetschanel.com/

 

 

Fatal Confession Gravure Magazine Summer 2012 Shot by: Greg Sorensen Styling by: Ursula Lake Model: Simone Kerr [...]