Ms. Woolf told me i could have A Room Of My Very Own.

"Across the street from a yard
there is a house
beyond this room
where the walls, blotted out in red, are plotting a rebirth" fashionandfables







Mais Qui. I have a pulse. I am still here. I checked. Apologies.
I could bombard you with a ton of excuses, but i don't really like excuses. The truth is i have not made this blog a priority because i haven't. Shame. shame. Funny random tangent about the "shame" thing. When i was a kid in primary school in Nigeria. Ilorin, to be exact. Whenever you did anything wrong your classmates formed a circle around you and would then proceed to raise their hands at you and say shame. HELLO. Such horrible technique. Some teachers need psycho analysis. Luckily, i had SUPERTED cartons at home :)



But i digress.
I know, i have left you, my audience, feeling a tad neglected. Heartfelt Apologies. with CAPITALS! If that doesn't signify regret, remorse and what's the other R i am looking for?

Well, i was a little preoccupied with other stuff: work, making jewellery, yoga class, making excuses as to why i am not blogging :)
Also, i have been settling in. Being uber homebod girl. Well, not entirely but more than i normally am.
So pictures of my home. Above and below
Oh oh, Ms. Woolf. is Virginia Woolf. That is Virginia of the Bloomsbury set? Ringing bells? She wrote a number of things when she wasn't lying depressed in her room wailing or something. Oh , must not speak ill of the dead. oeps. Anyways, she also wrote " A Room of One's Own" an essay. Only got half way. oeps.
Watch "The Hours" interesting take on her life if you can't be bothered to read a novel.
But yes, excuse the messy desk.

I Want Lanvin not Flowers!

SEE THE LATEST VIDEO ABOUT THE H&M DESIGNER COLLABORATION.

excitement! can't wait.
Also, in my opinion, out of all of designer collaborations H&M has had, Lanvin has been the only one to truly make the most out of traditional and new media. Yep. hail Alber. He is clever. There are ads, posters, films, twits, more twits.... It keeps the people wanting more, or maybe just me!

Lori "MB's Fashion Hero" Goldstein

Lori Goldstein from StyleLikeU.com from Stylelikeu on Vimeo.

"What ever you are be true to that"

Right on Lori. Right on, right on!

Isn't she the swellest? Like really the swellest? She is an uber amazing stylist, and i just like the fact that she looks like she is always having fun. I think that like so important. Sometimes, it is so easy to get caught up in like wearing what is hip and happening that you forget about fun.
Mais not Lori.
I am all about "slumpy chic" though i am more body con chic nowadays.... i am still a punky little boy really at heart. Comme des garcons! but with a chest :)
Low crouch pants don't look good on me. I really wish they did.
Love ya Lori. Can i be your assistant? Not sure i am really much of a stylist but yah?

Anna Dello Awesomenes.

Yeap, this is why Vogue Nippon kicks ass. The lovely Anna Dello Russo is the editor at large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan. 48 years old. Just like to throw that in there. Hot legs. Hot legs!

image courtesy of http://www.annadellorusso.com/

A Man's Guide to Love

The Man's Guide To Love #62 from themansguidetolove on Vimeo.

"Past loves
Like old friends sometimes sneak up on me
down aisles as i pack foods into a squeaking trolley
they can catch me in lies i folded into a truth
fooling even myself
and lead me down the path where love, as it should be, waits behind a till to be checked out "© fashionandfables



Love. Love Love. We all have our definitions on what is should feel like. We think we can recognise it when cross paths with it. And maybe we can. But just incase we can't, we have got A Man's Guide to Love. It's cute and at times very funny "make sure you are the father of the child before the shotgun wedding" lol. Love it.

Every day, one man steps up to the microphone to share with his audience what he has learned about love. Yeah, drumroll please. In total, there are over 500 videos of men. The website is cool, crowded but in a nice way, i find. It reminds me of walking down a busy street with your headphones on and how it feels to disappear into the mass,
Sometimes it's good to have these of course it's better to feel it yourself. But it's still cute. j'taime

Acid Rush

From Balmain runway!


I have a problem. A big one. I am on acid. Not literally obviously. My "busy" schedule doesn't really afford me with the means to nurse a full-blown addiction. I mean come on now, having a dealer seems like a serious commitment there no? :)
Also, might i add, I listened carefully to the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" track: acid can mess you up for good! I really didn't want to be "a girl with Kaleidoscope eyes"
Thanks Paul, Thanks Ringo. Thanks George. Thanks John. Love ya guys. Love ya. kiss kiss.
Anyhoooes
No, really. i seem to have caught the acid wash disease. I keep lusting after items that look like i stepped into an 80's chick flick complete with a bad perm and all. I am worried. very perturbed. I might even change my name to Molly and dye my hair red to complete the look.

It's okay, i say. it will go away. soon. I will just like to say that i only like this on grey ish and dark blue demin. This, i feel, makes it all better! Don't you think?
Well, while i am still smitten, i thought it was only right that i try to understand my addiction a little better. So, i have been researching the origins of this acid wash phenomenon. And boy did i came up with some goodies.
First off apparently, an Italian company, Rifle gave birth to acid washed denim business. Although, it wasn't know as such back then until Levi Strauss, yes the same Levi who gave us LEVI'S, coined the term.

Did you know the actually acid wash process involves soaking pumice in pure chlorine, vacuuming out the excess and washing or soaking the denim and stones together. I did not know this? Did you? Just say No, it will make me feel better.
i have given into my addiction and purchased an acid wash t-shirt. v-necked. sleeves mid-length. sigh. it's from the guys department. I prefer to buy t-shirts geared towards men, better cuts in my humble opinion! i shall take a picture of it soonish. scouts honour.

Geeky Chic

"i tore a page out of your fantasies
read between the lines,
and trimmed the edges
before polishing it off with splash of red" © fashionandfables

HOT! By the way folks, I want you all to know that i dress like this every day, i swear i do! Every single day!There just isn't anyone to see me as i am hidden away at home behind my mac talking to myself as i work.
okay, okay, i don't. But i will from now on. mark my words! I love this, i love everything about it: the layering, the proportions of the jacket and pants, the snazzy glasses and of course the LIPSTICK!. I was considering a pair of specs like those. But yah, my brother has one, it looks great on him.. on me... i am not so sure. might stick to my old ones... but never say never.
oh oh, and FYI the picture is from Mango's new look book i go while i was in Lisbon. Oh, yes, i was in Portugal. Seems like ages ago now... but that's another story.