Model Crush: Rose Cordero

How beautiful is the 17-year-old model Rose Cordero! The Dominican model with African and Spanish roots is signed with Supreme models ( big grasp there as Supreme tend to stick to white models) and has appeared in editorials for Teen Vogue and W.

Let them eat Commune De Paris

"The polished armour
and glistening sword
does not win my battle
my infantry is in my cause and valour" fashionandfables


Forget a televised revolution and gear up for a wearable one. Commune De Paris is a fashion brand drawing inspiration from the little known Paris Commune of 1871. With shirts, pull overs, tee-shirts, polo-necks, bags, cushions, wallpapers, posters etc, the label reinterprets French and revolutionary symbols in their range of clothes, accessories and objects. Qui, qui it's for the boys, but boys can't have all the fun. I wear men's wear all the time, they have better t-shirts, better fit.

Viva la revolution!

More Chanel

Isn't Ms. Iman a sight! Went shopping the other day and got leggings. So proud, it's been 3 months since i have actually bought clothes, other than leggings. Leggings are like my favourite thing in the world. all i wear are leggings! and not to the gym, just round. Went to a shoot the other day in leggings.Sigh i know. But the make-up lady said i had hot legs! YES! leggings make your legs hot.

But yes, i digress. After the leggings i picked up the free H&M magazine and who was there, Ms. Chanel Iman. She is everywhere. Sigh. so pretty.

Chanel Iman for German Vogue

The lovely Chanel Iman rocking it in a shoot in this German Vogue's December Issue.

Head in gear

"You followed me regardless
in high spirits
down a messy orange roundabout
before a dip around a sullen corner
you followed me
in one form or the other
like no other
you are in my head" ©fashionandfables

I don't really like fancy hats, mainly because they look horrible on me. Also, they kind of remind of stuffy horse races, think that comes with living in England too long. And, if i am brutally honest, i associate them with old ladies who attend early morning mass.
And where the hell would i wear one to? Suggestions?
But i am singing a different tune after looking at the above spread in Glamour magazine. Oh, the power of good styling. Maybe Santa will put one in my stocking come Christmas.

Glamour shoot

I have been getting rid of a lot of old magazines this weekend, as part of le"operation organize office space".
I have to say that this saddens me a great deal. In fact it hurts. . But i don't need Glamour magazines from 1999? Especially since i need the space for my sanity. Sanity vs. magazines, was a tough choice there for awhile :)
Anyhows these images are from an old shoot early on this year. I like. I want the skirt outfit. might wear something like that tomorrow. Working from home kinda sucks as no one gets to see your pretty outfits. I need to get a cat soon!

Naomi's Eden

" Four rivers for a walled orchard
blighted by swinging ivy that blinds the eye
Paradise is of lust as much as it is of love" fashionandfables

One of the things that draws me to Flaunt magazine is their play on concepts and presentation. Each issue is treated to two covers, both adhering to one theme. The more commercial and obvious image is the epidermis of the magazine so to say, and this layer opens up to a more daring and artistic interpretation of the overarching theme. And sometimes the first cover is the artistic interpretation, like issue nr 58, my very first purchase of the magazine might i add. This issue had an abstract portraiture of the lovely Mos Def! hot.
Fast forward to the current edition, and Flaunt is still at it. I am not sure if i really like the cover. But i like the concept. It was shot by David LaChapelle who named it “The Rape of Africa” and features Naomi Campbell. It holds my interest.