Merry Christmas

Naked Ambition

By the Skin of their Teeth

Don't Break Your Back Doing It Pt. 2

Don't Break Your Back Doing It Pt. 1

Daria x Tom Ford x French Vogue

Need the Tom Ford edited January edition of French Voguein my life!

Time to Suit Up

Leighton Meester in Thom Browne.

Its a Snow Problem

Alexander Calder's 'Cactus' on Trinity College campus earlier this week.

Emerging

Louis le Brocquy's portrait of Samuel Beckett. Can't beat it.

Top 25

Click on the title link to find out who Elle Magazine picked as their Top 25 25-year-olds, as a celebration of the magazine's own 25th birthday. The photography and styling is stunning, and here are my favourite three shots, of Aurel Schmidt, Olivia Thirlby, and Mila Kunis. Photos courtesy of Elle.

Dying Light

A (completely not enhanced) shot I took last April on one of those gorgeously sunny yet freezing pre-summer days, of the sun going down over Belgrave Square.

Choices, Choices

Poor Bambi

Up-and-coming Australian model Bambi, keep an eye out for her, she's the new Abby Lee. To see more, go to fuckyeahBAMBI.tumblr.com

Persona Lust

LOVE Drew.

Geometry

The Acne Hybria boot. Loving the cliffhanger heel. Photo courtesy of Fashion Toast.

Old Meets New

Gorgeous antique setting, gorgeous young clothes and Georgia May Jagger, shot by Hedi Slimane. LOVE.

SUCK IT

Now That's What I Call Biker-Chic

The delish Olivia Palermo, photo courtesy of The Sartorialist.

Like The Rest Of The World, I'm In Awe

Good job, Sarah Burton. You do Alexander McQueen's memory and legacy complete justice.

Fitting Perfection

Dresses by Shakuhachi, Mara Hoffman, and Shakuhachi again. Three contrasting examples of perfect fit and print combinations.

Save the Planet

I don't even have the words to describe how much I want to try this!

Moody

A mood board courtesy of Tavi over at Style Rookie (how jealous am I that she's friends with the Rodarte sisters?!)I'm seriously loving the pink hair but I'm mainly in it for that unbelievable cigarette packet artwork. I need that print in my life.

Aspiration

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.

Slither

Le Blob's hissing snakes. I want them wrapped around my wrist to spice up any and every outfit.

Powerful Manifesto

Daria. YSL. Slow-mo. IT'S TOO GOOD.

REAL TIME

Click on the link in the title and prepare to feel insignificant.

Trip the Light Fantastic

Doesn't this image just make you need a new camera like, RIGHT NOW.

Blow Me Away

This photo is just UNREAL. Gives me shivers.

Can You Say Subversion?

I fucking love this image, the inherent subversive quality of it. A sexy girl sits on her bed, a pouty attractive look on her face she holds a magazine up in front of her. But the magazine is Playboy, she shouldn't be reading that. The girl is quite clearly not wearing a top, but the breasts we see are those of the model on the magazine, and even then we don't see all of them. Should we be gratified or not?

That New Book Smell

I work in a beautiful bookshop, so I might be biased (my mother is a librarian and my aunt is an author. I AM biased!) but I believe that nothing can ever replace the feel, the smell, the joy, of a new book. The Internet might be 'taking over', the Kindle is trying to kill, but I think that the book will never truly die. It's too magical.

Olsen Obsession

I could write and write and write about how awesome I think the Olsen twins are, especially Ashley, but I won't bore you. If you want to see more of their inspiring fashion choices click the title link. If you don't, then just appreciate this stunning photo (pre- Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' can-curlers, I'd like to point out.)

Poolside Delights

Or rather, the whole entire pool is a delight. It's so insanely retro and extravagant it could only be found in Miami, Fl. Now I feel a ridiculous urge to go to Miami, despite the fact I'm pretty sure I'd hate it, just so I could go swimming in this pool.

Wang+Lee+xx=PERFECTION

This video is genius. An amazing desginer, a model who's finally getting the campaigns she deserves, and a band already destined for uncomfortable levels of fame...

You should know all of these people, BUT if you've been hiding under a rock lately, I'll help you out:
If you don't know who Alexander Wang is, click this: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/AWANG/seasons/
If you don't know who Abby Lee is, click this: http://nymag.com/fashion/models/alee/abbeylee/
If you don't know who the xx are, click this: http://www.myspace.com/thexx

WANT + NEED Pt. 2

These shoe boots are like a Rick Owens (if you don't know who he is, GOOGLE) jacket made into my dream shoes; chunky but not clunky, strappy and high but not hooker-y, fur-lined but not UGG-y, they are my winter dream. How do you get into my head so, Topshop?!

WANT + NEED

FRIENDSHIP GLOWS

Summer/Winter

I want to see this exhibition! Unfortunately it's in LA so I can't, and must sate myself with Amber B.'s website (link in title) and the videos and pictures I found there. Summer Winter is Amber B.'s newest exhibition/installation in the POV Gallery. Inspired by the cutest love story, the exhibition tells the tale of the love between Miss Summer and Mr Winter and how they came together. Amber B is an Australian artist and her site is well worth a look, if only for cute things like thise pictured above.

An Irish Master

Jack B. Yeats is one of the most talented and renowned painter that our fair isle of Ireland has ever produced. Son of the painter John Butler Yeats and brother of the Nobel prize-winning writer William Butler Yeats. Though he began his artistic life as an illustrator, around 1920 he moved into a deeply Expressionist style and it's for this that he became famous and made his work become collector's items. This painting, of his favourite subject, the Irish land and seascapes is titled 'The Sea' and it's the painting of his that I love the most (except for 'Old Walls'...) Go online, go to the National Gallery of Ireland (linked in title) and look at his exceptional artwork- you will fall in love with it.

Time To Grab Your Wellies

Festival season is in full swing, and this year, with the choice and range of festivals ever expanding and most people's cash-flow not as healthy as previous years, one must choose carefully what you're going to shell out for. The one I'm braving the weather for this summer is Knockanstockan, a small independent music festival for and by musicians. Run entirely by volunteers and coming in at a mere €75 for three days and over a hundred acts; as well as being situated by the beautiful Blessington Lakes in Wicklow, this laid back and friendly little festival is well worth getting soggy and mucky for.

Crafty Students

Click on the link in the title and find yourself immersed in a world of craft and creation; all things hand-made and original- from teddy's and food, to fascinators and knitwear. This blog (run by two of my favourite ladies in the world) will inspire and delight, and if the pictures here don't pique your interest then I don't know what will...

To Die For

There are no words, except to say Riccardo Tisci is a genius. No runway for Givenchy this year, just a private showcase to properly display these works of art. I wish the photos could show the details of the ceramic belt crafted like a spinal column, the zippers made to look like bones, and the human skeleton itself laid out in flat lace applique on a tulle column. The collection is rich and challenging, exactly what couture is all about.

Artistic Trash

Who doesn't love taking some battered old Cadillacs and transforming them into a desert installation? This is the real meaning of reuse recycle; taking something completely useless and basically destroyed and making it look gorgeous and relevant.

Tell It Like It Is

Seriously, what's not to love?

Time To Check Out AA

That's american archive, not American Apparel. An online vintage store on ebay, they are spot-on with their collection full of native prints, draped sheers, distressed scraps of denim and lots of leg on show. The style is all-American basics with a touch of European glamour and makes me feel sharp pangs of longing, particularly for the combination of black bodysuit under a sheer pink shirt, pictured on the far right.

He's a Face Hunter

His name is Ivan Rodic, and he hunts faces. In his own words, he 'travels the globe in search of the most inventive, colourful, freaky, imaginative, gifted, graceful, exquisite, fascinating, unpredictable, gorgeous, refined, delicate, divine, facehuntable, fantabulous, bewitching, edgy, ravishing, chic, winning, alluring, wild, glamorous, voluptuous, radiant, classy and - if possible - good-looking people.' Visit the blog (linked in the title), pour over the book, you will be inspired and filled with an insatiable longing to go out and shop shop shop...

Speedy Reader

An entire issue of Industrie magazine in less than a minute and a half; I think it shows how beautiful a magazine can be when all you see is pictures and perfectly layed-out fonts. The aesthetics of something created purely to showcase beautiful and innovative creations. The amount of time and effort that gets put into the publication of a single issue of a fashion magazine on the scale of Industrie or Vogue is mind boggling yet this video shows how fleeting and disposable the end product actually is.

Le Smoking

I know that smoking is bad for you, and for everyone around you. But how is it that smoking can make someone look so sexy? Images of people smoking particularly appeal to me. I don't know if its because these women are supermodels, or because they were photographed by very talented photographers but these images are so effortlessly striking and stunning. For more images like these, go to lesmokingimage.blogspot.com, linked in the title. You'll be enraptured for some time.

Tastefully Tasteless Jewellery

Beautiful gold love hearts from Pamela Love. I adore how the basic premise of a love heart necklace is innocence and simplicity, but then when you look closely at these you spot the naughty sentiment. What's not to love?

Lagerfeld, You Genius

Karl Lagerfeld's short film 'Remember Now', Parts One and Two. Full of s/s 2010 Chanel clothing and South of France glamour. Enough said, really.

Ring-a-Ding

I have a bit of an obsession with big rings and costume jewellery in general. Be it cheapo rings from Topshop that turn my finger green, or vintage pieces salvaged after trawling through charity shops, its worth it for the insta-glamour that wearing a beautiful ring or brooch gives you.