Androgyny Twister

I was watching a video of Janelle Monae a couple of days ago and was reminded of my little girl-crush (I’m straighter than an arrow, no homo).  I’ve always been a fan of the Gender Bender look and if there's one person who does androgynous well it's Ms Monae.  She makes it look effortless.  Being a bit curvy I have come to the (not so shocking) realization that I cannot do androgynous like Monae or Stella Tennant (who is so rake thin that at times her sex is indistinguishable when she dresses up in men’s clothing). Fortunately, being curvy has not stopped me from trying to adapt certain elements of certain trends to suit my body type.

 

Being a girly girl at heart, I decided to soften the look by adding certain feminine elements.  Since the look is kinda austere and minimal I decided to stick to monochrome. To take severity off the black and white ensemble, I decided to wear my brightest red lipstick and a whole lotta blush than I usually wear. Instead of wearing tailored trousers with my crispy white shirt, I opted for a lace skirt and accesorized with a lacy bowtie (which is actually hairpiece! Nothing wrong with a little improvisation) to give the look some dose of femininity.

Instead of wearing oxfords or brogues I decided to wear a pair of black high heel lace-up shoes (and yes I tottered around like I was walking on stilts for most of the day but it was well worth it!). 

I figured wearing a hat with my outfit would have being an overkill….too bad I don’t have a bouffant hairdo like Janelle Monae *Insert dreamy look emoticon*

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Bex (with the sore ankle)

Fashion Credits

Shirt:  Marks and Spencer

Bowtie (Hairpiece):  Topshop

Skirt:  Marina Kaneva

Shoes:  Aldo

Metallics, Sequins and all that Glitter!

Seems like the shine shine trend is gonna be all the rage this year. Fashion forward fashionistas and celebs have started putting their best shiny foot forward by rocking outfits that are all bright and sparkly.  I personally don't think much of Kimora's personal style (hope she never reads this o. That women scares me) but this picture of her wearing a sequin frock with pointy toe Loubies and a simple clutch was so good I just had to share.  Its elegant, simple and classy. Sans frou frou!

 if there's one person I abso-lute-ly admire is Solange. Solange...where do I start? Aside from being uber stylish and avant garde in her fashion choices she is absolutely gorgeous. I love her personal style and how she effortlessly owns every look she puts together. Having a gorgeous head of hair with curls helps as well.  I think Beyonce should ask Solange if she can spare her stylist.  Big sis could take a leaf from her younger sibling.  Below Solange is Gucci'd up from head to toe.  I love her metallic animal print jacket, silk top and the white, black and bronze mini skirt is to die for. She finished her Gucciness with the Ophelie T-strap sandal. Wish I had a bucked-up older sister (Solange works for her own money I heard. hmmmm)

In the spirit of clashing everything from patterns, colours, texture etc, Rihanna has proven again that she is fearless, fierce and not afraid to break all the rules by clashing two metals together. Her top is gold with the cute red ribbon and her pants are silver.  I like the way she downplayed the otherwise contrasting metals by wearing a black coat, black shoes and carrying a black bag! It kinda pulls everything together so its not overbearing on the senses.  She gets top marks from me for this look.  Unfortunately, I can't same say same about her new hairdo.  The Do is very trendy but from someone who's saving every strand of hair on her head (ME) it's a defo no! no! Nobody is touching the small strands that have managed to sprout from my head after years of pampering and treatments!  Can't wait to see RiRi's new movie Battleship. Heard she did her own stunts (ITK).

Kim K led the pack last year by wearing a sequin blazer.  This is my fave picture of her.  Wonder who she was BB'ing while her stylist was busy trying to find a fitting earring. I'll wager she was either bb'ing Kanye or updating her status message (which I think would have been something like 'Mr. West just left my building *wink**wink*').

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Bex

Teal Weekend (2)

 Remember Teal weekend no.1?  Well I remembered that all part 1's have to have part 2.  Luckily for me this past weekend I decided to break out an old faithful. My teal coloured blouse from Next.  On its own the blouse is kinda funny and unstructured.  I bought it 'cos of the colour.  I remember staring at it on the rack and wondering how lumpy I was going to look.  It didn't look like it had a lot of prospect till I bought it and took it home and cinched it all in with a belt. Voila! I think it's not bad at all. Above is a picture of me wearing it in January.

I decided to accessorize with this bib-necklace thingy to make the blouse seem more interesting and used a thin gold belt to cinch my waist in. I love bib-necklaces because they can make an otherwise simple (or boring) top or dress look interesting.  An 'just-there' T-shirt or tank top would look amazing with one. I'm glad I invested in one! Pictured below are some nice ones!

 Wish I could have them all!

I threw on a pair of comfy skinny jeans

 Wore a beige coloured pair of heels and I was ready to go! 

P.s. Sorry if I don't seem my perky self.  It's 4.35am.  Nobody is funny or amusing (I'm assuming I am o) at this ungodly hour.   Please feel free to follow this blog. Comments are appreciated and emails work a treat just as well.


xxx
Bex


Fashion Credit

Blouse:  Next

Jeans:  Select

Shoes:  Barrats

Bib-Necklace:  Dorothy Perkins

Belt: River Island (it came with a jumpsuit)

Sequins, Metallics and Shimmer

I have always wondered why we have to wait for Christmas to break out the shine and glitter! I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a bit of a closet magpie cos secretly I’m drawn to sparkly, shiny things.  Just to avoid getting weird looks, I consciously steer away from racks groaning under weight of garments with flashy and colourful sequins (that didn’t stop me from buying a sparkly sequin jacket on a solo shopping trip and hiding it so my elder sis won’t catch me with it. She, my older sis is a bit of a fashion snob who thinks she knows better than everyone else ‘cos she lived in Italy for years. Don’t worry she won’t read this…hopefully).  I turn up my nose at people that are brave enough to pile on the ‘sparklies’ when it’s not Christmas or they’re going to an 80’s themed disco but my snob is tinged with a hint of envy. Yes envy. If it was acceptable in the 80’s why not now?  Well thankfully sequins, metallic, glitter and shine are gonna be hot next season! Now I can wear them without feeling like a freak!  I know it might seem too early for some to start working next seasons trend when this season just took off right? Well….so what? If Kim K can wear sequins (she wore a sequin tuxedo jacket with a cute leather bow-tie, a crisp white shirt and pants. Check out the picture below) for the Kardashian Christmas card photos so can I!

Yesterday for a night out on the town, I decided to wear my sequin, sparkly jacket! I wore it with an all black playsuit with a plunging neckline a sparkly waist-cinching belt and some cool blue heels (I spent the whole night tottering about and wishing I had put a pair of flats in my purse). I decided to wear all black cos I didn’t want to go all OTT and look like a walking disco-bulb.  I think it’s safer to pair shiny and metals with muted colours and allow the sparkle do the talking for itself.  If you want to wear say a red dress and you want to put a lil sparkle in the ensemble, opt for a purse with metallic, glitter and sequins.

 

Please look beyond the unmade bed. Getting dressed takes time and effort and there’s always a missing shoe that hides under your neatly folded and ironed stack of clothes or under your duvet on your meticulously made bed.  Finding the shoe requires a whole lot of scattering and there’s never time to tidy up ‘cos everyone is waiting for you downstairs.

 

  

I think it all boils down to your comfort level though.  It would freak a whole lot of people if one is caught wearing a bright shiny sequined hot pink dress with gold shoes, shiny silver purse, red lipstick, smeared mascara, wonky fake lashes and glitter eyeshadow! I bet there are chicks like that out there but please let it not be you!

I think it all boils down to your comfort level though.  It would freak a whole lot of people if one is caught wearing a bright shiny sequined hot pink dress with gold shoes, shiny silver purse, red lipstick, smeared mascara, wonky fake lashes and glitter eyeshadow! I bet there are chicks like that out there but please let it not be you!

Below are more pictures of me trying to look sexy and practicing my moves like Ciara which was all a waste cos I spent the whole night out bitching about them shoes and staggering around in them (if you ran into me last night and thought I was walking a little funny, I just want to say I was staggering cos of my shoes, I only had one drink last night). 

Bex

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Peplum and Mint

Hey guys, I guess by now its public knowledge that Kim K and Kanye West are now a hot item.  Not fair Kim, I've always had eyes for Mr. West, I mean you're gorgeous and you can get almost any man you want so why Kanye?  It's either they're canoodling while strolling down the streets of NYC sharing an ice cream cone or wearing matching colours to restaurant openings. She even has earrings with letters 'K' 'W' sef! So what if I'm jealous? So they're now 'K-WEST' or 'KIMYE?

Anyway I stumbled into this picture of them leaving the opening of a restaurant wearing matching colours (now they're doing co-ordinated outfits? wtf). I managed to put my jealousy aside when I looked closely at Kim K's dress. She was wearing a black jersey peplum dress from Givenchy, Louboutin Unbout illusion pumps (these red-bottom beauties are showing up everywhere aren't they? Beyonce, Rihanna and Solange have been snapped in them. Solange wore hers with that split-to-almost-the-waist Maki Oh skirt that got every blog talking)

 Not surprising, as with the Alti spiked pigalle, these Loubies are sold out! 

I liked the look. With her hair pulled back in a tight bun and minimal jewellery and a black clutch, Ms. Kardashian looked simple but elegant. If I was her stylist I would have suggested a pop of colour somewhere though Kim seems to favour neutral colours (mostly black and greys).  Below is a a close-up on the Givenchy viscose jersey dress

I have always been a fan of the peplum even before it became one of this season's top trends.  I'm definitely getting myself a peplum outfit asap. inspired by this season's hot mint and pastel colours, I went to polyvore to pull an outfit together. Below is my creation! I was thinking French glamour (Don't know why I put Big Ben in the background...)...Mint green peplum dress, pearls, YSL ooh-la-la red lipstick, Dior miss cherie perfume and my fave Louboutin Alti Spike 160mm shoes and an edgy knuckle-duster black clutch........

Tell me what you think


Bexxxxxxx






Fashion Credit




Almari Belted Peplum Dress

Sam Edelman nude heels

Black shoes
Christian Louboutin Alti Spike 160

Black handbag

Throne'Mistress Rocks Black Knuckleduster Skull Clutch

White pearl necklace

Yves Saint Laurent Lipstick

Christian Dior couture couture perfume

Casual Wednesday

Nothing beats spending an evening with friends just dressed down!  I mean the good ol' jeans and top kinda casual.  You know the kind of casual where you just blindly reach into your closet and lazily put an ensemble together right?  On Wednesday, I hung out with my friend Es (he's responsible for the cold bottle of Star you see in the picture below o! I don't drink beer, gimme a Frozen Magarita anyday).  We met up for dinner and juicy gossip at Pataya (A Thai restaurant on Adeola Hopewell). They serve this Catfish thingy that I can't seem to get enough of!