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I decided to wear denim on denim today.  I wanted to create some kind of contrast so I mixed a lighter wash shirt with a darker wash pair of skinnies

I was going for a praire chick-meets-hippie-meets-cowgirl but I seriously doubt if I nailed it.....oh well....

I accessorised with what I'll call a mini-turban (the beastly thing kept riding up my forehead), a statement necklace, a large metallic clutch and for a pop of colour I wore these amazing neon sandals from Zara. 

Glad to inform you all that I partook of some serious ram and fried rice feasting.  

Thanks for reading. Don't forget to click the facebook like box on the upper left handside to show me some love......... :-x

Bex

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Fashion Credit 

Shirt:  Next

Skinny Jeans:  Tommy Hilfiger

Shoes:  Zara

Sunglasses:  Versace

Sister Sister

Hurray!  My bloggers block is over!  What this means for me is that I'm back to blogging full time! I'm practically doing cartwheels and dancing azonto.  I'm practically brimming with new ideas and looking out at the world with fresh pair of eyes.  Anyway, while waiting for Friday to come with it's promise of fried (if given an option I'll like mine grilled thank you very much) ram meat.  Getting Sallah meat can be tough as most of my muslim friends know why I get overly friendly during Eid. I'm determined to eat my fill this year, I will show up at my muslim friends houses  uninvited and help myself to delicious ram meat. Ha! So if you're a muslim, you live in Lagos and you're my friend and your ram (or rams are) is tied and bleating helplessly in your backyard be rest assured I will drop by! T.J I see you o! 

Cream Linen Dress from Next

Jess and I decided to have a sisters day out yesterday.  We made plans to catch a movie and do dinner (or do dinner and watch a movie), as usual it took Jess a loooooong time to get dressed.  I picked a cream linen dress I'd being dying to wear and cinched my waist in with a leopard print belt (crappy camera did not capture the awesomeness of the belt).  I wore a mid-heel yellow and grey sandals and accessorised with a charm necklace (pictured below)

Charm necklace from Accessorize

 We had dinner at Double 44 at The Palms in Lekki (I think it used to be called Caffe Vergnano). It was a relaxed chilled out evening and the food was awesome.

We watched The Dictator which left us in stitches.  Sacha Baron Cohen is mega talented (You'll love the dictator if you loved Borat, thank God he didn't think to wear the horrid neon green mankini!). It's right up your street if you like dirty, slapstick comedy.

 I had a nice time hanging out with my sister.  I would love to go on a girls only holiday with all my sisters.  I love them sooooooo much (I love my brother too ;-) ).

Bex

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Fashion Credit

Dress:  Next

Shoes: Aldo

Belt:  River Island

Charm Necklace:  Accessorize

Camo: To wear or not to wear.....

C’mon lets be real here, there are some trends that we’d sworn to ourselves we’d never rock but have found ourselves hopping on the merry bandwagon like everyone else and buying different colours, prints or variations  of it! I swore I’d never get on the floral print truck.  I sneered at  fashionistas wearing all kinds floral (sometimes fruity) prints  and IMO looking like human table clothes or my grannys curtains.  I was shocked when I found myself eyeing a particularly spectacular floral print blazer in Zara (maybe ‘cos it was on sale!). Well there’s a new trend in town that is cool but there's an aspect of it i dont like.  It's the military trend of last summer that is spilling into this season.  I love me a lovely military inspired jacket (like Kim K's Balmain jacket below) and army green (as worn by one of my fave bloggers below, click Here to visit her blog).

Kim Kardashian's Balmain military jacket

 While I don't mind incorporating military inspired items into my outfits, one thing I know is I’d never wear anything in camo print. Yes I’ll never ever never ever wear anything in camo! I noticed the trend like a couple of months ago and silently prayed it’ll fade away but instead of dying a quick death like I thought it has grown somewhat stronger.  I didn’t want to talk about it initially but I got the shock of my life when I saw Joan Rivers wearing a camo print jacket on Fashion Police (sorry I wasn’t quick enough to take a picture of it)! Yes you read me right…Joan Rivers! It’s ok for chicks like Rita Ora and Rihanna but not Joan (I totally adore her btw). My bloggers block disappeared in an instant as I quickly snatched up my laptop and got typing!

I admit I’ve worn camo print in the past. I remember buying a camo print tank top in uni. It was 1998 and camo was everywhere and we even had a camo and combat themed show in school.  I thought I looked  the bees knees till a friend I will not name showed up in a party  I was at wearing a camo print maxi dress with a slit in front that went all up to her navel paired with the same camo patterned hotpants! I know it’s a lot to process but back then I thought it was hawt (I think she paired it with boots too). Anyway gist later came out that she had a slight run in with some soldiers on her way back from the party (I’m not sure if it was the camo print that got them pissed or the very hawt outfit….).

Anyway so I saw this picture below of Amber Rose wearing a camo jumpsuit with a leather sleeveless jacket and black boots and I think it's hideous. 

Amber Rose wearing a camo print jumpsuit

I suppose it's not so bad if worn correctly (and in moderation). The very stylish blogger of atlantic-pacific shows us how it's done in two ways

I like how she effortlessly made it feminine by wearing a black mini skirt and accessorizing with that uber-cool Chanel brooch!

She redefines casual chic by wearing camo print skinnies with a denim jacket.  I just love her style (and wardrobe)!

In the picture below, Beyonce went all out military (sans boots) with her man courtside.  I like how she softened her ensemble with those sexy heels.

I suspect I'm going to get a lot of stick for declaring my distate for camoflague, I expect a lot of statements like 'don't diss it till you try it' and 'speak for yourself I'm un-retiring my camo shorts from the 90's' and such but it's all good.  I'm sure you guys have trends that you hate and won't be caught dead wearing, if you do, lemme know and maybe we can work together on a post about it!

Bex 

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Currently Coveting: Valentino Naked Rockstud Transparent Slingbacks

Hi guys, before y'all start giving me stick for being MIA for a whole month just sit back and listen to my excuse. .....bloggers block. Yes bloggers block should be right there with writers block and ADD! It's a legitimate ailment.  I just didn't feel inspired and didn't feel like documenting my thoughts and taking picture of my outfits.  

Anyway I stumbled onto this gorgeous shoes from Valentino.  This pointy-toe wonder features transparent straps with stud embellishments and plexiglass heels. It's made from calf leather with leather insoles and leather sole

Valentino's Rockstud collection has been a resounding success, from shoes, bags etc.  I love the edgy but ladylike look and feel of the whole collection. Valentino just went stud wild!  Alexa Chung was snapped rocking her kitten heeled black and blush slingbacks during Paris fashion week (that chic fashion-forward fashion minx!!). For more ogling of the Rockstud collection and prices click HERE. 

Below is picture of Alexa's Kitten heels. Practical, sexy and bang on trend! I want, love and need these shoes!

Bex

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NYFW 2012: Marchesa RTW

OMG I just have to gosh about this! Marchesa Ready to Wear did it for me!  Unless you've you been living under a rock (with no laptop, ipad, phone and wifi) these past couple of days and you hate fashion then you're excused if you don't know the New York Fashion Week just ended.  Yours sincerely wasn't there in person but with nearly every fashion blog giving up-to-date tidbits I kinda felt like I was there in person. I spent countless hours slouched over my laptop looking at pictures from the shows, reading posts from bloggers who were live in NYC for the shows.  I've seen dozens of street style fashion (most of them colourful and creative but some have just being too absurd to be honest).  

I'll admit it I was green with envy when I found out my friend Nneka (of neks2u.com) was in New York for NYFW! Lucky girl!  I've always had vivid dreams of me bagging 'frow' (front row) seats next to Kimye or Solange and making oh la la sounds as the models sashay down the runway just a couple of feet away from me (so close I can practically touch them).  Oh well.......

Anyway, the preview of Marchesa's spring collection on Wednesday was staged in Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall on Wednesaday.  As expected Kim and Kanye got frow and Tyra Banks was also in attendance.  

Going through the catwalk pictures, I  was delighted to see it was Indian inspired.  there were saris, gold, pearls, intricate beadings, tulle, embroidery, fringes, brocades, jewels, cropped pants. I swooned when I saw the jewel encrusted Christian Louboutin kitten heels! ....wow!

Am happy to share my personal faves from the show below:

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Weekday at the beach

So me, Jessica (my sis), Angie, Elvira and her cute son decided to go to the beach today.  The day started out cloudy and actually rained midday but we were so determined to go to the beach that we took off as soon as it stopped drizzling.

We decided to go to Artica beach (not sure about the spelling) and snuck in snacks and some drinks (which turned out to be a good thing because they didn't have any there).

Me and Jessie

Angie trying not to smile

Jessie and I decided to try out this makeshift swing

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Surfin'!!!!!

Elvira was a natural on the somewhat wobbly swing

Totally jealous of Elvira's hot bod! She has a 2-year old o!

Cute cute Tobi (Elvira's son)

Happy Jessie

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Bex

Life Imitating Art

So I decided to give life to the last ensemble I created on polyvore (click HERE to view). Too bad I don't have the red 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli bag that I'm currently crushing on. Having the Rebecca Minkoff Solange nude wedges would have helped a great deal too.  Well I improvised with what I had and pulled the look together.

Next pleated maxi

Knotted Denim shirt

I wore an embellished pink silk shell top and tied my trusty denim shirt in a knot. To keep my skirt from falling off I accessorized with a studded leather double wrap waist belt.

Lipsy studded double wrap belt

I guess everyone knows by now that I'm a quite partial to maxis.  Left to me, I'd wear them everyday.  I love this lovely pleated one from Next and what's so cool about it is the slit it has in front and the way it flutters around when there a slight wind.

I decided to treat myself to a post-birthday present and made up my mind to get the baddest weave I could get my mitts on and a few pings later, my girl Angela told me she was going to hook me with some neck-turning stuff and boy did she!

Now before I get lynched by the pro-natural hair team I just want to say this, I love my natural hair and I carry it for as long as I can, matter of fact I rock my own hair more than I do weaves so no one should take shots at me for not being proud of what God gave me!

I actually gasped when I saw this wonder.  There was no way I could leave without it on my head.

Met the lovely and beautiful Danielle at the salon, she had this lovely heavily beaded ankara blouse with just beads at the back (I'll ask her for a pic showing the back of the blouse and I'll post it).  She offered to take most of the pictures you see on this post.  I liked how she paired her top with a dark wash pair of skinnies and louboutins...very chic.

Gorgeous ankara beaded backless blouse

I also ran into gorgeous Ono Bello and we chatted about blogging, weird African food and I noticed she was reading Fifty Shades of Grey (way to go girl!).

For information on where to get this lovely hair just shoot me an email (ijawgal@yahoo.com) and I'll hook you up cos that's what girls do for each other!

Bex

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Fashion Credits

Denim Shirt:  Next

Shell Top:  Be Beau

Skirt:  Next

Belt:  Lipsy

Sandals:  Burberry

Bag:  Coach

Watch:  DKNY