SS11

I wish fashion would calm down sometimes.  Chill out a little bit.  Maybe take a break and go find itself in Thailand.  

This is purely so that I can have some time to catch up with what's going on. I mean, I'm only just easing myself into buying my SS11 pieces and it's already this year's New York Fashion Week.

Here I am, feeling ridiculous that I've been getting excited about sunglasses for weeks, and the fashion industry is getting hyped up about what everyone's going to be wearing in September.

That's why I thought I'd try and rewind time by taking us back to last AW where everyone was planning SS (this is NOW!).  Especially since I haven't actually given you a rundown of the trends you're going to be wearing in the next few months yet.  Here are some of my favourites.

 BRIGHT RIOT

Paul and Joe

Proenza Schouler

Jil Sander

SUPER SEVENTIES

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

IMPRINT ON ME

Pucci

Paul and Joe

 

Paul and Joe

ALL WHITE

Chloe

Chloe

So, I'll be wearing bright orange flares and a white t-shirt with huge floral accessories.  Until September that is.  Then I'll have a fashion-induced breakdown due to trend overload and will have to undergo therapy after constantly attempting to remove all my clothes in public spaces.

Oops!

 What will you be wearing?

(Images courtesy of Style.com).

Moon Walk

The sun came out today for a nanosecond, hideously tricking me into believing that it could be warm outside.  Of course, it's still freezing, the type of temperature where you need a strong hat and a stronger pair of boots.

I haven't located a decent pair of boots in any of the shops this winter so have been, quite ridiculously, alternating between an old pair I dislike and some unsturdy ballet pumps.  School-girl error when it deigns to piss it down with rain.

Incidentally, it does this a lot in Wales.

All the high street boots I've seen this season have all been a little too plain and yet unfunctional.  Which is why I think that I've been drawn to these moon boots; they're quite the opposite.  They're utterly ridiculous and tacky and give Uggs (which I hate) a run for their money.

So why am I even slightly attracted to them?  For starters, it's probably the fact that they're Chloe.  Then there's the idea that I could jump into water while wearing them and be smug in the knowledge that even if I fell into Dr. Foster's puddle my toes still wouldn't get wet.  

I also think that they'd make me feel like a designer Powerpuff Girl and I need a little cartoon colour in my life to replace that ever elusive sun.

Then there's my sudden whim to go and teach English in China or South Korea.  If you've ever been to Asia you'll have seen the enchantment that Asian girls have with kitsch cartoon characters.  I think I'll fit in well stomping around Seoul in a pair of these.