O'hoy! Lovely nautical, sailor inspired fashion

So the summer is right around the corner, finally! It’s almost here, I can feel it! And with summer comes my favourite kind of fashion - a trend that comes back every summer, and that never goes out of style; the nautical, sailor inspired style.

This look, with its blue and white stripes (and perhaps a little bit of red thrown in there), is the ultimate summer look. The world will just never get tired of it (I know I definitely won’t).

It’s such a fresh looking style, and it’s almost as if you can feel the ocean breeze when you see these sailor garments, don’t you think? ;) I especially like the striped Tommy Hilfiger denim ballerinas, and the Stella striped bikini.

For this summer, I have invested in a really cute blue and white striped nautical halter neck bikini (not the one in the picture though) and I am almost certain that it will be joined by a few other sailor inspired items in a very near future.

Maxi dresses and Nicole Richie's boho style

Last summer the most popular fashion item was the maxi dress. Personally, I wasn’t a fan. I tried a couple on while shopping around for summer clothes, but I didn’t really like them so I never bought one. Everywhere you looked, people was wearing colourful, flowing maxi dresses last summer. Some suited it more than others. I think this is a great style if you’ve got some curves. If you’re slim, you just look super skinny in a maxi dress.

One skinny person that actually does suite this style though, is Nicole Richie. Her whole look just screams boho, and it just suits her perfectly. Everything from the patterned dresses and baggy tunics, to the hair and accessories. Doesn’t she just look gorgeous in these pictures?

I love her collection House of Harlow. These leather and gold plated Aztec bracelets are available in 5 different colours, at $75 a piece.

Since the boho and the 1970’s styles are some of the most popular styles even this year, what better to invest in than a maxi dress? I actually bought my first one the other week. I’m not a fan of bold patterns, so the one I bought is just one colour - light purple (almost lavender) with a built in bra, and a crochet back. I bet it’s gonna be my favourite dress this spring, and I can’t wait until I can show it off in the streets of Rome in May! :D Just need to find some sandals to go with it…

Denim love

I decided to treat myself the other day, and went for a shopping trip with my housemate. The problem with me is that when I’m in the mood for shopping I can never find anything that I want to buy. It started off like this on Saturday when I was in town. I was wandering around in the shops, barely even looking at the clothes. Just gave them a quick glance and thought “ugly”… I almost gave up straight away. But then I figured I needed a new pair of jeans. I only own two pairs of jeans that I actually wear, and one of them is extremely worn out, with ripped knees. (No, I didn’t rip them on purpose like I might have done when I was 15. They just got ripped cause I’ve loved them too much. You know what they say… love hurts.)

So on Saturday I saw these dark denim, super tight jeans with a bit of a bootcut from NEXT. I’ve always done the mistake before of buying jeans my normal size, but after a week or so they’re always too big for some reason!? I’ve tried washing them in 90 degrees, but they just don’t shrink back to the original size again. So this time I squeezed into a size 8. Could barely move the first day, (let alone bend my knees!) but now they’re a perfect fit, and I just looove them!

I was thinking about a story my mum told me, about how they had really big fitting rooms back in the 1970’s, with benches to lay down on when they put their jeans on. Apparently this was the only way to do it, if you wanted to be able to squeeze into those skin tight jeans. She also told me that they were bathing with their jeans on, and let them dry while keeping them on so that they shaped themselves after the legs. Rubbing sand on them to make them look worn out was also popular – a thing my grandpa wasn’t very fond of…

Fragrance of the year?

Would you like to smell of blood and sperm? I didn't think so...
But one person that likes the smell of this combination, and that would like to smell of it all the time, is Lady Gaga.
Are you surprised?

Lady Gaga is planning on launching her own perfume in 2012, with this very odd smell. As always, she has to stand out from the crowd. But if you can even consider dressing in an outfit made of meat (see picture) I guess you could do anything. Anything to be the centre of attention.
Seriously... I think I'll pass on this one, and keep to my favourite perfumes by Ralph Lauren and Armani instead.
Blood and sperm versus fresh and flowery... Tough choice!

Lady Gaga at the 2010 Video Music Awards wearing the famous meat dress

Steal the celebrity style: Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw)

It has been a year since the second Sex and the City film came out. Girls all over the world went crazy for the SATC fashion and everyone wanted to get the look of the character Carrie Bradshaw. The light flowing summer dresses, the glamorous cocktail dresses, and the colourful maxi dresses – I sure wouldn’t have said no to being in SJP’s shoes. (Yes, I admit that I am quite a big fan of SATC)

After having had a look at the latest fashions online I can tell you this; the same type of dresses are going to be on trend even this year! So all of you SATC fans out there can be calm – you can wear your dresses from last year this spring/summer as well. And for those who want to adapt this fabulous style this season, here are some Carrie Bradshaw-like dresses for you to keep in mind when dress hunting for this particular style:

The real deal:

Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw) is wearing a white v-neck vintage dress by Halton Heritage.

Price: $326

This year’s high street version:

A romantic embellished coral wrap dress with cross-over v-neck from Lipsy.

Price: £65

The real deal:

SJP is wearing a blueish-purple Halton Heritage cocktail dress.

Price: $435

This year’s high street version:

A lavender viscose dress from Love Label.

Price: £35

Green accessories for spring

It may have been St. Patrick’s Day the other day, and all Irish people (and Irish wannabes) were all dressed in green. That is not why I’m writing a post about this particular colour though. Green is predicted to be the on trend colour for spring 2011. Don’t go taking it to the extreme though. A few green details to your outfit is enough. Perhaps go for a green handbag, green heels, a green hairband, bracelet, necklace, belt… you get the point! Here are some gorgeous green garments that I have dug out for you:

1. Green boho bag from Next £60

2. Lowie skinny belt from Asos £32

3. Lily hair clip from New Look £2.99

4. Antique metal ring from H&M £3.99

5. Oval turquoise ring from Joe Browns £8.95

6. Strappy cork shoes from H&M £29.99

7. Monsoon plain woven scarf from Accessorize £19

8. Icicle necklace from the Jewellery Stop £32.50

9. Irregular flower earrings from the Jewellery Stop £14

10. Nica khaki green bag from Very £65