what i want to wear

WILLY MOON

2012-01-10T20:38:00.000Z

All men should dress like this.

B&W

2012-01-07T01:13:00.001Z

Been a bit tied up recently. Seen so much I've meant to post on here. New year, yaketty yaketty, will get round to it.

A CASE OF THE VINTAGE

2011-10-05T10:33:00.006+01:00

I got side tracked for half my lunch hour in Spitalfields Market last week. Every Thursday Spitalfields is transformed from it's usual tourist-trap-tat to a charming vintage market sporting furniture, utility wear, silverware and other bits and pieces. The Matilda-Jane Vintage Suitcase stall is what distracted me beyond my hunger . Juliette (I believe her name was) who runs the stall has a wonderful selection of trunks, suitcases and handbags in all manor of shapes and sizes.

All of these are mens vanity cases from the 50's and 60's, very Don Draper. Except from the cream mock reptile case, with velvet lining, which is a 60's stationary case, probably a wedding present. However that one that stuck out for me was the shallow brown case with blue velvet lining. This is a 70's Masonic Members case and would have been used to store their cloak for meetings and eh, masonic stuff.

Matilda-Jane Suitcases can be found in Spitalfields Market every Thursday from early until 4pm ish.

ALBAM. FACTORY & STUDIO

2011-10-05T10:12:00.006+01:00

A few weeks back I spent the day hanging out in Albams factory in Leicester with factory boss Kanti (pictured below) and in the Nottingham studio with the delightful design team. It was a real treat to see the goings on behind the scenes. To read more click here.

CHESHIRE FIELDS ALLOTMENTS

2011-10-05T09:27:00.021+01:00

I spent the afternoon with a friend and her husband on their allotment a few weeks ago. I'm still amazed there are places like this in London and always feel like I've been on an old school day trip, which was a good thing as this was the week I totally exhausted myself. I didn't come home empty handed either. That week we gorged on bean salads, kale and a huge rhubarb and raspberry crumble. Nice little ditty by Trevor Moss and Hanna-Lou about allotments.

S U M M A

2011-09-21T23:39:00.010+01:00

F O O D

2011-07-13T16:49:00.013+01:00

1. Poaching an egg that had a double yoke.
2. The finished poached egg with home made hollandaise and steamed asparagus.
3. Greasy platter at the bowling lanes, staff night out.
4. Old authentic East end caff.
5. Worst coffee ever mind.
6. Swiss museli.
7. Kookybakes cup cakes (http://www.kookybakes.com/)
8. Porn Star Martini. Passion fruit with a shot of prosecco.
9. Deliverance Sumo Sushi, cause I'm lazy like that.

I . A L S O . W A N T

2011-06-22T11:23:00.003+01:00

I want doesn't get, I know this only too well.

Buckle Desert Boot

Dolly Sandal

N U . Y O I K

2011-06-22T11:15:00.002+01:00

Mark McNairy, $195.

E . B A Y . Z O O

2011-06-22T10:25:00.005+01:00

Looking at bikes on Ebay and noticed some stray characters in the background. Now, do these bicycles belong to these guys and they've just enlisted help with someone with opposable thumbs to take the pictures...? I'd like to think so.

M E O W

2011-06-08T23:05:00.001+01:00

Turkish Vogue

P E R U

2011-06-06T00:49:00.000+01:00

I miss you

I . W A N T . . .

2011-06-01T12:19:00.003+01:00

It's as simple as that...

G O O G L E . G A L A X Y

2011-05-06T11:45:00.001+01:00

Makes me smile every time I open a new page.

R E P E A T . O F F E N D E R

2011-05-06T10:44:00.015+01:00

Princess Beatrice and her irritating compulsion to put 'stuff' on her head summed up in pictures. They are not hats, these are catastrophes of a global level strapped to her cranium. Some sort of intervention is needed. Get me Kofi Annan on the blower A-SAP

So let's start with her latest, and perhaps most famous 'hatccident'. It looks like a deer head mount usually found on the walls of old castles or American log cabins, but surely with those teeth the hat should be wearing her and not the other way around?*

*Tad harsh, I admit.

This monochrome flying saucer looks ready for take off.

Powder blue is a gorgeous colour against her chestnut tresses however a blue bird of paradise that looks like the cat's been at it is not.

The point of a fascinator is that it's supposed to be 'fastened' to your head, not floating mysteriously next to it.

"Slate this in Heat Magazine and I'll dash you down'

It's just too big to be a beret, init?

Oh for fucks sake!

"Oh nah nah, what's one's name?"

Another feathery-fail.

Stay out of the garden, Bea.

Been hanging out with Alice and big talking rabbit eh?

V . V

2011-05-06T10:39:00.004+01:00

This is the gorgeous Jasmin from Vintage Vandalizim. Amazing personal style wrapped round her 40's pin-up curves makes for addictive blog following. New role model alert.

S M O K E Y . R O L L S

2011-05-06T10:27:00.006+01:00

New collection by Smokey Rolls in collaboration with that pretty blonde one from 4th and Bleeker. My faves below.

P E R S O L

2011-04-18T09:49:00.000+01:00

A present from Milano Airport duty free. There are perks to others business trips.

S U N

2011-04-18T09:42:00.002+01:00

I can feel my mother turning in her sleep due to all the 70's posts. She takes every possible opportunity to inform me how 'in bad taste' her youth was, apart from punk (she takes great pride in regaling me with the story of seeing the cover of NME in the 80's and soon after sticking safety pins in her ears). Yes polyester and Vesta meals it may have been Mummy, but it was also about awesome Californian tan lines and Farrah Fawcett's hair! Anyway it's time to hit the tanning booths in your bikini!

Tom Ford celebrating tan lines in his eye wear campaign.

70's tanlines

L I N D A . 2

2011-04-17T11:29:00.018+01:00

I'm a big Linda Ronstadt fan and posted about her last year here. Hoop earrings and no shoes are the way forward. No shoes are the new shoes.

M C . C U T E

2011-04-15T14:31:00.010+01:00

Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw

I N . L O V E

2011-04-15T13:55:00.002+01:00

...with this track. Overheard it the other day while struggling with a catsuit in American Apparel's fitting rooms.

I Youtubed it at 11.03 this morning and have been playing it ever since. It is now 13:56. Have now increased volume dramatically to drown out the dull thud of downstairs hitting their ceiling with a mop.

N E O N

2011-04-11T22:22:00.003+01:00

This is as close as I'm getting to the neon trend this summer, or ever for that matter.

Pale base colour in 'Birdcage Walk' by Nails Inc
Tip colour '1003 Shocking Pink (neon)' by China Glaze

5 . D E G R E E S

2011-04-10T21:24:00.003+01:00

...of separation.

- Checking Tom Stubbs Style&Error blog, fashion editor for Finch's Quarterly Review amongst other countless talents
- Browsing Finch's Quarterly Review
- Video post by Stubbs about Christos Tolera's style
- Browsing Christos Tolera's website, find a painting by Tolera titled "Sometimes is Snows in April"
- reminds me of the old school garage track by Amar also called 'Sometimes it Snows in April'

It's little things like that, that make me so happy.

The links are all there so click'em.

Off to watch TOWIE.

E Y E . P A D S

2011-04-08T11:42:00.008+01:00

I need to invest in some 'hater-blockers'.

Vintage Cazals from Zone7Style
The PO0714SM Steve McQueen sunglasses in black by Persol
Spitfire clip on sunglasses available from Oak NYC

Daddy B sunglasses by Oliver Peoples

H A W T

2011-04-08T11:22:00.005+01:00

Is the great British mythical summer upon us? I can't quite tell but while the sun is out, so are our white bits. The FOX short by Orlebar Brown £105. I don't think there is a woman alive who has a cellulite percentage low enough to wear these. However I'm sure some will try. I do love them though.

My favourite colours being the Olive and Fuchsia. Each offering a parallel universe of of different outfit combinations yet are quintessentially the same garment.

S H O E . H O R N

2011-04-07T12:32:00.007+01:00

I want to be a cart horse, clip clop, clip clop, clip clop.

All shoes from nelly.com mind you it's a Scandinavian website so unless you speak danish, dutch swedish or german it might as well all be in latin. I'm still trying to work out where my 'basket' is. Good luck!

I N G E

2011-04-06T10:48:00.004+01:00

Photographer - Greg Davenport
Stylist - Jess Runciman
Hair & Make-Up - Katie Coward
Model - Inge

H O W . G O O D

2011-03-31T00:12:00.001+01:00

...is this!?

T U M B L R

2011-03-30T15:16:00.002+01:00

New website

http://jessrunciman.tumblr.com
http://jessrunciman.tumblr.com
http://jessrunciman.tumblr.com

W I S H . L I S T

2011-03-25T13:20:00.001Z

A Q U A . I N . E S S E X

2011-03-25T13:02:00.005Z

Everyone knows that deep down I have a bit of an 'Essex gerl' in me, how this has manifested in a girl from Glasgow is a mystery, perhaps it's our cultures shared love of vajazzle grazing skirt lengths and white high heels. While watching The Only Way is Essex on Wednesday I couldn't help but notice Lydia wearing an Aqua Couture dress, ever the Queen of ASOS I am. I love Lydia's approach to clothes, she tries so hard not to dress like a stereotypical Essex girl and gives us something else to concentrate on rather than massive orange boobs and lots of sewn on crystals. Her dress is by Aqua Couture and is available on ASOS.

Y E A H . J A K K I

2011-03-16T16:01:00.004Z

I never did post this up. This was I shoot I did for Pygmalion. It's not often you see Jakki Degg in such attire but she can rock just about anything.

Photography - Sonia Melot
Art Direction - Vincent Levy
Styling & Nails - Me
Make-up - Rhea Le Riche
Hair - Kim Roy

S C R U F F . C R U S H

2011-03-16T09:22:00.013Z

I love all the new clean trends, white tailorings, linear colour blocking, the new modernity but I can't help my biological genetic make up. I'm a scruffy cow.

Scruff-chic by the Olsen's. I could never get sick of these girls.
Over sized cape coat, pencil skirt and baggy jumper, I love the fluidity of the outfit. Powder blue and sunflower yellow.My absolute favourite... leather and texture coat, head to toe back and beaten up chelsea boots. (This is actually an average small bottle of Evian we can see MK clutching in her paw just to give you a ratio to ratio idea of how tiny these girls are. It's like holding a penny beside Thumbalina in her mugshot.) All images from Olsen Anonymous.

S H O P P I N G . L I S T

2011-03-15T01:42:00.004Z

S P R I N G

2011-03-15T00:42:00.006Z

G U T T E D

2011-03-14T15:00:00.003Z

I cannot find this anywhere in my size. I missed out big time on this one. Huf Hooded Cruiser Jacket SS10. RIP

N E W . B L I N G

2011-03-12T13:13:00.000Z

S K I L L S

2011-03-12T13:10:00.004Z

Trying to make a cheese toastie at 3am while pissed and fighting with a boy results in multiple lacerations. The new bread knife is fucking sharp.

J . J

2011-03-11T14:40:00.010Z

Essex born n' bread Jessie J being spotted everywhere looking absolutely amazing in these pictures. Rumour has it she doesn't have a stylist but has a shopper instead.

W H A T . Y O U . M A D E . O F ?

2011-03-10T01:34:00.007Z

Ethical and fair trade jewellery produced in Africa. Prices range from £10 to £110. Buy online from Made or in Topshop

E S S E X . G I R L

2011-03-09T23:04:00.003Z

I am not ashamed to admit how much I love The Only Way is Essex. It is my inspiration when I can't be bothered to paint my nails or make an excuse not to wear heels in the day time. Would these girls? No, so I certainly won't! So they don't get invited to London Fashion Week, so what, they'll just make up their own. Shut up!

A C N E

2011-03-02T12:22:00.008Z

2011-03-01T15:30:00.008Z

Usually my DIY's have horrendous effects or disappointing results or, like most things I try and make, it gets left unfinished. However you can't really half dye your hair and then leave it, unless your going for a Cruella Deville crop, so this creative commitment had to be seen through, it was the ombre-fying of my hair.

I'm not ready for Meadham Kirchhoff colour spectrum locks. Plus I do not want people to think I roll round Dalston in ripped clothes and take legal highs. Edgy but well groomed, intelligent but light hearted. Or just generall scruffy which I seem to pull off effortlessly.

I like the end results which makes a change from my 'projects'. What's next, cutting my own hair?*

*definitely fucking not.

Jerome Russell Hair Lightener, About £6 from Boots.

My 'The Only Way is Essex' pout for you

C R E E P

2011-03-01T14:21:00.004Z

The dark green armadillo nails I did from the shoot I posted below.

S H O O T . M E

2011-03-01T13:47:00.004Z

Shooting last week.

W E E K

2011-02-06T09:28:00.000Z

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

L O N D O N

2011-02-02T12:10:00.000Z

Rinsing this just now.

R A B B I T S . D O N T . L I K E . C H I P S

2011-02-01T15:47:00.001Z

Rabbits Don't Like Chips from Rob Francis on Vimeo.

C O L O U R I N G . I N

2011-02-01T14:43:00.006Z

N E W . Y E A R

2011-01-31T11:18:00.001Z

Happy Chinese new Year! Welcome Rabbit!Image of a rabbit being rescued in Brazil after the landslides. Via Boston.com

1 .

2011-01-31T11:17:00.002Z

Bec and Bridge via Knight Cat

A N T I . B I R T H D A Y

2011-01-28T12:10:00.004Z

I have decided to cancel my birthday this year which would have been tomorrow. Tad depressing but fear not, I think I have about another 35 to 40 of them left in me.

OMBRE

2011-01-26T13:55:00.009Z

Since growing out my high maintenance heavy signature fringe in preparation for Peru and then having all the split ends chopped off post-Peru it's now a very non-event mid length. Technical colours and tricky styles are either too hard to maintain or more than my rent to fund the upkeep of such a do. But ombre hair seems to be easy to do, maintain and get rid off should you get bored of it

It's en trend to have a messy bleach job. Bleach London, a hair salon recently launched inside the infamous WAH Nails bar in Dalston, is dedicated to such styles and even incorporating mint greens, midnight blues and hues of lavender into the dip dyed tips, nothing is too much for head stylist Alex Brownsell.

Ooh but £60 for a bit of bleach? I just don't have that kind of cake to splash around. Lily, from LLMLRS whom I came across while Googling, did a DIY tutorial on how to get ombre hair for the price of a packet of hair dye. And I think you'll agree it looks pretty ace...

T R I B U T E

2011-01-22T13:57:00.002Z

My dear friend Isabelle, who is incredibly talented, made this short film about her dog Zachery Jack who recently passed away. Please click on the link below to enjoy a beautiful piece of film that has been lovingly made about her best friend.

Zachery Jack

I N . A . M O O D

2011-01-22T12:15:00.002Z

Old image boards I found on my laptop used for inspiration. I particularly like these two I slung together for a shoot last year.

I L L A M A S Q U A

2011-01-21T13:36:00.000Z

Beautiful, and look at those nails!

C L I C K . C L I C K

2011-01-21T11:58:00.001Z

New Camera. The Lumix TZ10

T O D A Y . I . W A N T

2011-01-18T14:17:00.002Z

french by whatiwanttowear featuring flat shoes

B U C K . U P

2011-01-17T14:14:00.006Z

Rocking my Huaraz garms today. Supposedly today is thee most miserable day of the year, a January mid-month Monday. Fuck it, take off the duvet you've been wearing all day, put on a hat and leave the house.

Inspired by the beautiful people of Huaraz in Peru. A small cold town high up in the Andes. However these people could not be more different from the grey weather. Traditional dress is always brightly coloured, full skirts, knitted leggings, lace and silk shirts and bright knitted cardigans. To top it off these women use bright peruvian patterned blankets tied around their torsos to carry food, herbs, children and even baby animals.

Last but not least is the Huaraz hat. These tall hats are decorated with a length of hand stitched ribbon. They should be worn on the top of the head at an angle. This particular hat is identified with the traditional Huaraz dress and can be found no where else.

H E E L . T O E

2011-01-15T13:18:00.003Z

I might have to buy these very soon. I can't think of anywhere appropriate to wear them however my desire has overwhelmed my concern. Ah, another pair of shoes destined to spend their lives in a box only ever worn for prancing around in front of the mirror.

W H E N . I N . R O M E

2011-01-15T13:15:00.002Z

Image from Vice.

N O . W A Y . T H R O U G H

2011-01-14T10:48:00.002Z

Ctrl.Alt.Shift Film Competition Winner: No Way Through from Ctrl.Alt.Shift on Vimeo.

'No Way Through' was one of the winners of the Ctrl+Alt+Shift Film Competition. It highlights mobility restrictions imposed in the West Bank of Palistine, that are limiting its habitants’ access to health care, thus violating a fundamental human right. For more short films click here.

Written and Directed by: Alexandra Monro + Sheila Menon
Mentor: Jim Threapleton
Music: The Thirst

N E S T I N G

2011-01-10T09:03:00.006Z

A little inspiration on how to build the perfect nest. All images from The Selby

W H Y . W H Y . R I - R I ?

2011-01-08T13:13:00.004Z

I'm so confused! I heard this song for the first time on new years eve at the O2 Arena. Everyone knew the words and sung along. Me, oblivious. Three months in Peru and I find the biggest thing I missed out on is not being able to recognise a few tunes in the club. Anyway, I'm a Rihanna fan. I like this song. I just hate the video so bad.

What the fuck is she wearing? What, did her record label run a competition "win the chance to style Rihanna's next video"? It is awful!

I can understand why they never show her feet in the video now. EDIT: Actually, it's the shoes that I find the most offensive! Current shoe trends are so strong at the moment. High street brands are giving designers a real run for their money in the shoe stakes. So, why is she wearing Office brouge heels from four years ago?
“The fashion wardrobe for teens and young adults today is focused on trendy shoes. Footwear is the signature piece, especially in the urban markets, that these consumers are using to express who they are.” - Marshal Cohen

So Rihanna, what do those shoes say about you?

Unsure what's going on with the two tone legs? Take a closer look.

P O S T . C H R I S T M A S . P O S T

2011-01-04T17:17:00.002Z

After hiding out in Essex for two weeks after returning from Peru I have done very little apart from sleep, eat and watch TV. I have watched far too much 'The Only Way Is Essex' in one go and now fear I am morphing into Amy Childs. Words like 'babes' regularly fall out of my mouth during civilised conversation. Another worrying side effect of overdosing on TOWIE was that I was caught eyeing up a pair of gold snake lame UGG style boots in Colchester market. It was time to go home.

So finally back in London and it's bloody freezing. I'm sitting in my little house in Dalston wrapped in a Llama wool cape polishing off the Rococo Chocolates the boy got me for Christmas amongst other gifts like my new Mac Book Air. Typey typey typey...

G R A F F I C

2011-01-01T19:11:00.002Z

Talented MA Graphic Design graduate Charlotte Knibbs final project. http://www.likeyougiveadamn.com/

Major Project - How Can Interaction Be Achieved By Using Multipoint Perspective? from Charlotte Knibbs on Vimeo.

I . G O T . S O L E

2010-12-29T00:20:00.003Z

N Y E

2010-12-28T21:30:00.001Z

R E N N

2010-12-27T09:15:00.008Z

Recent shoot in French Vogue of Crystal Renn styled by Carine Roitfeld and Tom Ford. I love the nails.

H U A R A Z

2010-12-04T11:45:00.001Z

I´m out of breath from walking up the stairs, the only sign of how high up we are in the Andes and I´m thankful I´ve managed to escape any other signs of altitude sickness.

We took a long 8 hour bus journey yesterday up through the Andes yesterday on snaking winding roads. The scenery was incredible. We passed tiny stone houses where famalies tended to their land and their livestock. Old women dressed in traditional Highland dress sat at their doorsteps with broad brimmed hats and colourful blankets used to carry food or childresn strapped to their backs. The bus went through Ancash which is particularly beautiful.

We are now about to eat breakfast in our gorgeous hostel, definitely the nicest one I´ve stayed in Peru so far, called Olaza´s in Huaraz. It´s almost 7am and in an hour we will be pilling into a combi bus to go to a lake further north and higher up still. The lake takes about 3 hours to walk around and apparently we will meet women tending to alpachas and their young. Later we are going to the markets which I am overly excited about. I am desperate to buy some traditional Peruvian Highland wear, not the tourist nonsence we find in the markets all over Lima. I have been very restrained up until now, knowing that I want to get the most out of the markets here and also to pay the people directly who are the real deal. Women on the street with bags of knitwear sitting knitting more. Each one finished placed in the bag for locals to buy.

Last night Issy, Megan and I made ratatoullie and baked sweet potatos with cheese. It was so nice to cook together and feed all seven Platform2 troops. We sat and ate altogether round a huge log fire and finished the vening with hot chocolate from Cusco. The leftovers will make two large pizzas for tonights dinner followed by more hot chocolate round the fire. I have wireless here so I am going to download some Christmas songs on to my iPod.

Hopefully we´ll feel more Christmassy. It doesn´t feel like Christmas at all here but the cold weather in Huaraz and shopping for presents is certainly helping.

Tomorrow morning we are getting a taxi to Rataquenua, the highest point in Huaraz, that over looks the village and the mountains. Apparently you get spectacular panoramoic views. It´s making me sick with anger that I lost my camera. I have kept my eyes open for the same model but keep finding cheaper Lumix models that I don´t want. A hard lesson to learn.

வ

2010-12-01T22:27:00.001Z

I just cried myself with laughter in a peruvian internet cafe by myself...

S H O E . P E R U

2010-12-01T21:13:00.003Z

As most people are aware I live solely for the soles of my feet. I may be in Peru living on rice twice a day and my bottle of Illamasqua nail polish replaced with a bottle of insect repellent. However this does not stop my obsesive browsing of ASOS... so Peru related I hear you mutter sarcastically.

It is actually. Peru style shoes from Irregular Choice available on ASOS. Get a big hat, put your hair in pigtails and strap a baby to your back while you strut in these babes. Peruvian Highland at Heart is the look of the season.

U P D A T E

2010-11-23T20:52:00.003Z

I'd started to get a slight muscle strain in my lower back, stomach and groin. The x-rays showed that instead of my back being straight it bends slightly to my left side. The doctor said that this was not a new injury and that I probably damaged it years ago or I was born with it. I'm pretty sure it's the result of years if carrying around bags on my left arm. You've all witnessed me and my IKEA bag specials on the tube home from work. I blame the oversized bag trend. Those basards should have come with a health warning. Anyway I'm no longer allowed to mix cement and my spade has been replaced with a paintbrush.

Second hand clothes here are amazing. Literally large shed style markets with no roofs that double up as peoples living rooms on the side of busy, dirty streets full of forgotten clothes. Usually a family are sat in the middle on stools eating chicken and rice and drinking chicha (a drink made of purple corn).

There is one stall I have bceome quite attached to as the family who live there enchant me. The clothes are so cheap I feel I´m stealing however I make a point of always trying to buy something when I pass by.

Tonight is our first Peruvian dance class. From what we have seen at previous fiestas we are all rather nervous. Lots of grinding and hittng each other with balloons. We shall see.

M I S S E D

2010-11-23T20:48:00.000Z

ப எ ர உ

2010-11-19T15:19:00.004Z

So here are a few images from my first two months in Peru.

Barranco dog walking

The view from my front door. Lomas, Ventanilla.

The view from our hostel in Ica.

Huacachina, the lagoon where we stayed, sand boarded and got food poisoning.

B Y E . B Y E

2010-10-05T19:13:00.004+01:00

So I'm off to Peru for 3 months to live with a family in the shanty town of Pachacutec. I'm going with a NGO charity called Platform2 who are also supported by Christian Aid. Come say teary bye bye's while I drink cheap umbrella decorated cocktails and dance erratically (ha , was almost erotic according to spell checker) to old school garage. Can you dance erotically to old school garage? If so my new career may be an exotic garage dancer. Shut up Jess...

This Friday at he cheesy-chic Anatolia, around 9pm till whenever my feet hurt and I insist on leaving in order to buy chips.

D R O O L

2010-10-05T18:57:00.002+01:00

This outfit is perfectly laid back. Chic and scruffy.

S P E A K . Y O U R . M I N D

2010-10-05T18:38:00.004+01:00

I was invited along to a spoken word event at Westminster Uni by my new friend and fellow Platform2 volunteer, Zi. Bit sceptical about the whole spoken broken poetry thing but I was completely blown away with the whole thing. Particularly Holie McNish, who was accompanied by her partner and their baby girl both sat in the audience. Please check out her website and donate generously to download her album PUSH KICK, all based on pregnancy and motherhood. Funny, moving, harrowing and spoken with such strength. Click here > http://holliemcnish.bandcamp.com/

K I C K . I T

2010-10-05T12:24:00.000+01:00

Footwear lambs to the slaughter. My new 'outdoor' kicks are about to get a 10 week battering in Peru. I don't think they'll make it somehow, have youse seen what I do to ballet pumps in less than a week? It's knarly.
J E S S . R U N C I M A N - Sent from my BlackBerry®

C A R N I V A L

2010-10-01T12:35:00.008+01:00

Me 5 years old, Saint Mary's of the Angels Church, Notting Hill Carnival 1993.

17 years on. Notting Hill Carnival 2010, Rampage, my liver sponsored by Alize. Yasmin and Jarina. What am I gonna do in Peru without you two? Don't go looking for no white gal replacement, I will dash you.

T I M E

2010-10-01T12:25:00.000+01:00

J E S S . R U N C I M A N - Sent from my BlackBerry®

B E A N S . O N . T O A S T

2010-09-30T17:21:00.001+01:00

New twist on my povo staple meal. Wholemeal bread, mexican re fried beans, gruyere cheese, sour cream and red jalapenos.
J E S S . R U N C I M A N - Sent from my BlackBerry®

W I T H . L O V E . F R O M . M A R C

2010-09-30T14:12:00.002+01:00

I was petrified I'd get mugged in New York. I had no idea how to navigate my way round its grid system "And where the hell is Barney's?".

If six days on my own in NYC was like a crash course on how to be a New Yorker, then I passed with flying colours.

Within hours of touching down in the US I was standing in Times Square eating one dollar pizza and chatting to a bunch of NYPD cops at 1am. Day two I went to a the Ezer fashion show and had $40 nicked, and by day six I was arguing with cab drivers with true gumption.

Of course it was fashion week and the Fash Pack were out in force. Lots of people wearing attention grabbing garms in the hope they'll end up on someone's blog. Je n'aime pas. I however was dining in Pastis while Anna Wintour sat a few tables away and someone else picked up the tab.

If there was one NYFW highlight which still makes me smile in a very coy 'I'm-Victoria-Beckham-and-I-don't-want-wrinkles' type way it was this. The mental images I was taking were exact to the ones I would spend hours trawling through on blogs and looking at in magazines. And yet here I was, touching distance away from a world previously only available on Style.com.

Presented with my ticket I walked inside. The sharp elbows London has gifted me got me a good spot between the front row and the photographers stand.

I was exactly where I am supposed be.

J E S S . R U N C I M A N - Sent from my BlackBerry®

U P . A N D . A W A Y

2010-08-19T11:14:00.000+01:00

Excitement has got the better of me already. The boxing up of my room has already begun.
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M . K

2010-08-15T13:09:00.004+01:00

Jesus I love the Olsens. I need a leopard print chiffon plunging maxi dress.

olsensanonymous

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2010-08-09T10:13:00.000+01:00

The que at the Alexander Wang sample sale on Mercer St, NY last week.
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E . B L O G G I N G

2010-08-05T19:39:00.002+01:00

Trying out blogging from my blackberry email.

E . B L O G G I N G

2010-08-05T18:31:00.003+01:00

Trying out blogging from my blackberry email. Hopefully this should show some pictures of my silver / gold bling. I'm liking the trend for over loading your digits with cocktail rings I just don't like mixing gold and silver.

J E S S . R U N C I M A N - Sent from my BlackBerry®

C O M P L E X . S A L E

2010-07-29T09:49:00.003+01:00

Spotted this on Tommy Tonn's Twitter feed.

Complex Geometries one day secret sale

40% of everything when you quote 'onedaysale' at online checkout.

All sales are final, no refunds.

There was one of his lovely photographs to go along side this exciting price slashing news however blogging from an iPod touch that has fallen out of love with it's charger is proving difficult. As is it's automatic spellcheck this being the third time I have edited this post after publishing it to the blog.

This is all down to my laptop dying in my arms the other night. Can hardware technology commit suicide? I'm sure I saw a fine art exhibition years ago that confirmmed so, no?

C E L I N E

2010-07-14T10:34:00.004+01:00

Love at first sight.

Celine's Resort 2011 collection is my new instant infactuation.

je vous veux sur moi maintenant

F I E R C E

2010-07-11T23:13:00.000+01:00

P I N . M E . U P

2010-07-08T18:05:00.001+01:00

This is my insiration for friday night's outfit minus the running mascara. Her body is fucking amazing also.

"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.

H A P P Y . F E E T

2010-06-30T12:37:00.002+01:00

I think I would actually be able to hear my feet sing a little bit if they ever got their toes into these. Pastel perfection by Opening Ceremony, available at Good Hood.

A . C H I L D . O F . T H E . J A G O

2010-06-30T11:52:00.006+01:00

I adore these hats by A Child of the Jago from their AW10 collection. I used to have a black velvet bowler hat when I was about four years old and I used to wear it all the time.

Exaggerated, playful and dark. Beautiful felt, clean lines on the Aztec trim and a massive gold arrow. Amazing! But what the hell do I wear it with?

F O R T

2010-06-20T12:25:00.003+01:00

Today I will mostly be...

R A N T

2010-06-20T12:15:00.001+01:00

I need to figure out a way to rock shorts without the aid of two pairs of 80 denier black tights and four inch door wedges shuved under my heels. When did cleavage become an un-fashionable erongenous zone, eh? I blame idiots like Katie Price for making breasts into laughable orange objects straped to the font of womens chests like swim floats.

So why legs? I have knees that look like the faces of over fed sulky teenagers with bad skin. It's all about long, glowing, satin touch legs and, apparently, no breasts. I no longer am able to recall a time when I could "get away with" not wearing a bra. And why does everyone love loose razor back vests so much? I fucking deteste them, all they do is make my waist look the same width as my hips.

Fuck it. I'm bringing back hips and breast and teeny tiny waists cause that's all I got to go on.

T R Y . B U T . D O N ' T . B U Y

2010-06-19T23:35:00.009+01:00

Make-believing in the changing rooms of Topshop that I own all this stuff.

N A I L Z . D I D

2010-06-19T06:57:00.004+01:00

I T ' S . A . B L O G . E A T . B L O G . W O R L D

2010-06-10T23:53:00.002+01:00

This is a little post to friend and fellow blogger Becky who runs a neat little blog that has something valuable to say and great taste in bags. So here it is... From London With Love X