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This once or twice weekly fashion journal is all about what celebrities should, and shouldn't, be wearing...good taste is simply everything !!
The aim of this journal is to give a much more in depth look at the major red carpet events. Unlike some other sites, there is minimal advertising and much more content - expect photo-heavy posts with fascinating details and interesting snippets of information - I usually go much further than your average fashion blog !! So do come and join in the lively discussions about the awful things some stars choose to wear, the best and worst dresses, and my red carpet predictions from the runway shows.
There may also be various other intermittent posts:-
"Freak of the Week", "Shoe Shocks", "Awful Wedding Dresses" and various other random goodies, as and when I discover them in my foraging down the back of the Internet !
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THE 66th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL : 2013 DAY 1 : OPENING CEREMONY & 'THE GREAT GATSBY' PREMIÈREWell, it's that time of year again - films galore, gowns galore and the best red carpet parades outside of Hollywood - the Cannes International Film Festival has touched down for the 66th time !! Be sure to keep your eyes open for all my updates throughout the festival, as I endeavour to keep up with the best of the red carpets every few days, starting with Day 1, which entailed a rather grand opening ceremony and the première that everyone's been waiting for - ' The Great Gatsby'...( Come and see what you think...Collapse ) | |
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BAFTA TV AWARDS 2013 BEST AND WORST DRESSED !!Last Sunday, it was BAFTA time again, with the British BAFTA TV Awards being held at the Royal Festival Hall down on the South Bank...all the stars of British telly turned out in all their finery, and for some key people, their not-so-finery !! ( Come on in and see the frocks !!Collapse ) | |
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM GALA BALL 2013 THE MOST GLAMOROUS DRESSES AND THE BEST THEME INTERPRETATIONS !!Wow - what a night !! The Metropolitan Museum's Gala Ball to launch their annual fashion exhibition was held last Monday evening, and the theme was " Punk : From Chaos to Couture" - the emphasis here being the deliciously subversive Punk influence on mainstream and couture fashion trends, from the safety-pinned Versace dress, famously worn by Elizabeth Hurley, all the way down to the latest spiky earrings sold in Top Shop. The best thing is that although quite a few stars didn't bother with the theme at all, and stuck to their usual couture dresses, many more stars went for it with gusto and abandon, casting caution to the winds, with mostly fabulous results...and even the ones that didn't have the guts to go all out for it, still chose little details that went with the theme anyway - even a pair of spiky black shoes and a darker lipstick gave most outfits that slightly punky edge !! What the photos from this event portrayed was the sheer amount of influence Punk has had on mainstream fashion over the last few decades... ( Punk or Couture ?...Collapse ) | |
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TRAVEL UPDATES...ADVENTURES IN CROATIA !! Come and see what we have been up to, and where we've been...three instalments, with one more on the way, concerning our recent trip to Croatia and what we found there - (tons of photos !!)  wendylady1if you haven't already befriended my own personal journal, please don't hesitate to come and say hello... | |
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MILAN FASHION WEEK
AUTUMN 2013 RTW ALBERTA FERRETTI - VERSACEMilan Fashion Week for Autumn 2013 had some amazing fashion moments, and gave me some extraordinary collections to talk about - gorgeous red carpet potential in most of these designs that I've picked out - they may or may not get worn, but it's certainly been fun sorting out the wheat from the chaff !! Collections featured within this post are : Alberta Ferretti; Dolce & Gabbana; Emilio Pucci; Giorgio Armani; Gucci; Just Cavalli & Roberto Cavalli; and finally, Versace, of course !! ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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LONDON FASHION WEEK
AUTUMN 2013 ANTONIO BERARDI - VIVIENNE WESTWOODLondon Fashion Week finished a few weeks ago and featured an awful lot of really interesting things for the red carpet and for the party circuit. Firstly there was the space-age architecture-inspired designs of Antonio Berardi, then there were the amazingly atmospheric black and white swirling London fog-style dresses of Mary Katrantzou - such a change from her usual bright multi-coloured designs - and then there was also the first London showing of L'Wren Scott's collection, who apparently lives here much of the time - who knew ? Mind you, she has been going out with Mick Jagger for a very long time and he is based here, so there you are... Also, we were treated to a selection of the experimental metallic laser-cut leather of Giles Deacon, resembling exquisitely wrought silver, one fine example of which is shown above - so all in all, it was a very interesting London Fashion Week over here in Blighty... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK : 2 NAEEM KHAN - ZUHAIR MURADAfter all the excitement of the Oscars and the after-parties, it's time to get back to the RTW Shows and my red carpet predictions for the coming months...so many beautiful evening and cocktail dresses being designed and shown during the four main fashion weeks, for next Autumn - and all of them could well be chosen by some star or other...New York Fashion Week is probably the one with the most dresses that make an appearance on the red carpets of Hollywood, as many stars are faithful to one or two favourite US designers...and I think the patriotic thing of supporting the American Fashion Industry figures more than a little, when stars choose what they want to wear !! Part 2 will be looking at seven of the best designers America has to offer : red carpet favourite, Naeem Khan; traditional favourite, Oscar de la Renta; relative newcomer Pamella Roland; old favourite, but not necessarily on the red carpet, Ralph Lauren; interesting Japanese-born designer Tadashi Shoji; the best designer for slimline and slinky wiggle gowns, Zac Posen, and lastly, new red carpet favourite, Zuhair Murad !! ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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2013 OSCARS PARTIES : 2 THE TOP 10 MOST INTERESTING DRESSES
& THE WORST DRESSED !!Here we are then, with my last word from the Oscars for this year. This is my second post regarding the famous Oscars Viewing Parties, and probably the most popular post of all - let's face it, if you're not going to the actual ceremony itself, the parties are the only place to see and be seen on the evening !! And if you're going to cock it up royally, fashion-wise, these two parties are going to be the place you'll be doing it in...and they often have the worst standard of ' Worst-Dressed' lists of the the entire year - it's a well known fact !! ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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OSCARS PARTIES : BEST DRESSED - 1 THE TOP 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL DRESSES !!" Yes, yes - but what about the parties ?!!" - you all cry... The most important Oscars parties boil down to just two venues, and if you are anybody who is anybody, you get invited to one or the other, or perhaps both - you never know !! I went over to see the Vanity Fair Oscar-Viewing Party first, and then the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar-Viewing Party, at which I found mostly the same people, with some extra guests whose dress sense was worth looking at, for good or ill... As with my Oscars posts, I have divided them all into the Most Beautiful and the Most Interesting, and then the Worst Fashion Fails...the last two categories will come in my second post. but for now, come and have a gawk at my choice of the Most Beautiful Dresses of the evening... ( Come and see what the rest of Hollywood wore...Collapse ) | |
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OSCARS 2 : THE REST !! MY TOP 10 MOST INTERESTING DRESSES
AND THE WORST DRESSED !!Welcome to Part 2 of my look at the Oscars 2013 - here, you will find some really interesting designs along with my own choice for the Worst Dressed List - and I have to say that the standard was extremely high this year, with not many really awful dresses at all - some dresses were interesting, but didn't quite work, which isn't the same thing really - those you will find included in my recently inaugurated ' Top 10 Most Interesting Dresses' list which comes first ... Come on in and take a look... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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OSCARS 2013 : BEST DRESSED !! MY TOP 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL DRESSES...As you are all no doubt aware, the 2013 Oscars were held on Sunday evening, at the Hollywood & Highland Center’s Dolby Theatre in California, which sounds like a bit of a change of venue this year. Actually, it's the same venue but a change of name has taken place... This year's Oscars is the first time this ceremony is being officially known by it's popular name - they have quietly dropped the ' Academy Awards' bit, and since the World and his Wife call it 'The Oscars', I guess it makes sense really !! So many lovely dresses this year - and quite a lot of trends cropping up too - however, if you go and look at my Oscars post from about five or six years ago - say 2007 here :- http://wendylady2.livejournal.com/10166.html you see that there aren't so many differences - on the contrary, there are so many similarities on show - that's the way with Couture, which is what most of these stars are wearing - simple elegance and classic shapes - beautiful flattering shades and hardly any fussy prints at all... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK : 1 ALICE + OLIVIA - MONIQUE L'HUILLIERNew York Fashion Week finished about ten days ago, London Fashion Week just finished on Tuesday, and now we're half way through Milan, and I've just got time to give you the first part of my red carpet predictions from New York before the biggest event in the red carpet calendar on Sunday evening - yes, it's that Oscars time of year again !! There were so many brilliant outfits for that red carpet walk that I have had to give in and split New York into two parts, otherwise you'll all lose the will to live around dress number 120 - and we wouldn't want that !! So, in the interest of keeping you and me perfectly sane, I give you " New York Fashion Week : Part 1" which comprises around 85 dresses and trouser outfits that I reckon we'll see on a red carpet somewhere over the next year. I'm going to be looking at many, many collections from the Big Apple - in this first half alone, I will be looking at :- Relative newcomer Alice + Olivia, popular design duo Badgley Mischka, Carlos Miele, Project Runway winner Christian Siriano, Diane von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Jason Wu, Jenny Packham, J. Mendel, red carpet favourite Marchesa, and the ever-popular Monique L'Huillier... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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55th GRAMMY AWARDS 2013 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL & THE MOST INTERESTING... I thought I'd do things a little differently in here this time - there were so many dresses and/or outfits that really didn't necessarily fit neatly into Best or Worst Dressed, and therefore I decided that for this event, we really needed a few extra categories. So we now have ' The Most Beautiful', which is the equivalent of the Best Dressed of course, but then, we also have ' The Most Interesting', which didn't necessarily mean that I liked them, but I did find them interesting !! We also had quite a few really good ' Trouser outfits' this time around, so I gave them a special category, and then we had the ' Craziest Outfits' - get-ups which frankly defied description or just made me laugh...but not necessarily bad, if you get my drift !! Aaah, but then we have the Epic Fails - the dresses that really shouldn't have been worn at all... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS 201  2 : THE GUYS & THE WORST DRESSED LADIES Happily, I have the time to devote to this today and so we're on to Part 2, which compromises not only my Best Dressed Guys List, but also my Worst Dressed Ladies too - these are the female stars who went down the route of BAFTAs Epic Fail... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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BRITISH ACADEMY FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS 2013 TOP 16 BEST DRESSED LADIES !!So last night it was the turn of the BAFTAs - the British equivalent of the Oscars and the Emmys rolled together, and for once, I am in the happy position of being able to write my posts the very next day !! Therefore, whereas usually I am just getting round to selecting pictures the following day after I get home from work, today I have the photos all picked and in the post by midday, ready to write the text - how utterly ahead of myself I feel !! Just think - some day, this will be the norm... The BAFTAs were a mix of really, really good and absolutely terrible - and fortunately for us, the Best Dressed list is longer than the Worst Dressed, but it did take some sensible editing !! Black was the undisputed colour of the night, with no less than eleven out of the sixteen Best Dressed stars picking it for their evening on the soggy London red carpet. And even then, at least one of the remaining five chose black and white, which half counts too, right ? .... So come on over to London-town, and see the stars in all their (mostly black) finery turning out at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden... ( Come and brave the rain...Collapse ) | |
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SPRING 2013 COUTURE ZUHAIR MURADThis will be the last Couture show from the Spring 2013 Couture Fashion Week, and - well - it wouldn't be an understatement to say that this was my absolute favourite collection from the entire week...it is, without doubt, absolutely stunning !!Zuhair Murad is a very popular red carpet designer, but I think he has surpassed himself with this amazing collection - white, silvery-blue, blue-grey, and peachy orange...but above all GOLD !! And lots of it... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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SPRING 2013 COUTURE VALENTINOThis was a truly sublime collection of intricate and whimsical designs, involving thousands of hours of delicate hand-work, and the most beautiful and costly of fabrics - I would be staggered if at least one of these didn't make an appearance at the forthcoming Oscars Ceremony !! Indeed, I would be very, very disappointed if certain key designs from this show didn't come out to play... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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SPRING 2013 COUTURE GIAMBATTISTA VALLIGiambattista Valli is one of the newest additions to the Paris elite - the roster of designer names that can officially call themselves Haute Couture Designers, and he has probably the youngest clientèle of the lot, so his collection is going to be a lot more adventurous than some, and more subject to the vagaries of fashion trends than perhaps, say, Elie Saab or the design team for Valentino... ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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