New bag anyone?

Flicking through the pages of fashion magazines, helpful for finding “night out outfit” ideas, but stepping out wearing a super-brand is sadly not a part of my typical Friday night routine. My current winter wardrobe is far more Miss Selfridge than Missoni. The reason for this being that the said “super-brands” are not readily accessible to the masses, cue tacky designer fakes…
It is my personal belief that the reason designer perfume lines, handbags and items of jewellery are so successful is that the average shopper can obtain a piece of these brands without having to take out a small mortgage….on a recent trip to Marc Jacobs on Mount Street I noticed this concept had been taken one step further. Although everything had a designer name on it, one bag was emblazoned: “Jacobs by Marc Jacobs, for Marc by Marc Jacobs, in collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs”
I think someone wants people to know where they have been shopping!?
The Jacobs collection carries price tags to rival Topshop, with a generously sized day bag costing as little as £20. Ok, so it may not be identical to the one on Cheryl Cole’s arm but who are we to argue over the details.
Well at these prices it seems almost silly not to get two….errrm has anyone even noticed that there’s a recession going on?

Fashion gone GaGa!

Everyone knows that the Brit Awards is as much about finding the “that perfect dress” to strut down the red carpet in as it is about the actual awards themselves, right? One faux pas can send even the most “stylish” of stars onto the pages of every worst dressed list for weeks afterwards.

A flawless outfit has the power to either “make or break” personalities in this ever fickle industry. Think Elizabeth Hurley, formerly just the girlfriend of a nearly famous actor, in 1994 she wore “THE Versace Safety Pin dress” to a premier, and shortly afterwards became a fashion icon in her own right. Even today this remains the most iconic outfit ever to grace the red carpet…. who said fashion was just about looking forward anyway?

Which only further begs the question in my mind, what the Hell was Lady GaGa thinking when she turned up on the red carpet last Tuesday? Outlandish doesn’t even begin to describe the outfit donned by the 3 times Brit award winner. Peter Kay laughed it off by commenting “she is the only women I know who gets her clothes from Ikea”…oh dear!?! As a modern day icon, who is known for shall we errrm say unusual? wardrobe choices, a timeless classic was never likely to be on her agenda. But the towering Parisian inspired wig, signature leotard and lace Philip Treacy mask were all just wrong, wrong WRONG!