Fashion blog tag

Lauren Bacall has great style
Firstly thank you so much to the delightful Alex at Odd socks and Pretty Frocks for tagging me.  Alex's blog is full of all sorts of interesting things and great bargains and I love her sense of humour.

What's your favourite fashion accessory
It has to be shoes!  I also love shrugs, stoles and anything dramatic you can wear on your shoulders.

A few pairs of my

My new turban headband

Alana Zimmer for Jean Paul Gaultier Couture
I've been looking for a turban type headband for ages.  I've bought a few turbans online or on Ebay over the years but they're never quite right or quite glamorous enough.  A couple were so bad I only use them to take my make up off.
One of my favourite shows for AW10 was Jean Paul Gaultier Couture.  I thought the whole show was amazing.  I loved the 

Lots of lace

Photography by Mert Atlas and Marcus PiggottAndrej Pejic
Lace has always been a glamorous look and it's everywhere this season.  I constantly collect pictures and I realised I had a whole folder of lace, some from recent shoots and some vintage.  I like the lace teamed with long leather gloves or a skirt and over the knee socks.
I shall be digging out my lace pieces in the long awaited wardrobe

Red is the colour

Milla Jovovich
I love the colour red in clothes and accessories, it's one of the few colours I wear.  Here's a random selection of red pictures.  
They are a little bit Galliano/Dior biased, but John uses red more than any other designer I can think of.  Red can be elegant, glamorous, sexy and dramatic, but never boring.

Photography by TeshCoco Rocha


Kori Richardson


Christian Dior Couture

Jean Paul Gaultier Couture AW10/11

Thana Kuhnen


I wish I could afford this


Frida Gustavsson


Kim Noorda



Georgina Stojilkovic
I know I shouldn't be posting endless runway shots... Style.com is perfectly good for that, but I LOVE Jean Paul Gaultier's couture collection.  There was so much I liked I didn't know which looks to pick.

The gold dress worn by Thana is fabulous.  Totally my colour and so glamorous.  The satin