British Vogue August 2014 - Part 1

I decided on British Vogue this month as the US and French issues didn't have much to talk about.

But if you would like to see images from those issues then please click on to my Vogue Pinterest board.

There were two different covers for this issue and will show you the other cover in tomorrow's post.

Before we start...

The fashion world lost a guru called Louise Wilson.

She was truly in the know and a starmaker. 

I don't know if Central Saint Martins where she taught will be as desirable a school now she is gone.  She may not have been known outside the fashion world but it is truly a loss.

How could one ignore the ads especially when they take up half the pages?

Louis Vuitton is trying to be a hybrid of fashion and art.

 

It says it is a "curated series" which lends some gravitas. 

And at the prices those fashion photographers charge, they do justify being called artists. And they don't even set up their cameras and just click just like modern artists do when they have their production lines a la Damien Hirst.

Hmmm. 

Karl chose Kirstin Stewart to be his latest star of the Chanel ads.

She is holding a bottle of Chanel No. 5 which considering perfume sprtiz girls spray it with abandon it is tantamount to a weapon and storing it in a gun holster is apt.  

But I have an inkling he wasn't alluding to that.

She looks like a waitress at a Tex Mex restaurant which is obviously a "look" that passed me by.

Burberry is getting really good at showing their statement pieces and pulling me onto their website to have a better look.  

Christopher Bailey is trying to earn his salary I suppose.

Carla Bruni is a civilian again and free to sell her presence 

and be a supermodel again.

She looks good but illustrates that just because 

you don't have wrinkles doesn't mean you will necessarily fool anyone about your age.

Is it me or is D Squared flogging a necklace or one of those things people put on their necks after a car accident?

They went crazy with that bedazzling gun.

Onto one of many editorials.

Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that Vogue is a simple fashion anthology but it is a convoluted catalogue that incites purchases.

They are trying to flog us arm warmers.

This upsets me because the part between my wrist and elbows is one of my best features and only bit that isn't cellulitey.

Blog Reshuffle and Manifesto

I've been blogging for about a year and a half now which is equivalent to dog years in blogland.

  Even though I set up my account years before I actually started, 

I didn't have the energy or confidence to blog.  

I went into blogging blind.

I didn't "know" anyone but these people below.

  

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I didn't have an agenda nor do I now.

I didn't dream of becoming a star through blogging nor view this as a money making exercise. Although I have nothing against those who do monetize their blogs.

I don't know what prompted me to write other than simple expression and an itch.

This might be quite apparent through the eyes of experienced bloggers and blog readers as I don't have a niche.

 

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I am not a mommy blogger nor a corporate climbing ladder tip sharer.

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I am neither a fashionista selfie blogger nor a crafty before and after furniture makeover guru.

Why you love who you love - apparently...( take two! )

I am still knee deep of slowly unpacking boxes and while sifting through all my things I found this book.

Love at first sight by Suzi Malin

Then this past weekend, Tabitha from Bourbon and Pearls 

did a post about couples who look alike which prompted me to do this quick post.

Please bear in mind I don't adhere to all the theories and I am sharing some amusing pictures.

Of course no romance book would be complete without the relationship of Princess Diana and Prince Charles.

 The author had a theory that there were three types of attraction.

The first being Harmonism which is when people share similar facial proportions as was the case with this couple.

 As it had the benefit of hindsight, it tried to explain why they perhaps didn't have a harmonious relationship by saying that they didn't have "harmonious" enough features.

Of course, the other royal couples were not spared facial dissection.

Prince Andrew and Fergie

 One couple may still be married and the other divorced so harmonism doesn't seem to equate with a relationship lasting.

The Wessexes

Architectural Digest August 2014 Review

Just as I was going to do a July review post, 
the latest August issue popped up on my iPad!

After going through the issue I think that the era of taupe and simplicity is definitely over!

There was a pleasant and apolitical feature on the Texan home of President Bush.  

It is not a strongly stylized home and seems to focus on the comfort of the family instead of trying to make a certain impression.  

I guess as a former president he has that luxury.

I thought it was interesting that for a man of his wealth that 
he would bother with reproduction Audubon prints 
instead of the original items.

It is rather refreshing.  Even though President Bush comes from a well established and wealthy New England family along with his own financial successes, his home has a certain simplicity.

If this home didn't belong to the Bushes, 
I doubt this house would have made the cut.

This issue didn't include any more homes of famous people but instead featured editorials of the premier league of interior decorators who are now celebrities themselves.

When the decorator Molyneux put his touch on a Californian villa, it essentially means you can do whatever the heck you like because California villa doesn't really have its specific formula yet.

For Molyneux, he mixes up classic French and Chinese furniture with strong pattern to punctuate already capitalized features.

July Architectural Digest 2014

The cover says it all really.

Nice but nothing sensational.

I can't believe they chose this as the cover.

Perhaps AD are slowly rebranding?

One of the best images in the magazine was from a new restaurant in Monaco.

Alan Yau is the wonderkind of the London restaurant scene.

He was the brainchild of Hakkasan which is now a London institution and beyond trends.

But isn't the green fabric and brass accents bang on perfect?

I feel sad already because 

this might look dated again in a few years.