Colour my life with the chaos of trouble

'Colour Codes' is the latest line ultra-cool, colourful and funfunfun line from the cult plastic watchmakers, Swatch.

The collection features 26 watches in an array of super-bright colours and arty finishes and is exactly what you'd expect from the Swiss factory of fun. With affordable price tags, delicious names like 'lemon time' and 'dragon fruit', and delicious-er colours (candy apple red and bright orange =YUM) Swatch are only leaving me with one teeny-tiny problem... I want one in EVERY colour!

To promote the line, Swatch have asked some of the worlds best known fashion mags to do a colour codes photoshoot and are asking you to vote for your fave one online. If the mag you vote for wins, you may be in with a chance to win one of those scrumptious watches! Totally worth it, right?

My personal fave is the Nylon spread - sooo cute! but Dazed & Confused and V are pretty damn sweet too.

You can vote for your faves right here. What are you waiting for?!

Nylon

Dazed & Confused

V

Charles Anastase Fall 2010/11

I'm gonna begin by saying that usually, i'm an Anastase super-fan. Yep, means that this collection left me a little, well, unconvinced.The Parisian designer cited his influence for A/W 2010/11 as 'Winter Garden' and it features an array of contrasting colours and fabrics mixed together in the typical Anastase playground style. however his latest collection didn't quite live up to my expectations. It's intriguing and imaginative but whilst some pieces are wearable, others just make me go "Oh, Charles! Really? Reeeeeeally? Why?"

The collection features some huge, blanket-style coats, which completely envelop the wearer, they look guaranteed to keep you warm, even in the harsh British weather we've been dealing with recently, which is une grande bonus, there's also an abundance of high-waisted flared trousers, providing an elongated silhouette, which is also added to by the long, clingy dresses. There's a lot of layering (a little too much layering, one may say...) and the majority of the clothing seems to be baggy and shapeless.
The collection overall is still the whimsical, storybook style that Anastase does so well, but it's just not my cup of tea.

What does everyone else think?

Bright blue clingy dress with contrasting red felted wool coat. I actually really like the coat. And the shoes. What's with the neck/headgear though, seriously?

The chiffon cape features cute little red envelope shapes, i think they might be little pockets. How sweet!?

Uh-oh... Little Bow Peep has lost her sheep and dresses up like one in order to find them...

Too.Much.Layering. I don't know where to look, there's just so much going on!

Another look reminiscent of farmyard animals?

The print alone is bad enough. The print on the jacket AND trousers? Horrendous.

I don't even know where to start with this one. Too many ruffles and the jacket is giving it a bad silhouette. Like, a really bad silhouette.

The poor girl just looks like she's drowning in this. Never a good look! :(





photos via style.com

i haven't blogged in far too long.

Sorrysorrysorry to whoever actually reads this, which is more than likely nobody, but i'm trying to be hopeful okay?

I'll leave you with this gaw-jus picture of a scrumptiously fashionable ice-cream by Liz Van Hoene.

Oh I wish Chanel ice-cream cones really existed.
xox

maybe someday i'll live in a big ol' house, like this.

Kinda reminds me of the Spellman house from Sabrina The Teenage Witch, though that wasn't nearly this big!
I'd lovelovelove to live in a place like this! I'd keep it all old and traditional on the outside but totally hip & quirky inside.

"Life sucks, in a beautiful kind of way"

Maybe in 2010 i'll channel an Axl Rose-esque kind of look.
Circa 1987, of course. Not a modern day Axl.
That's not a good look on anyone.

I once had a dream i had a tiny Pikachu tatooed behind my ear...

Definately the best Milk endorsee like, ever.

Plastiscines - Bitch

I totes love the Plastiscines and this song is typical of their quirky french pop-rock style.
Plus, they look uber cool. Like, all the time.

Plus plus, they played this song on Gossip Girl, which obv pushes their level of coolness right off the scale.