Labels or Love

I finished 'The Devil Wears Prada'. Last week actually, but I never got round to posting because I feel freekin guilty when not doing anything work/revision/college related. Yes I'm sure there are some underlying issues but lets move on shall we.
So the ending made me feel all fluffy inside as Andy was buzzed through the doors of her success like she was someone who mattered. Although it did not help to answer the questions I begged, I can only hope that I have a similar smile on my face when I make it to my point in life.

This is what I want my tower to look like; not to high, full of people  that inspire me, people I want to know about and pretty sweet smelling at the top.
We will see eh.

So I'm guessing you guys have read my Spindle post from a couple days ago...? Well guess who is meeting with the Editor-in-Chief of Spindle magazine to discuss an internship with them?? "its about this girl who wants to be immersed in the world of fashion, she wants to get into fashion week and open it up to all the girls that love fashion like this girl because we are the lifeblood of this industry ya know"
Well...we are one step closer. Watch this space...

Labels or Love?

I'm not looking for either.

And today a slightly different parting note:
Musiqueeee! I'm listening to:

1. Anything from the Black Eyed Peas album 'Elephunk'
2. Make Me Wanna Die by The Pretty Reckless
3. Valentino by Diane Birch

Spindle

So not only did I witness my first ever backstage Brighton fashion event, rock egg yolk yellow and grass green polish in one week (don't panic, not at the same time...) but I was lucky enough to attend my first ever magazine launch! I didn't think it was possible that I could want to do what I want to do any more than I already did...turns out that isn't true. At this moment in time, I feel that everything has just reached new levels of cool.

Wikipedia Definition Spindle: Originally, a spindle was a device to spin fibres into thread. The term has many senses that relate ultimately back to the idea of a cylindrical object and what tasks may be done with it (usually involving rotation).

I think the concept really works, this zine is all about unravelling creativity. Here are just a few of the spreads in Issue 1 May 2010 that stood out to me, I struggled to narrow it down, but here are the 8 out of 92 possibilities:

On the night, the editor hailed the recently passed legends Malcolm Maclaren and Alexander McQueen as huge inspiration, Spindle magazine constantly references and celebrates British culture, I liked this article because it asked this question; "Is it possible for someone to proudly wear the Union Jack without either being a racist or, as in Ms Halliwell's case, a vacuous, cynical attention-seeking cunt?" 

Oops fashion showcased on the night.

 Its aim is to promote emerging talent across the fields of fashion, music, art and design. Obviously Brighton is the perfect place to launch such an activity as there is so much genius here. There is nothing 'straight' about Brighton and like Spindle magazine, it is a circle, or perhaps a spinning wheel, in that it can see everything that has ever been, and everything that will ever happen, this magazine requires the reader to go beyond the 'spin' that we tend to stick to, and reach for the most inspiring vision we can come up with and start making it real, however big or small. And why should anything prevent this. You can share Spindle and like most things it is subjective and open to interpretation, I get the vibe that there is no room for negativity here. This can only be a good thing, and when you are on to a good thing...

 Anyway! enough with the sincere stuff, because that definitely doesn't reflect the crazy launch the Spindle team put on! It wasn't Moulin mad but, the combination of crafts, neon, cute, distorted, androgyny, glitter, facial hair and 7 inch strutting made for very interesting viewing:

so this is a keyhole peep into the nights shenanigans photography courtesy of my diamanté embellished cam. Ha! You gotta love it.

Insane or what.

Boop Oop A Doop

 

press shot for Spindle Magazine

And the last word from Chani Ra Layzell wearing Oops Fashion:
This girl interested me on the night. Turns out she is a little bit cool.

"One day you'll see my name all over everywhere, are you excited?"
And despite her overly insulting self assured self, do you know what? I agree with her.
HAHA I just quoted a fucking 17 year old yet to be.
You heard it here first...

A Parting Note: I want to send muchos besos to my LivLew, I have her to thank for the Spindle invite. She modelled on the night and was completely brilliant!

Also I want to hear your thoughts on the Charlotte Haggerty collection I featured; comment below please! xoxo

p.s I got Papped! Brighton's local Paparazzi.

Amy Queen of Shops

So, I went shopping!

Two weeks ago now! Sorry it has taken so long, but it is very time-consuming to artfully place and capture my purchases (too many of them eek!) especially when you are in the life threatening business that is exams! So this is my poor attempt at showcasing my wares.

 

Fashion is fun because for me it's not necessarily about looking 'good' or 'chic', don't get me wrong that's definitely a bonus - but fashion is wearable art, which is way more fun than paintings in a gallery or sculptures in a museum that you aren't allowed to touch...
In any case a shopping excursion is a shopping excursion; typically the activity of visiting shops and stores to look at and buy things. In my case goods were bought...and plenty of them. (stripe maxi, print dress and stud top all H&M, Twiggy pendant JuJu) I love these three pieces very much because they are somewhere between simple and careless/messy. I have visions of grey jeans and thick brown leather belts, acid wash denim and leather jackets...lovingly stacked a top 5 inch footwear for which I have a fond affection.



Drape dress and jewellery all Warehouse, dress (just seen) Topshop








Patent pumps (below) Topshop 
pretty fierce but completely cute

Haven't managed to put the whole lot up but will put up outfit pics as soon as.

GUESS WHAT! ...I found the dress! remember the perfect nude one that I fell in love with? and nearly got a slap round the face for...
Beautiful isn't it.










A parting note: I will be watching the Gossip Girl Season Finale tonight, something which I will definitely not apologise for. Hopefully this episode is better than the recent Miss Selfridge high street collection. I don't know about the storyline, it's a bit too Justin Bieber for me, but I'm praying for a glimpse of Balenciaga! xoxo

incoming

Forget about its South African hosts, for This Years World Cup, it's all about Italy, and for Dolce and Gabbana this only means lots of blue and white in everything from the tracksuits to the cotton briefs bearing the legend Calcio on the elastic.

Appropriately, for those interested, this is a 'young collection thought up for those who love a sporting, dynamic lifestyle".

...and obviously for those who wouldn't mind looking like the Italian players in the new campaign. 

I know what I would want my guy to be interested in...

Bellissimo!

because i cannot give you my all

French was tres bien, thanks for asking.
But im sad cos I still cant post as regularly as I would like :(
I'm staring at my Pixie Lott calendar and I literally wanna just punch it with my ugly knuckles and gossip ring

but luckily for my ugly knuckles and that fake paper face of Pixie's (oh the inevitable pain that would be incurred if i was to do such a thing, and I do not want my knuckles to look any uglier thank you...who does that anyway?) Dazed and confused came swiftly in the post. Something about This publication appeals to me. It feels like I am part of the exclusive club that you wish you were in at school that I would never have thought possible. This mag doesn't make predictions like your standard monthly, it doesn't even try, it evades all conventions by 'experiencing' the fashion and culture rather than 'wearing' it. Something, I think, in this industry is very difficult to find, obtain, and achieve. Being in touch with this publication makes me feel like I, mere mortal, have obtained such a connection just by touching its floppy, albeit cheap, (my daddy is in the printing trade, I know quality when I feel it) pages.

Any who, to the point already!

Basically I was flicking through, (which is pretty unheard of for me as I tend to spend hours dissecting every page when i first get any issue of anything) and I came across an interview with Norma Kamali. 

I cant believe I am admitting unashamedly to you that unfortunately, I actually have no clue who she is...

Apparently she is the maverick who dished out the fashion innovations that were sleeping-bag coats and high-heeled trainers in the mid-70's and used shoulder pads years before they became an 80's power-dressing staple.

Any who, to the point again already!

In this interview Kamali is asked "what is the most important lesson that you want your students (she teaches as well) to learn?" Kamali replies "Think outside the box! But not so far out that you look like you need to be medicated. And then, of course, you need to pay the rent."

Point = I learn from this quote, therefore I share this quote.

The discovery of this interview makes me feel as smug as Jamie Winstone looks in this pic, cos you would if you looked that aymayyzzinggg, because...

I may not have heard of her, but I like to think that we must certainly be on the same wavelength as it just so happens, but a week ago, I bought into her brainchild, a pair of my very own high-heeled trainers. she describes her style as Timeless...I couldn't agree more.

ive got a secret i cant tell you

Basically it's getting harder to post so regularly, I have my A2 french exam in one more day but this blog is becoming my new obsession, I notice things way more now...like I wanna show you soo much, but in reality je devrait etre parle francais! at least it will be all over in one day..Ughhh wait, make that 1 whole MONTH! My exams don't finish till 22nd June. je veux sortir! so for a while i'm guessing my posts will just be titbits of my inner self, confined to COLLEGE, trapped by...I cant even say it. Damn you college for being my stepping stone to said future, sometimes I just want to crawl into my single bed, with my teapot, Come Dine with Me repeats and just STAY THERE. jkgfoashfcbxk.jcbOFCsab

Im telling you to deal with it, I'm the one who needs to deal with it. pUNK.

Anyways, I saw that this girl from around had posted a link to this guy who I know through another guy, on his facebook wall, and this girl from around is like totally a model who has actually got her face in a few things (and now my blog god damnit) you follow? So I clicked and discovered something utterly cringe but completely brilliant all at once!

Rules are you just type in your nom et prenom (its all in french but based in London, go figure right?)
and just watch, simple.
This is mine below, watch it. My favourite part is definitely the huge billboard saying 'In bed with Amy'.
kjsdgkshlkshdvmbvkn

ok c'est trop cool!

http://www.myrimmellondon.com/?v=dd3c6ff2690714a162210f3641f7e22d

So what did you think?

I'm thinking this is definitely what my face would look like ;)

Unfortunately, this is actually the current 17 year old face of Rimmel London, Hudson Jeans and Versace. Georgia May Jagger. And the envy of all brit girls, you would think. Well I certainly definitely have a case of the green eyed monster with her, especially the part where she has called time out on modelling and it's big buck perks to focus on her A-levels. Oh yes she did.

kjasgckajgcksJAJASH! 

cruchcrushcrush

I had a crazy thought just now;
I was listening to Paramore when it struck me that a million other people could also potentially be listening to this song right now...you can definitely apply this to the world of fashion.
Quite currently I'm reading the 'Devil Wears Prada' by Lauren Weisberger, after 7 years I have finally got round to reading this "sassy, insightful and sooo 'Sex and the City', you'll be rushing to the bookshop for your copy like it's a half price Prada sale" paperback.(quote courtesy of Company magazine.) Seven years of rushing and no Prada to show for it...I don't think so somehow. Nevertheless, it came out with an excerpt that got me thinking 'why?' And I quote "Emily (assistant) was deeply invested in Miranda (editor-in-chief)...why....each one (assistants) was humiliated, degraded, and generally abused by their direct superior, only to turn around  and do it to those under them the second they got promoted." it gets better "And all of it so they could say, at the end of the long exhausting climb, that they'd gotten to sit in the front row at Yves Saint-Laurent's couture show and had scored a few free Prada bags along the way?"
Argh!!! 'why?' is actually a very good question! Will I be fulfilled when and if I reach the top of said ladder? What is it that I actually want in the end? What is the 'end'? Watching the scene where Anna Wintour (OBE and Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue) gets almost tearful in The September Issue, makes me quite frightened at future fashion prospects. If this amazingly influential tough lady has moments where she struggles to swallow her latte, then I, in reality, need to beg these questions.

Wintour at the fall 2007 Anne Klein show. Photo by Ed Kavishe, Fashion Wire Press.

As i read this post back, I realise one thing, I want to find out these answers. At any cost. I will.
I mean if I find the answer at the end of this book I talk of, well then that is a bonus.
BUT
something tells me that it is definitely not that simple.

Yes it will be difficult, as difficult as it would be to embrace a pair of the louboutin for Rodarte spikey heels...(not that I have had the unquestionably wonderful experience) but I Love You Fashion I Really Do.
and as Marina (and the Diamonds) would say 'I am not a robot'
I am Amy Yates; English trendster with Sex and the City appeal and eyebrows to remember.

Note to self; start practising what I preach.

Don't sweat it honey, embrace it.


<3

cheap trick

I Just found This little gem being advertised on my blog: 

UK Crotchless Tights

Open gusset tights from Pretty Polly for extra freshness

www.UKTights.com/crotchless

Just a little note to say I do not encourage this type of

 publicity, but whilst we are on the subject,

 check out this sexually inviting two peice 

that I found in my inbox this morning ;)

courtesy of AP

Im thinking that the bra would look perfect teamed

with a lightweight/wash denim jacket this summer..
(this cheeky set of separates also comes in 'flesh')

"Oh Debbie!"

another reason to be jealous

I cannot express enough LOVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9Y6ib5fzE

Check it ;)

The devil wears Tibi, lives in Hotels and is gifted everything

So something about the fact that Carmen Kass wears glasses makes me smile inside (bet she struggles down the catwalk without em!) But something about that comment makes me sound like a bitter fool, of course she can walk down the catwalk without them, there are countless maxfactor ads and VogueTV to prove it...so why do i still make these petty little comments...I want to be Olivia Palermo, yet I hate her at the same time? When is this going to give?

Hate...so much hate.

So its obvious

I want to be a cute and connected, society girl. Amy Yates, darling of New York. The question is how do I get people to discover the secrets of my big-city style?

Amy Yates; English trendster with Sex and the City appeal and eyebrows to remember.

I pretty much think this every single day, at some point.

The fact that the June 2010 issue of Vogue came through the post today may just have tipped me over the edge (actually loving the cover of this issue, apart from the fact it is not tarnished with a famous face, there is something perfectly imperfect about it. Nonchalance springs to mind...) and I dont know wether to laugh or cry, due to the sheer stress of it!

When I find the answer, then you guys will definitely be the first to know.

For the moment I will continue to paint my nails the oh so now mint green shade, whilst only wearing my Marc by Marc Jacobs headband and Vivienne Westwood handkerchief to keep me warm, reading my copy of the latest Vogue that doesn't actually hit shops for another few days, teetering in my new peep toe nude platforms from Primark because I like totally do high street aswell and waiting for my l'eau ambree Prada sample I sent off for that is hopefully in the post. All whilst listening to George Michael's Faith. Oh my relationship with fashion is a rocky one. 

As I cant instantly have what I want then I will settle for the last word

...for now;

All this may help; books, magazines, the web, music, tea, dictionaries

but, at the end of the day (scuse the lovely phrase..) only you can find the answers for yourself.