Kissing Kate

you dont have to act like a staa-aaar 

try moves in the back of your caa-aaar

you know that we could go faa-aaar

cause tonight i'm gonna give you maaah

mwah mwah

'Kiss' by Holly Valance

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Grey-Marl-Chiffon-Jersey

Being king of the urbanites, it was only a matter of time before Alexander Wang's S/S10 collection received the highstreet treatment, and got knocked-off for we poor cretins.. We for whom running our fingers over beautifully over-locked jersey seams is but a mere dream *dribbles*

i know how salty some people get about fakes and i understand no one wants a Samantha-Fake-Fendi-esque fiasco, but in this case i really think ASOS have done a good job!Besides its still a recession.. therefore making it hard out here for a pimp to pay rent, let alone buy garms for a wardrobe update

Topshop and Nastygal both have commendable versions..

ps.as tempted as i am to go raglan/marl/chiffon crazy i have one reserve about these knock-offs and it involves this..

..i just know the streets of London will be saturated with those sloreish *Watermelon Dance Studios kids trying to flash maximum skin whilst doing their best Jennifer-Beals and Irene Kara's :[

*for fear of a defamation suit please insert other exotic fruit name here for yourself.

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Eazy Duz It

*cough cough*

"he was once a thug from around the way... Eazyyyy"

I'll seriously drop anyone that dares argue that EazyE was one of the biggest G's to have touched a mic
without him there would be no Tip Drills or Becky's, we'd honestly be living in a world devoid of certain mans jockin the bitches and slappin the hoes.. *shudders*

let me swig from my imaginary 40,bill up an imaginary spliff and have a real-ass moment of silence.. in my most south-central-cholo-friendly garb obviously

wearing:Ray Bans / flannel shirt Charity Shop / leotard New Look / pants H&M / Converse /

7 | Sept | 1963  -  26 | Mar | 1995
R.I.P
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Buy Me This

the easiest way to externalise my feelings without the involvement of a hand-grenade or a corny-ass slogan t-shirt..

Christopher Kane | £188 | Matches

i need one of these in my life so someone hurry and buy me this before i do something drastic... seriously jokes aside buy me this before i jump off the edge of my bed... before i swallow a marble... before i eat a whole tub of peanut butter laced with cyanide... o.O

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Beauty Buy

After 6 months of acrylic refills and countless monaaays spent on nail art.. i'm acrylic-free!

Post soak-off i realised what a beastly combination acetone+electric files can be

so i left the salon with naked nails.. then went to Boots and took full advantage of the 3 for 2 offer on all 17 products!

Sherbert Lemon | Fairy Cake | Mint Choc Chip

cheap as chips... PERFECT! 

  ('Orange Soda' and 'Parma Violet' round off the shades in the 17 Candy Collection)

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Legoland > Wonderland

the Place: Mash 

the Occasion: Shank's soundtrack release party

we had fun, drank free Smirn Off('cause i'm Essex like that), and shook our arms-as the packed out shop floor didn't warrant for any shaking of any legs!
amongst plenty others,I had the pleasure of fleetingly meeting Bwoy Wonder, the young entrepreneur behind LEGO BRICK CHAINS-a label that ingeniously uses Lego pieces to create the most amazing fake-ass chains!

their troop of followers include Pharell and the New Boyz

check out their retail space in Carnaby Street (turn left past American Apparel), and read about his escapades on his blog ..just dont mistake him for his he grime artist twin illamadi! all the same,superman much?!

PS.i'm sure I'm not the only person who wants to stay fly in a cropped version of their smiley face t-shirts?!gimme gimme gimme!

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Spring

an ensemble of this beauty should be worn every day of every Spring till death

Mary-Kate in Giambattista Valli Nov '07

perfect.

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Give Me That Shoe

seeing as my 'rents refused to buy me these for my birthday i'm taking to these interweb streets to beg.

please someone give me £415 so i can hold these Acne Atacoma 's in my arms and whisper sweet little ignorant nothings to them... please?

black leather,metal,wedge heel,laced,Acne
insurmountably beautiful functionality

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Under Pressure Rice Cooker

Suppressing > Offloading

the skill to suppress ones emotions is an amazing weapon to possess because fundamentally its a form of misguided selflessness

upon observation, i've found that off-loaders are selfish shits who assume their problems/fuckery are bigger than the person on the other end of the phone

***

suppression is one of my finer skills of self-preservation

people only think i'm a good listener because i don't talk

eg.i'll tell you i'm upset+threaten to jump off the edge of my bed but never give you specifics of the problem

HOWEVER

when we suppressants decide to offload its EPIC 

like 'Nakasaki and Hirojima' epic...

but only in our heads..

*drops the mic and falls slow motion to the ground*

*Le Sigh*

beautiful shoot by Vanina Sorrenti featuring Shalom Harlow for iD mag(Flesh and Blood issue '09)

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Youth In Revolt

youth |yoōθ|

noun ( pl. youths |yoōθs; yoōðz|)1 [in sing. ] the period between childhood and adult age : he had been a keen sportsman in his youth.• the state or quality of being young, esp. as associated with vigor,freshness, or immaturity : she imagined her youth and beauty fading.• an early stage in the development of something : this publishing sector is no longer in its youth.2 [treated as sing. or pl. ] young people considered as a group : middle-class youth have romanticized poverty | [as adj. ] youth culture.• a young man : he was attacked by a gang of youths.ORIGIN Old English geoguth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutchjeugd, German Jugend, also to young .

eg.

(i refuse to forgive the death of Freddie and Tony (series 1),the generally shit acting and the exaggerated storylines but i still watch it)
***
currently questioning the concept of 'youth'

  whilst everyone's revelling in theirs,it feels like someone put mine on PAUSE ||

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solange

Dear Solange,

Cassadei platforms, leggings, tunic, and the Areeefah Stanklin inspired hat

LOVERRLY

add to that the large Chanel carrier bag

WINNER

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Bald Head.Thick.Zulu Boned

I hate to be a contributor in the whole good hair/bad hair debate that always comes up in the politics of black beauty, but i'm black, used to perm my hair, wore extensions and lusted over lace fronts [circa 2005 before they became available in Upton Park market for like a tenner.. totally butters] and so i'm allowed to stick my 2pence in.. 

Anyways the reason why i'm posting this is because i dont think people realise how massive it is to say 'fuck it' and decide to be the only bald bitch on the train/bus/tram/tandem etc.

Without taking away from people who involuntarily lose their hair through illness-because they're the bravest of the brave-shaving your hair off is the most terrifying-yet liberating-experience, if you're a girl that's been brought up to uphold good old Barbie as the standard of beauty.

I don't have a major opinion to toss into the ring i just think society needs to look past the stereotypical construct of femininity, and understand that hair does not a woman maketh...

We care so much about the redundant opinions of others when reaaaaally we should be focusing, on living that good sick-n-filthy-all-black-errythang-barbie-bitch-don-diva-nuvo-patron-stanky-jerkkin life.

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Chopped.Skrewed.Filtered.Doggied

So decided to venture out into the garden a couple of nights ago under the premise of having a sneaky spliff and ended up taking some fun shots of me playing lonesome games..

(word to my bird stand for holding shit down in the absence of a tripod)

After i finished tinkering with the blue-filter n shit, it reminded me of a 20page Steven Meisel shoot from V last year called 'Dogging' that gives my eyes sooo much pleasure everytime i revisit

Meisel is lord of the lens

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S/S 10

would you looky here!
the new Hellz Bellz collection arrived a few days ago and I only just noticed due to my catatonic mental state. I really like this label because they aren't stuck in some 80's-clubkid-gaudy-slogan-t-shirt-revival like most and they usually shoot with Brook Nipar who I absolutely LURVE!here's a few shots from their lookbook...

verdict:
It's always interesting to see how the 'streetwear' labels interpret the same trends the major labels try so hard to intellectualise-pray thee turn ones mind a few weeks back to the D&G F/W10 womenswear collection and its purpose being the food chain from :The Recession->Austerity in Fashion->Subjectivity Over Timeless Garments(in their case the black jacket).

but back to Hellz, I'm kinda unconvinced they've created a collection on "an obscure view of modern fashion and the obsession that it becomes" AKA the modern excessive passion for fashion AKA not eating for a month in order to save up for a pair of ACNE Atacoma' s(dammit i will make this happen) BUT I sure as Hellz wouldn't say no!

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Skeet Sunday

SKEET*SKEET*SPRAY*GIMME*THAT*NUT

Fabien Baron, the genius that brought us the revamped Interview and Madge's Erotica packaging amongst many other fabulous graphics thingys, has just given me the biggest skeeeeet of the year so far. 

He masterminded the sexiest front row a Calvin Klien menwear show has ever seen this past A/W season.. unbeknownst to me it was the most perfect way to publicise the forthcoming CK underwear campaign full of sexylisciuos mandem

'ain't no fun unless they all get some

Do They need a Tip Drill

I'll be their Tip Drill'

grab a fan, a chair,a tub of lube[doubt you'll need it]and observe...

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Ashley Livingston bka Azmarie

ladies and gents of the court if you please feast your eyes on my no kissing, no sexing, strictly-hand-holding future girlfriend, new model Azmarie! i came across her through photographer Shareem Khan's blog.. after some savvy internet stalkage i found out she's been making waves as the fittest baldie about for a couple of seasons now.. 'ave a gander

S/S 10 cassette playa lookbook

Gerlan S/S 10 show

*SPRAY*

Shameer Khan shoot

*SKEET*

.i.LOVE.her.
i love how regal she looks, despite the fact that i'm not actually gay i would probably try my best to make her my girlfriend of some sort. beautiful bone structure, toned as a betchh and she's covered in pseudo-prison tatts?!
i have died as gone to fake-lesbian heaven.i swear.

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Balenciaga

Sorry can you all just fack orff whilst i chill with my friend,confidante and stalkee Nicolas Ghesquiere..

after i told him how worried i was about any mediocre showings on his part-a certain turban-skirt-curtain-material-debacle comes to mind [lets not pretend Fall 09 didnt happen] -he took my opinion into consideration and came back on his A* game!! *cracks open a sherbert fountain* take it away fiddy!

[50 Cent]

I'll take you to the candy shop

I'll let you lick the lollipop

Go 'head girl, don't you stop

Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)

[Olivia]

I'll take you to the candy shop

Boy one taste of what I got

I'll have you spending all you got

Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)

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The Last Goodbye..

Dear

Lee McQueen

Your Genius Remains Unsurpassed

R.I.P

*she's lovely Hubbell*

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Ga-Yonce

I'm not sure what the fudge the whole delay was about, but i can see how much time it would have taken to edit this 9.30min long video..

I don't know how i feel about this yet, because i dont think its as amazing as we've come to expect from any Gaga offering. However i do like what they did with Beyonce [canned her shit stylist for the day]they kinda carried on from the only looks in Videophone that were sexy[bangs/dark hair/sequined pants/gold bra] do not judge me 'cause i really liked the hoochie bits.. mmmckay

so when is the Gayonce sex-tape coming out?because they look like they're fully on this lipsin ting.. 

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the Oscars

so the Oscars were boring as usual.. but infused with plenty of shade and side-eye if i'm to believe the word on the tweets??

everyone wore really expensive gowns and jewels from Lorraine Schwarts and yadda yadda *another one of those events i refuse to care about till i'm rich enough to be detached from the realities of peasant life*

then I saw what Carey Mulligan wore OMGROFLMAOSTFUWTF she managed to look beautiful and modern and classic and chic and youthful in PRADA. she's a dreamboat!I wouldnt usually say this cause she always looks abit boring and washed out, but I'm really happy to say i can see her as my future fake-lesbian girlfriend [no lipsin ting strictly platonic hugging and head stroking]

SIDENOTE: did anyone see Lisa-who-are-ya-Butcher acting as the BBC breakfast fashion correspondent stumbling over her words and relating every ensemble back to her personal choices?!who was the stroke of genius behind pissing me off with her incompetence so early on a Monday morning???

John Galliano

I wont lie i'm not ususally entranced by John Galliano's collections, because i always feel like he just cleverly rehashes all the stuff he's done before. But then he went nomad crazy, put Mystic Meg, Kirsty-Lee, Sheila-Anne and Sammy-Jo on his catwalk, and they looked BOOM!

Snooki and co need to watch out because Galliano's bitches were coated in the deepest shades of orange this side of Jersey

Seeing as this is a Fall collection i've already decided what i want for Christmas..

theres nothing i want more in life than to wear 6 inch high combat boots.. they're taking me right back to the YSL tributes with the rubber soles.. BLISS!

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Padding pour 'Des Garcons'

padding,padding,padding!it once was that if you had a severe lack of back-off you had to wear a bustle, buy some butt pads or get some shots of hydrogel injections

well mama Rei cares about all the beanpoles and no-booty bitches out there. Her fall collection is plain and simply Structured Insulation.. you know like a structured, fat suit.. all contoured and cleverly constructed and stuff.. ?

oh and the samurai face was sublime..

*kanye shrug* its like when people go to war but they're scared of getting killed/injured so they wear lots of padding/cushions/coats to lessen the impact of harmful objects ie.bullets,swords... abit like this woman except she wasn't in a war she just had an unfortunate run in with a bullet..

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