The best from Coachella

Posted in Celebrity, Diane and Josh, Fashion, Music by nlcorner

It seems like everybody went to Coachella at some point over the both weekends it was on, and once again I was not one of them.

This festival is one of the first in the summer (nearly) season, albeit in the US but still it’s as much of a fashion show as it is about the music. Plenty of trends were a-popping but the main style staple were denim cutoffs, in every kinda style.

Something so easy to copy and denim is a fantastic material to customise, I already have mine ready for Leeds Fest 2012 in August:

The studs are actually gold which for some reason doesn't show in this! (Originally from Topshop)

Back to the celebs at Coachella, my ultimate favorite look from the festival has to go to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Those gams. That hair. And that body. She looked flawless in a pair of Christopher Kane embellished shorts and a simple white J Brand shirt open to reveal a bikini top, Givenchy boots finished off this great twist on casual dressing.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at Coachella

Kate Bosworth has never been a firm favourite of mine, but her Isabel Marant cowboy shirt had to be hands down the best thing I saw. I will definitely be hunting out a western inspired lightweight shirt for this summmer. She is a great day dresser, minus a couple of accessories you can never go wrong with Isabel Marant Dicker boots though… I will own a pair one day!

Kate Bosworth at Coachella

Another sight that made me smile with glee was the sight of my favourite ever couple Diane Kruger and Josh Jackson. They love Coachella and were spotted there last year with another cool couple Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder. Thank god they were there again this year, after rumours buzzed about on the internet the other week that the couple had split I started to worry but lo and behold they are back and look as in love as ever!

The gang back together at Coachella this year, Josh Jackson, Nina Dobrev, Diane Kruger and Ian Somerhalder. Yey.

Diane and Josh back together. Diane is wearing a Stella McCartney Palm Print Dress, £170 and those Dicker boots.

Rihanna was there at the festival to perform with Calvin Harris, she jumped off stage to sing with her BFF Katy Perry who was in the crowd. The one time she can get away with a cropped bra top has to be at a festival, and this PEACE top and a Chanel bomber jacket paired with the best studded denim cutoffs I have seen, looked fit.

Rihanna at Coachella.

Oh and I can’t post about Coachella without mentioning Joe Maganiello. Shirtless. Dreamy.

Joe Maganiello. Shirtless at Coachella.

Other majah celebs in attendance were Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, not worth a picture because they looked like homeless people. Katy Perry of course was there with her rumoured new beau Robert Ackroyd of Florence + the Machine, wonder if she will ever get that tattoo the same as Russell’s covered up? Emma Watson with her new boyf, lacking in good hair (poor pixie crop). Gerard Butler, Alexander Skarsgaard, Emma Roberts with on again boyf Chord Overstreet, Dita Von Teese with Hurts frontman boyf, Zoe Kravitz and Penn Badgley looking like the 90′s barfed on them and various others.

9Feb2011

Beautiful Vogue

Posted in Fashion, Front cover, Magazine, Sexy, Style by nlcorner

It seems that Vogue’s foreign counterpart Vogue India have proved they do front covers better than the UK. Bollywood actress, Aishwarya Rai is featured in a beautiful Roksanda Illincic jacket, with the inside spread shot on what is probably an extremely expensive yacht. Compared to Rosie Huntington Whiteley’s Jessica Rabbit inspired front cover for Vogue UK, India excels with it’s charming simplicity.

Aishwarya Rai Vogue India

Aishwarya Rai

Rosie Huntington Whiteley Vogue UK

28Jun2010

Edgy cutout

Posted in Celebrity, Film, Models, Style, Style Crush by nlcorner

I would like these jeans please. Obviously first I would need to lose a few stone to get super-skinny legs so they would look good but I like the cute cut-out detail. It’s edgy but not tacky like some cutout detailing I’ve seen recently, some high-street stores seem to be going overboard on the trend. These jeans sported by the lovely Rosie Huntington-Whiteley look great as she’s wearing them, I’m a tiny bit iffy on the boots and I heart the bag.

Picture from JustJared.com

21Mar2010

Skinny models make us want to go the gym.

Posted in Celebrity, Models, Style by nlcorner

I’m teetering on the edge of whether Christina Hendricks (Joan in Mad Men) is just in need of dropping a few pounds or whether she is just a gorgeous curvy and voluptuous girl.

This recent cover on New York magazine lends to a bad angle but the pictures of a photoshoot in Page Six magazine (US) are absolutely stunning:

Voluptuous Christina Hendricks Talks about Her Figure | christina hendricks

And the stick she got for her dress she wore to the Golden Globes was just pointless.

However as lovely as Christina looks, it has been found that larger women or plus-size models just do not cut it for advertising clothes.

A study by Arizona State University discovered after conducting research that women are not encouraged to buy clothes after seeing them on models of a similar size to themselves.

‘We found that overweight consumers demonstrated lower self-esteem, and therefore less enthusiasm about buying products, after exposure to ANY size models in ads,’ said Naomi Mandel, a marketing professor who led the study, ‘And, normal-weight consumers experienced lower self-esteem after exposure to heavy models….than after exposure to moderately thin models.’

So even though the average size of women in the UK is 14-16 we prefer to look at models that are at the most a size 10 or below. Dove used ‘real women’ in their ads and people shouted that it was about time, but for something like the care of skin it doesn’t really make a difference about the size of the woman:

As much as I am all for real women if I was to pick between a plus size and ‘normal’ model then it would be the latter:

I would be much more likely to buy a dress or any other item of clothing if it appeared on a girl showing how the designer meant it to be.

I know looking at someone like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley or Lara Stone would give me aspirations to get fit and tone up and make me want to go to the gym.