"Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants".

See the title quote above and tell me, what kind of emotions and feelings does this bring to surface? Agreement? Rage? Upset? Revelation?

At first with me it was rage, but at the same time I was unsurprised. I have an extremely 'Marmite' relationship with the weird and slightly offensive persona of Karl Lagerfeld. On some levels I think he's brilliant, moving Chanel forward and bringing it into this century rather than leaving it where Coco left off. However from time to time he let's something slip that eptimises everything that showcases the fashion industry as materialistic, vain and venomous.

The quote above does exactly that, now,  just because we don't all walk around in the same 3 piece suit and dark glasses (which KL once described as his 'burka', if want a fine example of his political incorrectness) doesn't mean that when we slack on the style every once in a while we have completely lost control. KL is a man I can never picture wearing pyjamas. Try it, can you picture KL snuggling down in a pairs of PJ's? Nope, because I'm pretty sure he sleeps in a coffin, wearing that suit.

This is probably coming across as if I have some kind of vendetta against KL. I would like to emphasis that I  really don't, I just don't like the snobbery that lines his opinions and thoughts, and them imposes on the general public. Another favorite KL quote slap is where he exclaimed that he 'did not like'  Pippa Middleton's face, and that she should 'only show her back'. It just highlights why so many people are scared of or view people in fashion in a poor light. Even I was worried before studying it, I thought the whole industry was going to be full of catty, skinny snobs that wouldn't give me the time of day because I mainly buy from Primark, occasionally splurging on Topshop... but that really isn't the case.

Some of the nicest, most advantageous and creative individuals I have met are within fashion, and I'm pretty sure they own a pair of  sweatpants joggers (I can't type sweatpants anymore, I'm aware I'm not American). Genius as his collections may be, KL is not only inexplicably wrong with his joggers comment, but I would also like to point out that not everyone within the fashion will bare the same thoughts as him, so don't let it put you off. He is not a sign that fashion creatives are people to be avoided, just as much as joggers are not a sign of defeat. 

Now is one hour ten minutes left of work, and then I am going to go home, make a cup of tea and put on my comfy joggers. NOT because I have lost control or given up, but because they are dam comfortable and a representation of us all not needing to care about show at some point in our life.

23 Goldies

So this weekend something pretty big took place, something I never thought would happen and something I am finding hard to admit to myself. Friends reading this, no, it wasn't falling asleep on a strangers shoulder whilst taking the night bus home after one too many tequila shots on Saturday night (yes, that happened, and if by some chance you're reading this man of the night bus, your shoulder was a fantastic substitute for a pillow) but it was in fact the scary truth that I turned the grand old age of 23.

Now, I'm fully aware that 23 is not exactly what people might call 'old', but it is what I would like to call the age of purgatory. You don't feel old enough or ready enough to do anything serious, yet you aren't young enough to carry on making excuses to avoid doing exactly that.

So as I woke up this morning, bleary eyed, somehow still slightly hungover and wondering why on earth I didn't settle for being unemployed... I decided to research into 23 stylish older ladies (or 'Goldie's', as I've labelled them) who have aged with both style and grace, to prove to all of you who may be going through the same quarter life crisis as me that, maybe growing old doesn't have to be so bad...

(I'd have love to put pictures up, but my computer has fallen out with me. So Google it.)

1. Iris Apfel (A really life Edna Mode) 92
2.  Diane Sawyer (Pretty convinced she is an illusion or a robot to look this good at almost 70) 67
3. Sophia Coppola (Looks younger than me) 42
4. Helen Mirren (Not sure my Grandma could carry pink hair quite as well) 68
5. Elle Macpherson (Again, another youth illusion or robot) 49
6. Nioami Campbell (Even her age is too afraid of her to kick in) 43
7. Tamara Mellon (Mainly on this list for having such a great name, really rolls of the tongue) 46
8. Elaine Stritch (She just looks so sassy, owning that waking stick) 88
9. Mary Berry (As if she wasn't going to be on this list, plus who eats that much cake and isn't the size of a small rhino?) 78
10. Judi Dench (A national treasure) 79
11. Isabella Rossellini (Another robot) 61
12. Meryl Streep (Shouldn't even have to back this one up) 64
13. Julia Roberts (Big Notting Hill fan) 46
14. Kate Winslett (Read Glamour this month, speaks for itself) 38
15. Sandra Bullock (She's just so lovable?) 49
16. Glenn Close  (Two words, Fatal Attraction) 66
17. Eva Longoria (This woman probably wouldn't have to put too much effort into turning me) 38
18. Eva Mendes (See above, clearly something about Eva) 39
19. Jennifer Aniston (#TEAMJEN) 44
20. Cameron Diaz  (If you saw her skipping in the film 'Gambit', you'd understand) 41
21. Charlize Theron  (She joins the Eva's on the turning me front) 38
22. Halle Berry (Since when was she almost 50?!) 47
23. Carolyn Parsons (Couldn't not put my own mother in, the wee blond bombshell) 50
 

Baby Becks'

So 10 days into the New Year and I am finally starting my new year’s resolution of posting more blogs, better late than never is a phrase that is probably most apt here.

 

I’ve been mulling over the past 10 days what would be best to begin my sparkly new blogging persona with. What would be the best thing to write about to really get the ball rolling, and get people thinking YES this girls not only knows how to write AND she knows what she is talking about.

 

Would it be to do with prejudice within fashion? Would it be to do with the new original collections showcased at London Collections in Menswear? Would I perhaps really break writing boundaries and somehow link fashion with current affairs filling our newspapers today.... the big freeze in America? Political instability?Benefit fraud?..............

 

 

...................................... So here is a little piece about national treasure, David Beckham.

 

David Beckham, the man who has taken the two F’s by storm, football and fashion, is now launching a ‘mini-me’line along his H&M collection. Yes ladies and gentlemen, your son can now look as stylish as golden balls himself.

 

The collection will generally reflect his adult collection, being relaxed in style but also having a vintage sportswear as a key inspiration behind it (so really, just picture the adult wear but as if you’ve put it on too hotter wash in the machine). The collection for the baby becks’ will mainly consists of Henley tops, long johns, shirts and vests.

 

The S/S ‘14 campaign will be launched on the 2nd of February during the US super bowl, where an abundance of females and more than likely males will be tuning in to witness golden balls Becks performing‘impressive stunts’ in just his underwear, the marketing genius behind that campaign should most definitely get a pay rise.

 

The collection is extremely minimalistic, setting itself apart from a lot of clothes for young boys out at the moment that portrays pictures of diggers, dinosaurs and footballs, creating a more chic form of style for the tiny gentlemen. However, for a children’s collection It is slightly colourless and lacks character that children’s clothing should have on some level. Childhood isprobably one of the few times in many of our lives that we won’t care and it doesn’t matter what we wear, so let’s try and not lose that.