The leather collar

Whilst reading through the huge Elle september issue, in the ELLE edits feature I saw a gorgeous accessory that one never really thinks of when buying accessories: a detachable leather collar by Alberta Ferretti. Now, being a student I certainly cannot afford to buy such a piece from a Ferretti collection but I would love to find some on the high street. I like simple clothing so adding a collar to change my staple wardrobe would be lush.

Anyone know where I could get one on the highstreet??

Simplicity does it....

I am a big fan and loyal reader of Elle magazine, it is one of my favourite, more commercial magazines that I read on a monthly basis, so much so, that last year the lady bought me a 12 month subscription and boohoo...my last issue dropped on my doormat a couple of days ago....I may need to invest in another subscription. (*Hint, hint, nudge, nudge*)#

Anywhoo....

In this issue (March2010) there is a really stunning and very simple shoot 'The Purist' photographed by Karen Collins and Styled by Sasa Thomann.

The fashion story is one which occupies this season's minimalist trend, showing clean lines, elegant dresses, crushed silk fabrics with a pure colour palette.

The shoot is different in that it is all shot on the same location, named ironically'Amazing space', in the same space, and is shot at the same angle throughout the 12 page fashion story. Now to some this may seem too simple and a little boring but it really helps in highlighting the clothes, and making the clothes become the focus they should be. It would have been nice to see the pages have full bleed, rather than one which has a white border but this again, helps the story really stand out in the issue.

(apology's for the images being portrait, well expect for the 1st and last one for some reason, It won't let me upload them any other way-dangggg!)

Magazines smell amazing!

As part of a lecture we had, we had to look at our favourite magazines: looking at the type of photography that's used in the magazines, looking at layout and styling ideas. Now if I had to mention every one of my favourite magazines I would be here for a long while, so i've decided to look at one of my favourite contemporary fashion magazines and a more commercial magazine that I like to look at for up and coming trends and high street buys.

Pop

To me reading a magazine and holding it in your hands is much more fulfilling than reading a magazine over the internet, so when Katie Grand left Pop in 2008 (relaunched on the net) to make the magazine Love (which is also a fantastic mag) it was a little dissapointing but hay huuuu...




anyway I love the simple yet organic layout Pop has throughout, the styling is quite contemporary, I love the Fashion stories Pop has. I love the styling of these images below, also the way I've taken the photograph (which wasn't intentional) makes the models head look slightly smaller than her body, it makes the image to me look quite interesting.



Elle
My favourite commercial magazine has to be Elle. I love the art direction of the magazine, and I think that it's one of the commercial magazines out there (that isn't Vogue!) that offers readers more fashion news and updates. There is a lot of catwalk coverage in the magazine alongside high street buys which kind of suits a more varied audience and for a training stylist it's brilliant!