Journaux Des Fétichismes

Black always looked so edgy and mysterious. You can never go wrong with an all-black ensemble which lends itself nicely to a downtown look. The beauty of black? You can mix textures without the fear of creating an overly busy outfit. Here I blended fringe, leather, silk and suede in one uber chic outfit. To jazz up the look, I chose a starry print as well. And there you have an ideal way to add a dose of cool to your monochrome outfit. Missy Empire coat // H&M 60's dress // Zara suede bag //  Wolford tights //  Elie Beaumont watch // Garkony biker boots

*** It is no coincidence that dress and success rhyme. Or maybe it is, however, but it's indisputable that the two have always gone hand-in-smartly-gloved-hand. Even colour has, traditionally, the ability to incite power, with all but the upper levels banned from sporting purple under Elizabeth I, while Paris Hilton insists nothing is more empowering than, um, a tiara. But our fore-mothers fought for more roles for women than varying degrees of princess - which is, of course what this month was all about: a celebration of women all around the world, and what they have achieved. Which made me all the more interested in the Design Museum's Women Fashion Power exhibition: a look at how influential women over the ages have used fashion as a visual language, to define and enhance their positions. Alongside the sartorial stars, the exhibition showcases outfits of powerful women in the spheres of business and fashion, as well as politics and culture - a celebration of ...

*** On the final day of London Fashion Week 2015, I had the  wonderful chance of visiting Ulyana Sergeenko 's showroom at the beautiful Claridge's Hotel . The art deco scenery welcomed me into her fairytale world. The SS2015 Couture Collection was all about velvet & silk fabrics, feathers, hand embroidered petite details, delicate accessories..all gathered into tangible magic. A gorgeous collection, exhaling great finesse, from one gorgeous woman!  ***  *** I  also saw  Mark Mitanovski  present his painstakingly intricate Autumn Winter 2015 collection (my favourite show this season, I must confess haha), through Fashion Scout.   As the lights went out and only the name of the designer was shining bright at the end of the catwalk, the darkness fell upon the audience followed by a haunting music. When the lights came back on, the first model walked down the runway wearing a ...

Hello, my darlings. As most of you may already know, I was lucky enough to be shortlisted for the Best New Fashion Blog Award sponsored by Next at the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards. So on Tuesday I made my way over to the OXO Tower in London for the Blog Awards Bash to find out who the winners were. I put my brave face on and with a glass of bubbles in my hand, I went to introduce myself to some friendly looking bloggers. I met a lot of lovely people and after about an hour and a half of mingling, all of the bloggers gathered at one end of the room to hear the results we had all been waiting for. Even though my blog didn't win, I have no other reason but to be happy and proud that Journaux Des Fetichismes is in the top 10 (out of 46,000 applicants..yep, you read that right haha) Best New Fashion Blogs. My mind reminded me that my blog is barely a year old and that it's only the beginning.  With the adorable  Monica The rest of the evening was spent drinki...