Slip on slides.. yay or nay?

Whilst I'm still deciding whether I could pull of this season's new trend...the leather pool sliders, I have been trawling the Internet in search of the perfect summer shoe. There are copious amount of high end designers and high street designers pulling out all the stops and either creating stylish summer sandals, or re-creating designer look a likes. 

This collection of leather pool sliders are all designer sandals. With the Chloe and Tibi shoes being my favourite but far out of my price range, I have located some cheaper, high street ones which I feel are the perfect replica of the high end shoe.

Zara white platform, black and gold leather strapped pool sliders - £59.99

ASOS black and red pool sliders - £25.00

With their being mixed reviews on the stylish new summer staple, I really like the trend and am already picturing myself wearing them with my black ripped vintage Levi shorts or a my grey ribbed Topshop dress..both perfect for the Summer.


All photos sourced from:
http://www.net-a-porter.com/
http://www.asos.com/women/
http://www.zara.com/

Thylane Blondeau

I was recently procrastinating and scrolling through the pages of the fashion telegraph online, and came across an article about a young model called Thylane Bondeau. She is a 12 year old model who has already appeared on the cover of Vogue, been the face of Lacoste and posed seductively in front of the camera for a french magazine. Every article that I've read about her has sparked controversy, with photos of the then 10 year old girl posing with a significant amount of makeup on her face, wearing heels and provocative clothing.

               

With Thylane's face all over various magazines, it is hard not to feel envious of her, but how can we justify being jealous of a 12 year old girl? In my opinion, it is considered as unhealthy for women and girls to look at girl of such young age in the way that she is perceived. Being a model exerts pressure at any age, especially for someone as young as Thylane, to be at the backlash of controversial comments, and receive criticism from model agencies and industry professionals that constantly put pressure on her to look and act a certain way. It is seriously detrimental to the way these young models grow up and will continually ignite debate over whether this is deemed as acceptable, even in the self-obsessed, youth obsessed, beauty obsessed society that we are currently living in.

All photos sourced from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2588272/Controversial-Child-Model-Thylane-Blondeau-Covers-Jalouse-Magazine.html

Outfit Build

It's probable to say that I have an online shopping window shopping obsession.... which means that I spend the majority of my free time trawling the internet looking at online retailers... but not actually buying anything. Although this benefits me in the long term, I am slowly building up outfits in my head which I am so adamant on purchasing. These are a few items which I have found this week which I love.

Topshop turtle ribbed top - £34.00

Topshop dark grey ripped jeans - £38.00

Topshop white leather rucksack - £34.00

H&M black leather boots - £69.99

Topshop sunglasses - £14.00

Topshop denim shift dress - £36.00

All photos sourced from: 

http://www.topshop.com/

http://www.hm.com/gb/

A date for the diary

Hooray for the minimalistic fashion lovers! March 21st was a date in the diary for Celine's new store to open on London's notable Mount Street. Obviously my schedule is a little busy at the moment, whilst I am currently writing a combination of an 8000 word dissertation with an 8000 word business plan, therefore my hopes to visit the store this past weekend failed miserably. Therefore I will have to dream about being surrounded by trapeze handbags and skate slip-ons.