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Top 5 Sins Against Fashion

March 13th 2008 00:04
What Fashion mistakes stand out for you?


fashion mistake
A classic example



Over on the LA Times Blog there is a really amusing piece on fashion Faux pas titled “The Vaticans Five Fashion sins”

According to latimes.com the top 5 travesties of style are:

1. Thou shalt not wear gold lame short-shorts--a.k.a Satan panties--from American Apparel unless thou art a tart.

2. Thou shalt not fight over the straightening iron. In fact, thou shalt confer over which thou will be going out with flat hair, which, incidentally, looks extremely fussy and fey on a dude.

3. Thou shalt not wear brown lip liner with no lipstick. Evil. Makes the devil dance a jig and cause droughts.

4. Thou shalt never ever, ever wear a boa. Ever.

5. Thou shalt not dress like a naughty Catholic school girl gone teen runaway meets a Vegas stripper when thou art, like, 30-plus. The Pope really hates that look.


Too see the images that illustrate these Haute Couture Commandments visit latimes.com


Naturally the whole purpose of pilfering this post was so that I could add a few of my own abominations and ask you, what are your top 5 fashion faux pas?

1. Thou shalt not have an artificially enhanced breast size that frightens little children and causes bodily harm to those who have them.

fake breasts
Duck or I'll shoot


2. Though shalt not wear fluorescent colours outside the house.

3. Thou shalt realise there is such a thing as too much cosmetic surgery

michael jackson donatella versace
The obvious choice?


4. Thou shalt not forget that guys should always wear a belt with dress pants if your shirt is tucked in.

no belt pants
No, no, you justhave to say no!


5. The style lords decrees ugly Ug boots are never cool, but make good slippers.

So what are your fashions sins that the Vatican should decree hell worthy offences?
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Cardigans - Conservative could be the new Radical


Sexy cardigan
The cardigan can be a sexy option

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Fashion Guidelines for the New Year

January 5th 2008 06:00
Fashion Guidelines for the New Year


fashion 2008 black
The 2008 look ahead

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We have all seen the power of the stylist. Before we knew it, Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe had Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Ritchie and Jessica Simpson all sporting drapey gowns over wispy thin bodies. One journalist touts that its only since Celebrities and Designers realised that revenue could be bought in from red carpet photographs, that the Stylist has forged a position in society on par to a Publicist and Celebrity Manager. They are THE ultimate accessory and Celebrities today dont leave home without them.

A new super power has emerged with the baby boom among CEO's, Supermodels and Hollywood's A-List - having on call one's very own Parisian Baby Stylist. I had the pleasure of catching up with the name in every starlets Little Black Book - Laetitia Lerouge


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More Mouret

July 5th 2007 08:28
Only a few posts ago I was bemoaning the lack Roland Mouret in my life after that galaxy dress (worn rather well by Demi Moore). But Style.com has informedme that he has returned, view their article here.

And here's my favourites of the aforementioned collection


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The Bob

June 20th 2007 00:34
Do you like the bob?

Victoria Beckham Bob
From Coolcelebs.org

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Fashion blog diet

June 19th 2007 00:11
Fashion blogging, like most other blogging provides a forum for otherwise unqualified opinionators, like me. That is, except in the case of The Sartorialist whose blog has been listed by Time as one of the top 100 design influences. His images appear on Style.com and in Vanity Fair and his pithy comments and street shots are indeed a cultural record. He balances the male and female shots and favours the quirky or unconventional, those who don’t just follow trends but help create them. And his journeys to Berlin and Scandinavia, Milan and Paris provide a travel-poor Sydney-ite with the vicarious pleasure of the international flaneur.

The Sartorialist blog
From Thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

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VivienneWestwood.com
From Viviennewestwood.com


After visiting the Victoria and Albert exhibition which travelled to the National Gallery in Canberra a few years ago, I’ve been obsessed with Vivienne Westwood. It’s not just that she’s sixty and has a beautiful thirty-year-old Italian lover, although that does impress me, and it’s not just that she’s been an inspiration for generations of fashionistas, mostly it’s because for Westwood, fashion is thought


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One of the most striking models of the contemporary brat pack is Jessica Stam, a statuesque Canadian who has the kind of natural physique required for catwalk shows. She is indeed long and slender but there is nothing painful about the proportions of her legs or the position of her clavicle. My general rule is that if the knee is wider than the thigh there’s a problem but Stam is in proportion as you can see from the Stella McCartney show.

Jessica Stam in McCartney
From Style.com

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Black is invariably the new black

June 5th 2007 23:49
Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy
From photobucket.com


Although Coco Chanel was really the first to bring the black dress into the everyday wardrobe of the modern woman, its place was indeed cemented with Hepburn’s appearance in Givenchy during Breakfast at Tiffany (see Sisi's post) last year for more on that dress


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Balenciaga, Vernacular Fashion

May 31st 2007 00:33
Gemma Ward Balenciaga
From Style.com
After using Balenciaga as an example in my white shirt post I remembered what a stand-out collection Nicolas Ghesquière produced for Fall 2007 collection and I was reminded by our very own (why are we so patriotic when it comes to beautiful people) Gemma Ward wearing Balenciaga at Cannes.

Balenciaga Dress
From Style.com

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Staples: White shirt

May 25th 2007 00:12
It's been said before but one of the greatest items in a woman's wardrobe is a good white shirt. I have two already and was tempted again today at a shop on Crown Street Surry Hills because they are so damn useful. From the corporate setting, to casual wear, and even, with the right combination, for evening-wear, a white shirt will invariably serve a fashionista well.

balenciaga white shirt
From Style.com

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Bottega Veneta

May 23rd 2007 23:48
Bottega Veneta jacket
Exquisitely detailed leather jacket


This is a brand to which I was largely indifferent before stumbling across some of their pieces on net-a-porter.com which is incidentally where these images come from. Their recent string of advertisements in British and American Vogue also helped. A certain wistful nostalgia resonates through the garments while an accompanying attention to detail and quirk of cut pulls them out of the average everyday


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