She's Madonna!

Good morning fashion-obsessed people? And how are we on this awful Tuesday morning? Sorry about my overwhelming enthusiasm but really my insomnia is getting ridiculous and my inability to get up in the morning is worse. Did I mention the fact that I take power naps in the toilet or in an empty office just to survive the day? Yes it's that bad.

Anyway, enough about my one out of many disorders, and let's move on to something more exciting. Like what you may ask? Well, how about Dolce & Gabbana's Autumn/Winter 2010 ad campaign. I am aware it was release a few months ago, but yesterday I was checking out their collection in Beirut, when I decided to browse through the website this morning and really paid attention to the campaign. I'm a Madonna fan. BIG TIME Madonna fan.. wanted to be her when I was younger, and secretly want to be her now. She's got it all. My point? She looks effing fantastic. Never thought the legendary M would be the type to inject her face with bottox, fat (extracted from... ermm... certain areas in the body) and such, butt it suits her (pun intended... obviously). Now the series of photos are snapshots replicating the movie "Mamma Roma" and according to S.G., “We wanted to continue pushing our current message that shows fashion’s more human nature and our heritage. This is yet another tassel of that mosaic. We believe the campaign is comforting and that people will somehow identify themselves in the images, which again display a more human and approachable side of Madonna.” There is no human and approachable side of Madonna people.. She's MADONNA.. She's like the female version of Michael Jackson (in terms of fame), she revolutionised the music industry, influenced millions of people, changed the way men view women, pushed the boundaries of sex in terms of explicit lyrics and racy videos and wrote a book about her fantasies called SEX, had songs written about her, and she became the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time. So please explain to me how a woman like that is not intimidating and is approachable?? Hmmm?!? Nothing?? Exactly. Because she's not! Plus, as beautiful as the campaign turned out to be and as fabulous as she looks and really.. I mean.. FABULOUS.. I don't get why she or anyone else for that matter would wear a Dolce & Gabbana outfit to clean the floors or catch a chicken. But that's just me. I'm posting the pictures below.

Am I right?? Doesn't she look fabulous with a capital F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S! Anyway, this song may not go with the campaign, but Coma asked me to listen to it and I loved it and I felt like sharing. (Fanks luff)!

Edgy and Wired,
Bambi

How to be 'Chic & Trendy'

I am loving the trends for 2010. It is still a bit 80s inspired which is more of a reason to fall in love with it. Here's a list of the trends starting in Spring and making their way to Fall and Winter (most of them anyway) and my favorite outfits off the runway, get with the the list, and look Fabulouuuussssssss!

Army Jackets One of my favorite trends for the season. Check out Balmain's fabulous take on the army look



Sheer, Lace and Crochet it doesn't have to be a full outfit, look at Nina Ricci's Skirt with peeping lace at the bottom, it's stunning) Dolce and Gabbana's shoes are to die for. The Prada baga are stunning even though the second looks like a copy of Valentino's Lace bag a couple of years ago. And The cute Reiss T shirt with a pair of jeans and booties would look fab.



Florals Check out Stella Mccartney's Beautiful floral dress.



Stripes They can be risky but if worn properly? You have the ultimate chic outfit. My favorite striped outfits is from the Givenchy runway (below).



Black and White Hermes (below) makes me want to learn tennis so I can wear the outfit. It's beautiful.



Neutrals It's always Chloe's neautral or nude colours that draw my attention the most.



Futuristic Not so keen on this trend, but Alexander McQueen pulled quite the show with this trend.



Printed or Patterned Pants Dries Van Noten did quite a job with prints and patterns.



Underwear (Inside out)Sexy feminie corsets and in some cases bras? It's not a trend for everyone that's for sure. (Below from left to right: Jean Paul Gaultier, Loewe, Christian Dior)



Drapes I'm a big big fan of draped clothing especially dresses. I find it flattering, fits all body types, and it's so feminine, the idea of having a piece of cloth draped over your body. Especially if it has any sort of embellishments such as Givenchy below.



All those trends along side Denim, Denim, Denim, Biker Jackets, Hot Pants, High Slits, Boyfriend blazers, Bows and Bunny ears, Wedges, Short nails, bleached eyebrows (I really didn't get the point of that one), gladiator shoes, high waist (hoorahhh), Harem pants, Ruffles, paisleys, fringes, Greek style dresses, one-shoulder/asymmetrical (double hoorah) etc..