COLLARS and CUFFS and DELFINA DELETTREZ.

In the current Vogue (April Vogue, p. 72), there was a feature on the growing popularity of collars and cuffs.  I adored the article, which highlighted the cotton collars of Carven and the lace doilies of Meadham Kirchoff, the communion collars Erdem and beautiful cuffs and collars of Delfina Delettrez (see below).

Collars are something I have always loved.  My mother attributes this to the way she would always dress me in Peter Pan collars as a small child. 
A collar can add a hint of elegance to any outfit.  They can be both masculine and amazingly feminine in equal measure, and I couldn't be more delighted to see them on the rise.

Natalie Portman at Palm Springs International Film Festival in a gorgeous collared and cuffed dress by Vionnet.

(In my opinion, the only part of this outfit that really doesn't work is the shoes)

Alexa Chung in Carven for Elle last year.  Alexa is like the poster child for collars- she wears them all the time, and they look fantastic on her.

Emma Watson in the same Carven collared dress, with a Burberry Spring '11 trench.

(who do you think wore it better?)



Peaches Geldof in a pretty lace collar.

Anyway, back to; Delfina Delettrez.

Delettrez is the daughter of Silvia Venturini Fendi, who is the creative director of accessories for Fendi (thank you Vogue).  Delfina is twenty-two years old, and a fourth generation Fendi.  According to her website, her style is "gothic, romantic, rock, fresh, passionate, laid-back, playful and sunny."  Seems like quite a promising description to me.  Some of the designs are also a little McQueen-esque which is prehaps another reason I quite admire them..

Delfina herself.

Visit http://delfinadelettrez.com/ for more.

Yet another fruitless WISHLIST and some vintage VOGUE covers.

A new season is all about new clothes.  Unfortunately, when you're an already almost broke and fully unemployed student who's spent all her funds on Christmas presents, nights out and just generally squandered every penny she owns, procuring the above mentioned 'new clothes' isn't so easy..

I am now considering venturing forth with my first eBay sale; I have plenty to part with, things that I know I won't ever wear.  However, I'm a hoarder by nature, and I simply hate parting with things, even if I'm sure to positive that I'll never wear them again. What a predicament.  My room at college is starting to become quite cramped what with the volumes of clothing I've accumulated, and perhaps if I sold a few things, I'd have both space and funds for a new purchases, such as (some realistic, some unrealistic);

• Velvet full woven skirt- €42, American Apparel.
• 'Boy' high neck sleeveless shirt- $129 (on sale), Band of Outsiders.
• 'Stylishly Yours' lipstick- €18, MAC.
• Wide Agate Band Ring- £10, Topshop. 
• Wool collar shirt- $252 (on sale), Comme Des Garçons.
• Diego leather bucket bag- $825, Alexander Wang.
• The Classics of F. Scott Fitzgerald- £7.79 each, Amazon.co.uk.

In other news, here are some amazing Vogue covers I found while wasting time on the internet.  These are some of the old ones which really caught my eye.  Also, it is absolutely uncanny how many times Kate Moss has appeared on the cover..

March, 1932.

February, 1933.

April, 1940.

June, 1950.

May, 1963.

October, 1969.

March, 1993.

December, 2000.

May, 2003.

December, 2006.

(all photos via coverbrowser.com)

Ramblings of a TRAIN JOURNEY, and ALEXANDER McQUEEN.

Today I had to get a 2 hour 50 minute train journey to kill, so armed with the latest Vogue (February 2011- absolutely amazing.  For those of you who haven't bought it, or who aren't habitual readers, it's well worth the €5.  I'm talking.. Christopher Kane interviewed by Alexa Chung, interview with Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Warpaint..) and my iPod, I sat and waited to be taken back to Dublin.

So, firstly I was thinking about outfit posts.  Outfit posts, I think you'll all agree, are amongst the finer aspects of the blogosphere.    They interest and inspire in equal measure and are definitely amusing to compile.  As well as being the best, however, I find that they tend to be the most difficult to organise, and the hardest to actually get around to doing on a regular basis, as I usually have to cajole either my boyfriend or little brother into playing photographer.  It is for these reasons, and of course the fact that I was lucky enough to befriend an amazingly talented blogger (the fabulous Anna O' Shea of Style Girl) when I entered college, that Anna and I have decided to team up in an attempt to provide our readers with more frequent outfit posts, by working on them together.  It can only go uphill from here!  Watch this space.

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With the harsh realisation that Winter is coming to an end (I know it's odd that Winter is probably my favourite season), I think that I should probably start focusing on Spring, and my acceptance of its arrival- at least I like flowers..

In other news..

ALEXANDER McQUEEN;

SS/11 dresses, anyone?

I absolutely love Alexander McQueen.  Always have, probably always will.  This season's line is no exception- the debut line entirely by Sarah Burton, it's gorgeous.  Just look at these dresses!  I mean, everyone thought that the line would suffer after the tragic and unexpected death of Alexander 'Lee' McQueen, but Sarah Burton has truly stepped up to the plate, and the Spring/Summer 2011 collection could scarcely be more impressive- love it.