Murmurings

Happy New Year fellow fashion adventurers!  To kick things off, I thought I would share a little mood board for an upcoming shoot I'm styling; lots of textures, sugar sweet pastels, shimmering sequins and whimsical accessories.

What do you think? I'm excited about this one as it's something that has been in the works for a while so hopefully it will all go to plan!

images via Tumblr, Lashes of London, ASOS, Fashion Gone Rogue

City Heat

photographed by Graeme Hill

(Zero UV Sunglasses, Truly Madly Deeply top, Primark skirt, Barratts gladiator sandals)

So after much procrastinating and some discussion I have something new to show on the blog today in the form of the above 'Outfit of the Day'/ editorial!  

It was seriously warm on the day we happened to shoot these which meant I lost the will to be photographed after about an hour of running around in the blazing sun... despite this I think we still managed to get some good shots, which was in no small part down the patience of the photographer.  Anyway I hope you enjoy our little collaboration. 

Planetary Rose

Chloe Norgaard for Planet Blue in 'Planetary Rose'

photographed by Zoey Grossman

What's this then?  Another day and another look book from those seemingly unstoppable Planet Blue girls!

This has to be one of my favourites to date featuring a lavender haired desert rose, Chloe Norgaard sporting pieces from Mara Hoffman and Planet Blue's own label Blu Moon in equally psychedelic hues.  Folk inspired prints and patterns and sugar skull rings bringing to mind the Mexican festival of Dia De Los Muertos and are perfect for summer festival going.

images via Planet Blue

Paint Pastel Princess

Pastel hair must truly be the trend that will not die. For numerous seasons now it just seems to just have been gaining momentum. And with the collections for SS12 absolutely crammed full of candy coloured treats, this is one trend that doesn't seem to be disappearing any time soon.

In particular I'm really feeling the washed out candy floss pink which can be seen on the liked of blogger Hannah Metz and fashion photographer Lina Tesch-two girls from opposite ends of the fashion spectrum which just proves that this trend works whether you favour the rock chick look a la Lina or prefer to keep things a little more girlie like Miss Metz' vintage inspired ensembles.

The look can also be seen in several lookbooks for this season. Pink tips are how Topshop have interpreted the trend for their 'Pageant Princess' collection and several different pastel hues were applied to the models' hair in LF Stores festival inspired offerings.

Model Kori Richardson was seen with baby pink tips in her platinum locks was was Lily Donaldson on the cover of Numero Tokyo's April issue. And of course, one of my personal favourites Charlotte Free who's now infamous bubble-gum locks have arguably made her one of most sought after models of the moment, gracing numerous runways, editorials and campaigns from Vogue to Wildfox.

So what do you think?  Has this trend got you reaching for your paint set?  I know I'm tempted...

images from top to bottom via Tumblr, Topshop, Lina Tesch on Lookbook, Hannah & Landon, Fashion Gone Rogue, Love and Mischief Tumblr

Violet Delight

I'm very tempted by this shade of Lavender Blonde at the moment... I think it looks great over bleached hair. However I think I might be a bit too old to have multi coloured hair now! Sigh. The ladies above are definitely rocking it though.

What do you make of the pastel hair trend?

images via various