G.I Jane

 

Is it just me or is camo print looking really good right now? This is one trend I wouldn't really have seen myself resurrecting from my school days but like a lot of other 90's grunge inspired trends it seems to be making a comeback.  My favourite way to wear it is in the form of oversized, 'stolen from your boyfriend' style jackets- I just can't get enough.

And even better, they're surprisingly versatile and pretty perfect for the rather unpredictable weather of our British 'summertime'; looking just as great with your trusty denim cutoffs and vintage band tee as they do thrown over a 'barely there' mini worn with bare legs and sleeves rolled up to reveal stacks of arm swag.

images via In Search Of Little Sadie, From LA's blog, Tommy Ton, Stockholm Street Style, Tumblr

Dark Visions

My latest girl crush comes in the form of 23 year old artist/model Charmaine Olivia.  In the inner sanctum of her San Francisco studio Charmaine creates her works in oil and ink, from which dark muses appear.

Rainbow haired, horned or bedecked in swathes of feathers and flowers; there is always more than a hint of the otherwordly about her beautiful subjects.  With her penchant for delicate lace lingerie and her very own more permanent body art and shock of dark hair she could easily pass for one of the esoteric females she paints.

Check out her website for more beautiful photos of her work and herself or follow her on Instagram @charmaineolivia to share in daily doses of inspiration from her life and studio.

images via Born to Be Wild & Charmaine Olivia.com

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. 

Under the Waves

"[...]In the blue of my oblivion.
They don't know I used to sail the deep and tranquil sea"

image via Sugarhigh + Lovestoned

Mad Love

Natassia Lindes in 'Mad Love' for Wasteland 

photographed by Jason Lee Perry

images via Oracle Fox

“I wish I wasn’t a girl who needed so much but a little free creature that slept in deserts and ran on clouds and lived on lilies.”

images via Tumblr, graphic created by me

Cleopatra Style

When I was younger I was obsessed with Egyptology. Obsessed. My parents bought me this kit and it was full of puzzles and facts all about Tutankhamen and other Egypt related stuff and I used to copy all the hieroglyphics and strange symbols in gold marker and have them stuck all over my bedroom walls. Maybe slightly strange for a 10 year old girl but hey, these people worshipped cats so they must have been doing something right.

NY based designer Mara Hoffman's website cites her inspiration is taken from 'nature, world travel and fantasy' which makes her a girl after my own heart but it looks like we also have another thing in common if her SS12 swimwear line is anything to go by.   The collection is filled with imagery from Ancient World and consists of one and two piece swimsuits with unusual placed but simultaneously flattering cut outs.  Prints, patterns and symbols which wouldn't look out of place inside a Pharaoh's tomb all adorn these beautifully designed pieces.

I am especially taken with the sarcophagi printed, cross back maxi dress which would make a beach cover up.  Or worn on a balmy summer night sipping cocktails beneath the palm trees, it would be fit for an Egyptian queen.

images via Mara Hoffman.com