Boo x
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Girl of the Moment - Katie Gallagher
I am currently so in love with Katie Gallagher and her designs. The RISD graduate is not only the very talented designer of critically acclaimed collections that encapsulate the grungy, dark style that I so love (a girl who primarily works with black, grey and white is a girl after my own heart) but she also has amazing personal style. Her ethereal, porcelain skin almost blends into her grey/blue/white hair with the exception of those smoky eyes staring out at you. And her illustrations have such style I could look at them all day! I love it when you can totally connect a designer to their collection, and see how they uncompromisingly put so much of themselves into their work. Designers like Erin Fetherston, Alexander Wang and Riccardo Tisci also possess this trait and I'm expecting great things from this young lady. Can't wait to see what Katie does next...
Steal Her Style: Night
Steal Her Style: Night by cocoandboo featuring platform shoes
For night time Carey likes to champion new young designers and add a bit of eclectic edginess to her look. Try going for colours you might otherwise be scared of, like thismustard tone. Break it up with this leather belt from All Saints and skyscraper platforms. Or go for a modern take on vintage with this Coast skirt in the length of the season, the midi with this embellished Topshop top, classic earrings and a slick of black eyeliner and lots of mascara. Bring it up to date with a pop of colour. The cobalt blue of these Brian Atwood peep toes is the perfect choice.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Must Watch TV This Month
As a self confessed TV addict, I literally can't tear myself away from terrible TV. But then again, I think we're pretty lucky to live in an age where directors and writers are able to express themselves so visually to create progmames which can inform us on previously unknown processes and situations. Although not everything I watch is so artistically viable (i.e. Jersey Shore/The Only Way Is Essex/Secret Diary of a Call Girl), I do love a good reality programme which gives a genuine insight into others lives which I would never usually get to experience. Which is why at the top of my list this month is:
1. The Model Agency
Wednesday, 10pm, Channel 4
This series follows Premier Model Management as they start to book shows for their clients and models at the beginning of London fashion week. Carole, the manager, is the epitome of a stressy manager and would be my absolute nightmare, which is why it makes for such great TV viewing. I love the idea of thinking nothing of flying over to NYC to do some casual model scouting, picking up a cheeky Chanel and having a beauts over sized Mulberry to take on the plane with me but somehow I just don't think thats feasible as a student...
Seriously though, these people's busy lifestyles at this time of year put mine to absolute shame, and I thought I was busy at the moment. If you want a perfect example of chic multitasking then this is a must watch!
2. The Agony and Ecstasy: A Year With The English National Ballet
Tuesday, 9pm, BBC4
Having always admired the beauty, stamina and flexibility of ballet dancers, for me it is a real treat to be able to watch how such a range of different shows are put together and trained for. So far, two episodes have been aired showing the rehearsals for Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet. One particularly interesting part of episode two showed 21 year old Max training for five separate roles in R&J, which was the first ballet of its kind to be so male oriented, choreographed in the 70s by Rudolf Nureyev. Max does a magnificent job of keeping it together but others do not go with out problems, particularly through flags, sword and dagger fights throughout the heavily prop oriented show.
The show also shows how the company feel about the recent government cuts and gives hints as to the fate of the company and its dancers in the next few years. A great watch for anyone who has an interest in the arts.
3. Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
Tuesday, 10pm, Channel 4
Although Lily Allen voiced her recent objections to this new series, which follows Lily and her sister Sarah as they try to launch their new vintage clothing shop (Lily's way out of the pop industry) I really rather enjoyed it. It's a perfect example of the trails and tribulations of setting up a new business and the personal resolutions which each different person brings to the table. Sarah is a particularly interesting character: always in her younger sisters shadow, she is obviously eager to prove herself within this venture, to both her family and clients. A trip to LA however could prove disastrous when she is handed Lily's credit card to stock up on lower price range clothes. With a less than sparkling financial record, this proves a huge challenge for Sarah. Defiantly made me crave my own business with an office full of flowers and a large Mac desktop computer...well, a girl can dream eh!
4. Masterchef
Wednesday, 9pm BBC1
For me this is an obvious choice and totally unmissable. I love cooking an have always thought that if I hadn't have got into uni I would have become a chef, so it's fascinating to see people who have finished said degrees and got bored of their jobs only to follow their true passion in life: cooking. Masterchef has taken on a new format this series which I'm already familiar with, having fallen in love with Masterchef Australia two summers ago from which this is developed. This year's contestants are seriously being pushed to the limit, having already completed a vegetarian challenge, been asked to recreate a top chef's dish and base a dish around the single element of an egg. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the amateur chefs develop their own style and progress though the series, and each episode leaves me looking forward to the next.
Enjoy!
Coco xxx
1. The Model Agency
Wednesday, 10pm, Channel 4
This series follows Premier Model Management as they start to book shows for their clients and models at the beginning of London fashion week. Carole, the manager, is the epitome of a stressy manager and would be my absolute nightmare, which is why it makes for such great TV viewing. I love the idea of thinking nothing of flying over to NYC to do some casual model scouting, picking up a cheeky Chanel and having a beauts over sized Mulberry to take on the plane with me but somehow I just don't think thats feasible as a student...
Seriously though, these people's busy lifestyles at this time of year put mine to absolute shame, and I thought I was busy at the moment. If you want a perfect example of chic multitasking then this is a must watch!
2. The Agony and Ecstasy: A Year With The English National Ballet
Tuesday, 9pm, BBC4
Having always admired the beauty, stamina and flexibility of ballet dancers, for me it is a real treat to be able to watch how such a range of different shows are put together and trained for. So far, two episodes have been aired showing the rehearsals for Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet. One particularly interesting part of episode two showed 21 year old Max training for five separate roles in R&J, which was the first ballet of its kind to be so male oriented, choreographed in the 70s by Rudolf Nureyev. Max does a magnificent job of keeping it together but others do not go with out problems, particularly through flags, sword and dagger fights throughout the heavily prop oriented show.
The show also shows how the company feel about the recent government cuts and gives hints as to the fate of the company and its dancers in the next few years. A great watch for anyone who has an interest in the arts.
3. Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
Tuesday, 10pm, Channel 4
Although Lily Allen voiced her recent objections to this new series, which follows Lily and her sister Sarah as they try to launch their new vintage clothing shop (Lily's way out of the pop industry) I really rather enjoyed it. It's a perfect example of the trails and tribulations of setting up a new business and the personal resolutions which each different person brings to the table. Sarah is a particularly interesting character: always in her younger sisters shadow, she is obviously eager to prove herself within this venture, to both her family and clients. A trip to LA however could prove disastrous when she is handed Lily's credit card to stock up on lower price range clothes. With a less than sparkling financial record, this proves a huge challenge for Sarah. Defiantly made me crave my own business with an office full of flowers and a large Mac desktop computer...well, a girl can dream eh!
4. Masterchef
Wednesday, 9pm BBC1
For me this is an obvious choice and totally unmissable. I love cooking an have always thought that if I hadn't have got into uni I would have become a chef, so it's fascinating to see people who have finished said degrees and got bored of their jobs only to follow their true passion in life: cooking. Masterchef has taken on a new format this series which I'm already familiar with, having fallen in love with Masterchef Australia two summers ago from which this is developed. This year's contestants are seriously being pushed to the limit, having already completed a vegetarian challenge, been asked to recreate a top chef's dish and base a dish around the single element of an egg. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the amateur chefs develop their own style and progress though the series, and each episode leaves me looking forward to the next.
Enjoy!
Coco xxx
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Dream Bedroom
So we’re completing on our new flat next week and we’re all really excited to move in. Its a much more girly flat (poor Ger!) and it’s so beautiful and light and airy, I’m already thinking about how to decorate my new room. I’m thinking I just want it to be ‘me’; a bit grungy, a bit bohemian, a bit eclectic. Over the summer I’m going to work on a big piece of art to go on one of my walls. In my current room my walls are slowly becoming covered by my sketches and watercolour paintings, but I want to do something special for my new place. I’ve been scouring online for new bits and pieces to decorate with, but I’m definitely going to hit up some vintage shops and markets too. I’m going to London at least twice this Summer so I’m counting on finding an array of treasures down there.
I love the romantic nature of this print. It makes me think of the lovely people in my life; my friends, my boyf and my family. People who, in very special and different ways, I always have adventures with. Coco especially; our last adventure ended with me crawling across a zebra crossing and Coco stealing a pie.
Alice in Wonderland was one of my favourite books as a child. I know it’s very fashionable to be into now, especially after the Tim Burton remake, but I loved it as a little girl and I have the most beautiful illustrated hardback copy that was a gift from my aunty, so this print caught my eye straight away and at only £16 it’s a steal!
I really want a hat stand! So quaint and old fashioned. So fabulous! Definitely want to try and find a second hand one somewhere.
Now at £95 this is my big splurge piece that I am definitely going to have to save up for and treat myself. Apart from the fact that I get sooooooo cold in the Edinburgh winter (I have shitty circulation) this quilt is simply beautiful. I love the colour and whimsical, boho pattern. I need this in my life.
Boo x
Boo x
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Look of the Day
Irina Lazareanu looks amazing here. Very much a case of 'more is more' but its a look that I've always loved on her. Sometimes I feel best about myself when I'm wearing something really fucked up and crazy. Coco and I have been out for a boozy lunch and now I'm settling down with a coffee and the new i-D magazine thinking I need a bit of an image overhall...
P.S surprise surprise Pocahontas was totally my style icon as a child...
Boo x
Fashion Week Best Dressed
Paris Fashion Week starts today!! Gahhh what I would not give to be there. But no. I'm in a full day of hellish uni instead with three essays to complete this week (don't you just love it when you fins out an essay is due a week earlier than you first thought!?). Coco and I literally can't wait for summer. We're hopefully going to squeeze in a little bit of travelling as well as fun and hard work at the festival and moving into dream flat!!!!
But anyways. Back to fashion week. With New York, London and Milan all over fashion's finest are now flocking to la France for the festivities, and how jealous are we all! And as much as I love looking at the new collections, I have to admit that I'm more of an admirer of how things look off the runway; how individuals style up the new pieces and make them their own. So with that in mind I'm always focusing more on the front row than the actual catwalk, and thought I'd do a little round up of my fave fashion week front row looks so far.
love Alexa here....probably because this is my typical everyday outfit, but she still looks chic...whereas I look scruffy. So not fair.
Cara Delevigne is just so cute!! I also have serious hair/trouser envy here. Hell. If I'm being jealous can I have her long long legs too please?
Another one of my faves, I adore this Burberry outfit on Kate Bosworth. This studded skirt is divine and she wears it, as usual, with pure elegance and laid back cool.
Kate again. Now. This is probably my favourite looks of all the fashion weeks. Everything about it is just perfect. So simple but the girl looks stunning!
What have been your faves this season?
Boo x
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