Baptiste Giabironi

So a few things before I properly start this post.

I went out shopping a few days ago. I saw Nautical stripes EVERYWHERE!!! Seriously, in every shop. I'm loving the nautical trend, so am soooo glad that thats not going anywhere. Stripes and anchor + lots of navy blue: LOVE IT!


















Photo : Fashion Era


Also, we've got the winners of our Blogiversary giveaway, thanks to random.org. They are C. from Owl-Wings and Luinae from More Magic Always! Congrats Ladies!!! Send us your addresses and we'll post the little purses off to you. Don't worry if you didn't win this time, we'll hopefully have more giveaways soon.

Now to the main topic of this post: Baptiste Giabiconi. Forget Kate Moss or Lily Cole, Baptiste is one of my new favourite models. If you don't know who he is, just look at any recent Chanel campaign or picture of Karl Lagerfeld, and you'll see him lurking somewhere.

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I don't really go for male models. They just look too perfect (give me a rocker any day), but I have to admit that Baptiste is GORGEOUS!

The frenchman was born in 1990 (can't believe he's younger than me) and Karl Lagerfeld took him under his wing in 2008, when he saw him in a French Vogue editorial.
Since then, he's been in almost every Chanel campaign and is never more than a few feet away from Karl.


Photo credit: NY Magazine

Photo Credit: The Fashionisto

He's Karl's muse, and its clear to see why! Karl once described him as "a boy version of Gisele [Bündchen]: skinny, skinny but with an athletic body — good for clothes and great with no clothes.” (Models.com). I think thats a pretty good quote, lol.















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My ultimate favourite pictures of him are the ones Karl Lagerfeld took of him as Ken and modelling with Barbies.













I got the above Barbie pictures from Trendnista, where you can check out the rest of the campaign as well.

What do you think of him? A perfect pretty boy or very overrated?

Sherin xx

P.S. Ted Baker contacted us about a really interesting competition they have for British Fashion Bloggers.
Basically, Ted Baker have released a crossword and everyday, on their blog, they will be releasing clues to fill in the crossword, on their blog.
The catch is that you figure out your own prizes. The letters in the pink boxes spell out the name of the female prize and the letters in the blue boxes spell out the male prize. All the clues will be released by the 9th February 2010.

To win, you’ll need to send your answer to cryptically.yours@googlemail.com. The first female and first male to tell us what they won will receive the prize. You can contact the above address for any questions you have as well.

Paris, Je t'aime

Over the weekend, Leia and I went to Paris, courtesy of Le Nouveau Paris.

I'm a bit of a crazy tourist, so spent the weekend with my nose in the map, and dragging poor Leia around the city, walking!
Also, one of the main reasons I love Paris is because of their crepes. Mmmm!!

This picture of Sherin eating a chocolate crepe is my favorite picture of her ever!

Day 1:

Sherin: I wore a skirt from a small local shop, a H&M Tee, and New Look Over The Knee boots. My cardi is actually from Vans (yes, the shoe company). Leia was really impressed when she found out where it was from. My coat, which you'll see in pictures lower down was from boohoo.com.
I did have many issues with my outfit: My coat had a lot of buttons and so it took me ages to put on and take off; my bag was so big that I couldn't find things in there; my boots wouldn't stay up, so kept falling down and revealing my pink and sparkly socks, which I was wearing because they were warm and didn't think anyone else would see them!

Leia: I felt so sorry for poor Sherin! My outfit was much more comfortable - I wore wet look leggings, a Massimo Dutti sweaterdress, a Mango sweater, and my beloved Motel Rocks leopard print faux fur coat. (Also, I was having a bad hair day, as you can see from the picture above!)

After we'd checked into our hotel, we walked down to the Louvre. I've always wanted to see the Mona Lisa, so was really excited to go. I'm not a huge art fan, but was really intrigued and interested in some of the art there. Although, Leia thinks I have weird taste in art! It's true. "Weird" is an understatement. Since Sherin loves songs about death and torture, I shouldn't have been surprised that she was drawn to the more bloody paintings. Honestly - the more blood and gore in sight, the more she loved it!

We then walked to Notre Dame from there and looked around inside. It really is such a beautiful place! But it was so full of people that we couldn't really get a good look, unfortunately!

Unfortunately, it was wet and rainy for much of the weekend!

Outside Notre Dame, a group of people were giving out free hugs, which is such a great idea. Naturally, I had to find the best looking guy who was giving a hug and went straight to him to get my hug.

I love the Free Hugs Campaign - read more about it here. If you have a free afternoon, you should definitely make yourself a Free Hugs sign and spread the love!

After relaxing at the hotel for a bit, we made our way to the Eiffel Tower, which is usually open till 11pm. We did, however, have to queue for an hour and half, in the blistering cold, while being harrassed by people selling illegal Eiffel Tower figurines. There were dozens of them and some of them wouldn't leave you alone! I don't think Leia has heard me, or anyone else, complain as much as I did.

But the view from the top was stunning and the city looked so beautiful with all its lights on.

This picture was taken on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower - I was freezing!

Day 2:


















Sherin: I'm wearing Stone Age jeans (I think they're a Spanish company) and a Hollister top. I'm also wearing my Converses. The first thing I said to Leia when she woke up: 'You have no idea how good these Converses feel on my feet'.

Leia: It's true, our feet were really sore after all the walking we did on Saturday. My feet are still aching! I wore an American Apparel jersey pocket skirt, a short-sleeved leopard print top, and my trusty OTKs.

We woke up early and had planned to do a lot of shopping, but then discovered that all the shops, except for the ones on the Champs-Elysées, are shut on Sundays. So we wandered around the Champs-Elysées for a while and walked around the city. Paris is relatively small, so you can walk pretty much anywhere. Well, I walked with my map and Leia was a few paces behind me ready to kill me because she was so tired, lol. Although, Leia nearly did injure me. Seriously, her umbrella kept poking my eye out and her suitcase kept tripping me over!

We also did manage to see L'Arc de Triomphe on our last day, which was really amazing.

The picture on the right was taken inside the Arc. A few feet to my right burned the eternal flame of the unknown soldier.



All in all, despite the cold and rain, Sherin and I managed to have fun!


Sherin & Leia

P.S. I also met my dream guy (so what if he's missing a torso, lol)

Marina and the Diamonds

We're back from Paris and it was pretty awesome. I'll do a post on it as soon as I can. But in the meantime I'm swamped over the next 2 days. I'm at work till 9pm tonight and then at work all day tomorrow, so I'll aim to catch up with blogs on Wednesday!

Anyway, I love music more than anything, and I love to discover new acts! One such act is Marina and the Diamonds (Real name: Marina Diamandis). Not only is she an amazing singer, but she also has great style.

Photo Credit: XFM

She is an artist who's worked hard her whole life: she dropped out of university to make it as as a singer and she even taught herself how to play the piano. He music is great to listen to, and she herself, is such an inspiring woman!

















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Photo Credit: Metro

What do you think of her style? Giver her a listen (I recommend 'Hollywood') and let me know what you think.

Sherin xx

One Year

In honor of our blogiversary, I thought I would post all my favorite outfits since starting this blog. (Yep, I am totally ripping off Sherin's idea - sorry!)

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Also, since I'm no longer at home in Bangladesh, my cousin Azreen sent me these pictures of my Mum's nails this week! Virtual nail art. I love it. (Thanks Azreen!)

Instructions:

- Paint nails red (she used Revlon's Cherries in the Snow)

- Paint silver stripes onto your nails, first in one direction, then in the opposite direction. Don't worry if they aren't absolutely even.

- Dot diamantes onto the nails in random places

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Also, I wanted to let you know that Skin MD is having a giveaway. The prize basket is worth $100 - enter here!

And don't forget to enter our giveaway here

Have a lovely weekend everyone, and see you next week when we're back from Paris!

xx Leia

Some Choo Lovin'

We all love Jimmy Choo! Don't deny it: you know you do.

Well, we've just had a look at their 'Special Collection' that will run alongside their SS10 collection, called Choo 24:7, and it is beautiful.
It is the 'Perfect Shoe Wardrobe' and takes the Jimmy Choo Woman from day to evening. I know its perfect because the shoes have names such as 'Perfect Flat' and 'Perfect Wedge' .

The shoes are truely iconic and are all meant to be investment pieces for women everywhere and are specially designed by Tamara Mellon. They are reliable, long standing shoes and the sizes of the heels vary, so that there is one for every occassion.





















































In order: 'Perfect Gladiator', 'Perfect Platform', 'Perfect Evening', 'Perfect Strappy', 'Perfect Statement', 'Perfect Peep Toe', 'Perfect Round Toe', 'Perfect Flat', Perfect Pointy Toe'.

For more information check out the website or the video.

Sherin xx

P.S. Me & Leia are off to Paris this weekend! We can't wait.

P.P.S Don't forget to check out our giveaway