Through the (grey tinted) looking glass

Tim Burton takes on Lewis Carroll in next year’s cinematic curiosity – Alice in Wonderland, resulting in a portrayal of Alice in a mysterious flickering light. This month, Lily Cole also showed the power of the imagination in a wonderland-esque modern fairytale – The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, which depicts London in all its Dickensian allure. The theme of the imagination and make believe is taking off in most aspects of culture at the moment, and fashion houses (naturally) caught on and mirrored themes, offsetting geometric shapes with flowing curves and intricately detailed abstract head pieces feature as a major talking point. It’s all about weird and wonderful mismatch. Think Edward Scissorhands meets a Midsummer Night’s Dream – eyes are sinister and smoky but textures remain quintessentially feminine (lace, velvet and hoards of sequins.) Although, it might be an idea to think about how you’d deal with the strange looks you get when you start doing the weekly shop in a feather headdress and look like you’ve been dragged backwards kicking and screaming through Wonderland. We were thinking more along the lines of leather boots, lace, florals and a pearl embellished bolero. (Feather headdress optional)
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Jimmy Choo has arrived!!

November the 14th saw the launch of the much anticipated Jimmy Choo collaboration with (one of my favourite shops)H&M.Jimmy Choo was first thrust into my conscience through Carrie's obsession with Tamara Mellon's accessories in Sex and the city.(thats not a shocker i know)Shoppers lust after the brand but us normal people can't generally afford the £300-£1,000 pricetag.So it immediatly got the hearts racing of fashion savvy shoppers upon hearing that Jimmy Choo was following in the footsteps of Madonna and Matthew Williamson by collaborating with the high street chain.Celebrities have qued up to gush about their excitement at the line and proclaimed they were bursting to buy up the whole line when it launched.Which doesn't seem fair when they can actually afford the real deal does it.Either way the line has been released and of course sold like hot cakes, the newspapers are even saying that some connviving customers are selling their treasures for double on ebay already.The line is lust worthy let me tell you, its aim was to create affordable party wear with prices for jewellery from £14.99 for both men and women whilst branching out into clothing aswell as the norm of shoes and handbags.The clothing and the accessories have a bit of edge about them with alot of studding, black and pvc throughout and have also tapped into the current obsession with sequins obviously.If you've been living under a rock and aren't up to speed on the collection,you'll also be pleased to know that the glamour assosiated with Jimmy Choo hasn't been downgraded likes the prices of the clothes and accessories.One of my fave items in the collection is ironically one of the few brightly coloured dresses.
It gives off a bit of an 80's vibe without looking too retro with the studded belt included.

Studs are a bit of a theme as is the rocky vibe.The studded beauties above in particular are gorgeous!

But if your like me and the bargain of £79.99 still isn't really a student bargain the costume jewellery is also pretty lust worthy if you just want to be able to say you have something by Jimmy Choo.

Feel free to nick my idea cos i think i know what i'll be asking for this Christmas!

If fashion ever puzzled you before...

Topshop makes sure it does now as they hop in their plush-lined time machine and bring yet more of the 80’s into their Autumn Freedom for Topshop line. They must have had end of term blues in mind when creating the Rubik’s-inspired jewellery which is set to while away hours (and if you’re anything like us with those things - weeks) of lectures. And to silence the seasonal inner-child breaking out, Space Invaders (with full movement!) feature heavily in the line up. Geek chic anyone?

Welcome fashionista's!

Welcome to Lancaster Uni's fashion society blog. Think of this blog as the eyes and ears of fashion at Lancaster Uni.
Our aim is to pretty much keep you up to date with everything happening in the world of fashion, or anything we think is worth you knowing. Also as we live on a uni campus on a student budget we'll be giving you the latest on fashion on a budget. :) Watch out for us out out and about on campus cos students are our inspiration and you might find yourselves and other fashion forward students featured in our weekly style watch.
Stay tuned for the latest and as Paris Hilton puts it well (oddly) ''Life is too short to blend in.'

The British Fashion Council

This is the 25th anniversary of the British Fashion Council, the people responsible for the international recognition of British fashion genius that has been stocking our wardrobes for the past two and a half decades. The council is currently chaired by Harold Tillman who, when not freely donating his time to the work of the council, owns and chairs Jaegar – the label catapulting onto the catwalk the kind of classic chic synonymous with the more mature woman and in the process, completely changing the face of the middle-aged female Brit!

Accommodating changing trends and times has become second nature to the BFC, making it a priority of theirs to coax the emerging young designers from the woodwork with mentoring and sponsorship schemes in place alongside competitions and awards. They have an impressive record of winners to boot, plucking from obscurity such household names as Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson and Julian McDonald. November 2008 saw Luella Bartley claim the ‘Designer of the year’ award with her dainty kitsch florals becoming a recurring theme this year, celebrating the essence of spring and summer in old Blighty.

The council, despite being responsible for the wealth of talent hot-footing it down the runways of global fashion weeks, haven't forgotten their heads. Estethica was formed with the sole view to keep fashion ethical and with Monsoon being their sponsor their main aims are the sustainability of resources and promoting the importance of fair-trade wherever it can, such as Topshop-endorsed label – People tree.

With 25 years already under its leather, stud-spangled belt, let’s hope that its got more than a few left in it.