Markus Lupfer.

Ive brought to you a couple of this guys stuff before because in my eyes he really is a fashion genius. So heres a selection of his stuff. P.s if you were to buy me anything from this collection. I have the right to scream and marry you. :)
How much do I LOVE THIS! Im feeling a re-creation coming on.

Although the picture quality is RUBBISH. This outfit is most definately not. I love how classic the jacket feels. I love the colours. The monotone. I love; love; love the lace shorts. Jesus. I want all of this.

Elle Bea. x

Stripey Stripey Stripey.

So stripes are in. They're called Breton Stripes.
Layer it over skinnies or jeggins if you must (though i HATE them; with a passion). Blazer's are still cool too. Go for it.

Heres a selection to get your mouth watering; though tbh larger ladies stay away from this trend. It will only make you look bigger. Horizontal stripes will look wiiiiiide.

New Look £25. High Street Bargain. I also love the button details on the shoulder of this.

This leotard from Miss Selfridge will only set you back by £18! Woah. Want it.
Wear it under some high waisters to get that slim figure you're all looking for. Gold chains would look mint with this too. I also love, love, love the scoop neck of this. Beautttt. Buy Buy Buy!!

And for the higher paid of us...

Ever the fan of Markus Lupfer; this dress makes me shiver with exitement. This sequined little number will cost you £795. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. I do love him though. He brought us that cute jumper with the polar bear on. Also sequined if I remember correctly. I feel a blog coming on. :')

ALSO people. This is on trend with the red, white and blue which is plaguing our stores ONCE again. Get on it. I'm sure it will be around for a few years yet. Scoff. Since when did fashion get so uninventive.

Elle Bea. x

Show a bit of L O V E

for the curvy ladies of the world.
Someone had on their status about how skinny girls freak them out, I AGREE! So bad. So heres a nice inspiring blog for the curvy ladies out there.

Check out kim kardashians butt. :') Jeees tell me skinny is better than that.
Would you really want to look like this?

Jeeesh. Eat a burger!!! So girls. Remember next time your feeling 'Fat', its always better than looking like that. And dying. Bleurgh.

Elle Bea. x

The Next Big Thing...

in the world of shoe is going to be Wooden. I know it sounds weird. But trust me. They're hot!
Check out these babys from Topshop.

These are fierce. The actual meaning of the word fierce. But to be honest, standing ta around 5"11 these babys aren't gonna do much for me. :')

Elle Bea x

The meaning of the word L O V E.

Is probably this dress. *Drools*.

Spotty. YES.
Blue. YES.
Waist cincher. YES.
Poofty Sleevs. YES.
Short. YES.

This dress wins so hard at everything and could be all yours foor a mere £48 from topshop. I know steep, but think of it as an investment. I know i will be. I really want one of these. :')

Elle Bea. x

MY NEW EIFFEL TOWER TOP!!! <3

So as i said in an earlier blog i really wanted a top with an eiffel tower on. This afternoon was a snow day so I made it! And i'm wearing it to work tonight, so lets hope people like it. Heres some pics sweeties. :) me bein vain. as per. :')

The flag which is on white lace.

Ps I machine embroidered this. My machine doest have the option to take the feed dog down and I dont own an embroidery foot. All i did was cut up some old plastic and sellotape it over the feed dog. Then i punched a hole in it for the needle to go through. Take the presser foot off and lift it up out of the way. Sorted. Sew as you please. :')

Elle Bea.x

Adjusting the tension on the bobbin...

OMG yesterday when i was making my little floral bag the tension on my sewing machine completely messed itself up. It's never done it before and having taught myself to sew I was clueless to be honest. My mom had a look. We tried changing the needle, changing the bobbin reel...etc etc.

The internet if i'm honest was not much use, it was all to detailed and I couldn't figure out what the jargon was. Eventually I found a site, deciphered the codes that it spoke it; and now I shall bring a nice simple version to you!

Problem: Ah! Help, I have loops on the bottom of my fabric like so;

The top image shoes you looking at the top of your fabric and if the tension is fine it will look like and be pretty and nice...
But if you look at the back and there is loops everywhere! Your bobbin tension has gone!

Solution: Take out the bobbin from the bobbin case and locate the little screw on the case.
As you can see here it is labelled as the Lower Thread Tension Screw. Then all you have to do is tighten it by turning it a quarter turn to the right. Righty tighty left loosey. Eh voila!

It really is that simple. And to think. I got my wig off about that!

Elle Bea. x

What I do on a Sunday.

Sunday is my sewing day and today I finally got round to doing a project from the book my sister got me for christmas. Its Cath Kidston who I truly love, she has such girly patterns and flowery vintage prints. So I made a bag that came with her latest book 'Sew!". Heres some pictures for you;

Hope you like it. It was fun to make tbh.

Elle Bea. x

AMG OVER 100 VIEWS!

Omg. I've had this blog less than a week.
And already have over a 100 views.

Thanks facebook and twitter.
And also Rachel Suzanne. (You need to send me your photography link so I can big you up on here)
And K-Smith, for every five seconds going I LOVE IT. And also for updating me on how many views I have on facebook.

Lets keep it going eh?

Elle Bea. x

Elle's Must Haves.

When I say Elle this time. I don't mean me, I mean the fashion monster thats eating at our heart strings and killing our individuality; in a way in which, without, nothing or no one would be cool. Glad we're clear about that.

This blog is about what Elle is calling 'Chalet Chic'. So if you're a bit chilly really. Like me today, a couple of us went sledging this afternoon and I was a bit chilly-vanilly, so I thought I'd bring you some of the items I would have loved to have.

http://www.elleuk.com/

This is a new Bomber Jacket by Monclar at Start. You can pay £479.50 for this badboy if you really want to look like the michelin man.
FAIL. N'awwww. Now thats just a bit cute, even though it is a totally giant scary bear. The fact that hes polar makes it perfect for your snow escapades. Topshop does a couple of cute jumpers like this, one of which has an ultra cute dog on, and River Island has some to. Just though you'd like to know, because to wear this bear you would need a whole lot of 'dolla'. £245 to be precise. But it is Markus Lupfer...AND ITS SEQUINED. Worth it.
WIN!
Usually, because of the style of this hat, I would say FAIL, purely based on the fact that my local market sells them in these neon colours which makes me want to vom.

Although, this hat has something going for it which I like. The reindeers are hot. Just look at those little cuties, who wouldn't want to wear them on their noggin'? All yours £12 from Topshop.

WIN. But remember dappy from N-Dubz is not a good look.

*Bumtingz*

Finally, if you know me you'll know I love to wear coats that look like there for men, because they're always big and comfy and trampy. Which is probably a bad thing to love but hey.
I would probably marry this coat.
So if someone has £345 so I can buy this Vannessa Bruno felted tweed coat, I'd be eternally greatful.
WIN!

Elle Bea. x

Ugg-(ly) Boots.

Ugg. is short for Ugly I'm sure.

Weheyy. You just spent £150 plus to look like Homer Simpson.

Now you feel stupid don't you?.

My sister owns two pairs of these ridiculous shoes. Re-Dic-U-Lous.
Make size 6's look like size 9's. The incredible power of the Ugg-Liess.
And the cheap pairs are worse....oh lord.

Elle Bea. x

Drool girls, drool....

Not only is he gorgous but he can sing also! Paolo Nutini first broke onto the music scene with 'Jenny don't be hasty' a few years back. And guess what hes been back for a while, but his music is slowly growing more and more popular.

I suggest 'Pencil full of lead' which was the song which inspired me to tell you all because it just does something to me. Shivers down my spine.

You know what else. Somehow he makes a lisp sexy. :')

Elle Bea. x

Knitwear.

Love or Loathe?

This blog has been inspired by two things.

a) The fact that Knitwear is "In" at the moment.

b) There was a girl today I sore wearing so much knitwear, she may as well have been a sheep. No lie. She looked a bit silly-billy.

Topshop.
I'm torn. I want to like it. It ticks all the right boxes. But somehow I just go no. Its like a fishermans net/my nans cardi, and the brown marbely buttons dont rub me the right way.
FAIL.

OMG. YOU WOULD HAVE TO PRY ME OUT OF THIS. This is epic on so many levels. Parisiene flamingos? Yes. Please. Oh god...buy me this someone right now.

WIN!

All together now! N'awwwwwwwwwwwwww . This cute little panda beanie could be yours for a mere *scoff*...£19.99 from River Island. I like them but everyone has them and personally I'm big into the felt, yeah felt, not wool, berets. :)


Personally. Ive not be convinced.
Knitwear, friend or foe?
Lovely or lumpy?
Bootylicious or just plain Ugg.

I don't really know about Knitwear. I know it's like incredibly fashionable at the moment but is it really a good look for curvacious ladies. I'd like to point out right here that I'm not stick thin, (not fat either a'thankyou), but knitwear clings to me in all the wrong places and I find it hard to wear so tend to go for jerseys.

Elle Bea. x

If you can't find it...

Simply make it yourself.

I re-heally want a t-shirt with an eiffel tower on it.
I can't find one anywhere at the right price, so i figured i could just sew one onto a shirt.
So i went to buy the shirt just, Grey size 16, absolutely massive on me.
But i figuered i could tailor it and shiz.

Will post pictures...

Elle Bea.

Cameo

Okay. I am in Love Love Love with anything cameo personally.

Momma bear gave me her old gold cameo ring the other day with the matching earrings and there beauts.

*Elle Bea tries to take photo of said beauty but does it no justice...*

So I though I'd bring you some lovely cameo to feast your peepers on!

From retro-jewellery.co.uk £9.99. Woah good price. Better buy two. Incase I need another one...

OOO. This one is hitting the whole parisienne nail on the nogging too. Lav' it.
Only £6.99, put it on your blazer and be like. Boo'yah.
And finally, the full on oldschool vintage cameo broach. This one is beautiful if you ask me. :')
Some pur-chase it for me?

Elle Bea.

John Galliano Spring Summer 2010

Genius.
Or insane.
I'm voting for the first one.

His spring 2010 ready-to-wear (apparently, though tbh, would you ever wear that stuff straight off the catwalk?!) is full of all the lovelies one is looking for from a spring collection!

Yellows, peaches, oranges, floral prints, floaty fabrics, lace and crothet, and the ever popular, ever stylish macs! This year is like an extremely yummy blancmange with all the trimmings, bows and feathers and all.

You know what I completely fell for in this collection though. The mixture of ideas. The floaty florals vs the edgey, sharp net face hiding headpieces, demanding to be seen, but inncinuating shyness all the same!

This fab-u-losa headpiece was teamed with a yellow bubble butt dress which screamed spring vintage to me. The blue/grey mac finished off this outfit extroadinarily. Want. Want. Want.

Elle Bee. x

Eclectic Eccentricity Jewellery.

I love this site. Check it out. And buy. Oh Lord Buy.

Who bides her Time.

I am in love.

This is gorgous, abso-fruit-ly beautiful. I love love love the fact that its slightly amber coloured and not like, hi I'm white. Not convinced? Need another reason to buy?

A red haired lady (If you've read my earlier blog. I LOVE RED HAIRED LADIES.) modelling said beauty. Check that out.

BUY FROM http://eclecticeccentricity.bigcartel.com/product/who-bides-her-time-ee-limited-collection

Fashion Alert: Time pieces on chains are in. Dotty P's has one for £12 currently. I'm a pround owner.

L.B

The Parisienne.

One of the key looks us sheep de la fashione shall be copying this spring is...

The Parisienne.

Ooooh I likey. This to me, speaks a kind of high class vintage, high waisters, tiny sun glasses, little dogs and berets.

Topshop seems to think this means nautical. 70% of items are red, white, blue and striped! Yet, I've gotta hand it to them, they haven't bought the anchors out from last summer like a couple of shops I've seen.

Some of the items on here have quite a dark vintage feel to them which i absolutely adore, check out this purse £35.

I FREAKIN' LOVE CAMEO.

Big bows, and lace neckercheifs appear to be key, alongside cameo'd anythings.

Continued fashion: That peachey/pink that is everywhere at the minute is going to carry on smoothly into spring but instead of mixing it with grey, a deep blue is the way forward!

(Lace wrist gloves ONLY £4! from Asos.com)

Lace is rearing its ugly, i mean beautiful, head once again this season. So I think I'm going to invest in a pair of lace gloves to wear with a spotty blouse.
Spots. Are. In. Btw. Unless you hadnt already realised.
Cruella de ville must be going nuts!
To my general suprise, Dorothy Perkins, are spot on. ;)

Personaly, I'm well exited for this look. Lav' a bit of vintage stylin'.

L'B.

Ginger: A completely underrated haircolour.

Red heads.
Gingers.
Strawberry blondes. (scoff).

I've been reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, and the main women in it is this smart, sexy, strong woman, and guess what shes ginger! Bold choice if you ask me, seem as most gingers are pidegeonholed as uggg-ly (in this beautiful land we place we call England). I thought that this whole idea of sexy ginger women would make a good blog.

So if you're ginger celebrate and bask in how fashionable your hair colour is at the moment!
If you're not ginger. Don't bask. Be ultimately jelous, some would say red with envy (oh the pun), of the lush ladies.

Lily Cole. Florence, (from Florence + the Machine)

Geri Halliwell

AND MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE EVER CELEB. Let alone the fact she is beautifully red.

Nicola Roberts.

The Fashion Ten Commandments.

Okay I thought that the first blog should lay down a couple of fashion commandments.

Or you know completely blow them out of the water, because in my own opinion, fashion like art is completely unpredictable from one season to the next, it can be whatever you make of it, so lets take a look at a couple of 'commandments'.

These commandments are taken from seduction-chronicles.net

1. Thou shalt not be ungroomed.

The fashion drones recently have demanded that as a race, we should look ungroomed, because well its been cool, so you could chuck this one if you want. Yet, lets not fool ourselves, how many of us have spent hours infront of that mirror backcombing our hair and fluffing it out to get that ironically named 'ungroomed look'.

2. Thou shalt not wear clothes that don't fit.

Oh, I could not agree more with this! I hate, hate, hate, that whole back flab, muffin top, love handle look. I'm not saying that skinny minnies are better looking than volumptuous ladies, but if your a size 16, wear a size 16! Don't fool yourself with sizes that could have been, it will only make you feel bigger!

But going the other way, big baggy jumpers are a must still. Don't ignore that!

3. Thou shalt not wear crappy shoes.

Agreed. The price that Primarni are selling fashionable dollies, stilletto's and boots leaves no room for excuses. No one wants to see a big toe making a starlight appearance out the end of your brogues, or the sole hanging off a pair of studded boots! Sort it out! If not, I suggest investing in some superglue.

4. Thou shalt not pull pants up to your nipples.

WHAT! Since the invention of spanx, or control pants, or sucky innie super pants, this is completely irrevelevant if you ask me. I, myself am a huge fan of a spanx, and the higher you pull 'em up the thinner you get baby! Yet if your wearing a thong...no. Commandment 4.5 Don't wear thongs. Ever.

5. Thou shalt not get dressed in the dark.

Who does this? Ever. :/

6. Thou shalt not wear clothes that were fashionable when "insert oldie hit here."

Disagree. Disagree. I love the old vintage last decade look. Its hot in my opinion. Another tip; Never throw things away, eventually it will come back in to style. I mean take hareem pants. MC Hammer made them famous. 2009 sore the rebirth...love it or hate it. It happens.

7. Thou shalt not bathe in cologne/perfume

Yep, yep. Sometimes its overpowering, but don't go without! Theres nothing like a waft of a nice smell... ooft.

8. Thou shalt not wear glasses that make you look like a chemistry teacher.

The image on the left is from Elleuk.co.uk. The highly esteemed fashionable Elle on their first page with a model wearing said 'Chemistry Teacher Glasses' and the second image is what you get when you type in 'Chemistry Teacher Glasses' into google images. Woah. Elle says it's cool. It's cool.

9. Thou shalt not follow trends blindly.

I agree with this to a ceratain extent but if we didn't follow trends then no one would look good, because everyones idea of good would be different! So follow the trends but make them your own.

10. Thou shalt not wear fleece.

unless one is a serial dog walker. If one is a serial dog walker, what'chya doing on this blog!

I hope you enjoyed reading that as much as I did writing it.
So heres a rule that I have made up for you to follow.


11. Thou shall be confident, and beautiful and fashionable in whatever you are wearing.
Fashion is to be enjoyed. Dont take it too seriously yeah?

L'B. x