Unfortunately or fortunately, this post won’t be centered on myself and you won’t need to dread a second of the sight of my face in this post at all I initially had a brainblock as to what I’d be talking about in this post since I haven’t done a post unrelated to personal outfits for suuuuuch a long time. However, I’ve settled with basing today’s post on my imaginary boyfriend wooHOOoo. Ha, k not really. Basically I’ll just be talking about what I’d fancy guys to wear.

Reason I decided on this is the lack of logic and sense a lot of guys (guys where I’m at, at least) put into getting an outfit together.. I mean yeah they’re probably lazy or think they’ve got better things to do or whatever but they seriously need to be aware of how much more their potential of getting laid would dramatically increase by putting SOME effort into looking good.. I’m not trying to be shallow and superficial or whatever but like, come on. Anyone’d be so much more impressed by a nicely-polished person rather than some dude in some ugly old tee and boring khaki berms am i right AMIRITE?!

IT’S NATURAL. So please don’t go all new-age prophet on me talkin bout inner beauty or some other cliché of the like.

Hence, it would be phenomenally superb if more guys start dressing themselves better, by for example, taking notes from some of these stylish masculine legends:

1. Picasso

Yes. Pablo Picasso. Guys really should dress like him, no joking. He doesn’t just know how to make a visual impact via his masterpieces y’all, this guy’s got serious style.  Striped tshirt – BAM! Checkered trousers, maroon socks and off-white loafers – BAM! BAM! BAM! You wanna be lazy and just throw on a tshirt? You better make sure it’s some nice lookin’ shirt paired with some other nice-lookin’ pieces of clothings.

dress like him:

Brg and Navy Breton Stripe Tee by Topman

Time Teller Watch by Nixon

Burnt Red Ivy League Chinos by Paul Smith

Sand Italian Handmade Leather Loafer Shoes by Pakerson

Vintage Round Glasses

and a bike.. yeah, a bike. A shiny black one with a chocolate-covered seat. How cute would a guy in this outfit look on that bike?!

2. The Duke of Windsor

I’m not kidding. So what if I don’t know much about what this guy has done to contribute to society at his time? All I know is he dresses RAD and that guys need to learn to pull of a jumper as good as him.

dress like him:

Jacquard Pattern Crew Neck Jumper by White Mountaineering

Antony Messenger Bag by Mulberry

Oxford Trim Ink Blue Shirt by Fred Perry

Tan Brown Chino Shorts by Paul Smith

Woven Leather Belt by Anderson’s

Navy Chuck Men Only Shoes by Paul Smith

Last but DEFINITELY NOT IN ANY WAY AT ALL the least

3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

*squeals*

Need I say more? He’s perfect.

dress like him:

Panelled Cotton-Piqué and Leather Blazer by Junya Watanabe

Plaid and Houndstooth-Panelled Cotton Shirt by Junya Watanabe

Leather Messenger Bag by Marc by Marc Jacobs

Navy Slim-Fit Cotton-Twill Shorts by Burberry Brit

Leather Penny Loafers by A.P.C. 

Square-Frame Tortoiseshell Sunglasses by Yves Saint Laurent

A Box of Camel Crush Cigarettes (don’t laugh, it’d be so hot)

and to go with the cigs, a vintage tan leather cigarette case (HOW HOT IS THAT)

Yeah.. so uhm.. someone out there get this together and take me out for dinner or something?

Hahahahhahaha k I’m done.

Can’t believe that it’s already Monday tomorrow, and that it’s another 5 days to the next weekend.

Fortunately, just like every other weekend, my weekend has conclusively been nothing short of lovely.

Last night, I slipped on an outfit for this party I was heading to. Now theoretically, it wouldn’t exactly be the sort of ensemble I’d ordinarily be seen in, since this outfit consisted of a floral skirt. And not just a floral skirt – a floral skirt in flashy, bright colors. Don’t get me wrong, there isn’t anything wrong with floral prints and flashy, bright colors; or floral prints in flashy, bright colors, for that matter. But you see, flowery patterns and kaleidoscopic hues just really aren’t me.

For this is reason, it possibly is to my slight dismay that the floral print is undeniably and so obviously in for Spring/Summer 2012. Like, legit – floral prints are literally everywhere this season.

Last night, however, I managed to put together an outfit – that as mentioned earlier, consisted a colorful & floral skirt – that actually turned out to my favor. With the aforementioned bottom-wear, I threw in a chunky studded belt, a silver collar-tipped white chiffon top and a pair of one of my fave shoes. And voila! I actually quite liked how it looked.

I know I know, “Shut up Rahel, just get on with the pictures!“

I’ve just got one more thing to say before I do!

Just a few days ago, I found out that Nick Knight, one of my all-time favorite photographers, had just done his first ever Instagram high fashion photoshoot, involving – none other than two of some of the best things ever – kittens and couture!!! According to the site, the shoot was inspired by “Internet memes, animal GIFs and Autumn/Winter 2012′s taste”.

Accordingly, I decided to have last night’s outfit photographed via instagram! Whoop whoop.

Okay *now* I’ll get on to the pics.

I don’t know what went in my mind when I allowed my 11-year-old baby sister to do my makeup that night, but I got tons of compliments! Also, I had on a temporary blue streak.

Collar-tipped White Chiffon Blouse from and Floral Skirt from Zara, vintage studded belt, heels by Jeffrey Campbell

I LOVE these shoes, plus they’re comfortable as hell, I swear!

So what do you guys think of me in floral? Yum? Yuck?

And how do you find the instagram shots? Hot? Non-Blog-Worthy?

Lemme knowwwwwwwwwwwwwww xoxo

Just an early note – I’M NOT TRYING TO BE A “BEAUTY GURU“. (I’ve never even heard of the term until my avid youtube-beauty-tutorial-watching 11-year-old sister told me about it)

So in my last post I mentioned about getting inspired by Gwen Stefani’s hair. To describe it more specifically, the hair I was going for was sort of a more modern, laid-back version of the typical glamorous, vintage, old-hollywood 1940s curled hair.

I got a few comments/emails requesting a tutorial on how I did my hair/makeup from my last look. So I went ahead and recorded myself preparing to go out.. Skipped on the makeup though, cause I figured it would’ve been to simple of a tutorial for you guys, since all I had on was the normal stuff: foundation+winged liner+lipstick

So anyway, enjoy!

1) Grab section of hair

2) Straighten

3) Roll inwards, hold for a few seconds

4) Apply gel on hair tips

5) Roll hair inwards

6) Pin it

repeat with other sections throughout the hair

hairspray

leave in for 20-30 minutes

remove pins

brush lightly with fingers

voila!

Well hope it was simple enough!

xx