Right lovely, beautiful readers, I am finally doing it. I am off on holiday! It's the first time in 3 and a half years (that's longer than this blog has been going) and I couldn't be more excited. I'm currently tying up loose ends work wise and have almost finished packing (should have done this earlier seeing as I leave at 5:30am),but in the madness I have taken a quick break to share my most favourite discovery this week...The Holiday Rap.
Amazing, 80s awesomeness at it's very best. I will not be taking my laptop (I think I will have withdrawal symptoms) so until I am back please enjoy the dulcet tones of MC Miker and DJ Sven...
Whilst trying on some rather 80's jeans this morning (still not worn them out yet- they will get their day eventually), I remembered how much I longed to be Kelly Kapowski of Saved By The Bell when I was young.
Yes readers, after six days of hedonistic fun, two days of sleep and a lot of take away food, it's time to share the highlights of my favourite time of year: Glastonbury Festival.
This world famous festival has a huge place in my heart and this year, like every year was spectacular. It was even more special this year as it was it's 40th anniversary, therefore expectations were high, the line-up was packed and my crew were more on edge than ever before. We left London at 4am on Wednesday morning and by 12pm we had the camp pitched, beers in hands and we were ready to rock!
With the sun beating down solidly for the entire time and not one single drop of rain it made it the hottest Glasto on record which if possible, made it EVEN better than last year! Over the next few days (or probably weeks), I will be sharing my personal highlights of this year's mind-blowing festival.
Today, it's Slash.
As a true 'eighties hair band' fan, Gun and Roses are of course up there on my top five of all time bands. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw GnR's guitarist, (and all round personal heart-throb) Slash was on the line up. Sunday afternoon saw the boys head off to watch England play their last game of the world cup (bad luck), whilst the girls went to swoon over this man god.
Still as sexy, nonchalant and down right talented as he always has been, Slash, who played with Myles Kennedy singing, absolutely made Sunday (and Glasto) for me.
Apologies for my lack of posting followers but I have been rather busy. I will make up for it now by giving you some outfit inspiration in the form of those trendy guys and gals on the streets of east London. These photos were taken a couple of weeks ago when we had some sun!
Lets hear it for the boys: Well done to these guys for showing they are superior in the sartorial stakes.
Rolled trouser cuffs and tailoring were popular for the boys along with contemporary street wear giving a nod to the 80's.
Go girls: Top marks to these fabulous females for originality.
Vintage florals and feminine frills mixed with laid back, layering were popular among the ladies.
Summer is on it's way which means one thing...festival season is nearly here. The burning question is which festivals shall I go to? I would love to attend many, all of them in fact but finances won't allow this. This leads to infinite chats with The Boy and friends about locations, line-ups and who is going to what to decide which weekend, music bonanza will get my hard earned cash. Besides Glastonbury (which I of course already have my ticket for) I am struggling
to decide. Upon my extensive festival research I stumbled across Vintage at Goodwood.
British designer, Wayne Hemmingway is the creative force behind the festival. He has put it together to celebrate all that's good in British design, music and arts and hopes it to be, "an antidote to muddy fields and random music."
"It's like bringing the Venice Biennale, London Fashion Week, the London design festival, a bit of the Edinburgh Fringe, a bit of Glastonbury and the festival of Britain", is what Hemmingway described it as at the press launch. It will be celebrating all things creative from the 40's to the 80's. This will include a 40's club, a 70's soul club and even a roller disco.
Vintage festival promises to be a breath of fresh air on the Brit festival scene with it bursting with style and glamour and including clean toilets (a definite plus!). Starting small, the festival will only have 20,000 tickets and is being held at Goodwood, West Sussex between 13th-15th August.
I recently stumbled upon an image of of Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil and realised how on trend she really is! Sharp tailoring, animal print, monochrome, feathers, short two-tone hair and of course the staple of the season; extreme shoulders. All put together with an air of Dynasty thrown in, evil or not she has style I can get on board with!
I have added some of my favourite looks for your viewing pleasure, brace yourself for inspiration...
With my love affair with all things extrovert and 80s fashion still going strong there was one icon I simply had to write about, that is the legendary Grace Jones. Jones became a successful model in Paris and New York as well as studying theater in her early years.
In the late 70s she landed her record deal. She became a muse to Any Warhol and the two frequented Studio 54.
Shot by Warhol 1986
She shifted her music in the direction of New Wave Music that was developing. With this came a dramatic visual makeover too. The make over was the work of stylist (and father of her child) Jean-Paul Goude. The look was androgynous, hard and severe. She was definitely a strong influence in the cross dressing movement of the 80's. Bold shoulders and cropped hair are key to her look.
The androgynous look
I am in love with her look and only wish I could pull off those outfits on an everyday basis!!
