Herve Leger by Max Azria, New York fashion week Spring/Summer 2013

  Herve Leger's new collection featured the signature body-con dresses, with a twist of quilted fabric.

    Quilt-making was the main inspiration behind this collection and it is a fresh perspective into Spring / Summer 2013. The dresses are a combination of the famous Herve Leger body-con dress and skater A-line dresses.

The models wear fabric which has been quilted into solid structures and often solidified by belts which look like PVC to draw attention to the small waist of the models. Some of the collection seems to reflect the current nineties revival as the tight summer dresses boast spaghetti straps and a mini length.

   The shoes seem to be similar to Victoria Beckham's s/s shoes, they are heeled shoe boots and have a peep toe with buckle detail. The swimwear collection uses chains and animal print, the fabric also looks as if it has been plaited, and uses strips of fabric to resemble belts on some of the swimwear.

   The collection seems to reflect many Autumn / Winter trends of grunge and Gothic revival, the collection looks to be very successful and cleverly designed to develop from A/W.

Sellotape stripe nails, Black and Gold

Step one - Paint the whole nail the base colour, here I chose black.

Step two - cut the sellotape into thin strips, when the nail is completely dry place the tape over them diagonally.

Step three - ensuring that the tape is stuck down firmly, paint over the whole nail using a second colour, here I chose glittery gold, both polishes by Models Own, available so see in my past post.

The finished product on a false nail.

My nails :),I have ordered thin tape designed for nails and will be posting more patterns in the near future, check for updates!

Model's Own nail varnish

   Model's Own nail varnishes come in large bottles and have a good range of colours, during summer 2012 they collaborated with Hed Kandi and released several glitter nail polishes, designed for holidays.

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Champagne, Black Magic, Purple Mystique, Misty Grey.

Lady Gaga opens Philip Treacy's London Fashion week show

   Lady Gaga opened Philip Treacy's Spring/Summer London fashion week. Treacy released fashion collections between 2001-2003, and has made a big splash in his return to fashion.

   Star Lady Gaga opened the show wearing a fuchsia trademark veil, the show taken place at the Royal Courts of Justice, London. The show furthermore only featured black models including Jourdan Dunn. The audiece included Dita Von Teese and Kim Cattrall.

   The show taken inspiration from Disney character Minnie Mouse by creating sequinned ears and making fascinators of mini-fairgrounds. The show also featured a large amount of Michael Jackson, one of the models even wore the exact jacket he wore in the video for Thriller, Jackson's music was largely used as the show's soundtrack.

Barry M Nail paint

I decided to upload a picture of my collection of nail polishes, with each of their names. Barry M is my favourite brand of nail polish to use as they have a wide range of colours and shades, they also release 'nail effects' nail polishes frequently, their new polish is Chameleon, I still need to buy and review this nail varnish.

My collection

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Nail effects black (311), Nail effects pink (314), Aqua Glitter (340), Cyan blue (294), Blue Moon (317), Block orange (301), Berry I/C 308).

Glitter tip nails

Step one - paint the nail with a base colour coat (here I haven't used one)

Step two - using a clear nail polish (or a polish the same colour as the glitter you will use,) paint the tip of the nail and sprinkle the glitter over this while it is still wet. Leave to dry.

Step three - after the nail varnish and glitter had fully dried, remove any excess glitter by tapping it into the pot and neaten up the nails using cotton buds. Finally coat the nail with a good top coat.

No 7 Nail polish

   I usually buy No 7 polishes when Boots give out the No 7 £5 off vouchers, making the nail polishes £2.

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Minty Fresh (320), Sing the blues (290), ME ME ME! (250), So Strong Nail care, Violetta (44).