Friday 29 August 2014

Best Taylor Swift Outfits Ever

No one can write better heartfelt hit songs like Taylor Swift and nobody can wear more memorable outfits like her! So lets go back in time and view some of her finest looks ever.

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justjared.com
Who doesn't remember her Mini mosaic crystal royal blue dress by Murad? That dress set fire to the Billboard's Blue Carpet for sure. From the heart sheer panels on the back to its tight and form fitting sophistication on her slender body. The crème de la crème of it all was the soft pink lip, for sure.

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 Next up, we have this Golden Goddess gown that made fashion history at the Grammys. From the back cut-outs to the sexy revealing chest cut-outs, this look couldn't be more royalty approved! Ohh and we cannot forget about the longer back that drags along taking space and status for others to kneel and bow down for this magnificent piece of a gown.

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  www.celeb-diary.blogpost.com
www.modxchange.worpress.com
Now, to this elegant long black dress with the sheer provocative back. This stunning gown made her look like a super-model with its sexy slit at the back revealing her toned legs and beautiful strappy black heels. To top all of this off she put on her signature red lip.

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Moving on to something more 'Red' and casual with her cream long sleeve lace top with its preppy collar and the sexy high-waisted black leather shorts. However the true star of the show was that glittery Red bass and velvet Red shoes! But wow her hair with its bounce and bangs was done to perfection for this electric look.

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tomandlorenzo.com
Another Grammys awards show and another extraordinary dress with a message of survivor and fighter with her armour inspired gown. The champagne dress covered with sparkling silver net, glowed and shone through to our hearts. This is high fashion done to perfection by keeping it casual with the short sleeves. The strong silver eye-shadow was the perfect combo with the soft pink lip to this bold and static look.

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Now, moving along to something wonderful and magical, is this costume that screams 'parade' with a hint of 'Alice In Wonderland'. The comical hat, the sexy fishnets, the classic shorts to the mini-jacket with its circusy and parade elements combined; the whole look comes together to light up the show.

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To something mystical and truly captivating with its pure and powerful aura is this silver embellished and flowy white dress. Topping all of this off is her old fashioned waves, paying omage to old Hollywood hair styles.
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Short sexy mini dresses are Taylor's speciality and this long sleeved floral dress by Murad is the perfect example. The dress has a vintage aira with the way the flowers are drawn and the clear sequence covering the dress give it that much needed Hollywood glam.

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Bling can look extremely tacky but Taylor makes it look classy with this crystal incrusted short silver dress. This little dress fits her like a glove and shows off her best assets, her killer long slender legs.
What's your favourite Tay outfit(s)?
Kisses,
Avril vanes
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Tuesday 26 August 2014

Best & Worst dressed at the Emmys 2014

Following the MTV VMAS disastrous fashion weekend is the Emmys tragic downfall of bad choices and mode. However, fear no more as I have discovered a few fashion prodigies amongst the  many failures and disappointments of the night.


Firstly, someone who ticked all of the boxes for a beautiful dress and impeccable make-up is Alexandra Daddario. The sandy dress with the lace piece on the side couldn't spell sexy more clearly, but it was still flirtatious by showing barely any skin, classy! But wow her bold lip worked wonders with this simply amazing gown and her best accessory was those striking eyes, for sure!
Photo credit:EW.com
Moving on to Mayim Bialik and her persistence to keep topping the 'Worst Dressed' list, talk about consistency and determination, eh?! This dress is a mesh-mash between a Disney princess, the queen and a prom enthusiast joining up to design this gown, not a good collaboration at  all! 
Photo credit: nydailynews.com
Now, here is Christine Baranski looking graceful with this classic navy blue long tight dress; she brought old Hollywood back baby! Her slender body looked amazing in this dress in all angles.
Photo credit: mylusiouslife.com
Next up is Kaley Cuoco looking 2 feet tall in this eye-blinding dress. She is one of the hottest sitcom starlet and this dress does her no justice at all and the clutch is so out of date with its color. The colors of the whole outfit are expired unfortunately.
Photo credit: EW.com
One beauty queen who was lost in an ill-fitted, wrinkled and badly tailored dress is Christina Hendricks. However, on top of all of that, she committed the biggest crime in styling and that is over-accessorising, what a heart breaking sight of a fashion mishap indeed.
Photo credit: EW.com
Lastly, we have got Lena Dunham in another awful gown, is anyone surprised? No, I don't think so! This dress feels like its trying to impersonate two people, with its casually smart upper half and an extended tutu  for the bottom half. Ohh Lena, when will you rise up in the clothing charts? But don't you worry as our hearts and prayers are with you and we all have faith that one day in the far far far future you will pull an outfit off!
Photo credit: EW.com
Kisses,
Avril Vanes
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Monday 25 August 2014

Best and Worst dressed at the 2014 MTV VMAS Awards

Another awards show and new disasters and miracles were present at its red carpet; so I'm going to break down what went wrong for those rich but poor tasted celebs and off-course I'll let you know what made some of those outfits so great!


Now for the first time in history of all awards shows Miley Cyrus makes it to the 'Best Dressed' list but also tops it. Hawt! Miley finally gets it with 'more is less' memo as she wears a sexy two piece leather outfit and kills it! she kept it to the bare minimum when it came down to flashing some skin in her books anyway. But she looked stunning with the leather band top, which looked great against her pale complexion and pairing it with high waisted harem leather pants and that gave the vibe of 'the cool kid is here'. However the highlight of that outfit was the safety pin earring, it was the cherry on top indeed.
Photo credit: MTV.com

Bringing it back to a human level of a bad dress pick, will have to go  to Beyoncé. B looked like a hot mess in this long black gown and ohh we can't forget those awful oversized dangled earrings that looked like frog feet, poor thing. But Oh oh oh oh oh oh no no, B looked 2X bigger in this dress which is something almost impossible to achieve with a black coloured anything. This is a true fashion meltdown, get it together girl!
Photo credit: MTV.com

Someone who doesn't always get it right or right enough is Kendall Jenner but since there is virtually no other good looks we've got to give her some credit for looking 'okay' and not as bad as everyone else. Black outfits seam to be the winning looks from the VMAS and kendall looked  simply chic with this all in one jumpsuit.
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Saving worst for last, we've got Katy Perry and her man. Denim couldn't look more horrendous in so many different ways than this. This is a complete and utter disaster that I'm surprised they didn't get convicted for their preplanned crime of fashion!
Photo credit: MTV.com
These are some honourable mentions of bad clothing choices:
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www.nydailynews.com
Kisses,
Avril Vanes
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Saturday 23 August 2014

Hottest Tights Trends Ever

Tights are magical! 

A simple pair of tights can transform an outfit to be the star of the show; therefore I'm going to break down the latest trends, must haves and my personal favourite tights looks.

Melting tights:

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Photos credits: urb-clothing.com

This has been the hype of the year from famous celebs rocking the look of paint dripping down their legs. This was the breakthrough of the tights fashion world, however this look can look very wrong but in fashion there is no boundaries and so you have to look beyond what maybe called sinister and look at those pair of tights with a pure vision.

Embellished tights:

Photo credit: mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.co.uk

These feel like love, look like innocence and wear like insanity. They give you class with pearls, beauty with lace and the flowers give it that extra sweet look. Those tights are even more special and precious than wedding dresses, so adding them to your collection is for sure going to give you good luck.

Ripped tights:

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This rugged and bad-ass look is perfect to add to any casual outfit to make it and get it out from  its misery to a level of mystery. Add a couple of pins and BAM you couldn't be more mystically Gothic.
Kisses,
Avril Vanes
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Thursday 21 August 2014

How to determine your body type and how to dress it

As girls we come in various heights, shapes and sizes; so I'm going to help you find out what is your body type and how to style it. You can watch the video I made about this, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnmWGPigkDY

The hourglass body type:

 A woman exhibiting this shape has large breasts a C cup and above with a round full booty. Therefore, if you  have these characteristics this could be your body type. But to help you out even more I'll tell you the rest of the body features of this shape such as a flat stomach, a defined waist with considerably broad or defined hips. Some examples of  hourglass body type would be: Scarlett Johansson, Kim Kardashian and on a smaller scale of curves with a tall frame would be Blake Lively.
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madelcqz340.sourceforge.net
sa-1c1.blogspot.com
www.usmagazine.com

Styling an Hourglass body:

Following Kim K's footsteps, in terms of her wardrobe would be the best thing you can do in terms of flattering your body shape. Now, I say wear body con dresses and bandage dresses as they highlight your curves and draw attention to them and with curves like those you've got to flaunt them girl! Tight skinny jeans are perfect for you and plain simple tops are preferable, as ruffles and patterns can be distracting and off putting so you've got to be tasteful with them.

The Top-heavy body type:

There are two types of body shapes in terms of being top heavy: one type is having very large breasts DD+ and the second type is when you have quite broad and thick shoulders.
So if your type one, you would have very large breasts and quiet a flat and small bottom and so you resemble the letter 'P' basically. Examples of celebrities with this body type would be: Katy Perry, Kat Dennings and Wendy Williams.
If you're the second type then you would have small bottom undefined waist or hips and small breasts but with large broad shoulders.
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www.lifeandstylemag.com
t-shirtsandcouture.blogspot.com
www.comicvine.com

Styling a top-heavy body:

If you have the shape of Kat, then wear tight tops and skater or circle skirts with allot of volume in them to create an illusion of an hourglass shape. Wear jeans with pockets on the back so that the focus of the eye is on the centre of your bottom where most of the fat is and dress it with a tight top to draw attention to your bust and deflect it of your bottom.
If you are the second type of  top heavy then wear strappy tops because they cut your shoulders in half and thereby, creating an illusion of smaller shoulders.

The bottom-heavy body type:

This is where you have a very large and round booty with smaller upper body or torso for that matter; therefore you have small bust size in comparison to your bottom's size. examples of celebrities with this body shape are: Beyonce, JLO and Khloe Kardashian.
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www.standard.co.uk
www.celebitchy.com
www.froufroulebleu.com

Styling a bottom-heavy body: 

To really show off your bootylicious body you've got to wear tight skirts with flowy tops so that the attention is kept on your curvy bottom.Wear tight leather pants and when it comes to jeans, wear light and pale coloured skin tight jeans because light washed jeans add more volume to your booty.

The Pear shape body type:

Here you have got a small upper body with small sized breasts, narrow shoulders and a very broad and large hip bones and hips that they stick out in everything that you wear. So if you are two sizes bigger for pants compared to tops and you struggle pulling up your jeans over your luscious hips then you my lady are a pear shape. Note this though you can be a pear shape and bottom heavy at the same time, having got the large hips and a bootful booty just like Rose Mcgown and Shakira.
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 www.stylebistro.com
www.trendfashiondesign.com

Styling pear shape body:

well, if you've got the hips then buy low cut jeans and show them off, but you can also accentuate the narrow waist with a thick belt over a tight body con dress. Also, wearing a flowy skater skirt that sits above your hips can hide your hips broadness.

The slender body type:

Almost all models have this body type. The characteristics of this body type are: having undefined hips or waist, small breast size and small and relatively flat bottom. Examples of this body type are: Taylor swift, karlie Kloss and Liv Tayler.
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www.shinystle.tv
www.vogue.com
www.tomandlorenzo.com

Styling the slender body:

wear tops with ruffles and patterns to create an illusion of a larger bust and to add more volume in your bust region; also heart neckline tops do the job very well. Moreover, wearing skater and circle skirts are good to keep the focus on your thin legs.

The apple body type:

this is where you have a slightly broader built and frame but you gain weight in your stomach easily and that is where most of the volume is at. Example of this body type is Kelly Osbourne.
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Styling the apple body:

Wear flowy and loose tops with jeans and when it comes to dresses get hold of dresses that have a heart shaped neckline to maximize your bust size and have them be poofy and flowy from under the bust so that it hides your stomach.
Kisses,
Avril Vanes
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Wednesday 20 August 2014

Hanna Marin best outfits

Hanna is known to be the most fashionable little liar in Philadelphia; so lets take a look at her best looks in the show so far.

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This tight and flowy dress has all of the hottest trends going for it, from the sheer material to the tightness of the dress and the short and long layers of the skirt, perfection!
Photo credit: www.wornontv.net
We were all obsessed with this grungy Gothic look that Ashley rocked as Hanna Marin. This look was quite the transformation for Hanna, as we are used to her colorful wardrobe. Nevertheless, The bleach splattered grey jeans, the tight leather jacket and the olive green tee said it all "easy but snazzy and totally chic".
Photo credit: www.wornontv.net
This throw back of the early seasons of PLL and the year of colorful denim! The peach and lilac look spot on from every angle. This look is the ideal example of how to mix a warm color like peach and a cool color such as lavender, together and make it more than work!
Photo credit: www.wornontv.net
Here, although the skirt and the velvet crop top do not go together that well, you have to admire the pieces individually to really see  how special they are. The red velvet crop top is super sexy with its metallic zip to its large leather band- which makes Hanna's stomach look even tighter and tinier than it already is. Now, to the floral skater skirt! Vintage is  what it feels like and struggle is what it speaks and beauty is what you can see.
Photo credit: www.wornontv.net
Simple, sexy and smart, these three S's describe everything that this outfit is about. The yellow felt jacket with the side zips is all that is needed to make this item the centre of the attention and so it only made sense for it to be worn with a basic tight white tee that is topped off with a classic gold chain necklace. Ohh, did I forget to mention these high waisted black shorts, because they are the epitome of cool.
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Lastly, a perfect winter look displayed by Hanna Marin, are you surprised? The stringy passenger bag, the olive green coat and off-course the graphic tee with two simple necklaces; come together to create the best outfit for a rainy day.
Kisses,
Avril Vanes
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Sunday 17 August 2014

Serena Van Der Woodsen best outfits


I know you love Gossip girl, but you're also in love with S's style, so don't try and deny it! S entered our hearts with her fabulous top designer clothes and good-looking boyfriends, if I may say so myself. Serena Van Der Woodsen was no doubt the "It girl" as she made every girl swoon and wish that they were her even if it was just for a second. Therefore we are going to take a journey down memory lane back to the upper E side to watch the most memorable outfits that Blake lively wore as S!

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This sequence dress by Peter Pilotto (fall 2012) is perhaps one of the sexiest dresses ever worn on the show! It sparkled through our TV screens and was quite the show by itself and ohh did I mention the Valentino Va Va Voom flap bag? This is the definition of a killer party dress. 
Photo credit:www.fushionmag.com

Wow! This is glitter and glam at its peak. This dress is pure perfection from the lace to the tight waist; it has it all going on. A great gown that can take you to the elitist parties in Manhattan, oh yeah!
Photo credit: pintrest

This feminine black suit is all about sexy! From the deep v-neck line to the peplum like top that is made out of rough leather, this look screams strong and fashionable woman! Ohh, did I forget to mention the revealing ankle slit?!
Photo credit: gossipgirls.episodeseason.com

One thing we all know about S is that she loves her bandage dresses and color on clothes and this is the ultimate example of a beautiful bandage dress. The maroon color makes it that bit more sophisticated but yet casual all at the same time; something that isn't easily achieved or pulled off when it comes to this kind of dress but S did it all too well indeed. Ohh, and she absolutely killed it with those buckle strappy gold high heel!
Photo credit: pintrest

Who doesn’t remember this bridesmaid yellow floral dress? It was the highest form of chic and class. The black rose and gloves gave it that much needed edge and took it away from that pure innocent look and gave it a more of a mature and secretive aura.
What's your favourite Serena outfit(s)?
You know you love me,
XOXO 
Avril Vanes
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