I love Stylist.

I properly discovered Stylist magazine a few weeks ago whilst doing an internship in London. Just before I entered Oxford Circus station, I was given a free copy and my train journey back to Southampton was rather marvey. Stylist magazine is different in comparison to a lot of other weekly fashion mags. For a start, it's classy like Grazia, very ladylike. It's also simplistic, nothing confusing, nothing too hardcore, just full of loveliness to be frank. You don't get any of the untrue gossip that you get in Look. And what you witness is TASTE. It feels more genuine than typically getting a pair of badly designed tacky boots bombarded into your brain.

I must say, Lucy Mangan, Stylists outspoken collumist is a pretty good read too. I've spent the past hour or so reading up on her features on the Stylist website. There's an excellent one at the moment called 'Why Women Get The Blame For Most Rows.' Women would enjoy reading that, in comparison to, 'Why he can't get it up.' And since the Ms Taylor recently passed, I haven't found a publication or website which has celebrated her life as well as Stylist. Some of the images they have of her are just beautiful. (Did you know she was born with two layers of eyelashes?)

Did you know you can read Stylist's weekly publication and archive online?

http://read.stylist.co.uk/issue/Mar21-2011

BEAUTIES

From Nicole Richie's Jewellery collection 'House of Harlow'

Yeah. Going to have to get.

Gentleman on Crack - Chanel Style

I love Chanel, just like any other fashion conformer, but I must admit, for a few months, I didn't know what the hell was going on. Thing is, since the incredible S/S Ready To Wear 2011 show, I lost a tad of faith. I didn't like the Paris-Byzance show (Chanel had previously done classy way better) and neither did I like the S/S Haute Couture (the line under the chin was too random). Sometimes Chanel is so particular, that it's hard to adapt your tastes. But being an infamous and important brand to the fashion industry, my faith was eventually restored. I learnt my lesson.

The F/W Ready To Wear show took a new direction. I'm thinking Edwardian masculinity, roughed up by discovering drugs, and the darkness that comes with it, made stylish with hints of sparkle and beautiful saturated tones. In a nutshell, a young female rebelling against society, deliberately sporting male clothing, partying, making the dangerous look intriguing. And after writing that, I've realised I'm actually talking about Coco herself. Oh Lagerfeld, you really are an fricking genius aren't you?

Here's the show. Can't wait to layer up for the Winter in this kinda vogue.

http://www.chanel.com/fashion/7#7-fall-winter-2011-12-ready-to-wear-chanel-fashion-show-23,0