Fashion Icon of the week: Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan is an English actress. She has featured in many shows and movies such as Pride & Prejudice, Brothers and The Greatest. She's featured in several fashion magazines such as Vogue. Her style has changed many times but each time she keeps pulling me in. Winning an Oscar Nomination last year boosted her fame and she is now featuring in two new films. "Never Let Me Go"- coming out next week. Also "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps." Which is the fashion movie here. Her VOGUE magazine's photo shoot was her first and was a success. At the shoot Carey could not fit into the closet's sample sizes and ended up wear a tiny towel around her waist to cover her bottom. Still though I really like the photos and think she turned out gorgeous. She reported that she is very happy with her body though. 

Fashion Icon of the week: Katy Perry

Hey loves! This weeks fashion icon is Katy Perry! She is one of my favorite singers. She started singing at the age of 9 at her church. She then learned to play the guitar at age 15 and released in album for Christian label Red Hill. This was unsuccessful. Katy then left her home at the age of 17 for Los Angeles where she worked for record label Island. The album was due in 2005 but Billboard also announced it went nowhere. Katy eventually signed over to Capitol Records. This is what eventually got her going. This started her album One of the Boys, with the hit single I Kissed a Girl. The album has reached number nine on the Billboard 200. Because of this Katy won several awards such as Best International Female Artist at the 2009 BRIT awards. Her second single Hot n Cold reached number three on Billboard's Hot 100. Perry's new album Teenage Dream will be out August 24. She has announced her own fragrance to be released in autumn of this year, named "Purr." Perry is known for her unique style. It's often bright in color. Her stylist describes her style as "very vintage and colorful." Katy is currently engaged to British comedian Russell Brand. 

Louise Brooks: Fashion Icon

Louise Brooks was an American dancer, model, showgirl, and silent film actress. She was noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. She is best known for her three roles in Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl, and Prix de Beaute'. She starred in 17 silent films. Louise Brooks was the queen of flappers. She wasn't really into talking and so her beauty became very popular in these silent movies. It's not that she wasn't good enough to be in talking movies the truth is she just wasn't really interested enough. Many of her films were heavily censored. This was because in that time sexuality was very shocking and "adult." Sadly on August 8, 1985, Louise Brooks was found dead from a heart attack. She was buried in Sepulchre cemetery in Rochester, New York. To me she was one to portray the beauty of female hood and she was one that was ever so classy. 

 

Cher*******Fashion icon of the 70s

Hello loves! Today I was researching and Cher has become my topic for today! She was a huge fashion icon of the 70s and she still is an inspiration for everyone who has an interest in fashion. Most designers or people interested in the fashion industry should know about her. If you don't know who she is exactly then you have come to the right place! Cher(Cherilyn Sarkisian born on May 20, 1946) is an American  pop singer-songwriter, actress, director and record producer. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy award, three Golden Globe Awards and a People's Choice Award for her work in film. music and television. At the age of seventeen Cher began her career. In the beginning she was one half of the pop-rock duo Sonny & Cher. For this she won many awards such as Golden Globe Awards. In the following years she starred in a string of hit films including The Mask, The Witches of Eastwick and Moonstruck for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1988. Cher's most popular song was "Believe" which was the biggest selling record of 1999. She was also very popular for her main role in the movie Clueless. Cher's style was very unique. Some style that no one else has seen before. She was always known for her outrageous outfits and her ever changing hair. Cher originated the squared nail look in the 70s which is still popular today and she also started the bell-bottom trend. Cher was a great fashion icon and I love how she always reached out to be unique. 

 

Cher, Cher, Cher. What else can I really say?

Like I said before Cher was always a huge fashion icon and mostly everyone knows about her. If you didn't before I hope I helped you out :)

Much love, Belle

 

Amazing Chanel

Well, hello loves! (my common saying) Today is Father's day! I hope you all have a good time with your dad today :) Well, today I was looking at the Chanel website and I found amazing shoes! I do not know which ones I love the most. They're all fabulous!! Chanel was an amazing fashion icon, care to learn more?

The history of Coco Chanel 

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 in the small town of Saumur in France. The employees of the hospital of which she was born were illiterate so they could not provide the correct surname. Instead they spelled it "Chasnel." This mispelling made it almost impossible for biographers to be able to trace Chanels roots. She had five siblings, two sisters and three brothers. In 1895, when Chanel was 12 her mother died of tuberculosis and her dad later left the family. Because of this Chanel had to live in an orphanage where she learned the trade of a seamstress. School vacations were spent with relatives who taught her to sew with more flourish than the nuns at the monastery could demonstrate.  At the age of 18 she left the orphanage  and took off for the town of  Moulins to become a  cabaret singer.  This time she sang in clubs and got the nickname of "Chanel." Though she failed to become a singer this is where she met Etienne Balsan, to whom she soon became a mistress, working in a tailoring shop. While living with Balsan Coco started to become very interested in the designing of hats. After opening her eyes she left Balsan and took over his apartment in Paris. Then, in 1910 Chanel became a licensed modiste and opened her own boutique at 21 rue Cambon, Paris named Chanel Modes. Chanel's career boomed when theatre actress Gabrielle Dorizat modeled her hats in the play Bel Ami. In 1913 she opened up another boutique in the town of Deauville where she introduced casual clothing for leisure. In 1915, Chanel launched her career as a fashion designer after opening her next boutique Chanel-Biarittz. By 1919, she was registered as a couturiere and established her maison de couture  at 31 rue Cambon. In 1939, the beginning of World War II, Chanel closed her shops. She believed that it was not a time of fashion. In 1945 she moved to Switzerland but then in 1954 she moved back to Paris and returned to the fashion world. There was an even a movie about her Coco Chanel debuted on September 13, 2008. Chanel was the first start to the world of fashion. Coco Chanel brought us the little black dress, the Chanel suit and jacket, bell bottoms, and Chanel No. 5 perfume. Chanel was a very elegant woman and her fashion still lives on. 

 The popular fashion shows of Coco Chanel

Chanel's fashion still lives on. Though her stuff is expensive I truly adore it. Above is a fashion show for the spring/summer collection of 2010. Chanel was one huge inspiration for millions.

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”- Coco Chanel

 

Who doesn't love a kitty who is totally adorable??

Hello kitty! Who doesn't love her!! She has been around for a very long time! Hello Kitty was first introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States in 1976. She has been shown on many things such as toasters(so cute!), clothes, accessories, school supplies, greeting cards, and much more! Hello Kitty used to have her own show called Hello Kitty's Paradise. She is featured in many video games also. In Japan, Hello Kitty themed restaurant named Hello Kitty Sweets. They also opened up a maternity hospital in Taiwan. Everything there from nurses uniforms to bed sheets is hello-kitty themed. Also, (you guys probably loved this) MAC cosmetics came out with a Hello Kitty line where everything was Hello Kitty! I think that project went pretty well tons of fans rushed to their nearest MAC stores and bought all the merchandise! Hello Kitty has stores all across the nation known as Sanrio. This is the company that started it all with My Melody, and all of Hello Kitty's adorable little friends. Hello Kitty has started a huge fashion statement in not only America, but other countries such as Japan. She is always in the Thanksgiving Parade and other parades as well. Hello Kitty is popular with toddlers to adults. She was actually originally made for elders but she quickly became popular with all ages! I hope you guys love Hello Kitty! I know I do ;)
                                                                   Much love, Belle <3

Fashion Icon of the Week

Well, I am going to give you guys something new today. I thought of something that might interest some of you, every week I will be talking about a fashion icon that may be popular today or had a big role in fashion. So, this week I kept contemplating between a few icons but I finally made the choice! Today I will be talking about.................TWIGGY!!! Yay! Who doesn't love her? Well, Twiggy was born on September 19, 1949 in Neasden a suburb in London. Twiggy started modeling at the age of 16, and became known as one the first prominent teenage model. Everyone loved her for her long eyelashes, big eyes, and thin build. Twiggy has two other sisters both who are older than her. Twiggy was married to American actor Michael Witney, who later died from a heart attack. They had a daughter, Carly, who was born in 1978. After his tragic death Twiggy married Leigh Lawson in 1988. He adopted Carly, who took on his surname. The couple now lives in London.
                                               Twiggy's Modeling Career
Well, as we all know Twiggy marked fashion history with her modeling career. Twiggy got her look from a hairdresser who was looking for models to have their hair cropped short. He tried it out on Twiggy and voila! There was Twiggy's signature hairstyle. At the age of 16 her career quickly took off. She was 5'6(short for a model), weighed only a mere 91 lb., and had a slim figure. Her hairdresser boyfriend, soon became her manager and persuaded her to change her name from Lesley to Twiggy. (getting the name from her childhood nickname "Twigs") Twiggy soon became popular. She was seen in fashion magazines across the world and eventually brought out her own clothing line "Twiggy Dresses" Twiggy was criticized for promoting an "unhealthy" body ideal for women because of her boyish-looks. Though, Twiggy did have many supporters.  Twiggy started a stage for many young girls and she still does.
                                        Twiggy acting and singing career 
After four years of modeling Twiggy retired wanting something other than posing for a picture. So, Twiggy set off for something else and found her own talent in acting and singing. Twiggy starred in films such as The Boyfriend. She became a great actress and won two Golden Globe Awards in 1972. She even hosted her own British television series Twiggs which was later changed to Twiggy. After this she set off on her singing career. She appeared on many things such as The Muppet Show in which she sand "In My Life" a Beatles song. Twiggy then released two albums, Twiggy and Please Get my Name Right. These albums sold very well. Then between 1980-1999 she worked on many acting projects. Then in 2001 Twiggy co-hosted the British magazine programme This Morning. She later released yet another album Midnight Blue. She then starred as a guest judge on America's Next Top Model for seasons 5-9. 
 Twiggy has done lots of work. So much I don't even know where to begin! She is a huge inspiration for not only me but millions of others out there who dream to be just like her. She is still a huge fashion icon and I can't help but love her. Twiggy will never get boring as long as I know. Well, GO TWIGGY! :)
                                         xo, Belle <3