a little bit of sunshine!

So Uni is out for easter, dissertation finished! Off to the Grand National and 21st season began!

I have returned home to the shire for the hols where mother is stressing for i have to find a bridesmaid dress but the bride is in oz and the other three bridesmaids are spread across the country. the difficulties begin; 4 girls 4 very different figures and one black dress! The mission begins!

I got so "into" the holiday swing of things yesterday i completely forgot i had a degree to finish, oops! was convinced it was the summer was ready to sign my life away to a full-time job!

But no, instead i have my finals to go back to. but not before i have my degree show and a short revision trip to portugal with Deedee. I cannot wait for sunshine. I have always had an inkling that i may suffer from seasonal depression. A lot can be said for just a little bit of sunshine!

That'll be the life!

Couture eat your heart out!

i experienced a horrible moment of realisation sitting in a lecture today, as i thought to myself how i have wasted the last 3 years when i could have taken advantage of the technology that was available to me and become the next Coco Chanel or Vivienne Westwood creating couture sensations. As what i really wanted to do in my design project was explore the use of dysfunctional materials for fashion, looking at work by designers like Paco Rabanne, who use plastic, metal, paper and even chocolate as their medium.  Recently saw the conflict over Franc Fernandez’s  infamous meat dress worn by Lady GaGa, personally yeah bit gross but nice cut i suppose (no pun intended)!

Imagine wearing these next dresses to the ball!

Safety first! 

Condom dresses by Brazilian artist Adriana Bertini, made of thousands of quality-control-rejected condoms. Shown at “Dress Up Against AIDS: Condom Couture,” an exhibition at UCLA’s Fowler Museum.

Skittles Taste the Rainbow

This pastry chef made his wife's wedding dress made out of 1,500 cream puff's and caramelised sugar, weighing only 20 pounds and taking 2 months to create.

I absolutely LOVE the dress made of old newspapers, not so much a fan of the washing bags.

Ideal if you get caught short!

Dress made entirely out of toilet roll.

Lets hope it doesn't get hot when wearing these designs created out of chocolate by the famous designer Paco Rabanne. I hate to admit it but these wouldn't last a minute with me.

As for these dresses made out of balloons you wouldn't want these to pop. 

Fits like a glove!

Fancy Champagne and Cupcakes?

I absolutely love this short video of Kate Moss with her "friends", coincidence that they're all leggy models, i think not! All i'm saying Kate is that i have kinda long legs so next time just drop me a text and i'll see if i'm free. Anyway i find the filming enchanting, i love the lighting and dusty haze of the picture. Have a peak. Hanging out with Kate Moss!

Cover me!

Becky from the Scott Mills show on Radio 1 enlightened me to the amazing singing comedy duo Frisky and Mannish while sharing her show and tell on the air. They perform covers of song in a completely unexpected style. They're brilliant! Frisky and Mannish were formed in March 2008 by writers and performers Laura Corcoran and Matthew Jones.

A friend of mine has a band, secret pilot. Check them out. Similarly here's a cover they did of the one and only babe Rihanna with What's my name. Enjoy.

To Dye!

To Dye or Not to Dye?

two years ago i woke up one day and felt compelled to cut all my hair off! i went from a long mane of curls to a short bob.

So much hair!

To above the shoulder bob!

What! It's all gone!

Yesterday i came across the blog Le Happy and have been inspired by the girl who writes it to change my hair. So i did i went and got it cut spare of the moment. However i still have a burning desire to dye it red. I absolutely love the colour of her hair.

There are so many reasons why i shouldn't do it. It has taken me 3 years to get back to my original colour after a rather expensive and long mistake involving Sun In! Never use Sun In. Instead of looking like a beach babe my hair went orange and when i tried to rectify the situation later it turned bright purple instead of chestnut brown. Error!

hard to tell - but it is actually ORANGE!
Most disturbing part - i actually liked it at the time!

So anyway it has taken 3 years to get my hair back to a longer length and back to its original colour. Do i fuck it all up by dyeing it bright red? Or leave it natural? - it looks nice as it is, just pure boredom of how i look is urging on this spontaneous desire for change.

I have tried weighing it up in my head.

PRO'S

1, it MIGHT look really good (very uncertain however hence the stress on "MIGHT") 

2, last time i can potentially just dye my hair like this, as i will have to be professional from the summer onwards.

3, i can't really think of anymore.

CON'S

1, could look really really bad.

2, if it goes wrong have to dye it back brown and will loose natural colour.

3, Roots!

My other alternative is maybe just dip dye it red.

I'll let you know!