Dior Pre-Fall 2012

It's all about lady-like elegance with below the knee pencil skirts and tailored jackets at Dior for the pre-fall collection.

The chunky heels and bell-shaped skirts add a modern, more youthful touch to the collection.

More eye candy

I love owning bags as much as the next person, but there are some bags I love just staring at until I get bored. Two reasons (amongst others) I wouldn't purchase every bag I fell in "love" with are
1) lack of space
2) I change my mind every 5 minutes, by the time I bring the purchase back home, I may no longer "love" it

Here are two bags which are not at the top of my "to buy" list but still make it on my "love" list

Alexander Wang Rocco Pale Gold Leather top handle €781.00 at Luisa Via Roma

Louis Vuitton Alma BB from the vernis collection. "Rayures" limited edition at Luis Vuitton

Clutch from the past

This clutch came out back in 2010 and we're almost in 2012, that's like 100 fashion years yes, yes, but not if it's a timeless piece like the Louis Vuitton Altaire clutch. The Altair is made of jacquard fabric which Louis Vuitton loves to work with and is embroidered with the monogram symbol adding an LV touch. The golden brass and acetate twist lock is what makes it super elegant and dresses it up in my opinion. What do you think? The clutch also comes in bubble gum pink but below are my two preferred colors and also has a super cute brass mirror attached to the inside.

Current jacket trend?

Loving the current bomber jacket trend. It's casual gone fashionable and you can find it in literary any material and style these days. I'm loving the Sandro wool and leather bomber jacket (£340) for a casual day look and the L'Agence (on sale at Net-a-Porter, click link) faux fur one for a more dressy look.

...and if you're ballsy like Kanye, spice up your look by adding some leopard print to the formula

                                                (Kanye is wearing a Givenchy Leopard Bomber Jacket)

Luggage...

As some of you may have noticed, my location on my profile states "around the world." The reason is, at this point, I live between cities. One of them being London. I haven't been back for a while now, but whilst I was there over the weekend for a friend's 21st birthday party, I fell in love with it all over again.

Now that I've returned to Barcelona and have unpacked my luggage, I feel sad that I was not able to unpack a different type of luggage from my luggage. That would be the Céline Luggage. I've wanted this tote for a while but unfortunately for me (and many others), it's quite hard to come by because there is so much demand for it.  I saw this beauty in a variety of the spring/summer colors on the shelves of Selfridges. The sales assistant was very kind and allowed me to try it but informed me that the bags were only for display. I'm not too disappointed as I'm still having a hard time deciding between the luggage mini (in yellow) and the nano (in orange). Which one do you like more?

Let's get inspired...

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Tribute to Tribtoo

The YSL Tribtoo platforms may have come out about 4 years ago but some of us are just not over them yet, especially because they continue coming out in different colors and styles. My favorites for the holiday season are the metallic ones. What do you think of the Tribtoos?

Have a look at the Polyvore link below to see more colors, prices, and where to buy

http://www.polyvore.com/yves_saint_laurent_shoes/shop?brand=Yves+Saint+Laurent&category_id=41