The Old Faithfull's

I’ve been receiving a couple of emails lately about who I think has some serious style when it comes to the dudes and today I shall do exactly that. I often find when you develop a crush (love that word) on a guy; their style is half the reason, well for me it is anyways. And even though today’s three guys are extremely beautiful and that one of them is my future husband (it’s not hard to guess). They are on this list only, for their impeccable style.

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is an instant classic when it comes to style, he some how always manages to add just the right amount of edge to something so simple and it becomes quirky. I mean this is a man who can rock feathers and doesn’t look like a drag queen. My favourite pictures of Johnny are when he is owning the red carpet, whether it’s the shaggy pinstripe suit, or the little red silk handkerchief adding a pop of colour to a slick black tuxedo, he’s instant old school Hollywood glamour.
Childhood Memories of Edward Scissorhands will always stay with me, the images of a leather clad Johnny Depp coated in eyeliner or a bearded drunk foul mouth Captain Jack, are not easily forgotten.

Robert Pattinson
Fashion draws inspiration from everywhere, music, books, people on the street and especially films. If you didn’t fall in Love with Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga and you didn’t swoon at the cinema over Robert Pattinson, then there is certainly something wrong with your health. No questions asked, Robert Pattinson is the modern day James Dean when it comes to style, a total heart throb that works a plain white T-shirt like a nobody else. Robert is a little bit gentlemen, a pinch of boy next door and just a smidge of vampire what’s not to love?

Jared Leto
There are only three words to describe Jared Leto (and they are not I love you, for today anyways) bonafide rock star. For me the most important rule of style is that, if somebody is looking at you like you’re a little crazy, then you’re probably doing something right and Leto lives by it. Whether rocking a Mohawk in studded jeans on stage at night or classic Burberry in a pea coat by day, channelling the many different looks comes easy to the front man. But nobody and I mean nobody can work a plaid shirt like Mr Leto does, after all the name of the blog is called?

Native Queen

Since I don’t know whether there is such a thing as a female equivalent for a Native American chief, I’m just going to assume that this is what she should wear. This brings me to today’s post the, feather and crystal headpiece created by Karen Andreasson.

Karen is a British jewellery designer who makes most of her pieces for brides to be on their wedding day, though you certainly don’t have to be planning a wedding to get a piece of the action.This headpiece caught my eye immediately if it wasn’t the crystals; it had to be the feathers influencing some kind of modern Pocahontas behaviour.

You might not have been prom queen, why not join the pack and be a native queen?

Available at http://www.beyondthevalley.com/ £196

Till I Dye

As much as most of us would probably like to forget the 90’s, I’m afraid the decade is back and much better this time around. Spreading the 90’s phenomenon over two seasons thanks to many a designer and the trend erupting all over New York fashion week for the last two seasons, tye dye has made a comeback. That comeback comes in the form of the tye dye burnout cotton top by Proenza Schouler.

For me there is something just a little sexy about a long sleeve tee, maybe its that way the sleeves end just where the knuckle meets the bends of your fingers or maybe just the sheer mystery of what might underneath? Either way this is one dope way to rock the tye dye trend this season in staple black and white, you really can not go wrong in one of Proenza’s groupie esque creations.

Rock till you drop or just till you dye

Available at http://www.net-a-porter.com/ £265

Where The Wild Things Are

There are few designers whose clothing can bounce off the pages of a magazine or grab your attention from the other side of the room, like the late and great Alexander McQueen’s creations did. Before his death McQueen created one of the most spectacular and inspiring collections of his career for spring summer 2010.

The ultimate capture of his imagination exploded on the runway in an army of tribal fusion. A rainbow of colours swept the room, prints adorned on every piece, with models stomping the runway as if the were heading to war. This leads me to today’s piece, the olindias print cape by Alexander McQueen. From the outside a simple, chic black silhouette, perfect for every day, but lift up the arms and you are exposed to the roaring, royal blue graphic print of the cape.
Turning an everyday item into something unique was something McQueen did best and this is a prime example of his extraordinary work.

Throw on your cape and release the inner wild child. Long Live McQueen.

Available at www.Net-a-Porter.com £460

In The Dead of Night

Nobody said death to florals better then Christopher Kane with his midnight biker jacket. For his spring creation Kane forgot florals and yawn worthy pastel shades and opted for dream like ethereal cloud prints, printed over the sheerest of fabrics. The jacket has such a natural airy style, it looks like it just fell onto your body whilst still being tough enough to hold its biker jacket title. The mesh sleeves a now almost signature look of Christopher Kane will give you fashion credentials all season long. A piece not to be left in the dark.

Christopher Kane Midnight Biker Jacket $1330 Available at Opening Ceremony

Whips, Chains and Cuffs

So I may not be into leather whips and chains, but its quite possible Chanel could change my mind, set your eyes upon the gold and leather clover Chanel choker. While most vintage costume jewellery is spectacular, a Chanel piece is on a whole different level, there’s something about those dangling double cc’s that gets all us excited. Chanel pieces are few and far between, instant classics and always a collectable and the choker is no exception. Developing a fetish? Do it in the act of Chanel.

Vintage Chanel choker $950 at Ressurection Vinatge

Offspring Perfect

When the Birkin bag was named after your mother, you know fashion runs in your blood. The daughter of famed actress Jane Birkin, allow me to introduce you to Lou Doillon model, actress and collaborative designer. French, quirky and smoulderingly sexy are only a few ways to describe her.
Lou says her love of fashion began at a young age (she had tattoos and a tongue piercing by age 11) she was often found dressing up in men’s shirts and eccentric top hats, a look she still sports in the present day. I adore Lou’s undone masculine style which she still manages to keep sexy in a classic Parisian fashion. Lou says she almost all the time will wear anything focused on the waist, as it just works for her, but mostly she dresses to just make people smile.

French, chic, eccentric and perfect DNA, in my next life can I be Lou Doillon please?