The Fashion Medley

Best of Cannes: Day 2 & 3

eliffilyos — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:23:12 +0000

Doutzen Kroes in Atelier Versace

Emma Watson in Chanel Couture

Liya Kebede in Alberta Ferretti

I’m going to give in to the mainstream title here; the endless red carpet at Cannes Film Festival. Everywhere I look I see a new gown – or another cocktail dress from the same actress the same day. If I were to cover the festival daily the blog would have been all about red carpet which I really don’t like so I wanted to round up all my favourite gowns from the last 2 days. Though still there are too many picks.

My favourite is – just like everybody else – Deutzen Kroes in a time stopping Atelier Versace gown. Thanks to Emma Watson, Liya Kebede, Olga Sorokina, Sara Forestier, Aime Mullins, Zhang Yuqi, Zhang Ziyi and Jessica Miller / black & white suddenly became the official color of red carpet. No complaints here.

Click to see the best looks from Cannes day 2 & 3 – and just hope to look half as gorgeous at that wedding you are waiting for a long time. Good luck!

Olga Sorokina

Naomie Harris

Sonam Kapoor in Dolce&Gabbana

Frieda Pinto in Sanchita

Ines De La Fressage

Jessica Miller

Emma Watson in Christopher Kane

Claire Julien in Balmain

Carina Lau

Eva Longoria in Zuhair Murad

Geraldine Nakache

Claire Julien in Emilio Pucci

Delphine Chaneac

Fan Bing Bing in Elie Saab

Louise Bourgoin

Ludivine Sagnier

Laurence Ferrari

Liv Tyler

Marion Cotillard

Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji

Paz Vega

Samantha Barks in Dior

Sara Forestier in Giambattista Valli

Sofia Coppola in Louis Vuitton

Sonia Rolland

Zhang Ziyi in Valli

Virginie Ledoyen

Zhang Yuqi

Berenice Bejo in Alexis Mabille Couture

Aimee Mullins

Bai Ling

Zhang Ziyi in Carolina Herrera

Hofit Golan

image source: the cut

Filed under: Celebrities, Red Carpet

Here Comes Hannah

eliffilyos — Sat, 18 May 2013 06:28:29 +0000

Hannah Kern by Louis Christopher for Grazia UK

source: fashion gone rogue

Filed under: Editorials

Bohemian Rhapsody

eliffilyos — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:20:21 +0000

What the hell is bohemian about this outfit, you might ask. This is the most boho I could ever get; a midriff, plaid wide leg trousers, maxi cardigan AND weird silver jewelry all at the same time? C’mon. I mean I know I wear my whiter than clouds on a blue sky pumps but let’s imagine they are some kind of flatforms and my outfit is more shabby – I think we’re there. (And if you look at my trousers long enough you can see little black dots – tried and tested.)

Turtle neck crop sweater – Zara

Camel mohair maxi cardigan – Topshop

Plaid wide leg trousers – Asos

White pumps – Zara

Silver choker – from a boutique in Paris

Huge pendant necklace – Forever21

Filed under: My Style

Because They Cannes – Day 1

eliffilyos — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:45:24 +0000

Carey Mulligan in Dior

Cara Delevingne in Burberry

Solange Knowles in Stéphane Rolland

Yeah I went there. I always wanted to use “Cannes” in a word play and even though I know that it’s not pronounced as “can” I couldn’t help myself. My apologies for the French speaking people out there.

A rainy opening ceremony and “The Great Gatsby” premier couldn’t hamper the awesomeness of the red carpet basically owned by Dior and Roberto Cavalli gowns. Carey Mulligan‘s minimal Dior gown is a wonderful change from her Daisy Buchanan character, which in my opinion was about to stick for a long time. And thanks to her bold red lipstick choice she doesn’t look washed up.

Cara Delevingne is her hot self in Burberry (what else) and Solange Knowles flows in a Cavalli gown that works perfectly with her skin. My other favouite is Zhang Yuqi wearing an Ulyana Sergeenko gown in a shade of green which normally I am not a fan of but looks breathtaking on its owner. Other ladies who rock their Cavalli gowns are Paz Vega, Georgia May Jagger and Cindy Crawford.

Everybody who wore Dior to the premier (Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Zhang Ziyi) looks as elegant as you can imagine. Looks I don’t like personally are Isla Fisher in a prom dress looking Oscar de la Renta gown that does nothing to her, Florence Welch in Miu Miu (I really don’t get what she tried to do there) and Lana Del Rey with her weird posture.

Zhang Yuqi in Ulyana Sergeenko

Paz Vega in Roberto Cavalli

Georgia May Jagger in Roberto Cavalli

Nicole Kidman in Dior

Freida Pinto in Gucci

Cindy Crawford in Roberto Cavalli

Naomie Harris in Calvin Klein

Vahina Giocante in Elie Saab

Zhang Ziyi in Dior

Julianne Moore in Dior

Isla Fisher in Oscar de la Renta

Fan Bing Bing in Louis Vuitton

Florence Welch in Miu Miu

Lana Del Rey

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Filed under: Celebrities, Red Carpet

The BOB!

eliffilyos — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:48:18 +0000

When I was a little girl I had this traumatic era where I had really short hair (it was around age 9) so everybody thought I was a boy for a really long time. I got so upset that I vowed to always have long hair and long hair only. From ages 14 to 21 that was actually the case, but since I have curly and frizzy hair it was so hard to maintain the proper care and style. Besides I started to feel that it didn’t suit me that well, however I could never trust the hair dressers (I still can’t). So, on a looong night of studying for the last finals ever of my law education in 2008, I snapped and cut my own hair into a bob. I was so bored of my long hair I didn’t even think about how I would style the shorter bob or if it will fit me. To be honest it was a disaster for a couple of months – and the following 3 years where I waited for my bangs to grow the same lenght (my hair grows incredibly slow) but since then I am so in love with the long bob that even if it’s a few centimeters long on my shoulder I cut them and turn them into a bob again.

(Click through to hear the rest of this engrossing story and to have a peek at the long bob hall of fame.)

Frankly speaking, it was Gwyneth Paltrow and her incomprehensibly beautiful hair that made me jump off the cliff – and before you know it everybody went “bob”. Kate Moss, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Ashley Olsen… Though the most famous long bob of all time for me is Jennifer Aniston whose hair styles during the years are always considered as “era changing”. I am amazed by her pure beauty everytime I watch Friends season 8 where her hair is the perfect long bob. The short hair craze lately on the other hand can be related to Alexa Chung and her impeccably cool and preppy style.

If you ask me, a long bob is the most beautiful hair style a woman can have. It has character, it changes the expression completely and makes you look much more fresh, with a layer cut it will give the perfect volume, it is easy to use and not as risky as a pixie cut. Yes I’m trying to make you chop off your hair this minute and join the cult. Hypnosis below…

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Filed under: Beauty, Celebrities