La Belle et la It Girl

DIY cut off denim shorts, Bik Bok printed tee/minidress, vintage cardigan, Lille Vinkel Sko slouchy flat boots, Iris Horbach bag, Hutbusch bowler, Dyrberg/Kern cuff, David Aubrey earrings, a random chain attached to the belt loops of my shorts

I’m nowhere near done with these shorts: I am planning to splatter some bleach on them, and possibly do some serious studding – however for now, I wore them as they are. The really annoying thing though is that the cuffs kept unrolling, so I was adjusting my shorts every two seconds. Ugh, I think they’ll need to be secured in place with a stich or two.

Oh yeah, and the tee. Everyone seems to be sporting tees and tanks printed with indians, eagles, wolves and other biker-friendly prints right now, so I found this oversized t-shirt dress I bought ages ago, but only wore once. Purrfection!

I’ve never really understood why everyone seemed to have such huge problems with doing the smoky eye. I just swipe some matte grey eyeshadow over my lid, apply some black liquid eyeliner and finish off with mascara. I did it today, and that’s what it looks like most of the time. No cheek make up whatsoever, and just rosebud on the lips (I sometimes wear red lipstick with it though, when I want to look kinda trashy). Seems foolproof, right, and since there are so many tutorial videos on youtube, learning this shouldn’t be a problem..

Then I watched some of those videos and I understood why.

As you can guess, this is going to be a really long rant about those so called youtube make up artists, which usually translates into sixteen-year-old girls who spend three hours daily to slap on foundation that’s three shades too dark.

There IS a reason why make up artists actually complete a higher education to work in their field. You have to learn how to apply those ten different shades of bronzer to give a models face the perfect definition, or how to make someones complexion withstand harsh lightning on the movie set. It’s when some high school girl with too little to do decides to emulate this that it turns into a disaster.

DON’T LET ME STARTED on the whole: “Use five different shades, most of those shimmering, to achieve the perfect smoky eye”. It doesn’t look cute, it looks drag-queenish, and half of the time it comes out wrong. Yes, even for going out (not that people care after five drinks). Same for graduated bright colours. Sorry, it just looks dated. Yes, I do get the need to bring out my eyes once in a while: and wearing one block of colour from your lash line to your crease is much more current, much harder to fuck up and doesn’t make you look like you were born a different gender (actually, drag queens are cool. Girls who try to look like them aren’t).

Oh, and after they applied their bright blue shimmering smoky eyes or rainbow eyeshadow, there is of course the rest of the face. Oh yes, go bronzer, highlighter, pink blush, dark blush, it makes your cheekbones soo sexy. Seriously, what happened to sticking to some foundation and a natural looking blush? Ugh, and don’t forget the frosted pink lips.

Fer serious, girls. Leave the make up advise to make up artists and stop embarassing yourself on the internet.

PS: I don’t have any problem with people just casually telling how they do their make up or what products they prefer, hell, I do it too. What pisses me off is when someone tries to play experts, and totally teach people “how to be as fab and pretty as themselves” without having any qualification to do so. Same with “style tips”. I have a fashion blog for the purpose of showing the world MY STYLE, but when some self proclaimed fashionistas are starting to play stylists for other people, and even ask to get paid for it, I feel like doing something that would land me in anger therapy.

Old kids peacoat (from the 90’s), American Apparel long-sleeved double U-neck dress, Pimkie faux fur vest, Doc Martens, Vintage Shawl, Raybans. Jewelery: Watch by Pilgrim, Ring and bracelet by Bijou Brigitte, Pendant by Hultquist

Le long awaited outfit pics. The sun was shining in Oslo today, and I ended up getting my pics taken by a friend. She takes absolutely amazing photos, in fact, I had about fifty to choose from, and I’ve chosen this one. Some chick walking her dog in the park was staring at us ALL THE TIME. Not just one quick glance, but like, for a whole ten minutes. Why don’t you take a picture, lady, it’ll last longer!

Anyways, two items I wish I’d worn out a little more this winter: A faux fur vest (hard to combine without looking like a fashion victim, plus it required long sleeved shirts and dresses, something I don’t usually wear) and this coat I’ve found in the back of the closet, I think I wore it as a kid in late 90’s. For fucks sake, I still fit into clothes I wore as an eight year old! (It was way too large for me back then. Yeah.)

The Whip – Blackout

Girls on drums are hot.

Do you want me to come with music posts more often? Music can be as inspirational as catwalk pictures and shopping collages, in my opinion!

Source: Sartorialist

I’m pretty positive the first pair of the amazing shoes are Marnis, but I’m not sure about the second pair. Anyone who knows their designer shoes better than me?

Anyways, that’s how you wear your crazy sculptural heels, boys and girls.

Pleaser USA

Right after experimenting with ankle cuffs yesterday, I was browsing the Pleaser website for mindblowingly tall stripper boots, and found these dahlings. Pretty perfect if you ask me. I especially love the ones with the straps!

Remember Karla’s stripper boots? Awesome, right?

I love the pair with the buckles the most.

Ankle boots: Guess, Cuff: Supernova

This one spiked cuff was kind of too large for my wrist, so I experimented with wearing it around my ankle. It was still way too tight to be comfortable, but it has inspired me to find more men’s leather cuffs to wear as a odd ankle strap. A large silver bangle (the type that was fashionable to wear around the upper arm in the late 90’s) would work too..

This look would probably work better with pumps and strappy sandals rather than booties, but a girl gotta work with what she has at hand, right?

Vogue US , from 1990 or 1991, not quite sure. Source: The Fashion Spot

Let’s play a game, and count how many items from this editorial we’d wear today. Let me start: The leather catsuit, the biker boots, the leather schoolgirl skirt, most of the biker jackets, the Chanel cuffs, the belts, the necklaces and the skinny jeans.

From Gina Tricot.

Pros: No one in Germany will have those

Cons: Everyone in Scandinavia will have those

I already have a pair of “dressy” drop crotch pants, but I feel I need a more casual pair, in a soft material. And possibly in a pale fabric, for the summer. I love the darker pink shade. Or should I get a black pair?

Also craving: A nude, soft, drapey, casual jumpsuit. For everyday use with docs or strappy shoes.

Edie Sedgwick

I tried to make a video with my answers yesterday, but the webcam refused to work. Oh well. Here you go.

Dream holiday?

Umm, just right now, anywhere warm would do. Australia, Egypt, Dubai, California.. The typical beach holiday in other words. In the summer: NYC, Paris and Barcelona, more of a metropolitan shop-till-you-drop thing.

Taste in guys?

Oh, the skinny, dark haired indie rock musicians, in their skinny jeans and cardigans and converse sneakers. (Umm, the boyfriend has zero taste in music, and dresses in whatever I force him to buy. But there is a difference between fantasy and reality, right?)

Favourite pair of shoes you own?

Ahh, no idea – I love my turqoise Topshop strappy heels, but they don’t get worn too often, and my Guess booties, and my three pairs of Docs. I also have a studded pair of Guess strappy heels, which I will love to wear in the summer. However, the one pair which is most comfortable, goes with everything and hence gets the most wear are my Din Sko booties.

Favourite holiday you have been on? (You can see what´s on my mind right now.. lol)

Not exactly a holiday, since it was supposed to be educational, but a trip to Dublin in 2006. It was.. hot.

Most annoying tv personality?

TV reality shows annoy me, period, so I don’t watch them. Most Norwegian reporters piss me off though – talk about terrible journalism!

Most overrated designer in your opinion?

Not really a designer, but Ed Hardy is the one brand that should be collected on one huge bonfire and burnt. So tacky, I cannot believe people wear it. Oh, and Juicy Couture (once again, no designer).

What ONE item of clothing that you own would you save if you had to get rid of everything else?

I would like to remind you that we have decency laws, honey, so me running around in ONE item of clothing would be.. fun. Umm, in the winter I guess my Valentino coat – it is the most expensive item of clothing I own, it keeps me warm. For summer, my Day Birger et Mikkelsen dress.

Who’s your favorite designer?

Of the ones active today: Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney Alex Wang and John Galliano

Of the past: Hubert Givenchy, Valentino and Coco Chanel

What do you do for a living?

I’m a full time student. I get about 2000 Euros in scholarship each term, as long as I just bother to pass my exams, and then I get support from my parents, and I have a little money in savings especially for my education. So I get along.

Dream job?

Neurologist, I would make the perfect cynical doctor à là House. If that doesn’t work out, something within the law profession – a judge would be really fun.

Blazer, cigarette trousers and plimsoles: H&M, Tank and circle scarf: American Apparel, Hat: Hutbusch, Bag: Iris Horbach, Watch: Pilgrim, Studded bracelet: Supernova +++ Raybans during the day

Dressed down the “suit” with canvas sneakers and a loose tank. I love American Apparel everything, so soft, and the perfect loose fit. I didn’t manage to have pics of me taken during the day, so we tried to do it in the dark, against the city lights. Gotta play a little more with such pictures for occasions to come.

A loose shirt worn as a dress, loads of bling, a zippered assymetrical sweat and biker boots or chucks. Hmm, looks familiar. From Miss Selfridge, Luella S/S 2009, Converse and Frye .

I want this girls collection of grafic tees, combat boots, jewelery and ripped/shredded everything. Also wouldn’t say no to the rocker attitude and the looks. I have an obsession with long, dark messy hair and pale skin right now. Possibly more of a winter inspiration, but I’m not ready to trade in my bad gal chic for the silk and pastel clad lady just yet.

Looking forward to the new episode tomorrow, which I am naturally going to illegally download as soon as it comes out. I love Skins!

I’m absolutely in love with the new Doc Marten pastel boots, especially the pale pink ones. I need those so badly, and I regret not getting a grey pair a couple of weeks ago, when I had the chance to charge them on daddy. Ah, I would feel like the perfectly spoiled rebel princess when wearing those! Oh, and I need the floral ones as well, they match a skirt I own. 90’s at their best.

Available from Topshop, Urban Outfitters or your local punk store.

My favourite summer accessories: If only I was a little richer.

Oh yes, I’m all into brights and nudes right now. I almost have enough black in my wardrobe.

Source: Elle UK

I will answer the questions on the Q&A post, when I get more of them. Click here to ask me questionnsss.

Zara drop crotch pants, American Apparel “The summer shirt” deep v-neck tee, Old tartan cropped blazer, Hutbusch bowler hat, Docs, Iris Horbach bag, David Aubrey earrings and necklace and Hultquist pendant

Pics from some days ago. Sorry for the horrid lighting – a good camera is still not allmighty, you see.

This pic was taken in a McDonald’s in Oslo, of all places. To our excuse, me and my friend bought sandwiches at the United Bakeries cafe, which was closing, and the McDonald’s was the nearest place one could sit down: yes, it meant we had to deal with hoards of eight-graders dealing with their middle school intrigues and blossoming sexuality, but it was cold outside.

I hear, chipped nail polish is so in vogue..

Gorgeous Natalia Vodianova. From style.com.

I know it is pretty usual for only 1% of the visitors to comment on a blog. I’m not complaining, since blogging is not only about getting comments, and like.. I’m not an attention whore, am I? (Actually, I am.) But comments are fun, nice and ugly ones alike. So I decided to make sure anyone visiting my blog can NOT avoid commenting, since the first thing the person sees when entering the blog is this big fat Q&A post.

Plus I actually think that I am an incredibly interesting person. Just kidding. No, not really.

Since this is a style and fashion blog, it would be best if most questions are concerning that topic, but I will not refuse to answer more personal questions as long as they’re not rediculous or are asking for my pin codes or something.

So keep it coming people! You’re awesome.

H&M cigarette trousers, Bik Bok zipper print tank, Vintage shawl, Chanel sunnies, the usual crap on my arms, Hultquist pendant +++ my usual Guess high heeled booties and the bag.

I was kind of way too exhausted to take proper outfit pics outside and stuff, or you know, just sit up straight for that matter, so here are some self-timer pics. It’s the outfit you want to see anyways, right?

Take a look at my hair. THIS is the reason one should leave haircuts to professionals. Thank god it.. grows.

Anyone who has ever thought of why my blog is called “La Belle et la It Girl”, raise your arm. Anyone? Thought so.

Let me break it down for you, dahlings.

Warning for the low IQ crowd (not that I think it applies to my lovely readers): These definitions are truly my own analysis of my fashion personality, and in no way taken out of a dictionary.

La Belle:

Styles to check out: Preppy upper class lady, English Rose, Victorian Goth 

Loves classic cuts, and is truly a rules girl. Less is more for her. She just cannot own (or wish to own) enough pearls, Christian Louboutin stiletto pumps, silky, jewelcoloured and nude coctail dresses, impeccably cut suits, Burberry trenchcoats and sassy LBD’s. Her style icons include Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy and amongst the modern stars, Anne Hathaway. She believes in investing into quality, and wouldn’t hesitate spending hundreds of dollars on that perfect pair of black pumps or a Chanel 2.55. Her favourite labels include Valentino, Erin Fetherston, Calvin Klein, Chanel and Jil Sander, to name a few. However, she is not one to pass up a bit of sass and glamour, and can be frequently seen playing with lace, feathers and round, oversized sunnies. Red mani and impeccable make-up is mandatory. She prides herself in having (aquiring) university education and is not ashamed of being a geek or being able to play pieces from Tchaikovsky’s “Seasons” on the piano. Is generally trying to be nice to people, although it is really, REALLY hard at times.

La It Girl:

Styles to check out: Punk, Grunge and theatrical

Likes to think of herself as a free spirit and (Ohhh, the hated word) Indie, although not really an anti-establishment snob, and can enjoy a Starbucks drink like any other girl. The key lies in the experimentation, and this girl is ready to experiment with items not overworn with the masses, and is not particularly afraid of her ripped stockings making her look slutty, or the Docs looking too manly. She’s obsessed with independent labels that are not quite independent anymore, American Apparel and Alexander Wang to name a few, other loved labels include Balmain, Marc Jacobs and Rodarte, and also dabbles in (most often failed attempts at) DIY. Loves trashy 80’s glamour, leather and snakeskin, sequins and rhinestones, oversized shoulders and tight slutty skirts. Style icons include, but are not limited to: Edie Sedgwick, Lady Gaga and M.I.A. Loves british rock and electronica (I will not use the word indie, because it’s making me gag by now). Blogs (duh). Enjoys  going out, no matter how trashy the club, because, if anything, one can always laugh at people. Is nice to people she genuinly admires and likes, and is guilty of being snotty to people who annoy the shit out of her, and trying to avoid them all together.

Oh yes, most of my stuff fits the.. It Girl variety. It’s just a lot easier to pull off on an everyday basis, while pretty coctail dresses and pearls are more of a going out thing to me. Oh yes, and the combination of giving a shit and not giving a shit is.. tiresome.

Okay, now that you see how scizofrenic (fuck, I’ll never manage to spell the damn word) my style is, no wonder I’m such an.. awesome person. Who wants to be normal anyways?

Sources: mycatwalk.com, net-a-porter, Kingdom of Style

Considering a DIY of an old pair of spandex leggings that are too large for me anyways. I guess that would require some long elastic thingys and lots of patience.

Loubies, Marnis or Miu Mius? Or the navy pumps by Vivienne Westwood?

I am pretty torn between the navy Christian Louboutin platforms (although Loubs that aren’t stilettos seem almost blasphemic) and the navy and charcoal Marnis. Although there is a reasonable little voice in my head telling me to get the nude, classic Louboutins. Any other shoes I should check out?

By the way, keep in mind that the limit on my credit card is 500 Euros. Which is actually pretty good since I have no official income.