Apple shapes of the world rejoice, as drop waists have finally hit the high street! The Roaring Twenties is a HUGE trend this spring/summer, and with it comes flapper cocktail dresses, Art Deco embellishment and a hint of luxe. Many many designers showed these types of designs on last year’s runways, indicating that Baz Luhrmann’s remake of The Great Gatsby is not going to be just affecting what we go and watch at the cinema. I cannot wait for that movie. Anyway here’s a glimpse of what Chloé, Etro, Jill Stuart, Gucci, Charlotte Ronson, Victoria Beckham, Tory Burch, Alberta Ferretti and Marni showcased for the upcoming season:

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Budget can’t stretch to ready-to-wear VB? How about this more reasonably-priced selection from the high street. I’ll take a no.4 please:

{1. Dorothy Perkins grey beaded drop waist dress – £45 // 2. Oasis drop waist ponte dress – £45 // 3. Opening Ceremony drop waist mini dress – £165 // 4. French Connection Shanghai knits scoop dress – £72 // 5. Warehouse drop waist crepe dress – £55 // 6. Weekend by Maxmara limone dress – £180 // 7. Theory crinkled-satin dress – £305 // 8. East by Eastwest drop waist dress – £151.20 // 9. Coast Franko sleeved dress – £81}

Apologies for the mini silence… I’ve been confined to my sick bed for the past few days. Dontcha love January germs? Anyway, onto today’s post and a home tour that jumped out at the pages to me from Apartment Therapy. If you’re not aware of this website, then it’s basically legitimate house stalking. Always a fan of chevron print, that’s what first grabbed me with this apartment, but I was also massively taken by the clever use of space, vivid colours against white walls, and the serene bedroom. In NYC you really only get a tiny pocket of square footage to call your own, so I love how the owner’s personality is stamped all over it. And, oh, that chevron wall:

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What do you think of this apartment?

We get up in the dark, we get home in the dark. So what do we need? A pop of neon, that’s what. Marc Jacobs has designed these uh-may-zing bracelets (yep, big fan of the bracelets – see here, here and here) and I’m drooling over my keyboard. Colour clash with other brights or make them a statement with them against black. Bellissimo:

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Dear Celebrities (if you’re not currently in Barbados, the Bahamas, St. Barths, or anywhere else fabulous that incorporates a ‘B’, this doesn’t apply to you),
Yesterday we hauled our post-Christmas-bloated-round-the-edges bodies out of bed and braved the gale-force winds and sideways rain (= not a good hair situation), before cramming ourselves onto a train (face to armpit), that of course was delayed just to add to the joy, and shuffled reluctantly back into the office (which resembled a Quality Street graveyard, since no one could face clearing up after the staff party), and logged on to see what is happening in the world outside of our sofas, where we have been residing for the past week, and were faced with the following disturbing images:

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This is in sharp contrast to what I have resembled over the festive period:

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Whilst I’m sure you’re having a merry old time doing karaoke with Cowell and having jet ski races with Clooney, please spare a thought for the rest of us mere mortals, who have to put up with another month’s worth of these bikini snapshots whilst drinking kale smoothies and nibbling on cardboard Ryvita. I understand you can’t help the invasive paps, however you can help tweeting smug anecdotes such as this: “Weather is amazing today thinking about doing some waterskiing.” SERIOUSLY, Tamara Ecclestone?!
If you could maybe look a bit more miserable and perhaps opt for a burqini, that would be a massive help. And stop posting Twitpics of your feet at the end of a sunlounger.
Kind regards etc.

My love of gold has slowly crept up on me, especially when it’s paired with pink. I dream of having a pink room laced with gold, but I think it would take some serious negotiations in order for that to be approved. So maybe I could just go for a gold bar cart, filled with pink Champagne. Baby steps.

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Do you have a current colour crush?