MOTEL WISHLIST

All available at Motelrocks.com

Motel is by far my favourite place for nostalgia prints right now. Everything just reminds me of those early 90's grunge days, when I wished I was old enough to buy my own clothes, and didn't have to relay on the neighbours hand-me-downs.I am particularly smitten with the Sunflower print and found it hard to narrow it down to just these 3 piece, there is an amazing playsuit that I still, can't stop thinking of.

These pieces at Motel are the ultimate summer staples. All you need to do is chuck on a pair of Doc Martens and your already - perfect effortless style! Or if it still below 20 degrees add a t-shirt underneath for the ultimate grunge look and a leather jacket.

 The prints I've featured above are:

SUNFLOWER

PALM LEAVES

WILD DAISY

SUN MOON & STARS

BLACK DAISY 

 GINGHAM

HENNA HAND 

BLACK SCARF 

TARTAN 

GUADALUPE PRINT 

Have you brought anything from Motel recently? Do you have a favourite print?

I've just realised I've also missed out the Sunflower print Bikini which I absolutely love!!

New Year, New Blog.....NAME :)

So I finally changed my blog name! It is something I wanted to do for a while, but I put of because I thought it would be complicated for you guys (the readers) and think I may have vanished! Anyways the new blog name is actually an old nick nme of mine - it is also the name of my twitter/ instagram and you tube channel; so it really made sense to change the blog to match!

For now you can still find me at antoinettevintage.blogspot.com but it will change in due course to the much more exciting sugar hart!

Happy new year!!

Hanna XX

Find me: Bloglovin

LIFE UPDATE

 So life has completely got in the way of my blogging in the last 3 months. But rather than dwell on it and go on about 'hoe much of a shit blogger I am' I thought I would embrace it and show you in a small photo-montage exactly what I have been up to over the last few months. - I largely blame my new job (which I love) for taking up my time, it has been amazingly busy, and has completely taken over my life but....life carries on and there is more to my life than work!

RIhanna for River Island AW13: Pre-order now!

It's that time of year again, when we can get excited for the new 'Rihanna for River Island' collection. And, I have to say, this new AW13 collection is probably my favourite so far. Featuring bold prints, knee length boots, slogan hats, and underwear.

Rihanna for River Island Collection #2 photo's/launch dates and news!!

Agyness Deyn for Dr. Martens - Spring 2013

Those Dresses that Kill

Yeah, you know the dresses I mean; and oh my god this dress is one of them!

What looks like a beautiful set of vintage lingerie, this dress is straight out of the new SS13 lookbook for Miss Selfridge. 

I am completely in love! I would wear this with, black nearly opaque tights, bad ass boots such as doc martens, and an over sized coat. The dress speaks just for its self so needs only simple accessories. Also because of its sheerness, it would be easy to look 'over dressed' or dare I say it 'slutty'. But dressing it down, but keeping its beauty on show, will make this dress a definitive show stopper.

For more of the Miss Selfridge Lookbook, CLICK HERE

JW ANDERSON FOR TOPSHOP EXCLUSIVE!!!

new website - LOOKSOUP.COM

At the beginning of the week I was approached by Eva from LOOKSOUP.COM inviting me to take a look at a new website for fashion lovers and influences. Like Pinterest it's all about building your own collections of all your favourite things. Currently I have 7 collections - my blog antionettevintage (which is just a collection of photos form my blog); inspiration (self explained), hair i'm killing for (pretty obvious again!) favoutite looks, because it's cool (just photo's a like), wishlist and work (photo's from work as assistant buyer/boutique manager).

this is what 'my blog' collection looks like so far.

But like facebook, twitter you get to like other people's post and collections, comment on them, add them to your own collections, and you can follow people!

You can also add any images from the web to your collections. When you sign up there is an 'add on' to download that adds a 'COLLECT' button to your internet broswer toolbar, so whenever you see something on the world wide web you want to add to your collections, to just click 'COLLECT'
here's an example of me collecting a picture of GAGA for my inspiration collection -

So i've seen a picture of gaga that i want to add, I click on the image to get a closer look, and then hit 'collect' thats on my toolbar.

the screen then changes and you click 'collect' again that appears across the image, just to be sure your collecting the right image, or if you clicked on it by mistake.
then click it again, a pop up box appears so you can add any text, and choose which collection you want to add it too.

And ta daaa! just like that it's there for all to see!

Whenever you add something from the web, it appears on the home page for all to see. Others can then 'like'  it, comment on it, and if they want collect it for one of their collections. you can also share anything to facebook and twitter.

You can also upload 'looks' to the site, photo's of yourself much like LookBook. I'haven't done this yet, but this a screen shot of what it looks like when you hit the 'LOOKS' tab on the website.

Overall though, it's a really fun site that is slowly coming addictive. Like i said before, it combines all the things you love from other sites and puts them in one place!

So the site is looksoup.com and my page is antoinettevintage so go and check out and follow me if you like it!

Mary Katrantzou for Topshop 2012!

Mary Katrantzou (born in 1983 in Athens) is a Greek fashion designer , but currently lives and works in London. She graduated from ST Martins just 6 years ago in 2005 and has already opened the Saint Martins graduating show, sold prints to Bill Blass, and collaborated with Sophia Kokosalaki. Her collection was nominated for the Harrods and the L‘Oreal Professional Award. Supported by a Newgen, sponsorship for six full seasons (S/S 2009 - A/W 2011),  and her first Prêt-à-porter collection was shown at the autumn/winter London Fashion Week in 2008.

 

Her collections are now available worldwide in over 60 high end fashion shops. A collection for Topshop launched for London Fashion Week autumn/winter 2010 and was available in shops in February 2011. She now launches her second collection for Topshop this Friday! 

 this is what you can expect on friday, start forming a orderly que via the internet of flagship stores!

 

Fashiolista

I have recently joined the world of IFB, and unpreditcably it has taken over my world! who said blogging was easy? not only do i have to keep this blog updated to keep all you folks interested, but i also have my tumblr to look out for. My blog lovin page, (of which i am lacking in follows so please add me!) i'm now down with kids on google connect; and now newly IFB. Plus there is facebook, twitter and not to mention the 2 other blogs i run! Independant Fahion Bloggers (IFB) is full off it's own groups, forums, messages, people, links, promos etc to keep up with. Everytime i'm blogging now i have 5 internet pages open so i keep myself updated everywhere!

but it has all its good uses, and one of them is a good dish of verbal contact, recomedations and word of mouths. I got a partiular word of mouth recomedation from one girl that messaged me on IFB and it was for a site called fashiolista.com

It is a site that links with most online shops, and is basically a database for every item of clothing that is currently on sale, on the internet. i can visit topshop and scroll through their pages and when i find something i like i click the 'fashiolista heart button' on my dash (visit the fashiolisa website to download the button) and then this links it to fashionlista for the world to find!

Or opisitly i could be on seraching on fashiolista, fall in love with a pair of shoes; and fashiolista sends me straight to the site they are from; plus also giving me recomendations what else i might like.

truely amazing why haven't i heard about this before! As with most things these days, you also have a profile page that you can manage, add friends etc

add me as i no friends right now :( my name is -  anoinettevintage


and as i breifly said, i am now of IFB so check me out there too! IFB

DISNEY PRINCESS

Every now and then it pays off to waste hours at a time luring the internet. Today via Tumblr, i came accross this amazing site http://www.gurl.com/ it is a website for teenage girls, and exactly everything a teenage girl needs, wants, aspires, dreams, intrigues. at 22 i am still holding out on my teenage years and it's sites that this keep my inspired by my teenage youth.

it was these pictures that lured me to GURL.

sorbet dream

i feel like it is summer after buying this month issue of Vogue on my lunch break. pastel brights, pretty pinks and sunshine yellows, doll make and birthday balloons!

this issue inludes 'Vogue Edit' magazine which if your like me and doesn't visit every fashion week is a perfect in site and summary of what was seen at Spring/Summer 2012 shows.
the imagery inside the 'edit' magzine are just as edible as the cover. my eye's struggled to focus with all the beautiful colours, textures, materials, styles and make -up. i was like a child in toy,sweet shop on the way to disneyland paris, eating a 99' flake and my favourite barbie doll by my side in my left hand.

the 90's grunge and minimualist rivial is set to stay for a little longer and what' great about fashion these days, what ever your style, image, inspiration, taste, you an take an 'on trend' look at suit it to your style. and with the current finacial situation and us all holding back on purchases, it's so muh easier these days to buy a new piece and suit it to what is already in your wardrobe. gone are days of buying a whole new outfit for one occasion (though we do still excuse ourselves that we must when there is an extra £20 in this month's pay cheque).

spolit for choice this season. my favourite collections are though:

LOUISE GRAY

VIVENNE WESTWOOD

LOUIS VUITTON

EMILIO PUCCI

I feel Alice Dehall was missing from the Emilio Pucci show, in any of these looks she would ove looked amazing with her bleached hair and olive skin.

skin deep

Male model Andrej Pejic models a push-up bra

I don’t know what to make of this? Is it a complete insult to women or a great achievement for transvestites? Pejic, 20, models for; the Dutch brand Hema. He wears the "mega push-up" bra, which guarantees "2 cups extra". He wears the underwear under a dress, I assume to hide the ribbed stomach, complete flat chested and chicken fillet filled bra. Of course it completely normal for some girls to be flat chested and even I have reached to bottom of my underwear drawer and worn padding in my bra.

I really can’t decide what my feelings are towards this. Why big question though is why did Hema chose to use a male model? using a male model to advertise bra’s? maybe it’s a marketing trick to show how ever flat chested you are this bra will perk you up (sorry for the pun!). or maybe just maybe, it’s a publicity stunt to get us talking about the brand and turn the unheard name Hema into a household one.

NEWS: GAGA LAUNCHES FAHION LINE??!?!

Lady Gaga is launching a fashion line. it is something that seems obvious one day would happen and is a wonder why it has happened sooner!

the rumour’s continue and hear say buzz’s that the fashion line will be a collaboration with her younger sister Natali Germanotta. It is all supposed to be "relatively normal and wearable" says a source a grazes magazine. but I quite the idea of been able to go into a high street shop and buy a bloody meat flesh dress and seeing the likes of us ‘norms’ wearing it. Imagine the situation walking to a room and someone else too is wearing the meat dress! Hilarious!! Though I am sure no doubt it will still show the essence of gaga style as to be honest I don’t see her clothes as that outlandish it’s not what you wear it’s how you wear that defines the person.

Bring on gaga high street!

LADY GAGA CHRISTMAS POP UP SHOP!

it is not eve the end of August, but there is a reason already to get excited about christmas. Lady Gaga has ounced that she will be opening a christmas pop up shop in Barney's NY. big smiles!

Barneys New York chief executive officer Mark Lee says, "Holiday is about joy, sharing and inclusiveness, and to me, Gaga really represents all of that. Her platform is so much about positivity, individuality and universality in a very today way" the pop up shop called 'Gaga's workshop' will feature books and CDs curated by the singer, along with toys , sweets and a make-up range.

Gaga's Workshop will be open from mid-November until January 2.

more info: http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/08/15/lady-gaga-opens-christmas-pop-up-store-at-barneys

pretty pearls

I was just nosing over the reviews from the Southbank Vintage festival and found this photography of Pearl Lowe and her clan. She was there to launch her latest Pearl Lowe for Peacocks range. The review doesn’t give much away but I have seen photographs of Pearl and Daisy Lowe before when promoting the new range and they are 90% of the time wearing clothes from the new range. Could these amazing dresses that they wear be the new range?!!! I hope to god so! I am now stalking peacocks website www.peacocks.co.uk for news and updates on when we can see for sure. I have always been disappointed before about the Lowe ranges for peacocks, but Daisy’s 90’s velvet Courtney love Dress is causing me a hot fluster!