tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45900452830427078412024-02-19T02:52:14.074-08:00leopard in a leotardon the prowlanna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-88473646528145729062010-08-10T04:24:00.001-07:002010-08-10T04:35:51.748-07:00move your body<div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><em> exhibit 1:</em></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503743173814551298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QytsuD5SdcZZ2hX9Ba14h9xTSww6JZPp3gxtKAd_tvxclMOI_66V0vR-R1uq0IsvzLS2G47AtrhjkqSr5kAFlmjFmfcQaaWjVWmTlsvR0Ol7aQWvGhAVSpL3wQsaZgjI9FFXzDGEzvep/s320/seat.jpg" /><em><span style="font-family:courier new;">exhibit 2:</span></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3QjL-iavEz-L77RvJoYDjt3GC0YVP2j-X-Qu30kObog8m03Q_zykqGaZHFmIhrz90Lp6NmlZ_k5kwXs_BB_QaQwopzs74YfbSBRPg_kEQVuEc9sUgcaLsXTgi3VZ0l9FLPGiTM0ygqeg/s1600/leopard+box.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 108px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 114px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503743168928245010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3QjL-iavEz-L77RvJoYDjt3GC0YVP2j-X-Qu30kObog8m03Q_zykqGaZHFmIhrz90Lp6NmlZ_k5kwXs_BB_QaQwopzs74YfbSBRPg_kEQVuEc9sUgcaLsXTgi3VZ0l9FLPGiTM0ygqeg/s320/leopard+box.jpg" /></a> <div align="left"><div><span style="font-family:courier new;">hmm what is this innocent-looking small plastic leopard box? a mirror compact perhaps? a travelcard holder? a coaster? NO. a limited 'container' for your intimate bits which is currently being given away with <a href="http://www.bodyform.co.uk/Pages/General/FlashContainer.aspx?id=57756">packets of bodyform </a>and is so desirable that a few have even made it on to ebay. one word: why? </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;">which leads me on to:</span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><em>exhibit 1</em></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span></div><a href="http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002451&langId=-1&searchTerms=print"><span style="font-family:courier new;">argos' leopard print loo seat</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. two words: why not?</span></div><br /></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-79193693434138546312010-07-26T05:17:00.000-07:002010-07-26T05:21:38.911-07:00BROOMBROOM! ANNA DELLO RUSSO rrarrrr<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58v1eDux1lP7UGBz00M8YxgCiZMEL6z95jkikCg_VeYFmRjYrca2oyhlPgk2Dn3Oln00x_xMnjCXBCcfO63hsCi_ph6WG23Tq11PGf3WxIoMhis9xt-P7y_3RH4vhOomtLAVMX7OI3Xmm/s1600/annadellarusso.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498188620282111650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58v1eDux1lP7UGBz00M8YxgCiZMEL6z95jkikCg_VeYFmRjYrca2oyhlPgk2Dn3Oln00x_xMnjCXBCcfO63hsCi_ph6WG23Tq11PGf3WxIoMhis9xt-P7y_3RH4vhOomtLAVMX7OI3Xmm/s400/annadellarusso.jpg" /></a><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;">phoebe just emailed me this and made my monday...</span></p>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-58167210134666470512010-05-26T13:18:00.000-07:002010-05-26T13:44:06.397-07:00"looks so good in her JEREMY SCott [tracksuit bottomz]"<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrG4IpN7wzxsEPpN4cfJQYGdL5ZUTUDU1Uma__ZahbZSoKIpArgUj-8DEHPoLASz5CY8kFrA2b7Tzb5oelt1mhQy7iT0aj9edfzq3aCpd-fgTvlsB9BFi36NFM5QQchAqBpiR6a6c1csnm/s1600/leopard+streetstyle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrG4IpN7wzxsEPpN4cfJQYGdL5ZUTUDU1Uma__ZahbZSoKIpArgUj-8DEHPoLASz5CY8kFrA2b7Tzb5oelt1mhQy7iT0aj9edfzq3aCpd-fgTvlsB9BFi36NFM5QQchAqBpiR6a6c1csnm/s400/leopard+streetstyle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475677203570423618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">[above: leopard spotted at old street roundabout summer 09<br />below: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">jeremy</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">scott</span> for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">adidas</span> originals summer 09]</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59MUK0epRHW1b3xuOiCD0Ao6bFcRi0M28GYON3Hfl1rG0zQOqXbsdj-OXHobLkqpuVJUW4K4-GlP_xx9MTnjYXXaoCKIrSxc1nZsClctJu50sZ0VgDK-86ioT2bLPIJJELCPTMjg48fIJ/s1600/adidas-originals-jeremy-scott-09-ss-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59MUK0epRHW1b3xuOiCD0Ao6bFcRi0M28GYON3Hfl1rG0zQOqXbsdj-OXHobLkqpuVJUW4K4-GlP_xx9MTnjYXXaoCKIrSxc1nZsClctJu50sZ0VgDK-86ioT2bLPIJJELCPTMjg48fIJ/s400/adidas-originals-jeremy-scott-09-ss-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475677198962854834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">until last year i knew more about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">jeremy</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">scott</span> for his glorious <a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.tokyodandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kittypurry-1.jpg"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">katy</span> perry</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> col</span>labs than anything else since you can't really buy (look at) his clothes in the UK.</span> <span style="font-family: courier new;">HOWEVER if his real collections are on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">lockdown</span> to the london crazy-fashfan then there's always his slightly delirious ranges for adidas originals, available EVERYWHERE. now.<br /><br />of course the theme of his first railful of loungewear in spring/summer 09 (vintage yah) was ANIMAL and i am still padding about the house (and occasionally elsewhere) in quiet joy wearing my prized baggy/low-slung limited JS leopard trews.</span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-90571452177996347692010-05-25T15:37:00.001-07:002010-05-25T15:39:07.327-07:00ALL WE SEE IS LADY GAGA. LADY GAGA.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUtodzj7eau6cZEz7ieJq-zmEKLe57Q4qhyphenhyphenWbhB2-XvMF6FiOc5k31ZLous1vkjXPR7208GVz-WCFg52h9RaZPEm9NmydWOvQ8woJWQJQbqAF4r3YHAYQW4csqxrH3Y0-usw13yppIPZB/s1600/lady-gaga-435.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUtodzj7eau6cZEz7ieJq-zmEKLe57Q4qhyphenhyphenWbhB2-XvMF6FiOc5k31ZLous1vkjXPR7208GVz-WCFg52h9RaZPEm9NmydWOvQ8woJWQJQbqAF4r3YHAYQW4csqxrH3Y0-usw13yppIPZB/s400/lady-gaga-435.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475340643291512738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">gaga now, on tour.</span><br /></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-81874205967845824002010-05-21T17:48:00.000-07:002010-05-21T17:54:33.261-07:00WHY DON't YOU LOVE ME?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_q_ziz5G8_UiF_kT-Ip5yNSlwICaTm_JE2qW08VOlrFecisql_7eA0tPFBkWg55xvMpxU8OLN_mbQcswpbDR9Fa1cjojFYW-1cMHxxTR8MrkkowNRzUT4CKwrVzo-NYGyQoH6Ieb77eE/s1600/beyonce2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_q_ziz5G8_UiF_kT-Ip5yNSlwICaTm_JE2qW08VOlrFecisql_7eA0tPFBkWg55xvMpxU8OLN_mbQcswpbDR9Fa1cjojFYW-1cMHxxTR8MrkkowNRzUT4CKwrVzo-NYGyQoH6Ieb77eE/s400/beyonce2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473891093755572114" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcsII6eZPwSulevZ1s-H6mGhvaOBCOUlbC9OyVpS0oh5g2KWeI771W3PqB4GwCV6ZgWEQQrO9wO9DsTIfOBPyns17wNjwMTmbPjvKojhHL4XAHJ7BYK36kKlAOodC40MK6DGQNR2_Z59v/s1600/beyonce1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcsII6eZPwSulevZ1s-H6mGhvaOBCOUlbC9OyVpS0oh5g2KWeI771W3PqB4GwCV6ZgWEQQrO9wO9DsTIfOBPyns17wNjwMTmbPjvKojhHL4XAHJ7BYK36kKlAOodC40MK6DGQNR2_Z59v/s400/beyonce1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473891086879317090" border="0" /></a><a href="http://vimeo.com/11465235"><span style="font-family: courier new;">oh but we do beyonce. WE DO.</span></a><br /></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-80653311822651480532010-03-30T15:06:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:23:44.225-07:00LEOPARD LOOKBOOK<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://facehunter.blogspot.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VEEml5Tul7zwBRyDftf8hrpxwyyPfTheGfz-Udvcm4nme3UsnxuQK23Ka9owXZOe16s1K3vHnlOmkP6EPDfXOVu__W0Bc2W6OzCUaxQ_GDDH0MsSYKQRJzxoA8W6sYFp2ChneX70T7NA/s400/fh4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454552057013928290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://facehunter.blogspot.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbKhlpAd5t-at7h-EzVOljE_BxmOR0-DjAP_sFcPn7BXACMD7kfXLgen7bXNsH-oTzfaAhjOCjVH1ITsCh9VZxOUEEZ9S_01n3PT0sINAfwhfQ0gG8AmRNvto0udJV48QUI1fNS4HpY7W/s400/fh3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454552055745129378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://facehunter.blogspot.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4lsoANG6TdK71Xxzgwnfiq2qAcy6xl2gaFBDl5Xiq7c0OaLtOULZSMgcx0f7qbNCwsfPL-qAdqqaHQKc6E5OvncP1sAW1dQC6y9EzMsLGc4iujciVjKTwmRRXqZ7ujrjDBe8vzGyxuVq/s400/fh2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454552045383469394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://facehunter.blogspot.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitelbH8dVZqVUx5_bKNX3z4WgQ2R6k-ZvOckak6MfFlHPT8zHwZBvBkulJaXZSKFscl5g04nzmhrVJRKdAuBC1OTMfYj5eFZeTATI9YD15zcko18aJs2cqSM1I7ZzPej69F7mX98_z3FI0/s400/fh1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454552037064043602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">ALL IMAGES>> mr <a href="http://facehunter.blogspot.com">facehunter</a>>> the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Face-Hunter-Yvan-Rodic/dp/0500515069/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269987065&sr=8-1">book </a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">got the facehunter book earlier this month. turned up at foyles a few days after his signing session (i knew he wasn't going to still be there) expecting to get a signed copy. but they didn't have any. so i bought a regular one. i'm pleased to see lots of leopard ladies in there - even one with spots tattooed up her arm (not pictured). leopard on the streets: where it belongs.</span><br /></div></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-59020641981575249442010-03-03T14:26:00.000-08:002010-03-03T14:55:44.973-08:00JUNGLE IS MINI<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.my-wardrobe.com/dkny/neon-jungle-one-shoulder-dress-398104"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrKESsbT2syQBbRLYMhVoj-MocFiRpVtzLqi0Fk6586pilF2YhPOAST6afSFCF0RrIaVcM1Mg-EixU23BlcA8Y-2gDjQL5eE9IUtCkuT3Ps5NqGNWVHk5TPLZefC3qOfIwPp__U03BF4K/s400/DKNY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444540219447270770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/61611"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5v1DWMYxqtWQuJo6jPaJRPclZsXdH1WDzduPa_8Z1dxFfyum8tHM7SEARxcnFnFUYbTQuGqsv0jnqTdjuRAOM-Gcx5F3oS8bGNLsCxMuy7suXQEJsuF96EjSTd9qX2ifwfIOgly-unf7V/s400/DVF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444540215464616738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">my older brother is getting married next month and since i got the frock for my friends mel&jon's wedding in september i've been thinking about what the hell to wear to it. it might seem like i have it easy being leopard-lover - that i might have many many options, ideas, strategies. but that's not true. if my imagination is unlimited then my budget is not.<br /><br />so i found the above-top DKNY jungle dress on my-wardrobe. it's dressy but not too formal, an appropriate length and that print is freaky-fresh and hot. BUT when i tried it on it just hung - with no zip/proper tailoring it felt like a post-beach summer holiday easy evening dress. [plus i saw a pic yesterday of jo whiley wearing it to the NME awards. hmm]<br /><br />back to the internet then, where i saw the DVF mini pictured above. but when i went to try it on in store my, um, size wouldn't go over my head. then i saw a pap-pic of one of fergie's offsprings wearing it on the way out of some mayfair twittery. no no no. no.<br /><br />i have 5 weeks left.<br /></span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-7097245535522000062010-02-14T15:46:00.000-08:002010-02-14T15:48:51.181-08:00CATwalk: NYC fashweek feb2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFRMjXkUjERqQFfjXVtBXPxqNigw1iVGR1tsqME9lfh7o-jTGvooghduHwaIJTSH3z6Gs2WhEOlXFcgS7ZS77DxlByY2m5QWcLEmeytKEitgUcZdmTNs68CuqWhXHhWwZu5F_2Wulb4Ti/s1600-h/lambcoat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFRMjXkUjERqQFfjXVtBXPxqNigw1iVGR1tsqME9lfh7o-jTGvooghduHwaIJTSH3z6Gs2WhEOlXFcgS7ZS77DxlByY2m5QWcLEmeytKEitgUcZdmTNs68CuqWhXHhWwZu5F_2Wulb4Ti/s400/lambcoat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438249854270425026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">lux-trench from gwen stefani's L.A.M.B. AW2010 collection. as shown this week. purrr.</span><br /></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-63074646318870805722010-02-01T14:41:00.000-08:002010-02-01T14:57:23.267-08:00that don't impress me much<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-hKp-08WOHSkJGa3ITDQ4glFqe5u4Kr-a28cpiITdGHfK_Pt79boJ4LvzIUQ7XaEhsCuOgaCgjrNyyPbY5Ucg4Q_2pHab08vGkIEmMtl8RTlL91zLUDaojOzVE8vxt9LI8KaXVpTafU6/s1600-h/359.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-hKp-08WOHSkJGa3ITDQ4glFqe5u4Kr-a28cpiITdGHfK_Pt79boJ4LvzIUQ7XaEhsCuOgaCgjrNyyPbY5Ucg4Q_2pHab08vGkIEmMtl8RTlL91zLUDaojOzVE8vxt9LI8KaXVpTafU6/s320/359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433409298813800994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zF5CZgpPR_DjvZynnCFNoAAkOREbcw_DyIgcKBDZcAo1YVOm-23ZEyOzXny6NSwQYgXT8afuLfAFbPjngKrDRxs8QKqdORVIY6K1o29zfslIGxzuUDYUHVWwYcNUKfUdmVr80LEw1kz7/s1600-h/360.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zF5CZgpPR_DjvZynnCFNoAAkOREbcw_DyIgcKBDZcAo1YVOm-23ZEyOzXny6NSwQYgXT8afuLfAFbPjngKrDRxs8QKqdORVIY6K1o29zfslIGxzuUDYUHVWwYcNUKfUdmVr80LEw1kz7/s320/360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433409289653880066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0txUIQtt5wrpM4F8FT2XB_90TvsYLX7h3iul8mxRMXN_KHyq7sqmZic47vNpZuQCBjUCF4JxoY6CWfePpkFru9KZqs5v6dZ9wujJ2Lj5NhU3Utsy7PRYBf9XQoj-cadP7prBA02-uadZ/s1600-h/361.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0txUIQtt5wrpM4F8FT2XB_90TvsYLX7h3iul8mxRMXN_KHyq7sqmZic47vNpZuQCBjUCF4JxoY6CWfePpkFru9KZqs5v6dZ9wujJ2Lj5NhU3Utsy7PRYBf9XQoj-cadP7prBA02-uadZ/s320/361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433409278432821458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEUqFSyMcMWbRdVCDYh-CNLw8xGSy03Th79nf7cJZU_epspuM5yjk0ah36RDXW0qHQS3AyHDv4BDNChpwb-Ws2Petrn-WK71HJNMvupGS3XTYAqV9QXGHavy9B3OGi6cPnZR-cVJJ5elC/s1600-h/362.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEUqFSyMcMWbRdVCDYh-CNLw8xGSy03Th79nf7cJZU_epspuM5yjk0ah36RDXW0qHQS3AyHDv4BDNChpwb-Ws2Petrn-WK71HJNMvupGS3XTYAqV9QXGHavy9B3OGi6cPnZR-cVJJ5elC/s320/362.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433409236324316082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">ah to be watching vh1 classics on a saturday night/sunday morning drinking cava dregs with friends and shouting at the telly. shania twain in the middle of a late 90s desert hitchin a ride COWBOY! little does she know that shes's been swallowed whole (hood-boobtube-flares-gothcoat) by a bloody big leopard. is it hot in there shania??</span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-78260311543148894672010-01-05T13:11:00.000-08:002010-01-05T13:25:59.381-08:00COVER GIRL: SCARcat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZkvHWcKmSucUI31ccY0U1rvlmh5zzD7tJeDbICbZFyyqJtm4yWp80UCUE04eMOQKxHkVWvRuY1wA7SrkugQM_npIKZ_FEXzt7JC5HSXagBh93vjUn4vw1lKbOYJZkY0xz_QGBX_iK0m7/s320/4244759954_840307f08b_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423366549793567762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">scarlett johansson</span> in a blumarine ponyskin, leopard-print coat on the cover of Harper's Bazaar UK, January 2010. coat, £3523.</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">happy new year. </span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-82187654589514433532009-12-21T08:30:00.000-08:002009-12-21T08:40:04.044-08:00TOMcat from TOPMAN<a href="http://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=17551&storeId=12555&categoryId=85976&parent_category_rn=39015&productId=1084269&langId=-1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417728719531128562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxe9HGTLENsmnmQqhiRgfIhf2Hv29RGgtZ5IC1yz4PBUayoLgJmaF2hTD3zeKgQ8922A6V_GQ-YZlMv4tdX1L9hBMzY8fosgcAHM8ER6CNJEhj40DRC8Km4LSbEpm1CQYR2-_UZCGrhpgR/s400/Leopard-print-shirt-by-To-006.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">john-boyfriend narrowly avoided getting this hilarious little number for christmas. i won't be buying him it because:</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">1. £39 is too much to spend on a 'novelty gift' right now. </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">2. it would sadden me that he would never ever wear it even if i did hand over the cash. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">thanks to </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/mslongmire"><span style="font-size:85%;">ms longmire</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> for that leopard link x x</span></span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-53149537085395568962009-12-18T02:57:00.000-08:002009-12-18T06:04:55.235-08:00MARAWA the AMAZING: leotard in a leopard<a href="http://www.lacliquelondon.com/performers_marawa.asp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416560712763853570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 315px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7EYedFEAuddcxHwHFpy3h7Uj2T_1Fl2_imiesBcQde6YwgtCrbD_XO7DFRDdY-JLLQi-FEQQK-B5zQUG7oXkITKxaJiLm_uJeV83cx8DTH-KE2-KLVGKeLxxlBiPP217l0zSdgaPcZ1f/s400/marawa.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">i went to see the la clique with my grrrlz this week and that hula-hooping, rollerskating blur of aussie hotness <a href="http://www.lacliquelondon.com/performers_marawa.asp">MARAWA</a> was definitely the highlight of the show for me. in her all-in-one leopard leotard in the circus ring she turned into a spiral rainbow of springy hoops... MARAWAllous... </span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-35163268461401383442009-12-09T15:16:00.000-08:002009-12-09T15:50:26.864-08:00a catwoman of the world<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D9qelqKHgSm09bxWDwwCr5H2haw2Y-OBxJe0GUDdLLqupqrHbYzQt-C4HN8TlvQvz0NbBTZcDN5UTU-9S0Vqg610aDcrGyrxORpoRHeWaJXBkHYTyrrhvJ8-eF_DdY1uo3DgZDPpxP78/s1600-h/4013848552_60887db605.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D9qelqKHgSm09bxWDwwCr5H2haw2Y-OBxJe0GUDdLLqupqrHbYzQt-C4HN8TlvQvz0NbBTZcDN5UTU-9S0Vqg610aDcrGyrxORpoRHeWaJXBkHYTyrrhvJ8-eF_DdY1uo3DgZDPpxP78/s400/4013848552_60887db605.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413379724128368402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt7L3IawqPovP3FqDHWjKkOKD91cYHhnOw1JrdoWcKxp6vJaCgNqbRKhaAkToO1jf8mfevmIMZ49shH1SRb-o3lM6IHDdv4Bj9ZMS5b4Va0o0wjXszkt8RrfbCQWtGHzsiKPzpintlHSS/s1600-h/4013848320_f58135a780.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt7L3IawqPovP3FqDHWjKkOKD91cYHhnOw1JrdoWcKxp6vJaCgNqbRKhaAkToO1jf8mfevmIMZ49shH1SRb-o3lM6IHDdv4Bj9ZMS5b4Va0o0wjXszkt8RrfbCQWtGHzsiKPzpintlHSS/s400/4013848320_f58135a780.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413379719820899090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">images: mine</span><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier new;">to make up for the shortage of posts in the past few weeks, here's one that i've wanted to for a while and from which you can infer that i've been on holiday or something glamourous like that to explain my absence.<br /><br />YES it's a TOPSHOP leopard passport holder from c.2007. i know that i definitely had it in the oh-8 because i used to keep jolly cartoon-foto-machine pictures from TOKYO in the helpful pocket inside. and i went to TKY last year.<br /><br />travelling in style of course.<br /></span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-14185183488689781052009-11-17T06:35:00.000-08:002009-11-17T06:39:27.840-08:00that doesn't look like school uniform young lady<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSixmyooy2Zm_Ejxp-cr708dXBxpPPs4HjIv7QcMD_u3YOpVE9UqqNO22aWmSxiWHWWMOUTRGw2zIOnl9QfWBeM18QcLF5OtUpFIVynV6eqU62P4HrYE6FVH-GeQLEIGkxtunjZtnLxzYY/s1600/aneducation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405081287737763394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSixmyooy2Zm_Ejxp-cr708dXBxpPPs4HjIv7QcMD_u3YOpVE9UqqNO22aWmSxiWHWWMOUTRGw2zIOnl9QfWBeM18QcLF5OtUpFIVynV6eqU62P4HrYE6FVH-GeQLEIGkxtunjZtnLxzYY/s400/aneducation.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:courier new;">rosamund pike [helen] & carey mulligan [jenny] share a divine hat and coat set in the very lovely, very english </span><a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/aneducation"><span style="font-family:courier new;">an education</span></a> <span style="font-family:courier new;">which i saw last week.</span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-49531227467743095032009-11-13T02:21:00.000-08:002009-11-17T06:39:51.912-08:00I WANT IT ALL.<a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&productId=1469978&langId=-1&categoryId=&parent_category_rn="><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403531951142089970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSJ0QJPJsIACvJCwNoNTg9Ih-JTIPmn5kpLy4E0vPnMZG1Ua34pKcYZSJ4MhxtghSo6Tz_Hb83f80UbYkZXyjEjKeRYT6OQrQuz97mcKdkxmgRDY-Vlm9zrMFyELclGK1Hr-Nuk10_BKw/s400/animals.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> this ashish giantess wedge belongs in my imaginary museum of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">faux</span>-animal wonders of the world. back in stock at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">topshop</span>, poised to sprain many an ankle and tottering on the brink of extinction again i'm sure - will payday come before they sell out?</span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-75527132634358671332009-11-09T14:45:00.000-08:002009-11-09T15:33:34.140-08:00COVER GIRL: what's her name from gossip girl<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8Se-qJWN1rBavLlGls3tsC31J-pEIv7EsHP2Zs6wLvi3B_ZmmOGaiNFthdTK3erY8ov88trmIgo39X3Bj_ihiFgRkbpd-EWZ1NdbD32jjqQZC1aog32Tx6hn8CMXXwbsKCOgueSFWcab/s1600-h/glamour.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8Se-qJWN1rBavLlGls3tsC31J-pEIv7EsHP2Zs6wLvi3B_ZmmOGaiNFthdTK3erY8ov88trmIgo39X3Bj_ihiFgRkbpd-EWZ1NdbD32jjqQZC1aog32Tx6hn8CMXXwbsKCOgueSFWcab/s400/glamour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402248850508693570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">leighton meester on the cover of this month's [december] glamour magazine. that coat looks warm.</span><br /></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-65793365478787128172009-11-02T14:39:00.001-08:002009-11-02T14:43:47.072-08:00YES WE CAt: memories of halloween 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-FkDNrrXdGaH7s6Pn1Tf1MC6u811vOeJiKDCErQ4U6a_5UcsQcSWM8p9DEbd9mqP4x6dThgGUIKU5mroSR8GMlc3sd7mT50qLmWbDRtXe8ee9qiEWetf9_4ZC7s1T1u6yRS4OZWmlkNT/s1600-h/michelle+obama.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-FkDNrrXdGaH7s6Pn1Tf1MC6u811vOeJiKDCErQ4U6a_5UcsQcSWM8p9DEbd9mqP4x6dThgGUIKU5mroSR8GMlc3sd7mT50qLmWbDRtXe8ee9qiEWetf9_4ZC7s1T1u6yRS4OZWmlkNT/s400/michelle+obama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399639825066979170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIttgVYHwzY4ZKuhZKinbZO8_0mFqNNjs_7upR6MDDd96-LEedbjydvXWEMVDzVwJYfvnspX_GiQssSUFNyWxs-W_Ajc7eMQlPUhxnAEqMy9YnPnQtLeeWv7gyExM7ccF33EXHWYfGQw-/s1600-h/michelle+obama+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIttgVYHwzY4ZKuhZKinbZO8_0mFqNNjs_7upR6MDDd96-LEedbjydvXWEMVDzVwJYfvnspX_GiQssSUFNyWxs-W_Ajc7eMQlPUhxnAEqMy9YnPnQtLeeWv7gyExM7ccF33EXHWYfGQw-/s400/michelle+obama+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399639820486737970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">michelle obama dressed in cheetah print for the white house's spooky bash on saturday night. not sure what mr obama is dressed as? geeky gamekeeper?? leader of the free world in fancy dress is probably not a good look, but maybe he's got a little cheetah print on under that sweater. and here's something that my cubfriend sara-lee </span><span style="font-family: courier new;">made earlier:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1SYxXONeKllmeNzl_9ktx5v1VMqThMkjYvwVqazHohz7t-pEks3jKpmYVbelNHuOWLQGx2vkZSVUILtFaYFsCbgQcNgZk9lkp3WtKeQSzRnB98GsBz9NJjqxqnuSK1K8wy8cnWMFOUDi/s1600-h/4066171632_beebb48903_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1SYxXONeKllmeNzl_9ktx5v1VMqThMkjYvwVqazHohz7t-pEks3jKpmYVbelNHuOWLQGx2vkZSVUILtFaYFsCbgQcNgZk9lkp3WtKeQSzRnB98GsBz9NJjqxqnuSK1K8wy8cnWMFOUDi/s400/4066171632_beebb48903_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399639817392026370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >hello kitty pumpkin carved with love&care by s-l</span><br /></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-60328151411482734222009-10-30T16:09:00.000-07:002009-10-30T16:23:38.388-07:00haha-lloween<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUxsfajHBo0-Tshi9Ga2oGGsgSk8q2pqL6rAjTldfkWQK1es87HJPbhx4Cr_L-RpmZw3BS5fmikPn6rQ08jfA6I3lAEMZ-kbY3B-Sb8lXuBhEr4PUCdsa-d0s9Nipcd2C23o6R2OePX9Y/s1600-h/00712-Adult-Sexy-Luscious-Leopard-Costume-main.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUxsfajHBo0-Tshi9Ga2oGGsgSk8q2pqL6rAjTldfkWQK1es87HJPbhx4Cr_L-RpmZw3BS5fmikPn6rQ08jfA6I3lAEMZ-kbY3B-Sb8lXuBhEr4PUCdsa-d0s9Nipcd2C23o6R2OePX9Y/s400/00712-Adult-Sexy-Luscious-Leopard-Costume-main.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398534164377420290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">probably the best gift* i've ever received was this divine get-up direct from fancydresswarehouse somewhere in america. if only the top wasn't too short and the bootcut pants so low cut! sigh. no i won't be wearing my sexyleopardlady costume for fright-night fun tomorrow - i'm probably going to be doing tank girl instead... but would tank girl ever wear leopard print? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">*yes, it's true - thanks annette </span><span style="font-family: courier new;">x x</span></span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-54934021934537210992009-10-25T15:51:00.000-07:002009-10-25T16:13:29.367-07:00getting things done<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFtp0Khuz-QgWMSlBQt1rxZLh0ZUg17GmDZ-HjzTR05-q3nv7CET4B8Dg4uMcVIQ0VO6cBB3niZDeWBeJjzNkZZK9Vkl6emIeN_Qdrw42jlYO1humPF91iEmM-ioKNkdRrpOhrG_uNsz9/s1600-h/d&g+wallpaper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFtp0Khuz-QgWMSlBQt1rxZLh0ZUg17GmDZ-HjzTR05-q3nv7CET4B8Dg4uMcVIQ0VO6cBB3niZDeWBeJjzNkZZK9Vkl6emIeN_Qdrw42jlYO1humPF91iEmM-ioKNkdRrpOhrG_uNsz9/s400/d&g+wallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396674051196276530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ig</span>**<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">gle</span> are offering <a href="http://www.google.com/help/ig/art/gallery.html">wallpapers</a> by 'up-and-coming young designers' to decorate your homepage. i wouldn't normally be taken in by such gimmicks but thought those little-known newbies d&g might appreciate my support. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">i'll</span> be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sprucin</span>' up my laptop with some trademark cat-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">spotz</span> from them then. </span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-72529088285416663702009-10-19T15:29:00.000-07:002009-11-02T14:47:30.589-08:00places to go, people to see<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKA_kTCxE9PiaTiogvd1eiHDz5acQAxNaCSGWW3RDypJKpg0XmeL82tlUQ4iu5Re1WjitjtG5tO6069dmQhyphenhyphenBOIRCo_vzRbv4SolI0QtzT8gkMPs4EZiHl67TlyMlKmQrtxXSNWnNXhVm/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKA_kTCxE9PiaTiogvd1eiHDz5acQAxNaCSGWW3RDypJKpg0XmeL82tlUQ4iu5Re1WjitjtG5tO6069dmQhyphenhyphenBOIRCo_vzRbv4SolI0QtzT8gkMPs4EZiHl67TlyMlKmQrtxXSNWnNXhVm/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394443019678091842" border="0" /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" ></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">image: fiona</span></span><br /></div><br /> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;"><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >MANY THANKS to the delectable </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);" href="http://www.twitter.com/fikerr">fiona kerr</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" > for the first post of the week! she tells me: 'It's actually the cover sleeve from </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);" href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/uploads/RTEmagicC_les-must-de-cartier-book.jpg.jpg">a Cartier book</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" > we got sent at work, I thought "A-ha invite holder" and nicked it and left the book coatless - 'I've probably had it about a year and it is so coming with me when I leave!' nifty.</span><br /></span></span></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-78288633841775782512009-10-17T05:22:00.001-07:002009-10-17T05:55:53.302-07:00COSMOgirl!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Girls-Go-Everywhere-Gurley/dp/0195342054"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5R3tKgy6t2EW81zItNfbf8AxyGczpsd_JThyUx3VLOYXxYpiUENxfpyRStGzDgqAg44JLo0CUzCg_pCVaZEk0bXQYL0zw3nMso9SC2GGMyYWqjDlN5tDg9FWa2v88auTOx2bNATAkeqmV/s400/bad_girls_go_everywherebig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393543457772053554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">i'd</span> like to present <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Gurley_Brown">ms <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">helen</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">gurley</span> brown</a>, the legendary editor of <a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/">cosmopolitan</a> whose biography <span style="font-style: italic;">bad girls go everywhere</span> has to be one of the best books <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">i've</span> read this year. and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">i'm</span> not just judging this book by its cover.<br /><br />which is amazing. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">gurley</span> brown lounges in a cheetah-print polo neck by one of the Great-glam <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">italian</span> fashion houses - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">cavalli</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">krizia</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">versace</span>? the wrap around hardback jacket replicates that pattern, providing an in-your-face look for a serious biography.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">gurley</span> brown has always endorsed a pragmatic strand of everyday feminism cultivated by her own life experiences as a working class woman from the southern united states born in 1922. the bought-in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">bling</span> of her chain belt and the striking animal-print references align with her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">unapologetic</span> personal philosophies. working one's feminine assets to make money and get ahead.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">i'll</span> be reviewing in full soon for the next <a href="http://pamfletzine.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">pamflet</span></a>...<br /></span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-6137585968340090632009-10-03T10:16:00.000-07:002009-10-03T11:43:09.621-07:00CLUEMORE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYQXqKwT_CP92pB9sR3td77gzafUuHQt-jd2dY_dPf7ye9lJdc9EJKPlLTfz9v0cHIAU3k_-a46F8kQK8pqgbyPTtLnjR-fZLGJA6YdP8AW7sHNNai96WjXBe7QO4zV-045o9Iktg8yIH/s1600-h/dionne.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 363px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYQXqKwT_CP92pB9sR3td77gzafUuHQt-jd2dY_dPf7ye9lJdc9EJKPlLTfz9v0cHIAU3k_-a46F8kQK8pqgbyPTtLnjR-fZLGJA6YdP8AW7sHNNai96WjXBe7QO4zV-045o9Iktg8yIH/s400/dionne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388434989977377154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">one of mine and phoebe's favourite films - if not actual favourite film - is obviously <span style="font-style: italic;">clueless</span>, that 1990s <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">highschool</span> classic masquerading under the superfluous guise of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">jane</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">austen</span> update/adaptation (with a film this good you don't need to namecheck ancient novelists to lend faux credibility or whatever).<br /><br />watching it again for the nth time last week i thought: YES OF COURSE! LEO-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">PARD</span> MOMENT! it's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">cher's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">BFF</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">dionne</span></span> wearing a snug textured blazer and PINK pop blouse while the totally <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">betty</span> trio discuss <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">boyz</span> in the buff in a restaurant in the mall. here dionne is 'yes, technically still a virgin', but through her leopard garb we know that she's a knowing, grown-up girl who's making her own decisions. By subverting the traditional view of an animal-skin wearer she reasserts her independence and status: take this teen seriously. </span>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-80996500561286357652009-09-21T14:29:00.000-07:002009-09-21T15:28:43.131-07:00starry-thighed<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10001_18658_1055801_-1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpZVHj_y5eMYehDuSn9awEYJcd7YQNhUBLEJ62lEBEnutPDxpm-bzuQr7gwYAE6i1pkJdYFkLQzArfW2fI_AJrvJ5ueevQVEicAUKe1PcshSp-esmdPMVr56TigI033nzwWvWKftBzY25/s400/starrr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384047342421842018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >image: debenhams</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffGbp_ZO6oqL2aQ7DXAaAao7IJqQSUMXZog4vliYFlkpeRdnqet06uRMEpQAzuuF-H7q-iahzisLTlqiPHbAWmso_mRVJOrCL07upkCqXicq0ja_ZuTPLSvj9NsBy6AOs2SGmf_kUF7md/s1600-h/spacer.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 1px; height: 1px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffGbp_ZO6oqL2aQ7DXAaAao7IJqQSUMXZog4vliYFlkpeRdnqet06uRMEpQAzuuF-H7q-iahzisLTlqiPHbAWmso_mRVJOrCL07upkCqXicq0ja_ZuTPLSvj9NsBy6AOs2SGmf_kUF7md/s400/spacer.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384045606304599730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjD-T6bgDlmv_6xp4tzLvX2yuuuGPuVjFwi9UAbA81iGP12lImTJeU0dMP6xbMuA98bftCY49Q7jATrppstIp6C4yqgO3sZmhLN3A6YaeuQFtHnRReN6J2kO8lH9KnA6qOoWWiLJP3Kt2o/s1600-h/3917526662_60bba54d1a_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjD-T6bgDlmv_6xp4tzLvX2yuuuGPuVjFwi9UAbA81iGP12lImTJeU0dMP6xbMuA98bftCY49Q7jATrppstIp6C4yqgO3sZmhLN3A6YaeuQFtHnRReN6J2kO8lH9KnA6qOoWWiLJP3Kt2o/s400/3917526662_60bba54d1a_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384045248135010514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">image: nick&phoebe</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><br />i spent ALL YEAR trying to find something to wear to mel&jon's september nuptials and only found the right dress when both annette an phoebe showed it to me (thanks girls). asymetric (as everything should be), silky and short but with a big statement shoulder, it was great britain's great high street that finally came up with the goods, <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> any of the vintage boutiques i trawled looking for that special little number.<br /><br />to avoid looking like a girl-aloud ('but what if i look like i'm in girls aloud?' 'you won't') i accessorised with asos black lace gloves, off-white miss selfridge blazer, an old clutch bag of my mum's and - the classy finishing touch - gold stilettos last seen around new year's eve 2006.<br /><br />was there something in the STAR[by julien macdonald at debenhams]s? perhaps, because i caught the bouquet. </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">check out the fella on the right, he's really happy for me.</span><br /></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-60480974979758258152009-09-16T06:04:00.000-07:002009-09-16T06:13:00.286-07:00dita von teese: 'fairly glamorous'<div align="center"><a href="http://twitpic.com/hxdnr"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382051713448202786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr4gtrnDC3NUtEwkFYzlQDad6U0rkea-balR2hv7dj7JITaw2c5MugO7fkFaIHBRD8FBBUDpl0eFCdLI6Vju9pucRZGj48OJHJRMSO0PlDUUuoHGA7BFALrE5NRIEpU_FDcsHV_iaoRnx/s400/ditavonteese.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><em> <span style="font-size:85%;">image: </span></em></span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ditavonteese"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"><em>www.twitter.com/ditavonteese</em></span></a></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">posted on her twitter account today - the sensational stripper's matching louboutin heels'n'handbag.</span><br /><div></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590045283042707841.post-55285716539333734792009-09-07T05:01:00.000-07:002009-09-07T05:10:22.473-07:00phoebe does dress-up<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH50kpe7XApJ8pcizbcYCizgp_Ob8PN0F8IEuiq4L6xZLF6by-WvKZ_MTuXGo9NhbpGUBBBzCQ2E0GKS47RfCjlA8o18t9R6ECceSQOrIy0SLE3JAfO81NZWXH0U9QgWIIIQWzWPYi1rs7/s1600-h/phoebefabulous.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378694799227788354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH50kpe7XApJ8pcizbcYCizgp_Ob8PN0F8IEuiq4L6xZLF6by-WvKZ_MTuXGo9NhbpGUBBBzCQ2E0GKS47RfCjlA8o18t9R6ECceSQOrIy0SLE3JAfO81NZWXH0U9QgWIIIQWzWPYi1rs7/s400/phoebefabulous.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"> <em>image: </em></span><a href="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/fabulous/fashion/article487662.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=487662&initialArticleId=487662&nSlide=3"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"><em>fabulous</em></span></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">my <a href="http://pamfletzine.blogspot.com/">pamflet</a> partner phoebe looks hot and sophis for the office in her 'vintage' (heehee) leopard h&m shift in a staff 'what we're wearing this aw/' photoshoot for <a href="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/fabulous/fashion/article487662.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=487662&initialArticleId=487662&nSlide=3">fabulous</a> last week. see how you can wear a little leopard and still look classy and cool? let this be a lesson for the scardicats! </span></div>anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com