Style Blog

The excitement kicked in on Friday morning when London Fashion Week finally got underway. With thousands of people thought to be attending the most notorious event in the fashion industry, LFW 2013 is certain to bigger and better than ever. As fashion designers prepare to approach the catwalk with their most recent collections, plenty of celebrities, press and fashion enthusiasts from all over the world are expected to take their seats and enjoy the show.

If you are lucky enough to be attending any of the fantastic events scheduled in London this week, choosing the right outfit is crucial. As you will be amongst some of the most prestigious people in fashion, guests need to make sure they are dressed for the occasion. Whether you are a blogger, budding journalist or just have a thirst for fashion, showing off your individual style is highly important if you want to get head hunted. A lot of great opportunities can arise so make sure you are prepared!

If you are transporting from one venue to the next to watch your favourite shows, you may want to wear a jacket to ensure you stay warm throughout the day. With spring just around the corner, try incorporating some bold colours into your ensemble to help make your outfit pop! Hybrid Fashion stocks a classy collection of feminine designs that will bring elegance to your look. Spruce up your outfit further with a stylish clutch bag, head-turning heels and some statement jewellery.

Some great pictures coming out of Hollywood as the stars pick up their gongs.  This one of Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway and Christoph Waltz.

No Oscar for Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, but maybe a contender for best dress?  See the full results

The party's in full swing as Daniel Day-Lewis makes Oscar history as the first man to win three best actor awards.  Argo won best picture and Adele just cannot lose lately, winning the award for best original song in Skyfall.  More soon...

What if…..?

I woke up this morning to find that my wife was already down stairs with my six week old son. As I lifted myself from my king size bed I thought, What if I could install the machine out of Wallace and Gromit. You all know the device I’m talking about, the machine that tilts you out of bed, showers you and brushes your teeth for you. I know this sounds lazy but just imagine how awesome this would be if you could buy something like this on the market. Or what if a large suction tube descended upon you just after you get out of bed that washes you, dry’s you and dresses you. We live in the 21st century, we can send out unmanned drones to strategically fire missiles right up the back side of anyone unfortunate enough to be on our naughty list. So why can’t I have a device that carries out the tedious tasks of personal hygiene?

Once I’ve grunted, groaned and stretched off, I wrap myself in my dressing gown and head towards the toilet, and then once again I had another crazy machination. What if, instead of wasting time on the toilet, wasting toilet paper and baby wipes, imagine there was a device that can digitally remove your bodily waste as and when requested? I mean, our bowel movements aren’t exactly a pleasant experience for all, not to mention we could save money on toilet cleaner, and air freshener. I saw an episode of Family Guy, this particular story encompassed the possibly of the multi verse theory. The theory states that there are millions of universes all parallel to each other in different dimensions. Well in this particular episode one universe is so advanced that all bowel movements can be requested at will and are digitally removed and sent to another universe. Also AIDS is a curable disease, by simply taking a pill and it is obliterated immediately, also another what if question to think about.

So after carrying out my business, I stumble across the landing and check the stairs to make sure the cats aren’t waiting to trip me down them. Then all of sudden, yep you guessed, a what if pops into my head, much like a random Frisbee when your wandering around your local park, or if you live in my area, a bottle of cheap vodka! Now this idea isn’t exactly new, nor is it a crazy nonexistent piece of tech, but I’ve always wanted to have an escalator instead of stairs. Now I would imagine this would be annoying if you haven’t got room for two sets, so you would have to change the settings to either up or down, but I am just lazy enough to try. I also thought a fun way of getting down the stairs would some kind of a zip wire or inflatable airplane escape slide.

So I get to the bottom of the stairs, walk into the living room and greet my wife who is watching television. She offers to make me a cup of tea and I accept and sit with my son who is currently asleep. I’m sat there with my son when I think to myself what if instead of having to make cups of tea, turning the television on and controlling the heating in the house, what about a universal control system, voice activated and handheld. A controller much like the new WII U’s, and an open voice activation system where you simply tell the house to carry out tasks. Kettle on! Heating on up to 28 degrees Celsius! Television, find me Sons of Anarchy! All these would be ideal pieces of tech and I’m pretty sure something similar does in fact exist today.

With half term and summer holidays cropping up here, there and everywhere, it can be difficult to keep your children entertained. There are many different ways you can keep your kids amused during the holidays when you are short on cash. Whether you purchase a chunky colouring book from the pound shop along with some crayons or give them some crafty bits such as cardboard and let them run wild with their imaginations, there’s always something you can please them with when you have run out of places to take them. One of the most exciting aspects that I remember from being a child is cooking and baking with my mother. We use to make a great range of delicious foods including pies, pizzas and sugary snacks. Of course, being a child I use to love baking cakes, biscuits and trifles.

Cooking with your child is a great experience for both yourself and your children. Not only will it help to keep them entertained during the long school holidays, it will also enable you to teach them the fundamentals of basic cooking methods. You will also be able to utilise the food you make and use it for future family meals to ensure nothing goes to waste. Purchasing your catering supplies won’t cost the earth either as the majority of ingredients you will probably have in your kitchen already including eggs, flour and milk. Making cupcakes with your children is a fantastic option as they will be able to have fun decorating them with icing and hundreds and thousands. 

When it comes to computers I think I may have searched everywhere online for the best deals. However I believe that I have narrowed down a few sources where you can make the best budget purchase that you can. If you feel that you can beat my comparisons then please feel free to comment afterwards.

Now my first desktop tower I’m going to look at is from Tech Inventory, the Lenovo Think Centre Edge 72 Desktop. This appears to be a nice cheap all rounder, a fairly basic exterior with the as per standard disk drive. The Lenovo retails for just under £300, however it doesn’t come with a monitor, but does have built in speakers. The desktop comes with a dual core Pentium processor, 64 – bit resolution, 500GB HDD and Intel HD graphics card. Accessories include a keyboard, optical mouse and comes with Microsoft Windows 8 Pro installed.  

All the biggest names have been spending their past week in the fashion capital of the world, New York for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. As well as looking their best during the actual shows they have also been heating up the fashion outside of the catwalk with their chilly New York outfits.

Olivia Palermo who is a socialite and modeland may be best remembered for her role in the MTV sho2 ‘The City’ also starting designer Whitney Port, has been spotted covered head to toe in ultimate city style. She wore a black Woolrick Arctic Parka jacket with a furry hood which she wore up while she strolled down a New York street with her dog.

Thank you Daily Mail as the Source of this image

Her slim legs boasted a pair of bright blue jeans as well as a shining pair of Stuart Weitzman black leather knee-high designer boots with sensible low heels. Everything in Olivia's ensemble worked well together both as a fashion statement as well as a means to stay warm and toasty.

Keeping her sleek style firmly in place, Victoria Beckham takes time off from her busy schedule to take Harper to New York’s biggest toy store, FAO Schwartz.