Style Blog

Fashion is huge it always has been, but more recently we are seeing to die for fashion on the littlest of celebrities, yes the kids of A-listers who give their lives to looking fabulous. These days we are more likely to focus on what Harper Beckham or Romeo are wearing rather than their dazzling parent combo.

US Weekly fashion editor says it all started when a huge amount of pictures were published the girls designer clothing worn by Suri Cruise.

“It definitely sparked an interest for designers to see these kids who are very aware of how their parents dress and dress in high-end labels themselves.”

Many fashion houses didn’t even have children’s lines a few years ago but the huge boost of interest from celebrity parents encouraged them to start one. These days it is common to see Suri Cruise dressed in the latest Roger Viver or Little Marc Jacobs. These designers know the value of the publicity they are getting from high-profile tots.

After eight year old Romeo Beckham was named one of GQ magazine’s 50 most stylish men in Britain, Burberry snapped him up for their spring/summer 2013 ad campaign. There is no doubt kids are beginning to rule the fashion universe. Some designers are taking the kids market to a next level with BABY PERFUME! Dolce and Gabbana have released a $45 alcohol-free fragrance.

This years Grammy awards were filled with some amazing dresses, but some of these dressed might have looked even better being worn down the aisled at a wedding. Bride Dresses or evening dresses? Take a look and see what you think?

Taylor Swift wore a J. Mendel spring/summer 2013 white gown with silver detailing and Jimmy Choo sandals.

Carrie Underwood wore a Theia gown while performing "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs" during the show.

Ukrainian export, Mika Newton wore a delicate white embellished gown.

The Little Big Town musician, Kimberly Schlapman wore a white strapless gown with a ruffled bottom.

Following the delightful ceremony last night, the BAFTA’s has got everyone talking about the awards received and outfit choices by some of the biggest British actors and actresses. It has became a ritual to praise and slate the attendees of such prestigious events for their outfit choices, primarily the women.

Being the best dressed at award ceremonies like the BAFTA’S has almost become an official award in itself. Once again at the BAFTA’s 2013 there were a number of women who nailed the polished look whilst some missed the memo and arrived in gowns that made you wonder what they were thinking when they chose that outfit. Evidently, these attendees landed themselves in the worst dressed category, poor them!

Fashion icon, Sarah Jessica Parker, arrived at the BAFTA’s to present the award of ‘Best Actor’ to Daniel Day Lewis. The Sex and the City actress played it safe in a black Elie Saab jumpsuit; failing to live up to the expectations of her usual glammed up look. Nevertheless, SJP still looked sleek and youthful on the night of the event.

Redemption is the auto biographic life story of the original leader of the notorious “CRIPS” gang, Stanley Tookie Williams. The book spans life from child hood, the struggles of a young knowledge hungry boy, all the way to death row in America’s most well known prison “San Quentin”. We learn of the violence, drug abuse, sex and crimes that walk hand in hand with living as a “gangbanger”. Stanley Tookie Williams vividly walks and talks us through his dramatic life, and tells his story with horrifying and intricate detail. This book had me shocked, it made me feel sadness and sorrow, some parts made me laugh and some had me in awe. Stanley Williams created the Crips to protect themselves from other gangs and led the West side chapter of the gang. Tookie tells us of his hunger for violence and respect as a youth, all the way up to the point where he wrote nine anti gang books and was nominated four times for the Noble Peace Prize for his work whilst in prison.

I really don’t want to delve too far into the book for the purpose of this review, otherwise I will be writing all night long. Although this man’s life, which unfortunately ended in 2005 when he was led into the death chamber and took a staggering twenty minutes to pass away, is a certain passion of mine I really want to talk about the language and structure of the book.  Once Williams was convicted of murder and sent to spend the rest of his days on Death Row he sought to educate and find himself. He found peace and realised that life as a “Gangbanger” was no life at all, and set himself the mission of trying to save as many young men from the detrimental and hazardous lifestyle he once recruited for and led.

You know you're important when the most buzzed about topic of a Presidential inauguration is you. And by you, we are not referring to the President of the United States, but Ms. B.

Beyonce Knowles, Beyonce Carter, Sasha Fierce, or simply B, however you refer to her, there is no doubt that she stole the show. But this time her it wasn't her singing that caused all the attention, but her lack thereof. Not to say that Beyonce didn't sing, she did sing, sort of, well sang along, lip synced. Okay it’s confusing, so let’s pick apart all the arguments of what actually transpired and try to pick fact from fiction.

After her performance of the star spangled banner, more commonly referred to as the American National Anthem, Beyonce was accused of not singing live. The queen of r&b allegedly lip synced her way through the performance with the live orchestra. Rumours began to swirl about her lack of singing immediately after. It is even speculated that the person responsible for leaking the information to the media has been "dealt with". While that is still unclear, what’s apparent is that there is some truth to the whole drama.

Beyonce did in fact lip sync the anthem on the day of her performance. Speculators were informed that Ms. Knowles did not have the time to practice with the orchestra and as such had a pre recorded version play as she performed. Whether or not this explanation of the events or reason for them satisfied the critics is unknown.

Haters were silenced when Beyonce silenced them with her high notes in person. Ms Knowles, who is performing at this Sunday’s super bowl half-time show, made it her duty to address the issue at hand. She attended the press conference for the event this week and asked the audience of media personnel to stand. To their surprise Beyonce who seemed to call on her alto ego for this showdown, sang an acapella version of the anthem, completed by a simple "any question" addressed to the media present. She went on to explain that she was busy and indeed had no time to rehearse with the orchestra, so she took the decision to pre record a track and sing along with it. Ms Knowles pointed out that the day was about making the president and her country proud, and she could not afford to make any mistakes.

With or without this acapella rendition, the world already knew of the vocal capabilities of Beyonce. Did she need to do this, the jury is still out on that, however, I guess its better safe than sorry. She certainly silenced her critics, or at least forced them to move on to Sundays half time show and see her perform live.

First comes love then comes marriage the comes a baby...wait. For us mere mortals maybe, for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West more affectionately called Kimye, things are a little different. First comes love then comes, pregnancy, then comes a ten million dollar 5 bedroom mansion. A big splurge on a crib..and not the one for the baby on the way.

By the time the dust settled on the pregnancy announcement, news from Kimye's camp comes of a major purchase.

A super home with lots of rooms, rumoured to cost millions will be home to the newest Kardashian. The term keeping up with the Kardashians is so fitting, as the Jones's have nothing on them. The palatial house in the hills boats neighbours like Jennifer Aniston. Baby Kimye will undoubtedly be lavished with only the best, so this mansion is only the beginning. Rumour has it the couple has plans to gut the entire house and re-do it to their taste, but that is yet to be seen.

As we await baby Kimyes arrival we also await all the pomp and pageantry that will come along with his or her arrival.