Tux Deluxe

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Intro:

The Tux jacket is the most versatile one out there. Allways in and never out, it's a classic! It can be worn during the day time to smarten up your t's or add a bit of retro sheek to a casual outfit , OR perhaps to work for a comfy coat alternative OR during the night to look feisty, sheek and effortlessly glamourous.

How to rock it:

 Take a leaf out of Kelly's book and wear your tux loud and proud. Go for Colours that either complement your outift pallete or completley clash for a pop art feel. Yellow's scream vintage, Red's scream confident and pink screams girly glam.

If your more of a night time girl, look at Beyonce for inspiration. Take an uber glam sequined dress and match it with an equally shiny and heavily sequined tux on top. Make sure to match a shade already used in your outfit in order to stop it looking like someone threw up rainbow fairies onto your nice outfit.

Or, For a sleeker, classic and more proffesional feel, copy Rachel. She teams the classic colours of white and black for a contrasting and edgy but timeless outfit. This look could be carried effortlessly from day through night with a switch of shoes and jewellry. Here she has put the black tux ( can never go wrong with a black tux) with a sexy black corset to add an edge to the outfit. This is a great way to bring the outfit from work - try pairing it with a sheer black blouse or strappy top - to night.

GET THE LOOK : kristen stewart

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How to get the look: 

 1) Team day&night time dresses with flats instead of heels. Try dolly shoes for night and sandals during the day.

2) Wear dark nail varnish that contrasts with your skin. Try a blood red or black.

3) Nip any dresses in at the waist to define your shilouette. Try a studded black one to give your outfit a bit of an edge or one in a bright colour (although kristen doesn't do colour)

4) When it comes to picking a kristen dress, stick to these simple rules:

1.  Nudes or blacks (or both..)
2. Opt for ones with minute detail such as beading or sparkle.
3. Go for structured/tailored/timeless pieces that show off a slim shilouette. Either strapless or strappy, no sleeves.

GET THE LOOK : Fearne Cotton

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Heres some great tips for stealing *COUGH* i mean borrowing.. fearne cotton's effortless comfy style.
Trends she's mastered:

• Masculine clothing (X)
• Christmas Jumper/Boyfriend jumper (X)
• Satchel bag (X)
• Neon skinnies (X)
• Winter beanie (X)

She has a full checklist there, pretty much summed up this winter's top trends without it looking crowded.  Now to the bit you've all been waiting for. How to get it in 5 easy steps.


1) Layer big jumpers/ cardigans over masculine shirts.
2) Stick to nude colours with one big pop of colour in neon leggings or skinny jeans.
3) Grab a beanie. Great for a bad hair day or just chasing away the winter chills. Try this one from newlook. on sale too! <3
4) Satchels. Really fashionable and super comfy and practical. I noticed primark had quite a few in recently.
5) Finish off the look with some high top trainers/ vans or converse for a comfy day time feel. 

GET THE LOOK: Fergie

This is a great style if you want to accentuate your cheekbones, recomeneded only if you do not have a f.o.d like me. (forehead of doom) .

To get this look- add hair extensions here if you want extra length- tip your head dupside down and hold above head , pull it tightly so that it is pulled very slickly away from the face. Make sure it is positioned around the crown of your head. To do the hair over bobble bit, either take a section from the pony tail, wrap it roudn the bobble and secure it underneath with a bobby. or do the same thing but leave a piece of hair out and put the rest into the bobble.

GET THE LOOK: Kate Beckansale

This look is flirty, stylish and modern.

To get this look, take a wide section of hair (could be your fringe/bangs) and backcomb it to add volume, whilst holding this in place slick both the sides back tightly and pull to the back of the ehad, allowing some slack for the "quiff" part at the front. To create the texture in the back yu could allow the hair to dry naturally or use a medium sized curling barrel and curl the ends to add that flirty flick xx

Kate Middleton's wedding dress

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She looked so gorgous in her wedding dress, which was designed by Sarah Burton from Alexander Mcqueen. Alexander Mcqueen is amazing unforntunatley he did kill himself-R.I.P- so he can't design any more clothes but his brand lives on and as you can see still has a large influence on fashion today.

Kate's dress, which is sure to spark of so many trends around the world, was elegent, sophisticated, flowing, graceful, gorgous and femminine. It wasn't revealing or tacky it had jsut enough of everything so that it looked royal. She genuinly looked like a super pretty princess. And as my friend Nick would say " shes a DILF"

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Details

Designer: Sarah burton from alexander mcqueen.

Why she choose alexander mcqueen: It is traditional british couture and according to the official websiote which i haven't been on but i saw it through another site it is "traditional workmanship"

The lace: It was "hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace and the design was hand-engineered using technology invented in ireland in the 1820's.

The style

The style of the dress was very femminine but sophisticated. The nipped in waist line showed off her tiny tiny waist making it look even nicer. The train and skirt trailed behind her to give a gorgous silhouette. The lace was intricite and floral but not over the top. Overall it had just enough of everything to make it a timeless classic and an influentcial gown for years to come.

How can you get the look?

Ok, ive put together a short movie maker presentation with different fashion items for everyday, swimwear , work and night. Just to give you an idea. Took me ages, thats how much i lve you-anyone who reads this blog. If it doesn't play, dont tell me or i think i wil kill myself.

Book of the year/month/eternity/your whole life.....ever

from amazon al rights reserved!

OMG gok wan is the collest person ever. If you dont agree i think you should turn around, there shall be no gok wan haters on this blog EVER. OK so the book i have chosen is Gok Wan's autobiography "Through thick and thin" its an amazing book. Its so sosos worth it, he wrote it and you really feel liek you know him and what hes been through once you have read it. It is called through thick and thin because he was obese then annorexic which is sever sad times. because he is PERFECT but we shall not go into that.

Reasons why i lvoe Gok Wan:

• He helps so many people
• Hes been through so much to be where he is
• Hes living the dream
• Hes living my dream
• He is amazing at fashion
• He is my idol
• He is fricking awesome and jsut looks so cool
• He has funny names for everything including himself, my faves are "auntie Gok", "Fairy gok mother", "Bangers"
• He is genuine
• He writes books which are fabdidddleytastic.  (that made my spell checker go crazy not that i use it anyway as you can tell... i only found i had one like yesterday  meh who needs one anyway you guys understand me right?) RIGHT?
• He has his own glasses range
• He helps kids
• He has cool tv shows
• He designes clothes
• He can draw

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Ok the glasses thing brings me to my next point. GOK WAN HAS HIS OWN GLASSES RANGE AT SPECSAVERS!!!!!!!!! did you know that? if so why did you not tell me? it is like my life ambition to meet gok wan (and hug him of course) and wearing his glasses would bring me one crucial step closer. No i am not a stalker...... as such. But yh i saw them and went crazy 9 more so than usual) they are amazing i want them but they cost £100 so i dont see that happening any time soon. Anyhoo but they show his typical style like the big frames and funky styles and ahhh focus pixie!

 No but if you go on the specsavers website you can try them on! oh my days total cool-german- i know girl of many talents. As you can see right. Alright i know i look ridiculous but in my defence this is a very old photo and i look ridiculous wearing and doing most things so...... but try it es ist total cool. again some more german for you there woop. 

OK the book
Seriously i learnt so much from reading this like he was kicked out of school and that he originally wanted to be an actor. He turned to working at a beauty counter with no experience as a last result and worked form there. He managed to blag his way to the top doing portfolios and telling all sorts of fibs lol. He is known for his sensitvity and that really shines through. It gives even more depth to his personality if you get me? you learn how and why he ened up where he is with the attitude that he is. It is amazing.

Where
You can buy his book on amazon for a great price, it is also available in all good book shops such as WH'S and Waterstones. I am madly in love with it.
book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0091938392?tag=thebookbag-21&camp=1406&creative=6394&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0091938392&adid=161KE2XNXVFE6QYKFGWH&
glasses
http://www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/designer-glasses/gok-wan/
Me
I have laods of Gok Wan books:

• How to look good naked
• How to work your wardrobe
• Through thick and thin x2

they are so good. I want more and i want his glasses but one thing at a time right? ok so this is just a small teeny weeny insight into my feelings towards gok wan lamoe and there wil be plenty more to come. Probably starting with a factfile or seomthing. oki doki Pixie signing off before i ramble any more

XX Love Pixie XX