Get The Look

Even though celebrity red carpet fashion is a joy to watch, you know, seeing who wore what outfit, by whom and how, and OMG did you see her dress! But, it doesn't really tell me anything about a celebrities sense of style, other than the fact that they have a wonderfully talented team behind them, and of course I am only talking about those who actually look nice on the red carpet.
I'm saying, celebrity red carpet fashion is just glitz and glam, it doesn't go much further than the dress, suit and tie, and I can't connect, which is why I personally like to style stalk celebrities off the red carpet, because for me when they are going on coffee dates, heading to the club, running errands or dodging the paps, that's when you can kind of tell what their real fashion sense is like.

I have put together some of my favourite and inspiring off duty celebrity looks this past month, and although the past couple of months back there have been award season, these three off duty celebs caught my eye and made me want to GET THAT LOOK!

Khloe Kardashian

I love the shirt dress thing she has going on, and more so in print. I have been trying to find myself something similar for ages now and I just can't seem to come across the right kind of one. Khloe makes me want to steal hers which is why I think she looks so good here, and there is just no fuss or muss about the outfit, you can tell she didn't just get out of bed and throw the first thing on, but still looks effortless.

Katie Holmes 

Even though it doesn't really show in my choice of outfits lately, I am in a black jeans, black leggings phase and this is why I love what Katie is wearing. I feel like a pair of black bottoms takes the pressure off any outfit, because all I have to do after that is just find a cute top {which she did} to match it with, and what doesn't match with black?

I want this outfit.

Zoe Saldana 

Black bottoms again, what did I tell you? This is a look I want to keep in mind for winter. I find it hard to keep warm and stay stylish at the same time, and maybe because the cold has frozen my brain and I can't do two things at once, but this outfit just reminds me that I must, should and can.

........you can also get their looks......... 

Lu3Lu
Xx

"Couldn't Get Michael Kors if you was F**king Michael Kors"

I've had my eye on a few Michael Kors goodies of late, and I blame my addiction to Pinterest. Like it's not enough that I generally just want to get my hands on anything fashionable, now I have Pinterest to make that ten times worse. So naturally because not everyone can gets what they wants, I have added the Michael Kors handbag collection to my wish list, for you kind souls out there *wink wink, nudge nudge*.

I'm sure most of us all know how hard it is to find a fashionable bag at a reasonable price, which is one of the reasons I have fallen in love with Michael Kors products, because even though they are pricey, they remain fairly affordable.

I tell you why in a second.

I have just spent most of my time assuming that this sort of luxury was 'above my pay grade' {I have always wanted to say that} and not something that I should be even looking twice at, so when Nicki Minaj sang "Couldn't get Michael Kors if you was f**king Michael Kors" I felt like I had to pay attention. But boy was I almost kind of sort of wrong, because yes their bags cost between 10, 000 to 7,000 South African Rands, and yes this is generally the price range you need to be prepared to see when you Google 'how much is a Michael  Kors bag' and then quickly Google after that 'No, how much is it really'...
but I realised that Michael Kors can still come through for a girl on a budget, because if between all that good-looking-I-can't-afford-these-kind-of-bags-stuff you are still able to find one that costs you about R 1,000 then hey, that is reasonably pricey right?
It is MK after all.

Either way, you could totally get it, and I know I can so get it. In fact we all can get it, and we all should..............

............................ Get Michael Kors bags is what I mean. 

All Images from WeHeartIt

Lu3Lu

Xx

'Beyoncé will be in your life like she’s never been before'

Beyoncé Knowles is the name on almost everybody's lips lately. With her epic super bowl performance not so long ago, her announcement of The Mrs. Carter Show, her interview with the queen of television Oprah Winfrey, and her much anticipated documentary on HBO 'life's but a dream', it is no surprise. This woman has it all and then some. If there was anybody I could be for a day, at this very moment I would pick Mrs. Carter.

I haven't laid my eyes on either her interview with Oprah or her HBO documentary yet, but it is the March 2013 “Power Issue” of Vogue that has left me stunned right now. I have to admit with some reluctance that I am such a prier, an A grade celebrity stalker, I want to know the very intimate details about a celebrities life, only because they seem so far away that knowing what makes them human, just like the rest of us, makes the difference. And in this issue, Beyoncé did that for me, even though there was still more to be revealed through 'Life Is But a Dream' I felt an honest picture of Beyoncé Knowles carved through that article. Especially the love she has for her family. That Beyoncé and Jay-Z kind of love, that Beyoncé and Blue Ivy kind of love. Yes please. Reading things like this make me excited to have a family of my own, be a mother, be a wife, and just feel a different kind of wholeness and happiness.

Regardless of all that, she had a banging photo shoot too. The yummy mummy donned some uber sexy outfits, with looks by Alexander McQueen,  Haider Ackermann and Oscar de la Renta.

Beyoncé is the IT girl of the moment and this moment will last forever.

Lu3Lu
Xx

Celeb Style: Michelle Obama

The 1st lady of the United States celebrated her birthday yesterday.... 49 and looking 30 something. What a gorgeous somebody.
In all the times I have seen her gracing the covers of magazines, our TV screens etc, she always looks dashing and needless to say quite classy.

I've always found her fashion sense really inspiring, simple yet extremely fashionable, definitely something a 30 something 49 year old should be wearing. Even I would house myself in one of those gorgeous overflowing gowns she loves to wear.

Here is a happy belated birthday to the 1st lady of elegance.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE OBAMA!!!!! 

 Am I right or am I right?

Lu3Lu
xx

Denim on Denim

I'm going to use the word 'new' here loosely, because this really is new to me, but I really am loving this new denim on denim trend. Over the past few weeks I've spotted a lot of denim on denim fashion on my television, in magazines, on the streets and on runways, and I'm taken. At first, much like the print on print trend, this trend wasn't something I would naturally just think of pairing together for the fear of being over-matched. I mean, I thought that was something we were all meant to stay away from, DON'T MATCH they said, so I became one of those people wrinkling their noses and making funny faces every time I saw this denim on denim trend. How wrong was I though, there is something so effortless about this trend that makes it okay to match. The reality is {Justin and Britney} it is in fact a rather stylish trend if you pull it off correctly.

Please don't mind me while I add a few more denim items to my shopping list. 

What do you guys think of the Denim on Denim trend. To wear or not to wear that is the question? 

Lu3Lu

xx

#WHOSTHATGIRL?....

... No this time it is not Jess. 

TopShop South Africa, which I had the pleasure of visiting the other day, {pretty shop, even prettier things to buy} I've just learnt is having a competition. They have partnered with one A-List Hollywood celebrity in their TopShop Christmas Film set to premiere on the 4th of December, and they have done a good job at keeping who this A-List celebrity is quiet, leaving us the crowd guessing #WHOSTHATGIRL? As part of their #WHOSTHATGIRL campaign TopShop SA has asked fans to guess who the celebrity is. So far they have released two teaser videos off their original TopShop Christmas Film, 

Teaser 1

Teaser 2

And fans are meant to visit the Topshop South Africa Facebook Page, click on the #WHOSTHATGIRL tab on the homepage, fill in the entry form, and the name of the celebrity you think is featured in the video and then just cross your fingers and hope to die that the prize is yours. The prize? R5 000 TopShop shopping spree. I'm pretty sure I am going to attempt to enter, I mean, R5 000 to play around in TopShop is all the Christmas present I ever need. However my guessing game abilities are a little rusty.. So let me quickly go play a game or two of memory and I will be good to go.  

The final video will go live on the 4th of December at 12PM, which is when the winner will be announced. 

In the meantime good luck to all those who enter. 

Lu3Lu

xx

Violent Lips

Have you ever just wanted to do something simply because it is so not you? Something that will even suprise you if you did it? Lately, that's all I want to do. If it doesn't sound like me, I am doing it!

If my friend PJ is reading this, he is probably shaking his head right now because he is all 'Why you gotta do that? Just be you, you're awesome!'

Any way I have recenlty come across this thing that I am dying to try out. Violent Lips!

As stated on their website Violent Lips is:

'The ultimate form of self-expression, the Violent Lips Collection offers a statement-making line of Lip patterns that range from bold animal prints and fun polka dots, to sexy fishnets and picture-perfect Glitteratti sparkle.' 

I've only recently started wearing lipstick and let me add not too often either. The only colour I have ever dared to try is red, and that to me was skipping a couple of grades already. There really is nothing wrong with lipstick, or red lipstick to be precise but because I am so safe with everything I always end up feeling like I am way too over dressed or something. But.... with all that said, I love my red lipstick, I am so glad I tried it and it really is one of my prized possesions.
Now....
Violent Lips, My. My. My.
This is definitely next level stuff...  The 'Future of Lipstick' as stated by Allure Magazine.
Whatever the case, who wouldn't want to play around with this

Bedazzeled lips anyone?

I can be your sailor!

 Let's rep our countries shall we?

Animal print clothes, pssshh try animal print lips!

 What do you guys think? Yay? Nay?

 all images from their website www.violetlips.com 
Lu3Lu

xx