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18 November 2014

20 Days Left Until The 2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show!

Ahh!! I'm going to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show!!

Why am I so excited about what is: lets face it, a commercialized,

glorified, over-the-top, exorbitantly expensive, underwear fashion show?

Because... Well.. that's what it is!

...but I have other reasons.

Despite the little fabric Victoria's Secret is trying to sell;

the creations the designers come up with are amazing!

Their 'Props' (i.e. the hosiery, shoes, wings,

diamonds, pearls, and a solid couple of tons of glitter) are so innovative, theatrical,

and over the top creative you can't help but to want to buy into the brand,

regardless of how good the design or quality is!

Well I can't help it; I'm their demographic.. but my boyfriend isn't.

I asked James if he could objectively decide if the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was the unique selling point of the Victoria's secret brand; or if it was the actual underwear itself?

"Pretty Girls in their underwear..." was the in-depth response I got.

Case Study Conclusion: Even he's smitten.

I for one subjectively believe it's the Fashion show.

It's one of a kind: honestly, have you ever even seen another lingerie show televised? at all?

It's Innovative, Theatrical, and Creative

Innovative: Some of 2013's designs were made by a 3D printer!

2012 had the first LED powered wings with a micro sized battery!

2011's knitwear designs were hard work and trail blazed knit that year!

Theatrical: (Not much to be said; see photo's)

Creative: The fact that there are only so many ways you can reinvent angel wings...

but they still manage to do it year after year, theme after theme, and still wow us.

So without further ado, here are some of my favorite sketch to runway creations...

Adriana Lima 2013

Alessandra Ambrosio 2011

Adriana Lima 2011

In preparation for the show: apart my new strict workout and meal regime, here are some facts I sniffed out to better prepare myself for the big night!!

1. Incase you hadn't already heard, this morning the 2014 Musical Guests were announced!
Taylor Swift (repetitive but yay!),
Ed Sheeran (Britain's Sweet-Heart),
Ariana Grande (Trying to keep positive and grateful with this one but- struggling),
and Hozier (Hozi-who? Looked him up after hand. Irish and pretty groovy.)

2. I am going to be attending the first out of the two shows!
Two shows you ask? Well! There are two shows on the day to ensure every camera angle is captured! This is important seeing as the playback is what CBS and Victoria's Secret make their money off of, not all 100 of us Fashion College Girls and our free-loader invitations! (Not complaining)

3. We are going to be in Earls Court and instead of being amongst an audience of 5,000 like it always has been... were going to be in an audience four times that size capping at a whopping 20,000 audience members (and two lots of them, remember? so 40,000 live viewers in one day!)

4. We have to bring our passports as identification and our invitations are confidential.
That's right. Underwear is some serious buisness.

5. I just realized I need to decide what to wear!
Goodnight my sweeties!
Until tomorrow!
-J xxx

10 December 2014

What the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was really like....

So the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was one of the most overwhelming, colourful, energetic and exciting events I have ever been to. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole event; however I have to say it is a completely different experience seeing the whole event in real life, dressed to the nines with all my friends, compared to on my laptop, on my own with a blanket and ice cream. If you think about it; Victoria's Secret make their money off of the CBS showing of the Fashion Show, not inviting 100 of us Fashion Students for free! So with that in mind.. It shouldn't have come to a surprise to me is that the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, as fun as it was, was first and for most a television production.

But more on that later, for now here are my close but crappy 3rd row clips, and my reviews on the Show!

Taylor Swift's Performance of Blank Space during the Dream Girls Segment

The Dream Girls section was my favourite! I love the song Blank Space (who doesn't) so I was already dancing in my seat; but once Lily Aldridge came out wearing the powder puff Angel wings and the baby blue teddy; it was just so feminine and cute! I loved it. All the other outfits in this Section were in the same vein; soft, feminine, and pastel lingerie; worked beautifully.

The one thing I should point out now is that the pastel colours of this section are what made it the best section for showcasing the lingerie; instead of overpowering the garments they flowed with and showcased them. But there was nothing I loved more than Taylor's glam dressing gown and bodice ensemble; the black lace and baby pink go together better than strawberries and cream. I want one!

Ariana Grande's Performance of a Medley for the University of Pink Segment

Okay so I don't like Ariana Grande.

I don't like her because: her music and style is really not my style; HOWEVER- her songs were so catchy I couldn't help but dance along. I love love loved the Pink high knee boots they made. Very Chanel AutumnWinter14-esque! The outfits were awesome but if there was on piece I could take home would be the Pink Harem pants; A* comfort and style right there. Digging it.

List of Things that Happened at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show that You Won’t see on TV!

1. Ariana Grande Getting Wacked by Elsa's pink fluffy graffiti wings!

Here are some A* funny pictures of Ariana's face after she got bumped.

But it wasn't as bad as some have made it out to be; but her singing definitely stopped/dropped during the minor bump.

But she made a nice recovery and kept on going.

Take a look:

2. The Various Big Sweaty Camera Men running after the models.

But mad respect though. Been there;

tough job running backwards with your eye in a camera lens!

3. Candice's Wardrobe Adjustment Shuffle and cheeky Taylor Swift bum slap!

After having just watched the show, I know that they took out the cute shuffle, but surprised and sad they took out the butt tap! It was so cute and authentic- such a pity!

31 December 2015

2015: My Fashionable Year in Review!

Recently I was asked back to my high school to give a talk on my experiences since I left high school.

In my usual over-the-top fashion, I went back and looked back in depth at my year in review, and wrote up a speech. (Which was in turn scrapped last minute after my friends reassured me it was totally unnecessary and 'uncool').

When I got up there, I told them what I'm about to show you. The crazy and incredible things I got up to this year!

Unlike my peers: I decided to take a gap year between high school and university to figure out what the heck I wanted to do in life. 2015 was my gap year.

Safe to say, I figured it out. (coin drop moment: hence my blogs title Rogue gone Vogue)

But not without one rollercoaster ride of a year to figure it out!

So without further ado: here is my fashionable year in review!

(Note: Technically my year started in October 2014 and ended in October 2015, so humor me as I hope it's not too confusing!)

October-December 2014: Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design.

(Graduated!! With an award in excellence too! Fashion Nerd!!)

Four Highlights:

1. Meeting incredible industry people who would come lecture us at college!

The designer Mary Katrantzou! (See my Blog Post)

Karl Willet, Paloma Faiths Stylist!

(Who I have bumped into more than once in my following internships!)

2. Visiting Vogue House!

See my hand drawn sketches and tale of the Vogue Floor in this Blog Post!

GQ headquarters!

3. The just-as-crazy, fun, and most certainly fashionable friends I made!!

3. Attending the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show!

Would it be sad to say this was probably the best day of my life? oh well. it was.

(See my multiple full blog posts on the event here!)

These "exceedingly good quality photos" were taken by me.

Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift being cute <3 <3

Queen Candice !!! <3

January 2014: St. Lucia.

Hear me out: this trip was a considerable step in my fashion journey!

While on this holiday, I witnessed a (super exciting!!) fashion shoot with Bregje Heinen (who I saw a month previous in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show), styled by Alessandra Steinherr (Glamours beauty director).

Long story short: it sparked my interest into fashion publications specifically, and my research into how shoots are done, set the stage and came in handy when it came to my internship...

Here is the shoot taking place! (above) and here is the result below!

See my full post on my trip to St. Lucia here!

February 2014: My internship at Ralph Lauren!

Read about the, rather silly, mistakes I made on my first internship (so embarrassing)

or the amazing celebrity involving tasks I handled, all in this blog post!!

Working with pieces such as this totally impractical

but to die for parachute dress were what made my day.

Marie Claire interns and PR team get an A* in my good books.

My mahogany office <3

Above: my resume/Portfolio after Ralph Lauren.... Left Vogue, right glamour... not too shabby!

March 2015: Las Vegas, New Mexico and Aspen!

Another sturdy step into my fashion future I can assure you. I picked up a LIFE changing skirt in New Mexico, I did some heavy research in the Las Vegas shopping malls and I developed an ingenious winter skii-bunny style development which is my thesis point in this blog post here!

They named a hotel after the salad???!

Glam glam glam. Not going to lie, this trip was pretty fab!

April 2015: The Vogue Festival and Kate Upton!

She was super sweet and complimented my skirt! She complimented my skirt !

(the aforementioned one that changed my life???? Yeah. Now you see why it's life changing)

Met some very fashionable girls along the way!

Alexa Chung and Olivier Rousteing

Jean Paul Gaultier!

However the John Galliano talk where no photo's were allowed was by far the best!

Needless to say why this was Fashionably Beneficial. Education is the key to success!!

May 2015: Backstage at London Bridal Fashion Week!

Our awesome girls ready to rumble! Lunch break in the exhibition hall.

With my wonderful dresser girlies!!

Cuddles with the designer!

Just-as-crazy as me and wonderful model Marieke! <3

Learned a lot through this experience: crisis management, working under pressure

and also keeping cool (very underestimated in the stressful fashion world).

If you want to read more about this event check out my post!

June 2015: The Communications Store!

The Communications Store is a PR agency unlike when I worked at Ralph Lauren which is canned working 'in-house'.

I'm not sure which I prefer yet (in PR you are kind of one or the other). But working with a huge variation of brands like at TCS definitely was one of the perks!

My Favourites included: House of Holland - Versace -Salvatore Ferragamo - Derek Rose - Belstaff

Miss Josephine busy at work!!

I helped out send the Mens Fashion Week invitations!!

A lovely challenging task: but nothing stops me ;)

Our incredibly beautiful headquarters!

Such an incredible opportunity, and so glad I got to work at such a tight knit company.

Juliette Dexter (co-founder) greeted me on my first day by name!

If that isn't a welcome then I don't know what is!

July-August 2015: Japan!

No, I didn't go for two months!! But one might have thought considering the amount of clothes I brought back (guilty).

A key step in my fashion journey this year: a totally different style over there on the other side of the world..

I learned about so many seedlings of trends, that I can already see popping up over here on the western world, a few months later! Harajuku girls are either ahead of the trend by months, or void of trend at all! (a rare feat).