The Fashion Bible and It's Icons

I'm always fascinated by Vogue. Who isn't? It's this one great - not just magazine - one great brainstorm of fashion inspiration that all fashionistas consider and follow in some ways (even if they try to deny it).

And even more fascinating are the Vogue covers. The cover of the very first Russian Vogue features a famous singer Alla Pugacheva. Some may think her too corny and cliche but to me she's one great icon of the Russian music world. The woman has rocked the eighties with her phenomenal voice and ginger hair. This Vogue issue made her plain dark style look very very chic. Very Vogue.

(un)INSPIRED

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm officially STUCK in my old wardrobe.

I am visiting London right now, and this was meant to be a great shopping marathon, yet I seem to fail to find any inspiration. I got hold of a March edition of British Vogue, the new edition of ELLE, looked through some catwalk shows, trends, alternative trends, tried to find something fresh to love... Yet there's practically NOTHING new out there that makes me go "Ooh, that's a something". What's wrong with the upcoming fashion season?

It just feels that we have already seen it all. The wooden heels, the tiny bags, the big bags, the sportswear, the animal prints, the complicated cuts, the white shirts. When I went out shopping today, I somehow got lost in what I loved, what I needed and what I should have bought. Despte all the magazines' suggestions and personal need to shock and impress, I seem to veer towards the good old leggings, bomber jackets, ginger leather bags and white tees. That's it! Boring, old, yet the only things that seem appropriate!

Well, actually, the only personal innovation that I brought myself to buy today was a juicy red lipstick. I did it at last (after weeks of hesitation)! Oh, and I got a fringe now.

Has the catwalk failed to inspire this spring or is it just me? I am desperate for inspiration. What is it that has that oomph for you this spring, girls and guys?

Summer Autumn Winter

A brief summary of what I was up since the end of July.

July

Pretty self-explanatory

Got to my beloved Starbucks

Bought a pair Office pumps

August

Went to St Petersbourgh from Kyiv by train (23 hours!)

Reached the age of 18 =)

Saw the beautiful city of Moscow

Partied like a party tiger

September

Threw a limousine party for my girls

Made this photo especially for the blog. Veronica and her posh ways =)

Strutted my stuff in a tee which read "Ready to be with anyone, if he is the best" by X'U

October

Had a friendly lollipop shoot

Went to see a show by Kanevsky at the Ukrainian Fashion Week

November

Decided that red lipstick makes me look older

Had a shoot with one of my favourite girls. Yulia, <3

Had a bit too much rum with this lady here =)

Tried an outfit with over-the-knees for the first (!) time

It's been four and a half months since my last post. I've had my blogging break but it was necessary to make me undersand how much I've missed it.

There is no need to explain why I had that sudden stop with CHICLASH. Does that really matter? We all know that sometimes we just get too full of our laptop screens, too fed up with writing, we realise that we don't have the time note a thought or two on our pages. And that's when a blog starts to seem like a burden. It's as if you cannot stop because you'll loose readers, but you can't go on because you may loose yourself and the point in blogging. That, I believe, comes in cycles.

And now I'm happy to be back on my page to share whatever I can with the rest of you, my lovely readers and bloggers.

Many things have happened in the last few months. This means that this blog is a lot to catch up on. Gosh, I love the excitement of planning posts, there is beauty in that!

It took me a while to get the guts to start writing again. And it is like everything is usually - you think about what you are goin to write, select the right words but when it comes to the actual post, you may get lost for words. So I'll just begin thus:

I'm glad to be back, darlings! <3

And the winner is...

Jamie at THE ALTERATION! I found her idea of an outfit to match that Moyna clutch bag in my inbox and LOVED it!

What I liked in this combination is the clash of prints - it's always a rather brave thing to do. And the jewellery implies a punk feel, being delicate and feminine at the same time.

So congradulations, Jamie! The clutch will be delivered to you soon!

To be honest, this is the first time that I've done a contest like this and I was quite nervous when choosing a winner. Maybe it's because all of the outfits were worth the firtsplace. A big thank you to all of the participants! I loved your ideas!

PS I'm back from London and there's a long London post coming!

My fellow fashion bloggers, I'm off to London town in search of inspiration, Starbucks, Topshop goodies and other things close to heart. I'll be back on the 29th!

All of you who have already sent me your comments and photos to take part in my clutch competition, thank you! All your outfits are fabulous and it's already hard to choose the best one! Make it harder for me, girls! I want to hear more ideas from you!

Hope you all are having a sparkling summer!

Kisses

Fight for a clutch bag!

Dear fashionistas from the USA, there's this sweet beaded clutch bag to be won this month from the selection of Moyna Handbags at chickdowntown.com. To compete for it all you have to do is write your answer to this question in the comments:

If you were this clutch, what other items would you want to accompany you in a perfect outfit?The most edgy outfit will win! The competition will run until the 30th July, and I shall announce the winner on the 31st July. Sketches of your outfits are very very welcome (these you can send to me by email to miss.lirvag@gmail.com)!

Also, check out more items from the J.A.K. Plaid collection at the chickdowntown.com store and find them on twitter and facebook!

I'm very excited to see what you come up with!

Hugs and kisses