awakening

I was procrastinating instead of studying in the library today and came across a webpage. Today was the last day to submit photos for the National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010. Images had to be related to Nature, Places and People. The photography is impressive and very inspiring. The photographs below are a few that I personally liked more than the several on the website. Check out the rest on http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/national_geographics_photograp.html

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and when we stumble...

 This was taken at Hillside Park in New York a few months ago. The headband I'm wearing is one of the few I designed for my headband collection, Crimson which is part of the label Ava-Mirabelle started by my friend Maliha and I over the summer. Our new collection for S/S 2011 will be launched along with our website in January. I'll keep you posted! x x 

Lanvin for H&M

After months of patience the Lanvin for H&M collection launched worldwide at 200 selected stores and online earlier this week. Shopaholics and fashionistas queued up from the night before the launch took place. Hours after the store doors opened for the public the exquisite collection was sold out. The collection including menswear and womenswear screams ‘glamour’ with cocktail dresses in bright colours, floral prints, t-shirts, shoes, accessories, even bow ties...! This may have been the most anticipated launch out of all the collaborations H&M has done in the past and adds luxury to the high street brand. The promotional video that was released a few weeks prior to the launch created an extra hype. Pieces from the collection were auctioned at http://www.lanvinforhm.com/ and proceedings were given to UNICEF as part of H&M’s “All for children” project.

 

A few pieces from the collection

can't get enough of black shoes

I have a fetish for black shoes...flats, booties, wedges, heels... Its the only colour that goes with practically everything. These are some of my favourite pairs from my ever-growing closet

the wedge

These are the comfiest wedges ever! I bought them from Topshop over six months ago but barely wore them twice. They were part of my halloween costumes last week and I fell in love with them all over again like I had when I saw them on the store shelf. Since they are tie ups they give a strong support which I really need since I can't wear heels of any kind if they don't have a strap to go around my ankle. My feet are relatively narrow and slip out otherwise! These wedges go great with any piece of clothing that bares your legs. I was really fascinated by the nail varnish I was wearing that night. Its from Forever 21 in the shade of 'Light Orange'. Although it looked peachy in normal light, the UV light in this picture and in the club made my nails glow in the dark. Super cool for halloween.