High Street Vs Catwalk: Crayola Colour...

Brightly blocked colour was the 'in thing' all over the Spring/Summer 2011 Catwalks - and as expected the eccentric crayola colours have made their way onto the British High Street in affordable prices, to keep the nation bang on trend! So let me enlighten you to a Jil Sander and Gucci inspired look that won't break the bank balance!

Oranges and Lemons.

L-R: Giambattista Valli - Aquilano.Rimondi - Julien Macdonald - MaxMara.


All the best oranges are coming from Topshop and River Island. In fact River Island is great at the moment for any bright colours! Although prices are on the higher side because of the formal quality of fabric - silks and chiffons! Jersey basics are done best by Topshop, as always. Shapes are loose and curve skimming, with a suprising feminine injection from Miss Selfridge!

Aqua and Jade.


L-R: Haider Ackermann - Rachel Roy - Costume National - Versace.

Head to toe colour blocking in a turquoise tone of blue breathes a fresh breath into an outfit. Topshop and Miss Selfridge are leading the pack with on trend pieces such as crop tied tank tops and high waisted circle skirts in gorgeous shades.

Pinks to make the boys wink.

L-R: Carolina Herrera - Nina Ricci - Jil Sander.

The Jil Sander effect. Never has pink and orange looked so right together. These Maxi skirts are my favourite pieces on the High Street at the moment - they are from Topshop! Pleats look amazing in pink too for a three dimensional effect! Again, River Island have the best of the formal wear with silky shorts and blazers!

Deeper shade of blue/indigo/violet.

L-R: Issa - Victoria Beckham - Fendi.




Teaming a purple with an orange and a dark green and you will look fresh from the runway! Purples look best in a floaty fashion, river island for some great party dresses. A lot of retailers are combining colour blocking for you, in a dress or a playsuit! Never will you have to worry about clashing colours again!!

Are you a fan of crayola colours? Any colour blocking success stories to share?? Let me know!

Amelia xo
@ameliakanaris

PS it feels so good to do a proper post like this! Think I might make this High Street Vs Runway a regular feature!

Wildfox...

Firstly I want to apologise for my general rubbishness and lack of blogging lately! Have been working my bum off for uni! A big hello to the new followers I've gained over my blogging absence, and to all of you who have left me LOVELY comments recently - i plan on returning them!! Uni is done now, exhibition is coming up! So it's all getting back to normal on the blogging frontier!

So this is Wildfox Couture's Summer 2011 Lookbook. Effortlessly American cool. I would happily blow my life savings on the whole summer collection. One day.

Beyoncé runs my world...

Now this gives me what I like to call the heebie jeebies. Beyoncé is the one. If she had her own religion I would sign up. Major inspiration!


Beyoncé at the Billboard awards.

I love me some Jay-Z too, B.


Who Run the World (girls) video.

There is only one Kate in London...

Chill out Kate. It's your turn next love.

Ha. I love that Kate Moss isn't afraid to make fun of herself! Inspite of her actually being one of many Kate's in London, this is a very clever piece of advertising for the Agent Provocateur Bridal range!

Amelia xo

(sorry my blog is lacking posts of late, been so busy at uni! Deadline is 11 days away and after that you have me all to yourselves. Lucky lucky people.)

It's a fruit thing...and a giveaway thing...

Following from Prada's banana fever I thought I would stay with the tropical theme and feature some other collections with a fruity twist. The more famous would be Stella McCartney's SS11 collection. Big bold lemons, grapefruits and oranges on crisp white tailored pieces and beautiful feminine dresses with thigh high slits.

Slightly more overlooked is the Moschino Cheap and Chic SS11 collection. Their zesty lemon prints have inspired dresses from Primark and New Look (desperately trying to find a link of it) in a 1950s style with sheer floaty midi skirts, tea dresses and the added frill or four.



I'm very much a fan of these fruity prints! Do you think you could trade your colour blocking for a tropical print??

Just want to say sorry for being absent on the blogging front the past few weeks. Things are bit hectic to say the least, coming to the end of my 3rd year of uni and working over time to raise money for my moving out fund.

Meaning i've been a bit slack choosing a winner of my Giveaway....But I have picked! Well random.org has picked number 16.


Beth of Anchor and Roses!
Well done! If you can get back to me by tomorrow (27th), so I can get these Polaroid glasses to you asap!

Thank you to everyone who entered! I loved reading all your comments, and I plan on replying to all of you!



Amelia xo

The High Street takes on Prada...

Could you have imagined this time last year that Topshop would be selling Banana print leggings? Well that my friends is the doing of Prada. Asos are also jumping on the banana wagon with this cropped tee! Do you think you could get away with the banana leggings AND a colbalt blue stripe tank from Topshop? I challenge you! If not, these striped dresses from ASOS are the next best thing to a Prada outfit.

Miuccia Prada's Banana earrings. Replica's on sale at Punky Pins.


Clashing brights of Orange and Pink and contrasting black stripes are to me the definition of 'colour pop' - A lot of Topshops inspiration for fabric and prints seem to stem from Prada's Spring/Summer 2011! Check out the that Topshop midi bodycon skirt. It's a dead ringer for Prada!


Clashing colours work well, but so do colour blocks! I would try an accessory with a bright coloured trouser to start - or find a bright coloured jumpsuit! This colbalt blue rucksack is a premium leather bag from ASOS, and this orange satchel is on my wishlist from River Island.



Knits from Zara, and embroidery from River Island. Whilst in topshop white creeps in to seperate the stripes!


More Stripey knits from Zara, whilst Topshop Clashes stripes in their own way in a 2 in 1 dress! Asos get the bottle green into their summer stock with a leather satchel (that I want want want!) and a black and orange stripe dress (reminds me a lot of liquorice all sorts!)




Have you noticed the Prada fever taking over the high street? It's been creeping in for weeks now! Do you think you'll be buying into the clashing colours and thick bright stripes? Or even better the Banana print leggings??

If you do be sure to let me know, i'd love to see someone in them!

Amelia xo

PS Don't forget my giveaway for a pair of £85 Polaroid sunglasses!

GIVEAWAY...

I did promise I would do a giveaway when I hit 300 followers and now at 313 followers I can finally reveal the beauty! Ta daaaa! The wonderfully kind Laura at Polaroid has let me choose some sunglasses for a blog competition, and I have chosen these pink cat eye frames that are competely on trend for summer!

So one lucky winner will get these beautiful 1950 Marilyn glasses from the Heritage range which retail at £85 (completely jealous of whoever wins!)! Polaroid sunglasses are by far the best sunglasses I own, my eyes feel lovely and safe when I wear them!

Before I get to the nitty gritty rules I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who follows and comments me. I get so excited by a comment so I'm hoping lots of you will enter this giveaway and fuel my little 'yay i got a comment' dance for a week or so!

I'm sure you know how this goes but hey ho...

The Rules:

1. To be in with a chance of winning the glasses you have to be following Amelia's Fashion Land via blogger, google friend connect, twitter or however you crazy kids do it! - cos i'll have my beady eye on you! :)
   
2. A comment on this post with 'enter me' and maybe a little something something nice extra so that i know i'm not being used for free stuff (although not that i'd blame you with this prize!)
3. Following and Tweeting about the giveaway with @ameliakanaris and http://ameliafashionland.blogspot.com in the tweet will count as an extra entry and I will track it in a spreadsheet, although please note if your twitter is on private and i'm not following you i probably won't see it :( !

All my entries are going to go into a spreadsheet (yay...) and then I will Random.org the winner on the 17th April - just in time for easter!

I hope you love the sunglasses as much as i do!! And if pink is not your colour, you may choose the black ones instead!

Amelia xo