Grammys 2013

Grammys 2013

What: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards

Where: Staples Center, L.A

When: 10th February 2013 

The stars of the music scene were draped in their finest for the event, and rightly so for the biggest awards ceremony for the industry. It was a huge night for the rather unknown array of designers, which many names being dropped that most had never heard of! Here's a selection of the best!

Green Queens: Katy Perry in Gucci,  Solange Knowles in Ralph & Russo and Florence Welch in Givenchy

Women in Black: J-Lo in Anthony Vaccarello,  Kelly Rowland in Georges Chakra and Alicia Keys in Alaia

Allison Williams in Kaufmanfranco, Carly Rae Jepsen in Roberto Cavalli and Janelle Monae in Moschino

Stars of the Show:Adele in Valentino Couture, Beyonce in Osman Yousefzada and Taylor Swift in J Mendel

Brights: Karlie Kloss in Michael Kors, Alexa Chung in REDValentino and Nicole Kidman in Vera Wang

And my FAVOURITE dress of the night....

Rihanna in  Alaia!

Amongst the many performers of the night were Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z, with their new hit 'Suit and Tie'

and Elton John and Ed Sheeran, who did an incredible cover of Ed's song 'The A Team'! Cute!

-R xo

People's Choice Awards 2013

What: People's Choice Awards

When: Wednesday 11th January 2013

Where: Nokia Theatre, L.A

Awards Season is here (woohoo!) and we LOVE IT. With the Golden Globes tonight and The Brits, The Grammys and The Oscars in February, we can't wait to see all the starlets flaunting their designer gowns down the red carpet! 

Expect full coverage on the fashion side right here! Here's a selection of dresses from the People's Choice Awards from Wednesday night, which allows the public to fully decide who wins each award- and there was over 50 of them! 

The odds were most definitely in Jennifer Lawrence's favour, as she took home 6 awards, and 'Hot or Cold' singer Katy Perry received 4! 

What do you think of the selection of gowns?

Olivia Munn in Carolina Herrera, Jennifer Lawrence in Valentino Couture & Sandra Bullock in Vera Wang and Jimmy Choos.

Shay Mitchell in Giorgio Armani and Jimmy Choos, Lea Michele in Elie Saab & Ashley Rickards in an embellished nude gown.

Katy Perry in Valentino and Jimmy Choos, Julianne Hough wore a Tony Ward Couture dress and Giuseppi Zanotti heels and Jennifer Aniston in Dior and Tom Ford heels.

Chloe-Grace Moretz in a Simon Rocha dress and Casedai heels, socialite Paris Hilton wore a daring print dress and Rachel Leigh Cook wore a beautiful Oliver Tarentino dress.

Emma Watson in a Peter Piloto dress and Tabitha Simmons heels, hostess Kaley Cuoco in one of the five dresses she wore that night and Morena Backerin in Donna Karan


The most surprising look of the night was newly-single Taylor Swift, who rocked up in a deep v-neck Ralph Lauren Collection dress and Louboutin heels. Look what you're missing, Harry!




Can't wait for the next awards show!

-R xo

The Pointe Is

Ballet

"You don't have to know about ballet to enjoy it, all you have to do is look at it" 

- Edwin Denby

Yesterday, I attended a ballet class with two friends at the COOLEST place on Earth, Dance City. There were break dancing competitions in the reception, jazz dancers kicking down the banisters, it was like a scene from Fame!

 I hadn't attended a proper ballet class since I was around 6 ( take a look, there's me, second row and third from the right!) and I was pretty nervous that I'd have forgotten EVERYTHING.

My worries soon vanished after the OAP guy in full-on lycra walked in ( that happened! ), and it was generally just good to get back into something I used to love so much. Whilst I was there, I noticed all of the luxurious costumes the dancers were wearing, including ruffled tulle tutus, beaded bodices, delicate silk slippers and flowing ribbons.

It made me think that a lot of high-fashion designers creations are rather similar to those worn by these ballet dancers. Just look at recent catwalks from the likes of Chloe', Sherri Hill, Alexander McQueen and especially Marchesa, the reigning brand of elegant gowns and dresses. Back in September this year, Valentino hosted an amazing event for New York City's Ballet Gala, where he designed a mass of beautiful dresses for the performing ballerinas, which gained a lot of media attention for the polished dance style.

Vogue Russia have previously devoted an entire editorial shoot to the refined art of ballet, and they even feature in Kanye West's music video, Runaway. And who could forget big-time controversial movie, Black Swan, which thrust ballerinas into a completely new light.

    So, do you think designers are inspired by the graceful entity of ballet, the silhouettes, costumes and chic yet sophisticated manner? 

Here's a picture of my little brother and I at the NYC Ballet in January 2011!

P.S. My ballet inspired outfit!

-R x

.