Crazy, Sexy, Cool

TLC consists of Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes and Rozanda 'Chilli' Thomas and together these three changed the face of RnB while wearing some of the greatest get ups ever to grace pop culture.

I recently watched the VH1 film about the band 'Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story', and while I did spend a good 30 minutes afterwards tearing up over Left-Eye's untimely death, it also got me thinking how amazing these three dressed.

Completely taking the R&B world by storm (there had not been an all girl RnB/Hip Hop group before them), they stormed the stage wearing everything from matching paint splattered overalls to space age suits as seen in the famous No Scrubs video. One of my favourite ever TLC periods was in the early days of the group when Left-Eye, sticking to her nickname, wore a condom as an eyepatch over her left eye. GENIUS.

Pink Lady

"I'll stop wearing black when they invent a darker colour" - pretty much my style motto, it's a very rare occasion when you'll see me wearing anything bright.

And then the pink coat trend started. Here I was innocently flicking through all my magazines when up popped one pink coat, then another, and then all of a sudden hundreds kept creeping up. And I caved and I hated myself for it. As ashamed as I was for buying a coat that everyone and their grannies will have, I do not regret it one bit. This baby can be dressed down with my trusty scaffy converse, or brightening up a LBD on a dark winter night out.

This cosy little New Look number was bought through ASOS and cost £64.99, buy it here 

 

 

love you and leave you

 

 

Moon Child

Now don't get me wrong here, I love British fashion as much as the next patriot. However, I'm ridiculously envious of the USA and the amount of amazing boutiques they have, especially one I've come across online - Planet Blue. This website is full of different brands that follow the same Californian cool, boho vibe that will make you wish you lived in a beach hut and meditated.
As an extremely stereotypical Aberdonian I hate spending too much money, so I rarely venture outside of UK shores for online shopping (except for that Hollister phase a years ago when they didn't have a Scottish store and I spent a good £30 on shipping from America, I'm ashamed of myself to this day). However, I've been scrolling through Planet Blue's website all night in pain looking at all of the laid-back, hippie dresses and kimonos they have to offer and since it's Christmas coming up, this is a perfect excuse to sook up to my parents and get them to buy me them.

I've picked some of my favourite pieces that I'll be adding to my Santa List (yes my mum still makes me write one) -

for love and lemons' dress

 

for love and lemons' dress

 

blue life sofia top

blu moon high low dress

 

Click here to go straight to Planet Blue's online store, sorry in advance for the heartache it will cause.

 

love you and leave you

 

 

 

Heart of Glass

Half punk icon, half disco darling, Debbie Harry epitomized the 1970's.

I've been obsessed with the bleach blonde bombshell ever since I discovered that she started her career trying to make contacts working as a Playboy Bunny in New York and that pre-Blondie she was in a folk band called 'The Wind in the Willows'.

Everything about her screamed effortlessly cool, and to pop in a cliche, every girl wanted to be her and, with those feline features, every boy wanted to date her.
I was lucky enough to see the lady herself at T in the Park (bear in mind halfway through Call Me the lovely Scottish sunshine decided to part and make way for hailstones so we escaped to the nearest tent, sorry Debbie!) But that 5 minutes that I saw of her was everything I'd ever imagined, and even growing gracefully at 68, she's still the coolest cat in punk.

                                    

 

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