Stycons: Olivia Palermo

La Stycône (icône de style) de ce mois-ci est Olivia Palermo.

                         

Aussi connue comme étant 'la méchante' dans le show d'MTV The City, c'est avant tout une 'socialite' New Yorkaise, une des plus stylée.

Ce qui me plait par dessus tout chez Olivia c'est qu'elle remixe les tendances et accessoirise à la perfection!

Qu'elle se balade dans les rues du Meat Packing District ( Dansaert newyorkais), qu'elle assiste à un gala de charité, un opening, le lancement d'une marque, qu'elle bosse au Elle US, ou que sais-je, elle a le look parfait, le genre de look qui sur n'importe quelle autre nana ferait 'surfait'.

La preuve en images...

 

 

 

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This month's Stycon (or style icon) is Olivia Palermo.

Also known as the MTV's The City villain, she is one of New York's socialite.And a very stylish one!

What I love about Olivia is that she mixes and matches and accessorizes to the perfection (yes a goodlooking boyfriend counts as an accessory)!

Whether she's strolling around the Meat Packing District streets, attending a charity event, store opening, brand launching, working at Elle Magazine, or what have you she's got what I like to call a 'perfectly-put-together-look', it looks easy on her but it would look overworked on anyone of us.

Just see for yourself...

Stycons : June Ambrose

In the fashion industry, some people inspire us, some put us off, but I’m not one to hate someone’s attempt at being stylish, because if Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, same goes with Fashion and Style.

I thought every once in a while I’d share with you my favourite style icons, or ‘stycons’ as I like to call them, because they’re an important source of inspiration and some are even role models and fashionesque godmothers.

This month’s stycon is JUNE AMBROSE.

For those of you that don’t know June Ambrose, she is a costume designer and personal wardrobe stylist to Jay-Z, Chrisette Michelle, Rihanna (pre-Umbrella era), Mary J. Blige, Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey, Kim Cattrall, Kelly Ripa, Jazmine Sullivan amongst many others. She’s also Creative Director (or Style Architect as Jay-Z dubbed her) of Rocawear, just as she was for Missy Elliott’s Adidas Collection for 4 consecutive seasons.

 

As if it wasn’t enough, she actually wrote a book “Effortless Style” in 2006, and has been taking part in multiple TV shows where she was a consultant and gave precious styling tips.




June Ambrose also gives very interesting styling tips on her hilarious YouTube channel where she takes us with her on her fashionesque journeys (from Target to high end Department Stores). They’re a MUST WATCH.

 

I think that June Ambrose has definitely left her mark on the Hip Hop industry, bringing high fashion to a genre mostly known for low – budget, street looks.

She has a unique sense of personal style, an infectious personality and a creative eye that enables her to create amazing looks.

June Ambrose, the Opulent, Decadent, Distinguished Style Architect. ( In her own words & I couldn’t agree more)

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Nous connaissons tous dans l’industrie de la Mode, des personnes qui nous inspirent ou nous indiffèrent, et je ne suis pas de ceux qui découragent pas toute ‘tentative de style’ (appelons ça comme cela) car si ‘Tous les goûts sont dans la nature’, il en est de même pour La Mode et Le Style.

 

Je pense que de temps en temps je partagerai avec vous mes icônes de styles (stycons=style icons) favorites, car elles constituent pour moi une importante source d’inspiration et peuvent même jouer parfois un rôle de modèles et être carrément des sortes de marraines fashionesques.

Ce mois-ci : JUNE AMBROSE.

Pour celles et ceux pour qui ce nom n’évoque pas grand-chose, elle est styliste pour clips vidéos, et styliste personelle de Jay-Z, Chrisette Michelle, Rihanna (avant l’épisode du parapluie), Mary J. Blige, Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey, Kim Cattrall, Kelly Ripa, Jazmine Sullivan et bien d’autres encore…

C’est aussi la Directrice Artistique (ou plutôt l’Architecte du Style comme Jay-Z la baptisée) de Rocawear, tout comme elle l’a été pendant 4 saisons consécutives pour Missy Elliott lors de sa collaboration avec Adidas.

 

Comme si ce n’était pas assez, June Ambrose a écrit un livre, paru en 2006, ‘Effortless Style’ et a participé à un nombre considérable d’émissions télévisées en tant que consultante pour y prodiguer ses précieux conseils et partager son expertise.

Un autre de ses talent est sans aucun doute le vlogging, je vous invite à aller voir sa chaîne You Tube qui non seulement est hilarante, mais truffée d’astuces stylistiques et nous permet de suivre June lors de ses expeditions fashionesques, tantôt chez Target, plus tard dans des enseignes plus luxueuses. A NE PAS RATER !

 

Je terminerai en disant qu’il n’y a aucun doute sur l’influence et la trace que June Ambrose a laissé sur l’industrie Hip Hop, en y amenant une mode plus luxueuse dans un monde plus connu pour son look street, un peu cheap.

 

Son sens personnel du style est unique, une personnalité attachante et un coup d’œil particulièrement créatif, lui permettant de créer des silhouettes surprenantes.

C’est June Ambrose, l’Opulente, la Décadente et Distinguée Architecte Du Style. ( Selon ses propres dires et je ne la contredirai certainement pas !)

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Robyn's Body Talk

I love music. Whatever the genre, I just love it. Whatever my mood. Unfortunately I don't BUY as much music as I'd like too, because albums nowadays are a budget, and I'm kinda picky when it comes to music, so I only buy what's good, from track 1 to hidden track. For example if possible I would only buy Beyonce's I Am...Sasha Fierce's album at half price, cause I literally only like the Sasha Fierce part. But I digress...

I recently bought Robyn’s Body Talk Part I album, without even listening to it (oooh risky !!)…Well not so much. So please let me do a full review of it so you can go get your copy. Or not.

 

1. Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do

That song sounds really The Hills/The City soundtrack. It’s a sort of electronic hymn that’s relatable and, it’s obviously more melody-oriented, than lyrically-wise with a repeatedly “ My drinking is killing me, my smoking is killing, your nagging is killing me, my record’s killing me, my mother’s killing me…”, actually it’s just a rebellious teenager kind of tune. Main message: “You’re killing me, don’t fucking tell me what to do.”

2. Fembot

Reminds me a lot of the Konichiwa album, sounds like a video game. Robyn sings a lot more on this one, and it definitely sounds like HER, and no one else, which I absolutely love.

Apparently the autotune isn’t dead at all, but then again, it completely fits the Fembot (as in female-robot) theme of the song, so it’s relevant.

3. Dancing On My Own

Robyn’s vocal range at it’s best. Fell in love with this song at 00:35 into it. Robyn is as heartbroken as she was in her previous album’s track “Be Mine!” only this time she sounds stronger. I can definitely relate to that song. The instrumental sounds very 80s – early 90s-ish.

Great post-breakup hymn for all the broken hearted girls who are dancing on their own. Just like me. I just love her ability to turn a sad song into a dancing tune. The only living legend to be able to properly do so would be…Madonna (Don’t Tell Me, Miles Away,…) and those are big shoes to fill. Good job Robyn!

4. Cry When You Get Older

 

Nice catchy pop song. Someone’s probably going to use that one in a commercial or something. Just another “love sucks and we all agree” kind of song.

5. Dancehall Queen

 

Fell in love with this one at 00:22! Dancehall/Reggae/Electro/Pop mashup with our very own Swedish Robyn’s sweet voice. She got the “riddim”, the gimmicks and everything, I think it’s a tribute to her influences. It’s an easy listening song. I wasn’t expecting this, so I smiled and shook my hips while travelling from Stockholm to Kingston. Feel good song. Loved it.

6. None Of Dem

 

This one’s dark. I love Robyn’s accent on this one, but that’s about it, I was a dancehall queen 2 seconds ago and now I feel bored to death. Great vocal arrangements but I’m not impressed with the rest of it. Actually at around 2:30 the song irritates me, but I’m waiting to be impressed at some point…or not.

7. Hang With Me [Acoustic Version]

Robyn’s a great live artist. Her forte is definitely acoustic, no autotune, no nothing, just flawless Robyn. I can relate to this song so lovely, it makes me smile. It’s soft but strong, rough but touchy, the kind of romantic comedy song that we all love to hate in public, but that we really secretly love cause we want to be that heroin.

It’s a good song to start a relationship. Well I believe it is.

8. Jag Vet en Dejlig Rosa

Very good way to end the album. It’s a traditional Swedish song about flowers, sounds like a lullaby.Lovely, very fairytale-like. I want Part II of the album.I love it.

- Mademoiselle Aja

Clothes Make The Music II

Marina &The Diamonds

I love Marina & The Diamonds, even if at first, I couldn’t figure out who the heck ‘The Diamonds’ are. Well, there are no diamonds guys, her name is Marina Diamandis and she’s Greek & Welsh. See…even that fact is cool about her. I first assumed for some reason that she was from the US, or Australia or something…but she’s from Wales, which isn’t that exotic when you’re from Brussels.

I admire her mixing & matching skills as well as her musical talent cause she doesn’t dress, neither does she sing like anyone else.

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J’adore Marina & The Diamonds…même si il m’a fallu un peu de temps pour comprendre qu’il n’y avait pas de Diamonds et que les Diamonds, c’était tout simplement elle, Marina Diamandis, c’est son nom et elle est grecque et galloise. D’ailleurs, rien que ça, c’est un concept qui la rend encore plus cool à mes yeux. Au départ, je pensais qu’elle était américaine, australienne où un truc un peu plus exotique, mais elle est galloise…tout simplement.

J’admire sa capacité à faire un mix & match vestimentaire ainsi que musical, car elle ne s’habille, ni ne chante comme qui que ce soit d’autre.

M.I.A.

M.I.A. isn’t ‘Missing In Action’ at all! (Listen to Amazon if you haven’t already and you’ll get the reference I just subtly dropped). Her style screams everything but ‘shy & introverted’ and I believe that she’s here to last. She’s definitely one of the best spokesperson of ‘fashion meets music’, and was known for rocking Andrea Crews designs before everyone else did at the eve of her successful career. Even when she was pregnant she didn’t deny her love for fashion and took her sense of personal style to a whole new level! You gotta love M.I.A.,…well I know I do!

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M.I.A. est loin d’être ‘Missing In Action’ ! (Ecoutez ‘Amazon’ pour comprendre à quoi je fais subtilement référence, si ce n’est déjà fait). Son style évoque tout sauf l’introversion et la timidité et je pense que c’est une valeur sûre, là pour durer. C’est clairement une des meilleures représentantes de la combinaison « mode & musique », puisque dès le début de sa carrière, elle portait des pièces Andrea Crews avant tout le monde. Même enceinte, M.I.A. n’a pas délaissé son amour pour la mode, menant son sens du style personnel à un tout autre niveau. J’adhère et j’adore !

V.V Brown

Certains la comparent à tort et un peu trop facilement à Amy Winehouse, mais bien que je sois aussi fan d’Amy, mon oreille musicale n’est pas du tout de cet avis.

Avant d’être V.V. Brown la chanteuse (auteur-compositeur s’il vous plaît !), V.V. écrivait et composait pour les autres, (…) et pour ce qui est de la mode, tout comme moi elle est tombée dedans étant petite. C’est donc tout naturellement aujourd’hui qu’elle fusionne ses 2 passions : elle a toujours une longueur d’avance fashionesque dans ses clips (les platforms YSL dans le clip de Game Over) et gère aussi son site web fashionesque spécialisé dans le vintage wear. Ce site est né principalement parce qu’on lui demandait constamment d’où venait ce qu’elle porte et est très sympa pour les fans de fripes. Non contente d’être une frénétique fashionista et d’exercer son talent musical hors pair, V.V. Brown se lance aussi dans la création d’une bande dessinée qui devrait sortir dans les prochaines semaines…Affaire à suivre.

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Some folks compare her to Amy Winehouse, and as a huge fan of both their works I don’t think they’re comparable at all. Before being the V.V. Brown we all know and love (the singer – songwriter that is), she wrote & composed tracks for others, (…) and when it comes to fashion, just like me she fell right into it when she was a little girl. So it’s only obvious that today she mixes those two: she’s always ‘fashionforward’ (those YSL pumps in the Game Over video) and also has her very own fashionesque website specialized in vintage wear. The website idea came from the recurrence of the same question over & over again: “What/Who are you wearing?”, it’s a nice go-to website if you’re a vintage clothing lover.

VV Vintage

Not only is she a fashionesque singer, but the multi-talented V.V. Brown is also launching her very own Comic book in a few weeks now…To be continued.

Lady Gaga

But does an artist need to change the wardrobe in order to attract a wider crowd? Stefani Germanotta has always been talented if you ask me. But she changed her wardrobe, her name, AND her fan base too, becoming the successful Gaga some go cuckoo for! The smartest marketing move so far…she sells while the rest of the industry suffers…Congrats!

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Mais est-ce qu’une chanteuse a besoin de changer de style pour attirer un plus large public? D’après moi, Stefani Germanotta a toujours eu du talent. Mais en changeant de dressing, de nom, elle est devenue la mythique Gaga que nous aimons tous! Joli coup marketing ce new look…Bravo !

Santigold,Kid Sister…& Others

Ebony Bones

Florence + The Machine

Roisin Murphy