1920's fashion trend and The Great Gatsby Influence

"The Great Gatsby", starring Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio has only just debuted at the Cannes Film festival but already there is a huge buzz not just about the film but the absolutely splendid 1920's fashion that the film portrays. The iconic F.Scott Fitzgerald Novel has been given a make over by one of the most breathtaking directors, Baz Luhrmann, and has seen the 1920's fashion trend soar straight back into fashion.
The legendary 1920's jazz era was known for it's flamboyance and post war fun and to be quite frank, the 20's is definitely one of my favorite fashion era's along with the Great Gatsby novel itself.

I first read the iconic F.Scott Fitzgerald novel in my higher English class a few years back and as huge fan of books and the 20's fashion this particular novel stole my heart. The novel depicts the portrayal of a man known as Jay Gatsby who strives to meet the American dream with extravagant parties all in the hopes of impressing Daisy Buchanan whom he begins an affair with. The underlying tones of infidelity, social upheaval, idealism and also the idea of new money vs old old money is what brings the 20's to life in this novel.
Even though I am still yet to see the film, which will probably include me dragging my boyfriend by the ears to the cinema, I do hope that this recent film adaptation manages to capture all the essentials that has made F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel into a classic. Not to mention I am rather excited just to see the 20's fashion trend light up the big screen.
The 1920's fashion era is not only beautiful but the background of the Jazz era is rather interesting. It was an era that reflects the changes that began to take place in society and in my own opinion was the beginnings of the rebellious women. Forget your classic rebellious teenage female of today's day and age, women of the 1920's were and still are the original female rebellion and that showed through the changing fashions. Women moved away from the restricted corsets that dominated the Victorian Era and opted for dropped waist lines, cut their hair into a bob with finger curls, knee length dresses that would show of their legs whilst dancing and earned themselves a reputation with collectively being known as "Flappers".

So as I have not had the advantage of seeing Baz Luhrmann's "the Great Gatsby" I have heard about the debate of whether or not it will do Fitzgerald's novel any justice, seeing as the novel and Fitzgerald himself managed to flawlessly capture the the roaring twenties along with the emptiness the era provided for those who strive to meet the idea of the American Dream, however you cannot deny that The Great Gatsby remake has spun a 1920's fashion revival and seen the iconic and exciting trend hit the catwalks and the high streets.

From big screen to Fashion trends: The Host

Once the vampires dressed in gothic glam ruled the fashion runways last year to wave farewell to the hugely fantastic blockbuster Twilight saga, but now a new breed altogether is about to rule the fashion world!. Yes, Stephanie Meyer's, twilight author, "The Host" is about to hit the big screens this summer and I for one, believe it will be another massive blockbuster smash!. The Host is about a futuristic earth that is invaded by aliens, known as souls, who take over the human race. However one girls human soul refuses to cooperate with her alien host.
With the release of this new film, a new trend is about to take over this spring/summer and that is the space age style!. From Sparkling techno fabrics, clean cut lines and comic book sweatshirts, yes this trend preparing to launch any day!. Will you be apart of this futuristic new trend?

I honestly cannot wait for this movie!, so glad it got made into a movie because the novel is fantastic, I highly recommend it to anyone who has not read the novel yet!.  

2013 please be good to me....

Well that's the year of 2012 finally passed us by, and before anything gets mentioned yes I know I am a little late with the new year post :/. However I have never posted one and really wanted to post one!. 

If I am going to be honest I cannot believe that 2012 has finally gone and passed us all by, it was a year that just came and went for me. I have to admit I guess I am kind of glad 2012 is over, not to get all depressing but the year didn't start well for me. I broke it off with my boyfriend, was in a terrible work place and all my friends had shown their true colours in my time of need. But then something funny happened. near the end, my life took a complete different turn and my life started on it's way up. I started my college course in fashion business (my life long dream), met new friends and of course, I began blogging more and more meeting all you other lovely people around the world. And I am so grateful for all the support I have received, it makes what I do worth it all. I guess what I am trying to say is that I believe that 2013 shall be a good year. For every one of us. Don't hold back on what you feel, let it all out. Because every day is a new chapter in your life to begin something great in your life. So take the opportunities you are given in life and never forget to live your life to the fullest. Love a little bolder and laugh a little louder. Make the world a better place to live in and make your own way. Never forget to take risks and be brave because there will be people in your life who will try to hold you back, while there will be others who will encourage you to pursue your dreams. I know from experience there are some leeches in the world and I have been in a dark place for too long. So it's about time to see the light and forget all the negative's that are in the past and look to the future that only we can create. Don't let someone else do it for you. So yeah, I guess what I am trying to say is, this year, 2013, is going to be a positive year!. Time to Look to the new beginnings. So here it is, 2013 Chapter 1.