Style Speaks Louder

Get ready to set sail, as summer 2010 is about to drop anchor with navy stripes and shiny brass buttons. Yes nautical fashion is set to be a big trend again this season, but if wearing stripes and sailor hats aren’t your thing check out this cute nautical jewellery collection by Me & Zena.

I only spied this cute anchor necklace and gorgeous anchor charm bracelet this week but already I am in love, and they are the perfect accessories for SS10 if you want to look suitably sailor chic.

In fact I’m a little bit in love with all the jewellery at Me & Zena, which is the creation of London based designer Zena Mckeown, who graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA in Visual Communication in 2004.
Her designs feature some really cute and kooky pieces, including my favourites, the Robot charms, ‘Love&Hate’ tattooed knuckle necklaces (which I love!) and the broken heart ring. The hard part is deciding what to buy!

‘Take Me Down’ Anchor necklace £15.95 and ‘Take Me Down’ Anchor bracelet £14.95 available at What's About Town at www.whatsabouttown.com

Walking past the Mulberry store at the weekend my eye was instantly caught by this eye popping pink new season beauty. The Oversized Ava Clutch!

In luxurious soft smooth suede (i have'nt touched it yet but it looked so soft and smooth)with a glossy gold clasp it was love at first sight. I'm of course imagining how beautifully it will go with everything i am planning to buy for SS10.

But at £350 a girl can only but dream! and beg....

As any fashionista will know fur is and probably will always be in fashion! But as an animal lover I have always had a bit of a problem with it. My mother actually has a beautiful black rabbit fur coat, which she has said I can have, but I have yet to claim as I have undecided feelings.

I really can’t stand those fox stoles, the ones that are basically just a dried out fox carcass including head legs and tail that people ostentatiously drape around their shoulders. If it has a face how can you possibly bear to wear it – it just creeps me out. But on the other hand I have seen and fallen in love with some really beautiful fur coats.

My friend recently bought a lovely white fox fur coat from a vintage market and despite my reservations I was in love with it too. We were told it was from the 80’s and the condition was excellent, so wasn’t my friend therefore doing the fox a favour by recycling its skin? I mean the fox had died long ago and was not recently killed in the name of fashion so that’s ok right???

But then I’ve seen those documentaries showing how these animals live their lives before becoming a coat and I think that disturbs me the most. I wouldn’t want to think something suffered so that I could wear it but yet I am still thinking of claiming that rabbit coat. The day after the fox fur coat I was walking near my house when a wild fox popped up and ran along the street and I think the fur looked a lot better on the fox. Can you love the fur coat and the animal?? I’m not sure you can.