(Hep)Burn the Floor

Posted on 4 May, 2013 by admin

Omg I just spied this Audrey doll on a collectors’ site.
My friend Kitty would love this!
Who wouldn’t?
It’s her birthday today.
Audrey’s.
Not Kitty’s.
Audrey has a couple of Barbies designed in her likeness…

I’m still working on my Kitty doll….

It’s also Kimora’s birthday today!
I’ve spoken before about how much I love her doll…

#chinchilla
#thighboot

Turns out today is a great day to have a bday if you want a doll designed in your likeness.
Anyone else?

Sorry, Lance Bass. It may be your birthday but you can join Kate Garraway and Hosni Mubarak in the birthday doll queue…

Oh FFS!
May the fourth be with you!

Tonight is the Night

Posted on 19 April, 2013 by admin

How lucky that the stars of my other half’s play, Queen of the Nile, had time to pose for today’s BOTD shoot.
The gorgeous Lizzie Roper and the stunning Michelle Butterly are dripping in couture for press night tonight.
I’m so proud of my man and the cast and crew and am stupidly excited… As you can see…

Erm…

Posted on 26 February, 2013 by admin

You want an Oscars dress don’t you?
I started doing some copies and then got distracted.
Then I had a meeting..
Then an interview…
Then a lunch.
This is all really good for me.
Maybe not for you.
Maybe not for the dolls but for me…..

The Oscars

Posted on 25 February, 2013 by admin

What an exciting night….

Not that exciting Annie! Les Nipplerables!

Did you stay up?

It was late, wasn’t it? Way past my bedtime. I made it through most of the red carpet but then ~~passed out at the sewing machine~~ drifted off.

Is it time for some alternative awards from the BOTD Academy?

Okay.

Best Reunion surely goes to the cast of Chicago. An infinitely ~~shorter~~ better film than Les Mis.

Aww don’t they all look cute. And happy. And like they’re still friends? And like they’re all asking what happened to their careers post that movie?

Moving on… Oh hang on not really moving on as CZJ and Renee are up for the next award.

Best Oscar Statuette Impersonation…

Heidi, the clear winner. I loved this dress. Julian McDonald. So sexy and heavy looking and amazebling.

Best in red Valentino?

Sally Field Vs Jen Aniston. A toughy. I would actually have liked to see them swap dresses. Jen could have handled the froth and Sally would have looked better in something more simple.

Best in Black and White…

How beautiful is Zoe Saldana in this Alexis Mabille number? Girl! This is couture! I hated the belt and bows. I think he has a slight bow addiction. That’s okay though. He can get help for it. I love that she wore the complete runway look though.
I kinda loved Kelly Poundland’s Donna Karan dress. For her. It’s a bit X Factor for me but she looks pretty and she does get to walk away with the Best in Destiny’s Child award. Neither Michelle Williams were there. How weird? #PoorMichelle
And HBC in Dame Viv. Yeah. I’ve seen it before. She was one of the best things in Les Miserables but one of the worst things on the red carpet. It’s the Oscars, love. Do your hair! I mean could anyone look more hedge+backwards+dragged=rough?

Erm. Meanwhile. Best in Weave has to go to J.Hud!

Loved this Roberto Cavalli frock. Great shade and shimmer!

Best All White on the Night…

I love that Charlize and Miley are wearing versions of my hair. I really want Miley’s hair. I think I had it and lost it and leant it to her and she won’t give it back. Give it back, Miley. GIVE IT BAAAAAACK!!
And Kelly looked nice.

Best Clutch?

Obviously!

Best in High Street?

Helen Hunt in H&M. Really? Yes really! Really? Nobody would lend you a dress? Nice bling, Helen, where’s it from? Claire’s Accessories?
Oh, hi, I’m Helen. Oh, you’re from Milwaukee? Oh, I’m sorry. Oh, have you met my friend Lillian, oh I know we’ve only known eachother for five minutes, oh….

Best Pretending To Be on the Phone to Avoid Wolverine?

Best in Turning Back Time?

Alas it’s not Cher. Jane Fonda aka J.Fonz (or at least I’m gonna try that out as her new name) was cryogenically frozen in the seventies and is defrosted now and again to appear on red carpets around the globe. She looked absolutely incredible in canary yellow Versace. It is possibly my favourite look of the night, along with Zoe Saldana and someone called Olivia Munn in Marchesa.

But back to J.Fonz I love her balls to wear a) something so Versace and b) something so… Yellow.
J.Fonz also beat Solange Knowles to Best in Yellow.

Best “You Think You’re So Cool With Your Oscar But Before You Know It You Will Be Doing A Batman Movie, Oh Wait You Done That Already? #Awkward” Award…

Best Barbra Str-Aniston…

Best in Barbie…

Woah! Shamazedolls.

Best in Terrible Brand Management by A Designer I Continue To Have No Respect For That Couldn’t Choose A Brand Ambassador For Toffee…

It’s j.Law.

Charming!
It’s not about you, Jennifer. It’s really about Raf and its probably not even about him- it is about him. I’m sure you’re a great actress. I will try and see your films. You’ve got an Oscar. Well done. But you cannot walk in a dress. How f**g hard is it to walk in a dress?

Really?
Everyone manages. Every time. Except for you….

And breathe.

It was lovely to see them all looking so gorgeous. Thanks to Style.com for most of the images. I didn’t even crop out your captions.
Doll dresses to follow but in the meantime we have one last award…

Best in Noticeable Absences aka the Where the F**k is Beyoncé award.

And the nominees are…

Rihanna (soooo glad she didn’t show up. ~~Trashy ho!~~)
j.Lo
Kristen Wiig
Cate Blanchett
Kate Winslet
Cotillard! She must have been there. In disguise? Allo? Marion? T’es ou?
Winona
Whoopi
K.Hud
Uma
Jodie Foster
Pfeiffer
Anjelica Huston
Julia Roberts
Tilda!!!!
Either of the Michelle Williams
Angelina
Penelope Cruz
Judi Dench
Mirren- who we will let off as she’s busy being the Queen again, more on that later in the week
Julianne Moore
Demi Moore
Roger Moore
Less is Moore?
S Spacek
S Sarandon
S Stone
Cher!
Diane Keaton
Lucy Liu
With my girl Drew
Cameron D
And Destiny.

Obviously Beyoncé wins, hands down, hair up.

Lee Lovin’

Posted on 23 February, 2013 by admin

So it’s taken all week but I thought I better fill you all in on what me and Beyoncé were up to at the Savoy last weekend.
It was of course Fashion Week related rather than ‘she asked me to direct her new music video.’
We were invited along to the lovely Lee Paton’s Autumn Winter presentation.
Here’s a delicious picture of Lee in the Independent last week…

He loves pheasants.
Who doesn’t?

I met Lee at the Elle Style Awards last year.
At the Savoy. Fancy.
He is so handsome.
This year he invited me to his show.
At the Savoy. Fancy!
There were macaroons. Fashion macaroons. They looked like they might have been soap in super chic boxes. I debated with my friend Andrew and my new FBFF (that’s Fashion Best Friend Forever or at least FBFFW-Fashion Best Friend for Fashion Week) Katia whether or not we were allowed to eat/bathe with them.

This is us debating. Look at Katia’s white shirt. Crisp.

And then the show began!
The first look was an amazing embellished number. It looks like I’m ignoring the model but I was tweeting the shoes. Look how engrossed Andrew is!

He was clearly bedazzled. It was a great opening look. And perfect in the setting of the hotel. Crisp.

We look confused at this one.
But then this appeared!

I believe I made a little Tippi Hedren shriek at this point.

It was so elegant. So glamorous and old school yet totally modern. I was in love. I was trying to decide at this point if there were any pheasants in Hitchcock’s The Birds but then another dress came out….

How crisp!?!
I would wear this to your wedding. With a pheasant on my head.
So cute but wait….

My slutty alter-ego just entered the room! And she looks #shamazeballs
I would totes wear this to your wedding. Or with black pants to your funeral.
Shame there’s nothing to wear to the Academy Awards though….

Oh Mr Paton! Now you’re really spoiling me.
Clearly our minds were in the same place when I put Beyoncé’s feathered jacket on and Barbie’s dress at this year’s Elle Style Awards was not a million miles off.
What an amazing show! What an amazing morning!
I love feathers!
Thanks for having me.

All photos by Krisztián Pintér. Except the one of Beyoncé up top. That was taken by me. With a fashion macaroon in one hand. It was cardamom flavour by the way.

Elle Style Awards

Posted on 12 February, 2013 by admin

I was once again lucky enough to be invited to the Elle Style Awards last night, which after what happened last year, was a delightful surprise.
I dressed up to the nines in the skinniest of suits with Barbie ~~stuffed in my butch clutch~~ on my arm, to join the most fashionable fashionistas on the red carpet.
Barbie wore a couture gown ~~I ran up yesterday afternoon~~ painstakingly crafted in my atelier over a period of months, by 8 blind Belgian nuns. The latex meets feather combo was sure to make her stand out on the red carpet.
You can check out all the winners over at the Elle website but I know you are much more interested in who was there and of course what they were wearing….

Let’s start with the best, shall we? The gorgeous Kate Hudson. Who are you wearing, Kate?

Stella! Of course.

Ooh Naomie Harris in Roksanda Ilincic. Yum!
There were lots of designers there. Well. Everyone really. Roksanda Ilincic herself, Giles, Christopher Kane, Nicholas Kirkwood, Henry Holland (of course).
Henry looked amazing actually. He was wearing pyjamas bottoms which were gorgeous. I nearly wore something similar. That would have been awkward.

Disappointingly nobody was photographed with the dolls this year though Sophie Ellis Bextor really wanted to. She was lovely as she always is. So is her hubby. We run into each other a lot and do that “I know you but not really” look. No restraining order necessary.

Winkleman was there. She’s bonk. So is Ronnie Wood. If I had worn my pyjama bottoms they would have looked amazing with his jacket.

Ooh there is Christopher Kane. A funny story…. Lawyers removed it. Will send it to Popbitch maybe.
He’s with Elizabeth Olsen. Everyone’s favourite Olsen. Maybe.
And that other woman is called Gwendoline. She is enormous. Taller than me. That would have been a great picture, her and Barbie. But she was cray cray so I didn’t get too close. I saw her licking one of the awards. Great tongue.

Erdem and his sister.
Giles Decon with legend, Kristen McMenamy. LEGEND. I wanted to shout that at her.
But I didn’t.
I wanted to ask her to star in a BOTD shoot with the dolls.
But I didn’t.
Giles was wearing spots. I told him I liked his spotty suit and scarf combo but was he not cold without socks. He told me he wasn’t and that he liked my blackwatch suit.
Aw. Group shot with that girl from Downton. Shame you can’t see Giles’ spotty outfit.

Matthew Williamson. He looked great. Here he is holding a light that he ~~stole~~ borrowed from the Nails Inc nail bar. Ooh there was a nail bar. I had my nails done. It will probably get its own post but it was fun. Orla did my nails. She’s not on Twitter. How weird? But I’m sure we will become best friends. Limited choice of black or white (’twas a bit of a theme) and it was leather nail varnish. I have white leather nails. I posted them on Twitter. Orla will never see them! Shame. Ooh I’ll instagram them… Or even post it below. Hang on…
Ooh there were more spots downstairs.

Close up on my leather nails. Amazenails. Look at the little Chanel logo on my pinky. So cute. But hard. Hard as nails. But softened with cuteness and gay cocktail glass. Empty glass….
Many empty glasses later me and Kate Hudson got the number 23 bus home with our goody bags.
Thanks for having us Elle. See you at Fashion Week!

The GraFTAs

Posted on 11 February, 2013 by admin

See what I did there?
Busy busy busy.
Don’t be mad.
Did you watch the BAFTAs?
And the Grammys?
Was it me or were the BAFTAs a total yawnfest?
This was the best bit…

Aww I love Marion.
And that dress.
The only dress I really liked from Raf’s couture show actually.

Reminded me of this…

Now I know you would love to see a million dresses recreated in miniature but I’m on a deadline with another job and I have to dress myself and at least one doll for the Elle Style Awards tonight.
Plus I have to mentally prepare myself for telling SJP that her trouser suit was a mistake, presuming she turns up, and also to tell Annie Hathaway how much I love her hair/want to be her/that we share a florist-ish.
In the meantime…
Here are the (non sartorial) highlights…. I crack myself up.

Awards Awards Awards

Posted on 10 February, 2013 by admin

The awards season caravan rolls into town this weekend. Not only is it the BAFTAs tonight, it is (more importantly?) the Elle Style Awards tomorrow night. Who will be wearing what to what?
(More importantly) What will I be wearing to what? Or at the very least what will the dolls be wearing?
Handily, the people over at Barbie Collector have come up with this handy awards ceremony set for about $20.
A bit of binging jewellery, some floor length couture with matching heels, a sparkly (award sized) clutch.
How fabulicious?
And how might one look in this ensemble?

Not too shabby.
FYI this is my exact new hair (but not skin) colour. And not stripy!
I am of course still working on my own outfit but you better believe all will be revealed soon!

SAG in the Bag

Posted on 28 January, 2013 by admin

It’s the morning after the SAG before. Yes, doll lovers. Another weekend, another awards ceremony. Just one step closer to the BAFTAs and the Oscars are in sight.
Time for a red carpet round up?
Okay!
Rather than spoil you with best dressed and worst dressed awards, I’m gonna talk trends. Not the oh so crazy trend of monochrome, which certain newspapers are talking about. Wearing black to the least “exciting” of the awards shows is not news, people. Yes there were a lot of black dresses and a few interesting choices in white (Sofia Vergara!) but let’s look at some proper emerging trends from a doll’s eye view.
A micro trend. But very doll friendly. It’s

Pink

Lovely. The navy blue of India.

Now I have to admit that I don’t know one of these girls. Obviously I know the lovely (Princess) Lea Michele from Glee in Valentino. And Frida Pinto in a kinda bubblegum number but that other chick? No idea but I used her to make three a trend. Moving on..

In The Navy

OMG. It’s not black it’s blue.

What a refreshing change! Okay it’s not lime green but it was nice to see those crazy risk takers in something else.
My girl crush, Marion Cotillard looked adorably chic in Dior (no surprises there). Combien de cute? And that Amanda girl from Les Mis looked perfectly lovely.
And Jen Lawrence. I’m experimenting with Jen. I don’t see it catching on. She wore Dior too. Which is (just maybe) a sign she will do the same for the Academy Awards. Also, let’s note that Marion and Jen have both worn the same hue and designer twice in a row. Remember the tabasco coloured, belted dresses at the Golden Globes? Is this coincidence? Bad styling? People at Dior not speaking to each other?
Now I should say that I’ve never seen Miss Lawrence in a film. I can’t say I’m a fan. Even if there is a Hunger Games Barbie. We’ve been at the same party but that is not the same. She looked nice at that party. She looked about my age. She is 22 apparently. That is not my age. This dress was equally ageing. And sorry. I know I’m supposed to love Raf but I just think its a bit bla. I thought both the Paris shows were a bit bla. There. I’ve said it. It’s out there. Anyway. The dress… Reports about it ripping seem a little bonkers. It clearly didn’t rip. she clearly hitched it up to go upstairs.

It clearly didn’t fit her. The chances of her having had a proper fitting in Paris? I’m just saying. This is not how I work and I can’t imagine Galliano just sending out dresses willy nilly without proper fittings. Anyway. If you’re going to construct a ~~hideously heavy~~ silk dress in layers like this, then you need to make the layers underneath thinner otherwise it will be all sticky outy – a fashion term I learnt from Christian Dior himself, clearly. So we put in these little layers holding it all together. And these little layers are made from something thin, maybe transparent. A bit like this…

See how she has lifted that up to show you? So classy. Anyway…. Shall we move on?
Okay.

Sheer

Wait haven’t we just done sheer panelling? Nope this is a different trend. Let’s talk sheer boobs…

Name those boobs!
Go on. It’s fun.

Kelly Osbourne looked great in Jenny Packham but I’m pretty sure will wear Zac Posen again to the Oscars. Her boobs looked fantastic. As did January Jones. Bad hair and make up alert but great dress alert. We will let her off simply because she wore Prabal Gurung someone you never see, championed on these red carpets but you should. Well done, January. Now go wash your hair!
More bad hair from Nicole Kidman who looked actually quite sensational in Westwood. Not a designer I would put her together with at all but the dress was gorgeous. She didn’t look too “Nicole” and drawn. She looked like she was having fun. I hate her hair this length though. You can only have it straight when it’s another two inches. Sorry but these are my rules. Curly is fine. Potentially gorgeous. Though maybe a bit busy with the frock. But this hair looks like I drew it on when I was 8 rather than how hair is supposed to look.
Anne Hathaway. Bla bla bla. She only scraped into this sheer boob section by chance. I’m guessing Valentino for the Oscars but this Giambattista Valli number was nice.
I’m going to leave the celebrity sagging boobs at the SAG Awards jokes to Joan Rivers but best sheer boob action is a tie breaker between Michelle Dockery…

Woah! Sheer side boob. Lovely.
And…
Naya Rivera…

Double woah!
Close up, anyone?

Sheer front boob! Even better!

And so ends my (bonkers?) red carpet review of the SAG Awards. Don’t forget to tune in in two weeks for the BAFTAs from here in Londontown and tomorrow for an all new Doll’s Diary.

Tweed Indeed

Posted on 24 January, 2013 by admin

Tweed Indeed Barbie, designed by BOTD fave (and former Project Runway contestant) is possibly my favourite doll of all time. Or certainly my fave outfit. And look at that bag! If Miuccia and Marc didn’t copy that for all those Miu Mius and Stams then I don’t know where they got their inspiration.
Oh wait, maybe Chanel?!
In fact Tweed Indeed is clearly inspired by Chanel when you look at her. And who doesn’t love a Chanel suit?

Which brings us neatly (kinda) to the Chanel show yesterday which featured… You guessed it and if you didn’t then you are clearly crazy) tweed suits! Little bouclé jackets. Lovely button. Stella Tennant. Pearls (probably). Actually I didn’t see any pearls. Or bags. No bags at all, it was all about the new odd shoulder shape instead. And feathers. I love feathers. And florals! And florals and feathers combined. Look at this.

Does that scream Anna Wintour or what? I mean obviously without the roots. But the dress. Totes! And that make up isn’t very Anna. But it is very Barbie of the Day!

Oh and Lindsey Wixson was there too.

I love her!
Mainly because she looks like a doll.

I’m sorry I haven’t written more about couture week. I will try and do a review over the weekend. There have been so woah baby woah and some no baby no moments so I will fill you in with what I’ve loved and what didn’t set me on fire but maybe needed to be set on fire.

Snow Business?

Posted on 17 January, 2013 by admin

I was kinda hoping for a snow day today. Just to really shock the system. When we finally got back to the UK late last night it was -5. Chilly!
Certainly too chilly to wear a plunging emerald chiffon couture number anyway.
The snow is coming tomorrow I’m told. Amazesnowballs! Can’t wait.
Are the sales still on? Do they even end any more? Time to go buy a new coat methinks. And maybe nip to HMV while I’m out. Wait have I missed something?

Merry Christmas, Everyone

Posted on 25 December, 2012 by admin

Though it’s been said, many times, many ways,
Merry Christmas to you!

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