Pretty in pink

Portrait by Russell YoungMarilyn Monroe 'Goddess'Acrylic paint, enamel and diamond dust on linen62 x 48 inches
Today I thought I'd give you another of my random picture collections.  I love the colour pink, when I was a kid I was obsessed with it and wanted absolutely everything to be pink.  Now I own barely any.  This post is dedicated to my dearest Helga and Faux Fuschia who are both fabulous

Going for gold

Photography by David BaileySusie Bick and Abbey Lee Kershaw - I love this picture
No more slippers and dressing gown posts from me this week!  I have a couple more nights in before the round of Christmas parties begins with a vengeance.  I am out every night for SIX nights!   I'm not even sure I'll manage six parties in a row...
As usual I have overspent on Christmas presents, not helped by the

I'd love to give up smoking

Photography by Sølve Sundsbø
I've smoked since I was twelve years old.  I know it's a terrible habit and I wish I hadn't started but I did and I am addicted to it.  I'm a Seventies child and when I was growing up everybody smoked.  My friends and I used to spend ages sitting in my mum's bathroom at the vanity unit practising our smoking techniques in the mirror.  It didn't do a lot for me - I

I love these new Vogue covers

Photography by Mario SorrentiNatasha Poly
I love this for the hippy styling and the vivid make-up

Photography by Sølve SundsbøAnja Rubik
And I love this for the Seventies glamour and the big hair.
What do you think? xxx

Vintage looks

Photography by Sølve SundsbøAnja Rubik, 2010

Photography by Helmut NewtonCatherine Deneuve, 1971


Photography by Sølve SundsbøAnja Rubik, 2010


Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface, 1983

I love this picture of Michelle

Photography by Sølve SundsbøAnja Rubik, 2010


Joanna Lumley in The New Avengers, 1976
I love Sølve's pictures for November 2010's Russian Vogue, the pictures are beautiful.  I'm a

I love big hair

Doutzen Kroes


Hilary Rhoda


Rianne ten Haken


Catherine McNeil


Hilary Rhoda


Rianne ten Haken


Lara Stone


Natasha Vojnovic


Doutzen Kroes


Natasha Vojnovic


Natasha Poly


Magdalena Frackowiak
Hair Storm, POP magazine, 2008Photography by Sølve SundsbøHair by Luigi MurenuStyling by Katie Grand

You always want the opposite to what you have.  I have fine straightish hair but quite a

The Marilyn Monroe pose

Photography by Bert SternMarilyn Monroe, 1962


Photography by Bert SternLindsay Lohan, 2008


Photography by Sølve SundsbøScarlett Johansson, 2009

Pictures I love

Photography by Sølve Sundsbø



Photography by Sølve Sundsbø



Photography by Sølve Sundsbo
I love these pictures by the brilliant Norwegian phototgrapher Sølve Sundsbø.  The red lips, the colours, the fur, the make-up and the gorgeous Karen Elson.