Super-Heroines Wear Nike

I get very bored of lookbooks, it’s very rare that I find a lookbook that actually inspires me and makes me want to buy the clothes. One think I never get bored of however, are comics (yes, I know I’m a geek! I own it!). So the lookbook for Nike’s Autumn 2011 collection really took my breath away. The lookbook is a collaboration between Nike and two female comic book artists; Jan Duursema & Amanda Connor entitled “Make Yourself a Superhero.” Which is meant to take the focus off of the celebrity athlete and put it on the every day woman.

A Dyslexic Girl’s Guide to Books: How to spot a Bastard by his Star Sign

Hello. My name is Hells and I’m dyslexic. 

It took me years to learn to read (when I say years, I mean, I’m still bloody learning!), but I love books.

This can be a bit of a problem for a dyslexic, because although I want to read any book I come across, I can’t get through the first chapter without putting it down and waiting for the film version to be released. However, I really am a massive fan of books, but the only ones I do manage to finish have to be funny, particularly interesting, teach me something, get me thinking, ect. 

So, I have decided to share my recomedations of books that are super friendly for anyone who doesn’t have much time, patience or brain cells for most written texts.

 
 
The first book I’ll share with you is “How to spot a Bastard by his Star Sign by Adele Lang & Susi Rajah.
 
Front:
Back:
This book was sent to me by the amazing Susan, after I told her I was dumped by a Libra Bastard. Said event happened less than two weeks ago, I received the book last week, and I’ve already finished it! 
 
Now, for someone who takes a year to read a chapter, this amazed me, a whole book in a week?! It was down to the fact that this book is the best thing I’ve read in a while. It’s funny (like really funny. Laugh-out-loud-on-the-bus-funny.), the chapters are only a few pages each, and everything these girls say is uncanny!! They hit the nail (and by nail I mean man) on the head every time!!
 
Read the intro to the book, and already from this you get that the girls aren’t taking themsleves (or men) to seriously:

The book has a chapter for each star sign, and a great quiz at the back to help you identify which star sign your special Bastard is. 
 
I like reading my Star Signs, but must say, I have always taken them with a pinch of salt. So I read this book with the same attitude… that is until I came to the Libra Bastard chapter. As I said before, a Libra just broke my heart, so I was interested to read his chapter. And, my god, I can not stress how accurate this is, in everyway! So much so, that one of these girls must have met my particular Libra, maybe they are part of the long list of girls he’s shagged? Maybe one of them is his sister? Or his Mum? Because no one can be that accurate in one little book?! 
 
Or maybe there really is something to these Star Signs….

Buy it here. xx

Free PUSSY at Girls+Zines!

Seen as I’m a girl and I run a “zine”, when I found out about an event called Girls+Zines at Tatty Devine obviously I was going to go. The event took place throughout August but I only managed to go last weekend, luckily it has been so successful that it is carrying on for the month of September as well, so girls get yourself down there! 
 
The idea is to showcase all the fantastic zines made by girls. The event was organised by Barbara Ryan of BFR Magazine. And thank god she did organise it! What a great idea. One of the walls in the Brick Lane Tatty Devine shop is decorated with tones of zines by girls. There are bean bags and benches to take a seat and read through all of them. The atmosphere in the shop is so relaxed and the staff are so friendly, that you’ll feel completely comfortable to chill there for hours (as I did!)
 
Wall of Zines:

 

Not only that, but there is a Zine Exchange box where you can take a free zine if you deposit one:
 
A great zine dedicated to drawings of Katie Price to colour in:
 
I took down a few copies of PUSSY for some lucky ladies to be able to pick up a free one!
make sure you check out this great event and follow the Facebook event page here. xx

The Claw is Back

 

CLAW x Nike Vandal – Black

$150.00

In 2007 Claw Money uped her game, and released 6 trainers in collaboration with Nike; Clawed Blazers and Clawed Vandals. Now, I’m not a fan of Nike Blazers, but Vandals are high on my list of favourite shoes. When Claw first released these in ’07 there was no way in hell I could afford them, but now they have been re-released perhaps I can start saving my pocket money to get my hands on a pair that I’ve been in love with for over 4 years…

CLAW x Nike Vandal – Blue

$150.00

CLAW x Nike Vandal – White

$150.00

CLAW x Nike Blazer – Black

$150.00

CLAW x Nike Blazer – White

$150.00

CLAW x Nike Blazer – Red

$150.00

S + M

Made Me X Stussy. 2 great clothing brands come together. The best bit about this capsule collection? The name: S + M. Get it? The collection’s not bad either, very 80’s inspired, with a heap of hippy chic thrown in. Ok, so I wouldn’t wear much of it, but I damn sure would be friends with anyone who did! Peep the look book Below:  

Hello Kitty Graffiti

I’m not  fan of Hello Kitty, and never really have been, but that doesn’t mean I won’t report on new HK products if they catch my eye. Today, I came across the new HK collections for Sephora, which is a little different to other Kitty products I’ve seen in the past. The graffiti motif is cute, but I still wouldn’t rock it. however, incase any of you would, here is the collection:Graffiti Bag, $28
Graffiti Compact Mirror, $18
Graffiti Rollergirl $18
Graffiti 5-Piece Brush Set, $49
Graffiti Eyeshadow and Blush Palette$35

The Museum of Broken Relationships

The Museum of Broken Relationships, an exhibition that originated in Croatia, is a collection of objects donated by people from around the world, each object telling a story of a past relationship. The objects, which include a wedding dress, a crumbling garden gnome and a cast from a broken leg, are displayed alongside texts detailing the tales of passion, romance and heartbreak they symbolise. New items, donated by people living and working in Covent Garden, will be added to collection for the London show, which also takes place at 38 Earlham Street, WC2H 9LH and in store windows in the Seven Dials area. In addition, there are commissioned works made in response to the exhibition by artists, and a series of associated events.

What a brilliant idea for a museum! We’ve all been through it, and we’ve all got something we could give to the exhibition. So it’s nice to see what other people around the world have given, plus the stories are interesting, sometimes funny and more often than not, heart-breaking.

Below is a selection from the museum with stories of the past relationships. My favourite has got to be the phone, what a good idea to give your phone to your ex so they can’t call you! 

An Ex Axe

1995 
Berlin, Germany

She was the first woman that I let move in with me. All my friends thought I needed to learn to let people in more. A few months after she moved in, I was offered to travel to the US. She could not come along. At the airport we said goodbye in tears, and she was assuring me she could not survive three weeks without me. I returned after three weeks, and she said: “I fell in love with someone else. I have known her for just 4 days, but I know that she can give me everything that you cannot.”

I was banal and asked about her plans regarding our life together. The next day she still had no answer, so I kicked her out. She immediately went on holiday with her new girlfriend while her furniture stayed with me. Not knowing what to do with my anger, I finally bought this axe at Karstadt to blow off steam and to give her at least a small feeling of loss – which she obviously did not have after our break-up.

In the 14 days of her holiday, every day I axed one piece of her furniture. I kept the remains there, as an expression of my inner condition. The more her room filled with chopped furniture acquiring the look of my soul, the better I felt. Two weeks after she left, she came back for the furniture. It was neatly arranged into small heaps and fragments of wood. She took that trash and left my apartment for good. The axe was promoted to a therapy instrument.

A Cell Phone

July 12, 2003 – April 14, 2004 
Zagreb, Croatia

It was 300 days too long. He gave me his cell phone so I couldn’t call him any more.

“I love you” Teddy bear

2002 
Zagreb, Croatia

„I love you“ – WHAT A LIE! LIES, DAMN LIES! Yes, it’s like that when you are young, naïve and in love. And you don’t realize your boyfriend started dating you just because he wanted to take you to bed! I got this teddy bear for Valentine’s. He survived on top of my closet in a plastic bag, because it wasn’t him who hurt me, but the idiot who left him behind.

A Glass Horse

1982-1997 
Maribor, Slovenia

One day I was tidying up the bedroom. I opened the closet and found a small cash-box. I opened it. At the bottom of it I saw my wedding ring, and next to it a little glass horse. I took it in my hand. It was made in a workshop on the island of Murano, Venice.

Old memories – If I remember correctly, my husband and I took a trip to Venice. It was a splendid day, the sun was shining. I was young, I was in love. I had wonderful dreams about our future. Venice is a city of people in love. We walked slowly along the streets, across the squares and stone bridges. The streets were full of people, full of tourists. Young people were walking hand in hand. Everyone seemed happy. We soon arrived at the Canal Grande, a long narrow street full of beautiful palaces. The facades were bathing in the sun. We stopped at the place called Café Gondoliere and went in. Inside there was a group of tourists, older men reading newspapers, and smartly-dressed women eating cakes. We sat down to enjoy the scene. After some time I went to the women’s washroom and when I came back, my husband was paying the bill. We made a quick decision. We went to visit the glass-works of Murano.

I was admiring an artist who was making beautiful sculptures in glass. In front of us he was sculpting a beautiful horse. I said: Oh, I would be very happy if I had it. Then we returned to the city. It was a long walk back to our hotel. We didn’t talk a lot, but it was a peaceful time which both of us enjoyed. I was very happy. Just before we reached the hotel my husband kissed me on the cheek and gave me a small package. He said: Darling, I love you. I’ll never stop loving you. You are my life. I answered: Me too, dear. When we entered the room, I opened my gift and saw the little glass horse.

20 years later, I am divorced. His love disappeared like the wind. I put the glass horse into the box beside the wedding ring and shut it. I say to myself: Don’t cry! Tomorrow is a new day.

A “MIRA FURLAN” Bowl

Almost 3 years, January 2003 – September 2005 
Ljubljana, Slovenia

You wanted me to bake bread. Because a woman kneading dough is so erotic, isn’t she? You probably thought I’d work up such a sweat that it would drip from my breasts directly into the bowl. One summer day I dressed up only in an apron, just for you and the bowl. In three years I made bread five times in this bowl. It never was any good, always hard as a rock. I don’t know why. Maybe it is because the bowl is too small for kneading, or because I sometimes forgot to put in the yeast. Do you put an egg in bread? You were always eyeing me suspiciously when I was “getting to work”. You wanted me to be like Mira Furlan in the film “Lepota poroka”. But I’m not Mira Furlan. Now I know that the bread was bad because I was afraid that you would – like it happened in the film – smash it on my head with a hammer, if I happened to look at another boy for a tad too long. After that I only ate salad from the bowl for a while. I lost 21 kilograms. And the Furlan woman is not such a babe anymore.

Underpants

2003 – 2005 
Zagreb, Croatia

A size too small…but I didn’t mind at all.

 

A Wedding Dress

1994 – 1997 
Berlin, Germany

We married in Greece and in Japan when we were just over 20. I wore this dress on August 20, 1994 in Kavala, Greece. We had 800 guests. A Greek magazine reported on the wedding of 3 countries. One radio station even had a special coverage.
Against our will, we became rather known there, which was followed by many nosy questions from different people pointing their fingers at us.

Our goal was a happy home with many children.
But Mother Nature did not deliver – and couldn’t children wait until the end of our studies?
It was very important to him, a very happy man from the beginning, to be a young father. Finally, nothing was missing…
Slowly, the page turned. Impatience tipped the scales and brought a dark gray sky over our initial happiness, built a thick white wall between our fields of vision that stifled each feeling in its embryo.

On the other hand, some things became clear on his side that moved me to separate and after a while to return to Germany, but not to my home town, Stuttgart. Berlin won me over and I am finding more and more in this town and in the people that love me.

I started to feel at home here and even have a family. It is the best moment- to be an independent grown up offering a safe thread of life to a small being, and thus not to be alone.

 

Style Icon: JWOWW

I don’t care what anyone says, JWOWW is a style icon. If you’ve watched Jersey Shore, there is no denying the fact that JWOWW is a gorgeous, strong, independent lady. My heart went out to her when her ex-BF robbed her house after a messy break-up. But in the end she got what she deserved – a fantastic new man Rodger! What a perfect couple. Whatever your thoughts on JWOWW, I don’t care, I love her and PUSSY loves her… so I have compiled 4  looks for us to channel our inner-JWOWW. 

LONG LIVE JWOWW!!!xxx

JWOWW’s casual night out:

Corset: £20.95 loveburlesque.com
Earrings: £15 coast-stores.com
Nail Polish: $6.50 Disco Brites
Shoes: £33 missguided.co.uk
Jeans: $35 wetseal.com

JWOWW on the Beach:

Bikini: $7.99 aeropostale.com
Watch: $3,100 TAG Heuer
Earrings: $3,400 Nordstrom
Nail Polish: $6 each Mattese Elite NYC
Body Lotion: $12 Victoria’s Secret
Bronzer: $33 NARS
Mascara: £17 Benefit
Eyelashes: $27 barneys.com
Lip Gloss: $6.50 Rimmel

JWOWW Working out:

Bandeau Bra: £14 Diesel
Track Pants: $120 Aubin & Wills
Mascara: £7.90 Rimmel London
Trainers: $55 Nike
Redbull: £1.20

JWOWW on the Red Carpet:

Dress: $155 theoutnet.com
Earrings: £80 heine.de
Bracelets: $45 Natasha Couture
Necklace: $895 Bony Levy
Shoes: $110 Chinese Laundry
Bronzer: $50 Yves Saint Laurent
Eyeshadow: $58 Armani Beauty
Eyelashes: $30 barneys.com
Mascara: $7 Victoria’s Secret
Lipgoss: £16 Estee Lauder

Kelly Kapowski: Style Icon

Of course KK is one of my style icons. Growing up watching the character in Saved By the Bell,  made me want to look like her, talk like her and dress like her. Not only has she got the best hair ever, but her style is second to none. Have a look at my girl-crush then learn to dress like her. I love you Kelly!! xx

Watch: £100 American Apparel

Yale Sweatshirt: £60 Ivy Sport

Shorts: £45 Insight

Earrings: £800 Chanel Vintage

Top: £24 Topshop

Earrings: £140 Morra Designs

Bikini Top: £92 Betsey Johnson

Jeans: £39 Pepe Women

Bra: £86 Stella MaCartney

Pink Jacket: £65 Oasis

Jeans: £61 Silvian Heach Jeans

Earrings: £28 Simplysoles.com

Tube Bra: £25 Cosabella

Shorts: £66 Topshop

Earrings: £198 Satya Jewelry