Katy Perry's New Look

If it weren't for that burst of candy pink hair, I wouldn't have recognized Ms. Perry here. Gone are her usual theatrical get ups with all the frills and thrills of a modern pop star's desire for the downright zany clothing. What we are left with, is a stripped down (simple in comparison to her quotidian style) version of the singer.
Minimal accessories, barely-there hair with no extravagant detailing and the pièce de résistance; a monochrome shirt baring Renaissance style faces with an essence of fun slipped in, as moustaches are added in. By now, I think you all know that anything Renaissance goes down a treat with me.

I adore this new, much more laid back side to Katy, complete with a retiring, modest smile. She was papped during the same night, getting cosy with Sky Ferreira - one of the newest "it" girls on the scene. Maybe Sky's grungy style is rubbing off on Katy?

Chloë Moretz: ASOS Magazine Photoshoot

You may remember her as the foul-mouthed, purple-wigged, 10 year old, anti-heroine from Kick Ass, the alternative take on super hero movies, or indeed as Joseph Gordon-Levitt's younger sister and love guru in 500  Days of Summer.

But Moretz is slowly marking her territory as a developing actress (she is currently pairing up with Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer in Dark Shadows) and as a potential style crush for many. As well as featuring on, über cool, LOVE magazine's amazingly innovative virtual advent calendar for December the first (there's a new celebrity each day of the Christmas month), she also starred in her first main style photoshoot for none other, but, ASOS.

The ASOS magazine's January 2012 shoot perfectly captures it's cover girl's youth. It is set in a carnival with innocent, preteen-esque details, such as braided hair, adorned with streaks of vibrant colour and the choice of trainers with cutesy and appropriate dresses. Moretz poses playfully, whether it be blowing a bubble with her gum or with a stuffed animal won at a fairground game. The clothes are wonderful suited to the model and the theme of "forever young".

Moretz also mused that the clothes from the shoot reminds her of photos of girls on her favourite website, Tumblr (I have to agree with that one), who devote their time and money to buying clothes purely for the sake of having their photo, of themwearing these garments, making it's rounds of the website. The Unofficial Moretz Dictionary terms this as a "Tumblrina".
"I'm on Tumblr all day, they always have pictures of Converse shoes with a platform on them. I found a website where you can buy them but I stopped myself because like, where would I wear them?" she says.

Hat's Off

Another post, another embarrassing pun as a title - I have an incredible knack for conjuring them up on the spot. The festive Coca Cola ads are finally upon us, unofficially marking the beginning of the holiday season (I let out a squeal reminiscent of a banshee when I first saw the ad in question two weeks ago).

As a strict "I'm not a hat person" person, I have finally let down my prejudice against the head socks (I like to play around with words) and am now on the quest for the perfect hat. Nothing chic or en vogue. No, the kind of hat I'm looking for is similar to the kind that many children would have put up a fight with their mothers in a desperate attempt to not have to wear it out and risk social suicide.

Yes, the cringe worthy knits mothers forced over the heads of their children despite moans and groans. Think Macaulay Culkin's adorbs, little bobble hat collection in Home Alone and Ron Weasley's utter disgust at the maroon "R" sweaters that arrived at Hogwarts, from mummy with love, at Christmas.

What I would give to have had such novelty woollen delights bestowed upon me during the Winter months. Now, I scour charity shops for the tackiest Christmas sweaters and hats I can find but each year, I'm left empty handed. A search on Ebay also proved to be fruitless; I found the perfect Christmas jumper, complete with deers, only to zoom in and find that the deers were getting more than just a kiss under the mistletoe, shall I say. And moving swiftly on...

I'm in desperate need of a bobble hat. They are so cutesy and innocent and now that my hair is shoulder length, I feel that I'm ready to embrace hats. The pair in the title image are from ASOS and as my birthday is fast approaching, I will have to treat myself to one. Below are a pair I stumbled across on Tumblr (I'll look into them) and the latter, from INDCSN is my favourite. It just screams "Seasons Greetings", doesn't it?