The fashion detective: He's the prettiest girl.

 After seeing myself on the inactive list of writers today, I felt pretty ashamed and therefore decided to finish the post I started a few days ago. I hope that some remember my very own segment called 'The fashion detective', but I'm guessing you don't. So I will pretty much write about everything involved with fashion, if there are things you want me to address just tell me in the comment section!

 Soo, I'm pretty sure all of you guys, at least the ones who are involved in fashion have heard about Andrej Pejic. He recently shot the cover and an editorial for FASHION Magazine. I thought that it was kinda fun to see him in these pictures, especially while reading the quotes. He seems to be enjoying his life as the most androgynous model ever[??] and doesn't take himself too seriously about the fact that he is modeling women's wear.

Here are some pictures from Frebruary's issue:

He recently started controversy after he landed a campaign for a Hema. Doesn't sound as spectacular, huh?! But it is a campaign for ... Pushup bras...!!

 

 

 

I was pretty shocked after I heard about it. I mean, I love him and I think he is one of the most amazing models nowadays. I just love his pictures. But Push up bras? Seriously?!

And that isn't all: He said that his biggest dream would be to walk for no other brand than Victoria's Secret!

 

Without giving away too much of my opinion I want to ask you guys what you think about all of it. Is it too much when a man sales clothes for women? Would it be as bad if it was the other way round? And could you imagine him walking next to Adriana Lima and co. ?

Tell me in the comments!

-Melinda

CHRISTMAS LOTTERY WINNERS 2011!

First off, merry Christmas everyone! I hope you have a great day, and if you are of a different religion have an awesome day anyway! I am here though to announce the winners of TTT's Grand Christmas Lottery 2011! The response was good with over 30 entries, which were all amazing! But there can only be three winners, so off we go.

The winners of the TTT Christmas Lottery 2011 are... 

The winner of 6 months Superstar membership is....

SPARKLEWAND12!! Congratulations Kristen!

The winner of the 500 stardollars is....

GO-GIRL-ROCK!! Well done Nicole! 

And finally, the winner of the 200 stardoll prize is....
PINKIORIGINAL!! Congratulations to all three of you!

Congratulations to everyone! To recieve your prize notify me or Amanda/ladygagamcqueen in either of our guestbooks and your prize will be given at one time or another! Please be patient if it is not given straight away. You do not need to confirm with me about the prize in 24 hours. Thank you to everyone for entering and well done to the winners.

Love from the team at Today's Top Trends xoxo

Audrey's Next Top Model - Relaunch!

Hey everyone! What's up?

We all know AudreyxBeth right? She had a modelling competition called Audrey's Next Top Model but it closed down... It is now back though and I had the privilege of giving the blog a makeover! So here is the invite, anyone can enter, so make sure you do! 

So here is the invite, anyone and everyone can enter! So make sure you do so!!

Click here to go to the blog and apply!

Introducing... Zadig & Voltaire

Remember about my column? 'Introducing...'

It's back!

And to stick to my roots, I'm introducing another french brand, which I love and wear. You may say I'm always posting about french brands... but it's my country, I feel proud to live here and I believe that everyone should be proud of their origins. And our common passion is fashion, so today let me introduce you : Zadig & Voltaire.

In a historic point, Zadig & Voltaire has been created in 1996 by Thierry Gillier. Your question is : where is the brand's name from, then?Well, all the french knows the answer, but I'm not sure that people from other countries could know that. Voltaire is actually a french author, and one of his books is called Zadig. Thierry Gillier just thought about this name because Zadig is the character of the book, and he's described as a very classy and good dressed man.

Interesting, no?

Also, a sentence that Zadig & Voltaire fans love to say:

Then, Zadig & Voltaire is known because of their modern class... Skulls are pretty much everywhere, but everyone loves it. Instead of explaining, take a look:

Amazing, no?

Well, it's up for you to say what you think in the comment section of this post, of course!

I personally like it, it's my style, but I understand that it can not be the style of anyone...

Also, here is the link:

http://www.zadig-et-voltaire.com/

-AL

Posh Winter Spoiler

Hey guys, here's Chace!
Today I post without a banner because I want all attention to be on the new spoiler of Posh Magazine.
It's for the next Winter Issue that will be released around next January or February!

Here you are:

Check it out here!

Do you like it? - Are you excited for the next issue? - What do you think will be featured?

Christmas Cheer

I am shocked. I brought in my friends Christmas presents the other day and was stopped by a girl who I am quite good friends with. She turned to me with a very puzzled gaze and said" Presents! Already, but it is only December? What! I meant a week until Christmas."  Ah she always manages to make me giggle. It was then my turn to look puzzled, it is a week until Christmas but many people have not realized just how close the holiday is or have they bought their presents! I love Christmas and have been ready since November, because I am just that sad, however I wanted to bring the holidays to TTT.

These are some of my favourite christmas songs.







I wish you all a wonderful holiday and if you don't celebrate it, have a great 25th of December anyway.

Lolita? Back? Again?

Well kay...
I'm surprised this hasn't been published yet.

If you do not know who Lolita is, you're with suffering from some strange mental condition, or you're a noob on Stardoll. She's quite well known as the biggest fame whore on Stardoll. Her name was Miss_LolitaF She was a welite, she became elite, she was an attention seeking bitch! But we all loved her... one way or another.

Well, she always departed dollywood and came back. Left and came back again! Numerous amount of times. They even had to invent a new number!

Well, after returning from putting her account on survival mode from "hackers," she then, all of a sudden... left.

But when I was talking to this random chic who works under ICON, or whatever it is, she referred me to speak to "Lolita."
I was surprised for two reasons. One, she spoke to me like this "Lolita," girl was well known around Stardoll. Secondly, Miss_LolitaF is the only Lolita that I know.

So, when I searched for Lolita's account, which I knew already was deleted, I found this...

This particular member caught my eye. Yes, I know there are so many fakes out there on Stardoll, but this one just had a certain ring towards it...
I went onto her page to investigate further.

Now doesn't this look interesting?
Same grammar and all, but different doll. I don't think Lolita would have had a different doll if she returned.

It says on her presentation, that she had problems in real life, resulting in termination of her Stardoll account.

What also got to me. If this is the real Lolita, wouldn't she have made a huge comeback, instead of just coming back.

There have been no guestbook comments, no blog posts, no friend requests or anything.

So I'm leaving you guys up as the jury.

Is this "Lolita," the real deal, or just some bitch pretending to be her.

Comment Guiiiss.

CLOSED

The team here at TTT really want to repay and thank you for your totall amazingness this year.

PRESENTING TODAY'S TOP TRENDS GRAND CHRISTMAS LOTTERY 2011!

There is no right or wrong answer!

Just leave a comment on this post describing what Christmas means to you. Winners will be randomly selected through a lottery-type programme. Winners will be announced on the 25th December. 

GOOD LUCK!

__________________

On the Subject of LE...

 (Yes, this is my old banner. Kind of prefer this one, not too sure...)


I was just wondering...
Is this the slowest ever selling out collection? (Excluding LE Decor.)

After all, the collection usually sells out in a lot less than 24 hours, this one has been out for 4 days and still has numerous items remaining, 3 of which being clothes. I definitely prefer the idea of just having clothes in one collection; and decor in the other. Because after all, if it is a mixed collection, people tend to the purchase the clothes, and totally forget, or don't even realise, that there is random pieces of furniture in the background.

I'm really not surprised this collection isn't selling out though. Some of it is really badly made, I like some things, but quite a few are tacky. Then it's overpriced. 120 for an ugly pair of gold boots? 120 for an ugly lamp? 200 FOR A GLOWING UNICORN?! And then 100 for a tiny lion statue? Even the interiors are cheaper than that!

What happened to all the clothes being as amazing as this...?


-Over and out,
Kimberly Dean.

Do you hate me too?

Yes, well I know people hate me, but this is the first time someone was too scared to say it in person and make a fanclub. This image is the presentation of "ihatewooldoor". More comical than insulting I think. Now I don't know who this could be. I've abused/harassed/upset alot of people on Stardoll, in person actually, but does this person have a name?

She thinks she knows me, and everything that I would tell her. I don't know her, well actually, it could be a him... And the part where it speaks about nude graphics... I HATE nude graphics! They are so overrated now! It's all like "Look at me! I have my tits out!" Pssh!

This person has a name. Someone from New Zealand would know who has won covergirl 10 times.

Personally, I think she's lying about that. I will give 100sds to who can tell me who it is. No joke. Also, I'd like to thank EssRox for entering my competition. You will be in Monster magazine sometime soon.

Guess away my munchkins.

The people's competition-Results

Thank you all who entered the competition, your entries were all amazing and it was tricky to choose who to put in what position.  I am afraid that pasion_katii your tinypic had stopped working, but if you want to leave a new link below and I think it is worthy I will give you a prize. I loved the emotions and thought you told me you put into your entries and in the end I had to go with the entry that moved me the most.

In first place we have Princess_Kiara . This is her entry and what she had to say about it...

What "inspired" me:

My graphic has a clear message, I don't think that any additional caption is needed. Basically it's about self harm - many people who are bullied, rejected, or anyhow unhappy with themselves or their life, are self harming, injuring, however you'd call it. They keep it a secret, and keep on doing it - as time goes by, their cuts are getting deeper(they're cutting deeper). They hope that the physical pain will make the mental one fade away, but it never happens. I've gone through all I wrote here, I was keeping it a secret, untill my mom found bloody tissues, and I had to tell her about it. It wasn't the best thing ever to do, but it probably saved my life. This is why I think self harm isn't the right way to deal with such pain. People should speak about their problems to someone they trust, instead of releasing the pain with cutting. Also in the same time, I think it's very wrong to think that cutters belong to the emo subculture. Some may, but not all do. Emo as a stereotype, label,... makes you pretty much a social reject, words can hurt too.

Not only was your entry beautifully made and represent exactly what you were saying, the story behind it was inspirational and you had put real time into it. 

In second place we have  MMAlovergirl

and in third place _starhelen_

Please contact me in my guestbook and I will put up your prizes for you. Kiara you get first choice and can tell me which item you would like, they are in my closet room. 

Thank you to Fiorama, lolLara123, angel28790 and cutesueellen for entering. You all have so much talent and I am sure we will be seeing more of it.

Stardollars for ALL!

"You’ve just been given the key to unlock a world of posh possibilities!  New today: Stardollars are available to everyone on Stardoll.

Do you have some Stardollars already burning a hole in your purse? Your Stardollars are now available to spend your Stardollars in Starplaza, StarBazaar and Suite Shop!

The Superstar membership is still incredibly valuable, where as a Superstar, you have access to exclusive membership features and activities on Stardoll.

In need of a little-pick-me-up in your purse?  Visit the Stardoll payment page to find out how you can purchase more Stardollars!"

   - from the official Stardoll blog

To me, this is a marketing scheme to plant the seeds of temptation within the minds of non-superstars. Of course, It's a good thing, in that they'll get to pick up a nice item here and there; it's also a bad thing, in that there will be an increase of Superstar-only items. That's why Stardoll are so quick to stress that "The Superstar membership is still incredibly valuable."

And of course, it is. At first glance, I was ready to launch into a full blown tirade about why the newfound availability of Stardollars to non-superstars undermines the worth of Superstar accounts. Upon further reasoning, I've found that it's pretty much the same thing.

Let's look at the Stardoll hierarchy:

Royalty:
Same as superstar but with a useless club and a useless diamond. Ooh, shiny!

Superstar:
Penthouses, beach villas, extra rooms, Starbazaar, special clothes, special furniture... wait a minute, this sounds familiar...

Stardollars:
Still the currency of the aforementioned groups, but now with added temptation.

Starcoins:
Confusing, to say the least. They're the pennies of the people, but you can also convert your dollars into them to pay pretty much the same price you were paying anyway, give or take. Oh well, at least you can earn these.

So in essence, yes, you'll get the access to (a few) Stardollar items when you sign up. But once your initial amount is gone, it's gone. This is, in my opinion, simply a very calculated move from Stardoll - making them look like the good guys by giving everyone the access to Stardollars when in all actuality, it's meant to give you a small taste of the supposed "high life" before never seeing that kind of wealth again. Unless you buy Superstar, of course.

In conclusion:
Nothing's changed. Just Stardoll being Stardoll.

POSH FALL ISSUE IS RELEASED!!

You heard right!

And the fabulous covergirl is sevillana94!

click here to check it out!

What do you think?

The peoples competition.

I wanted to do something that everyone could take part in and that would have a great prize, but not take so long that you wouldn't be able to complete a task every week. This competition is aimed at whatever your talent is. If you can make a great scenery, outfit, graphic, pattern, make up tutorial, post, story, poem, photo or anything else creative that you can send an image to me, do so!

I am going to leave it completely open, because it can be hard to do something for a certain bracket sometimes if it isn't your thing. Just make it about whatever interests you or works. Then fill out the short form below and post an imgur or tinypic url of the thing you made. ( I will only accept these image hosting sites). You can keep your name and age anonymous if you wish so.

Name:

Stardoll username:

Age:

Image link:

You may want to give a description of what inspired you or what it means to you:

That is all you have to do and once you have posted this form in comments I will choose three winners. 

If you have any queries ask me in my guest book and I will get back to you. The contest ends on November 30th. Good luck.

Will You Be the Face of TTT-FW?!

 Could you be the face of TTT Fashion Week?

NAME/

USERNAME/

MEDOLL:

MAKEUP/

NOMAKEUP/

EXPERIENCE:

PORTFOLIO/

Apply in comments below!

Jesus is the New Black!

**I am Mugler Woman, Don't f*ck with me! **

** I am Mugler, I am quiet, I am strong. **

** Do not anger Mugler Woman, **

** She'll eat you! **

Here's another Fashion Video that I love, starring GaGa for Mugler.

And for TTT, I decided to remind you some information about GaGa and Mugler:

Nicolas Formichetti is the GaGa's personal stylist since 2009. Since one year, Nicolas has been hired to be the Creative Director of MUGLER House, and so he asked GaGa to be the Music Director of it... Then, at the F/W 2011-2012 Fashion Week, GaGa was there, walking on the runway while Born This Way and Government Hooker were the songs of the night. For the last Fashion Week (S/S 2012), GaGa wasn't there but she left a video...

So, what do you think of it?

If you have a video that you'd like to share, give me the link in the comment section of this post, and I'll put in my next post. :)

-AL

TTT Fashion Weekend, you say?

As Winter arrives and Stardoll is left bare without any upcoming fashion lines or new collections, and the lack of vibrant new magazines, I came to a decision that TTT should have it's very own fashion week! Taking into consideration the fact that Today's Top Trends is a blogging experience based around fashion, I think a week filled with fashion would be totally amazing, right?! 

  I know I'm going to get people saying I'm copying SFW, but in the real world there is numerous different fashion weeks! Obviously, Stardoll Fashion Week will remain the main one, but there's always rooms for more. TTT-FW is still in early planning stages, but if you are interested in participating drop us a comment below! P.S; I'm going to be posting alot of awesome updates of this Christmas at Today's Top Trends soon, so watch out for that! A Christmas competition perhaps... And the prizes? Think big!

Posh Sneak Peeks

Hey guys!

Long time, no talk! I'm sorry I didn't post for like 2 month! 

It's just that I have really much to do in real life and  I was in London for 3 weeks. And because I don't have anything better to talk about I give you some sneak peeks for the upcoming fall issue of POSH.

Here you are:

What do you think? Are you excited for the next issue?

Chace

Foreign Culture

When I was younger, about six to eleven, I had always planned to go live in Tokyo, Japan or Hong Kong in China when I was older. However, after my first trip back to America in 10 years I feel in love with it and I supposed I would move there and pursue a career in teaching and writing. Recently I have found a passion for Asian culture again and wish I could speak Korean or Mandarin Chinese. ( I may try to learn it, but it will be really hard on my own).

make up for MGPIN make up styling.

This lead me to take a look at the Spring/Summer Fashion Week in Beijing (China), which finished just a few days ago. The Fashion week, which lasted for ten days, doesn't include many of the well known brands we would look out for, but focuses on designers closer to home and helps them get their brand into the spotlight.  

This is helping designers in China sell garments and it also helps with the fabric industries, that although making many of the worlds clothing demands, get a small fraction of the profit.

 Another interesting fact was that there were a very large number of male collections on the catwalk. These featured clothes that were practical, but the women's wear was much more elaborate and Haute Couture. The models had smiles in many cases and struck fun poses, something not often seen in other fashion weeks.

I am not sure if it appears this way to anyone else, but to me the clothes have quite a different style to clothes seen in New York, Paris, Milan and London.  There is a large focus on big skirts, gold detailing and oriental patterns. It is nice to see this seasons fondness for hats is evident there too. In many you can see where designers have stayed true to Asian styles, but many have a modern twist.

Sorry I didn't realize how long this post was becoming. Thank you very much for reading.

What is your favourite fashion week? What is your opinion on the clothes and collections?

Deng Hao's 2012 Hate Couture collection