JAILERS FASHION DIARY #1

It's not every day that you wake up on the floor of Alexander Wang's NYC penthouse apartment, the taste of $200 tequila still burning the back of your throat. I stumbled up and grabbed my LE Tassled Bucket Bag, fumbling through countless loose cigarettes and crumpled up business cards, I took out my iPhone 6S+ (in Space Grey), which read the time 11:52am. Shit! I threw on my ELLE Modern Blazer and toppled out of the door, into the elevator - the Archive Gold Chains hand-sewn into my bag clashed against the mirrored interior. I quickly checked my reflection - God bless Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray! I hurried out of the building, my Rio Chicas Leggings making a frantic swishing sound as I pounced through the sliding glass doors. Waves of yellow cabs fill the roads, the tune of honking horns and foul-mouthed road rage chime through the avenue, it looks like I'm walking. I let out a deep sigh and spark up a crooked cigarette. The chalked city pavement played instrumentally with the click-clack of my Elizabeth & James Ankle Boots as I whisked down the street towards my studio. With no time to waste, I threw my half done Marlboro menthol to the ground and stomped it out, receiving nothing less than a brutal lashing from a passing environmentalist. Fuck off, I'm busy. My Decades Coco High Waisted Skirt ruffled in the spring breeze, I weaved between commuters and magazine kiosks like a hectic blackbird racing towards distant silver. As my studio building came into sight, I was speeding up my pace. The sun beat down on my black fabric clad self, at this point I was totally regretting layering up an IT Girls Stardoll Polo with a DKNY Black Longsleeve Shirt - I was sweltering! Suddenly, a gleaming figure appeared in the distance, loitering outside the X Visual Space Studios - I was certainly in trouble now. I hoisted up my bag strap and mentally prepared for my second verbal beating of the day. Finally arriving at the front door I was met by a flustered Nimka, tugging off her Prada gloves, "You're late!" she chirped.

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Below are all of the items I used in today's fashion diary entry;

(L-R; Elle Modern Blazer, LE Tassled Bucket Bag, DKNY Black Longsleeve Shirt, IT Girls Stardoll Black Polo, Archive Gold Chains, Decades Coco High Waisted Skirt, Bonjour Bizou Belt (used as transition between both tops), Evil Panda Miniskirt (used to shape blazer), Rio Chicas Leggings, and Elizabeth & James Ankle Boots) 

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Styling in the rain

I've gotten into interior design on Stardoll a lot more lately, I think I'm just seeing so much more inspiration around the site and seeing what others have done with minimal style makes me push myself to produce something similar for my own suite! I also feel there's a lot of pressure to look good all round now, not just clothing and beauty, the suite really matters too^

I've been spending some time in my beach villa suite, and although this is only the start, I'm happy for my doll to live in it like it is! I've put a focus on artwork really, choosing both a StarDesign piece (it's by StarMYCLA, her prints like this triangular one are awesome, I have some elsewhere in my suite too!) and the the Museum Mile FlyingNose Painting. I also liked contrasting them, having the painting quite large and balanced on the floor and then the print framed and on a shelf - that triangle shape was begging for these geometric vases to pair with, they are both from Minimalism one being in coins and the other being only 5SD's. With my seating I stuck with themed colours from the darkened sky and the white stone room, cushions helped make it a little more comfortable looking and these ones have a lovely blue tone to them. That totally ties in with the metal work of the opposite chair. And finally plants - I had to go and add loads, didn't I?! There's a whole mix, but I liked the combination of the two brown ones on the left, plus they went well with the woodwork I've added in front. Then there's greenery in the tall PPQ plant on the right, which is pretty much a feature on it's own, but I gave it a little decor for company - it's from Fallen Angel, and I really like it so I'm surprised I hadn't seen it before!

So how do you guys feel about interior decorating? I'm assuming most of us prefer styling our dolls over our suites, but I think this is something I'm totally on the bandwagon for^^ Comment below with your thoughts and all =D xx

NYC STREET STYLE X MM SNTA

Last week on Friday we were introduced to a new collection of Museum Mile, the SNTA collection. This featured pieces of clothing and works of art that were designed by members of the Stardoll community. I personally fell in love with the 'JoeJerez18 girl sweatshirt' I see this piece as something very current, the design itself is amazing! The way the bottom half ties up, the little print and the colour grey really bring this sweatshirt together, making it very easy to style. 

The sweatshirt created by Joe, has been taken by storm with fashionista's from all over the world, bringing in their own flavour and giving us an insight to how they have styled this incredible sweatshirt. Note to self - In future posts, I will make sure to showcase other stylish users on how they style these staple pieces. You can see below I was inspired by the fashionable streets of Manhattan, New York! I feel New York is a great source of inspiration when needing to create a street style look and this sweatshirt was perfect for that.

Now, moving on to my look. I decided to pair the sweatshirt with jeans, a white fedora, then accessorising the look with the YSL purse and a pair of light lime green heels. I didn't want to over do it, I love the simplicity of the sweatshirt and I wanted to make sure it captures the eye. 

What do you think? Leave a comment below and tick a box!

Wearing: Bonjour Bizou Creamy White Fedora. Cheap Monday Clean Cut Shirt. Museum Mile JoeJerez18 Girl Sweatshirt. Killah Baham Trousers. YSL Satin Purse. Nelly.com Basic Pumps.

Epiphany / / Head to toe beauty and style

Stardoll brought us a new Epiphany jewellery collection last week, themed on Inspired By pieces with a great selection for us to choose from. There's a lot of stand-out pieces in there, and I get a very retro vibe from several things and think there will be some great stylings from dolls to come! I only purchased a few of the pieces, and my post for this week is going to focus on one - the Floral Mami Inspired Necklace =)

I loved the blue and sea-toned colours in the necklace so used those in my makeup choices of the greys and blues - I really think it works quite nicely! For style I think whites and greys suit both the necklace and makeup very well and so those are colours I really focused on. I like the quirkiness of the perspex coat in the look on my doll, the texture really plays against that of the trousers and the tied sweater. But I also like the golden accessories in my second suggestion on the left and they would tie a look nicely with the necklace too. This really is a piece with a lot of options and I think there's plenty of room to play around with them!

Let me know what you think of this post in the comments below! And is there anything you guys want to see me post about? Comment that too^ x

Styled Outfit: Hotbuys Vinyl Bouquet Coat

*Originally posted April 2015*

So I've seen many great looks with the brand new Hotbuys Vinyl Bouquet Coat, and they're really inspiring me to hurry up and make some looks with mine! It costs 25SD's, which is a little pricey, but it is Dior inspired, so you do pay for the Couture! (Dior Spring Couture 2015)

I did attempt some colour in there with the middle look, but I don't like it - the purple is fine, but I don't like the items I've chosen for the look which is a pity! I do love the D&G top from the first look though, I think that surprised me a little and with some better shoes this is a look I wanna wear soon =D

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Beginning at the start

Long time no see, right? I'm still hanging around here at TTT and hoping to get out a weekly post, independent of my other blogging work^ While wondering what to put in my first post for this rejuvenation I thought for a bit then looked back through what I had posted here before - it was a lot more than I had thought, and I started out in Feb 2014, I can't believe it was over 2 years ago! And so I came to the conclusion to begin at the start, where I started here by styling these Metallic Harem Trousers.

Compared to the last stylings of these trousers, this is the much preferred content! I still like gold accents with the colour of the velvet, it's just something I will always pair together, and I've stuck with neutrals in my other clothing items and aceessories. Makeup I used a combination of brown liner and shade to give quite a minimal 'dark' look for the outfit - I think it works, as well as a nude lip, the trousers definitely don't need any flashes or pops of colour with these looks^ I also took the opportunity to show off my newly redesigned room. Previously this just had the couch and plant but I've added just a few decor pieces to spruce it up a little, and the golden detailing worked perfectly for this look, a bit of a coincidence!

Be sure to leave a 'Thought' or a comment below and let me know what you think of this post, and what you might want to see here in the future =)

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Introductions

Hello dolls,

My name is Stevenson and I am the newest writer/contributor here at Today's Top Trends. I thought to kick things off with a small introductory about my style and what I plan to achieve here at TTT! First things first, I am a fashion enthusiast at heart, I would define my style as being very minimal and sleek, it's very edited. However, that doesn't restrict me from adding a little more detail as I am very fond of Haute Couture, I absolutely love the small embellishments on hand made garments. 

I have been an avid reader of TTT since it's first release back in 2007. I have always wanted to venture out into the blogging world and contribute, I believe TTT can give me that platform of expressing my personality, thoughts and of course, style! 

I am here to help bring Todays Top Trends back to it's former glory! The team and I plan on keeping you all updated with the latest trends and fashions from Stardoll and real life! I also plan to create new segments for the blog, bringing in fresh, new and exciting content for you all to read! I have another spoiler! I am collaborating with a few people and one of them is named Hilmy known on Stardoll as emmahunt4. I can announce that I will be given exclusive access to look into Hilmy's latest magazine issue of Risque! so please, keep your eyes peeled and watch this space! 

As a writer for TTT, I will make sure to post on a regular basis! I can promise you that. Now, on final note! As for the photo below, I thought to also showcase my dolls current look and style. I will be doing this regularly also. 

Wearing: 1. Runway Rodarte Inspired Faux Fur 2. Lanvin Tribute Sweater 3. Bonjour Bizou Layered Skirt dress 4. Dior Couture Tribute Black Bottiness 5. YSL Tribute Inspired Velvet Clutch

Thank you for reading, I truly appreciate it!

Till next time dolls

S - x