Vibrant Things Are In Store With MIMI's BIG Summer 2009 Issue

The MIMI team has been working hard to finalize our BIG summer issue and bring you an issue that reflects the vibrant spirit of the summer. Despite some hiccups, we hope to have our new issue out in July. Here's a sneak peak at the cover of the magazine, which was shot by the internationally acclaimed photographer Paul Sika. Like Paul Sika, our covergirl Murielle Nanie is from Cote D'Ivoire. Look out for an announcement about the publication of MIMI's summer 2009 issue on Twitter, where you can follow MIMI by visiting www.twitter.com/MIMIMagazine

Glastonbury 09 Atmosphere shots

Rick Parfitt of Status Quo
Backstage during Blur

Glastonbury 09 for Style.com/Men.Style.com

Theodora & Alex Richards
Lily Donaldson
Andreas and Tommy K
Fletcher Cowan

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Milky Way

Yard sale tomorrow. my house. After that I leave for NY - first time ever. I've been thinking about college and about all that growing up stuff. Have to start planning soon.

Today it was 104 degrees

Night eyes

London Street Style...Colours of Claude Monet

Immediately I saw this dress I thought of a Claude Monet painting (gees I hope it is Claude Monet I am thinking of, or I will look rather silly- please correct me if I am wrong!)- it is the watercolours or something.....Anyway, it was beautiful. And was from Zara :)

p.s. Paris is going well although it is VERY hot and I got stuck in the Metro yesterday for about 25mins on the way to a show. I spotted Usher (I am an idiot, he was standing right in front of me and I thought he looked familar but I didn't think to ask for a photo. I then saw him coming out of Colette but there were so many people about and I didn't want to appear like a Pap so I didn't bother asking if he would pose for me. Fingers crossed I will spot him again.) The Sart and Garance are here, Facehunter, Jak&Jil and a whole host of other bloggers. I haven't got as many photos as I want yet but I am working on it for y'all! I am squirreled away in an internet cafe in the Marais typing this before I have to run to the next show, Bernhard Willhelm at 2pm :)

p.p.s. The Dries Van Noten show was fabulous! The music from this truck that pulls up just before the show starts was absolutely pumping (I suspect I have a wee bit of hearing loss now!) and there was a huge crack of thunder just as the models were on their final walkthru down the catwalk. Everyone started cheering! Good times people, good times :)

London Street Style...The Matryoshka Doll

When I spotted this girl I noticed her boots, the checked shirt, her aviators etc but when I started photographing her I spied her very sweet Martyoshka Doll necklace which kind of reminded me of that fabulous Russian Doll Chanel bag....We started chatting and it turns out her Chanel handbag was stolen last week- grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I would be completely devastated 1. because it's Chanel and 2. because my handbag contains half my life so I would be lost without it. Hopefully someone nice will buy her a new one soon (hint, hint to her boyfriend from both of us!)

London Street Style...Hearts and Glasses

Love the little heart detail on her mustard dress (they kind of look like those heart lollies?)....and see that teeny tiny pendant around her neck? It is her doll's shoe!

London Street Style...Retro-Futuristic

London Street Style...Men Behaving Stylishly (Round 3)

London Street Style...Espadrilles

I have arrived in Paris and I am seeing LOADS of espadrilles on the streets- fabulous! (although I haven't got many photos yet.... Wish me luck for the next few days :))

I photographed this gorgeous women on the street in London. She had a short black pleated skirt on which I wanted to get a photo of but there were too many people about and I couldn't get a "clear" shot. So you are just going to have trust me when I say she looked wonderfully chic :)

p.s. I won't have internet access for the next few days except for if I pop into an internet cafe....so I won't be able to reply to comments but I will get to them next week!

Summer Tide

Dresses by: Mario Shwab, Helmut Lang

London Street Style...Monochrome

Simple and Fresh

Black and White

London Street Style...Un shoulder

Love this little blush one shoulder dress.....and the white Chanel 2.55 slung over her other shoulder wasn't bad either!

London Street Style...Stripes and Ballet Flats

Love her style especially those two-tone Chanel ballet flats.

London and Paris Street Style...Electric Dreams

Remember that song "Together in Electric Dreams" from the movie Electric Dreams? Well, I have been humming it in my head since 4:00am this morning (don't ask me why: re the song and the crazy hour... insomnia is a hideous thing). Actually, as I type, I realise that most of you wouldn't even have been born in 1984 when the song came out- arghhhhh I feel so old! You have to watch the clip though... those 80's fashions. Damn Skippy!

What has Electric Dreams got to do with Electric Blue Jeans? um, nothing....except Jeans and Dreams rhyme. Wow, it's going to be a loooooooooong day.

London blue jeans (above) from Topshop

Paris blue jeans (below)

Love how she's blinged up her Speedy....you may not be able to see from the photo but she has a gold smiley face and a tiny little Eiffel Tower attached to the handle of her LV.

p.s. I am cringing- I had a pair of togs (swimmers) almost exactly the same as the electric blue pair with white buttons in the beach scene in the Together in Electric Dreams YouTube clip! You know the really, really high cut togs- the ones that were never, ever flattering and exposed waaay too much hip and leg? I think they were suppose to "lengthen the leg" but instead they just looked kind of odd.

Petite Street Style

I couldn't resist asking if I could take a photograph of these two littlies...they looked so summery and pretty in their sweet little pink frocks.

I love that the little girl (below) pulled her dress out for me to photograph! I didn't ask her to do it- she just suddenly did it :)

London Street Style...Georgia

Remember Georgia? She of the fabulous fringed boots, 70's- style floppy hat and denim shorty shorts? Well, I photographed her again at Graduate Fashion Week!


This time there is no lame-ar*se Austin Powers imitations from me :)

Brooklyn, New York Here I come

Let me know what shops/gallerys/cool places to check out while i'm visiting!

LnA AW09

Photographer Alistair Guy
Styling Chris Benns
Model Veronica Andersson @ IMG
Hair Pshemko Sierek
Make-up Holly Silius
Retouching Rob @ Mullis & Morgan

London Street Style...Ruth

Ruth Griffin.
A fashion writer and stylist from Ireland (I have only met a handful of Irish people since I've been in London- what's wrong with me?! I need to meet more!), Ruth writes a daily blog for the Matches stores*. You can check it out here.

And what was she wearing? A floaty, very 1970's Celia Birtwell for Topshop "Mickelmas" jumpsuit.

*warning: do not click on the link if you are feeling stressed, poor and/or in need of a little retail therapy to get you through the Sunday night blues- Matches have their Spring/Summer 2009 sale on now. If you do peek, don't blame me if you end up with a poufy little Lanvin pink cocktail dress, a pair of Azzedine Alaia taupe ankle boots or a Tila March nude and yellow clutch which would all be perfect for right now....I shall not be held responsible!

p.s. but can I please borrow the Tila March clutch maybe? Just once a month or something ;-)