Pencil Skirts

Give mini's and maxi's wardrobe space and invest in a stylish pencil skirt this season. The likes of Marc Jacobs and Jonathan Saunders have brought them up-to-date for A/W11 with forward-thinking fabrics, graphic prints and bold colours. Here's our top eight new styles

Starry Night Nails

Hello my smexy riceballs!

Here is a nail tutorial for you guys. Quite a lot of you guys requested for a nail tutorial that does not require nail brushes so hopefully you will like this nail design. It's pretty simple but I really think simple nail designs look best.

It is a gradient chic nail design that reminds me of the starry night skies. It can glam up an outfit instantly!

You can of course choose to work with different colours instead of blue such as purple, black etc.

FTC: Eyeko supplied me with the Petite Polish. The other polishes are purchased out of my own. As always, this is a non-paid video. ^_^

Do plus-size women need their own hair salons

Do plus-size women need their own hair salons?Bashar Brown, a British hair stylist, seems to

think so. The Daily Mail reports that Brown has opened Hair By Bashar, a salon that caters to overweight clients who've previously felt uncomfortable or discriminated against in mainstream salons."Increasingly, larger women were telling me how they hate going to the salon because they are filled with slim, glamorous women," Brown explained. "For them, it feels the same as walking into a gym full of ultra-fit people. They feel like everyone is staring at them."So Brown, operating out of his Kent home, invested over $7,000 to create a space where larger women and men could feel comfortable getting their hair styled. This means extra large seats, gowns and hair-washing basins.The hair stylist himself says he especially sympathizes with curvier clients because he, too, used to be overweight, he told the Daily Mail. Now he wants to make those who feel uncomfortable with their bodies glamorous when it comes to beauty.It's an honorable sentiment, but a somewhat strange concept. In theory, shouldn't thin women and curvier women be able to dwell in the same space without the former making the latter feel self-conscious? We like Brown's idea... but we'll be even happier when salons can have both larger chairs and an atompshere where women don't feel judged by other women for their figures.Hey, we can dream.Read more at DailyMail.co.uk

Indulge: Acne Mission Polish lace ups

If you’re a regular reader of Fashionising.com then you’ll be no stranger to the fact that we adore much of what Swedish fashion house Acne Studios produces, particularly their shoes. While that generally sees us concentrate on their women’s offering, their Cypress boots the latest to catch our eye, the minimalist contours and traditional overtones of their Mission Polish lace ups are certainly worth remarking on.

Mission is built on a sleek leather sole and a wooden, stacked heel and a round toe. Upper with five lace ups and stitch detailing. The soles are trimmed right to the edge of the upper to give a more casual look.

Mission Polished has been given two layers of colours. The shoes can either be polished for color maintenance or allowed to fade pleasantly.

Internally they feature a light brown leather inner with an embossed golden Acne house logo on sole and tongue.

Shoe art from Alexander McQueen

It’s not every day that a pair of heels deserves an exclusive glass rack in the living room amidst numerous souvenirs, expensive wall hangings and art sculptures.

The fashion house of Alexander McQueen illustrates just how design brilliance doesn’t end at the ankles, but goes all the way till the bottom of the feet.

These intricately designed wedges, part of the McQueen spring 2011 collection, are a classic embodiment of artistic surrealism. The crisp, but gentle flower petals curve around the edges of the leather platform creating a perfect balance between design and wearability. Almost exhibiting a Grecian bride look, this creation by Sarah Burton is a true amalgamation of fashion and art

But this stunning unfolding piece of art also deserves a scheduled weekly pedicure, just saying.

Novo brings Angel Azorin shoes to Australia

A silky white ribbon wrapped around the ankle with a beautiful Spanish saying printed on it – “What makes a shoe so seductive?”

That doesn’t seem a million dollar question. For some it’s the design, while for others it’s the designer. Walking around town in a luxurious pair of designer shoes is not just assuring for the ego, but also responsible for making a woman feel sexy, important and powerful. When you give her an exquisitely designed and handcrafted piece of footwear, the smile blazes up a thousand watts.

And this is what the new Australian-Spanish design collaboration is aspiring to do – allot designer shoes to every closet. Something that makes a girl feel and look expensive.

Another Acne Pistol Boot for your collection

I’ve never met a girl to whom Acne‘s ‘Pistol’ boots are any less than an obsession. There’s no middle ground here, no boot purgatory; either you’ve never had a pair, or you have them and you worship them. They’re versatile, they’re stylish, and most of all they’re comfortable. And now Acne have thrown into the pack another tidbit to whip up a feeding frenzy; two new variants on the pistol boot style.