Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer’s -my life crush…....................

Dog crush? Model crush? Girl crush? ‘It bag’ crush? Nope, I’ve got -life crush! The truth is, if I had to swap lives with anyone in the world for a day –it would be -Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer’s yummy life. Sometimes I feel like she's stolen my life …..and I want it back [heheehe]! I love the way she juggles motherhood, work and rest and play- beautifully. I’m totally inspired!

Could Jada Pinkett Smith be the next big Fashionista?

I’ve always respected and loved the ever ‘sparkly’ Jada Pinkett Smith but she has never been on my style radar. Always groomed to within an inch of her life; with beautiful clear skin, –this petite lover of the long/maxi ‘Oscar ball gown’ [this is a no-no folks], –photographed [far too] often drowning in too much material, looking way too mature for her age –causing her to look a lot shorter than she actually is –has morphed. Well, I stumbled across the last photo [above] of the lovely Jada in a ruffled one shoulder top and black midi skirt combo fabulousness -and just had to celebrate her. I also googled for more images and low-and-behold, -American Vogue’s Style.com has now created a file for Jada in their ‘Celebrity Style Search’ section [no small feat people]. Bravo Jada… I look forward to more from fashion’s latest darling -and will keep you posted…x

Fashion: Loving Blogger and student Hassan Luwalira's style [Credit: The Look Book)

Loving Student Faith Heyliger's style [Credit: The Look Book]

Fashion et al hearts Ebony Bones

I have loved Ebony Bones' style for -ever. Her frenetic; eclectic, mish mash of, avant-garde, fluro, Harajuku madness, meet Africa, come fly gal -meet, Dorothy (Wizard Of Oz), via Carmen Miranda and 90's in ya face- club kids, -is fabulous. Ebony Bones' style is up there with Bjork and Tori Amos (wow) -and so is her music. -A concoction of sexy apocalyptic ramblings, -meet 80's acid generation,-meet punk, -via grime -meet rock -via indie, with some emo jagger, jagger -voodoo dolls, poptastic, and more grime' -verve. -Her diverse and eclectic musical style incorporates many different genres and is wwwway outside the box (just the way Fashion et al -likes it). I first spied Ebony Bones as Yasmin Matthews in the now defunct, 'Family Affairs' soap on Channel 5, -and even then, -I knew there was something, 'special' about Ebony. After 'Family Affairs' was taken of the air, -for a while, I thought Ebony had become a glamorous party gal [a girl-about-town] -as she was photographed going in and out of one red carpet /club event after another. But then, oosh; -there she was, -in all her ...errm, 'Alice in Wonderland' glory -fabulous.