Vintage

No not fashion. we are talking wheels.

These cars are iconic and original and

speak volumes about the eras that they

were born out of.

Unique design that is still as covetable

and unique now as when they were first

produced.

Love the citroen on a hill in Paris.

Could be the ultimate inner city car for

wizzing around narrow , busy streets.

Animalia

Leopard, zebra, tiger, giraffe,

python.

There is something very

glamorous and decadent when animal print

is worn well.

Keep the look old school with 50's inspired

pencil skirts and cropped coats. Or combine

with basic black and modern accessories.

Otherwise ocelot can look over the top.

Oh, and the temptation to wear matching

spots with your partner may be great

(see second from top), but you do run the

risk of being shot at with a tranquilizer dart

and carted off to a safari-park housing the

species that fashion forgot.

Meoowwww!

New Gothic

I love Gothic in that Tim Burton kind

of way.

Give me 'Edward Scissorhands' and I am

transported into his fantastic

world of dark winding staircases,

pointy steeples and grey cloudy skies.

And don't get me started on the fashion

in his films.

Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp

always look amazingly rich in

black on black on black.

The Cure is another Gothic love of mine.

Robert Smith's voice is always hauntingly

beautiful and standalone quirky at the

same time, and 'Boys Don't Cry' and

'Love Song' have to be two of my

favourite tracks of the 80's.

Japanese youth culture have long

embraced the Gothic aesthetic, combining it

with Lolitaesque dollhouse imagery to

create what must be one of the most

original looks of our time.

Black lipstick should not be tried at

home. However eyeliner and teased hair,

Docs. with black and white striped socks

and haunted houses on jagged cliff-faces;

deliciously dark and romantic, will always

have a place in my heart.