i am alexandra


things i love:

GOD/ my beautiful friends & family/ rob ryan cutouts/ remy/living in london (on days)/ work/ living in new york city (i miss it!)/ my godchildren/azzedine alaia (all time favourite)/  middle partings/ massive attack/ portishead/ id magazine/fashion/ david bowie/ clothes/ fashion/ karl lagerfeld/ lanvin/ raf simons/ art/ fashion blogs/ bianca jagger/ 1930s christian dior turbans/elie saab/shoes shoes shoes shoes shoes/ ridiculously high shoes (if you’re going to do heels, do them properly)/black hair/ fashion/ nouvelle vague/ the knife/ anything italian/ warhol/ studio 54 (would love to have been there)/ debbie harry/ holidays/ pub gardens with friends and pimms in summer/ blackcurrant ribena/ perfection/ travel/ interesting people/ people who buy me gifts/ nyc on an autumn evening/ scruffy chic/ short skirts/ appleton rum/ paris/ american apparel/ american apparel winter leggings & tri blend tees/ beyond retro/ commes de garcons/ topshop/ balenciaga/ balmain/wide leg chloe trousers/ red lipstick/ anything bodyconscious/ anything leather with studs on/ tom ford (so hot)/ gossip girl (trash tv at its best)/ ugly betty (nice story, but she’d never be employed there in a million years)/ oversized cocktail rings/butler & wilson jewellery/ champagne cocktails/ food/ lowercase letters/ bitter:sweet/ the brazilian girls/ the guardian on saturday (& tim dowling especially)/ blow drying & backcombing/ marc by marc/ baroness amos/ politics/ money/ diamonds/ fur/ reading reading reading/ oscar wilde/ connie briscoe/ stephen fry/  roitfeld style/ shala monroque style/ being a success/ photography/ vogue/ things that help make me fabulous/ andre leon talley/ art/ takashi murakami/ damien hirst’s diamond skull/roy litchenstein/ soulful, deep, minimal house music/ dj spen/ sharp tailoring/ moby/ rare grooves & classic disco/ brooklyn/ my blackberry/shoes/ shoes/ shoes/ shoes/ platform shoes/ makeup/ liberty’s/carnaby street/ masterchef/ girlie chick flicks/ 90s R&B/ london music festivals/ reading in the garden in summer/ the southbank/ the yummy curry smell of brick lane/ shopping/ madonna’s book – sex/ naomi campbell/ erin wasson/ angela lindvall/ isabeli fontana (hot)/ tyson beckford (yum)/ indie music/ erykah badu/ osunlade/ gavin reece/ danny roberts illustration/ portobello road market/ christopher bailey/ vivienne westwood/ acne/ catherine chiara/ gareth pugh/ david koma/ alexander mcqueen (r.i.p)/ salvador dali/ leigh bowery/ tate modern/ dolce en gabbana/ barlow clothing/ alexander wang/ leigh lezark/ a boris kodjoe and shemar moore sandwich/ ysl (r.i.p)/ mario testino/ steven meisel photography/ grace jones/ lcd soundsystem/ the drums/ black coffee music/ heated hair rollers (best invention ever)/ john galliano (at times)/ john galliano’s moustache/ sade/ veronica lake/ veronica lake’s hair/ a full english breakfast/ spaghetti carbonara/ a cuppaccino in selfridges with mum/ loads of eyeliner/even more eyeliner/ bossing people about/ edward enniful/ minis/leather/ BIG vintage sunglasses/ chanel’s 2.55 handbag/ cutler & gross frames/ mallandrino/ vogue hommes/french vogue/ GQ/ preen/ mario schwab/ achraf amiri illustrations/ gareth pugh/ junya watanabe/ rick owens/ james dean/ getting my bimonthly ‘do from sharon at hikuss salon / keracare hair products/ fashion buying/net-a-porter / jourdan dunn/ chanel iman/ adriana lima (hotness)/ red wine in the winter/ steak/ curry goat, rice and coleslaw all on one plate/ selfridges/ yohji yamamoto/ talking/ writing/ sleeping/ the devil wears prada/ strictly ballroom (absolute favourite film ever)/ band tshirts/ junya watanabe/  gisele/ isabeli fontana/ adriana lima/sunday times style/ mike schreiber photography/ cassandra rhodin illustration/ zac posen/ neo punk/ really long, menacing rings/vogue/ meritocracy/pasta/ bacon/ pasta with  bacon in it/ anything with bacon in it/ weird stuff/ nivea skin cream/ clinique 3 step/ jack from will & grace/ leggings/cocktails/ dancing/ life/