Woman of the moment.

I have a full-on girl crush on Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley.

Not only is she supermodel extraordinaire, she's also about to embark upon world domination by replacing the luscious Megan Fox in the next installment of Transformers, and has dated the beautiful Oliver Martinez, ex-lover of Kylie Minogue. She has appeared on the covers of British and Japanese Vogue, and emulated Jessica Rabbit on the cover of Love, another Conde Nast publication. She is the only British model to model for Victoria's Secret, and has appeared in advertisements for Burberry and Ralph Lauren to name a few. She was also named 6th on the Harper's Bazaar's Best Dressed list in 2008, and it's easy to see why with her bohemian-chic wardrobe.

When typed into Google, Rosie's name is the first to appear on the suggestions list. Shockingly, uber supermodel Kate Moss doesn't even appear, being pipped to the post by Queen to be Kate Middleton, Kate Bush and Kate Winslet...

What more could a girl want?!

Vogue's interview with her in the latest edition has made me positively green with envy and pink with lust. Not only does Rosie have a Jessica Rabbit-esque face and amazing hair, she also has the legs of a gazelle and the boobs of Geri Halliwell, with a leopard-print Mulberry Alexa and 'several' Burberry mac's in her wardrobe. I am jealous with a capital J.

Rosie is the epitome of perfection, and subsequently she is my woman of the moment and girl crush. Rosie, can I just be you please?

Hello fur!

Baroque love.

Hey sexy.

Marie Antoinette eat your heart out.

Hello Jessica Rabbit.

Beg, borrow or steal...

Having watched the Sex and the City movie for what must be the millionth time last night, I was reminded of a website that I had been meaning to blog about since the beginning of time. Or thereabouts, anyway...

The concept behind Beg, Borrow or Steal, the online rental website for designer goods, is genius. It allows us mere mortals to sport that quilted Chanel, or that Hermes Birkin, without the full designer price tag. This means that designer beauty is not just reserved for the Carrie Bradshaw's or the Victoria Beckham's of the world. For a snippet of the price, that vintage Chanel (pictured above) can be yours, albeit temporarily.

Since birth, I have wanted a black quilted Chanel. But nearing two thousand sheets in price, it has thus far been a distant dream, just like the Mulberry Bayswater I've had my eye on ever since I spotted it in Harrods, and thus fell head over bag in love. As a young woman with somewhat expensive taste for staple items, Beg, Borrow or Steal has given me the opportunity to experience the joy of having the Chanel number on my arm, without having to sell myself for my bag fund.

This Hermes Birkin Gold Vachette is available to rent from Beg, Borrow or Steal for £1,190 per week, or £3,500 per month. One of the more expensive bags, but nevertheless, still a snippet of the RRP price tag.
This amazing Carlos Falchi Magazine tote is the perfect accessory to any outfit. Rent it from Beg, Borrow or Steal for a snippet at £43 per week, or £125 per month.

I have wanted this quilted Chanel ever since I saw it draped over Agyness Deyn's arm. It is pretty much me in bag form, combining two of my great loves: Chanel and British patriotism. The union jack, along with leopard print, is one of my all time favourite prints, and my love for the Queen is endless. I'm VERY tempted to rent this for Christmas time, at a snip of £66 per week or £195 for the month. I have a Topshop version of this bag, which I loved but it broke, and so I feel it would be the perfect excuse! And what with the royal wedding announcement (I am planning my London trip to wave my union jack as we speak), I feel it's very contextual. Any excuse Grace....

However, it seems that us mere mortals can have the Cinderella treatment too, with www.cinderella-me.co.uk bringing us Louboutins and Jimmy Choo's to give our tootsies the star treatment. With Louboutins costing over 400 sheets for a basic pair, cinderella-me is a wonderful concept. Let's face it, we all crave those ruby red soles that give a glimpse of femme fetale on a grey day.

These gorgeous Louboutins are the perfect leg lengthener, and that peep-toe is oh-so sexy. And for £85 per week from cinderella-me, what's not to love!? They're the first heels on my wish list.
Bang on trend with that milky nude shade, these Alexander McQueen shoes are perfectly understated. The inner platform adds a bit of height (which is a winner with me, standing tall at just 5'3...) and I love the colour. For £55 per week, they're positively bargainous. You couldn't even buy a pair of Topshop heels for that! Love them. Long live McQueen.
I HEART these Gucci shoe-boots. The peep toes stop them being prim, and then navy and cream contrast detail give them a very Chanel feel to them. Audrey Tautou eat your heart out!

My conclusion?? Whereas I originally anticipated waiting a lifetime to get a vintage quilted Chanel on my arm and a pair of Louboutins on my feet, it seems these rental websites will allow me to do that a bit sooner than I thought. Which can only be a good thing, surely?! When funds allow, I will make my desired purchase and get some of these babies for myself, but until then, I plan on renting my pocket money away to bring a little luxury to my early twenties. Hello Christmas list.

Hello blog.

Well, having recently graduated from university and being an unemployed statistic until someone takes pity on me and offers me a 9-5 (preferably one requiring business dress so I have an excuse to buy more Bettie Page dresses), I decided that the best way to pass the time was to get a blog. After all, I've only been meaning to for like the past decade. So having spent a while (about 10 minutes in all fairness) attempting and failing to come up with a name for my blog that was slightly original, I decided to plagarise from John Malkovitch as it's one of my favourite films, just don't tell him...

So I thought I'd start of by revealing a litle about myself. Firstly, my grandmother is my ultimate idol, followed secondly by the Queen (there's a pensioner-theme going on here)... As a result of my undying patriotism, I have a ton of monarchy memorabelia and all things British. I have approximately 12 fur coats and I feel my collection is only going to grow, despite the fact that the first of my collection (a donation from my much-loved grandmother) is by far my favourite. It's a lovely ginger rabbit. My fur coats are basically my pets, because I'm pretty much allergic to everything under the sun (both food and animal wise), although I've never quite discovered why I'm allergic to a rabbit yet can have a rabbit coat. Still, I'm hardly complaining...

Come Dine With Me is my favourite programme in the world. However David Dickinson and his perma-tan also wins me over on many occasions. Him and Frank Gallagher are my ultimate babes (jokes, well only slightly). I do actually think I will marry either Jared or Caleb F; R. Brand (down with KP); George Lamb (or his dad), or J. Depp (predictable yes, however he is the most beautiful man in the solar system so I'm not too bothered).

Other than that, it is my dream to own Mulberry's camel skin leopard-print Bayswater, but at £1,650 that looks like a distant dream in my doler state until I find a sugar daddy or win the lottery. Well one can only dream.