Style Crush #13 : Michelle Williams

At the BAFTA awards recently Michelle Williams wore a custom made dress by H&M. To have high street brands on the red carpet is a rare thing; stars like to show off their money and they often get offered endless dresses from designers. It's refreshing to see somebody wearing a high street name. H&M also happens to be one of my go-to shops.

Michelle Williams has been promoting her latest film 'My week with Marilyn' and she looks absolutely stunning in the press shots.

The H&M dress

I am in love with this dress.

Cute and lacy with leopard print shoes. Want.

As Marilyn. I wish I looked like this when reading a book.

Pixie crop, bow and frills. Angelic.

Yellow dress, red lips and curly hair. This makes me want summer to arrive!

Style crush #12 : Fearne Cotton

Just a short post this evening because I'm feeling tired and I'm also far too entertained by Sarah Millican on the Jonathan Ross show to be writing for any amount of time. It's nice to see someone proving that women can be funny!

Anyway, onto my latest style crush. I remember when Fearne Cotton was a childrens tv presenter with 'wacky' clothes and a bob. Now she's a fully fledged style icon, the butt of Keith Lemon's jokes and has designed her own clothing line for Very. Her job title is probably TV presenter but she has done so many things now that it's hard to keep up. I don't know how she manages to do it all!

I wanted to feature her as my latest style crush because when she gets it right, she gets it very right. I probably wouldn't wear what she wears because she's an entirely different body shape to me, but that doesn't mean I can't covet her wardrobe.

Here are some of my favourite looks:

Simple white blouse and super blonde hair.

I love this vampy look with the hair colour. She looks really similar to Caroline Flack here!

Ankle socks and printed dress = cute

Another simple but gorgeous outfit.

I wish I could do my hair like this! Anyone know how?

Modelling for Very. I love the tattoo on her wrist too!

I love #9

I have to admit I've been rubbish at blogging recently. Lots of work to be getting on with so I've only really been posting when I've had something to say or a recipe to post. I'm treating this as a quick break from work before I get back on with it! I've made a V festival playlist to listen to in the background and I'm really enjoying the variety of music and hearing some of the lesser known songs from people like Emeli Sande and High Flying Birds.

I thought I'd share a secret today. My organising and planning obsession. I like being organised, having a plan and looking at things for all sorts of inspiration. Although I like planning, I do like to be spontaneous too. Some of the best things I've ever done have been completely last minute. I just think that being organised means you're always on top of things and ready for anything that comes your way. I like to find inspiration for various things in magazines and also online on Pinterest. You can have different boards to store your 'pins' so I've got boards for food, parties, style, home, places, beauty, wants and thoughts.

You know those annoying 'keep calm and...' posters which seem to be everywhere? Well, I don't post those, but I do like quotations and little slogans which are fairly similar. If that makes me sad then so be it, but it's my geeky side coming out. I love quotations from books, pictures of places to travel to and things that keep me motivated. Here are some of my pinterest 'thoughts':

I love #8

1. Discovering new meals. This week I had Jamie Oliver's Indian Style Steak and have to say it was delicious! It was taken from his 30 minute meals book and I had seen him make it on tv too. It's ridiculously easy and does actually take less than 30 minutes. No food processor or anything! The yoghurt dip and curry sauce was so nice, I couldn't stop eating it. We didn't make the deserts but that was because we were so stuffed from the main meal. The recipe is here if you want to have a go.

Picture from Jamie Oliver site

2. Listening to old music. It's only when foraging through your old things or looking through an Ipod that you rediscover some old classics. I love hearing music which reminds me of my teenage years. Currently getting back into Green Day, Blink 182 and Linkin Park. Haha!

3. Sunshine. Everything is better when the sun is out. People are more polite, it's easier to get out of bed and you have way more energy. It makes me actually want to go and do things. When it's cold and miserable I just want to hibernate. I'm excited about buying a few summery dresses and some new sandals for summer time. I know I'm being a bit hopeful in March but it won't be long until summer sun and socialising!

4. Bargains. I recently found a gorgeous pink dress in H&M for £7 and have also decided to sign up to Zumba classes which cost an amazing £14 for ten sessions. I'm also considering starting to grow my own herbs and vegetables and I'm getting quite excited at the thought of it. I'm not sure if that makes me boring or amazingly bohemian. Either way, I'm fine with it.


5. Feminism. Most people who know me probably don't see me as a feminist. Feminism is still (wrongly) associated with the burning of bras, clumpy shoes and 'man hating'. In my opinion, that is not what feminism is. I want to avoid a long, drawn out rant so I'll keep it short. I see feminism as women having an equal chance to succeed as men. Feminism is currently having a new uprising which can be seen in the form of Caitlin Moran's book 'How to be a Woman'. Not only that, but the recent Cosmopolitan I bought was all about feminism and the fact that women should be recognised for their contributions to society and not belittled or devalued simply because of their gender. Women of the World Festival is currently underway and I think it's great that we are now able to have more informed and frank conversations about feminism without claiming that feminists are angry, unfunny and frumpy individuals. I could talk about this endlessly so I'll stop now. Here's a video of Daniel Craig...