OSCARS!!!

So I'm about 4 days late, but you know, just coming back from New York, lost luggage, being in a comatose state for a while, all meant that i forgot to discuss my annual, non-guilty pleasure, the Academy Awards! Although i missed the live televised version on Sunday night, i quickly paid the Sky bill (with my overdrawn debit card) which always seems to switch off when my mum goes away, and watched the repeat the day after on sky movies, as well as the Fashion Police on E! and a repeat of the red carpet on the same channel!

First i have to get this off my chest!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE MICKEY ROURKE DIDN'T WIN BEST ACTOR!!! WHY!!! He has swept every awards show clean so far this year, it doesn't make sense, he was a shoe in!! I guess people were right when they said he pissed off too many members of the academy all those years ago... urgh Sean Penn... if he wasn't so self-righteous i wouldn't have minded him winning!

Anyway back to the clothes!

Angelina Jolie was stunning as usual, I'm so happy to see her finally wearing something figure hugging and something youthfull as opposed to a few of her recent choices which have been dowdy and only been somewhat acceptable because she was wearing them.!

plus her emerald earrings absolutely made that ensemble.....gorgeous!



Another person who always looks on point is Natalie Portman. Now i'm not a big fan of wearing pink, but this gown was so pretty and the detail on the bodice was sooooo nice that even i would put aside my dislike for pink and wear this dress.



One of the big winners of the night Kate Winslet looked as beautiful as always although this is not my favourite dress of hers this season. Her SAG award gown definitely stood out and suited her much better, her dress at the Oscars made her look much older than she is!



At the Oscars!



At the Screen Actors Guild Awards!

Tilda Swinton is one of the great actresses our country has produced, and although she may not have reached the commercial heights of Winslet, she definitely has the acting chops to match her. Swinton is known for wearing very Avant Garde outfits straight off the runway, and i think its fair to say her style is one that few people understand, and because of this she is a regular on worst dressed lists!

I admit it, even I have been one to laugh and point, as this androgynous and sometimes awkward looking actress strides down the red carpet.




But this time was different, Tilda looked alright! Wearing a Lanvin dress, or two piece (i'm not sure which), Swinton looked very put together, whilst still keeping her own style!



Lastly on the men's side, which doesn't really leave much to talk about other than there being the usual sea of black tuxes and the odd shiny lapel, Mickey Rourke is one that has divided fashion critics, but cannot be knocked for always staying true to himself. This time he showed up in a white suit which definitely made him stand out, with his usual bits n bobs hanging off him, pins, broaches, chains,and his staple pointy shoe!




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New York Part 2

I'm still a bit jet lagged from my week of gallivanting around the Big Apple!! But without being back 2 minutes, I'm already planning on going back in the summer! :)


My girl Zay outside our hotel!!



First, our hotel was surprisingly nice!! two double beds, en suite bathroom, TV and heating (which was definitely needed). Plus rides in Papi Chulo's Escalade, when we couldn't be fussed to take the train to Manhattan



So beyond shopping and sitting in damn Shisha bars for hours on end, me and the rest of the crew also got around to some other stuff!! One being a night when we watched some stand-up comedians at the East Ville Comedy Club.

This is a pic with us and the comedians outside the club, Dan Soder standing on the far left, was by far the funniest, and cutest!! (yes really!! the pictures don't do him justice!lol!)

http://eastvillecomedy.com/index.htm

That night for me was one of the funnest things we did on the trip!! to bad we couldn't visit there on our last night :(! I was really looking forward to it, but guess what, majority rules!! So guess what beat out a fun night of laughs......THAT DAMN SHISHA!!Hopefully, when I go back to NYC, I'll be able to catch another show :)

Anywho, besides being picked off one by one by each comedian!! Who at one point got on my case about how I spoke to him, saying something about it being very 'black', and laced with 'attitude'! We also went to the famous Webster Hall, which i didn't realise was such a big deal until after we'd been there! It's basically a 4 floor club with different types of music in each room, and obviously me and the girls were Hip Hoppin it all night long, for a steep $25, but it was worth it!!

http://websterhall.com/0809_websterhall/bookings/index.php


I bet you're thinking, Who is this guy? and what the fudge is he wearing!!
Well his name is Masahiro (Masa) Ito! We met him on two occasions while in NY, and @ first i was thinking, who the hell is this dude? On our trip we met a few 'nice' people, but me being so paranoid and pessimistic, I was always trying to think of what ulterior motive they may have had, but Masa just seemed to be a nice guy! Whilst eating in Majestics, opposite Applebees in Times Square, this random dude approached us and just struck up some converstaion, he was both sweet and intelligent, and I slowly realised there was nothing sinister about him. He is an artist/designer/sculpturoror(how in gods name do u spell it!). During our next meeting he gave us all a pair of feather earrings that he made, from feathers he got from Amerindians living in Montana......the stories he told were quite long but interesting, it was obvious he has lived an interesting life.










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New York Part 1!

So I'm back from my week long trip in New York, and i already want to go back! 7 days was not nearly long enough to do and see everything, hopefully I'll be going back in the summer!!

So because it's 3 in the morning, and my jet lag is starting 2 wear off, i'll just briefly tell you some off the stuff me and my pals got up to, bar the minimal funds, and M.I.A luggage, New York was an experience to remember!

From a dead animal wearing Japanese Artist, to a balding Puerto Rican comedian who was deceptively youthful-looking , to a 'we're not Moroccan, extremely aggressive, so much so i wanted 2 spit in his face' husband and wife gangster tag team.

As well as sitting in a shisha, sorry 'Hookah' bar for a record 7hrs (i was pissed beyond belief!!!!) and watching the most dead horror film Friday the 13th, with the most live audience you could ever hear, to walking around East Village @ 4 in the morning because your 6 other friends all wanna smoke shisha but cant find the address, one word to describe that evening/morning, HYPOTHERMIA!!

These were just a few of the things we did and people we crossed paths with who definitely made an impact, mostly good!

I didn't do as much shopping as i hoped, which was kind of a bummer. You see travelling with quite a large group means 'compromise'! So hopefully if i go again in the summer, with a lot less people, then i'll be able to really do some damage.

Thankfully my girl Rach, showed up in time, and gave me and my friends the hook-up on where to go! 7 girls in Forever 21 for 3 HOURS! must be a record! My usual purchases consisted of a few 'Yinka staples', Cardigans, t's, hoodies, etc. But the main purpose of the trip for 4 of my friends was to get some trainers for some great prices! And i think between us we bought about 13 pairs! Yes you heard correctly US! Yinka did indeed purchase a pair of Nike high top,dunk thingy's! Not quite sure what the official name is for them (help me out Rach!) Anyway i originally wanted a simple pair, one i could wear with anything, maybe white with a dash of colour. Then slowly after my girlies around me stacked up on their 'Kicks', i realised that i was not going to find anyhting i really liked and would probably wait till i got back to LDN! That was until while shopping in Urban Outfitters i found a purple and orange pair for $39.99, roughly £28.00!




I quite like them actually, although they make my foot look even more gigantic than they already are, and starting to think i should have got a 7 instead of a 7.5. They might have been a tight squeeze, but probably would have made me look a little more dainty, ok who am i kidding! so although i have to get used to them, i still think it was quite a good deal considering what some of my mates spent on these bloomin' things!


Ok i'm dead now, i'll continue this another time!

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