Streets Of Justice - Fashion Editorial

Streets Of Justice...

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.. shot by Julia Kiecksee for HIRO

features a very dark almost ghetto-goth-glam
girl, strutting about the streets in gorgeous but dark attire that is
directly juxtaposed against the gritty street setting behind.

(I'd love to see a girl try this in the streets of South Africas more "dodgier" suburbs... LOL)
So. What can we learn from this shoot, besides how to carry out a fantastic
fashion editorial? - Crosses seem to be here for longer than most anticipated, and
all that glitters is still in, come rain or shine. As well as dark lips.... yes. dark lips.

 Enough said

LOVE everything about this shoot.

XX
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Hunting For Witches - with Topshop

The Witching Hour...

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If Boho, Grunge,

Goth, Glam and Biker had to all

make sweet beautiful love and have a little 

baby = THIS would be their

gorgeous love child.

★ The Witching Trend ★

is welcoming you to the dark side...

Grab your spell book and black eyeliner,

and don't forget your studded biker jacket, 

and your copy of The Craft,

because TOPSHOP

has given us something cute and crafty

to drool over this Halloween...

 

Here are Miss Ivy's fav pieces from the collection:

 

 

LOVE

 

to death

 

★★★

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Upsidedown Crosses With Asian Stereotypes!

With Asian Stereotypes...

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... Hello, and welcome to my new fav find -  

With Asian Stereotypes.

This fashion brand fist caught my attention when I noticed a whole lot of 

upside down crosses
on printed tees and hanging from chains. My first thought -
oh
wow, that's a bold move!

LOVE these ripped tights from With Asian Stereotypes...!!

Now, living in South Africa where most has been conditioned to be very
sensitive towards people's race, cultures and religions, I highly doubt
a brand like this would go down well on the streets of Cape Town, sad as this
is to say, as I love the cheekiness of the upside down goth cross.

Now, before you start throwing your bibles at my face, let's take a little look into
where this symbol comes from and what it really means:

The "Upside Down Cross" is otherwise knows as the Cross of St. Peter, and
SURPRISE SURPRISE was actually, traditionally, used as a symbol of Christianity
as St. Peter himself was crucified upside down, on a very upside down cross.
The reason for this? St. Peter requested to be crucified in this manner as he felt
unworthy to be crucified in the same was as our boy Jesus himself.

Some Catholics still, to this day, use an upside down cross to symbolize our humility,
and our unworthiness in comparison to Jesus Christ...

SO, whether you even believe in God and/or Jesus or not, it's always good to know a little more about this symbol the next time you decide to sport an upside down cross to Sunday school, kids :p

With Asian Stereotypes is chock full of upside down cross goodness.
Their shapes are SO basic, but their witchy gothy prints are stark and cheeky,
and will look great with a pair of distressed denims and lace-up docs.

Their jewellery is also gorgeous and def worth taking a look at!

Below are a few of my FAV pieces from their shop...

Visit their website here,
and look out for other With Asian Stereotypes pieces dotted across blogs and Pinterests alike ;)

ENJOY

XO

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AND now for some of their SICK jewellery:

STILL loving these little Faux-Fur tails to clip onto your bag.... SO sweet!

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