It was a family affair at Buckingham Palace today, as the gentlemen of the Ferry household gathered there for a special ceremony. Bryan Ferry received a new title from Her Maj today: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) – for this 40-year contribution to music. I think in his Roxy [...]

November 30th, 2011
Categories: Fashion and Music, Fashionable Events . Tags: Bryan Ferry, Bryan Ferry receives CBE from The Queen, CBE, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, exshoesme.com, Her Majesty, HRH, Isaac Ferry, Merlin Ferry, Otis Ferry, Queen Elizabeth II, Saville Row, Tara Ferry . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

Here’s a full list of those who were nominated, and snaps of those who won at last night’s 2011 British Fashion Awards, held in Londontown. The original photos are by Billa Baldwin via BFA, and the Union Jack collages are by moi. DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – given to “an internationally acclaimed, leading British designer [...]

November 29th, 2011
Categories: City Style, Fashionable Events, Red Carpet . Tags: Alexa Chung, Alexander McQueen, BFAs 2011, blue carpet, British Fashion Awards, British Fashion Awards 2011, British style, Charlotte Olympia Dellal, Christopher Kane, Christopher Raeburn, exshoesme.com, Kim Jones, London style, Mary Katrantzou, Red Carpet, rockstar offspring, Sam Gainsbury, Sarah Burton, Sir Paul Smith, Stella McCartney, Stella Tennant, Tabitha Simmons, Victoria Beckham . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

Fast fashion shows no signs of slowing down. H&M, the Swedish retailer who started down (or shall we say up) the high/low road many years ago with the one and only Uncle Karl, has just announced its latest collaboration for Spring 2012 – Marni’s Consuelo Castiglioni. Many were speculating that Tom Ford was the next [...]

November 29th, 2011
Categories: Designer/Retail Collaborations, Spring Summer 2012 . Tags: Consuelo Castiglioni, designer collaborations, exshoesme.com, H&M, Hennes & Mauritz, Marni, retail, retail events, retailers . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

The 2011 British Fashion Awards were held earlier tonight at the Savoy Hotel in London. Where there is fashion, there are inevitably rock stars…or reasonable facsimiles, in the form of their offspring. My dears, I give you Fashion Rocks: The Next Generation. Amber Le Bon looks so much like her super-duper mom, no? And she [...]

November 28th, 2011
Categories: City Style, Fashionable Events, Red Carpet . Tags: Amber Le Bon, Annie Lennox, BFAs 2011, blue carpet, British Fashion Awards 2011, Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran, exshoesme.com, Fashion and Music, fashion offspring, fashion rocks, Georgia May Jagger, Jerry Hall, Mick Jagger, moves like Jagger, Paul McCartney, Red Carpet, rockstar offspring, Simon Le Bon, six degrees of separation, Stella McCartney, Stella Tennant, Tali Lennox, Tara Ferry, The Beatles, The Fab Five, The Fab Four, Yasmin Le Bon . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

If it’s going to rain, it might as well rain in style, ya? Gazebo- I Like Chopin More gothenticity. More excessories. Images: Net-A-Porter.

November 27th, 2011
Categories: Accessories . Tags: Alexander McQueen, brolly dolly, Excessories, exshoesme.com, gothentic, gothenticity, skull accessories, skull fashion, umbrellas . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

I need a night out to match the fabulosity of these heels – in a city that isn’t mine. More excessories. Images: The Outnet.

November 26th, 2011
Categories: Accessories, Shoes . Tags: evening shoes, excessive accessories, Excessories, exshoesme.com, feathers, high heels, sandals, Sergio Rossi . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

“Come closer and see see into the trees find the girl while you can Come closer and see see into the dark just follow your eyes just follow your eyes” -A Forest by The Cure These dreamy forest print silk scarves by landscape designer and architect, Richard Weston, reminded me of one of my favourite songs [...]

November 25th, 2011
Categories: Accessories . Tags: A Forest, exshoesme.com, forest print scarves, Liberty of London, natural prints, nature prints, Richard Weston, The Cure, tree print scarves, Weston Scarves . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

I’ve seen more than a handful of photos of Mr. Ferry lately, always sporting an elaborately wrapped scarf in an easy, nonchalant, Bryan Ferry sort of way. It reminds me of the classic Indian men’s style, worn equally well by Mr. Rampal in that breezy, ex-model, Arjun Rampal sort of way in the film, Raajneeti. [...]

November 24th, 2011
Categories: Accessories, Fashion and Film, Fashion and Music, Menswear . Tags: all wrapped up, Arjun Rampal, Bryan Ferry, classic Indian style, exshoesme.com, Indian fashion, men's scarves, Menswear, Rajneeti, wrapped . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

When the muck gets too much, a girl has to do what she must. Stand as tall and stilt as she can, that’s what. Theyskens’ Theory SS12 heels photo courtesy of Theory.

November 23rd, 2011
Categories: Accessories, Collections, Shoes, Spring Summer 2012 . Tags: exshoesme.com, one stiletto at a time, Spring Summer 2012, SS12, stilettos, stilts, Theyskens' Theory . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

One step up. One step forward. Miles of style, leaving others behind. Is that l’Arc de Triomphe in the background? How fitting. And fitted. Image courtesy of Conde Nast archive.

November 22nd, 2011
Categories: Fashion Photography, Inspiration . Tags: exshoesme.com, vintage fashion, vintage photography, vintage style . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

It seems a few designers took a page from this book when it came to inspiration, this season. Images: Vogue.com, Elle.com and WLIFW.

November 21st, 2011
Categories: Collections, Fall Winter 2011, Fashion and Art History . Tags: Antonio Berardi, avant-garde, dresses, exshoesme.com, Fall Winter 2011, fashion and art, FW11, graphic design and fashion, Kallol Dutta, Prabal Gurung, red and black and white, Urvashi Kaur . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

Oh look, there is someone else piping in on the piped trench I love so much. So lovely in midnight blue, too. Image courtesy of Burberry.

November 20th, 2011
Categories: Collections, Fall Winter 2011 . Tags: Burberry, crisp dressing, exshoesme.com, piped coats, trenchcoats . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

It doesn’t take a grand ball gown to impress me. Life is all about the perfect little moments – in between the fancy parties. It’s about the enjoyment of the daily pleasures – like the length of the perfect cuff. Sometimes, my dears, that’s simply enough. Image: Elle.com.

November 19th, 2011
Categories: Collections, Fall Winter 2011 . Tags: black and white, details matter, exshoesme.com, Fall Winter 2011, FW11, Paul Smith, suits . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

The House of Chanel releases a Métiers d’Art collection annually to highlight the fine work of the seven Paris couture ateliers which Chanel owns. And each year, Uncle Karl gives us a dream – whether it’s the perfect marriage of Paris and London, a journey through time to the Byzantine age, or an ode To Russia, [...]

November 18th, 2011
Categories: City Style, Collections, Pre Fall 2012 . Tags: Chanel, City Style, exshoesme.com, Karl Lagerfeld, luxury of maharajas, Métiers d’Art, modern maharajah, Paris-Bombay, Paris-Mumbai, Uncle Karl . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment

Edita Vilkeviciute, photographed by Sølve Sundsbø for the November issue of Vogue Nippon’s beauty supplement. A study in beauty, indeed. Images: TFS.

November 17th, 2011
Categories: Beauty, Fashion Photography, Mag Rack . Tags: Edita Vilkeviciute, exshoesme.com, November 2011, Sølve Sundsbø, Vogue Japan, Vogue Nippon . Author: Jyotika Malhotra . Comments: Leave a Comment