Diane Kruger and Raf Simons

Florence Welch

Jennifer Lawrence

Karlie Kloss, Liu Wen, Arizona Muse & Joan Smalls

Nicolas Ghesquiere & Kristen Stewart

Olivier Rousteing, Joseph Altazurra & Anthony Vaccarella

Proenza Schouler, Rodarte and Rag & Bone teams represent

Riccardo Tisci & Rooney Mara

Sarah Burton, Christopher Bailey & Stella Mccartney

The socialites

All image rights belong to Vogue.

I’ve decided to kick off this little series here of image-based profiles of fashion bloggers we love, admire and are generally jealous of. Some of them have great words, but most of them ply their craft best through photos so that’s what I’m going to reproduce here. Our time is so image-saturated, and fashion bloggers have turned what may have been first (and sometimes, still is) regarded as a narcissistic exercise into one that can be legitimately called artistic expression. Or so I think. Anyone interested in seeing my iPhone mirror outfit shots?

Bet you don't dress up for a picnic

Anyway, up first is the beautiful Blair of Atlantic Pacific. Her style is ladylike, but never boring, and though she relies on a lot of classics – bow accents, perfectly proportioned blouses, slim-line skirts and dainty pumps – it never comes off as contrived. Take a look.

Yup, THAT Celine bag

If you're wondering, that's a Red Valentino dress. Le sigh

Bows, bouffant and black and white

Let's just say it: We're seeing stars

Chartreuse! Chartreuse! Chartreuse! My new favourite word

And another Celine...

One day I aspire to look this insouciant (ooh, big word)

Camo + Chanel = perfect

All image rights belong to Atlantic Pacific.

You can view each look in detail here, but better than the runway shots are these gorgeous backstage images. Plus, seeing pokerfaced runway models actually smiling is always a nice sight.

All image rights belong to Elie Saab.

What are we on about? Just street artist Duce’s recreation of the album’s cover on some shutters in Fairfax is all. Yes, it does look like a hippy took to the spray paints, but talk about clever (marketing and) public use of space; the bright colours are a great contrast to the standard grey concrete all around it.

Sea, sky, and psychedelic circle, this image has it all. (Image from the band's Facebook page)

Having trouble placing the band? Here’s a reminder of their folk-ish sing-along hit Home. For more songs, head to the band’s tumblr page. There’s a little media player on the right, and you’re guaranteed to find yourself wanting to string daisy chains and hum along. Very summery and super lush.

And more on this music+art love fest here, in the form of a time lapse video of Duce psychedelic-ing up those shutters. Good tunes, changing public spaces for the better, and someone playing with spray paint – what’s not to love?

We first read about this brilliant music+art love fest from these guys, purveyors of snippets of news and randomness, and decided it was too good not to share. But hey ho, they appropriated the news from the band’s Facebook page. Appropriation – remember, that’s ‘reusing’ for you non-art speakers – it’s contagious!

The hero of the hour

Naturally, the world of cosmetics wanted a piece of the action and now BB creams are a legitimate foundation alternative, especially because they are inherently good for your skin. That’s why you’ll often see BB cream brands being prefaced with a ‘Dr’ – whether there is a real doctor behind the marketing we’ll never know, but the word is there to imply scientific knowhow and medicinal benefits.

On to the real purpose of today’s post, which is a review of one of the most popular BB creams out there: Dr Jart+. A couple of weeks ago I picked up the Most Moist BB cream (from RM59 at SaSa), and there’s a complicated backstory here but suffice it to say, even though I don’t have major skin problems, sometimes I too, would like to look airbrushed.

A drop of the magical cream

Coverage Now, given that I was on the hunt to look airbrushed (now there’s a strange sentence), this wasn’t the right BB cream for the task. I don’t wear foundation like, ever, so I was fully expecting this BB cream to turn my face into a magical mask of good skin. It didn’t – it’s a super sheer formulation with hardly any coverage in it. But this transpired to be a good thing. Admittedly the first time I put it on I was fairly nonplussed and turned away from my mirror fairly dramatically. But I came around, did some research and tried it again.

The Dr Jart+ BB cream isn’t meant to provide flawless coverage (unlike say the Gowoonsesang BB cream, which I have also tried, and is much thicker and cakier). It evens out your complexion, and provides a kind of sheer natural second skin. I’m not explaining this very well, but it makes your skin look like your skin – but better. So you won’t get that airbrushed look, but you will still look human.

All blended in

Staying power Average. I’d powdered it lightly and it lasted me a day of work, but if you’re running around doing errands or sweating, I don’t think it’ll last very long.

Finish The Dr Jart+ BB cream has quite a dewy finish, which I’m not a huge fan of – my skin will easily get to dewy by itself without external aid – so I generally powder it, also to get it to last a bit longer.

Also, it’s only available in the one shade; now, the sales assistant at SaSa assured me that it would adapt to the skintone of the wearer and while this sounds like witchcraft, it was true in my case. It’s a little too dark for my face but after five minutes, I couldn’t tell the difference. However I think it can only ‘adapt’ within a few shades, so if you’re of a darker skin tone, don’t think this would be great. (But I could be wrong, having yet to test it out.)

All the other benefits My skin has absolutely loved it. Generally I slap on moisturiser and sunscreen on in the morning and that’s it; since the BB cream is meant to be so rich in good stuff, I didn’t want to overdo it. So I replaced the sunscreen with the BB cream and life has been good. My skin is super soft and very bright now – this is because (let me just read the packaging) of the hyaluronic acid, which we’ve explained briefly here; Portulaca Oleracea extract, which I genuinely have no understanding of; aloe vera and vitamin E. There’s also inbuilt SPF27/PA++. Oh, and it literally has no smell whatsoever. Which is  good thing.

Overall ranking

8/10

For those of you just going, ‘Whuuuuh?’, Lisa Eldridge is one of those people who could guest judge on America’s Next Top Model and be called ‘a renowned makeup artist’. She guest edits for Elle UK, has worked on advertising and editorial across the continents, and counts Ewan Mcgregor among her celebrity clients. Oh yeah. For the full list, check out her website. And for a quick introduction to the world of beauty tutorials, check this out.

1. H&M has announced a collaboration with famed avant-garde design house Maison Martin Margiela.

2. H&M will be opening a flagship store right here in Kuala Lumpur late September this year.

3. We’ve received news from on high that the collection will indeed be dropping here in Malaysia. That’s right; our first chance to camp out on the street for a designer collaboration.

Now that we’ve established those facts, onto the most important part: the anticipation. Margiela is of the somewhat scary Antwerp guard – he’s the king of deconstruction, favouring unusual fabrics, strange and sometimes severe tailoring and sharp silhouettes. In our eagerness, we’ve mined his Fall 2012 collections for main line Maison Martin Margiela and diffusion line MM6 Maison Martin Margiela to find the looks we’d most like to see translated into H&M reality. Fingers crossed, guys, fingers crossed.

All image rights belong to Marcus Tondo / GoRunway.com and MM6 Maison Martin Margiela.