90s Nostalgia: Polly Pocket

 More Polly Pocket nostalgia after the cut :)

Remember Me?

I felt like the title had to be said because honestly I don't think even I remember what blogging is! So today I have brushed the dust from my blog and I'm just going to bash out whatever comes to my fingers tapping away at my keyboard.

In a nutshell, the reason I haven't been blogging much is because my laptop is well and truly on its last legs! I've only had this laptop since 2010 so I'm really disappointed it's not survived that long as I'm truly old school with technology (my mobile doesn't even possess the internet....I know!) and I really, really hate the process of laptop shopping and I also hate parting money on anything technological, as silly as that sounds!! I just like my technology basic and simple because at the end of the day I much prefer old school activities! So poorly dear laptop has now visited PC World for the fourth time and if it goes in again I will apparently get vouchers towards a new one, so I have been camping out on the family PC and really and truly that's the main reason for my long hiatus!

In other news I've had a lot of family and personal circumstances which make one very sad Georgie and to be honest I've just wanted to hide away a bit as my friends and family will know only too well when things get hard I suffer, in utter silence! I tell my problems to no-one and then things build up. And I'm a terrible pessimist which is such a shame because whilst so many exciting things have happened around the negativity I always tend to focus on the latter. Silly, right? You're telling me. I am truly my own worse enemy!

Really and truly I think that kind of explains the ol' absence but I'm longing to get back into my blog because it has always been a source of absolute escapism and I need things like this to occupy my mind so I will definitely, definitely be back in full force. I do have so many exciting things to share with you all.

If you're finding it hard to see the rainbow amongst the grey skies then I'm sending you one huge virtual hug and we'll get through the storms together!

Lots of love.

xoxo

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Miss Vogue Magazine

So the day finally arrived: the launch of Miss Vogue, the UK sister to Teen Vogue. When I heard the news I must confess to squealing with delight as I adore Teen Vogue. My favourite magazines have always been the ones from my teens and ones that really focused on fashion. I loved getting lost in a sea of inspirational beauty and hair features so out there that perhaps for most unwearable, but publications that weren't afraid to take a creative risk were the ones I so admired.

My two favourite magazines were ELLE Girl (both US and UK) and Teen Vogue. I grew up with both and for Teen Vogue and the US version of ELLE Girl I would go into town just to get them from Borders (aww Borders, how I miss you so!) as I was so obsessed with the arrival of the newest issues! 

The 116 page Miss Vogue magazine is in my eye not too dis-similar to Teen Vogue in that the overall design is colourful, graphic, fresh and young but it's a little more minimalist than it's US sister Teen Vogue. But it's not too young; it's definitely marketed very much towards the sophisticated teen. Content-wise it's again quite similar to Teen Vogue but very much concentrated on the whole London scene, you know that cool-hipster Henry Holland group, and in fact both Henry and Pixie Geldof are interviewed for this issue. Alexandra Shulman, Vogue editor told Women's Wear Daily: 'I admire Teen Vogue and it certainly was an inspiration but I felt Miss Vogue needed a different feeling for the UK; It’s got a more British sensibility, I think, than Teen Vogue.'

Miss Vogue also features a mini interview with Jake Bugg, a fascinating account of Saturday nights for teens in different cultures and has a under 21 style icons features with the likes of Tavi Gevinson, Cara Delevinge and Tali Lennox. Speaking of Miss Delevinge, she is the chosen cover star for the first issue and I'm not surprised as it again reinforces the cool London fashion scene. In fact Alexandra Shulman states in her editor's letter that she is, "Miss Vogue made physical" thanks to her "maverick sense of style and fun". Unlike Teen Vogyue what's refreshing to see is the mix of high street and designer items worn by the cover star, and in particular there's a River Island stripe dress Cara looks gorgeous in. What's kind of nice is to parallel this with Kate Moss, the mother of all British models, who appears on the main Vogue issue for June 2013. 

Fashion and beauty features wise there is of course that total contrast between high and low throughout, as is also common with Teen Vogue and I think a sunglasses feature says it all with items featured being a £5 pair of sunnies from Forever 21 to a pair of Marc Jacobs sunglasses for £219. You then get a Miu Miu bag for £890 beside a Tiffany necklace for a staggering £9675 and two pages from this is an advert for H&M advertising a top for a mere £3.99 but this is a mini version of Vogue we're talking about! Beauty cost wise again MAC, Chanel and Dior all make an appearance but then again there's some quirky budgets getting a bit of love like a £5 eco-tools sponge brush, and £7 Eye Rock liners, against the more out there Paperself lashes. And again, much like it's older sister Teen Vogue it's extremely advert heavy but as soon as I opened the magazine it was really nice to see Topshop as the first as I do believe it sums up that London-fashion scene so perfectly, and there's also adverts for Miss Selfridge, Accessorize, Forever 21 juxtaposed with DKNY, Coach and Michael by Michael Kors. But in her editor's letter, Shulman does states that the magazine is 'targeted at younger readers specifically, its remit is the same: to inspire even if you're a bit short on cash.'

Overall I absolutely loved reading this issue and haven't put it down since I got it yesterday. Whether or not Miss Vogue will be gracing newsstands every month has yet to be seen but seriously I can only hope. Truth be told I'm longing for a cool teen magazine to come back to the UK it's just been too long, but then ELLE Girl didn't last long at all and shares many similarities with Miss Vogue so in that sense, is there an audience for it now? Do girls really just want magazines with One Direction plastered from page to page? Not a One Direction hater at all guys by the way, it's just, I find it interesting understanding the main aesthetic appeal for teens in 2013? I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed desperately this is not the last we see of Miss Vogue. 

Has anyone else picked up a copy, what do you think?

xoxo

Company Magazine Blog Awards 2013

Hey lovelies! I hope you're all having a lovely weekend? For those in the UK I hope you're taking full advantage of the long weekend if you can?! 

Tonight I just wanted to blog super quickly to really say a humongous thank you to every single one of you for the support with the  Company Magazine Style Blog Awards. I really am ridiculously blessed to have such wonderful readers who nominated me and who have always supported my craftiness! I keep saying it but I truly am shocked, it hasn't sunk in yet in the slightest. For 5 years now you've become my little bloggy chums and with everything I do you share the journey with me and for that I am eternally thankful.  

I think the voting ends tonight so although if you have a second to vote for my blog it would mean the world to me. Click here to vote for Dreams That Glitter xoxo under the best craft blog, section 3, and to anyone that does thank you, thank you, thank you!

xoxo