Boys will be boys

© natasha ndlovu

This is a photo of a moody-yet-scrumptious English male model I took last summer here in London. He is doing very well for himself. He was my first feature on skewed magazine:issue one. I am going back to taking photos. I don't know why after saving for my expensive camera I then stopped. I am hoping my trip to Milan and Amsterdam from tomorrow till Tuesday will inspire me. Have a look at my photo blog.

http://studiono4.blogspot.com/

This is like a flashback. This is like a dream

photo by: Taylor James. taylorjamesphoto.blogspot.com

I am contemplating going back to the days of short hair. Well, my agency is also contemplating. I am going through this "fuck it" phase and thinking about all the crazy shit I should have done in my teens. Tattoos. Piercings. The boyfriend with the motorbike. But my mother was pretty much the equivalent of those evil Catholic nuns you see in movies like Doubt with Meryl Streep. Ok I had a belly button piercing but that was about as rebellious as stealing candy from a baby. Then the whole 8th grade went and got a belly button piercing. Lord.

**And congrats to Matthew Burditt Photography for winning the Topshop shoes**

Shoes. shoes. shoes

Topshop Unique. SS09. Size 38 EU / 5 UK / 6 US

In the spirit of giving I have a pair of amazing shoes which I only wore once. (Impulse buy). So I am giving away this fabulous pair of shoes! To all those who keep reading my blog I want to say thank you. If you can tell me which movie these 3 lines are from in the song below. I will put your names in a ballot and the winner will be sent the prize to anywhere in the world !

Closing date Sunday November 15 at midnight GMT.

Masculin.féminin

ballet pumps. Office. buckle shoes. Topshop

It's getting colder and I am enjoying the last days of ballet pumps & heels. Here come the "man" shoes. a.k.a The shoes I wear on a date when I pretty much want to let a guy know that if he is looking for a girl who will come sashaying in his direction like a Victoria secret model then he better googleher.com

From Russia with love

ushanka. Portobello Market. shirt & leather skirt.urban outfitters. shoes. Carvela

For those of you who don't know, my name is Natasha and ever since moving to London from Canada, whenever I meet people and tell them my name I get the "oh that's a Russian name". 1, 392 times later ... I get the point. Plus having dated a guy who shares the same name as Putin and at one point a woman started talking to me in Russian during an interview because she assumed from my name I'd be Russian. I guess in MJ's words if your name is Russian "It don't matter if you're black or white" applies to yours truly. So I am officially taking Russian in a week. I already speak 4 languages so let's make it 5 like they do in boy bands.

Miu miu miu miu miu miu miu miu miu miu

purse. Miu Miu

I finally have a purse and you wonder why I am excited? Well a while ago my purse got stolen at a club, with pretty much every precious card you can think of inside. I even found myself pissed off at losing out on my hard work of collecting Tesco & Boots club points that some motherchucker ran off with. No more granny coin purses for me !

I shot the deputy. not the sheriff

bracelet . PEMA New York

This bracelet is to die for. As in I'll shoot you dead if you don't give me ketchup & sauce for my potato wedges and chips. I confess. Yesterday I relapsed back to McDonalds out of sheer laziness to go grocery shopping. so, um the lady first of all dumps both items upside down in the bag and neglects the mandatory sauce. I suppose my wedges and fries are to have a roman orgy with no lubricant? Seeing as I was on "American psycho" mode yesterday ....long story... I asked her to re-pack my food. Zoom in on her less than impressed face. Zoom out , 180 camera rotation to my Ana Wintour face. You know that look she gives when she's not impressed by a collection? Well McDonalds the presentation of your F/W 09 menu is appalling. I know this isn't Nobu but the last time I checked if I am going to pay for food that will eventually clog my arteries and ruin the chances of me fitting into a size minus 2 skinny jean, then can it at least be presented upright? Maybe next time I should go in wearing my bracelet. That should make them shiver in their boots and sweat like cocktails

I ♥ New York

dress. Vice Versa Vintage. bracelet. This 'n' That Collectables

So this is part 1 of my purchases from the big apple. New York was fun. The subzero air conditioning in the trains was not. I know, I know. Coming from London our tube in the summer is hell's kitchen, but hey sniffling & constantly wiping my nose with my index finger when I come out of the subway, in 6 inch heels & a body-con dress slowly inching its way up to my forehead makes me look like Miss " They tried to make me go to rehab and I said no no no".

But on the plus side I got this amazing vintage dress in Bedford avenue, Brooklyn. iI's a street lined with vintage stores. and being a fan of vintage jewelry I got a couple of pieces as well. Fear not those of you thinking "oh dear God she traversed the Gaza strip of New York". I bought the jewelry in Manhattan. Yes I was once one of those Constantine bourgeois who watched Law&Order and was inundated with images from rap videos that made me put Brooklyn on my list of places to avoid if I ever wanted to make it to my 21st birthday. Then again I do have a little "thug in me" tucked under my Burberry trench, held down by a headband from Henri Bendel in case I need to handle business. Finished off with waving the index finger telling everybody you are fiiieeerce.

Omfg !

Ok this is a tad off track to what I write about but I just wanted to rant about the number of people who have pissed me off or tried to screw me over this week !! Some of them are folks who are supposed to give you back stuff that doesn't belong to them and some are incompetent *a* holes. So this Vivienne Westwood ad campaign pretty much sums up my current state of mind

The Sartorialist comes to London

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet The Sartorialist's Scott Schuman this evening. Liberty of London hosted his book signing. It took about 2 hours of waiting in line but thanks to the Dj spinning the turntables ...of which I swear to you Scott Schuman was bouncing to the likes of Snoop Dogg on his chair ... was worth it. Being the only girl amongst my three male friends I learned a thing or two about men's fashion as the signing was in the men's department downstairs. The best moment was when I came up to his table and asked to take a photo of him and his girlfriend before he signed my book. He took off his glasses, playfully fixed his hair and there you have it.

New York here I come !