| Makeup how to: Marc Jacobs’ grungy dark eyes The distracting dark raccoon eyes on the Marc Jacobs fall / winter 2012 show added as much drama to the runway as the colourful mink hats. Taking inspiration from Italian heiress Luisa Casati, the bold eyes peeped through messy strands of hair covering the face. This look could have been associated with one after a messy night out, but at the Jacobs' show, the look contended the norms and was modelled in a very sober arena. We already gave you a detailed hair how-to for the plaited buns seen at Marc Jacobs' fall show. If you master these smudgy eyes and pale skin, then you're safe to tag yourself as a Marc Jacobs creation. After the break, Sydney-based hair and make-up artist Anni Hall breaks down the look, to help you create it off the runway. 
Click to read 'Makeup how to: Marc Jacobs’ grungy dark eyes' Tips for choosing a signature perfume Holding the power to flash memories from the past, ignite feelings you were hoping to forget and poking nostalgia through the mere sense of smell, a whiff from a perfume strip is mightier than anticipated. A spritz on the wrist was traditionally done to camouflage bad smell from the body, but over time, it's become a symbol of status and personality. We wear perfume to complement our own odour, rather than to mask the natural essence of our skin. But what is the smell that we want to leave behind? Do we want perfume to add character to our existing self or are we looking to recreate a new individual? Almost, like an alter ego. 
Click to read 'Tips for choosing a signature perfume' 6 perfume ads so provocative they got banned Advertisement campaigns in the fashion and beauty industry are less about the product and more about the extravagance of the imagery or video. Especially where perfume ads are concerned, there's no denying that we often see less of the tangible bottle, and more of everything else in that one frame, be it a nude body scattered on satin sheets or random imagery unlinked to the campaign. Does that work more than a conventional still-life shot of a bottle? Do we, as consumers, want to see more sultry, hyped and digitally created imagery as opposed to a regular video? The artistic elements of perfume ad campaigns have been married with subtle components of the pornographic industry, and this is putting the watchdogs on fire. We're in a time where the perfume advertisements are talked about more than the fragrance or the face of the brand, whether it's a Hollywood sweetheart or a top model. It might be considered a clever marketing strategy, in the business world, but in the last decade itself, we've seen some of the industry's top perfume brands stamped with a broadcast ban. Fashionising.com takes a scented trip down memory lane, PG rated or not! 
Click to read '6 perfume ads so provocative they got banned' Mettle jewellery channels The Fifth Element Part of The Fifth Element‘s enduring appeal was the iconic costuming: Milla Jovovich, bright orange hair, white bandage-strapped outfit clinging precariously to a model frame. It also brought sci-fi themes out of geekdom with its mainstream cast and love-conquers-all ending. Both the visuals of the film and the themes around humanity’s survival were the inspiration behind Mettle’s latest jewellery collection – and it’s all the more brilliant for it. Body casting techniques were used to create shapes from bombshell brass and recycled lucite, making them feel all at once primitive and futuristic. The bone cuff and shackle-style ankle cuffs are on my personal hit list, but that’s not to discount the more subtle solid brass and pyramid shaped pieces. 
Picture Gallery Preview Click To View Full Gallery Click to read 'Mettle jewellery channels The Fifth Element' Hair how to: Rodarte’s soft waves and stars Inspired by Australia with a touch of The Great Gatsby, this voluminous side-parted bob is a clash between romantic Daisy Buchanan and preppy Katy Perry. To recreate the look for yourself, read the full how-to guide after the break. 
Click to read 'Hair how to: Rodarte’s soft waves and stars' Spring 2013 colour trends Spring 2012 may only have just dawned and fall / winter 2012 remains a distant speck on the horizon, but the fashion industry has already focussed its gaze on a fashion season that’s still a year away: spring / summer 2013. After the break you’ll find one of the first color trend reports for the season’s women’s fashion. 
Click to read 'Spring 2013 colour trends' Latest Collections / Runway Showings Fashion Trend Inspiration Fashionising.com not only brings you all the latest fashion trends, we constantly bring you inspiration on how they can be worn and styled too. Here's the most recent inspiration: Current Fashion Sales If you'd like to advertise a fashion sale follow the link. Featured Editorial Recent Reviews Temperley London serves up Grace Kelly-style elegance Temperley London’s Resort 2012 collection offers up classical elegance in Grace Kelly portions. While other Resort collections have moved away from the idea of luxury holidaying Temperley’s in on holiday 24 hours 7 days, with daywear and eveningwear that would leave you no choice but to be transformed into a beacon of ladylike sophistication. That said, it’s also cleverly versatile: take away the platform pumps, the glittering starfish belts, the wide-brimmed hats, and most piece would be quite at home in a day-to-day city wardrobe, too. Look out particularly for full-skirted frocks that channel the 1950s and 1960s, slit skirts that drape up at the front revealing a long back, and one nicely cut take on the white double-breasted wide-leg women’s suit. 
Click to read 'Temperley London serves up Grace Kelly-style elegance' Marc Jacobs Resort: whimsical or just plain clownish? Some will recoil from Marc Jacobs’ Resort 2013 collection with the words garish or comical forming on their lips; others will revel in the colourful optimism of bold patchwork prints, florals, stripes and sequins. What this collection really demands, though, if it’s to have any true success, is to be pillaged and plucked from by those who can master the art of styling such statement pieces into their effortless wardrobes. Ignoring the puffy skirted silhouettes that really have little hope of flattering anyone, there’s plenty of successes to be had with the short-suits and 70s inspired maxis. And a key here: the midi-length sheath dresses in shiny clusters of flowers, garnished at their necklines by a bow. 
Click to read 'Marc Jacobs Resort: whimsical or just plain clownish?' Herve Leger goes slick terminatrix If the geometric, colour-blocked bandage pieces weren’t enough to give you a sporty summer vibe, then the oiled skin, glossy ponytails and reflective aviator sunglasses of Herve Leger’s resort / pre-spring 2013 look book should. These, in fact, push the look from merely slick and sporty into pure terminatrix on some occasions. The minidresses shrink away to sex-bomb cutaway bikinis – the kind that could not go unnoticed poolside or otherwise. Having proved the point that the traditional (in so far as you could call it that) bandage piece is still wholly marketable, the Herve Leger collection suddenly diversifies into everything from feminine knee-length frocks to mesh pieces, metallic sequins and graphical lines. 
Click to read 'Herve Leger goes slick terminatrix' Burberry Prorsum’s modern heritage Christopher Bailey, Burberry's creative director, has, in the past few months, spoken in length about how the brand ought to become more modern and "blend Burberry’s physical and digital worlds". He started doing so at the end of last April, when overseeing the launch of Burberry World Live, a 360 immersive experience, which began in Taipai. With this resort / pre-spring 2013, however, it seems the designer has taken a step back from this approach and a step to the side from previous seasons, as this collection goes closer to Burberry's roots in a mixture 1930s and current trends. 
Click to read 'Burberry Prorsum’s modern heritage' Jill Stuart: the rock-chic Sloane Ranger Think rock-chic and the image usually involves plenty of kohl eyeliner and black leather. But the term can encompass another type of rockstar icon. It’s the insouciant cool that inherently mixes spring florals with bed hair and boots; it’s twiggy legs peeping out from tailored shorts and a blazer; it’s Lou Doillon when she’s not trying, or Kate Moss when she’s attending some wedding or another in an outfit that’s splashed with non-traditional, retro-inspired sophistication. Jill Stuart’s resort / pre-spring 2013 collection has that kind of cool-factor. It steers distinctly clear of being too girly in spite of the ruffles, frills and florals that comprise, but not define, it. Somehow, Stuart takes elements that could be Princess Dianna-era Sloane Ranger – and pares them back for the now. 
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