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Elton’s Words of Wisdom

I could actually kiss Elton for his words of wisdom in a recent interview. He basically said that Madonna needs to give it a rest as her career is over.

Well said Elton, well said. His outburst was apparently sparked due to Madonna bad mouthing Lady Gaga, who is the Godmother to Elton and David’s son Zachary.

Elton then proceeded to say that Madonna had no right to slate anyone’s career as hers is well and truly over.

To add to the comedy value, he also called her a f***ing fairground stripper. I think it’s fair to say that I’ve never agreed with Elton John more about anything, ever.

I’m pretty sure news would have got back to camp Madonna, so hopefully she’ll finally get the message, y’know because the overall slating of her tour and boob flashing antics didn’t seem to get through.

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Indonesia Bar Lady Gaga

So yesterday it was reported that Lady Gaga has been refused entry into Indonesia where she was due to perform a gig in the nation’s capital on the 3rd June.

The reason behind her being refused a permit is due to Islamic extremists saying that ‘bad things might happen’ should she even try to enter the country.

The extremists have also said one of the reasons they don’t want the singer in the country is because she will corrupt the nation’s youth. Seriously?

I’m fully aware that Lady G is a little out there with her dress sense and could be accused to have lost her marbles a little, but her entire theme is to just be who you are, who you want to be, but maybe that’s what the extremists are scared of.

I’m completely for everyone having their own opinion so if you don’t like her music then don’t go and see her, what you should not be doing is prancing about with signs reading ‘Lady Gaga no way, Lady Gaga go to hell’.

Grow up and put your efforts into something that actually matters.

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Giorgio Armani designs Lady Gaga’s tour wardrobe


Lady Gaga is one lucky lady, she gets to wear some of the most influential designers on a day-to-day basis and now she has one of them designing each of her looks for her Born This Way Ball tour.

Giorgio Armani has created these stunning costumes.

It’s not the first time that the singer has worked with the luxury fashion brand, having used them for costumes for her 2010 Monster Ball tour as well as dressing her several times for the red carpet.

Mr Giorgio says himself: “I admire the way she uses fashion as a scenic element and as a means to build a character.

“She is an artist of many talents and great intelligence. Creating stage costumes for her is a stimulating and creative exercise.”

What do you think of them?

 

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X Factor 2011: Kitty goes home

Another weekend of X Factor – more drama to be hold.

After Frankie Cocozza shockingly left/was told to go – I’m not entirely certain which is the truth because he says he made the decision to leave, whilst statements released have said he was booted for braking a golden rule (apparently taking drugs) – so, he left and Twitter went nuts for the idea that The Risk could be brought back.

Yes, I wanted this too, at least one more week of believing that they were singing a love song directly to me. A girl can dream.

Anyway, the producers made the wise choice of deciding to give the public the option to bring back the four acts who were booted in the first week. As the public didn’t have a say in this and no money was spent on votes.

So Saturday night, we discovered that Amelia Lily was coming back into the competition and she sung for survival, giving the performance of the night. Without any doubt. It cast into people’s minds the thought of why was she actually given the boot in the first week?!

Amelia Lily was shocked she's made it through to next weeks live show

Kitty, 26 was sent home last night after being in the bottom two with Misha B. Since the beginning of the competition, Kitty has come under scrutiny from the public, after failing to ‘connect’ with them. There’s no doubt that she has a strong vocal, but would people buy her album? Well, apparently not.

But, I doubt that this will even phase the blonde after she received a hug from her idol on last night’s Xtra Factor.

Lady Gaga was performing her new single, with a headless corpse on her body? – if anyone can explain that to me, it would be greatly appreciated – and we all know how much Kitty loves Gaga, she was seen crying on Saturday night because Kelly Rowland had chosen the song Born This Way for her contestant, Misha B. Kitty had, had her hopes on singing the meaningful song.

Lady Gaga embraces Kitty after she was voted off last night's show

I already can’t wait for this week’s show to see how well Amelia Lily does and hopefully a front runner will finally come forward. I still haven’t decided who I want to win. Have you?

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Too much copying not enough thinking?…

 

Now, I’m as guilty as most for looking to celebs/stylists and magazines for finding inspriations for new looks and trends.

 

Not only is this a good indication as to what will be a trend for the season, but it’s nice to have a nosey at what those in the celeb-osphere are teaming with what.

 

But, like with everything there is being nosey and then becoming obsessive.

 

Style icons are all well and good as long it’s not at the cost of stunting women from expressing themselves in their own way. I guess what I’m trying to say is it’s not healthy to want to dress/look like someone all the time as you’re at risk of losing yourself.

 

You may be wondering where this has come from, so I’ll tell you. When writing an article for www.femalefirst.co.uk earlier in the week, I was presented with a press release that had surveyed British women to find their favourite First Ladies of fashion. And among the list was, of course, Kate Middleton…take a look at said article if you so wish, Click here.

 

I struggle with the idea that Kate is what an icon is in the true sense of the word (Audrey Hepburn, Lady Gaga, Daphne Guinness, Sarah Jessica Parker), but I respect that others find her idylic.

 

However, when 5% of the lovely ladies polled admitted they keep a scrapbook of the Duchess of Cambridge’s various looks so as to be up to date with her style, it gets me worrying.

 

The time spent collating images of another person’s style (no matter who he/she is) could be time spent on finding yourself in your own fashion. Though it may not be the prim and proper, LK Bennett lady style of a royal, it would be you. Of course, taking inspiration from different looks is how trends evolve but the idea of cutting out pictures of one person’s style to make into your own is, well…weird creepy!

 

The best bit about fashion and style is finding something new. We’re always being told to embrace our country’s economic difficults and turn to the back of the wardrobe to find hidden gems (a trip to the charity shop is also highly recommended) so why not do it?

 

The number of times that I have found something old to team with something new is amazing. Not only does it look better than some things I’m seeing in some highstreet stores, but I get a sense of accomplishment and individualism that I wouldn’t get from looking at the latest outfit modelled by everyone’s favourite royal.

 

You don’t have to be stylist to put a great outfit together, just start small and think about the type of colours, prints and styles you like to wear. From there, look at the shape of your body as some clothes fit some better than others and start working from there.

 

Of course a sneak at your favourite websites, blogs and glossies are always a good place for a mental moodboard but try not to get to engrossed – go for one piece in a mag and build your own outfit from there!

 

And for future reference… how many scrapbooks can one fill with three-quarter length armed, knee length wrap over dresses, pencil silhouettes, LK Bennett nude court pumps and a tiny box clutches anyway?

 

Jen.xox

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Lady Gaga: “I Smoke A Lot Of Pot”

Oh Lady GaGa. I’m actually shaking my head in disappointment after you have bragged about smoking pot. It’s not big, it’s not clever, and its certainly not something you should be broadcasting to your young fans.

Okay, I get it, she’s the biggest star of the decade but by claiming that this success is often a direct result of drugs and whiskey can only have a negative effect on any easily led ‘little monsters’ right?

During an interview with American show 60 Minutes, Gags told interviewer Anderson Cooper she used to use cocaine and still smokes marijuana; “I smoke a lot of pot when I write music. I’m not gonna, like, sugar coat it for 60 Minutes that, you know, I’m some, like, sober human being ’cause I’m not. I drink a lot of whiskey and I smoke weed when I write.

“I don’t want to encourage kids to do drugs. What artists do wrong is they lie. And I don’t lie. I’m not a liar. I built good will with my fans. They know who I am. And I’m just like them in so many ways.”

What do YOU think? Do you think her honesty is admirable, or are you worried your kids might think if they smoke weed, they can be like GaGa?

Ruth.xx

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Janet Jackson 4 Lady Gaga

Janet Jackson (why is she still in the news?) has been gossiping to Larry King, and has tried to up the trendy stakes by admitting she’s a huge fan of Lady Gaga.

JJ said; “I love her. I enjoy her music. I feel that she came along and she introduced something a little bit different for the people of today. For myself, I don’t mean this in a negative way at all, it’s a little reminiscent of Grace Jones, how big and out there her costumes are.”

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Well, we al know how Grace Jones is a bit mad at Lady GaGa for ‘copying’ her – I bet Janet conveniently forgot about that – but she did say it was more than just her wardrobe choices; “I think she is very talented; she writes her own music and has a wonderful voice. I had the opportunity of meeting her for the first time, at a concert of hers.

“I knew of her before she became the Lady Gaga everyone knows. Her story was incredible and when I knew of this artist, I was rooting for her before she had gotten this recording contract.”

Good for you Janet.

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Do YOU Think Everyone Is Overreacting Re: Lady GaGa’s Cannibal Routine?

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Lady GaGa might have overstepped the oddball mark once and for all after leaving her fans upset and appalled after she pretened to be killed in a cannibal-style attack live on stage.

The star acted out the death scene during her show at the MEN arena as part of her Monsters Ball tour which is currently travelling around here, there and everywhere. At one point she was ’attacked’ from behind by black-clothed dancers who seemed to bite her.

The singer then staggered around as fake blood poured from her neck as she collapsed and ‘died’ in front of thousands of fans. Whilst we know GaGa has used cannibalism in her live shows before, this is the first time it’s coincided with and actual cannibalism story in the British press and so people are understandably pretty miffed.

Whilst a number of critics reckon GaGa should have scrapped the scene out of respect for the dead, do you think people would have been so offended had there not been a spate of murders around the same time?

Lady GaGa is never one to play things by the book, and whilst parents might think a bit of fake blood could be awful for their kids to see, shouldn’t we be more worried that their role model is a woman who walks around in her knickers?

Discuss.

Ruth.x

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Is Greyson Chance The New (But Talented) Justin Bieber?

The past 24 hours have been full of Greyson Chance This and Greyson Chance That… and as I managed to completely break the sound on my computer yesterday, I’ve only just managed to jump on the bandwagon. So forgive me for missing the boat.

Looking at the cute little kid, it seems that he’s going to be the new Justin Bieber in about a week… okay, so Greyson is only 12, and Justin is 16 so probably has more lady skills, but still, the teeny girls are sure as heck going to be printing his picture off the internet and sticking it above their beds.

Listening to little Greyson singing Lady GaGa’s Paparazzi, I was blown away y how much the little lad not only sounded like the Lady herself, but totally owned the song and made it his own. That kids got a hell or a talent – or really pushy parents… I know that US ‘rents can be like… I have seen Wife Swap USA.

Justin Bieber must be shaking in his little sneakers, I wonder if he’ll take to ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’ and make a couple of public appearances with Greyson in the hope that people see them together, realise there’s no comparing the two and send Greyson back to school?

Personally we think we love Greyson, after watching his interview with Eillen we’ve discovered that he’s the nicest little lad ever, writes a load of his own songs AND he’s never had singing lessons. If he’s got over 10 million YouTube views without any coaching, imagine where he’s going to be in a couple of years.

What do you all make of him? Can you BELIEVE Lady GaGa rung him? Maybe I should start wearing a phone on my head?

Ruth.xx

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Has Music Become An Extension Of The Fashion World?

Over the past few weeks I’ve started to become increasingly frustrated that the music business seems to be obsessed with the likes of Justin Bieber and Lady GaGa, when so many bands who work hard and stick to their guns never seem to get the recognition they deserve.

I was chatting to my friend Andy during my rather long coffee break this morning, who is the lovely bassist for the rock band Failsafe (check them out www.myspace.com/failsafemusic) and we got talking about how the trends on the music scene are as interchangeable as the weather these days.

It got me thinking, do you need a stylist and some off the wall marketing technique to be able to make it in the music business these days?

We’ve always knows trends can be quite a fickle thing, what with shoulder pads, neon and dressing like your nan did when she was younger being in and out of fashion more times than I care to remember, but why is it so often the case with modern music?

After hearing the news that my friends in Elias Last Day have called it a day following years of hard work trying to dig their way into the industry, it really frustrated me to know that the bands who really deserve it, really work their nuts off, I mean REALLY work hard lose out to people who dress how Vogue says they should with one hit wonders.

Granted, there are labels out there who give boys like ELD and many of the other Hardcore / Alternative bands a shot, but after pouring bucket loads of their own time, money and heart into making a name for themselves, why don’t they just enter The X Factor and be done with it?

Frankly because half of the bands out there struggling to make their dreams a reality would get laughed out of the X Factor auditions, and I don’t just mean unknown local bands either – if Kids In Glass Houses or The Blackout had strolled up to Simon Cowell, do you think he would have given them a shot? Probably not.

The sad thing these days is that music has become an extention of the fashion industry. You go to a festival and there are celebrities tottering around in £100 dresses with ridiculous footwear, more concerned about the way they look than the epic line-ups on the bill. Why should they get a stage side view, when all they give a damn about is looking great in Heat / NME’s coverage of the festival?

Musical trends come and go just like fashions, and those artists out there who stick to their guns just don’t get the respect they deserve, so I cant make you a success story and I can’t make you a Twitter Trending Topic, but if you’re in a band and you want me to take a listen, post a link to a YouTube video below and I’ll give you a listen.

Ruth.x

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