Style Icon: Mona Lisa Vito

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First things first, have you ever watched the 1992 comedy film My Cousin Vinny? If the answer to this is no, then quick, hurry. Download it onto your laptop and be prepared for your sides to split over good, clean, comedy (bar the odd 'effword'). Now, aside from the hilarity of this film, another top reason to watch My Cousin Vinny is my ultimate number one girl crush of all time, Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito.

Her attitude, her eyebrows, her outfits... what is not to love? Mona Lisa Vito is a New York Italian chick with leathers, velvets and skin-tight cottons as her go to fabrics which could not be better for this chilly autumn-winter. Plus, Mona Lisa Vito, like me, is almost always over-dressed, so I think I could wear her look quite well as a similarly dark-haired feminist. 

*A modern day version of this would have a black bodycon skirt and sky high black wedges; monochrome shoulder-pad jacket non-optional!* 

*Check out the shades and hoop earrings. This woman seriously knows how to accesorize.*

*A bright red blazer, matching lipstick and larger than life roses surrounding her neck down into her cleavage is so Mona Lisa Vito! Just throw in a kick-ass facial expression and you have my heroine. Love Love Love.*

*I want this jumpsuit... and the body to go with it please.*

Isn't her hair great? I desperately want a white streak through my own hair now...*

*Even in her jimjams Mona Lisa looks beautiful... Lip stain, mascara and dark eyebrow pencil are probably all that is needed to look as attractive as Mona Lisa Vito... I wish.*

Luckily, I've realized that the best place on the high street (also known as a little place called Topshop) has tons of items which would contribute to a Mona Lisa Vito look... Now all I have to do is save for the following pieces:

£89 Ombre Faux Mongolian Coat 

£26 Lace Roll Neck Crop Top

£85 Baroque Skinny Jeans...

£10 Skinny Polo Crop... 

£80 Embellished Boots...

£65 Fringe Devore Kimono

£180 Limited Edition Embellished Bodycon Dress...

£8 Lips in Beguiled...

£180 Cross Embroidered Biker Jacket...

Who is your autumn-winter style crush at the moment? Have you ever seen My Cousin Vinny before? Which of these pieces is your absolute favorite? The embellished boots are the top of my to-buy list at the moment!

Love and snuggles

GabriellaSofia

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Outfit of the Day: Growl Power

Good morning Star Shine!

So Friday is dress-down day at work, so each and every Thursday night I agonize over what might be appropriate and each and every Friday morning I throw on something that most likely isn't. Win some, lose some, eh? Anyway, this Friday just gone I panicked big-time as I'm selling a bunch of clothes very soon on eBay so I had a nightmare trying to find something in my newly-culled chest of drawers. Naturally, I rushed into my sisters room and pulled out the first thing I could find which happened to inspire the whole rest of my outfit... Here it is...

So I grabbed this Topshop fox jumper out of my sister's drawers and decided to go wild, literally. This is a skirt I got from Forever 21 last summer but I actually popped the bottom button off it when I got into the car after this photo was taken :( Maybe my granny can fix it. My gold and brown low-hanging pendant necklace is from Topshop (unsurprisingly) and my tights and boots are both Forever 21. Now, let's tackle the elephant in the room... my leopard-print coat was a bit of a random grab to be fair, I was rushing out of the house and realized how cold it was, so I reached under my bed and pulled this out. I'd forgotten I even had it and since I'm on a 'if-you-don't-wear-your-clothes-you-have-to-sell-them' kick I decided to bite the bullet and throw the H&M furry friend on. I've never looked back...

What do you wear for dress-down day? Would you dare wear leopard print? Is anyone any good at sewing buttons back onto skirts?

Keep an eye out for my upcoming blogsale...

Love and snuggles

GabriellaSofia

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ps. Apologies for using a Cheetah Girls song title in my post title... if I said I didn't love them, I'd be lying.

Now THAT is what a Mexican Wedding Looks Like!

Hello Reader!

Ooof I've been so busy these past couple of weeks... There was my dad's festival, my boyfriend's dad visited from France AND I had a wedding to attend. I'm just about awake, so I figured I'd make the most of this tiny shred of energy and do a quick blog post about my lovely friend Adriana's wedding.

Adriana and I met in the first year of uni when I asked her how to operate the washing machine. Upon noticing she had a bit of an accent I learned that she was Mexican so I automatically knew she was cool enough to be friends with me :P I've never looked back! Adriana has to be one of the sweetest, down-to-earth ladies I know and she has the best smile ever. I was so happy to hear that what had once been a long distance relationship between her and her boyfriend Tom would soon become a marriage. Naturally, I was invited to be her bridesmaid and even more naturally, I accepted.

*Our dresses were from Warehouse on the sale... They were really quite flattering for the body types of each of us bridesmaids, even if I say so myself!*

*I did the make-up for each of us bridesmaids. It has reminded me exactly why I want to work with makeup*

*As you can see, the bride looked beautiful. Her dress was inspired by the dress which Belle wears in Beauty an the Beast. Adriana was a amazing enough for full-on Disney potential*

The wedding decorations were inspired by the day of the year. The wedding fell right around the Day of the Dead festival which takes place in Mexico so the decorations were fiesta-themed with skulls and multi-colours everywhere. I loved it!

*L is for the way you Look at meeeeeeeee, O is for the Only One I seeeeeeeee, V is Very Very extraordinary, E is Even more than anyone that you adore...*

*The bride herself made this lovely seating plan*

*There was a sweetie table, complete with Mexican pinatas!*

*I just loved the shiny bows on the backs of the chairs*

*Its funny how even the simplest things can make the room look so fantastic... these sheets of tissue paper had the most beautifully detailed cut-outs*

*Its my name!*

*The cake had four tiers... Victoria sponge, lemon cake, chocolate cake and, oddly enough, a pork pie! It turns out the groom hates cake but loves pork so the bride sacrificed a whole sweet tier just so he could have his savoury pie. If that's not love, I don't know what is.*

*One half of the room during the wedding breakfast...*

*Goats cheese with sweet onion relish on garlic toast*

*A roast beef dinner, complete with Yorkshire pudding and horseradish sauce*

*Bread and butter pudding with custard... the best thing about the pudding was that they had skipped the currants, which made my life worth living as I HATE currants and raisin-y type things*

*Yes, I robbed the groom's hat*

*And finally, the happy couple!*

The wedding was a great success and it was such a lovely intimate affair. The speech which Adriana gave brought a tear to my eye and One Thousand Years by Christina Perri will forever be the song which will remind me of Adriana and Tom's special day. I wish them both happiness for the rest of their lives and thank them a million times over for letting me be a part of their wedding.

Would you have any quirky things at your wedding like a pork pie cake? What sort of theme would you have? Don't you think Adriana looks amazing???

Love and snuggles

GabriellaSofia

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Halloween Makeup Ideas...

Hello Beauties :)

So I'm sure it hasn't escaped your notice, but for just in case it has, Halloween is just around the corner and that only means one thing... Costumes! My favourite part about dressing myself up in some creepy attire has always been adding the finishing touches with my makeup. Luckily, this weekend just gone has seen the Hippy Horror festival hitting my local music scene with a bang (and yes, this is a shameless plug of how successful the event went, most likely because my dad organized it...) so I've managed to get loads of good ideas for how to make my face look scarier than usual this year. I thought I'd share some of my favourite makeup looks of the weekend, for both guys and girls.

*This was my bludgeoned-to-death-dead-school-girl look*

*Ghostly Drummer of All the Best Tapes, photo courtesy of Will's Photoimaging*

*Skeleton Front-Man of Six Towns, Photo Courtesy of Will's Photoimaging*

*Creepy Ring Master of All the Best Tapes, photo courtesy of Will's Photoimaging*

*My boyfriend looked like he'd been in a fire or something what with all his liquid-latex-created burns!*

*Pretty butterfly face, photo courtesy of Will's Photoimaging*

*Various festival goers, photo courtesy of Will's Photoimaging*

*Not 100% sure what the girl on the left is supposed to be, but she looks awesome, photo courtesy of Will's Photoimaging*

*If all else fails, just splash blood on your face like the girl on the right, photo courtesy of Will's Photoimaging*

*Pumpkin heads, photo courtesy of Jo Flynn's facebook photos :)*

So that is just a few of my favourite looks for halloween so far. I'm sure I'll be able to track down some more photos at some point soon, but in the meantime that's all the ideas you're getting!

What are you doing for halloween? What's the most creative creepy make-up look you've seen? Got any cool techniques for how to use liquid latex without having it rip your skin off when you're removing it? My boyfriend nearly cried when I was helping him with his! 

Love and snuggles

GabriellaSofia

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GabriellaSofia Rants: Naked Royals

Hello :)

So I know this video is not quite as topical as it might have been a few weeks back, but I filmed it way back then and never got around to posting it up. You know how I love a good old rant and getting a healthy debate going, so go ahead and get involved. If you don't agree with what I'm saying, tell me... if you do agree with what I'm saying, let's be friends :)

I just think that the media have taken this whole obsession with invading the privacy of public figures WAY too far. I have no interest in seeing Kate's breasts or Harry's 'crown jewels' (do you see what I did there??? I made a funny!) and I can't for the life of me understand why some people seem to believe that it is against our human rights not to have access to this material. It is ridiculous how far some organizations will go for a bit of publicity.

Anyway, I'll be coming down from my soapbox right about now...

Do you think royals willingly sacrifice their privacy when they choose to keep their titles? Should we be allowed to see their naked bodies against their will? How would you feel if you were a royal yourself?

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Inspired #1

Things that are inspiring me at the moment...

*A beautiful two-bedroom, both en-suite, fourth-floor, pent-house apartment available in a prime location for just £695 per month near to my city centre...*

*Bellatrix Lestrange-inspired make-up looks... That's my halloween costume sorted!*

*This summer just gone. The travel bug has well and truly bitten me, and now I know I am capable of traipsing across a foreign country all alone I am so much more confident!*

*The music festival my dad has organized for Halloween entitled, 'HippyHorror'*

*Wonder Forest blog... the blogger has decided she wants to be a millionaire and seems to have the motivation to achieve her goal*

*The Topshop mid-season sale... 'nuff said!*

*Company magazine always gives me brilliant ideas and just by reading it I feel like I'm one step closer to finding something I'm truly passionate about*

So there you have it. Just a tiny compilation of the things which are inspiring me at the moment. I wanted to write this post primarily because I've been feeling a little bit demotivated recently, but wanted to remind myself that you can find passion in even the smallest and most seemingly insignificant things. I have always been someone that thrives off the here and now, always looking for something in the present that pushes me to hit a goal in the future. I love seeing people break out of what would be the 'norm', or expected in society of them. Yes, I want to have my own super-duper posh flat, I want to fancy dress like a Harry Potter character, I want to see the world, I want to encourage and assist my Dad in making his festival a success for the local area, I want a girl who is just like me to prove that if you want to be a millionaire you can make it happen, I want to have a Topshop wardrobe and I want to feed off the success of business-women, fashionistas, journalists, make-up artists and models in a magazine and allow it all to contribute to the me of tomorrow. 

What has been inspiring you recently? What are your goals in the short and long term? How can you get what you want out of life?

This is the sort of post that epitomises what a HauteFuture really is and how I can achieve it... Hope you enjoyed it :)

Love and snuggles

GabriellaSofia

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