New Look Inspire Review

So recently I purchased from New Look some tops and wasn't 100% satisfied as I usually am with my New Look purchases, which is why it prompted me to write not long  ago a post complaining about New Look's lack of models for their Inspire range.

1. Inspire Sequin Ethnic Kaftan

I bought this at the original price and have been eyeing this for ages since it first appeared in the catalog.  In fact, when it appeared on the Inspire Range pick of the week banner, it sold out within a few days.  Fortunately, enough it was brought back in stock and so I decided that since I had the chance I should buy it and so I did.  Well, I ended up disappointed.

It is exactly as seen on their site, with the very beautiful vivid summer colours.  

The bust area is very low cut, so one would need to wear another top underneath the kaftan.  I tried to align the stretchy band under the bust to look straight and when I aligned it, I looked like the hunchback of Notre Dame and so I had to lower the band in order to remove this 'hunch', which made the top look awkward and feel weird around the sleeves when I raised my hands.  

Also the kaftan made my belly look bigger than it does. Probably this top might look better on girls with bigger chests and smaller bellies, but on me it looked awful.  Also I have got quiet large hips and the top made them look larger as well, which I didn't like.  

When it comes to length it is quiet long and I think it would look nice with leggings or/and some shorts.

In regards to the fabric/material; at first it felt quiet itchy, probably because the gold detail is made from a different material and it kind of pokes out underneath, but probably after a wash this might soften and feel less itchy.  The good news is that it is very light and flowy and ideal for those hot summer days.  

My conclusion would be is that this kaftan is not flattering on girls with bodyshapes like mine, i.e. small chest and a larger belly.  The colours are beautiful and the length is great.  The fabric feels itchy, but it may eventually soften after some washes ( I personally didn't try it as I am returning it).  

2. Animal Burnout Top

On the site, the top looks like it has a shimmery effect and looks quiet elegant.  When it came in the post, it was of a more casual style and I wouldn't recommend this top for formal events.  The top is slightly see-though, so I suggest that one wears a tank top underneath it.  The neckline is very low but still sexy and tasteful and the sleeves are adorable.  It is very comfortable and hides my bumps.  My only complaint, as I said in the beginning, the picture doesn't show clearly the top's material, one would think it is elegant, rather than being casual.  I still kept this top, even though I wanted a more elegant looking one.

3.Burnout Pocket Top

This t-shirt, is also see-through, so one would also require a tank top underneath it.  The material isn't as light as normal summer t-shirts, but it is still very comfortable and quiet chic, especially when one considers the price.  The t-shirt's length is normal.  I do recommend this.

I hope you enjoyed this review, feel free to ask me any questions about these purchases or add your thoughts on these items :D

Thought of the day

So, lately I was thinking to myself about how on many shows, movies and stories, you have a magical being, such as a genie, fairy, witch, etc... who'll grant you 3 wishes.  How come no one ever wished to have an unlimited number of wishes?!

Dear New Look Inspire,

I was checking out your website, as I do so on a weekly-basis to check for new stock from your inspire range and decided to check out what there is in the normal range and well I realised that for the normal range all clothes are modelled, i.e. instead of shown on a "mannequin" like the Inspire, Tall and Teens range, the clothes are worn on a model and can be properly viewed.  

This led to feeling very disappointed with New Look, as I always thought that none of their clothes are modelled, except for those shown in their ads.  When I shop on the New Look site I find it extremely hard to decide on whether or not to buy something since I am always not sure of how it would look on me and whether they are sheer in a certain area, etc... especially when they photoshop the mannequin out which makes it more difficult to make a proper decision before purchasing.  In the case of dresses I never know the proper length of such dresses as the description usually doesn't say how long or short the dress is and so I never buy dresses from New Look.  Sometimes when it comes to tops and shirts, I don't know how long they are or how long their sleeves are.  So I end up spending weeks deciding on whether or not to buy as I am not always sure.

One may tell me, to go in store and try them on, well there is one problem we do have two large New Look stores but they only provide the normal range!  This is very disappointing especially when in Malta the choice of decent, affordable and fashionable plus size clothing for young woman my age is practically inexistant and in stores like Evans to buy just one decent outfit you need to spend more than 70 Euros, apart from the fact that they barely bring 1/4th of the range!  

So please New Look if you aren't planning to bring the Inspire range in my country, at least use proper plus size models to model the clothes and provide a better description of your products and stop photoshopping the mannequin out as sometimes white or sheer details aren't always seen!  Please consider my opinions, as the more surveys I do for you for free, the more I feel that I am wasting my time as you don't seem to take notice!

Love

Dysnomia

Emma Watson; What were you thinking?

So I just read an article on Emma Watson's tough struggle in trying to handle both a University life and a career; which she eventually failed miserably at as her career won.

I'm all for education as I am a student myself and even Miss Watson in her latest interview on Vogue.  

In this interview Emma discusses how she struggled with juggling her career and her education and she eventually dropped out of Brown because of work and how she wished she could continue in her education, bla bla bla.

The girl should just shut up;  if she wanted an education she should have either;

1. put her career on hold - In her interview she referred to James Franco and how he helped her.  The thing is, Franco as far as I know isn't involved in a billion dollar franchise, as she is, and so I would have been slightly easier for him to handle.
2. waited for the Harry potter films to end and then went to university.  There is no age limit for education, so she could have went later in life.
3. while still at university, apart from being still involved in acting I wouldn't have added another burden, ie modelling gigs. It's one thing when you can barely keep up with both acting and education and it is another thing when while you yourself are finding it extremely difficult to keep up then you stupidly add another 'career'.

I don't mind that she actually tried to juggle jobs, etc... but it's not like she was low on cash (she has millions in her bank account) unlike other students who have to take up loans and still pay even after they graduated. She could afford putting her career on hold.  Taking Natalie Portman as an example; when she was studying she wasn't involved in many projects and wasn't doing that many magazine covers and appearances, she kept the right balance of work and study.  

Emma Watson was being too ambitious and trying to impress everyone that she is like her character Hermoine, unfortunately unlike Hermoine she doesn't have a magic watch thingy.  Emma failed and instead of trying to blame her bosses she should blame her self and just shut up; the more she talks the more stupider she sounds and the more she shows she was only admitted to Brown University because of her money.  People would have been more impressed if she actually finished school and not dropped out.

Emma dear, you don't impress anyone by looking too ambitious and then falling flat on your bum for failing, because you are a famous actress earning more than what 50 million people put together earn doesn't make you a super being, we are all still human at the end of the day irrelevant of socials status and income.

Arriva! Arriva!

Within less than a month, Arriva will start operating on our small islands.  They have sent brochures and created a site/journey planner for us Maltese to help understand the new system better.  Well, from what I could get it is a recipe for disaster!

1. The fares - they are too expensive to begin with, when one takes into account the average income of a Maltese worker. For about 1.3 Euro 2-hour ticket, when compared to an average price of 47 - 58 cents for an average trip it's quiet expensive, if one is going to stay longer than two hours at their desired place.  The day ticket is a very good buy and also the saver cards.  
2. Saver cards - I am personally looking forward for the saver cards as I hate it that every time I have to search in my purse to pay the fare, in fact my purse is now heavy not because I have a lot of money (I wish) but because I have loads of 1 and 2 euro cents!  However, I find that the saver cards programme needs improvement, firstly from what I could understand (please feel free to correct me) if is Maltese and has a saver card on Malta it cannot be used in Gozo and it applies the same vice-versa; which I personally feel it is stupid especially when taking into account Gozitan workers/students/users who commute frequently to Malta would either have to buy a separate card or a ticket since one cannot use their card.  Also these cards cannot be used at night, so again if one decides to go out the card is useless to have to cough up the money; while in England the Oyster card (which is more or less the British equivalent to our new Arriva saver Cards) don't make such distinction at all!
3. The routes -  the direct routes from several areas in Malta to Mater Dei/University, have been removed, which I find it is an idiotic move from Arriva's part.  If these routes weren't used so frequently I would understand Arriva's decision to remove them, but it isn't the case!  These routes are usually the one's which end up with people standing up due to being used by a lot of people!  Also certain routes have now become longer, such as the one from Valletta to Cirkewwa, which now is going to pass through Bugibba, so that's an extra 15 minutes on the trip at least.  Also many villages according to people's comments seem to be excluded from Arriva's timetables, so it isn't that much of a good news.Also those routes which were left as they were seem to be much more infrequent, then they used to now.

So, my prediction, it doesn't look good.  My main concern is with the routes, Arriva in their brochure advertised that it added a lot of new routes, when in reality it remove a lot of important routes and made such trips more infrequent, which will lead to a lot of people standing up on buses due to resulting in a lot of people waiting to catch the same bus, due to lack of different routes.  The current routes, from my experience, were perfect for the needs of the public, the only thing which they needed was to be more frequent and be punctual.   Arriva, in my opinion, hasn't clearly tried to understand the actual needs of the Maltese consumer and didn't carry out any proper analysis of our current situation otherwise they wouldn't have come up with such stupid routes!  The system may have worked for the English or in other European states, but it won't work here.

The current system isn't that bad, if only our government bothered to train our bus drivers properly and provide with newer air-conditioned buses and more frequent routes, we would have a purely LOCAL bus service to be proud of and we wouldn't have needed a foreign company to interfere in something where they clearly didn't carry out enough research!

Naomi Campell you are such a diva!

So there has been an uproar in regards to a Cadbury ad;

The ad has upset Naomi Campbell and other people apparantely as it is being considered as racist, because she is referred to and is compared with a chocolate. 

Well, personally I just don't see the so-called 'racism'.  The only thing which might be offensive and which only applies to Naomi is that she is being referred as a Diva + the advert features diamonds and we all know about Naomi's involvement in a blood diamond case. 

So I find it is ridiculous that this advert had to be pulled down as it is clear that it isn't racist, but just a reference to Naomi's famous attitude and not her race, skin colour, whatever you want to call it.  I actually feel sorry that people are becoming offended with just the slightest mention and automatically jump to the conclusion that it is racist, especially when in this case the only 'offensive' thing is that it is making a slight joke regarding a woman who is famous for her attitude and her lifestyle!

I guess people have lost their sense of humour, oh well whether the ad exists or not I hope the chocolate bar tastes good!

Blast from the Past

So I was playing this facebook game called Music Challenge and one of the songs that played was The Passenger by Iggy Pop.  I always loved the song, especially from when I heard it for the Up in the Air Movie trailer and so finally I found it and wanted to share it.  Great song, pity we don't get anymore songs like these.  Feel free to comment and if you know of more songs like these please share!